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Tohru: me

Akito mainly done by: Misanthropeadicsohma

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The rain poured down slowly hitting the side of the main house as she made her way through the maze of hallways her aqua orbs searching the rooms looking for the one Shigure had told her. She had asked him the novelist if she could speak with him to Akito-san she didn't go into detail, but she forced the dog to stay behind so she could speak with no worries. She finally stopped reaching the door that was engraved with his name she moved slowly knocking on the door hoping he was in a somewhat happy state. He heard it all from inside of his room, the sound of footsteps scurrying here and there as maids and servants raced to finish their chores and avoid a chance meeting with him, the soft whispers of all these strangers that lived inside of their house sweeping past the thin door to barely prick his ear. It was unnerving and made the family head restless: but what could he do but yell at them for being so loud? Normally it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice for him, and in fact he would move across three halls just to submit his vicious punishment. But today all vile intentions were lost in the fever that kept his body in his own room, in bed where he was now wishing for the peace of sleep that would not come. Or perhaps he could call for Hatori to shut those mindless drone's up...

She slowly slid the door open stepping in quietly looking to the figure that lay quietly her eyes looking down to him as she spoke with caution. "... Akito-san I was wondering if it would be ok to speak with you..." Her voice was barely above a whisper she wasn't sure if the young male was asleep or just waiting for a victim that was lured in by his silence.

Just as he was debating on whether to call Hatori to do his own dirty work, his ears suddenly caught the sound of a shoji door sliding open and feet moving across his wooden floor. A voice followed, one all-too familiar to him, and a sadistic smirk ran up his lips in response. "Miss. Tohru Honda..." Pressing his thin fingers against the warm futon below him, Akito managed to raise his aching body to a sitting position. His head barely turned to glance at the girl addressing him, the darkness doing a very good job at caressing his frame enough to hide most of his features. "And to what do I owe this intrusion in my house?"

She stepped back slowly as she looked down. 'I can do this, I have to do this for him.' She thought silently as she stepped forward walking over to where Akito laid slowly kneeling in front of him bowing to him as she kept her head down as she began to speak to the one everyone called 'God'. "...I'm sorry to intrude like this in such water Akito-san, but it was the only way the cat would not follow after me..."

Akito arched an eyebrow in growing curiosity. He thought for sure that the girl would be here either for some dumb reason or for Yuki's sake. But for Kyou's...? And just what was it that she could possibly be here for, about him? Kyou meant very little to him or anyone of the other zodiac for that matter. In that, the cat was basically freelance, tied by no strings as long as he kept his mouth shut. "I have a fever Miss. Honda, and I have been sick all day. So if you need to say something, then say it now or leave. I'm not in the mood for formalities."

"Will you lock Kyou-kun away after graduation still?" She stammered out as she looked up to him the one everyone seemed to fear even in his weak state. "He's doing better sociably just like Yuki-kun and the others." She spoke softly now as she looked to the frail young man.

Akito stared back at Tohru for the longest time without saying a word, eyes seeming to search the thin air between them for some semblance of memory. And then it hit, and he returned to reality. "I'd almost forgotten about that ridiculous wager. Thank you for the reminder, Miss. Honda." And he smirked. "As for your question, a deal is a deal. Just remember that it was Kyou who agreed to it. And why should you care anyway? He's only a mangy cat."

"He's like family to me though." She looked down feeling guilt now for speaking now about the wager. "... I don't want you to take him away from our home Akito-san you'll be breaking the family apart." She referred to the three men she was living with as family now.

This girl was really beginning to grate on his nerves. Akito's fingers began to slide against the floor, twitching as his anger with the youth grew by every word she uttered past her lips. "Shut up!" Despite his ill body and the fever that had him by the balls, Akito rose to his feet and cast his blankets away. "Do you understand Japanese, girl? It was Kyou's decision to make that deal with me! He is in a bargain he agreed to! If he is nothing but a little cowering kitten and wants out then he can see me himself. He shouldn't send a useless girl to do his dirty-work anyway!"

She flinched hearing him yell at her as she looked up to the young male not standing yet not even trying to run"...He didn't send me..." She spoke sadly as she slowly looked down from the God. "...If you like making deals so much then I'll take his place... So he can live freely after graduation." She kept her head down still she wasn't sure what his plans were now she wasn't ready to give up and turn tail.

A deal... a deal like that? Tohru's offer took Akito completely by surprise, so much so that for a long while he couldn't find his voice to say anything at all. At least then he was beginning to calm and allowed himself to sit back down, much to the relief of his aching muscles and churning stomach. "So you're willing to give away your life so easily, Miss. Tohru Honda? Perhaps I should put your loyalty to the test." He leaned his body forward, just enough so that his eyes and nose could peer out from the shadows surrounding that side of the room. "Do you know what our curse is, Miss. Honda?"

