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One thing I cannot understand is those saying, "Poor Ryuuji! How could Taiga do this to him?" It was Ryuuji himself, right before the kiss, solidifying how much Taiga wanted to be his wife, telling her that he wanted everyone's approval. Taiga was absolutely shocked that he cared so much for her that he would let her attempt, fueled by him invoking self-confidence in her and the nurturing he gave her along with Minori and Ami and Kitamura, to truly reconcile the rifts in her family. She got a new goal in life, once she had achieved her first goal of finding the "it" they first talked about (renai).
Eloping was the solution to what was no longer a problem; confronting her family was something to be welcomed rather than avoided. Their true love was the constant in all of the changes that Taiga decided to make in her life to restore the lost sense of family in her own family. Whether two months or a year of separation, both of them I'm sure would have felt the pain equally, even if they may have met the acceptance of that temporary separation at different times.
According to the anime at least, the only thing that was certain about their presence or lack of communication during that time frame is that they had not met face to face very recently, as evidenced by Ryuuji's "You look a little bit taller!" comment. The thing about falling madly in love with someone is that nothing changes that, even if you go from virtually living together to living too many miles away to visit.
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