KyoTama

KyoTama is the slash ship between Kyoya Ootori and Tamaki Suoh from the Ouran High School Host Club fandom.

Canon
As constant classmates since middle-school, Tamaki is one the few people who has gotten close to Kyoya through sheer determination and sincere interest. Their friendship, while initially forced (perhaps on both sides), becomes a genuinely close bond, to the point that Tamaki calls himself "Daddy" to Kyoya's "Mommy" (based on their respective positions as the President and Vice-President of the Host Club). Although Tamaki sometimes annoys Kyoya, the two accept one another's eccentricities.

When the whole Host Club is shown dressed in Bali-themed outfits, Haruhi talks to Kyoya who is revealed to be the one who planned the whole activity on Tamaki's direction. Kyoya also mentions that Tamaki had a photo album of Bali on his desk, hinting to the origin of the scheme. Later, when Tamaki is crying about Haruhi using "ore" as her pronouns, he calls upon "Mom", being Kyoya, to complain.

The episode "And so Kyoya Met Him" highlights how Kyoya and Tamaki met and eventually became best friends. Upon their first meeting, Kyoya is shown to be polite and pleasant to Tamaki, though taken aback by the other's behavior. He is also shown to envy Tamaki's position as an only child and heir apparent to the affluent Suoh family business, despite his illegitimacy. Despite this, Kyoya works his hardest to make sure he meets Tamaki's every need, as if being his friend meant to entertain him at all seconds of the day. Kyoya's older sister comments on this, thinking to herself that Kyoya has never been so passionate about anything. Kyoya's frustration and envy eventually makes itself known when he accuses Tamaki of not trying hard enough, but his emotional accusations are calmly refuted when the other replies that it is Kyoya himself who has given up. When he realizes that Tamaki's words are correct, he discards his father's desires for his own, represented by him finally painting out of the frame he set himself to stay with and making a beautiful rainbow rose. Later, Kyoya co-founds the Host Club with his best friend on the basis that it is a "crazy idea."

Quotes
"I’ve never seen him so passionate about anything before."

- Fuyumi Ootori-Shidou about Kyoya making plans for Tamaki, "And so Kyoya Met Him!"

"It seems like the more I listened, the more ridiculous his plans became. But for some reason, I got the feeling that if I shared his world, I would experience something different than anything I had ever experienced before."

- Kyoya about Tamaki, "And so Kyoya Met Him!"

Fanon
Fans took to the pairing very quickly. Most of the Host Club is paired up both in the series and in the fandom. This is normally done by year, and since Tamaki and Kyoya are in the same year, they are paired up. Although this is not why people ship them. The two are best friends, and are very close, despite their opposing personalities.

Fanworks of KyoTama usually depict Kyoya with unrequited feelings or believing that his feelings are unrequited.

On AO3, KyoTama is the second most written ship within the Ouran High School Host Club - All Media Types tag; Tamaki’s second most written and Kyoya’s most written.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Tamaki/Kyōya tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Tamaki/Kyōya tag on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Michael J. Tatum, the English voice actor for Kyoya, has stated on multiple occasions that he believes Kyoya is gay and/or has feelings for Tamaki.   He also believes that Kyoya thinks Haruhi and Tamaki are a better fit for each other rather than him. ===