Tohru went to school with her head held high. Today she would initiate plan 'Win over Kyo and Yuki with some awesomeness!' And yes, Tohru was using the word awesomeness. Today, her hair rested into two sun yellow colored ribbons that fell down to her shoulders. The exact ribbons Yuki had given her for a gift. Running a hand lightly through her hair, and taking a couple breathes, she walked into the classroom.

Yesterday hadn't gone well between her and Yuki, but Hatori had come in shortly after. Sitting at her desk, Tohru let the images fly through her head.

"Tohru?" Hatori's knock was light on the door.

"Yes, Hatori?"

Pushing the door open, Hatori walked in, glancing about. "I'm sorry for the intrusion. Yuki said he felt bad. He feels there's something about you he needs to remember though. I have persuaded him into giving you a chance. So, tomorrow, start talking with him. My best advice would be to friend Yuki first, then move onto Kyo."

Tohru nodded to herself. Yuki first. She could do that much at least, right?

"Miss Honda?" Tohru snapped out of her thoughts at the one voice she'd hoped to hear. Turning around in her seat, she felt her cheeks flush up.

"Y-Yuki! Hi! I-I'm sorry about last night. I'm normally not like that. I just…" Tohru's words slowly dropped off at Yuki stared at her. "Y-Yuki?"

"No, I'm sorry Miss Honda. There is something there. A memory. I want desperately to reclaim it. Somehow I have a feeling…" he stopped quickly and looked at her again. "That… we'll become great friend." He stumbled to re-word his words.

"I'm sorry about the intrusion. Yesterday I mean. At Hatori's and all." Tohru couldn't even form a complete sentence.

Yuki only waved away her words with a flick of his fingers. "It's nothing to worry about. Truth is, I have been thinking there's something about you…"

Tohru blushed deeper, unsure of how to respond. Yuki had been thinking about her? That thought would have made any other girl faint. But Tohru? No, Tohru was stronger than that.

The bell rang, ending whatever fantasy was going on in both of their heads.

After school, Tohru caught up to Yuki.

"Yuki!" Tohru smiled at him, huffing from running hard. Yuki's silver hair blew in the wind as he turned to look at her. His eyes were soft as he, too, smiled.

"Hello, Miss Honda. How was the rest of your day?" His words were gentle. Tohru frowned slightly, before picking up her usual perkiness.

"It was amazing! Hana and Uo both told me…" Tohru rambled on for several minutes about the interesting stuff that happened to her that day. Yuki's smile began to curl up. He was delighted by Tohru.

She wasn't like the other girls in his class. She didn't scramble to gain his attention with stupid antics. Tohru was charming in a different way. Sure, she wasn't the smartest. Nor was she the prettiest. But, honestly, that didn't matter to Yuki.

Something about her was unique, and enchanting. Even though Tohru was very naïve, it made Yuki want to protect her. Which was strange considering he barely knew Tohru. For some reason, he felt drawn to her.

Before he realized what he was doing, Yuki reached out and brushed Tohru's cheek. Tohru stopped talking, and stared up into Yuki's eyes.

"Tohru…" Yuki's voice was almost a whisper. "I want to get to know you, if you'll allow me."

Tohru couldn't contain her enthusiasm. On instinct, she jumped and wrapped her arms around Yuki.

Poof.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Tohru's eyes began to tear up. "So stupid of me! I'm sorry!"

Yuki, in rat form, blinked at her, "You know about the curse?"

Tohru now blinked at him, at a loss for words. How could she explain to Yuki that she knew about the curse, Akito, everything? Sure, she was at Hatori's but that could mean anything! She could be a patient, a very far off cousin. They never thought to create a story did they?

"I-I-I no. Well, yes! I-I-I… I'm training! As a doctor! Uhm… one day I stumbled into Hatori and… uhm…" Tohru's hands went up to her head as she felt like crying.

Yuki placed a tiny paw on Tohru's knee. "Miss Honda, please, don't cry. I'm sorry. I did not mean to stress you. It was a simple question. I know that Akito sometimes allows people in to study with Hatori. I didn't realize it was you. Oh, Miss Honda are you crying?" Yuki's voice was now panicked as he fumbled about, trying to think of what to say.

"I-I…" Tohru hiccupped. "I'm so sorry Yuki! I did not mean for this to happen." She looked into his eyes. "I just wanted to see how your day was. I wanted to see you smile again. I just…" Again, she hiccupped and cried more.

