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She sat beside the garden at the secret base that only her and Yuki knew of. Yuki was away working with the student council so she agreed to tend to the garden. She had fresh strawberries placed in the basket as she continued to pull away at the weeds as water ran threw the rows. Haru wandered, almost aimlessly through the forest. He was getting close to Shigure's house, although, he didn't know where it was, or how close he was getting. "Now... let's see, I think it's that way." The brunette looked up from where she sat hearing a voice she stood walking toward the sound holding a small digger shovel in hand.

Slowly he turned around, "Or... is it this way," he mumbled, his eyes narrowing. "Damn it, I'm not lost, I know it's this way!" Slowly he started to walk in the wrong direction.

"Haru-kun?" She spoke softly as she moved from the brush walking toward him now grabbing hold of his hand with her free hand. "... Your always getting lost aren't you?"

"I'm not lost, don't tou-" he saw who is was and stopped what he was saying, "Oh, why... hello there..." A slight smirk spread over his lips as he looked down at Tohru.

She let go of his hand. "... I'm sorry I won't touch you..." She smiled up to him. "Why are you wondering around then?"

"I'm going to Shigure's house... I was going to see Yuki." He smirked still, looking down at her with a grin. "Don't suppose you've seen him around, have you?"

"He's going to be a little late he's helping with student council again." She spoke sadly as she looked toward the garden. "I was just tending our garden for tonight."

"Ah," he said as he started walking in the wrong direction again. "Well, I'll wait for him at the house, if that's ok?"

"Yeah, but your going the wrong way Haru-kun." She spoke up looking to the cow.

"I knew that," he said as he turned around and started walking towards the house. Slowly he stopped and glanced back at her, "Well... don't just stand there, come with me?"

"I got to tend the garden for Yuki-kun... Can you wait for five minutes for me I promise it won't take to long." She looked up to him before turning back up the hill to the garden. Nodding softly, he slowly walks over and kneels down beside the garden, watching what she was doing.

She hurried over turning the water off as she put the weeds into a pile that looked like a start of compost. "... I hope Yuki-kun isn't mad that you know about the secret base."

"I'm sure he won't mind," he said as he stood up and walked around the garden.

She picked up the basket of fresh fruit smiling up to him. "Ok we can head home now."

Nodding softly, he takes the basket from her, "I'll carry that for you," he says as he starts walking the wrong direction again.

"... I um... Thank you..." She spoke softly she was a little worried about telling him scared black Haru would come out this time.

Slowly he walked still, his eyes looking around. "How far from the house is that damn garden?"

"... Depends on which direction you take." She looked back up to him watching.

He blinked and looked back at her, "What do you mean by that?"

"Well were walking away from the house right now..." She stepped back slowly.

He stopped and turned around to look at her. "Why didn't you say something sooner..?"

"Cause I didn't want to make you mad." She watched him carefully before smiling. He frowned slightly as he walked past her towards the other house, without saying anything.

She followed behind him quickly. "... Where are we going now?"

"To the house, right?" He glanced back at her and grumbled some, "You're confusing me..."

"I don't know if that's the right way I don't recognize this area."

"Well… if we were going the wrong direction to start with... then going back the other way should be right... right?" He grumbled as he looked at her, feeling his frustration rise.

"But we took all those turns as well..." He voice lowered as she walked behind him. "I'll follow you I trust you."

"That's what I though," he said as he started walking again towards what he thought would be the direction of the house.

She looked up feeling a few drops hit her cheeks. "... It's starting to rain now."

"You think I don't know that," he asked softly as he walked still.

"... I'm sorry..." She nodded lightly as she looked down following silently behind him.

Slowly he came to a stop and put down the basket. "Here..." he said as he took off his jacket and handed it to her.

She blushed lightly smiling at him kindly. "Thank you Haru-kun." She pulled the jacket on putting the hood over her head the jacket was big on her the sleeves were really long on her when she shifted the hood out of her eyes. "Its nice and warm."

"Yea..." he said as he kept walking through the woods, towards the house. He actually was headed towards the house, but they were so far from it. She kept close to him as the sky grew darker she held his hand although her hand was covered by the long sleeve.

His hand holding her's was soft, though he was still holding the basket in his other hand. "How far is it?"

"... I don't know where we are Haru-kun I never been this far out before." She spoke softly keeping her head down the hood slipping down.

"You live out here though, don't you? How could you not know where we are?"

She kept her head down. "I only go to the secret base out here and to school its not like I want to go and fight a bear like Kyou-kun." She spoke starting to giggle a little.

He chuckles softly and looks back at her. "Maybe you should go with him sometime, I'm sure it'd be fun."

"... He seems to get mad though sometimes when I talk to him about living out in the woods... I think he thinks I'm making fun of him, but I'm not..."

"Sounds about like Kyou," he said with a slight mumble as he walked still.

"... Do you think he hates me?"