"What an ironic school project..." Tohru murmured as she looked over the project outline.
The project was about the Chinese Zodiac. She was to choose one of the animals and write on it. Her eyes drifted to Yuki. No doubt he'd choose the rat. Then her eyes turned to Kyo. His eyes scanned the page furiously before he stood up.
"I'm not doing this!" He shouted at the teacher.
The teacher looked at him with a blank expression. "You will if you want the grade, Kyo Sohma." He stated.
Kyo gritted his teeth. "Fine! Then I won't get the damn mark!" He shouted before bolting from the room.
Yuki rolled his eyes. "Stupid cat..." Tohru heard him mutter. She only frowned by this. It was obvious why he was mad. Being in a family cursed by the Zodiac animals, and him being the cat, that ,meant ht was already put out from the others, but now that there was an assignment that involved the zodiac animals, he didn't want to chose any beside the one he was; the cat.
Tohru's eyes turned back to the assignment and she smiled. If Kyo wasn't going to do it on himself, she would do the project on him instead.
...
"The Zodiac animals?" Shigure asked as Tohru set out dinner.
Yuki nodded. "Bit of an odd choice, but yes."
Shigure grinned. "And you're going to choose the dog, right?" He asked as he flicked his hair and acted flattered.
"Not a chance." Yuki stated and rolled his eyes. "I'm doing mine on the rat." He stated.
"Of course you are..." Shigure pouted before turning to Kyo. "Kyo a-"
"I'm not doing it!" He snapped as he got up and bolt from the room to go to the roof to sulk.
Shigure slowly turned to Tohru and gave her the puppy dog eyes. "Tohru...?"
Tohru laughed sheepishly and scratched her cheek. "Sorry, but no..." She murmured. "I-I chose a different animal than the dog..."
"What one did you pick, Miss. Honda?" Yuki asked as he paused in putting a piece of sushi in his mouth.
"Th-The... cat..." She squeaked.
Yuki and Shigure seemed taken aback by this.
"The cat isn't really a zodiac animal, though..." Yuki stated.
Tohru nodded. "B-But... Kyo is a cat... so that folk tale must be true... I-I was going to write on that..."
"Why not choose the dog?" Shigure pouted.
Yuki rolled his eyes at his cousin before looking to Tohru. "You won't get a good grade if you choose the cat, Miss. Honda."
Tohru shrugged. "I-It's what I want to do... M-My mother alwasy said to follow your heart... and that's what I want to do..." She stated as a blush slowly began to consumed her face.
The boys sighed and returned to the food.
"I still think you should do the dog..." Shigure muttered.
"Give it up already!" Yuki hissed.
AN: It's short, yeah... but its cute :P
I got this idea from my own art project I made where I made the zodiac animals surrounding the cat which is the "forgotten one". I like how this is so far ^^ Hope you do too! ^^
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