Koijini

(Dying of Love)

Momiji's tale

She didn't take in ANY of what he was saying she just looked at his face, his hair and admired every part of him. She remembered back to when he used to wear the girl's school uniform. She had even liked him then. It may have seemed weird to everyone else, but it made her melt every time she saw him. She liked, no, LOVED him more now that he had grown taller and more handsome. His personality was great; he loved to make her laugh. But the fact that they were best friends took away every chance that he should ever return her feelings.

Momiji knew that Hinata wasn't listening to him. She was staring right through him, or so it seemed. It was probably a good thing she wasn't listening to him, he was babbling. She wouldn't have understood anyway! He watched her and knew as he always did, the reason he was babbling. It was her beauty. Her long, waist-length curly black hair, her yellowy- hazel eyes and her perfect petite figure, they were all perfect. But it wasn't just her looks that made his heart miss a beat every time they caught each others eye or were near each other. It was her amazing personality; she understood him, didn't mind how stupid he acted or when he blew her off to play football with his friends. But he had been with her a lot more recently.

The bell rung and they both broke out of there trances, Hinata was searching through her bag frantically for something. She was a straight A student, meaning she NEVER lost anything, what the hell was she looking for? "Mo-Chan! it's gone!" Said Hinata looking as if she was about to cry. "What is!?" said Momiji worried that she had noticed that the pencil she had let him borrow, had NOT been returned. Then she realised what she had said and said "Nothing!" before running off to Japanese.

Momiji worried all the way through English class. Had he said something to upset Hinata? No, he couldn't have...could he? He began thinking of a desperate apology in his head. "Hinata, please please please, forgive me! I wouldn't and couldn't ever mean to hurt or upset you! Because the truth is I…I…I'm cursed…" His heart seemed to stop as he thought it. How could he be so stupid!? He had no chance with her; he had totally looked over the fact that he was cursed. Surely he could trust her, right? She had to know… The way she reacted would inform him of how she felt…

URGH… How could she have been so stupid!? She nearly told Momiji about it! He must have thought she was being a stroppy hormonal girl (which of course she was). But she needed to find that bracelet; He had spent hours making that for her out of sharp-edged shells and it was the best birthday gift she had EVER had. But she couldn't tell him that she had lost it or she might upset him. And upsetting someone you ADORE is never an option, right? She was confident that she would be able to find it then catch up with him before he had even began to go home.

As soon as the bell rang Hinata dived out of her chair, shot through the door and sprinted non-stop to the canteen. She flung the door open and pelted through it to the school council office on the other side. She ran to the lost and found box and began rummaging through. It wasn't until she heard foot-steps behind her that she stopped. It was Yuki Sohma. One of Momiji's cousins. She didn't want to have to answer awkward questions about why she was there or what she was looking for, so she gave up on the search and marched past him without saying a word.

Meanwhile, Momiji Sohma stood outside waiting for his friend (he wished he could call her more than just friend…) He waited for about 15 minutes before he gave up and began walking home. He had barely reached the school gates when he heard a frantic yell from behind him "WAIT!! Momiji!!" His heart leapt as he saw Hinata speeding across the yard towards him. She stopped a few feet from him and bent over nursing the stitch in her side. Momiji waited until she was stood upright again before he said "I need to talk to you..."

They walked about 50 metres until they arrived underneath a sakura tree. There Momiji stopped. Hinata walked passed him and leant against the tree's trunk so that she was facing him. Momiji looked into her eyes… But managed to draw him self out before he got too lost. "Look there's a lot you don't know about me," He began in a hushed voice. "Well, I've never been hugged by a girl before, because I'm cursed…" she looked at him and said "what with…Bad breath?" NO! He didn't want this she thought he was joking! "No! I'm not joking! Me and 11 other members of the Sohma family are cursed, with the spirits of zodiac animals, and when we are hugged by, well in my case, a girl we transform into that creature!" He said desperate now, but she wasn't convinced. So he did something radical, HE grabbed her and embraced her as tight as he could. POOF! Hinata looked down and saw a small blonde rabbit by her feet. NO! That couldn't be Momiji! But she knew all to well that it was. Then she ran without looking back…

Momiji sat there in his rabbit form. WHY!? Why did he do that!? Now she was gone! They would probably never speak again! POOF! The tall blonde boy reappeared naked. He went bright red and quickly dragged himself back into his clothes and ran in the same direction Hinata had gone.

Hinata ran stumbling, tears blinding her. She used the navy blue sleeve of her school uniform to wipe her eyes. She had been scared of what she saw. It was just too creepy. But no matter how much she thought about it, she hated herself for deserting him there. But if she couldn't hold the one she loved, what was left for her? She had no family and few other friends (as she living by herself in a small flat). But she quickly erased all thought of them. She didn't want her family and they didn't want her, which was fact.

Momiji was closer to Hinata than he thought. It wasn't until it happened that he would realise. He stopped on a corner to catch his breath.

Tip #1 when cursed; never randomly hug a girl to prove your not lying. GAH! Why had he done that!?

But he didn't have time to dwell, as at that moment there came a screech of car tyres. He pelted round the corner and saw a small crowd of panicky people gathering around something on the road.

He ran forward trying to see what it was but all he could see was an arm wearing a navy school uniform splayed out across the road in a pool of blood…

A/N I was gonna make this a Momiji oneshot but I want to leave this cliff-hanger at the end, so sorry guys! I will NOT upload the next chap until I get at least 5 reviews (a lot to ask I know) I don't care whether they are good or bad! So get reviewing! (Bearing in mind fan fics takes hours to write whereas reviews take a minute or less) Madmonster24