Chapter 2
"Well, you still have…at least twenty minutes, unless you'd like to stay longer." Akito said, shooting me a quick flirtatious grin which I returned with an eye-roll. "I won't steal away more than an hour. So how about I ask a question, you answer, then you ask a question and I answer, and so on so forth?"
"Sounds good. You start or shall I?"
"You've already asked several questions, so I'll start." He thought for a moment, but finally met my gaze again. "What was life like in America?"
"It's definitely different there than here…I was actually considered the chic geek because I love fashion but I'm so dorky in other ways. So I was just kind of the middle person I guess; not popular or bottom-feeder."
"Interesting. In what ways are you 'dorky'?"
"Ah, ah, ah. Not your turn." I said with a wink. "So what is your favorite thing to do? Anything in general."
"Well, since I'm the head of the family, I don't get out much, so I can't really say."
"Seriously? We'll have to fix that during this year, then."
"Well I look forward. Now, my turn. I'm still curious as to how you might be dorky."
"Okay, fiiine." I hopped backwards a bit so I was sitting on the railing. "In America, anime is usual considered dorky unless you're Asain, which I am obviously not, so people made fun of me for that. Also, I love British shows and Sci-Fi. Happy?"
He chuckled a bit. "Very."
"Alright, let's try dragging something embarrassing from you then, shall we? Hmmm…" He gave me a mildly horrified look, but still highly amused. "Oh, I know! What is the absolute 100% most embarrassing thing you have ever done?" He raised an eye brow at me. "Yes, I know that was the easy route." He chuckled.
"Once when I was younger I asked Hatori, who is currently our private doctor, to play with me. He's eight years older than me and at the time was 11, so he didn't want to play any 'kid games'. Instead we played some basketball and the second I stepped onto the court, I slipped and scraped my knee fairly badly and he had to carry me home." I stared at him for a long time in disbelief.
"Wow. You need to get out more." Now he was the one giving an odd look. "I mean, not to seem rude at all, but if that's the most embarrassing thing you can come up with, you really need to experiment more."
He casually looked up to the sky, watching the clouds. To be honest, he looked really cute when he did that. "You must promise never to repeat what I about to tell you to anyone; especially not a Sohma." I nodded in agreement. I was a lot of things, and a good secret-keeper was one of them. "I never really had the childhood a child should have. I became head of the family at a young age and was ill for at least half of it. I never got or get out much because I'm still so frail and unstable from it." He paused a moment before mumbling, "What was I thinking?"
"What are you-"
"You can go now and you don't have to come back." He said as he started for the door. My eyes grew and I instinctively grabbed his arm to turn him around. Sadly, instincts forgot I was on a rail and I fell onto my knees which made this look really weird. Okay, flailing my other arm around as I fell also looked weird, but not as weird as being on my knees in front of him. A blush went all over my face and neck as I scrambled to a standing position.
"Alright, that was one of the more awkward ways I've seen girls ask guys not to leave." he teased. I scratched the back of my head.
"Yeah. Instincts didn't like me right then and forgot I was on the railing…" I quickly remembered my point of grabbing him. "Anyways, you think you can get rid me that easy?" He coked an eyebrow. "Dude, you are the head of the Sohma family, not mine. If you think you can just tell me to go and never come back and I'll go away forever you are highly mistaken, dude. I mean, we haven't known each other too terrible long, but you should realize by now that I'm a bit more stubborn that that for subjects like this." He stared at me for a long time, not saying a word. "You know, normal humans at least respond to that sort of thing in some way." That snapped him back. Finally! Oddly enough, he was still speechless, though. He did, however, lean in and peck me on the cheek, causing me to blush a thousand degrees more.
"Good day. I'll have to car bring you over after school tomorrow." He turned and went inside, but this time, I didn't stop him. I just stood there in absolute shock.
"No way!" I heard a little kid's voice yell. I turned to see a boy who looked like a first year of high school. Maybe a bit younger or older. Either way, he looked so adorable. Wait a second… His uniform is like the girl's at my school only with shorts! Okay, so he's a first year in high school…I mean, he couldn't possibly be older.
"You're a real space case aren't you?" he asked innocently. I snapped back and scratched my head awkwardly.
"S-so how much did you see just then?"
"Enough to see the way he trusts you and that he kissed you!" I blushed again.
"Wait, you didn't hear anything, did you?!" "You must promise never to repeat what I about to tell you to anyone; especially not a Sohma." I'm dead if he heard…
"No. What was I not supposed to hear?"
"Nothing!" Phew…Wait a second… "Hey, kid, do you know where Yuki and Kyo live? They may or may not be ticked off at Akito for a little trick he played on them since they know me." Even though he did meet me first…only by a day, but still first.
"Yeah, I'll take you over!" He grabbed my hand and started pulling me over. Once we arrived at a little house, he shouted, "Yuki! Kyo! Shigure!" Shigure, that must be kimono dude.
"Yes?" all three men said as they poked their heads through the door.
"Rosa!" Only Kyo and Yuki said this now.
"Hey guys. I think I have some-"
"A lot." they corrected.
"Okay….I have a lot of explaining to do."
"Here, let's talk inside." Yuki said politely.
"Okay, thanks for taking me here, kid. What's your name?"
"Momiji! I'm-" He seemed like he caught his tongue, as though there was something he wasn't supposed to say. "Well, I'll see you later!" He quickly ran off towards the village area again.
"What was that about?" I asked curiously.
"Nothing." both boys said just a bit too quickly. I rolled my eyes and stormed into the building. The boys joined me around the table as I explained everything about why I was over at Akito's and why he was pretending to hurt me.
"That little dirt rag…" Kyo said. The boys continued to talk amongst themselves in anger at Akito, so I took this time to properly introduce myself.
"Hi, you must be Shigure, right?"
"That's me. Rosa?"
"Yup. So is this your house?"
"Yeah, it's a fixer-upper, but it's better than living over with the others."
"I heard. What's so bad about Akito? He seems nice enough to me…"
"Exactly; to you. Look, I won't ruin anything for you by telling you how he treats the rest of humanity, but I can only warn you not too search deep." I felt tears pricking at my eyes.
"I've never been good at heading warnings." I stated plainly. Everything fell silent. I felt stares from everyone in the room. It was all the same look. It was pity for what is it come. I felt a turning in my stomach.
"Well, uh, is Tohru here?"
"Yeah, she's upstairs in her room." Kyo answered first.
"She's a Sohma, too?!"
"No, she just doesn't have anywhere else to go. Well, she has her grandfather's home, but her aunt and uncle live with him and they hate her guts basically."
"Oh…well, uh, I'm going to go and, um, talk to her." I stood up and walked upstairs. I finally felt like I could breathe again.
I got all the way up the stairs when I heard a car park in front of the house. I looked out a window to see Akito stepping out. Why would he be here?
Dun, dun DUUUUUN!
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