Chapter 4: Princess Coffee?

            "Make them drool, Yuki!" Shigure said as he pushed Yuki onto the stage.

            Yuki gave a final death glare to Shigure before smiling at the crowd before him as he entered the stage. The girls went wild and screamed. Back stage, Shigure gave a thumbs up to Hatori and Momiji, "That's m'boy!" He said and laughed insanely.

            Yuki kept on smiling although it hurt his face to do so. I'm going to kill Shigure when the show is over! I am going to take his head and shove it on a wall more than several times! Again, Shigure had tricked him into being a special guest in a show! Was he getting smarter or was Yuki getting stupid because of all the fame?

            He saw where the host of the show was and sat himself down. The host was more like a hostess. She looked at Yuki dreamily, which made Yuki back away a little. As if remembering where she was, the hostess cleared her throat and started to introduce the show.

"Welcome to 'Talk On'! I'm your host, Rika Ikari!" She said and smiled as she turned to face Yuki.

            Yuki felt several chills, Ah hell! Why does this kind of thing always happen to me? There was, even though it was kind of weird, a fan club for him set up by women older than forty…

"Er…" Was all Yuki could say as he backed away a little bit more.

"We have a special guest today, ladies and gents…or more like ladies and ladies!" Rika said and the crowd went wilder. Yuki heard several screams, confessions of their undying love, and his name said like a mantra.

"It's none other than…PRINCE!" Rika declared and the whole crowd stood up and screamed some more. Everywhere and anywhere he went, it seemed like everyone was screaming. It's incredible he wasn't deaf…yet. Yuki smiled as the spotlight was upon him.

He saw some of the girls faint, and some with blushes across their faces. "Uh…I'm glad to be here today, Ikari-san." He said softly.

Rika giggled uncontrollably. From behind the stage, Momiji who was watching the show live from the television set, cocked his eyebrow up, "Ha'ri? Is Rika Ikari a dirty old woman?" He asked innocently. Hatori coughed chocking on his own saliva. (A/N: o_o Hatori is caught out of character!)

"Momiji, stop jumping to conclusions." Hatori said and from the corner of his eye he could see Shigure muffle a laugh.

"You know Shigure he'll want to murder you later." Hatori said.

"I know! But, it's worth it!" Shigure said with a playful smile.

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            Tohru headed towards the living room followed by Uo. It was their nighttime tradition…sitting in front of the television and letting it eat away their brain cells, as Uo had said.

Tohru was so tired! Still…even though she was tired, she couldn't stop thinking about the enigmatic Yuki Sohma she met over the weekends. She hasn't heard from him since then…what am I thinking? It's not like he'll remember me anyway! Guys like him don't last too long! But…I would want to at least get a heads up from him…or something…ANYTHING! Tohru hit herself on the head with her palm and stopped walking making Uo stop at her tracks.

Look at me! I'm being so childish! I'm acting like we were going out! Stupid me! I'm such an idiot! Tohru huffed and thought, stop dreaming Tohru! You have got to toughen up and stop fooling around! You have a school to graduate from and to pay for!

With that she continued walking towards her usual place in front of the television. Uo gave her a look and shrugged it off. Guy trouble…maybe? She thought.

Tohru turned the television on as she laid down on the couch in front of it. Uo followed her routine as she comfortably put her feet on the arm of the chair.

            Tohru flipped through the channels—

"Wait! Keep it on that channel Tohru." Uo said, "I like this show."

"'Talk On'?" Tohru asked.

"Yeah…wait…is today…is today Tuesday?" Uo asked.

"Yes." Tohru said quietly and suddenly fell of the chair when she saw Prince's face. Uo laughed, "That's something that will make you forget about that other guy, huh?" She asked Tohru.

"What makes you think I was thinking about him?" She asked rubbing her backside. Mental note to self: don't be so transparent!

"Stage one! Denial!" Uo said and turned the volume of the television.

"Uo-chan!" Tohru said practically controlling herself to stop the tantrum she was about to make. But, before she could utter another word the talk show caught her attention.

"I know every girl in Japan is wondering this simple question." Rika said.

"Yes, what is it Ikari-san?" Prince asked.

            The woman giggled and Uo rolled her eyes, "Just when she gets older she gets all giddy!" Tohru laughed forgetting about the earlier discussion she had with Uo.

"Well, do you have a 'Princess'?" She asked.

            The camera zoomed over the audience and there was anticipation as well as hope written all over their faces.

"Please…" Uo muttered with a look of boredom on her face.

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            "Well, do you have a 'Princess'?" Rika asked.

            Yuki looked at her completely caught off guard. Then, after a few seconds when he was asked the question, composed himself. How am I going to answer this? For sure it isn't her! Or anyone in this studio…

            Shigure was jumping up and down, "How is he going to answer?!"

"Calm down Shigure!" Hatori said.

