A lone figure sat by the window, silently watching the rosy petals of a blossom tree sail in the wind.
"Akito, you'd better eat your dinner soon or it'll get cold," came a quiet, yet stern and worried voice.
The girl by the window acknowledged her visitor with a shake of her head. "Not now, Kureno."
"Don't tell me you're still brooding over the new placements of the Zodiacs," Kureno sighed.
Akito wouldn't admit that she was. It was better to not let Kureno know why she was so upset. She shifted her body around to face Kureno. "No, don't worry, I'm not. Besides, I still have you."
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AKITO'S POV:
Dammit! Why do I still feel like I'm missing something?? Everything was fine before that stupid orange cat showed up in the Main House yesterday!
I had just come back from taking a bath, and found this ugly cat messing up my bed. The sheets were all dirty and ripped, and the cat smelled like crap. I thought it was one of Ren's tricks to punish me for sleeping with Shigure, so I kicked the scrawny thing outside and watched it limp away. Then I slept with Shigure again last night.
When I woke up, Shigure was in his dog form. I didn't understand why he had transformed, since he had never done that before when I hugged him. I shook him awake; he looked at me and bolted right out the window, and ran off in the same direction the cat went.
As if that wasn't enough to piss me off, Tohru the ditz had to call and ask me if I knew where Kyo and Yuki had run off to. As if I care where they went! And after that, I got a call from Kisa's mom telling me that Kisa was missing. I told her that she'd probably run off with Hiro somewhere. Ha! I guess he didn't learn his lesson even after I beat the crap out of Kisa. Oh yeah, and after that, I find out Hatori, Momiji, Haru, Rin, Ayame, and Kagura have gone missing!!
So now I'm sitting here waiting for my Zodiac to come back to me. At least Kureno is still here. But I can't torture him or anything, only because he was nice enough to stay by my side even after his curse was lifted. But, God, am I bored!
As Shigure would say, "Alas! Where have my sweet flowers gone…?"