I woke up the next morning, tired as ever. I rubbed my eyes layed in my bed for a moment, realizing that my worried had not gone away with the night. I really wanted to know what Haru and Yuki were talking about!! I rose up from my bed and looked into my mirror.
"O_O;; Oh my..." I looked like I had been in a fight, the circles under my eyes were so dark! I decided to put on some makeup to cover up my raccoon circles. I put up my hair like I always did and grabbed the cutest dress I could find. I think that today I'll look extra cute, maybe then I can convince Yuki to tell me, or better yet, if Haru and Yuki told everyone else, I could get it out of one of them. But for now, I'll just set my sights on Yuki. I primped a little more before deciding that I was as super cute as I was going to get. I opened my door and peeked my head out. Nope, no one in sight. I bet they were all waiting for me to get breakfast on the table. So I made my way into the kitchen.
"Why... Ms. Honda." I knew whos sweet voice that was. How could I not. I turned with a little blush on my face to see Yuki staring at me in amazement. Well at least I knew I looked cute!
"Oh! Good morning Yuki ^__^' " I said in my sweet voice. "How did you sleep?" I questioned.
"Uh, yes, I slept quite well. How about you?" He smiled at me, I think my heart just melted.
"Yeah. I slept alright too. My mind was a little pre-occupied, so I'm a little bit tired, but it's nothing I can't handle, no way! Don't worry about me, I'm quite alright!" Ahh...I babbled again. -__-'. Trying to save myself I quickly asked Yuki what he wanted for breakfast.
"Hmm... Well some..." "Tohru! Oh my goodness you look so cute!" Shigure had came around the corner and startled Yuki and I.
"^o^ Oh! Well thanks Shigure! It's nothing special. I just didn't have anything else to wear and well, this looked cute and match the ribbon Yuki gave me last year."
"Well either way Tohru you look so darling! Oh I could just eat you up! Unless you want to make me some congee." Shigure grinned at me.
"That's what I was going to ask for as well." Yuki nodded at me.
"Alright! A pot of congee coming right up!! Oh... does anyone know if Kyo will be joining us? Or perhaps, our dinner guests from last night?" I asked with fake curiosity.
"Ahh I think that Haru and Momiji are coming over, Haru said he had to tell me about...''*SLAP* Yuki nailed Shigure in the back of the head with his hand. "Ahhh T___T... about... the plans for the day?" Shigure said, guarding his head while looking at Yuki, who just stared at him.
"Alright than!!" I said with a 'clueless' smile on my face. "Than extra I will make!" I turned to my stove and quickly put the rice and water into the sauce pan. "So Shigure... what plan ARE you making for today?" I casually asked as I prepared breakfast.
"Oh uhm... I think we are going to discuss ideas for my next book." Shigure said.
"MORNIIIIIIING!" Momiji's little voice rang through the whole house. "Do I smell congee!?" He said with the big smile on his face. I nodded and smiled back at him, as Haru walked through the door and sat down next to Shigure.
"Morning Haru." I said with happiness in my voice,Haru nodded towards me in aknowledgement.
The whole room was quiet, except for Momiji who never could sit still or be quiet for more than a few seconds. Kyo was the last to join us, and just in time. The food was done and I served everyone, than myself. Again we all ate in silence. I finished up and put my dish in the sink, letting it soak. Kyo was done next and as he was getting ready to leave Haru stopped him. All of them looked like they had a secret to tell so I decided to make up and excuse to leave the room.
"Oh goodness! I have so much laundry to do!" I threw down my dish and ran into my room... or so they thought. They all moved into the front room and Haru began to speak.
"My family... Something has been discovered about our curse." The room went silent, even little Momiji stopped babbling. Haru went on with his news. "Most of you have heard the rumor of the curse being lifted..." My jaw dropped. The curse being lifted! WHAT!?! That would be amazing! Now I could properly hug the family that I loved so much! But I decided to listen more instead of jumping to conclusions.
"But you also know that you can only hug a certain person at a certain time. If you hug a person that doesn't match you, you still turn into your Zodiac. So it's been pointless to ever try. We don't have any clue who our matches could be and it's quite to risky to try. I felt that it was important to tell you all because maybe you do know your match..." For some reason I fel that comment was pointed towards Yuki.
"But also..." Haru continued. "If you do find your match, and you are able to hug them and touch them or do whatever you wish with them, you will no longer be your Zodiac."
I heard all of them gasp. They all started chattering at once. I decided that the convorsation was over and went and got my clothes. I really did need to do them. So I got them all seperated and put them in the washer. I walked back into the kitchen and cleaned up the dishes and the stove. Everyone walked back into the kitchen like nothing had been said. Momiji came over to me and asked if I needed some help. That little boy is so sweet.I nodded and told him that in a few minutes I would need helping hanging my clothes. He was overjoyed to help me.
The day went on like nothing had been said. I played dumb as usual and went on with my day. Yuki and Kyo got into a fight again. Than Kyo dissapeared as soon as Kagura came over. She did her usual love-hate routine which always drove Kyo away. I thought it was cute but Kyo didn't see it the same way. As I was laughing at the two Yuki came over and sat next to me. He looked as if he had something on his mind. I hoped to goodness that he would tell me the rumor that I overheard Haru tell them all.
"Hello Yuki ^_^" I said like I always did.
"....Tohru..." He sounded a bit shy.
"Oh, uh yes Yuki?" I said a little worried.
"We have to talk tonight... Like you said, if I ever wanted to talk, we could. So is it alright to talk to you?" He sounded concerned.
"Of course it is Yuki ^o^, You can always count on me!" He nodded at me and stood up. He walked back to his room and didn't come out for the rest of the night. I sat in my room, a little irritated that I had been ignored, no, I had been stood up! Oh! That stinks. As I sat on my bed, about to turn off my light. There was a light knock on my door and it slid open.
"Tohru? Are you awake" Yuki's sweet voice whispered.
"Yuki, yes I'm awake. Come in." I said patting the spot next to me. Yuki nodded at me and shut the door. He walked over to my bed and stood there for a minute. He was making me nervous so I smiled at him and tapped the spot next to me again. He sat down, his head down a bit.
"Uhm... Yuki? What is it that you needed to talk to me about?" I asked, a little concerned. He didn't answer me so I grabbed his hand. This got his attention. I was a bit surprised at myself for doing this, but Yuki stared into my eyes. I smiled back at him, letting him know I was all ears.
"Yes. Let's talk." He said as he shut off the light. "It's about my curse...."