Chapter 1: Do you love me?

Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba. Which stinks. I love Furuba! A/N: Thanks to Neko (kyou-chan-otaku) for helping me work on this chapter.

It was another chilly December day, and it happened to be the week before Christmas.

Tohru, Uo, and Hana walked through the Roppongi Hills shopping district, all looking for presents. They had already done some shopping (Uo got Kyo a "You lost at Dai-Hin-Min, so you suck." Plaque.), but needed other gifts. Uo and Hana paused in front of a glass display window of an American bookstore.

"My brother said he wants some of these." Said Hana, gesticulating at a pile of flimsy looking magazines with superheroes on the front.

"He wants steroid magazines?" asked Uo.

"I think he said they were called comics."

"What are they about?"

"They have plots and storylines," butted in Tohru," That one's called Superman, that one is Justice League, and that one's Batman."

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"How would you know this?" asked Uo.

"She does live in an all male household, stupid." Said Hana.

"Who're you calling stupid?"

"You. How could you forget that your best friend lives in an entirely testosterone-poisoned home?"

"Ummm...I dunno."

"Um, guys? I have to be home soon." Said Tohru, looking at her watch.

"We better get shopping then." Said Uo.

"Yes, good idea." Said Hana.

Their wallets much lighter, the girls headed home. When Tohru got home, she found Yuki sitting on the front steps.

"Hi." She said.

"Hi Tohru." Said Yuki.

"What's wrong? Aren't you cold?"

"No, I'm ok, but I was wondering..." Yuki paused. "Do you love me?"

"Yes, of course."

"I mean in that way."

"Yes."

"Good, because I want you to be my...my...girlfriend."

Tohru, who in any essence had already placed her bags on the porch when she saw Yuki sitting there, ran over to him and hugged him.

"Of course I will!" she said.

Yuki smiled and pulled a small box out of his back pocket, opened it, and saw the "T" necklace he had bought earlier that week. He opened the clasp on it, placed it around Tohru's neck, and closed it.

"Does that mean "yes"?" he asked.

"Of course it does. But I have one question, why didn't you transform?"

"I know. You broke my curse. You love me. I won't transform now."

"But what about Haitori and Kana?"

"That is an entirely different story. She was a Sohma. He was a Sohma. You and I don't belong to the same family. That's what makes us different."

Tohru hugged him again.

"Let's go inside before it gets too cold."

"Yes. Can I ask you another question?"

"Sure."

"Will you come to the School Christmas Ball with me?"

"Surely!" Tohru picked up her shopping bags and headed inside with Yuki.

"Can I tell Hana and Uo?"

"Of course, but not about the Sohma secret." He said, teasingly.

Yuki kissed Tohru on the cheek as they parted ways. Tohru turned redder than some of the bags she was holding. Once Tohru was in her bedroom, she set her bags down next to her dresser, and smiled as she booted up her laptop, a gift from Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo on her last birthday.(A/N: She has a MAC! W00! I'm crazy for Macs, but I don't have one ) Once her computer had booted up, she turned on iChat©, and got a message from Hana.

PsychicHana: Hi Tohru

OnigriGirl: Hi Hana! You'll never guess what happened when I got home!

PsychicHana: Hold on, let me open a chat.

Hana sent a chat invitation and Tohru accepted.

OnigriGirl: Hi all

BlondYankee: Tohru, what happened?? Did Orangey die?!

OnigriGirl: No, silly, Kyo-kun isn't dead

BlondYankee: darn

PsychicHana: What happened, then?

OnigriGirl: Yuki asked me out and I said yes.

BlondYankee: And...

OnigriGirl: and I'm going to theChristmas ball with him.

BlondYankee: Nice

PsychicHana: Yes, very cool.

OnigriGirl: hold on, Kyo-kun's online. Do you mind if I invite him in?

PsychicHana: No

BlondYankee: why not?

Kyo has entered room PsychicHana13798

DamnYuki16: what am I doing here, Honda-san?

OnigriGirl: You have to ask someone to the ball.

DamnYuki16: Oh, that.

PsychicHana: Not me, well, I, I'll go, but not with you.

DamnYuki16: Fine, since Honda-san is going with that damn Yuki and since I don't want to go with.... well anyways.

Kyo opened another box and addressed this one to Uo

DamnYuki16: Hi Yankee.

BlondYankee: Hey, Orange top. Moping about your loss today?

DamnYuki16: You cheated, ya damn Yankee!

DamnYuki16: You were pulling all those cheap ass tricks!

Sighing, Kyo deleted the come back he had ready and retyped his message.

DamnYuki16: Look, I didn't IM you to start arguing...I wasn't thinking about that stupid card game, actually. I was just thinking about the Christmas ball...And, uh, well, I don't have anyone...to...um...go with....and uh...it'd be kinda stupid if I went by myself...

DamnYuki16: And...er...You don't have someone to go with either...and it really would be kinda pointless if you went without a date...

Uo stared at the screen stupidly. "Is he trying to...?"

BlondYankee: Orange top, you're rambling.

DamnYuki16: ...Um, is that...a yes?

An ironic grin spread across the blonde-haired Yankee's face. Who would've thought that big, strong, I-don't-take-crap-from-anyone was so shy when asking someone out?

Her grin lessened slightly. Was her response a yes?

For some reason...she wanted to go...

BlondYankee: Yeah.

DamnYuki16: Alright!

DamnYuki16: I mean...um...Now I don't have to deal with that damned Yuki all night.

Smiling, Arisa Uotani shook her head, before a thought came to her.

BlondYankee: Hey, Orange top, what about Hana?

DamnYuki16: Leave that to me.

BlondYankee: Orange top, are you suggesting that you're going to play match maker???? o.OOO

DamnYuki16: No!! Kyo Sohma does not play matchmaker! I just...er...it would...suck for her to go alone...

BlondYankee: Aww, there is compassion somewhere in Orange top's tiny head!

BlondYankee: You better set her up with a good guy, 'cause if he hurts her, I'm going to kill you.

Kyo gulped and gave a nervous laugh to no one in particular.

DamnYuki16: I know what I'm doing, dammit!

DamnYuki16: Anyway, I have to go call him. I'll pick you up at 7:15, ok?

BlondYankee: Whatever.

BlondYankee: See ya.

Uo raised an eyebrow to herself as Kyo got offline. "Well, that was one thing I was not expecting..."