Chapter 1

Tohru Honda was tired and walking home from a long day at work and college. She had gone to work right from college. She worked at a cleaning agency that cleaned businesses whose buildings had multiple floors. They required hours of work. Her achy muscles every night were proof of that. Her apartment was a 20 minute walk from where she worked. It was in the downtown area. She was always scared when she walked home alone at night. She was alone with no living family left and living in the city by herself. She loved animals and was going to school to be a veterinarian assistant. It sucked because she couldn't have any animals in her building. She had to stay in her apartment. She could only have plants. It was a lonely life and she really missed her mom now. More than ever.

Tohru rounded the corner and sighed at her thoughts. Thinking like that would never get her anywhere.

"Ouch! Watch where you're going!"

Tohru was shaken out of her thoughts by a man screaming at her. It was dark but she could make out a hunched over shape. He was holding his shoulder.

"OMG I am sorry! Are you ok?"

The man looked up and glared at her. He stumbled towards her. She saw blood all over his shirt from his shoulder. He was very pale and looked about ready to pass out.

"Do I look ok to you?"

Tohru didn't know what to do! She couldn't leave him injured and laying on the street.

"Let me help you."

"No, I don't need your help!"

"Please let me help you".

Tohru walked towards the stranger and backed up when he started swinging at her. She watched him unsure what she could do. She was too afraid to approach him with him so out of control. She watched him as he stumbled past her. Then passed out against the wall and hit the ground. Tohru screamed and ran to him. He had passed out cold from loss of blood (she assumed) and was still bleeding. Tohru put her arm under his and pulled him to his feet.

"Ugh he is so heavy!"

Tohru tried her best to keep him from falling and slowly made it to her apartment building.

"Tohru, are you ok?"

Tohru looked up to see her friend and neighbor yuki looking at her concerned.

"I am fine. I need to get this poor stranger upstairs so I can treat his wound."

Yuki looked at her and back at the man she was holding up.

"Tohru, you should take him to the hospital. You don't know if he is a psycho or something."

Tohru had thought about that but she couldn't just dump him off.

"He can't hurt me in this state. He passed out from blood loss for god's sake."

Yuki just shook his head. Tohru was such a nice naïve kind hearted person. He hoped she was right. Just to be safe he was going to help her. Keep an eye out for her safety.

"Then let me help you."

Yuki took the man and helped Tohru get him upstairs.