Tamaki was amazed at how quickly the week had passed. Kyoya had spent the majority of time with him, only returning home once. This didn't last long however. Tamaki had been in his room when he received the all. Upon answering the phone, the first voice the blonde teen heard was Mr. Ootori. At first, Kyoya said remained silent and Tamaki's heart dropped into his stomach.

"If you can't handle a little pressure Kyoya, it's disgraceful." The older man was raging. "How could I possibly have such a weak son?"

"Kyoya, are you alright?" he asked with concern, but there was no reply.

"Please, say something." Tamaki stood from his chair. Panic gripped his heart.

"Kyoya, you're scaring me, what's wrong do you need me to-"

"I can't do this anymore. I don't feel very well and I can't take the car." Kyoya's distress was clear in his tone. Tamaki rushed out of his room, and started down the stairs.

"Mommy dear, listen to me carefully. I'm coming to get you, can you go outside?" there was a long pause.

"Hey, Kyoya, I really need you to talk to me so I know you're okay." By the time Tamaki had arrived, Kyoya was outside, waiting. Tamaki ran to him, pulling him into his arms.

"Are you alright, what happened?" it was obvious that the shadow king was experiencing pain, the dark haired teen simply leaned into him.

"Tamaki-"Kyoya began.

"What is it, I have you, it's okay."

"Tamaki, my chest hurts." Tamaki held him close.

"Is Yuuichi working tonight?"

"I think so. It's hard to think."

"It's alright Mon Coeur, can you do something for me, I need you to try to stand up, I'll get you in the car and we'll call him. Everything is going to be fine." Tamaki promised, he helped Kyoya to his feet and allowed the shadow king to lean against him, helping him into the car.

Kyoya had spent the night in the hospital with his eldest brother and Tamaki beside his bed. After attaching the heart monitor and giving his brother IV medication, Yuuichi had thanked Tamaki for going to get Kyoya.

"It would've been a whole lot worse if you hadn't been there." the eldest Ootori son had said. "Our father doesn't do it to purposely hurt him, for lack of better words, he doesn't know better. He grew up with parents that taught him giving into illness was weakness and you had to push yourself through it. He's hard on all of us but Kyoya has to be the one to work hardest to prove himself in his eyes. He and I will be talking about this extensively." Yuuichi sighed as he watched Kyoya sleep.

"Kyoya wasn't giving into anything." Tamaki replied.

"I know. But it's my father's mindset, and unfortunately, he is unable or unwilling to see- Can I be honest with you Tamaki?"

"Of course."

"Kyoya cannot go back home until he's got his stress and health problems under control and he knows how to manage it. If he keeps having these problems they'll only get worse until it leads to a heart attack and there's a real possibility we could lose him. I can't stand by and see that happen-"

"He can stay with me. We have some time off from classes, I can take care of him, I know you're busy with work"Yuuichi nodded.

"Thank you. I'll have arrangements made for some of his clothes to be brought to you" He had said before leaving to begin seeing his patients. Another hour would pass before Kyoya woke to find Tamaki in tears at his bedside.

"Tamaki," He called out weakly, feeling the room spinning around him. The blonde boy quickly wiped away his tears at attempted to smile reassuringly.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm sorry. Kyoya said, allowing his friend to stroke his hair comfortingly.

"For what, you did exactly what I wanted you to. You called me so I could get you out of there. I'm glad you did."

"I've upset you again, everything-"

"No, it's not you at all. I just-"

"I'm so tired Tamaki, everything is wrong, I can't do it anymore. I just want it all to be over. "

"Don't say that Kyoya, please. when you're feeling better and back in school, things will start falling back into place and -"

"I'm never going to feel better, if this is what I can expect for the rest of my life-I'm so damn weak."

"No. this happened because you were strong for too long with no one to lean on when you needed it, that's not weakness. You can't just give up. You have to keep going."

"It would be better not to "

"Did our time together mean anything to you?"

"Of course it did. I don't want to hurt you anymore."

"Then let me help you get better. However long it takes..I need you to be here with me Kyoya, because, I can't keep going if you're not here. Come stay with me, as long as you want. We can get through this, you were doing so good. It can get better, I'm here and when we get back, Hikaru, Kaoru, Haruhi, everyone will be waiting, they care about you too."

