Hi!  Here's my next FB fanfiction. This takes place sometime while Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo are in high school.  Enjoy!

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A Lovely Afternoon Chapter 1: An Uninvited Guest

"Yuu-kiii!"

I freeze in place, it can't be.

"Ah!  There you are, Gure-san told me you'd be in your room."

I frown and say, "Of course, Onii-san, I have homework that needs to be done."

He leans over towards me.

Startled, I say, "What is it?"

He takes hold of my hand and pulls me up from the chair.

He brandishes his other hand at the open window and says, "How can you stay inside on a day like this?"

I sigh and say, "I just explained it, if you were listen…"

"Come with me, Yuki!"

He really doesn't listen to me.

Resigned, I let him pull me out of the room and out into the hallway, where we barely avoid running into Honda-san.
"I'm sorry, Honda-san," I say.

She waves her hands in front of her face as she says, "Please don't worry about it Yuki-kun, I should have been paying better attention to where I was walking."

I glare at the person who was the cause of it, but his expression is completely innocent.

I am surprised when he then looks at her with a broad smile.

"Tohru!  Just the person I was looking for!"

I look at him quickly and say, "Onii-san, what are you planning?  Whatever it is, leave Honda-san out of it."

He looks at me with a hurt expression, "Yuki, how cruel of you!"

Appearing worried, she says, "I'm sure that Ayame-san has something nice planned, Yuki-kun."

I smile at her but don't respond, as I highly doubt that that is the case.

We hear a stomping noise, and look towards the end of the hallway, where we see an angry looking Kyo.

With a glare, he shouts, "Oi, baka nezumi, can't you get him to shut up?"

"Baka neko, I've told you already, he doesn't listen to me."

"I can't stand this anymore, I'm leaving!"

The three of us watch as he then stomps away.

We remain motionless for a moment, unsure how to react to what just happened, but then Onii-san grabs Honda-san's and my hands and we are forced to start walking down the hallway.

Angered, I say, "Onii-san…"

He looks to her and exclaims, "Tohru, I have something wonderful to tell you!"

I expect him to continue, but he looks away from Tohru and at Shigure, who is lounging and reading a book.

He lets go of our hands and steps forward slightly as he shouts, "Gure-san!"

Faster than I thought possible, Shigure drops the book, stands up, and falls all over Onii-san.

"Yes?"

"Thank you so much for telling me where I could find Yuki."

"My pleasure, my pleasure."

"We're going out now, Gure-san, but I promise we'll be back."

"I'll be waiting," Shigure responds with a wink and a grin.

Noticing the chance for escape, I motion to Honda-san and move beside her.

I quietly say, "Honda-san, we have to leave, we don't know…"

"Now what are you two conspiring about over there!" Onii-san says as he disentangles himself from Shigure and approaches us.

I push him away as I say, "Don't stand so close."

With a hurt expression, he says, "But you're just as close to Tohru, Yuki!"

Embarrassed, I answer, "I meant to both of us, we're trying to have a conversation."

With a mischievous grin, he replies, "Hmm, should I interrupt?"

I look to the confused Honda-san with an apologetic expression and say, "I'm sorry my brother is putting you through this, Honda-san."

She smiles and says, "There's no need to worry!"

Before I can say more, he grabs hold of our hands again and moves us towards the door.

I free my hand from his grasp and say, "Onii-san, what are you planning!?"

Appearing taken aback, he says, "I just want to spend quality time with my little brother and our oujou-sama!"

Flustered, she says, "Ou-oujou-sama?"

Deciding to stand my ground, I say, "We're not going anywhere."

Expecting him to say something, I am surprised when I hear her instead.

"I think it would be nice if Yuki-kun and Ayame-san spent time together."

He crosses his arms and shakes his head yes knowingly.

He then smiles and says, "And, of course, I wouldn't want to separate our ouji-sama from his hime-sama!"

Even more flustered than before, she says, "Hime-sama?"

Although I don't really want to be with him for an extended period of time, I could tell from what she said that Honda-san wants the relationship between Onii-san and I to improve – and it would be nice to spend time with her – so I decide to accept.

"All right, all right, I'll go."

With a wink and a mischievous grin, he answers, "I knew you'd come around!"

Trying to convince myself that I made the decision, I walk with them to his car. 

He starts the car, and, as he drives, he babbles on about random things.

At one point, he looks back at her and says, "Ah, I realized I forgot to finish what I was saying to you earlier."

"Onii-san, watch the road!"

He laughs and looks at me, "Yuki, you worry too much," but then looks ahead once more.

"What I'd wanted to tell you, Tohru, was that I have a new dress which I think would look adorable on you."

I glance at her and she blushes as she says, "I – I'm not sure, after all, I…"

"Nonsense, nonsense, you'll have to come back to my shop soon to try it on."

"It's very kind of you to offer, Ayame-san."

"It's no problem at all."

He stops the car soon afterwards and I look out - a park?

"We're here!" he shouts.

The three of us step outside.  She moves forward and clasps her hands together.

"Ah, how beautiful!  What a nice idea, Ayame-san."

"Thank you very much," he answers, appearing proud of himself.

He leans towards me and says quietly, "You could learn a couple of things from your Onii-san."

I glare back and respond, "I'm not so sure about that."

He straightens and then waves his hand and says, "Go ahead, I just have to lock up."

"Ok!" she answers as she walks over to a cluster of trees.

Not wanting to leave her alone, I follow her.

I hear a car door shut, and, curious, I look and see Onii-san starting the engine. 

The window open, he shouts, "You two have fun, I'll be back later!" before starting to back out of the parking space.

I stand in shock, my mind slowly registering that he is leaving – without us.  Realizing I have to act, I try to run back to stop him, but people block my way, and by the time I reach the parking lot, Onii-san has already driven away.