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Cured

'It is part of the cure to wish to be cured'

Chapter 4: Disturbance

The next morning, Tohru woke up feeling a lot more energetic than she felt in a week. As soon as the sunlight started illuminating the room through the decorated window, she was up on her feet making the bed.

"You're up early," Kyoko said, still sitting at the chair beside the bed she was sitting on last night.

"Yes! I feel a lot better too," Tohru said, noticing that there was a door inside the room she didn't notice before. It had the same color of the walls, which made it blend with its surroundings. She automatically reached for the door knob, and opened the door. She had expected it to be a bathroom, but she hadn't expected what she just saw. Apart from the ordinary toilet seat and washbasin—which were far from being called ordinary by Tohru—lay beside a table, full of luxurious-looking bath products, a huge Jacuzzi. In front of the Jacuzzi hung on the wall was a wide plasma screen, which Tohru didn't understand what was it for but thought it was all amazing anyway. Tohru entered the bathroom, but didn't dare use the bathtub. She heard a rattle outside in the room and assumed it was her mother.

"Mom! You won't believe how incredible this bathroom is! It looks like another five-star hotel room in here!" Tohru said loudly, trying to overtop the noise of the rushing water as she washed her hands. Her mom didn't reply so she continued, "You have to come and check it out, mom!"

"Excuse me?" said a voice that was definitely not Kyoko's. Tohru quickly stopped the water flow and dashed out of the bathroom.

It was Machi, staring at Tohru in a way that definitely meant that she thought Tohru was a complete nutcase.

"Oh haha, you must think I'm crazy," Tohru said nervously, trying to come up with an excuse that would explain her behavior, but couldn't think of any.

"I do," Machi suddenly uttered calmly, making Tohru speechless. "Well, I brought the food," she said, putting the tray she was holding on the table. Machi didn't wait for a reply, and turned around to leave. Tohru followed her outside without thinking. I have to at least thank her and show her that I have some sanity in me!

"Wait up!" Tohru said, leaving the room, but as she did so, she remembered that this was Hatori's office, and indeed there was Hatori sitting on his disk, reading a newspaper.

"Oh Miss Honda, you're awake already—wait Machi, I still need you for a moment," he said, stopping her from hurrying out of the clinic, like she was planning to. "Yuki is going to be coming any minute for his routine checkup."

Machi stopped at the door and didn't turn around to face them, even after Hatori had finished speaking. Hatori didn't think this meant anything, because he quickly turned to face Tohru, "How are you feeling today?"

"Much better! I think that those anti-p-p-itreec things are finally starting to work," Tohru replied cheerily.

"Even though I doubt it, I hope you're right," Hatori kept looking at her but with somehow softer eyes than the day before. Yesterday, Tohru remembered their conversation yesterday, and wondered where her mom had disappeared to. She's probably walking around, exploring the place, Tohru finally reassured herself.

"You can sit down," Hatori said, pointing at the couch that lay in front of the wall opposite to his desk. "There's enough space for both of you," he said, referring to Machi who had taken a seat without anyone noticing. Hatori went back to reading. Tohru thought about starting a conversation with Machi, but it felt too awkward. As Tohru was trying to figure out how to break the silence, someone suddenly knocked softly on the door before entering, completely opposite of what Shigure and Ayame had done the day before—and for that Hatori was grateful.

"Good morning, Hatori," said the guy in a rather soft voice. Tohru couldn't take her eyes of the guy. She thought he was…beautiful—if it's possible to call a guy beautiful. She would have said something—because he now noticed she was there—but she was too startled with his good looks.

"Hi Machi," the guy said to Machi, who was staring fixedly at the ground, and then he looked at Tohru—

"You're right on time, Yuki," Hatori said, then waved his hand in Tohru's direction, "This is my new patient, Miss Tohru Honda."

"Hello Miss Honda, nice to meet you," he said politely, smiling at her.

Tohru, who was silent the whole time, stood up abruptly, and bowed slightly to Yuki.

"No please, the pleasure is mine."

"Machi, please hand me that instrument," Hatori said to Machi, who knew which one he was talking about.

Tohru remained in her place watching quietly, as Machi kept handing Hatori different instruments and Hatori kept using them on Yuki.

"So, what's the problem with you?" Yuki suddenly asked, managing to sound normal even with Hatori Shoving a stick down his throat.

"Oh, nothing," Tohru said, shaking her head, and laughing at the same time. Yuki smiled—not knowing what to say. He knew that Hatori wouldn't normally pick up random girls and call them his patients.

"You?" Tohru asked, curious to know what all these instruments are for.

"They're my lungs," Yuki answered without getting into details.

"Yuki always had problems with his breathing, ever since he born. It's true that it could be fatal,"—there was a gasp at this. At first, Yuki thought it was the new girl, but he felt that it was much closer than this—"but with the treatment and constant check-up, it can be completely controlled," Hatori added, as he noticed that he sounded a bit dramatic—a trait he disliked in his two friends.

