Hatori walked into Shigure's house after loosing Momiji and Haru, he looked tired and beat up, rubbing the bump at the back of his head again, he looked around and tried to get through to Shigure's study without being seen. He winced suddenly at the sound of Ayame's voice, "HATORI-KUN, WHAT HAPPENED? DID AKITO DO THAT!"

"Uh…yeah…but I'm fine don't worry." He started toward the study again only to be stopped again by Tohru.

"Hatori-sama! What happened?" She ran up to him and looked over the cuts on his arms, "Who did that?"

"Nobody, I fell, I'm ok Tohru-san" He smiled good naturedly and ran his fingers through his hair, kind of a habit he developed, wincing when his fingers hit the bump. He continued walking the the study, wincing every now and then when he touched the bump. He walked into the study and went to sit down.

Tohru noticed and put her hands on her hips, "Turn around Hatori-sama."

"Why?"

"Just do it, I wanna see something." She smiled when he did and gently started running a couple fingers through his hair, stopping when she felt the bump, "You should get ice on that…" She said to him moving so she could see his face, "You're a doctor you should know when to put ice and stuff on things, this has a cut on it."

"It does? Where?" He put his hand back to the bump, feeling nothing.

She sighed, "here" she stood up and walked behind him, taking his fingers and running one of them over the cut, "See?" She held his finger in front of him where blood was smeared.

"Oh," He started to fidget, feeling her so close to him, she was leaning in a way that her body didn't quite touch his, so he wouldn't change, "I should clean it before doing anything," stands up quickly and walks to the bathroom, wetting the cloth and wiping the bump. Tohru came in behind him and bandaged the cuts up on his arms, "You can't tell me all this is from a fall."

"I know I can't make you believe me." He said with a shrug, finishing cleaning the bump.

Tohru watched him, remembering the dream she had, she started blushing and walked down the hall, holding her face.

"SHUT UP YUKI!"

"You do!"

"YOU DON'T LOOK ANY BETTER!"

"Yes I do, I look loads better than you do." Yuki and Kyo walked down the hall in the opposite way Tohru was headed, Kyo wore a red kimono with flower petels on it, a cat on the back, Yuki wore a purple kimono with flower petels on it, a rat on the back. "Oh, Tohru-san, how are you?" Yuki asked with a smile.

"I'm fine, are those the kimonos Ayame-sama made for you?" The two boys nodded.

Yuki held out a black kimono flower petels on it with the emporer's castle on the back, the twelve animals of the zodiac on it, at first glance Tohru only saw twelve, when she looked at it closer she saw, between the tiger and the ox the cat, walking right with the rest of the Juunishi, she smiled wide, "Where's Ayame-sama?"

Kyo and Yuki point back the way they came and Tohru walked between them and approached Ayame, "Ayame-sama! It's beautiful! I wish I could hug you!" She smiled at him.

"Thank you Tohru-san, I thought you might like that." He said with a smile, then blinked at her other comment, "Why don't you?"

"You'll turn into a snake…"

Shrugs, "I'm under a lot of pressure anyway, I'll change soon, go ahead and hug me, " he smiled at her.

She set the kimono down and hugged him, "Thank you Ayame-sama!" then with a –pop!- and a puff of smoke she held a snake in her arms, still she hugged him, then let him go onto the floor.

He coiled around himself and looked at her, "Your welcome, put it on, see if it fits you ok."

She nodded and picked her kimono up going to her room, changing and walking back down, she walked in and heard another pop, froze, blushed and turned around, "SORRY!" She heard Ayame say 'it's alright' before he walked out fully clothed.

"Should I make the rest of the juunishi kimonos? What do you think?"

"I think it's up to them, what would you put on Hatori-sama's? a dragon or a seahorse?"

"Both, a dragon on the back and a seahorse on the breast!"

Tohru giggled, "You have it all figured out don't you?"

"Yes! I'm gonna finish Shigure's and make Hatori, Kisa, Momiji, Haru, Kagura, Hiro and myself kimonos, tonight!"

Tohru's eyes bugged, "all in one night?"

He nodded and disappeared into the dining room where he was making them.

That night the six of them were in their kimonos, the other's kimonos folded and piled in a corner, Ayame and Yuki were outside on the porch talking, Kyo and Shigure were arguing about something, leaving Hatori and Tohru to talk. As the night went on Hatori started to fidget a bit more, thinking to himself, I'm going to tell her tonight, now….now I will….right…….now……..well……now I'll do it… He was thinking like that all night, finally sighing, "Tohru-san…How would you re-act if someone were to…tell you how they feel about you?"

She watched him, why is he asking me this? "I guess it depends on the person."

"Well, I…uh…" He sighed, never thought I'd be this nervous, He spoke lower, "What if…"He hesitated, "I were to say I had feelings for you."

"F-feelings? Feelings like what?" She started blushing furiously and babbling, saying things that made very little sense.

Hatori blushed a bit too, "Feelings like……love…..Tohru, I love you."

She blushed darker and deeper if possible, that dream coming to surface again, Is he serious, oh god what do I say, what do I do, do I tell him I love him back, wait…do I? Yes, I do, but, oh god. "Oh…I…uh…we…you…uhm…" She looked at his face to see if he was joking, his face showed he was a bit worried.

"Tohru-san?" He looked at her, then pulled her over to him, gently placing his lips on hers, careful of the way he leaned so he wouldn't change, relaxing a little when after a second, she started kissing him back.

Out of the corner of his eye Kyo saw them, NO! He turned more to be able to see them, and make sure he wasn't hallucinating, eyes huge, mouth hanging open.

Yuki had the exact same expression, his arms hanging limply at his sides, but, how? And why him, why Hatori? They aren't even the same age! He turned very suddenly and walked toward the forest,

"Yuki-Chan? Where are you going, we were in the middle of a conversation!"

"I'll be back later!"

Kyo was already gone, Shigure looking around dumbly wondering what upset him, eyes settling on Tohru and Hatori who'd finally separated, both blushing Tohru more than Hatori. "…hm didn't see that one coming."

"OH HOW CUTE!" Ayame bubbled, hugging Shigure, "aren't they precious?"

"Yeah, uh, I'm gonna find Yuki and Kyo." He stood and walked out the door.

Tohru still blushed deeply, "I-I had no idea…"

"I didn't let it show…." Hatori said quietly to her, "Nobody knew."

OH WOW THAT SUCKED WORSE THAN USUAL! OO oh well :shrug: anywho, this isn't the last bit my friends, I've got a whole conflict coming up because I DON'T KNOW HOW TO END THINGS!

My thanks to everyone who is reviewing this little hatorixtohru story,

Upcoming things:

a fight between Kyo and Yuki (go figure)

a change in character relationships when Tohru and Hatori have a fight

YUKI, SHIGURE, HARU, AND KYO IN DRESSES!

Kagura comforts her friend,

And Kisa calls Hatori, "Poppy tori!"

I have a twisted sence of humor sometimes, anyway, love ya guys, sorry it took so long to update!

Manda