Hey so a few things about this fanfic. It is based on the anime version of Fruba not the manga, and it will be updated every Wednesday. Thanks for reading. P.S reviews make me happy!

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How did Shigure always get his way? At least the house was quite now with him and Ayame asleep. Nami browsed the pantry and found all the ingredients for miso soup. It was a hangover tradition to eat miso. It was just convenient it was winter so the kids might be able to eat some too without being disgusted. Nami was working cheerfully when she heard quiet steps enter the kitchen.

Nami spun around to see Tohru with shock plastered across her face, "good morning. Did you manage to get any sleep with us being so noisy all night?"

"You're making breakfast? I'm sorry that is supposed to be my job! I didn't know you'd be hungry and when you would get up and everything and so…" Tohru was so upset.

"Chill out. I always make breakfast when I hang out with those two. Plus after we must have kept you up all night it's the least I can do to make some for you," Nami was stirring the pot.

"Miss Honda that soup really…" Yuki was caught off guard to see another woman over the stove, "oh it's you Miss Nami. I didn't expect you to be up so early."

"You really are quite the gentleman Yuki. Are you two hungry it's all ready," Nami poured the bowls already presuming.

"Thank you very much you are too kind," Tohru smiled obviously not used to being waited on.

"Now where's Kyo? Don't you kids have High School?" Nami thought aloud.

"Is that miso? Gross that means leeks too," Kyo arrived after his voice again.

"Morning Kyo. So you don't like leeks?" Nami already started looking through the refrigerator.

"Course I don't you know that...you're not Tohru," Kyo looked away.

Nami held out some fish, "how about some cod with yours? I find it tend to cut the leek flavor a bit. You seem like you would like fish."

"Uhhh sure," he sat himself down at the table.

With that they ate in peaceful silence until the end of the meal Nami asked, "do you all need a ride to school? I don't mind since I am heading to town already."

"Oh you're not waiting to say goodbye to Ayame or Shigure?" Tohru's head was cocked.

"No. I really wasn't supposed to stay the night at all, but when Shigure and Ayame are together they are pretty much unstoppable. Plus I think they will be asleep for a while. Anyway I have a job to get to," Nami smiled.

The car ride was quiet. They all must have been more tired than she thought. Hopefully Shigure or Ayame would find the note she left. Although by now they should be able to guess where she would be off too. The kids were thankful for their ride and Nami lived pretty close to their school so she got her supplies and was off. She was bored of her usual spot so she drove around until she found a more peaceful spot for today.

A nice large house on the edge of town looked interesting. Nami set up her easel and readied her charcoal for pedestrians. After waiting a few minutes and seeing nobody the large gated house looked stoic in the snow so she drew that instead.

Nami was pulled out of her fantasy land when she heard her name. At first she thought it would be Aya or Shigure to bother her until she realized the voice was too deep for either one. Peering over her pad of paper she saw the doctor from last night…Hatori.

"Oh hello I didn't think I would be running into you so soon again," Nami greeted.

Hatori crossed the street, "what are you doing here?"

"Well you see I am a novelist as my official job, but when I am not writing I like to go all across the city and just observe and draw the scenes down. The best way to create a successful story is by making the characters believable. So I try to watch all different people and their mannerisms and sometimes…well almost always I write blurbs beside their image. I guess you could call it research but I think it's fun too," Nami laughed while still holding her charcoal in hand, "what are you doing here?"

"I live here."

"Here? I mean I know doctors were never poor, but I never thought that they were this rich!"

"It's not just me living there. Most of my extended family does too. Not so long ago Shigure lived here."

"Oh duh. Sorry I guess that was pretty dumb of me to think you lived there all by yourself. So are you heading off to work?"

"I dedicate my work to only the Soma family as you can see it is rather large so I never get bored."

"Then you must be heading out to pick up Aya right?"

"Yes."

"I wouldn't do that quiet yet if I were you. Aya brought over some liquid fun last night. I already called in his shop to tell his assistant he was sick for the day and I took Shigure's manuscript to Mi so she wouldn't kill herself."

"It's alright I will just drag his body out of the house into the car he'll come."

"That seems like a lot of trouble for you and you must be busy the rest of the day. Why don't I just pick him up and bring him back here a little later. It is my fault he wanted to stay and you were kind enough to let him."

"Ayame can't take walks in this cold of weather."

"Oh don't worry I have my car right over there."