Hatori now wore his stethoscope and began to scroll up Yuki's shirt. Machi somehow managed to keep the blank expression on her face, but Tohru hastily walked into the room, trying not to make a hassle.

Tohru sat down on the bed, and at the sight of her breakfast tray, she realized that she was very hungry. And so she began indulging herself in eating types of food that she had never eaten before.

"Tohru!" Kyoko said, showing up suddenly out of nowhere. Tohru started, and almost choked on what she was eating. "This place looks great. I'm sorry I'm late, I went a little too deep in the forest. It's almost like a maze in there! Everything seemed quiet except for a girl who kept shouting around, looking for a pet or something," Kyoko paused, and Tohru was about to talk before her mom went on again, "Did you see that cute guy there! I mean he's really CUTE! I say you go talk to him!"

"What?!" Tohru said a little too loudly, but remembered that there are people out side, and continued in a whisper, "what? I don't know what you mean, mom."

"I'm serious honey. He seems very polite too. There would be one problem though. That girl seems to like him too. But you're so much nicer than her! You'd definitely win!"

"Mom, it's not a competition," Tohru continued in what she thought were low whispers, "I can't just barge in these people's lives like this."

Just right then, Tohru stopped talking for she felt the door open slowly. When she stopped whispering, she looked at the shadowy figure behind the door, and suddenly the door was opened in no less force than Ayame's the day before.

"Ta ta!" A boy, with bright blond hair entered the room, stretching his hands dramatically, suddenly yelled. "I'm sorry, did I scare you?" he said, grinning sheepishly, as he saw the look of surprise on Tohru's face.

"Oh no, I'm fine!" Tohru said, smiling cheerily at the boy. She was sure that he probably wasn't that much younger, but there was something about him that was very juvenile. She couldn't help but grin back at him.

"You must be the new girl!" He said excitedly, skipping through the room to reach Tohru. "My name is Sohma Momiji!"

"Nice to meet you Momiji. I'm Tohru—

"I know who you are! He was right, you are cute!" Tohru blushed at this, but he quickly continued, dragging Tohru by the hand, "come with me! I wanna show you the place! Come on."

Tohru didn't have the time to think of resisting. She got up and walked behind him out of the room, looking at her mom behind her.

"I think I'll stay here. You go ahead," Kyoko said. Tohru didn't have a chance to say anything.

"Momiji, where do you think you're going with Tohru?" Hatori called behind his desk, before finishing what he was saying to Yuki.

"Ahh… I just wanna show her around!"

Hatori looked like he wanted to stop Momiji, but then resolved to saying, "just don't tire her out."

"How did you know about her anyway, Momiji?" Yuki suddenly asked, before Momiji and Tohru walked out.

"From Kakeru!"

"That fool," Yuki said, shaking his head helplessly. In that exact moment, everyone in the room jolted, taken by surprise for a girl out of nowhere suddenly showed up by the door, screaming her head off. The girl had shoulder-length black hair, and she was out of breath. She looked both furious and exhausted. Tohru immediately remembered what her mom said about a girl who was shouting.

"Has anyone seen Kyo anywhere?!" She demanded, looking at all the faces in the clinic. She spotted Tohru, and her expression suddenly changed into a warm, kind one. If Tohru didn't know better, she'd say this was a completely different person. "Hi, you must be Tohru," she said, almost shyly. "When I asked Kakeru if he'd seen Kyo anywhere, he told me about you. Did you see anyone with a bright beautiful orange hai—

"She didn't see anyone, Kagura, she never left the clinic," Hatori said, exasperated. "Please just give a notice or at least knock or something when you come in here next time."

Orange! Tohru recalled vaguely, as though she was remembering a dream she had long time ago. Could she mean that orange-haired guy who was standing up on the tree branch? No, that wasn't real! Tohru thought, shaking the thought away.

"Sorry," she said, biting her lip. "Oh! I just remembered! I didn't check in the old dojo!" She said this and disappeared out of sight in a blink of an eye.

"Well, come on Tohru!" Momji said, and minutes later, they were walking in that forest again.

"This place is very big," Tohru marveled at the thick trees, as though she was seeing for the first time.

"It's humongous! The Sohma has a lot of resources. All this belongs to the Sohmas," Momiji said, pointing, as he span around himself jauntily, and then he slowly stopped, adding, "and the Sohmas only."

Tohru saw the look of disappointment on his face, and couldn't comprehend the reasons behind it.

"We're here! This is my favorite spot in the whole Sohma place."

"Oh, this is so beautiful," Tohru said, as they reached an open place full of kids playing, swinging, and running around under the warm summer sun.

"This is the Sohma privet school. Since it's the summer holiday, the kids come here and play in the school's playground."

"So, The Sohmas have a school for Sohma kids only?" Tohru asked in awe.

"Yup! I myself went to this school all my life. What grade are you in?"

"Me?!" Tohru laughed. "I graduated a year ago already. You?"