"I can't! I didn't train him for this type of questions! It's too soon!!" Shigure yelled at Hatori.

"Oh…you can't?" Hatori asked, "Then maybe I should put you on some medication…Hmm…"

            Shigure gave Hatori the look, "You know, you really shouldn't threaten people with your medical skills!"

"Sssh! Yuki's going to answer!" Momiji said as he leaned closer to the television screen.

            Shigure rushed towards the rabbit's side and also leaned closer to the television like a child. Hatori sighed, "Why are you all so worried? You know Yuki will answer this exceptionally."

            Yuki looked around, none of these girls are like…

Like who?

--"Don't be shy! It's not like you've never drunk coffee in front of anyone before! Well…maybe never in front of someone who's spilled something on you…but still!"--

            Yuki smiled making the audiences as well as Rika wonder even more. Yuki cleared his throat and answered, "My answer?"

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            "My answer?"

            Tohru couldn't take the suspense anymore and decided to get a glass of water. She got up so that she wouldn't have to be so disappointed when she hears Prince reply 'yes'. Besides, it was impossible that Prince would actually consider any of the girls.

            Who ever the girl was, she was a lucky pretty and a celebrity girl. To have Prince's affection was more than enough…but to have him completely…both heart and mind was something else. She saw the look on the celebrity's face, and she had never seen him smile like that. Sure she's seen pictures of him smiling, but this one was different. She wasn't sure if she was the only one who noticed the change on his face.

"Who ever his princess is, she's lucky." She said to herself, "At least she knows who her prince is…while I don't even know where Yuki is…"

            She took a sip of water, "Ah! Here I go again!" She told herself, "I should stop thinking about a stranger!"

            But, Yuki Sohma was the type of guy you could remember for more than just months…

            Tohru smiled, when I meet him again, I'd like to ask why driving in the dark with sunglasses appeal to him so much. She laughed, "Maybe he can replace Prince in my life!" Tohru said and laughed harder for thinking of such a thing. Tohru was walking back towards the living room and heard the television…

"In fact…I do have one…I think so anyway…" Prince replied.

"Really?!?!!!" Rika screamed getting out of her chair.

            The girls screamed, "OH MY GOSH! WHO IS IT!?!" They screamed and some other profanities like, "UGH! I can't believe that –bleep- stole him away from us! We should go look for her and show her what we're made of!" Coming from a girl who looked very familiar with her long hair and blue ribbons…

            Rika composed herself as the camera focused on her once again, "Ahem! May I ask who it is, Prince?" She asked sweetly…it would be if that twitching eye of hers would stop.

            Uo snorted, "Talk about die hard fans!" She said.

"Uo-chan, you screamed after his concert, too." Tohru replied walking behind the couch.

"Well…I was caught in the moment…and I also caught it from all the other girls including you." Uo said making Tohru blush slightly.

"Well…I am a fan." Tohru mumbled.

            Yuki chuckled remembering the coffee incident…ore more like incidents, "She's…"

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            Shigure was biting his nail excessively, "Don't be stupider than you already are Yuki!!" He screamed at the television.

            Hatori and Momiji moved away from him as they realized how the studio crew was looking at them. Shigure jumped on the television; "You can't do this to me! Do you have any idea of how many rumors and interviews I have to plan and stop?!" He screamed.

"Ha'ri…I'm scared…is Shigure going to be fine?" Momiji asked.

"He will be once I get him a nice comfy jacket that goes around him really tight, and a nice room with white pillows everywhere." Hatori said dragging Shigure of the TV.

            Yuki searched for the right words to describe her, he wasn't that stupid to tell everyone her name. He wouldn't want cameras chasing her everywhere.

"She's…" He said, "No one in particular."

            Rika Ikari almost fell of her chair since she has been on the edge of her seat for the last few minutes.

"Can you at least give us a clue?" Rika asked straightening her skirt.

            Yuki looked at her and nodded, "Coffee."

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            Uo laughed and her legs were flailing about the air, "What the hell? 'Coffee'?" She asked out loud.

"What sort of name is Coffee?" Uo said laughing at the faces of the girls in the show.

"The Prince has a Princess…and her name is C-Coffee." Rika Ikari said looking horrible compared earlier during the show, "This is Rika Ikari, signing off from 'Talk On'."

            Tohru sipped her water, "Princess…Coffee…"

"What a nice title." Uo said and laughed again.

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Author's Notes: LOL! Princess Coffee! That's hilarious! I'm sorry, but I couldn't think of anything else! Well, it has been a busy week for me! Finals are coming up soon and I got one project that's really hard! So, that means I won't be able to update as much. Another bad news is that I can't go online as much! I kind of got in trouble…I wasn't doing anything! I was doing research! It's not my fault people can't help themselves and talk to me online! Anyway, I hope you all like this chapter…it's longer than I expected! Well, I shall go and study! I know all this studying will pay off once I graduate! Well it better pay off anyway!

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