She nodded slowly as she looked back up to the young male. "... You are the God and the others are your servants your companions..." She spoke softly before continuing on. "...You told me once before that you would not let anyone in to steal hem away from you..." She kept her gaze on the man before her eyes lowering halfway. "... What life do I have... I'm an orphan... Kyou-kun... He has his master to look after him still just like as if he was still a child and a dojo he could inherit..."

"Very touching," Akito responded in a sarcastic tone, eyes rolling up to meet Tohru's. "But that was not my question. We are a cursed family who can transform into the animals of the zodiac, but you knew that already." He slowly moved closer to her, one hand raising to gently cup her chin and force her eyes to look directly into his own. "But what is our curse, Miss. Honda? Have you figured it out yet?"

"... To never be happy with the one you love..." She spoke sadly as she kept her eyes focused on his still. "...To never have happiness for to long..." She shook lightly now she was struggling hopping that was what he wanted to hear.

He smirked deviously and his fingers wrapped more tightly over her chin. "And here I was beginning to think that you really were the most stupid person in the planet. You are correct, Miss. Honda. Our curse is to always feel pain. We are fated to fall in love and have this happiness taken away as soon as they become part of our family... much unlike you, Miss. Honda. Even though you live with Shigure, Yuki and Kyou, your last name is still Honda. You can live freely with them, without pain, and you can be happy while we suffer." His pointing finger caressed her lips and he moved his own head closer, eyes weaving over her cheeks. "You have found the loophole, Miss. Honda. It must be very relieving to be so happy and to still have Yuki and Kyou, hmm? You wanted to make a deal?"

She closed her eyes slowly as she nodded lightly. "...So Kyou-kun can remain free... The way his eyes lit up when he talked about the dojo and his master... I don't want him to miss out on that..."

He pulled his hand away quickly and scoffed at her continuous plea for the release of their cat. "This deal has nothing to do with Kyou, Miss. Honda. This is a deal just between us... though unlike Kyou, I'm not giving you a choice to back down. You will marry a Sohma family member and you will remove your name of Honda to become a Sohma completely. The free ride you have been living in the past ends here. If you want to remain with us, then you will suffer like us! If you refuse, then Hatori will erase all of your memories of us and I will forbid the Shoma's to see you, talk to you, even exchange glances with you!"

She looked to the god before looking down sadly. "... How long are you giving me to give up my name..." She looked back to him as she tried not to cry now. "... Who will ever love an orphan anyways..." She spoke sadly as she sat silently kneeling before him.

His smirk widened. "You have exactly one week to come up with a Sohma as a husband, or else Hatori will erase your memories. As for Kyou... his deal stands. If the stupid cat wants to alter this then he has to speak to me personally... not that it would matter, anyway."

She looked back into his eyes. "...If he marries me you won't be able to take him away from me..." A smirk slide across her face she had found a new loophole to his bargain. "If the cat takes me as his bride it wouldn't be right for you to take him away from me. Especially if we have children in the process."

"If the cat chooses you as his bride," and that was a painfully amusing thought, "then you are already setting yourself up for pain in this family, because your dear husband will be locked away forever, and you will never see him again. You will only have an empty bed and a piece of paper that announces you as married."

"Then I will go with him. To death do us part." She spoke coldly toward Akito now the rain starting to hit against the window-reflecting glimpse of light as lightening lit across the sky flickering the lights.

"That is not part of his or our deal," Akito replied. "So even if you fight with all of your might and will, you will not be locked up with him. You are fighting an useless battle, Miss. Honda. And to think, this is all because of the cat's stupidity... because he actually believes anything would change even if he won that little bet!"

She stood quickly looking down to the god her eyes filled with hatred toward him now. "... I will still love the cat and I will always be with the cat nothing will change that even if we are separated we will still love one another."

"You remind me of Kana once upon a time," Akito mused softly. "Her devotion to Hatori was so strong. But now... isn't she marrying someone else? It will be interesting to see how you end up years from now."

"I will still love the cat nothing will change that!" She was shouting at the god now as she turned her back to him. "I will return with Kyou-kun hand in hand."

"How romantic." Again his sarcasm was dripping from his lips. "If you are done with your spineless yelling and proclamations of deep love, then kindly remove yourself from my view. You have wasted enough of my time, and I'm sure your soon-to-be-husband doesn't have much time left himself. Why not run off, beg him to marry you and then see if he can't get you pregnant before we lock him up for good?"

"... You will never know love your the cold hearted monster..." She kept her eyes from him as she ran from the his room sliding the door closed as she made her way down the hallway the maids looking up from their posts as they walked down the hallway. Tears were rolling down her pale cheeks as she ran toward the car getting in she was soaked now from the rain that came down.