Momiji looked a bit disappointed, but added more hopefully, "I'm in my last year! I'll be graduating this next spring."

Tohru smiled, as she looked at the happy faces of the kids, they were so…carefree. She suddenly remembered that Kagura mentioned something about a dojo. She'd never seen a dojo in her whole life.

"Momiji," she started with the anticipation obvious in her voice, "Kagura said there was a dojo here—

"There was a dojo here. A lot of these kids and some older Sohmas used to train there. Yuki too trained there—he was one of the best in martial arts."

"Oh," Tohru sighed in amazement. Martial arts! He didn't appear to be so masculine. "Can we go see it?" She noticed that he wasn't very excited, and added hastily, "I mean, only if it's not a hassle or anything."

"Of course, it's not. Actually, It used to be very close from here too," he said, smiling at her reassuringly, "it's just that you won't find anyone there. It's not really in use anymore. But let's go anyway. Come on," he said, dragging her by the hand again. They started walking through a pathway through the forest on the right of the playground, leaving the voices and laughter fade slowly behind them.

They finally arrived at an open field. On the end of it was a huge house, in front of the house was the most beautiful garden Tohru had ever seen. It was probably midday now, Tohru thought, because the sun was shining dazzlingly on the flowers' combination on the garden. There was something missing though. It was empty, it felt deserted.

As Tohru was trying to imagine the place, full of people talking lively to each other, she spotted something that startles her. Right in front of the house and before the garden, lay on the floor a guy—the same guy she thought she saw before­—with the orange hair. With the sun in the middle of the sky, his orange hair looked brighter than ever. Tohru—for reasons she couldn't explain—felt as though she was dreaming. She had the same feeling she got when she first saw her mother and thought that she was imagining her.

If this was the case, then Momiji too seemed to be imagining with Tohru, because he seemed to have spotted Kyo there and shouted his name.

"KYO! What are you doing there?" Momiji called, as he walked closer to the house. Tohru followed Momiji automatically.

Kyo stood up promptly, and faced the two of them, his eyes glittering with fury.

"What are you doing here?" He snapped, mainly at Momiji, but Tohru became fretful anyway. She wanted to introduce herself or say something, but she speechless. She just stood there beside Momiji, stunned by Kyo's furiousness.

When Kyo noticed Tohru's almost frightened expression, he glared at them even more.

"I was showing Tohru the place," replied Momiji calmly, "By the way, Kagura was looking for you."

Kyo exhaled exasperatedly. "I KNOW! I CAN'T GET WHAT SHE WANTS FROM ME?! CAN'T ANYONE JUST BE LEFT ALONE IN PEACE?!"

"Umm…" Momiji sighed, considering Kyo carefully, and added quietly. "Did you talk to Akito today too?"

Tohru wished Momiji didn't ask that question, because once Kyo heard it, he started stomping at some of the flowers angrily. Tohru couldn't help but let out a small shriek.

"WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!" He snapped, facing Tohru for the first time.

"EH?! No reason—it's nothing," Tohru replied hastily, nervous, "umm… It's n-n-nice to m-meet you Kyo," she said the first thing that came to her mind, trying to smile.

Kyo didn't reply, and kept looking down.

"You shouldn't let it out on Tohru, Kyo. I know it's not fair." To Momiji's surprise, Kyo didn't snap back. He just ran into the forest and seconds later, he was gone.

Tohru was still standing fixedly in her spot. What could have happened that would make him so…upset? Tohru pondered, remembering the look of extreme frustration on his face. He was so…upset!

"Kyo…was the most attached to the dojo, but that's not all," Momiji sighed solemnly, and then shook his head furiously and turned to Tohru. "Oh! You don't have to know the lows of the Sohma. It's too boring! You know what?! I'm starving, let's go and have lunch!"

Tohru decided that it's really not of her business, and smiled back at Momiji, as they headed to one of the forest pathways. Momiji kept talked cheerfully to Tohru all the way, and Tohru smiled and laughed at all the right times. But her mind was somewhere else. Even though it shouldn't concern her, Kyo's frustration kept interfering with her thoughts.

Tohru and Momiji had lunch in Hatori's clinic, but Tohru's fever was starting to come back as the evening progressed, and so Hatori asked Momiji to leave Tohru so she can rest. Momiji promised that he'll come the next day with candy, because—in his opinion—candy can heal anything. Hatori gave Tohru the same pills he gave her the day before.

As Tohru lay on the bed, she started telling her mom, who was sitting beside her, all that happened during the day. She talked about the school, and the kids playing in that huge playground. When she reached the dojo part, she stopped.

"Momiji is really sweet," Tohru said, when she wanted to take her mind of what happened in the dojo.

"And cute," her mom added importantly. "But he seems young. It doesn't matter though, 'cause you can still have Yuki."

"I have you," Tohru said drowsily. She smiled at her mom, and fell asleep.

Tohru didn't know, but that was exactly what Kyoko was trying to change.

The End of Chapter Four!

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