After being released and taken to Tamaki's mansion, with Tamaki's love and encouragement, Kyoya was soon feeling better and now the two sat in Yuuichi's office, waiting for the results of the follow up appointment.

"I'm sorry you had to give up your Saturday to sit in here."Kyoya said, only for Tamaki to reach out and take his hand.

"I didn't give up anything, I want to make sure you're okay."

"I'm actually feeling a lot better. Thank you." Tamaki kissed him lightly as the door clicked open and Yuuichi appeared with a smile.

"Kyoya, you're looking better. You're feeling okay?" He asked pulling over a chair to sit at his brother's side, in his hand he held the chart containing the information.

"I can see that you two are making a good effort. There's still a way to go, but Kyoya is doing much better. I don't know how you did this in a matter for days, but I'm happy with the progress. Your heartbeat is still something to be watched, that won't change overnight, but- I did see something interesting while I had you on the ECG."

"What is it, it can't be bad right, I mean-"Tamaki began to panic only to be silenced by the doctor.

"I wouldn't say bad, It's more interesting, as I said. I was passing the room and stopped just outside to look in on you both, when I heart Tamaki speaking to you, brother dear, in french and he was stroking your hair. The reason I say its interesting is...when I glanced at the heart monitor, you seemed to be responding to him. Kyoya, do you understand what that means?"

"I don't know what you think you're getting at but-"

"It means that you can take it easy, you just need the right elements to help you. I'm going to keep you on your meds for a while." Yuuchi said writing in the chart. "And I'm going to recommend you two spend a lot of time together. Tamaki, can you handle that, keep him from over working himself and keeping stress down?" The blonde host smiled.

"I think we can do that, having Kyoya around is good for me too, it's not so lonely anymore."

"Excellent. Now as far as your classes and club activities, you've been out of them for a while, if by the time your break is over, you feel good enough, I'm going to let you go back. Take it easy, work up to things slowly. Doctor's orders." Kyoya and Tamaki thanked Yuuichi and made their way out of the hospital.

"Hey Kyoya?" Tamaki said softly, stopping just outside the entrance.

"What is it Tamaki?" The club president placed his hand in his pocket.

"I was thinking, since you have so much trouble at home, maybe you'd like to stay a little longer?"

"Well I can't go back there right now, you heard-"

"I know, what I mean is, I really love you and...I don't want you to go even when you're well again. I want a life with you. I know we're still in high school and you might be skeptical about where we'll be after graduation, it's not all that far off but when we're together, it feels right. When I hold you, I feel like I'm holding a rare treasure in my arms and I hate letting go. When you leave me, I really miss you. Kyoya, my one and only heart, please give me this chance." Tamaki pulled his hand from his pocket, he opened it to reveal a white gold ring with a sapphire hanging from a white gold chain.

"Before I left France, my mother gave me this ring and said that when I find the person that I couldn't possibly live without, if I could see forever in their eyes, I should give this to them and keep them close to me. So, Kyoya, can I keep you?" Tamaki's heart was pounding as he waited for Kyoya to recover from the shock. The blonde host's face was beginning to turn scarlet.

"Tamaki...did you just ask me to-"

"To be my forever love, yes."

"What about your family, your grandmother would never allow you to-"

"Forget about that, the second we turn eighteen, our lives belong to us and we can make our own company if we want, money isn't important to me, but you are everything." Kyoya moved forward, wrapping his arms around Tamaki's neck and pressing his lips to the teen's. Tamaki deepened the kiss.

When they parted, Tamaki placed the chain around the shadow king's neck. Nothing more needed to be said.

"See, your shirt collar hides it pretty good if you're worried about someone seeing it." They returned to the car just as Tamaki's ringtone sounded.

"Kaoru sent me a text." Tamaki said opening his phone. He smiled.

"They haven't heard from you in a while, he tried to text you earlier. He wants to know how you're feeling."

"Tell him I'm doing much better." Tamaki thought for a moment.

"You know Mommy dear, it's been a little while since our family was all together and it's a Saturday so they probably don;t have anything to do...do you feel like going out for dinner tonight, we could invite them and you can tell them yourself. I think it would be a nice thank you for looking after the club and helping out as much as they could.

"That sounds fair, I think it would actually be good to see them again. A return to normalcy, I suppose." Tamaki nodded. He was already sending the invitation.