11 Years Down The Road

By: Katiebugg

"Come on Akane! You're too slow!" Hiro Sohma shouted over his shoulder to a small girl trailing behind him.

"I'm sorry Brother, it's not my fault I have short legs." She puttered, walking faster. Hiro stared at her as she caught up with him, looking her over.

Akane Sohma, Hiro little sister, 11 years old, was entering her last year of elementary school. She had a mane full of auburn hair with short bangs and hair that folded over on one side, a trend that she would hope to make, and toyed with it as they walked along. She personally ironed her uniform so it was crisp and wrinkle-free. She looked like a miniature model of their mother, Satsuki. Akane looked up at Hiro with her own flashing chocolate eyes.

"Hiro, you're not being fair!" She whined again as he increased his pace.

"Well, it's not my fault that you're late. Maybe next time you should wake up earlier, you sleep in too much. Now you're going to get me in trouble with Mom. I'll make sure to tell her it was your fault." He grumbled.

"Oh, shut up! We got here in good time!" She looked down on the ground, blushing in embarrassment. True, he thought as they saw the school approaching, at least she won't get in trouble.

"Still, you've probably missed the time to get your schedule." He grinned wickedly down at her.

"No I didn't!" But she did look scared as she heard the bell ring.

"Oh, I'm just kidding, you shouldn't take people so seriously; it's a bad habit to get." Hiro bent down and kissed the top of her head. "Have a nice day at school." He actually smiled down at her.

"I'll do better than you did!" She stuck her tongue out at me and walked up the school.

Wow, he thought, this place does remind me of a lot of things. He closed his eyes. The first time he held Kisa's hand, when he gave her her favorite Tiger stuffed animal, The first time she smiled at me. He opened his own brown-tan colored eyes, and, he finished, when Kisa got in trouble at school. But she's nothing like that now. Thanks to the stupid girl, she's completely different.

"Well, I better get on my way." Hiro said aloud as he turned his heel and walked away from the school. He remembered do this, but that was 11 years ago.

Now he was 22, doing his 3rd year in college, with Kisa, and lived in a dorm. While Tohru was accepted into the family, Akito let her have a steady relationship with Yuki, when she asked him. They've been going out for at least 4 years, both of them now 28 and living together in an apartment, Yuki working as a Florist. Kyo, much to his dismay, finally let Kagura go out with him, while he has a steady job as a construction worker. Kagura herself works as one of Yuki's assistant. Hiro didn't know much about everyone else, not that he cared what they did with their lives.

Hiro walked through his Dorm building, which luckily wasn't far away from his home. He opened the door to see his roommate reading a book on his bed.

"Hey, what's up?" Ryo asked him as put down his bag.

"Nothing, I just dropped my little sister at school, it's her first day you know." Hiro went over to the little shared refrigerator and pulled out a beer.

"Yeah, it's my girlfriends first day too. Glad we don't have to go through regular classes anymore." Ryo answered as he continued to read his book.

"Oh, yeah. Dude, why are you still going out with high school girls? Aren't you a little old for that? Don't you think it's a little degrading?" I took a sip of my beer.

"Yeah," Ryo gave a sheepish grin and shrugged,"But she's a really awesome chick and she doesn't act strange around the guys. What about your girl?" Hiro choked on his drink.

"G-Girl?" He sputtered, wiping his chin. Ryo grinned teasingly at him.

"Oh come on dude. It's so easy to see that you dig her." He tossed his black hair. "Does she know? I mean, you guys talk for hours on the phone, but I've never seen hug or kiss."

"Well…" Hiro sighed and sat down on the other side of the bed. "To tell you the truth, I've liked her since like kindergarten. I seriously love her and want to tell her, but I just don't know how she will react."

"Wow, that's a long time." Ryo put his book down and looked closely at Hiro. "I can't say I'm an expert on this kind of stuff, but when I told Hitomi I liked her, she didn't really like me. But she went out with me anyway, and she told me herself that she's happy she made the choice. You should try it."

Hiro thought about it for a little while.

"I guess I could tell her, and if she doesn't like me, there's nothing to lose."

"That's the attitude! I have to go to class in a few minutes. Later dude." Ryo hopped off the bed, gathered and books and left. Hiro was by himself.

'Yeah,' He thought, taking another sip of his beer and putting the half-empty drink back in the fridge, 'And Kisa was very friendly with me when we were young, holding hands all of the time.' Not that they do that anymore. Kisa did have a little batch of close friends in college, and she was too shy to hug and hold hands in front of them. But there was one thing that stood in the way that always was in the way.

Akito.

This is my newest story! It's only 4 chapters, but it's seriously cute! I wanted to make a KisaxHiro story because there's almost none! Seriously! But, it was so much fun to make! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!