Sotto Oshiete

A/N: Yes, my first Furuba fic, so please, be kind? It's my favorite pairing, TohruXHatori! Some people may think it to be gross, but I just think it's sweet! Tohru is exactly like Kana…she and Hatori make a great match!

Disclaimer: It is to my joy that Miss Natsuki Takaya owns Furuba, because she's so brilliant and deep to have thought this out!

PS: The title means, "Tell Me Gently."

She ran her fingers through my hair, and I could tell she was crying. Her face was rosy, tears ran down it like waterfalls….

Once again, I felt as if I had been allowed something, saved from something. That "something" was myself.

Thank you Tohru.

"Oh, Hatori…it must be so hard for you." she said gently, as I embraced her.

I told myself, 'Don't allow Tohru to pity you…she's the one who needs to be shown kindness, not me.'

'She lost her mother….and what have you lost? Only the love of your life…but….I don't want to lose Tohru…I cannot lose Tohru.'

"Hatori…" she said quietly, with a hopeful smile. "Please don't freeze in the snow."

I looked around. Snow? What snow? It's summer…

Then I remembered. I remembered my vow to Kana, that I'd live my life forever…frozen in the snow, so the dream we had together wouldn't ever melt away.

I was the snow.

But…what happens….when you've come to point where the fresh, vibrant spring comes again? Why do I want to break the ice? Why did I want…to forget Kana?

That's easy. What a foolish question.

So I could always remember Tohru…

However, why would I need to remember her? If I'd always have her by my side? …

"Tohru-kun…I wouldn't think of it." I said, wiping a tear from her cheek.

"It seems…like…" I said between a sob. The tears flowed, both mine and Tohru's melded together. "It seems like…nothing I do matters. I will always be a member of the Zodiac, I will always be winter…does it matter?"

I was ashamed of myself. What was I thinking, letting her fall into my arms, and crying with her? But it was true…I had indeed been allowed something. I really had been saved from something.

"No, Hatori…" she smiled through a kind brown eye misted with tears. "Someday, your efforts will all pile up…just like the newly fallen snow….I know it."

I couldn't believe it, but I also smiled. Just like the day so long ago, when she and I first met, and as she walked away…I smiled at her.

She was so charmingly naïve….so pure. Like the first blossom of spring that melts away the harsh winter.

Is that why I feel as if I'm melting?

"I believe you…Tohru-kun…"

I hope, that maybe this dream, will never have an end.

A/N: Most of my ficcies have been in Shaman King so far, I'm mainly an angsty little authoress! Yay for Hatori, he's angsty! He's not an angst muffin (KagenoKatana!) he's an angst CAKE!! Okay…that was truly odd, sorry. See you next time, it will probably be a comedy Momiji Fic or maybe Shigure! Something weird, definitely….