You Worry Too Much

Shigure Fanfiction

Eli-fein

(Eli-fein: J. L. Moses had the wonderful idea of starting second person on this site, so here's my FF in second person too! )


It was a normal day at school…

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"

Of course, by now you were use to it…

"I-I'm sorry…"

But things were about to change.

You gathered your books arrayed on the ground, it was like any other day. The infamous troublemaker Kyo Sohma would run into you on your way into school. Not that you thought he really meant it, maybe it was just you, being there at the wrong place at the wrong time everyday. Because, besides that, there was no acknowledging of you. Not from him, nor, well, anyone else really either. It was like any normal day, and any normal day was fine with you.

In school you spent most of your time in the library, reading books and learning more about things you've never heard of before. Being the greatest successor in the senior class, you had numerous free time periods.

After lunch you put down your book when you feel the presence of someone else near you. Looking over your book you see Hanajima, one of the younger year students attending as well. She's the only one you really exchanged any words with, though you were nothing else but acquaintances, she came in every other day after lunch, and sometimes just to see you.

"Your waves are more aroused than usual today…" she said monotone-like, "Are you worried about something?"

"N-not really Hanajima-san, There's n-nothing I can recall…" you say. She hands you a book and you take it from her, looking at the due date, "Um, Hana-san, this is over three months due…"

"Could I avoid paying a fee by telling of your future?" she said.

"Uh, no thank you, b-but I'll pay for it anyway."

"You are too kind," she says, "I pay much attention to you, your waves are some of that extraordinary in many ways. They are very strong."

I feel like I'm being stalked now…

Your face droops and you hold up a hand as to brush it off, "U-uhh, okay then. I-I guess I'll see y-you around th-then?"

"Of course."


As you walked home from school, it began to rain, miserably, like it has been for several days now. You sigh and walk a bit faster to attempt getting home before it got worse. But then you notice something in the ally way, a flash of orange on the ground that looked so familiar…could it be? Glancing around the wall you saw it was only a cat. You went over to it and saw it sitting on a pile of cloth. Scooping the cat into your arms you look at the clothes, they were the boys school uniform! Glancing at the cat it looked like it was asleep, but maybe it was sick, with a cold, most likely, from the freezing rain that has been coming and going for the past few days.

"I shouldn't take in strays but once you get better I'll let you go again, no matter how painful it might be," you say looking down at the cat and scratching its ears. It didn't make a movement beside its low breathing, and half dimmed eyes. You take the uniform too, just for the heck of it.

Inside you lay the cat down to dry off, placing a blanket over it you go to your fridge and scan its contents. "Hmmm…ah, here we are." You say spotting some left over fried fish. You bring it over to him and lay it aside for when he would awake. Finally it does, looking alarmed of its surroundings and then up to you. Finally it charges off over the couch and behind it.

"Calm down," you say, you see it's head poke itself over the couch, "I'm not going to hurt you." It walks along the top, staring at you intently, "You could have been eaten laying in an ally way like that so lifeless, some hungry rats could have come and chomped you to bits." It hissed at the word of rats. You motioned to the fish, "I suggest you eat, it will help rebuild your strength so you can leave, since you seem to detest me so much." It comes down and begins to eat away at the fish. You place your head in your hand and your elbow on your lap, just watching it. "Hmm, what to call you…how about Kyon-kyon, like the boy that hits everyday on my way to school, and then tells me to watch where I'm going." It stops eating suddenly and stays still for a little bit, then goes back to eating, "Your orange fur is almost identical to that of his hair, both very odd." He sneezed.

Then there was a knock at your door.

"You go ahead and continue, I'll be right back," you say and smile at the cat, though really deep down you were scared half to death. You never got people coming to visit you. Walking up to the door you place your small hand over the door knob and turn it, opening the door. There at your doorstep were two other students, apparently, according to their uniforms, and one older man behind them, slightly taller with black hair, as for the boy whose was lavender and the girl with brown.

"Umm, we seemed to have lost our cat…" said the purple haired boy, but he didn't seem to finish.

