I stalked down the road in silence not really sure where I was even going. A soft touch on my arm made me stop. "Are you okay?" Shigure's soft voice floated in the night. I stopped and took in a deep breath. "No not really. That Gerry pisses me off. I gave him so many chances. I-" I stopped short when I herd a branch snap. I spun towards the noise and breathed a sigh of relief. It was only three kittens. They run up to me eagerly. I laughed and scooped them up into my arms. Shigure cracked a smile. "So, cats still come to you."
I raised an eyebrow. "Of course they do. I was cursed by the-" I stopped short when one of the kittens leaped through the air and landed on Shigure. It scratched him across the face. Pulling it off of him I saw two thin lines of blood. "For shame Aoi. No need to turn your cat posse against me! I already knew you didn't like me." I shooed the kittens away and punched Shigure in the arm. "Your to dramatic for your own good Shii-kun. You're nearly as bad as Aya-kun. So what should we do now? Go back home?"
He shrugged. "I suppose. Maybe we can get Tohru to cook something for us." He finished wiping his face with handkerchief I had given him. I sighed. "Let me put some lip gloss on. Then we can leave." He rolled his eyes and mumbled something incoherently about woman as I rolled gloss on my lips. As I was putting it away I sneezed and dropped it. I cursed out loud. "Shoot. Stupid lip-gloss. I'm always dropping the cursed thing. Hold onto my purse Shigure."
I saw the lip-gloss lying on the ground a few feet away and reached down to grab it. Big mistake. As I grabbed the lip-gloss the three kittens came running out of nowhere and jumped on me. I lost my balance and fell face first into a ditch on the side of the road. Needless to say, I hit my head hard and blacked out for the time being.
Reader's POV
"Hatori, I think she's waking up." Hatori turned and glared at Shigure. "Shigure I am not blind." "Yes you a—" Yuki hit Shigure across the back of his head, effectively shutting him up. Aoi slowly sat up, blinking. "What's going on?" Hatori grabbed her wrist and checked her pulse. "You hit your head. Does this hurt?" he tapped the front of her head, "OUCH! Yes that hurts! What's going on?" Shigure reached out and touched her face. "You hit your head on the way home…remember?"
Aoi closed her eyes for a moment before saying, "To tell you the truth no…in fact the last thing I remember is my husband." Shigure swallowed a gasp/laugh when Hatori turned to glare at him. Turning back to the girl Hatori asked calmly, "Who's your husband Aoi?" Aoi twisted to look at Shigure and said, "He is!" Shigure started to laugh but at the love struck look on Aoi's face he stopped and said nervously, "Wait, she's serious!"
Hatori continued to examine the girl and said, "Yes I think so. Aoi, do you know who everyone in the room is?" Aoi rolled her eyes and said, "What kind of question is that? Of course I do! Your Hatori, and Yuki is there sitting next to Shii-kun." Hatori frowned slightly and said, "Okay and so Shigure is your husband." Aoi frowned at Hatori. "Yes he is. What's going on?" Hatori sighed and said grimly, "Aoi, I believe you have a mild case of amnesia. You can remember most of what you know but you've confused certain people. You should be fine in a day or two."
"Wait so you mean you're not Hatori?" Hatori struggled not throw his briefcase at Aoi. "I didn't mean that Aoi! I am Hatori and Yuki is Yuki. However Shigure is not your husband." "What! Why not? Did we get divorced?" unable to go on Hatori snapped, "Shigure, you explain things." Shigure sighed and said, "Yes master." Turning to his 'wife' he said gently, "Aoi-chan, what Hatori is trying to say is that we were never married. You and I have never had a relationship like that before. You and I are friends. Do you understand?"
"I-I think so…I'm sorry…" Aoi stared at Shigure pitifully and the dog felt a tiny prickle of guilt. He said hastily, "But if you want we can pretend to be married until you get better." The girl squealed and threw her arms around him. As he gingerly hugged her back he thought –what have I gotten myself into? –
lol I finally finished chapter 4! Yeah! Well hope you people liked it!