Well I hope you all enjoy. I know, I know. It's not that great. XD I'm not a very good writer.
Chapter 1: Eliza's Entrance
As I walked down the road, I stared at Tohru's letter. Tohru Honda had been my friend when we were younger before I had to move away to be put in an orphanage in a different town. My parents had died in a fire that started in my mother making an attempt to cook. One day when I had been minding my own business during breakfast at the orphanage, the boss of the place handed the letter to me. As I opened and read it's contents, I read about the death of Tohru's mother, and how she had been living with her grandfather until she moved in with three guys. I had sent a letter back that I wanted to come visit, and so we set up the plans and now here I was.
I had my black iPod jammed into my pocket with my earbuds in. Blaring "Face Down" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, I wasn't entirely paying attention to where I was going. I was doing my best to follow the directions on the letter. A leaf fell from a tree onto my shoulder, and I simply plucked it off my yellow blouse and pulled up my blue jeans. This wasn't my normal attire, it's just what I wore when I first meet people. I don't like being judged and all that, so I dress like a normal person.
Eventually I made it to the house. It was in a quiet little place. Or at least the area was quiet. There was shouting between two males coming from the house. That really didn't help my confidence in coming here. Just as I walked up to the door, some orange-hair dude threw open the door and stormed out of the house by me. I was slightly alarmed, and I staggered a little to the side. That's when I turned off my iPod and put the headphones up. "Hello?" I called cautiously into the house, scared of another random guy storming out of the house by me.
"Eliza!? Is that you?" Torhu said happily, running up and hugging me, "It's so amazing to see you again!" Tentatively I hugged Torhu back, "Good to see you too, Tohru. Who was that who just left the house in a huff?"
"That was Kyo. Don't mind him, he's just a stupid cat..." A male said.
I looked over at him. His hair was a purple-ish color and he had big eyes. I couldn't help but think in my mind that he looked a little feminine. I quickly pushed the thought aside though, trying not be judgmental. "Yuki! This is Eliza. My friend I told you about who was coming to visit for a few days," Tohru said. "Ah, Miss Uzunair. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. Tohru has said very much about you," Yuki said, smiling gently.
'Oookay, so either he's a flirt or he's just really really nice,' I thought to myself, 'I hope the latter, I don't need my best friend living with a flirt...'
"Oooh, and who might this be, Tohru~? Did you bring more highschool girls into the house~?" An older, taller man said.
"Shigure, knock it off..." Yuki muttered.
'Oh...so that's who the flirt is...' I thought to myself, staring a little frightened at this Shigure guy.
"Shigure! This is Eliza!" Tohru said happily.
"Oh! So this is the girl you've been saying was going to visit! How long is she staying? Long enough for me to convince her to be another house maid for us~?" Shigure said, smirking.
"What are you talking about, Shigure!?" Yuki said, starting to get annoyed, "Especially what do you mean by "another" house maid!? We don't even have one!"
"Yes we do. Oh, but of course if you weren't too busy holding secret crushes on Tohru you'd admit she's a house maid just as easily as I can~!" Shigure said, making hand gestures.
"What are you talking about!? Miss Honda is NOT a house maid and you are not to refer to her that way!" Yuki said, thinking for a moment, then adding, "And I do not have a crush on her!"
And with that Yuki walked out of the room. I was beginning to feel very awkward in this household.
"Umm...you all...seem like a very friendly family here..." I stated, not letting my eyes leave the floor.
"Oh no! It's not as bad as it seems when you're here long enough, really! They just have occasional quarrels...except Yuki and Kyo...they kind of fight a lot...but...It's all okay!" Tohru said, smiling, "Don't be afraid, please."
"It's not that I'm afraid, Tohru. Just wondering what kind of hell you got yourself into here," I said, rubbing the back of my head.
"Well, Tohru, I suspect you wouldn't mind letting your friend sleep in your room while she stays here. Why don't you show her to the room she'll be staying in?" Shigure said, waving his hand as if to shoo us off. "Yeah...let's go..." I said, practically pleading.
Tohru led me upstairs to her, and my, room. I twitched the instant I saw the pink bed. I sat by the window watching the nature while Tohru played with my hair.
"I'm so sorry about Kyo. He has some anger issues and has a tendency to storm out of the house..." Tohru murmured.
"Damn shame. I think he and I would have gotten along pretty well," I commented, noting that I also had anger issues.
"Don't worry, he'll be back. He's probably on the roof watching the clouds," Tohru said.
"Haha, the watching the clouds parts reminds me of Shina. She would do anything for five minutes of watching clouds," I said.