"Hey! You go to our school, don't you?" asked the girl.

"U-um, well, uh, I guess so…"you stutter, "H-how could you tell?"

"Your uniform!" she said brightly, you look down, yeah, you didn't seem to bother changing out of yours either.

"By the way, our cat…" said the older man, placing a hand behind his head and giving a small laugh, "You haven't happen to see him have you? Has orange fur..."

"Orange fur?" you say, it just so happened you picked up the right cat, he had a home.

"Yeah, orange fur," he repeats

"He's i-in the living room, c-currently eating some fish," you said, and then there was a slight pause, "W-would you like to come in for s-some tea?"

"Would we ever!" cried the man behind the two students.

The boy seemed to cast him a dirty look, sort of like one of those that says, "You have some issues."


Sitting at your kitchen table with some freshly brewed tea, your acquainted with the two students you had no idea went to the same school as you.

"I'm Tohru Honda! Pleasure to meet you! And thank you so much for being so kind as to invite us in for some tea!"

"Yes, that's very generous of you, by the way, the names Shigure, Shigure Sohma," says the dark haired man, taking a large sip of your tea and smiling in satisfaction.

"Yuki Sohma," says the boy finally. Ah. You remembered him now, the "Prince" was his title at school…eh, whatever.

"It's very nice to meet the two of y-you, and Shigure," you say looking down at your tea, "My name isn't all that important, b-but, it's Kaze Hitonormi."

"I'm sorry for my rudeness," says Yuki, "but I think it'd be best we take our stupid cat and go, after all, it is getting late."

"Aw, Yuki, don't be so harsh, Kaze invited us in and we're her guests now," says Shigure, "We must ask of her permission to leave." He said smiling and holding his tea close. Man, this guy must really like his tea, though, there was something about him you just liked…

"O-oh, no, i-it's all right, r-really! Feel f-free to do what you wish!" you say putting your hands out in front of you to say it's okay, "I-I don't want to be rude…" you say and bow your head.

"Then I say we best be on our way, thank you again, Kaze-san," says Yuki.

"Yes, thank you!" says Tohru. You look over the sleeping cat lounging on your sofa.

"I'm afraid he has a cold, I-I'm not sure but it seems the weather really got to him," you say picking the cat up disturbing him from his nap and handing him over to Tohru., "And this was with him too," you say holding up a dry and folded uniform, "I'm not sure where it came from or who it belongs to, but I'm sure perhaps you could use it."

"Thanks!" said Tohru also taking the clothes, "I guess we'll see you at school sometime."

"Y-yes, I guess so," you say and weakly smile, "It was nice to meet you, all of you." you say also looking at Yuki and Shigure.

"And I deeply admired meeting you, Miss Kaze Hitonormi," says Shigure, "I hope we'll be able to see each other again sometime."

"It was splendid meeting you, thanks for taking care of the idiotic cat," says Yuki.

"Same here, well, scratch the idiotic cat part, but thank you for everything. Perhaps you'd like to get together sometime at school?" says Tohru.

Was someone actually inviting you to be with them? Was someone actually willing to be a friend of yours?

"Oh, I'd…I'd love that," you say.

"As a matter of fact why don't we all get together tomorrow afternoon," says Shigure, "You guys can walk back to the house after school tomorrow and we'll treat Kaze to dinner!"

"Oh that's wonderful!" says Tohru.

"You're such a lech Shigure," mumbles Yuki, "but it will be nice."

"U-uh…" you weren't planning on any of this, already you were having dinner with complete strangers that just showed up on your doorstep to claim their cat. But you didn't want to be rude as to disagree to their offer, "A-all right, I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow then."


"Remind me why we brought you again Shigure…" sneers Yuki while they walked home, "I thought you even said yourself it's dangerous to have women around, and Tohru was an acceptation…"

"Well, I could easily sniff Kyo out, besides, what will one little dinner do?"