"Miss Honda, thank you so much for trying to make me happy. I feel like I should be remembering something about you, forgive me for not remembering what it is. But I promise you, if I ever do I will tell you. You will be the first to know. I do know that I love your cooking!" Yuki attempted to cheer her up. "I remember you cooking the rice for the onigiri stand at our house and…" Once again his words died as he looked up at her, his eyes wide.

Tohru held her breath in expectation. But what did he expect? That he would simply remember everything again? No, that was a little girls dream. Yet here he was, remembering her cooking the rice. Anticipating threaded through her as she stared at him, her eyes mirroring his. "The rice…?" Tohru prompted lightly.

Slowly, Yuki nodded, "I remember…"

Poof.

Squeaking, Tohru handed him his clothes and turned away, blushing an even deeper red than before.

Yuki felt frustrated. He remembered this memory so clearly, he even remembered some of the onigiri stand, but he couldn't remember the rest of the day, or could he?

Tohru felt a hand on her shoulder, "I remember, Miss Honda, you made onigiri. You had such delicious ones. And…" Yuki paled as Tohru turned. "I remember that god-awful dress the senior girls made me wear." He shuddered. "That was… the worst day of my life."

Tohru giggled quietly, and let him continue.

"But most of all, I remember you being there. But… that's all I can remember. I'm sorry." Tohru smiled even though he apologized.

"That's okay! It just means you're remembering! And that makes me happy!"

After a few minutes, they went their separate ways.

Tohru sighed to herself, clearly heart-broken over the fact he couldn't remember. "Oh well," she sighed to herself. "It will get better. He will remember more, I'm sure of it."

As she neared the Sohma compound fifteen minutes later, she let the wind tousle her hair before stepping towards the gate.

"Miss Honda! Miss Honda!" The voice was urgent and made her frown. Turning, she saw Yuki rushing to catch up with her. His eyes were wild with excitement, before he finally slowed, and stopped, in front of her.

Bracing his hands on his knees, he gasped for breath. Tohru bit back asking about his asthma since he would know she wasn't supposed to know it. After one last huff, Yuki stood tall, to look at Tohru.

"I remembered something else, Miss Honda." Tohru only stared at Yuki as he neared her. Slowly, he made her back up into one of the giant compound doors.

"Yes?" Tohru asked, her back pressed right up against the wood door.

"Miss Honda, I remembered…" Yuki placed one hand beside her, leaning in close to whisper. With the other hand, he touched one of the ribbons in her hair.

"I remembered that those ribbons were a gift from me, and that you always looked awfully cute in them."


Authors Notes:

Oooh! Cliffhanger! Haha, sorry all! It's past midnight here, and I've been up since about 8 so I'm extremely tired. Last chapter, I didn't write to much [I wrote less than 1000 words!] so I hope this makes up for it! :) Plus I'm sick, so don't hate me cause this took so long D: As some of you may know, Kyo is one of my favorite characters, so expect a lot more writing when it comes to him! If I ended up thinking about Yuki, I feel much to girly, as Tohru does I believe. So, yes, in the end [unless I'm swayed by popular demand] I'm sure Tohru will end up with Kyo. But hey! You never know!

As for some personal updates, I've started school again, so this might be a bit slow to be updating. I'm dating an extra class online, so it makes it even more antagonizing for me. Anyyyywhoooo! I also work, so that makes for slower updates. But grade 12 people :D FTW! Haha, now, let's see.

Adalyn333, KyoSohmalover, jadedflower, Elli Saychelles, Esther -chan, and ! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! I hope that you have continued support that poor Tohru will win out in the end! [If I feel evil she might not!]

And, if some of you read the views, Madame Kasumi asked if the others also lost their memories. Well, if you're curious, the answer is no. Only Kyo and Yuki as punishment for 'loving' her. Momiji didn't because Momiji only had a 'crush' on her. He's not in love with her. So, yes, be prepared for some major Momiji cuteness moments! Well, I guess that's all for now!

Up first for giving some kind words is Tohru!

Tohru: Ahh! Oh! Uhm! M-Marissa would like to thank you for your continued support and uhm...

Me: /whispers. Hope that you keep on reading.

Tohru: Ohhh! And hope that you keep on reading! Thank you!