"How's Elaine? Last time I heard you told the officials to put her in a straight jacket..." Tohru asked worriedly.
"Of course I did. They didn't heed my advice. She's been threatening to burn down the orphanage ever since though. And watch it be now, while I'm away here with you, that she does it..." I muttered.
Elaine was a girl who had been abused by her father as a kid. She never knew her mother because the instant she was born her mother ran out on her, giving her to her dad to be bottle fed. Eventually Elaine's father was found out and sent to jail, but Elaine had pretty much lost her mind.
"Oh, please don't think like that...Think of happy thoughts! Maybe someone will make a breakthrough with her!" Tohru said.
"You're so damn optimistic...," I muttered, twitching slightly. Tohru was always the optimistic, and I was the pessimistic who made her look at things in a realistic way when she got carried away.
"But being optimistic is one of my qualities, so I've been told. It wouldn't do you some harm to smile!" Tohru said, tugging on my blonde hair a little to get out a tangle.
"I have smiled, moron," I said jokingly, laughing a little.
"I mean...you should do it more often...You've always had a pretty smile..." Tohru said, smiling sadly.
"Sure, sure. Next you're going to tell me Kyo's a cat," I said sarcastically, not knowing a single thing about their curse.
"R-right! Sure! Haha! You always know how to kid, Eliza!" Tohru said very nervously, earning a very odd glance from me. She turned my head back to the window as she pulled back my hair, everything but my black bangs.
'Wonder what brought on that strange behavior...,' I thought to myself.
We sat in pure silence for a while. Which was very uncommon when you're with Tohru. The girl's such a ray of sunshine she can make a conversation out of anything. So..even though I'm used to silence since I don't talk much, it was awkward now. I wondered if I had said something, but I brushed off the feeling. In a few minutes, Tohru dangled a clean braid of blonde locks over my shoulder and smiled.
"What do you think?" Tohru asked.
"I love it, Tohru. Thank you," I said, returning her smile.
"I better go down and make some dinner. I don't want Kyo complaining again, now do I?" Tohru said smiling, standing up and dusting off her skirt.
"You make dinner?" I asked, standing up as well.
"Yes, it's just a thing I do to show how thankful I am for having a house. And Yuki and Shigure aren't very good a cooking, anyways. Plus Kyo's usually in too bad of a mood," Tohru said, walking to the door of our room.
"Are they judgmental people?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Tohru asked, a little shocked. "Can I drop the optimistic yellow blouse and light blue jeans and be who I really am?" I asked, somewhat annoyed.
"Of course, I don't think they'd care," Tohru said, smiling again and walking downstairs.
I sighed with relief and pulled the damn yellow thing off over my head, revealing a black tank top underneath. I changed my light blue jeans for a pair of black, torn skinny jeans. I put on my black choker and my skull necklaces. Then I pulled on my black armbands and my studded bracelets. I felt so much more like myself dressed like this.
That orange-haired guy walked by right as I opened the door to the room. Kyo stopped abruptly and looked at me with a slightly confused look.
"Who the hell are you?" Kyo said, and I could hear the anger already rising in his voice.
"A friend of Tohru's. The girl who was supposed to stay for a few days? Guess you weren't told," I said, shoving my hands in my pocket.
"Oh, that's who you are. You seem a little strange for a girl. Normally girls don't wear jeans here, or were you not told?" Kyo said bitterly.
"I was told, I just don't care," I spat back at him, walking past him and stopping at the top of the staircase, "However, if you do care so much, at least it shows somewhere in you you care."
"I never said I gave a shit about what you wore," Kyo muttered, walking off to his room.
I walked downstairs and into the dining room, and sat down. No one else was really around, so I took this chance to look around. It seemed so different, and so much more peaceful than the orphanage. The material the front door was made out of let light in and made me feel calm inside. Something that was rare for me to feel this way, especially back home. I was so caught up in my thoughts I didn't notice when Yuki came up behind me and tapped my shoulder. I jumped and snapped around at him, glaring.
"I'm sorry if I startled you, Miss Uzunair...," Yuki said, "I just wanted to see if you wanted anyone around to keep you company. You seemed a little lonely."
"Oh, it's just you. It's okay, you did startle me, but it's alright. Um...you can stay and talk, I don't mind," I said, fiddling with my braid.
Yuki gave me a kind smile, one that almost seemed more of a kind, reassuring smile than actual happiness, "Miss Honda told me you live in an orphanage.."
"Oh, yeah. It's not a big deal. Didn't have no where else to go after the accident," I said, shrugging slightly.
"May I ask what happened?" Yuki said. His voice was rather quiet compared to some people. He seemed like a shy guy.
