CHAPTER 1
"I'm going out for a while, is that... okay?" Yuki asked. Shigure, startled, looked up, "Eh? Aren't you afraid Akito would find out?" Yuki fell silent, "Being here any longer would only make me feel more suffocated," Shigure hesitated, "Mm, go then... but remember to return before dinner, I'll try to cover up for you..."
"That's strange..." Yuki said and smirked, "A few years ago, you would have gone telling Akito that I've disobeyed him again," He said and walked out. Shigure watched as Yuki walked away, these few years have changed him... somehow..
Yes, it had been 3 years since the trio graduated from school. Yuki remembered that day when Tohru announced she is going away:
"It is my promise made to my mother when she passed away, I want to live independently and earn money for myself," Tohru stood up and smiled, "That is why I am here to say farewell to you," She had smiled...Yuki thought. Everyone fell silent while Tohru bowed. Kyou, of course, was the one most affected. "...Impossible..." Kyou had muttered softly, as soft as it was, Yuki had heard it and before long, Kyou rushed out of the house in a fluster. Tohru wanted to give chase, "Kyou-kun!" Yuki hated it. Hated the way Tohru could so easily call Kyou by his name, even if he knew he was being selfish about it.
"Honda-san..." Oh how Yuki had wished he could call Tohru by her name casually, "Are...you serious?" Tohru paused and turned around, looking at him as if looking through him, as if reading his thoughts, she smiled softly and nodded. It felt like his whole world had crashed, "Besides..." Tohru continued softly and paused. Yuki knew what she wanted to say, Yuki knew what she had thought. It was also partly because of Akito that she had wanted to leave. She could not forget the words Akito had said that day when everyone went to the Souma's house. He had paid an unexpected visit to Tohru... "I want to tell you something before I go; it is that after graduation, Kyou will be locked up until he dies. And you will be alone. Everyone... Yuki... Shigure... everyone will return to the Souma's house. No one can take away our unity together..."
Even though Tohru had never voiced it out, Yuki knew she was deeply affected by his words. At that time, Yuki remembered, it was dinner time and they had just finished their dinner. She was wearing a blue denim dress and her hair was plaited. "When are you leaving?" Shigure asked. "I intend to leave next week..."
"Ah? So soon?" Yuki asked. Yuki knew that Tohru couldn't bear to see Kyou and the rest of the Soumas leave her, so she decided to take the right initiative to leave first. Tohru smiled again and nodded, "Where would you live?" Tohru turned to Shigure and replied, "With my grandpa and my auntie, the house where –"
"Ah, I know that, I know that..." Shigure interrupted. Strange, it was not like Shigure to interrupt like that, but Yuki dismissed it. "Mm... well then, you will visit us, won't you?" Shigure asked and put on a pitiful face, "I'm going to miss all your cooking when you're gone..."
"Eh... that..." Tohru smiled helplessly. A week later, she moved and the Soumas never heard of her again. It was not like her to be this irresponsible, Yuki thought but he, too, felt helpless of his own situation...
"I'm going out for a while, is that... okay?" Yuki asked. Shigure, startled, looked up, "Eh? Aren't you afraid Akito would find out?" Yuki fell silent, "Being here any longer would only make me feel more suffocated," Shigure hesitated, "Mm, go then... but remember to return before dinner, I'll try to cover up for you..."
"That's strange..." Yuki said and smirked, "A few years ago, you would have gone telling Akito that I've disobeyed him again," He said and walked out. Shigure watched as Yuki walked away, these few years have changed him... somehow..
Yes, it had been 3 years since the trio graduated from school. Yuki remembered that day when Tohru announced she is going away:
"It is my promise made to my mother when she passed away, I want to live independently and earn money for myself," Tohru stood up and smiled, "That is why I am here to say farewell to you," She had smiled...Yuki thought. Everyone fell silent while Tohru bowed. Kyou, of course, was the one most affected. "...Impossible..." Kyou had muttered softly, as soft as it was, Yuki had heard it and before long, Kyou rushed out of the house in a fluster. Tohru wanted to give chase, "Kyou-kun!" Yuki hated it. Hated the way Tohru could so easily call Kyou by his name, even if he knew he was being selfish about it.
"Honda-san..." Oh how Yuki had wished he could call Tohru by her name casually, "Are...you serious?" Tohru paused and turned around, looking at him as if looking through him, as if reading his thoughts, she smiled softly and nodded. It felt like his whole world had crashed, "Besides..." Tohru continued softly and paused. Yuki knew what she wanted to say, Yuki knew what she had thought. It was also partly because of Akito that she had wanted to leave. She could not forget the words Akito had said that day when everyone went to the Souma's house. He had paid an unexpected visit to Tohru... "I want to tell you something before I go; it is that after graduation, Kyou will be locked up until he dies. And you will be alone. Everyone... Yuki... Shigure... everyone will return to the Souma's house. No one can take away our unity together..."
Even though Tohru had never voiced it out, Yuki knew she was deeply affected by his words. At that time, Yuki remembered, it was dinner time and they had just finished their dinner. She was wearing a blue denim dress and her hair was plaited. "When are you leaving?" Shigure asked. "I intend to leave next week..."
"Ah? So soon?" Yuki asked. Yuki knew that Tohru couldn't bear to see Kyou and the rest of the Soumas leave her, so she decided to take the right initiative to leave first. Tohru smiled again and nodded, "Where would you live?" Tohru turned to Shigure and replied, "With my grandpa and my auntie, the house where –"
"Ah, I know that, I know that..." Shigure interrupted. Strange, it was not like Shigure to interrupt like that, but Yuki dismissed it. "Mm... well then, you will visit us, won't you?" Shigure asked and put on a pitiful face, "I'm going to miss all your cooking when you're gone..."
"Eh... that..." Tohru smiled helplessly. A week later, she moved and the Soumas never heard of her again. It was not like her to be this irresponsible, Yuki thought but he, too, felt helpless of his own situation...