"I didn't realize that either one of them could have a responsible friend."

"Well you're their friend right?"

"Unfortunately I am. You really should get inside soon. You must have been out here for a while since your shivering. You will get sick."

"I didn't even realize I was. Hey if you have some extra time now would you wanna grab a cup of coffee with me. It looks like you need it as much as I do."

"I really should be getting back to work."

"It will only take as long as it takes you to drink it. Plus I need to make sure you're a good friend to Shigure and Ayame."

"You won't let me say no will you?"

"If you really want me to be all alone trying to warm back up then I guess I can tell the kind of person you are."

"Let's go," he sighed.

Nami shoved her art materials in her backseat and went on her way. The heavy clouds finally let out some of the snow that they had been threatening to all morning. She noticed the smallest smile crawl on his lips when it came down, and yet he looked even sadder than before.

"We're here! My favorite coffee joint. This will warm us up in no time at all," Nami stretched out now that her muscles were relaxing in the warm air.

"You were the one that was cold."

"And you were the gentleman who accompanied me so I wouldn't be lonely. So how long have you Known Aya and Shigure?" Nami threw herself on the plush couch without letting any of her coffee spill.

"Since we were children. We grew up just inside of where you were standing. We went to all the same schools together."

"Wow you guys must have had all the ladies drooling over you. I don't think you are allowed to be ugly and be in the Soma family."

"There are many ways to be ugly."

"True, but Shigure and Aya have good hearts. So really how many girlfriends did they have back then?"

"None really. You might have guessed that they were more of the flirting type than ones to actually follow through with a relationship."

"Hahaha. So they really haven't changed much."

"No. Their maturity level is stuck permanently as teenagers."

"So why did you become a doctor?"

Hatori let out a smile which Nami could tell was rare for him, "I wanted to help others for once."

"Hrrmmm that's strange."

"How so?"

"From everything I have seen you always are protecting others. The way you looked when you first came in at Shigure was to make sure he was alright it seemed like. And you came for Tohru Honda who isn't even a part of your family. Even the way you had Aya with you means that you are with him probably making sure he doesn't do anything too irrational when he came over. Yes you're just like a guardian dragon."

Hatori seemed as if he really was about to laugh with the last comment, "a dragon huh?"

"Yeah you know like the ones you hear about in the Chinese folk tales that watch over families and guard people. You're like one of those."

"Do you do this with everyone? I mean assign them an animal."

"Sometimes it just comes to me. You know what I think Shigure is most like?"

"What?"

"A dog."

Hatori really did let out a laugh this time, "now I'm interested on how you got that one."

"Well generally dogs are pretty playful and can cause a lot of trouble if they are not trained well. They always can see the best in people, but the most important thing is that they are loyal and will protect the ones they are closest with when times get rough."

"So do you have an animal for Aya then too?"

"Yup. I think this one is really perfect."

"And what is that?"

"A peacock!"

Hatori let out a whole rolling laugh almost like he was relieved, "yes he can be quite the show off sometimes."

"Well I see you are done your coffee. I am grateful you didn't really take me up on my offer and run as soon as you were done. I think I have taken up enough of your time though," Nami took their cups and gave them to the store clerk.

"It was interesting to talk with you."

"Good to get out of that house huh?"

"It is nice to have a break once in a while. You car is parked in front of the house so I will walk you there."

"Now you really are just sucking up to me to earn brownie points."

"It's in the same direction."

"Sure if that's your excuse go with it," Nami winked.

Hatori walked Nami to the car and they said their goodbyes. Once she started the car with heat blasting she thought it would probably be late enough to go back and reheat the miso that was undoubtedly untouched still.

Nami was able to find Shigure's house much easier the second time around even with the snow adding for extra distraction. She let herself in the door and went straight for the kitchen. Better to wake them up with food than nothing at all.

"Nami," the dramatic voice that was not supposed to be up yet, "you left us to fend for ourselves. And to think in this state too."

Shigure had to join in the festivities, "and your note wasn't even written on cute paper or adorned with thousands of hearts. It was so cold only telling us you left."

"We couldn't even eat the delicious miso because we were so stricken with grief that you weren't here," Ayame covered his face to make sure he was more dramatic than Shigure.

"Let's be honest you two just didn't know how. Well don't worry I came back for you and you must not have been up that long," Nami put the three bowls of miso on the table, "come on let's eat now."

