Toradora remake Part 2

Taking Baby Steps

Your P.O.V

I was frozen, shocked in seeing his state of being. He was paler than normal, color draining from his skin. His hands looked so frail against the beautiful piano.

His music stopped when I entered the room. He didn't look up, I'm guessing he was thinking I was just one of the servants.

"I don't want to be disturbed today, you can all go home for the rest of the night." His voice was so hoarse, it wasn't the regular flirtatious tone he usually speaks in.

I took a step forward, my body trembling in anxiety. I was trying to build up the courage to speak. It finally came.

"I don't exactly work for you Tamaki." My voice was quiet, but still heard.

His head slowly moved over to my direction, his eyes closed. It was almost as if he was afraid that I wasn't real, that he was imagining my voice.

I took steps closer to him. "It's not right that you're sending all our friends away. They think you've gone missing," I stopped right in front of him, "just open your eyes dumbass."

With that, he did. He opened the beautiful violet colored eyes I had grown to love. My heart danced a little, but saddened when I saw what he held in them.

There was regret, and sadness. There was I'm sorry, I love you, please be real.

I smiled at him lightly. "Good, that's a start. Now, get up." He obeyed, moving slowly up and he took a step towards me.

I was so busy making eye contact with him, I didn't even see when we ended up chest-to-chest. I took in a deep breath and he put his arm around my waist.

I blinked and then I was being carried, koala hug style. 《 A/N: Koala hugs are my favorite thing :) 》

I was in his arms, my face so close to his. He buried his face into my neck and I played with his hair. There was no talking, no noise in the room, just us enjoying the silence.

I know it's healthy to talk about your problems in a relationship, however, I think your actions can also show. We will talk, that's a given, but right now I feel safe.

I felt Tamaki walk over to his bed, and lay me down, he was hovering over me. I placed my hand gently on his pale face.

"What happened to you?"

"I don't wanna talk about it right now, dear."

My eyebrows nit together. "Well, we're gonna talk about it. I'm not going to let you kiss me until you do. I wanna know about why you shut our friends out."

He made a face, as though he was trying to find the right words to say.

He took a sigh, then began. "It started after you saw Haruhi and I kiss. I was looking for you, while we were preparing for our day.

I was going to find you because I wanted your opinion on the desserts for the ladies. Kyoya had already picked for the boys desserts so I-" I interrupted him.

I gave him a look. "You're rambling." He smiled and moved over next to me. "Right. Well, when I was looking for you, Haruhi called me over. So I hopped over to her, thinking maybe she knew where you were.

So, I got close to her and asked her. But before I could finish asking, she brought me down to her and kissed me." He gave me a sad smile.

"You walked in right when it happened, and I moved immediately after that. When I ran after you, bits of my heart was breaking. I never wanted Haruhi after I realized I love you. I love you, I do.

So, when Haruhi kissed me, I was confused and afraid. I'm not talking to our friends because I'm upset. I thought you had completely left my life, that you were going back home. And I didn't know how to deal with it."

He was telling the truth, I can tell. My heart was happy, he didn't want to leave me. He didn't cheat on me. He was letting tears fall fast. I moved to wipe them away and he held my hand to his cheek and kissed my palm.

He threw his body onto my shorter form and cried in my chest. My (color) hair was spread around the blankets, my heartbeat was beating rhythmically to his.

I smiled as I caressed his head. I twirled his golden locks with my fingers. This. This is what I missed.

[Time skip to the next day]

I put my uniform on, and thought something was missing. I turned towards the door.

"James!" I ran over to the doorway looking for him. I saw his head poke out of another room down the hallway.

"Yes, princess?" He replied.

"Do you know where my black school socks are?" I asked.

I heard a sigh and I giggled. I skipped over to my chair and sat down. He walked in and had my basket of laundry done. He found my socks and handed them over to me.

"How on earth are you to become queen one day if you cannot find your own socks?" I shrugged, and started putting them on.

"I really don't know, if Rin was still here then-" I stopped, I looked over at my picture frame of him and I. I got sad when I talked about him, I was the lucky one to live. He would be so proud of me, I have to be happy and live on for him.

"If he was here then he would find my socks for me. Aaaannnnnd!" I turned over to James and skipped until I was in front of him.

"He would be king, I wouldn't be in power." I smiled and I put on my shoes, I used James' arm to keep me balanced.

After getting dressed, I ran down the stairs and grabbed breakfast with James. I hated how lonely my house felt, so now, I ask him to eat with me.

I sat in my big chair, toast in my mouth and I had an idea! "Jamsh! Whaay dun weee gen a dosh?!"

He nit his eyebrows together in confusion. "Please do not speak with your mouth full. If your mother was around, you would, how do you say? Oh yes, I remember- you would not live another day if she saw."

I laughed so hard at that. "You're trying to find out informalities? You're funny, but I gotta get going!" I grabbed my backpack from one of the maids, Lucy, handed to me. I waved my way goodbye and I ran out of the house.

I went down the stairs on the porch, my limo waiting for me. James wasn't driving so I went with another driver, his name was Arthur?

When I jumped in, I did not expect to see this dude.

"Uh," I paused, "we're going to school together?"

Ren smiled in front of me and nodded. "Yeah, my dad and I just moved in across the street. Actually, I decided to pick you up today so we can get to know each other. My dad says I need new friends."

I smiled. "Sure! Here," I put my hand out for him to shake. "To new friends!"

He put his hand in mine and shook my hand.

"To new friends!"