Some of the flowers have more than one meaning. I took the ones that I wanted it to have. Some of these mean only that one thing though. Like a daisy means innocence. That's pretty much all it means. But columbine has more than one meaning. But all of the meanings are the correct ones. Geranium is questionable though. I read it means folly or stupidity but a reviewer said it meant determination. Who knows?
The day was going by so slowly. Only an hour had passed since Yuki handed out his flowers to everyone. Ayame had calmed down a bit but he was still really upset. Tohru had set the flowers outside but he ran out to get his. When asked why he did so he simply said that Yuki was right. He held his flower close to his chest and began to lightly sob. Shigure held him close while Hatori just stood to the corner.
Tohru grabbed onto Kyo's hand. She couldn't hug him even though she wanted to. He looked at her and gave her a light smile.
"Don't worry, Tohru. Things will get better. I promise." He said.
Tohru smiled back and nodded her head. Even though Kyo made her feel better she couldn't help but feel that something was wrong. Something just wasn't right. Apparently she wasn't the only one who thought so.
"Hatori…Hatori." Shigure whispered.
Hatori walked over to him and sat next to him. Ayame also looked at his friend with concern. He touched his shoulder and felt the dog tremble underneath him. He hugged himself tightly and began to whimper. Ayame and Hatori knew this meant one thing. His natural instinct was kicking in. Something was wrong. Hatori pulled Shigure close to his chest and let him rest there before asking him what was wrong.
"Something bad has happened, Tori. It feels so awful." He whispered.
"Does it have to do with Yuki?" Ayame asked.
Shigure shook his head against Hatori's chest. "No. No, it doesn't have to do with Yuki. I don't know who it has to do with. It hurts so much though! We need to get to them!"
"Who is it?" Hatori asked.
"I don't know!" Shigure said in a frustrated voice. He racked his mind but couldn't even think of a person. He knew it was someone close to them though. Someone was hurt. He felt it in his body. He tried to tell them how he felt but he couldn't get it out. The words were lost in his mind and couldn't make it to his mouth. "It's someone close to us!" That was all he was able to get out.
"Someone close? Do you mean someone in the Sohma family? Is Haru? Maybe Kagura? Momiji?" Tohru asked.
Before Shigure could say anything the phone rang. He looked up but Hatori was already half way to the phone. He picked it up with a grim expression.
"Hello?" he said.
"Shigure?" said the voice on the other line.
"No. It's Hatori. Shigure can't talk right now. What is it?" Hatori said. He recognized Haru's voice on the other line.
"Hatori! You need to get everyone here now! Especially Yuki! Get them here now!" Haru yelled.
The look on Hatori's face was pure confusion. "What's the matter, Haru? Is something wrong?"
Hatori could hear Haru's voice cracking as he spoke. If something could make Haru cry then it had to be bad.
"Hatori. Momiji's dead. He's dead! We found him in his bathroom! It was suicide, Hatori! He slit his writs! It's all Yuki's fault! It's his fault! I'll kill him! I'll kill him…." Haru sobbed into the phone. Hatori wasn't sure he heard correctly but the crying on the phone was more than enough proof.
"Calm down, Haru. I'll drive everyone to the estate. Don't worry. We'll be there soon." Hatori hung up the phone nearly breaking it.
"What happened, Hatori?" Kyo asked.
"Yuki! Get down here now! Yuki!" the dragon shouted. He focused his attention back to Shigure and the others with a look of dread on his face. "Momiji killed himself." He said simply.
"What!" Ayame and Tohru said in unison.
"I knew something was wrong." Shigure said burying his head in his hands. Tears poured out of Tohru's eyes and she grabbed Kyo making him turn into a cat. He didn't care though. He let Tohru squeeze him tightly. He purred into her neck trying to make her feel better. He wished he could disappear right then. He thought of how much he teased and made fun of the little bunny. He wished he could take it all back. If only he could take it back.
Yuki stood at the edge of the stairs and looked at everyone. "What's going on?" he said.
Hatori walked to him and grabbed his arm. He pushed him onto the sofa and glared at him with anger, fury, and sorrow. "Momiji is dead, Yuki! He's dead!" he screamed.
"What! What are you talking about?" Yuki said bewildered.
"He committed suicide. He slit his wrists and it's your fault." Hatori said to him.
Yuki's eyes grew wide. He was struck silent by the news he had received. Momiji was dead. His precious Momiji was really dead. The only thing that gave Yuki any hope, the only thing that could maybe stop him from trying to kill himself was gone. He grabbed a pillow and buried his face in it. He couldn't stop the tears from flowing.
"Momiji. Oh, my Momiji. I'm so sorry." He whispered.
"It's a little late for apologies. Get in the car. We need to get to the Sohma estate." Hatori said. Everyone but Yuki stood and headed for the door. Kyo was still a cat but he figured Tohru wouldn't let him go any time soon. He looked back at Yuki.
"You have to come, Yuki!" he shouted.
"I know that! I'm not going to ride with you! I'll walk there! I'll meet up with you guys later!" Yuki screamed through his tears.
The others walked away and let Yuki torture himself mentally over what happened. Eventually Yuki walked out of the house and headed for the Sohma estate. On the way, though, he made one quick stop. He opened the door to the flower shop and walked in.
