Chapter 2 - Gossip Chain
Tohru silently grabbed her bag, slipped on her shoes and opened the door on Monday morning. She had spent all weekend trying to forget about all the gossip that had been flying around on Friday and she hoped that it would work. Tohru began to make her way to the sidewalk when she heard fast footsteps behind her. She turned around to see Yuki jogging up to her.
"Would you like an escort to school Ms. Honda?" Yuki asked once he reached her. Tohru smiled and nodded. Her day was getting better already! She really liked Yuki in a special way, she liked Kyo but Yuki was so kind and gentle and she really loved that about him.
"I'd love that!" As they began walking Tohru was thankful the Yuki or Kyo hadn't gotten any of the texts that were flying about her, they were all simply known as 'Baby Tohru'. She hoped that it would all be over. Tohru and Yuki walked mostly in silence. Usually Tohru was the chatty one, starting the conversation and talking about fun things! But today Tohru was a little nervous to go back to school so stayed silent. Yuki looked over at his crush and then focused on his path in front of him, if Tohru didn't want to talk, he wouldn't bother her. The walk to the school seemed so short to Tohru, soon enough they reached the school. Tohru calmly walked into the building trying to play it off. Everyone ignored her. Tohru looked around. No body giggled or was texting, people simply smiled and talked to each other. 'Mom was right, it blew over!' Tohru sighed and continued to walk with Yuki to class. Tohru began to chatter away like her old self again.
"So Yuki, anything new happening with the student council?" she asked. Yuki looked shocked but gave her a warm smile and continued. She was finally back to her old self.
"No nothing much, just boring meetings. But thanks for asking Ms. Honda!" Yuki said slightly blushing. He really did adore Tohru. Suddenly the bell rang. Tohru grabbede Yuki's hand.
"Hurry or we'll be late for class!" she said. Yuki and Tohru dashed past Minami who stared after the two. She glared. 'Doesn't Tohru know by now that Prince Yuki is mine! Oh that's it!' Minami though for a moment, then gave a small giggle and began to walk towards the Prince Yuki Fan Club room.
Tohru was happily writing down notes in science class on the crisp Monday morning, unaware that the Yuki fan club was ready to take charge at her!
"So, what do you think we should do Motoko?" Minami asked to the president of the fan club. Motoko slammed her fist on the desk and stood up causing all the other memebers to draw back.
"Simple, we can't have an outsider like Tohru hanging out with Prince Yuki. We all knew this was trouble from the start! So we'll just have to find a way to break them up!" Mokoto said with a smirk. "And I know just the way!" she said to herself. She grabbed her cell phone and began to text rappidly. Mokoto smirked, while the other members of the Prince Yuki fan club looked confused.
"Yuki! Want to walk home from school with me?" Tohru asked dashing up to Yuki who was placing things in his locker. Yuki didn't have student council meetings on Mondays so he smiled and nodded. Tohru and Yuki began to walk home side by side. Yuki slowly extended his hand to hold Tohru's. Tohru gided her small fingers in Yuki's hand and she put the biggest smile ever on her face. Yuki began to slightly blush but wiped away the feelings before anyone could see him.
"So Ms. Honda, I'll need some help with our secret base after dinner, care to help me?" Tohru looked up at him with big eyes. She loved helping him, even more if it's at the 'secret base'!
"I'd love to Yuki!" she said happily. Yuki was always so surprised by how much Tohru smiled. So many bad things have happened to her yet she still can smile all the time everyday, it was one of the thousands of things that he loved about her. 'But my stupid curse always gets in the way!' Yuki thought angerly. He couldn't imagne how many times Tohru has been sad or lonley and how much he wanted to give her a hug, but he can't. That curse was ruining his life!
"Are they gone?" Mokoto asked. Minami turned around from the window of the upstairs hallway and nodded. Mokoto motioned for the Prince Yuki fan club girls to come out into the hallway.
"They just left the school grounds, we're good!" Minami claimed walking towards the group. Mokoto smirked as she gathered the group.
"Time to take action girls! I texted everyone this afternoon about an embarressing moment with Tohru! All we have to do now is spread the word! Now let's go!" the fan club girls spilt off and began to run around the school whispering things to all the students while Yuki and Tohru were unaware, holding hands and the happily walked home.
Sorry for the short chapter! It's a transitional chapter so the next one will be longer!