"My mom was a suicidal person. When I was really young, about four, she tried to kill herself. So she was sent to a hospital to get better. I lived with dad for three years, my sister getting married and moving out in one of those three years. After the three years passed, my mom was allowed to come home again. My mom told us that night she would cook dinner for us. Long story short it was another suicide attempt and she ended up burning the whole house down. Killing both herself and my father in it," I said, not making eye contact with Yuki once.
"I'm so sorry to hear that, Miss Uzunair. Why didn't you move in with your sister? Or another sibling if you had one? Or another relative?" Yuki asked, shaking his head lightly, "I'm sorry if I'm prying."
"Oh don't worry. You're not. My sister died the same year of a heart attack, and her husband wanted nothing else to do with my family. My older brother despised me and the family and wouldn't take me in. Anyone else...never really knew who I was. A couple stepped up. I think my Tante, Onkel, und GroBvater stepped up. But I didn't know them well enough, it would have felt too strange," I explained.
"What does Tante, Onkel, and GroBvater mean...?" Yuki asked cautiously.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I sometimes get caught in the moment and start speaking a little bit of German with my English. Tante means aunt, Onkel means uncle, and GroBvater means grandfather," I explained.
Yuki nodded in recognition.
"Psh, what am I doing? Rambling on and on to you like we're close friends or something," I said, laughing bitterly.
"I don't think that's a bad thing...do you?" Shigure said, sitting down, "Of course I have no idea what you two are talking about."
"It was nothing, Shigure. Just a couple things from Miss Uzunair's past," Yuki said, smiling the same smile he always does.
Tohru walked in and set the food down on the table.
"Kyo! Dinner's ready!" Shigure called upstairs.
After a few minutes, after the others had started eating already, the orange-haired teen finally came downstairs. He sat down, seeming to sit as far away from the others as he could. This stirred sympathetic feelings in my heart.
"So, what the hell is your name, anyway?" Kyo asked me.
"Eliza," I said, smirking, "Didn't think you'd care about my name."
Kyo went a little red in the face as he shouted, "I DON'T!"
"It looks like you cared to me..." Yuki muttered, eating some rice.
"Who asked you, you damn rat!?" Kyo yelled, standing up abruptly and running outside.
"Where is he going?" I asked.
"To the roof..." Yuki and Shigure said in unison.
I stood up to go talk to him. He's peeking my interests now. Something seems off about him. Almost like he was one of those people who faked anger to cover up how sad they felt.
"Eliza I wouldn't approach him while he's mad," Shigure said.
I simply shrugged him off and climbed up to the roof. A little clumsily, I'll give you that. I've never been much of a climber because of my flat feet and short height so I can grab the next ledge or whatever. Either way, I made it up there, and I saw Kyo laying on his back. I stood up and walked over.
"Hey," I muttered.
"What do you want?" Kyo said irritably.
"You know I'm only playing around, right?" I asked.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Kyo muttered.
"Well...for a person like me, if I pick on you and play around, it means I like you and I want to be your friend. I can understand your personality better than you think," I said, standing up and jumping off the roof and landing a little shakily at the bottom, sending pain through my right leg. I was used to that from landing now of days. Once again, flat feet.
I knew Kyo was watching me from the roof, staring at me in shock. I don't know if my words made any sort of impact on him, or whether they pushed him further away. I don't really care. If a person decides they don't want to be my friend, I leave at that. But they open the door to the side of me that is very cold to people I don't want to be friends with. I didn't make my words long at all. I kept everything short and to the point. Guess that's what I get from my parents. They were always very to the point people.
Yuki was sitting down still, looking a bit tired from a long day. Tohru seemed very cheerful still though, off in the kitchen cleaning dishes. I crossed back over to Yuki and sat down.
"Hey, Yuki. You seem a little tired," I said, poking Yuki's arm lightly.
"I do? Oh..I guess I am a little tired," Yuki said, yawning a little.
"It's late, you should go to bed," I commented, standing up. Yuki stood up as well.
"I think you're right," Yuki said.
"Before you go though, keep in mind that my past stays between you and I. And as far you know, those are the only details there are," I growled.
Yuki went upstairs to bed and so did I. Deep down I was hoping Kyo wouldn't stay out there all night. Even though I barely knew the kid, he's not being very smart. I got dressed into pajamas, also all black, and brought my iPod to bed. I fell asleep listening to my music in peace.
Morning came, but the phone rang instead of my alarm clock. Shigure came to my room and poked me awake.
"Oh, Eliza. Something of tragic news is waiting for you on the phone!" Shigure said, walking away like a coward.
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