Green eyes peered out of the doorway nervously. Never had he felt so childish before. Jealousy threatened to overtake him. His little flower was skipping down the path to that mangy dog's house holding the hands of the cat and rat. He shouldn't have come here. Hatori turned to run out the back door when Tohru came bursting in.

"Hatori, what brings you here?"

He wanted to say "the love of my life who has no clue what she does to me when I'm near her" but instead chose "just thought I'd check up on you guys since Shigure isn't here." He mentally smacked himself on the forehead. Lame. Just completely lame. Yuki shrugged and went upstairs to his room. Kyo was a little more suspicious, especially since he'd never seen Hatori blush like that. He looked at Tohru, who was also blushing, then back at Hatori who had composed himself and stood like the unapproachable statue he always appeared to be. Kyo shook his head then wandered upstairs as well leaving Tohru and Hatori alone.

Hatori waited to the count of ten then crushed Tohru in his arms with all the love he could muster. She threw her arms around him too, trying not to cry with happiness that it wasn't a rumor. The curse really had been broken. Hatori pulled back and touched his forehead to hers. "I was hoping and praying with all my heart that it wasn't just a rumor. I had to come here and try it out." Oh my god it felt so good to hold her close.

"Do the others know?" asked Tohru still fighting back sniffles at how nice it was to hug Hatori.

"I'm not sure."

"We could go up and tell them."

"They can wait a couple of minutes, I just want to hold you for a bit longer."

Hatori leaned down and gave her a kiss. "I love you, Tohru Honda," he whispered against her lips. He felt her tears start anew and pulled back in confusion.

"That's the first time you've ever said that to me. I've waited so long to hear it." Tohru, in a rare act of boldness, pushed Hatori against a wall and kissed him passionately. Blood pounded in his ears and he thought he might die if he didn't take her upstairs to her room right that second to-

"Whoa, what's going on? Hey Yuki, I think we have a pervert to throw out of the house."

Tohru stood protectively in front of Hatori. "You will do no such thing. If you throw him out, then I'm going with him."

Kyo's jaw dropped. Yuki appeared on the stairs beside him. "What's wrong Tohru?"

"Hatori was taking advantage of Tohru. He was hugging her and kissing her and-"

"Kyo, I'm the one that was kissing Hatori. I started it."

That got both of the younger boys' jaws to drop. Hatori dropped an arm around Tohru and, causing the boys to go even deeper into shock, he smiled. Tohru snuggled against his chest and looked up at Hatori lovingly. Yuki started to smile. Somehow this wasn't as big of a suprise to him as it was to the cat. Hatori always seemed to be the one who needed to be loved the most. If anyone, Tohru was the most logical person to give him that love. She loved unconditionally and wasn't afraid to put herself on the line for that love.

"Oh, Ha'ri, how could you take my flower from me."

Everyone jumped at the sound of Shigure's voice coming from the doorway.

"My one and only Tohru, how could you do this to me? I thought we were destined to be. Oh well, I guess Ha'ri is just going to have to take care of you body and soul. My my, are you blushing Ha'ri? Ooo, you're thinking dirty thoughts about our little Tohru aren't you?"

"Shigure, shut up. You're starting to irritate all of us. And yes, I will stay for dinner."

Tohru clapped her hands happily and moved towards the kitchen, talking out loud to herself about what she could make for dinner that everyone could agree on.