"Calm down Yuki-kun," says Tohru happily, "She's not a bad person, and even if your secret were to slip, she'd be the last person to tell anyone."

"That doesn't matter," says Yuki, "We can't be sure."

"I don't see what the problem is having one come over ever once in a while…" said Shigure, "Besides, it's my house, and I invited her. I'm allowed to live a life like the two of you too," he smiles and attempts to muffle a laugh, "And, she's a beautiful high school girl!"

Tohru and Yuki sweatdrop.


The next day after lunch you look up to see not only Hanajima as usual, but Tohru there as well.

"So, you guys a-are friends?" you ask looking from one another.

"Why yes," says Hana, "Once Tohru said she had met you yesterday, I invited her to come along."

"So nice to see you again Kaze," says Tohru, "I can't wait till tonight!"

"M-me neither…" you say, though really, you were hoping the school day would last forever, "I-I will s-see you soon."

Yuki had caught you in the hall earlier and told you he, Tohru and Kyo usually meet up at the front gates outside the school and told you also to be there. You were first, so you were a little worried that perhaps they had already met and gone home. "Who am I kidding, why should I believe-"

But then you spotted a familiar orange haired boy walking up. Hands in his pockets as he made a slow stride towards you. His face was on the ground, and then finally when he came up to you, he didn't seem like the same person who ran into every morning, well, every morning, except today.

"Hey, umm, Kaze right?" he asks looking away, you guessed trying to keep his cool.

"O-oh, yes," you say holding your books closer to you.

"Uh, I've, uh, noticed what I've been doing every morning to you for the past months…" he says putting a hand behind his head, "And uh, I just wanna say, well, I'm, I'm sorry for doing that to you." This seemed very difficult for him, to apologize to you.

"It's all right," you say and smile softly, "That was the least of my worries." He nods as you accept his apology. You found this quite odd, Kyo Sohma apologizing to you all of a sudden, you had hoped he would have noticed earlier, though, right now, you were happy he noticed at all. Yuki arrived next, and Tohru shortly after. You all walked back together to the Sohma house.

"Oh! So she did decide to come! I'm so glad!" says Shigure running up to you and taking your hands. Yuki then hits him upside the head with his bag, making him let go of you.

"Don't be a lech Shigure…"

"You're so mean…"

You try as hard as you can to hide your laugh, and are successful in doing so. They sure were entertaining.

"Come on Kaze, do you mind helping me with dinner?" asked Tohru smiling.

"Sure, n-no problem," you say and smile a small one back.

"Psst," said Kyo leaning over towards you, "Knowing how Tohru is, she gonna let you choose what we have to eat, do us all a favor and stay away from leeks, onions and miso."

"But, I like miso…"

"All right fine, but don't make it the main course-"

"Oh Kyo," said Shigure, "Don't be such a nuisance, Kaze was nice enough to come and eat with us. And now she's helping Tohru cook your meal, you should have a little more respect."

"But-!"

"Don't mind him," says Yuki, "He's just a like little kid, choose whatever the two of you feel like having. We appreciate it."

You smile. You found yourself really enjoying the Sohmas company, Tohru's too.

"Well, let's see, let's see…" says Tohru looking in the fridge, "Here, Kaze, take a look, what do you say?"

"Hmm," you look inside and then pull out a packaged fish, "How about broiled saury, oh, and miso soup with eggplant. Throw some rice on the side for Kyo as well."

"Broiled saury? How do you make that?" she asks looking a bit sheepish.

"Oh, it's really easy. I'll teach you, k?"

"Ok!"

While the two of you were cutting up the carrots, you sneeze, out of no where.

"Oh, here Kaze," says Tohru handing you a tissue.

"Thank you," you say accepting it from her.

"I wonder who it is," she says placing a finger to her chin.

"Hmm?"

"They say when you sneeze, someone's talking about you!" she says.

"It that so?" you ask smiling at the silly suspicion.

"Yeah, my mom use to say that all the time," she says.

You look at her curiously, "Hey Tohru, if you don't mind me asking, how is that you ended up living with the Sohmas in the first place?"


