Lightning streaked the sky driving far in every home. Claps of
thunder shook the earth as rain pelted the ground like bullets. Lightning
storms had a sort of mysteriousness to them. Never knowing where they're
going to hit never knowing when the next one comes. They were dangerous
too.
Anya ran hard and fast never stopping. Blood pounded in her ears mimicking her wildly beating heart. No!! This isn't happening. What do I do?!? Oh my...oh my god... she thought frantically. Dazed, she stumbled over her feet and fell to the ground curling into a ball her tears painting the grass like fresh morning dew. Her clothes clung to her body and her hair was pasted to her face. For anyone passing by, she was just a lifeless lump lying in the rain through its misery.
Oblivious to the world, Anya didn't notice a boy with white hair and a black hairline, gaudy chains, and a white coat, stop his car in shock and rush to her aid. She didn't notice him wrap his coat around her and help her stand up. She didn't notice the feel of smooth leather against her cheek or the warmth of the coat. She didn't notice the look of softness on the boy's face as he pushed the wet hair out of her face.
A handsome face stared back at Anya when she woke from the threats of death being yelled by Kyo. She gasped and scrambled backwards expecting to be in the grass but was surprised when her head smacked against a metal head post. The boy smiled amused but his eyes softened at the look of shock on Anya's face. Hair as white as paper with a raven hairline and two sparkling silver eyes slightly hidden beneath thick lashes. The glint coming off of one of his many silver necklaces made her eyes water. He smiled down at her with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.
"Hi. I'm Hatsuharu Sohma. Haru for short," he said kindly. Anya looked him over with a look of confusion on her face.
"Haru..." she whispered to herself, "Do you...do you know...how..." Her brows furrowed in concentration as she tried to remember the day before. Haru laughed to him self quietly then touched a scrape on one of her bare knees.
"What happened? How did you get here? Is that what you want to know?" he questioned knowing very well that's what she was inquiring. Anya nodded. "Well, I was on my way to meet you yesterday when I noticed you curled into a ball in the rain shivering like a little lost puppy. I had the driver stop the car and I got out to help you. It was my best of luck that it was you in particular because I got a call minutes before from Yuki about how you had gone missing. You weren't unconscious, just...almost like you were drugged. You must have been running and then fell by the look of those scrapes on your knees. So I drove you here and that's when we found out..." he explained not finishing the last sentence. She blushed then looked at him curiously.
"Found out what? Is it about me? What is it...Haru..." she inquired with a determined look in her eyes. Haru looked up at the sound of his name, sighed wrung his hands together nervously.
"Uh...uh...nothing. Nothing at all," he stuttered. "So what'd you say your name was again?" She raised an eyebrow and gave him the you're-not- telling-me-something look.
"I didn't." she stated bluntly. "Please tell me. I think I have the right to know if it has to do with me!" At that moment, Shigure, Hatori, Yuki, Kyo and Tohru entered the room. Haru looked up at Hatori clearly glad he had interrupted. Hatori stepped towards Anya and felt her head for temperature. She grunted and pouted.
"I am not sick and I want to know what the hell is going on!" she said aggravated. Hatori never smiled once while she pouted with her whiny little kid faces. His eyes were slate gray and just as cold. She stopped pouting and pushed him away. "Tell me WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!"
"You visited Akito yesterday. I know this because he told me." Hatori said almost as if he wished he could have stopped Anya from visiting Akito. No one's face changed so Anya figured they already knew. Hatori spoke up again. "He cursed you and you know this. You are now like one of the zodiac. You change into an animal when you are hugged by one of the opposite sex or if you are under emotional distress. It is irreversible." Anya's eyes widened and tears started to roll down her cheeks. She stared at Hatori as if he had just told her she was going to die.
"No..." she whispered hoarsely. "No! It can't be...I-I...no!" She put her face in her hands and sobbed while Tohru awkwardly patted her back. When she thought there were no more tears for her left to cry she spoke again steadily. "Prove it. I want proof." She knew it was true and she started to cry again. Shigure rushed over and cradled her in his arms rocking her back and forth.
