Chapter Two

"Let go of me!"

"I've been so terrible, not even visiting as much as I should!"

"Let go of me!"

Ayame blatantly ignored his brother, keeping his arms around his head. "I've missed you so, Yuki!"

Yuki squirmed. "This isn't helping how I feel about you, Ayame! Let go!"

The grey-haired man finally released Yuki and grinned at Tohru. "And my favorite young lady! Tohru-chan, it is good to see you again."

Tohru smiled. "It's good to see you—"

"No it's not!" Yuki growled, tugging Tohru into the other room. "Just ignore the idiot by the door."

"Kyo-kun!" Ayame said loudly. "Did you hear that? He called you an idiot."

Kyo brushed past Ayame. "Who is she?" He demanded. "Where—" He stopped and stared into the other room.

Shizuka bowed deeply at the three teenagers. "It's an honor meeting you," she said sweetly. "I hope I'm not too much of a bother."

"No bother at all!" Shigure sauntered into the front hall. "Aaya you really should be going back to your shop before everyone misses you."

"I promise I'll come visit soon, Shii-sama!"

"Aaya-sama!"

They hugged each other tightly before Ayame swept out of the house. Shigure went back into the other room and saw Tohru introducing herself to Shizuka. I knew she'd like her, Shigure thought with a smile.

"Kyo-Kyo!" Shigure said. ("DON'T CALL ME KYO-KYO") "What do you think of our pretty new housemate?"

Kyo curled his hand into a fist. "I think she better leave me the hell alone!" He turned and stormed up the stairs. They heard his door slam shut and Shigure gave a loud sigh.

"It comes as a surprise to have another guest," Yuki said. "Where will she be staying?"

"In my room ("On the couch, Sohma-san") until we can build Shizuka-chan her own room!" Shigure turned and dropped an arm over Shizuka's shoulders.

"Please…" Shizuka whispered, her eyes on the floor and her hands clasped together in a delightfully innocent look. "I don't want to force anyone out of their room!"

"Perhaps Kyo can sleep on the roof," Yuki said with an amused smirk. "He seems to spend most of his time there anyway."

"I don't mind sharing!" Tohru said brightly. "You could share with me, Shizuka-chan, or you could have my room and I could ("You could share with Yuki.") sleep on the co—" Tohru stopped, her face going red. She began flapping her arms. "I WAS GOING TO SAY THE COUCH, SHIGURE-SAN! THE COUCH!"

Shigure laughed and only stopped when Yuki hit him with his schoolbag. "Stop being such a pervert, Shigure."

"I can't help myself, it's so easy!(and I wish you'd stop carrying so many dictionaries in that bag, it hurts!)"

"Only what you deserve." Yuki turned and smiled at Shizuka. "And you shouldn't mind Kyo. He hates everyone."
Shizuka jumped. She had obviously been a bit worried about that and when Yuki finished, she bowed and thanked him. She sure is striving to be so polite and nice, Shigure thought. I wonder why she bows so much. This could get more annoying than Tohru!

"Is there anything in particular you'd like for dinner, Shizuka-chan?" Tohru asked. "Anything you'd like, I'd be happy to fix it."

Shizuka bowed again (a sweat drop appeared on Shigure's head at that) and looked up at Tohru. "I'll eat anything, Tohru-chan. You don't have to fix anything special for me."

"I don't mind," Tohru promised. "What's your favorite food?"

Shizuka blushed slightly. "Well, if you must know—I do so love fish!"

A sweat drop now appeared on Yuki's head and Tohru merely smiled. "I can make some fish. Any specific kind?"

"Oh no, Tohru-chan, anything is fine!"

Tohru turned and hurried into the kitchen. Yuki shouldered his bag and went up to his room. Shigure picked up Shizuka's bags and said he'd take them to his room.

"No-no!" Shizuka gasped out, following him. "I can sleep on the couch!"

"For the millionth time, no!" Shigure said, dropping the bags onto his bed. "You're a delicate young flower and I'm a sturdy old man. I can sleep on the couch."