"Shigure you're ridiculous…"

"Now, now, Yuki," says Shigure looking over his book, "There's no reason for that. Besides, there's nothing wrong with her."

"Nothing wrong besides she's a girl," says Kyo.

"Now, don't you forget what she did for you, cat-boy," says Shigure, "Brought you in, dried you off, kept you warm, and fed you. More than you deserved I should say so."

"Besides the fact that every morning she's the girl you shove out of your way to school," says Yuki, "The least you could do yourself is maybe give her a little gratitude."

"Shut up you jerk, I already know that!" says Kyo popping an anger vein.


"Oh, I'm so sorry Tohru, I had no idea," you say sadly, hearing the story of her mother passing away just last May in a terrible car accident.

"It's all right, but if you don't mind me asking," says Tohru with a smile, "Where are you're parents?"

"Mine?" you say, this was the first time anyone's approached this subject with you, "Well, my father, I don't know where he is, he just sort of, left. He drank his paychecks away. And my mom, well, she did a lot of bad things that led someone wanting to murder her."

"Oh, that's terrible," says Tohru.

"Oh, it's all right, my mom wasn't really the greatest person out there, I'm better off without her actually. She always stole my money that I worked hard to earn, and because I cared for her I didn't say anything. But now, I'm doing better, though I still do miss her a little. Your mom sounds wonderful though," you say and Tohru's face brightens more than it is already, "I'd love to hear more about her-"

"Yo, what's the hold up, I'm starving!"

"Oh, Kyo-kun," says Tohru and the both of you chuckle at his impatience.

"Well, I guess our call for dinner is here," you say and the both of you set the table.


"Oh my, how splendid," says Shigure admiring the food set out before him, "I must say the food looks absolutely wonderful tonight Tohru."

"Oh, I didn't really make it mostly, just helped out," says Tohru looking proud, you were hoping she'd just accept the compliment, "Kaze-chan made the food because she was teaching me the new recipe!"

"Is that so?" says Shigure, "Well, lets not let this meal go to waste, let's eat." He says and picks up a piece of fish with his chopsticks.

You all continue eating until finally something on one of the tables nearby catches your eye. Yuki notices you're caught by something. He looks over to see the painted zodiac figurines Shigure made a while ago when they first met Tohru.

"You like them?" asks Yuki knocking you out of your daydream.

You swallow your food, "Gomen, I didn't know other people were interested in those types of things anymore. I'm surprised."

"A bit old fashioned, yes, but do you like the old zodiac tales?" asks Shigure.

"Oh yes, one of my fields of interest," you take a sip of your tea, "I enjoy reading about them, but I guess it's just a waste of time."

"Hmph," says Kyo looking away, "That's dumb."

"Now, now Kyo-kun," says Shigure, "There's such a thing as respect for others."

"I'm also very interested in the zodiac," says Tohru smiling in your way.

Yuki chuckles, "What would you call us if we could be animals of the zodiac?" he asks.

They all look at you, waiting for an answer. It was an odd question for Yuki to ask out of no where. You think long and hard, staring at Yuki for a long while.

"Well, to begin with, I'd say even though you're born in a different year you're most like the rat of the zodiac."

Yuki's face goes from amusement to interest, "Why do you say that Miss Hitonormi?"

"Well, people who are the rat are very good with the opposite gender, and tend to be very graceful and kind hearted. Some negative things can be that they don't like getting too close and can be a little too aloof."

"Cheh, aloof," says Kyo stuffing some fish into his mouth.

"What would you say Kyo is from the zodiac?" asks Shigure. You stare at Kyo for a long while.

"Hmmm…" you hum and ponder, you think about the cat last night that reminded you of him, "I'd say he's the cat from the legend, the unlucky number 13."

Now all of them looked at you strange.

"What about me? What about me?" asks Shigure smiling like a little boy in a candy shop.

"Well, I'm not sure…" you say looking at his happy and smiling face, "I'd have to say Dog though. Fits you the most."