"So what was so important that you would leave us behind?" Shigure asked while sipping on his soup.

"What do I do every morning Shigure? I always draw and you know that. Even after our wonderful escapades. You're usually asleep by the time I got back. I guess today I got a little carried away. Oh I will show you some!" Nami ran out for her pad and came back, "I only got one thing done today before I met a wonderful man who swept me off my feet. Yes I could hardly leave his side he was so charming and handsome. I almost married him right there."

Aya looked like he was about to faint, "about to marry a man before we approve of him. You know that's unacceptable."

"I'm kidding. Here look at where I was at today," Nami presented the pad toward them.

Shigure looked genuinely shocked for a moment, "you were at Soma house?"

"Apparently! I didn't even realize it until Hatori came out and called my name and told me," Nami laughed.

Shigure gave a mischievous smile, "ahhh so you did get to talk to Hatori."

"Yeah I did. So what was that crap last night about me wanting to write a novel about a doctor? You told me you wanted to meet one of your friends!" Nami's brows pulled together.

"Well Hari wouldn't be very happy with that response so I thought it would be more likely to talk to him if I said that," Shigure mumbled between the slurps of his soup.

Aya had been quiet for too long, "so how long did you get to talk to him? What did he tell you?"

"Well I think he thought I was nuts standing outside his house and probably a stalker, but really the gates looked so pretty and the house held such mystery I had to draw it. He was pretty polite though and was about to leave and get you Aya but I wanted you to rest more. Anyway one thing led to another and we got some coffee together," Nami gushed.

Aya looked flabbergasted, "wait Hari and you went on a date?"

"Well…" Nami was interrupted.

"That's a first for Hari in a long while," Shigure thought aloud.

That caught Nami's interest, "he went out with someone before?"

"Oopsy I've said too much!" Shigure tittered casually sliding away from Nami.

"Uggghhh! I am gonna kill you, you stupid dog!" Nami chased him.

The chase didn't last long since Shigure stopped right in his tracks, "what did you say?"

"Oh," Nami blushed, "it's just something I talked about with Hatori today. I decided what animals you all were most like."

Shigure's eyebrow raised, "really? What did you think Hari's animal was?"

Nami looked away, "I really don't have to go into this with you guys. It was just a silly conversation."

"Tell us or I promise you I will bother you nonstop while you are trying to work!" Shigure pulled at Nami's sleeve.

"Ugh Gure you really can be annoying you know. I thought Hari was like a dragon," Nami hopped they wouldn't ask why.

Shigure looked pretty pale. Maybe he was feeling the effect of last night suddenly, but Aya recovered for him, "what did you think I was?"

"A peacock," Nami mumbled.

Both the boys started laughing as if they were relieved. Just like Hatori Nami was really confused, "why is that so funny? You're laughing like Hatori was…like you were relieved about something."

"Shigure and I are relieved you finally found yourself a man. I approve you can go and get married now like you wanted," Aya smiled and messing with her hair, "you simply must let me design your dress though!"

Nami kept tight lips, "ok I think I need to take Aya home Gure. I'm leaving. Otherwise I don't care about your health condition and how you can't walk in the cold. You will if you don't come with me now Ayame."

"Oohh whole name treatment you better go for your own safety Aya," Shigure teased.

"Well if you are going to be so rude I better warn Hari before you get married," Aya chortled.

Nami grabbed him by the collar, "if you so much as say one thing to Hari…"

"Shigure did you hear that. She called him Hari!" Aya interrupted gleefully.

Nami started to storm out, "I'm leaving. Maybe I will see you in the car if I don't get the temptation to run over you Aya. Shigure it was nice seeing you for the last time."

"Nami," Shigure smiled, "you know us better than to really get upset with us don't you. You usually take our teasing very well."

"When it comes to dating you guys are usually terrifying over protective brothers. Now that you approve of a guy that I didn't even date it's really frightening," Nami sighed, "well bye!"

Nami ran to her car and counted to see how long it would take for those two to say their goodbyes. When Aya finally emerged Nami revved the car Ayame ran dramatically toward it and jumped in. Nami rolled down the window and said her goodbyes.

"Don't be a stranger. Drop in when you get the chance!" Shigure yelled over the roaring engine.

"Anytime?" Nami challenged.

"Sure!"

"You'll regret that Gure!" With that Nami drove with Aya off into the distance.