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Title: Chocolate
Inspiration: A friend who is allergic to anything you could possibly think of. Or most of it. Oh, and Valentines.
Chapter Summary: What if Yuki Sohma was allergic to chocolate? Would Valentines Day really be hell on earth?
Word Count: 745

First love, puppy love, tough love, love-hate, love birds, in love, out of love, head over heels in love, say what you will, call it what you will, but for Yuki Sohma, Valentines Day was the worst day of the year.

It was bad enough avoiding love letters at the end of each day… but mounds of love letters in your desks, in your shoe lockers, bags and even stuffed in your mail box? The worst part of it though, was the chocolate. The disgustingly sweet, unbearably sugary taste of 'melt-in-your-mouth' chocolate. It made him shiver. Not that he could talk. He'd never eaten it in his life. Nor did he care to.

Yuki Sohma was allergic. To chocolate. Well, dairy, but that's irrelevant.

Sometimes he wished that he was avoided rather than loved. Maybe that way they wouldn't have to be bombarded by more than half of the female population and… in some cases, the male population. On days like Valentines Day, he couldn't afford to let his guard down. It wasn't only girls from his school that wanted to give him chocolate, but also girls from other schools.

It was only morning, and yet his desk was full of letters, cards, and chocolates. Chocolates. The letters and cards he could stand, the chocolates he could not. But he must keep up appearances, and however much he hated the Yuki Sohma Fan Club, at times like these they were of much help. Gladly, they would cast away all the adoring girls and throw the chocolates into the bin.

A teacher had just walked in, "good morning class," she said. The teacher didn't sound like her usual chirpy self, and the rest of the class noticed too.
"Sensei!" a girl called out, "are you feeling okay? Maybe you should go and see the nurse."
The teacher sighed and dropped her books carelessly on the desk and collapsed into her chair. "Silly girl," another sigh, "if this was a problem I could fix with medicine I would have done it a long time ago."
The majority of the girls flocked to her side, "what's wrong? What's wrong?"
"My boyfriend of 3 years dumped me on Valentines last year," she started as she put a hand to her forehead and continued, "for a girl at a night club he met just a few days ago. Valentines day reminds me of all the good times we had shared together."
And so the conversation on love continued. It was safe to say that there wasn't much learning happening.

It was lunch, and already he had enough of seeing petite pink boxes wrapped in shimmering ribbons with letters attached. And in came his ray of hope.

"Hey Yuki!" A cheerful Tohru bounded up to him, "how's your day been so far? Not too many chocolates I hope."
His silence indicated some sort of a reply.
In popped Hatsuharu, "should I call Hatori?"
"No need. I'll be fine."
"…okay then. Call us if you need anything, 'kay?"

Tohru was fidgeting quite a bit until Yuki noticed and asked her if she was okay.

"Oh no, it's nothing… I was just thinking that…" she reached inside her pocket for a small item, "since you're allergic to chocolates and all… that I would give you candy instead."
"Oh." Yuki was taken aback, "you're so thoughtful."
"I mean," she took in a sharp intake of breath, "youdonthavetoifyoudon'twantto."
"I'd love to Tohru," he said, smiling his gorgeous 100 watt smile.

The sweets were handmade and looked a little wobbly, they were strung onto a piece of string and imprinted with the letters Y-U-K-I.

"I made the same for everyone else, I hope they don't mind sugary things.
"I'm sure they loved it. So then, what are we having for dinner?"
"I'll be making an American dish this time! I wanted to try something new."
"American, huh?"
"I'll be sure to clean the house first though."
"Don't worry, we'll help you" Saki said.
"Of course. And orange-top will help out too. Right?" Uotani said.
"Uhhh… sure…?"
They walked to the Sohma house and along the way, one of the fanclub girls asked Yuki,

"Do… do you… live together?" behind her were other members.
"Did you need to know?" Saki's antaenna was poised, ready.
"No! No, no, nonono," they were crawling backwards, "of course not."

The next day, they were the talk of the school… rumours were going full on. But really… that's another story isn't it?

A/N: Okay, so basically this is a rewrite of the previous Allergies: Chocolate. It was originally posted on Valentines Day. I'm thinking of doing a whole "Allergies" series, but I'm not sure yet. I'd love some ConCrit and Reviews would be greatly appreciated, but I'm happy that you've taken time out of your busy days to read this so, I'm sure you could make just a little more time to press that GO button below this - am I pushing it? Oh goddess, that was a bad pun. Anyway. Hope you enjoyed it.

Maria