My first story, I do not own Toradora, any related characters and such, I just write these for fun J -Sunset novelist By the way, expect more Toradora couplings! I plan on doing an entire series (a total of 3 stories all based on the three different couplings I had in mind, and maybe 2 extra if they are asked for. ) all characters are obviously 18+ stuff doesn't get too saucy for a bit. There's also a lot of introductory to characters and main events that happened in the actual anime.(seeing as I put these as sequels, however, the extra stories will then happen as if this story never even begun.

Chapter 1: going away again?

Ryuji Takasu stood on his balcony watching Taiga Aisaka play with her hair through her window. The short girl was looking at her feet, murmuring something about going away

"what? Taiga speak up!" Ryuji looked slightly flustered, Taiga had only been back for a week now, since she came back from her biological mother's home after being there for nearly a year and a half.

"I said, my father wants me to spend a week or so at my step mom's every month now, but I disagreed, so we came to a half-way, I will visit her once a year in the summer for three weeks, I'm leaving tomorrow." Her expression was dank, she had just gotten back and now she was leaving again. "I'm sorry Ryuji, it's just three weeks. You won't even miss me!" but she knew that was untrue, he had missed her for a year and a half, he would most definitely miss her more now than ever.

"call me each Saturday, be well-mannered." was all Ryuji had to say

"Ryuji…" taiga looked at him like a lost kitten, she didn't want to go, but her father was a big problem in her life that, without him she wouldn't have even met Ryuji in the first place, she wouldn't have the silly nickname, 'Palmtop Tiger'. her life was completely changed from the moment her father had rented that apartment for her, and for that reason, she had to make it up to her father.

"I'll be right over, to help you pack." Ryuji turned away and went back into his house, feeling that sting of hate for Taiga's father in his heart.

Ten minutes later, Ryuji was packing Taiga's hygiene items while she packed clothes, Ryuji was forbidden to enter her closet for anything. He guessed she didn't want him getting into her clothes. Half an hour later, everything was packed into two medium sized-suitcases containing a weeks worth of clothes, toothbrush, shampoo, soap, and other necessities. At the end, Ryuji sighed with content mixed with some sadness.

"Ryuji, I don't want to go, you know that." Taiga's expression had been dreary all day, she wanted to make up for time lost with him over this summer. She wanted to have those precious moments they would reflect on as they grew together.

Ryuji picked Taiga up and put her on his shoulder." You will have plenty of time for me these next two years, I'm going to college when I'm Twenty-one, and I have a job now. These next two years will make up for all the time we didn't spend together." Ryuji looked at the large apartment he was use to coming to now and then. Checking the clock on the wall he took on a surprised look. "I've got a shift in an hour, we have half of that to spend together, then when I get home I'm making your favourite for dinner.

(if you can find out what Taiga's favourite food is without using the videos, I commend you, I had problems with the videos and couldn't find what her favourite Dinner was) What should we do first?"

Taiga pondered this for a minute." I want to go to the train station and look out off the balcony, and on the way there, you are going to tell me everything that's happened since I left."

This sounded good to Ryuji, the train station is where He had confessed to Taiga almost Two years ago. "good idea, Let's go".

On the way there, Ryuji and Taiga discussed things that had gone on with family and friends the past year. "How's Ya-chan,Ryuji?" Taiga referred to Ryuji's mother in a close way, Yasuko considers Taiga a part of the family, Since Taiga is over at their house every day.

"she's been working more at the Bar, She almost brought home one of the customers last month, she got him to the door and I sent him packing."

"What about Kitamura-kun?" Yusaku Kitamura had been a crush of Taiga's that had undid itself when Ryuji and herself had worked together to earn their respectful crushes love, Yusaku had been Taiga's crush.

"I heard he's given chase after Sumire to America, before leaving he bought a small sapphire ring to present to her for a confession." Kitamura had confessed to the whole school that he was in love with Sumire Kano, the former student council president at Ohashi after she told him she was going abroad to America to study, Slightly breaking Taiga's heart in the process.

"That fool, she rejected him once, who says she won't do it again? What then, are Minorin and The Chihuahua getting into?" Minori Kushieda and Ami Kawashima are two good friends of Taiga's, Minorin being Ryuji's old crush before Taiga. Ami had been a model and old childhood friend of Yusaku, she had often flirted openly with Yusaku and he had been to dense to notice, She also flirted occasionally with Ryuji in front of Taiga when Taiga had been losing interest in Yusaku. Taiga and Ami share a mutual dislike of each other.

"I heard they've been living together across town. Ami has been Working a lot though. Minori's been getting alone fine with the team practices, she's got the respect of the whole team now." Minori was a skilled baseball pitcher her only off times in high school were during a small relationship bump after she rejected Ryuji before he could even confess to her, and one odd throw during the decoration of the school's Christmas tree, shattering Taiga's favourite ornament in the process.

They were finally there, the balcony where Taiga had pushed Ryuji over, landing in the pond below, he confessed to Taiga and told her that in two months he would Propose to her.

"you shocked me when you confessed, I felt so relieved you felt that way for me." Taiga referred to how out of the blue his confession was.

"I even surprised myself, the way you cared about my feelings just sent me over the top how much you cared. it just made me feel…. Like you were the one who I need most."

Ryuji had begun to tear up, it was a happy memory, she had accepted his confession and they had run off to Yasuko's parents together for refuge. It was nice to escape the world for a week or so.

"we better get back." said Ryuji, looking at his watch." I've got to get ready for my shift."

Back at Ryuji's house, Ryuji was cleaning up for his job at the family restaurant as a chef.

"so you got a job as a chef at the family restaurant?" Taiga asks with some optimism in her voice. "good, just cook dinner there and bring it back fast, I'll be here for…when do you get off?"

"five thirty, I'll ask first if I can make dinner there and I'll pay them for the service and use of produce." Ryuji put on his shoes and put his cell phone in his pocket

"see you then, Ryuji" Taiga stood on her tippy toes and looked into Ryuji's dark black eyes and he leans down and kisses her. After three seconds or so, he pulls away to run off to his job, with a slight blush on his cheeks. Taiga sighs with happiness and walks out of Ryuji's house and locks it with her newly acquired key, walks the 10-something steps to her apartment and lays down a newspaper on the floor and places a small clay figurine of a four-legged tailed animal, not yet colored and pasty white, also placing a box of orange, red and black paints along with a variety of brushes. She smiled to herself. "this is the best gift idea from me to him".

The rest of the day was normal, ending with Yasuko stumbling into the house drunk with love and alcohol and falling asleep in Ryuji's arms.

"I'll see you at the airport tomorrow at 10:00 Ryuji, don't be late." she kisses him as she gets up to walk to her apartment for the night.