Stuck In A Nightmare//Tamaki x Haruhi

: Chapter Three :

Tamaki's POV

I spent the pass few days in my room. I ditched school and laid in bed all day. I haven't eaten, showered, brushed my teeth, or changed my clothes since it finally hit me that Haruhi is gone.

My father hasn't really pushed me to go to school or stay home. He just.. Is letting me do what I need to do. I guess.

All I can think about is her. How on the first day that she stummbled into the music room and broke our vase was the day that changed our lives. My life at least. She made my life brighter. Her smile and laugh was so innocent and sweet, but now she is gone. All because a stupid riddle that killed her father.

The pressure she was under was no where's near fair. The life of her father was placed into her hands and she slipped. The riddle was impossible. Nothing rhymes with orange. How could anyone do that? Why would someone kill her father? So what he was trans? Didn't make him any less human to anyone.

My phone starts buzzing. Its Koyayo. I let it ring.

"Hey! You've reach Tamaki! Sorry I can't answer your call, but I'll sure listen to your message when I get the chance!" My voicemail plays.

"Hey.. Tamaki.. I know things aren't ok right now, but we are wondering if you'd like some company. Call me back."

I don't move. I just lay there staring at the ceiling.

I use to hold her in my arms and call her my daughter. Sure she was more than that. She was everything that I wanted to love and protect. And I failed. I'm the worse person ever. Maybe I should kill myself like Haruhi did.

"Don't do that."

I can still even hear her voice telling me not to do that. I'm going crazy.

"Tamaki, look up."

Look up? I am.

"At me, silly."

"Huh?"

I sit up from my bed and there is a girl with long brown hair standing on the other side of my bed.

"Haruhi?"

"Tamaki."

"You're Haruhi?"

She looks down at herself and twirls around. She then giggles.

"That is me."

"But you're.."

"Dead?" She smiles.

"Yeah.."

"Oh silly. You're dreaming."

"No. I'm not. I've waken up at least five times since you've.."

"Killed myself?"

"Yeah.."

"Silly, you are dreaming. You are stuck dreaming. You can't wake up."

"What do you mean?"

"Well.. I don't understand it completely myself, but I do know that you are in a continuous nightmare until you somehow wake up."

"But I keep waking up."

"Inside the dream you are."

"I am going insane."

"You're not. You are stuck in a nightmare."

"How do you know that?"

"Cause I was at one time. It was cruel until I figured out the purpose of why I was stuck."

"What was the purpose?"

"Well.. I was holding onto something or something was holding onto me keeping me from doing what I want. I was being held down by the pain I suffered when I lost my mom. My dream was being stuck in Alice in Wonderland until I confronted my pain."

"And then you woke up?"

"Into reality."

"Why are you helping me in my dream?"

"Cause I mean something to you."

"Are you real?"

"This is a dream, Tamaki."

"A dream where you..."

"Killed myself?"

"Yeah.."

"I can't answer all of your questions if I don't have all of the answers myself. You have to figure out your inner fear."

"How do I do that?"

"I can't tell you. I can only help you."

"Help me, Haurhi. I want to save you."

"Then save me. Solve the riddle that killed my father and lead to my suicide."

"But the riddle is impossible."

"That's what I thought too. Then I killed myself."

After that the ghost of Haruhi disappeared leaving me in my room. I fall back onto my bed and start crying again. If this is a dream where Haruhi is dead then wake up! I don't want to be here. I need to protect Haruhi!

"Obviously there is an answer to the riddle. Some thing has to rhyme with orange. I will make it my mission to solve the riddle and save Haruhi!"