He shut the door behind him, not letting her protest again. I hope she's not like this all the time, he thought as he made his way downstairs. It could get extremely annoying.

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"Why are we having fish for dinner?" Kyo asked, looking shocked at the feast spread out on the table.

"It's not for you," Yuki said, picking up his chopsticks. "It's for our new houseguest."

Shizuka knelt down and picked up the set of chopsticks by her plate. "This look delicious, Tohru-chan…"

"Shizuka-chan told me she liked fish the best," Tohru said. "So I made fish."

Kyo looked at Shizuka in surprise. But then he glared down at his plate and stabbed a piece of fish with one chopstick. "It's nice to know there's at least someone else in this world with a sensible palate."

"Why Kyo-Kyo!" Shigure said in surprise. "I didn't know you knew such words!"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" A bowl of rice hit Shigure's face and dropped to the floor. Shigure just laughed, picking the grains from his face.

Shizuka looked worried. "I hope I'm not being a bother…"

"You're not," Shigure said, finishing cleaning his face off. "Kyo's just a brat."

Kyo growled and stabbed another piece of fish, angrily stuffing it into his mouth. "And you're a pervert."

"Don't talk with your mouth full, Kyo. It's not polite."

"Stop telling me what to do, damn it!"

"And do try to watch your language!" Shigure protested. "We have an innocent maiden in our presence, though that's never seemed to stop you from acting up before."

"I'll act however I damn well want to act!" Kyo stood up and stormed out of the room. The front door slammed shut and Shigure sighed.

"He's on the roof again."

Shizuka looked up in wonder. "I hope he doesn't stay up there for long," she said. "It's going to storm soon."

Everyone looked out the windows and saw a clear blue sky. They glanced at each other and shrugged.

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It started storming half an hour later. Kyo came into the house, soaking wet and looking completely miserable. Shigure burst into laughter at the sight of his bedraggled cousin and fell over, kicking his legs wildly.

"Shut up…" Kyo said half-heartedly. He wiped some water from his face and trudged up the stairs. He made it to the part of the hallway in front of his room before curling into a little ball and falling sound asleep.

Shizuka tripped over him when she left Shigure's room to go to the toilet. She landed with a whack on the floor and let out a whimper.

"Are you all right, Sohma-kun?" She asked, spotting Kyo. Kyo let out a loud snore as an answer. "Er…"

Yuki poked his head out of his room. "He always gets like this when it rains," he said, coming out of his room and opening Kyo's door. He kicked the redhead until he was inside his own room. Yuki shut the door and gazed at Shizuka.

Usually he liked to have everyone like him. He would do anything for people to like him. But not her. For some reason, he was getting goose bumps all over his body as she stared at him with wide eyes. He was getting a feeling of dislike. His stomach churned and something in his mind told him to stay away from her.

"I will warn you," he struggled to say. "This house can be a bit odd."

"Surely not as odd as where I used to be, Sohma-kun!" Shizuka said, bowing.

A feeling of ice swept through Yuki's body and he wanted to hurt her. He wanted to grab her and fling her out the window. His entire body trembled as he fought against these strange feelings.

"You may call me Yuki," he managed to say calmly. "I don't like being associated with my family."

Shizuka looked up and when her eyes met his, his entire body went stiff with hatred. "I didn't mean to offend you, Yuki-kun."

"No offense was taken," he managed to say through gritted teeth. "I hope you are comfortable here. I must go do homework." He hurried past her and shut the door to his room, breathing hard. Why am I feeling this way? He wondered, going to his bed and sitting down on it. Why do I have such hatred for someone I don't even know?

Author's Note:

I never had a solid ending planned for this story but last night I thought of a great ending. But it's a bit violent so I changed the rating from T to M, just because I'm not positive which one to put it in so I leaned on the safe side to up the rating. Also there's not just romance and comedy in this, there's gonna be a lot of drama later. But the two main themes of this are romance and humor. Please review, so I know to update my story soon!