Hatori stood in the living room waiting for Jin. Today he was going to teacher her brail. If her sight didn't return, she would need to learn it.

She came down the stirs, her hair still wet from her shower. Hatori walked over to her and took her hands in his. He kissed the tops of each. "Are you ready for today's lesson?" He asked.

"I am," She replied, "but are you?"

Hatori smiled. "I believe so." He led her to the couch. He sat down and then pulled her onto his lap. Then he pulled out a beginner's book of brail and sat it open on the table in front of them. He took her hands in his and gently helped her move her fingers over the raised dots on the page. "This is the alphabet."

As their hands moved over the page, Hatori told her which series of dots indicated which letters. They repeated this over and over, until Jin was reciting the letters as she read them with her fingers.

A knock sounded on the door and Jin stood up. "I'll get it." She walked over to the door and opened it.

"Hello Jin." Greeted a sing-song voice.

"Hey Shigure." She replied with a smile.

Hatori came up behind Jin and saw that Shigure had brought company. "Who is this?" He asked.

"This is Nightingale, my girlfriend." Shigure replied. "Nightingale this is my cousin and one of my best friends, Hatori and his girlfriend, Jin, who is also Tohru's older sister."

"It's very nice to meet both of you." Nightingale greeted.

Then Hatori and JIn both moved back. "Come in." Hatori said.

The couple entered the house and they all walked in the livingroom and sat down. Jin turned her head in the general direction of Nightingale. "Uhm, I know that this is going to sound weird, but can I feel your face? I like to know who I am talking to."

Nightingale smiled. "That doesn't sound weird at all." She replied and moved close enough to Jin so that Jin could feel her face.

Jin moved her hands of the lines of Nightingale's face. "You have a very pretty face." She commented when she was finished.

Nightingale laughed. "Why thank you."

Shigure grinned at Nightingale. "She tells the truth. You have by far the most beautiful face of them all."

Nightingale smiled and gave Shigure a playful slap on his shoulder.

"Ow, that hurt." Shigure said in a playfully dramatic way.

Nightingale giggled and leaned in and kissed his shoulder. "Better?"

Shigure looked at her seductively, "It will be when you have the chance to nurse me in private."

She laughed at him again. "Do you want me to hit you for real?" She teased.

"I want you to." Hatori replied, in a rather serious tone.

Jin laughed at Hatori and kissed his cheek. "But if she really hurt him, then you'd have to set the broken bones." She teased.

"Which would cause him to whine more." Nightingale said.

"It would be my pleasure to set his broken bones." Hatori said with a wicked grin.

Shigure looked at Jin. "You are a bad influence on him. He never used to be this cruel." He told her in his mock dramtic tone.

"No, I'm sure it was always there...I've just brought it to the surface." JIn remarked with a look of mock innocence on her face.

Shigure and Nightingale decided to stay for lunch. Jin headed into the kitchen to prepare the meal. "Could I come with you?" Nightingale asked, not wanting to be rude, but also trying not to sound like she thought Jin was helpless.

"Of course." Jin said, picking up on the intentions of Nightingale by the tone of her voice. My hearing has increased so much. I almost don't want my sight back. I can understand so much more without it. She thought to herself.

The two women walked into the kitchen and began preparing the meal. "Shigure tells me that you joined a gang after your mother passed to protect your sister." Nightingale said.

"Yeah, when our mom died, I knew it was up to me to protect Tohru." Jin replied. "I'd do anything for my little sister."

"I know exactly what you mean." Nightingale responded. "I have a younger sister, her name is Mimi."

"Where are you from?" Jin asked.

"America." Nightingale answred.

"I thought you didn't sound like you were from around here." Jin said. "Ever since I lost my sight, I can hear things more clearly and detect things that I might not have before."

"That is amazing." Nightingale told her.

"So, is your sister still in America?"

"No, but our parents are."

"Why are you two here?"

"I came as part of a teaching program that is to help everyone understand each other better. Our parents divorced a long time ago and we've been with our dad ever since. He wanted Mimi to come with me so that she could have a strictly feminie influence." Nightingale replied.

"Wow, have you two seen your mother?" Jin asked, remembering the close connection she had with her own mother.

"No. She doesn't want anything to do with us." Nightingale answered.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Jin said. She couldn't imagine a mother not wanting her kids. I mean I don't have my mother, but my mom didn't choose to leave me. She thought. How terrible.

Soon they finished making lunch and tehy served it. The meal was quickly devoured and not too long after, Shigure and Jin left. Jin and Nightingale hugged each other, already becoming fast friends.

Hatori and Jin went back to the brail book.