"I'm sorry...sorry it had to be like this..." he spoke in here ear. Anya buried her face in Shigure's chest and fell asleep like a newborn child leaving everyone feeling depressed.
Anya ran hard and fast never stopping. Blood pounded in her ears mimicking her wildly beating heart. No!! This isn't happening. What do I do?!? Oh my...oh my god... she thought frantically. Dazed, she stumbled over her feet and fell to the ground curling into a ball her tears painting the grass like fresh morning dew. Her clothes clung to her body and her hair was pasted to her face. For anyone passing by, she was just a lifeless lump lying in the rain through its misery.
Oblivious to the world, Anya didn't notice a boy with white hair and a black hairline, gaudy chains, and a white coat, stop his car in shock and rush to her aid. She didn't notice him wrap his coat around her and help her stand up. She didn't notice the feel of smooth leather against her cheek or the warmth of the coat. She didn't notice the look of softness on the boy's face as he pushed the wet hair out of her face.
A handsome face stared back at Anya when she woke from the threats of death being yelled by Kyo. She gasped and scrambled backwards expecting to be in the grass but was surprised when her head smacked against a metal head post. The boy smiled amused but his eyes softened at the look of shock on Anya's face. Hair as white as paper with a raven hairline and two sparkling silver eyes slightly hidden beneath thick lashes. The glint coming off of one of his many silver necklaces made her eyes water. He smiled down at her with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.
"Hi. I'm Hatsuharu Sohma. Haru for short," he said kindly. Anya looked him over with a look of confusion on her face.
"Haru..." she whispered to herself, "Do you...do you know...how..." Her brows furrowed in concentration as she tried to remember the day before. Haru laughed to him self quietly then touched a scrape on one of her bare knees.
"What happened? How did you get here? Is that what you want to know?" he questioned knowing very well that's what she was inquiring. Anya nodded. "Well, I was on my way to meet you yesterday when I noticed you curled into a ball in the rain shivering like a little lost puppy. I had the driver stop the car and I got out to help you. It was my best of luck that it was you in particular because I got a call minutes before from Yuki about how you had gone missing. You weren't unconscious, just...almost like you were drugged. You must have been running and then fell by the look of those scrapes on your knees. So I drove you here and that's when we found out..." he explained not finishing the last sentence. She blushed then looked at him curiously.
"Found out what? Is it about me? What is it...Haru..." she inquired with a determined look in her eyes. Haru looked up at the sound of his name, sighed wrung his hands together nervously.
"Uh...uh...nothing. Nothing at all," he stuttered. "So what'd you say your name was again?" She raised an eyebrow and gave him the you're-not- telling-me-something look.
"I didn't." she stated bluntly. "Please tell me. I think I have the right to know if it has to do with me!" At that moment, Shigure, Hatori, Yuki, Kyo and Tohru entered the room. Haru looked up at Hatori clearly glad he had interrupted. Hatori stepped towards Anya and felt her head for temperature. She grunted and pouted.
"I am not sick and I want to know what the hell is going on!" she said aggravated. Hatori never smiled once while she pouted with her whiny little kid faces. His eyes were slate gray and just as cold. She stopped pouting and pushed him away. "Tell me WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!"
"You visited Akito yesterday. I know this because he told me." Hatori said almost as if he wished he could have stopped Anya from visiting Akito. No one's face changed so Anya figured they already knew. Hatori spoke up again. "He cursed you and you know this. You are now like one of the zodiac. You change into an animal when you are hugged by one of the opposite sex or if you are under emotional distress. It is irreversible." Anya's eyes widened and tears started to roll down her cheeks. She stared at Hatori as if he had just told her she was going to die.
"No..." she whispered hoarsely. "No! It can't be...I-I...no!" She put her face in her hands and sobbed while Tohru awkwardly patted her back. When she thought there were no more tears for her left to cry she spoke again steadily. "Prove it. I want proof." She knew it was true and she started to cry again. Shigure rushed over and cradled her in his arms rocking her back and forth.
"I'm sorry...sorry it had to be like this..." he spoke in here ear. Anya buried her face in Shigure's chest and fell asleep like a newborn child leaving everyone feeling depressed.
