Chapter 1 - A Shock

Yuki sighed as he slipped out of his math classroom. He only had one last class today, history, then it was the weekend, thank goodness. Yuki was so annoyed this week he couldn't wait for it to end. He had been trying all week to find a way to tell Tohru how he felt about her, but she was always busy or he was always to shy. He wished he could just walk up and say it, Tohru would say that she likes him too, and then they would be happy together. But of course, that would never be the case. Yuki glanced out the window in the hallway and saw great big black clouds begin to form. 'Great, something else to make this day better...a thunder storm.' Yuki silently walked into the history classroom and sat down in the middle of the row closest to a window. Mabey he could block out his teacher and stare out the window.

"Hi Yuki!" a soft voice called. Yuki's heart stopped and he twirrled around and saw none other than Tohru Honda, the prettiest girl in the world, at least according to him. Kyo's heart began to thump faster and faster. But he noticed that Tohru looked rather pale. "How has your day been so far today?" she asked. Yuki was a little worried about Tohru's paleness but answered her question anyways.

"Fine. How about you Ms. Honda?" he asked calmly. Tohru looked out the window and her eyes norrowed. She starred out for a while and then turned back to Kyo.

"Great! Uh...what's up with the clouds outside?" Tohru asked with a slight hessitation. Yuki didn't understand what Tohru was so worried about.

"I think we're going to have some thunder and lightning on the way home." Yuki stated. Tohru gulped hard and slowly nodded.

"Ok...thanks for..letting me know..." she trailed off, then sat to the right of Yuki. Yuki by this point was 100% puzzled. Tohru has never acted this way before, what was going on?

Tohru tried not to let her fear show when she was talking to Yuki, but honestly she was terrifyed of thunder storms. She just hopped it would end before school got out. The teacher stepped to the front of the classroom and began to write on his large chalkboard. Small bits of thunder outside grew louder and louder and Tohru began to quiver more and more with each sound. It rang like a gong through her head. She was tried hard not to shake from fear. She hadn't had a thunder storm since her Mom was still alive, she would have helped her get through this.

"Ms. Tohru Honda." Tohru bolted up. Her teacher was calling her name. "What was the largest maritime disaster in history?" Tohru panicked for a split second, she hated on the spot questions. She thought for a moment then got the answer, of course she was still scared from the weather outside so she stuttered slightly when she talked.

"It was the...MV...Wilhelm-" a large shot of thunder sounded and Tohru jumped and held her hands together in front of her. She heard some giggles and people whispering. "MV Wilhelm Gustloff." she said.

"Correct." her teacher claimed as Tohru sunk down in her desk. She could still hear some people whispering.

'What was that about?'

'Aww baby Tohru is afraid of a little thunder! Hahaha!'

'She is such a wimp!'

'She jumped so high in the air! I'm texting everyone!' Tohru face turned red and everyone stared at her and she curled up at her desk. Everytime thunder sounded Tohru would jump again and again. People would laugh more, whisper louder and some people behind the teachers back would send texts to people in other classes. Tohru wished she could curl up and die right there. Yuki on the other hand tried to pay attention to the lesson but was also always thinking about Tohru. He finally convinced himself that she just got startled by the thunder. Finally the bell rang. Tohru was dreading this moment. She was going to walk out into the halls and people were going to laugh and mock her.

As Tohru entered the hallway her embarressing moment had gotten around. People would jump in the hall and giggle and send texts everytime she walked by. She simply told herself to ignore it and let it blow over. She walked to her locker and began to place stuff in her bag. The thunder was slowly going away, Tohru though it was going away much to slow. She flipped around and saw none other than Minami standing before her.

"That was a great show you put on in history Tohru!" she said with a giggle as her 'followers' did the same. Tohru dreaded these girls but didn't let it show. "Poor baby Tohru! Good luck getting home without your blankie!" she snickered as her and her friends walked away in a huddle. She could feel tears welling in her eyes. Is that what people thought she was? A baby? She closed her locker and made her slow walk to the front of the school.

Tohru glanced at her watch. It had been half and hour since school ended and the storm was still going on. Everytime she tried to go outside, she would hear thunder and let out a half-scream and jump back inside. The people walking by would giggle and laugh. Tohru slumped down on a bench with students still walking around trying to find their after school activity groups. Tohru pulled out a pocket sized picture of her Mom. Everytime there was thunder she would squeeze it close to herself. People began snapping photots with their cell phones of Tohru sad and alone waiting for the storm to end. Tohru felt like crying but held back. She was so embarressed, and scared that she felt like balling. Thunder scared her like crazy. She still remembered when her mother would hug her close and say that it would be over soon. She didn't have her mother now, so what was she supposed to do? Tohru sighed. She would just wait until the storm was over no matter how long it took.

Kyo was sitting in the living room when Yuki walked in.

"How you seen Ms. Honda?" Yuki asked. Kyo was really pissed off at Yuki, even more so today. Because Kyo was a cat he hated thunder storms so all day he had been mad.

"No, I haven't seen her since history class." he said. And continued watching TV. Before he could think anymore Tohru opened the door and walked in.

"Ms. Honda! Where were you?" Yuki asked. Tohru looked pale and her clothes were soaked.

"I'm sorry am I late for something? I was...asking our teacher about a math question!" she quickly made up! The second the thunder and lightning were gone Tohru dashed home. The weather forcast said that there was going to be another storm later that night, and she wanted to get home before it started. Yuki and Kyo looked at her funny but then nodded. "I'm going to start on dinner." she said setting down her bag and taking off her shoes. Yuki and Kyo watched and she walked off into the other room.

Longer chapter next time!