"Ah, seems you have wisdom beyond your years Miss Kaze," says Shigure.

"Why do you say that?" you ask curiously.

"Oh, nothing, forget I said anything," says Shigure smiling and waving it off.

Yuki clears his throat, "So, after graduation what are you planning on doing? Have any interest of what you might go into for a major?"

You look down at your food sadly, but try your best to smile, you look up again. "I don't have enough money to go to a college of my choice. I'm attending the community college I guess, and what I want to go into they don't have. But I don't know what I'm going to do."

"That's sucks," says Kyo.

"Looks like we're on the same page," says Tohru smiling, "That's where I'm gonna go too! We can be dorm mates!"

You chuckle, "I'll hopefully be out of college by the time you come, if I'm not I guess I'm not as successful as I hoped to be."

There was a slight silence.

"Umm, is there something I said?" you ask sweatdropping.

"Oh no," says Shigure, "We were just lost in thought at that moment."

"Would you like to help me clear the table?" asks Tohru.

"Of course," you reply.


The three boys were left at the table in dead silence. They were all deep in thought. Finally, Kyo struck the silence.

"Does anybody else get the feeling we should just tell her the curse?" he asks.

"Don't be stupid, there's no way we can. Though I must admit, I am tempted for some odd reason…" replies Yuki, he looks over at Shigure, "Any input?"

Shigure doesn't answer, he just continues to stare at the table in front of him.

This must be something extrodinary, thinks Kyo, Even Shigure doesn't have anything to say…

"I don't know," he finally says, "If we can avoid it we will, but if she finds out, I have no problem letting her know. Though, Akito might say something else about her…"

"This is weird…" says Kyo groaning and flopping onto the table, "Too weird for my taste."

Shigure smiled, "She sure is a strange case."


"Thanks for helping, it sure makes my job easier. Not to mention a little more interesting," says Tohru returning a plate to a cabinet.

"Oh, no problem," you say and smile back at her.

"Oh, Kaze, I've just noticed, you don't stutter anymore!" she says.

You look at her, but then finally it registers, "I guess so. Strange. I'm usually so nervous around people I can't stop stuttering!" you smile and laugh at yourself.

"It's wonderful, it makes you sound a lot more confident then you were," says Tohru.

"Thanks."

"Well, we'd better get back to the guys, they're probably wondering where we went," says Tohru.

"Like getting sucked down the drain?"

"That'd be terrible!" says Tohru. The shock on her face was actually serious.

"I was only sarcastic Tohru…" you say. She relaxes and blows off steam.

"That's a relief."


"What? Leaving so soon?" asks Shigure.

"Oh yes, it's getting late and we have school tomorrow," you say. It was slowly creeping onto 11 o'clock and you still hadn't left the Sohma house. Part of it was because Shigure kept interrupting you every time you were about to say you should leave. Not that you minded being there, but you were tired after the long day.

"Shigure, we mustn't keep her-" says Yuki but he's cut off.

"But I'd like to keep her," says Shigure. Kyo hits him on the back of the head.

"Don't be such a pervert, let the girl go Shigure," he says.

You laugh, "I'm sure I'll see you again sometime."

"I hope so," says Shigure, "It'd be a shame if I couldn't."

"Are you sure you'll be fine walking home by yourself?" asks Yuki, "I'll go with you if you want me too."

"Yeah," says Tohru, "Me too."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine," you say.

"You sure?" asks Kyo.

"Of course she's not," says Shigure.

"But I-"

"I'll take her home, you three go ahead and go to sleep. I'll be back later!" says Shigure taking your arm and walking out of the house. He closed the door in front of the three onlookers.

"You think we should follow them?" asks Kyo, "I don't know what could be worse for her, being with Shigure or coming across one of the occasional weirdos."

"I was thinking the same thing…" says Yuki, "Maybe we should…"

"Don't be silly you two," says Tohru, "She'll be fine. Shigure won't let anything happen to her."

"Yeah right," says Kyo, "Shigure's the reason why I'm worried."