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Love Secrets - Chapter 10

Akito sat and thought… how was she to get back at that stupid Tohru Honda? She always had a plan. She always had a way to be sure that she got what she wanted. The very thought, the knowing of the fact, that she had no idea what to do was very frustrating in itself. Sure she had already made arrangements to see the Honda girl this Thursday, but… just what to do? Threaten? No, she always did that. She couldn't possibly hurt her, she wasn't family and even if she did, it wouldn't get her point across. She wanted her to suffer; even more than now, she wanted her to not be able to move on without having to think of the name Sohma.

She sighed and turned towards the window overlooking the courtyard of the Sohma Estate. Maids and gardeners scurried to sweep and clean the area of fallen snow and dead leaves. The door opened softly, and the soft footfalls of steps sounded throughout the room until they came to a stop. She could practically hear Kureno bow as he asked if he could do or get anything for her.

"A cup of green tea will be fine," she answered as if bored.

"Of course. Thank you Akito," and with that he turned and softly shut the door behind him. She turned quickly towards the door… Wasn't he? Yes… he reminded her of that stupid girl; the stupid mannerisms and politeness, the obedience and loyalty. Fighting the sudden rage in her chest, she stopped to contemplate. Kureno would never leave her side… could she do the same to the girl? Having Tohru beside her, having Tohru accompany her to her visits to the monster, living here… a small smile fixated itself on her lips… brilliant.

"Akito wants to see me today," Tohru called softly.

"Ah, yes, I believe he mentioned it to me on Tuesday," Shigure replied with a cautious glance over the News Paper.

"Hmnnnn," she merely hummed, placing the tea in front of him and going into the kitchen to retrieve the lunch plates. "I-" she stopped herself and scrunched up her nose in thought.

"How do you feel about this?" he asked as she sat down.

She peeked at him from under her bangs and unconsciously began to finger the Promise Ring on her left hand. "I really don't know what to think… I-I won't lie and say I'm not frightened, because I really am, but… I do wonder what he may do or say," she said looking down into her tea.

"Well," he sighed and folded the paper to sit beside him. "I can tell you this… be careful. I'm not allowed to go with you, but Ha-san will be there. You always have a choice," he said seriously, and she looked at him, confused at his unusual choice of words.

"Do you realize what I'm offering or do I have to say it slowly?" Akito asked from his seat by the window.

"Y-yes, I do understand your proposition," Tohru replied shakily.

"Then make your choice," his words hung in the air, limp, as if she hadn't heard them yet. What would she do?

"The agreement is to move to the main house and act as your personal attendant besides Kureno-san," she repeated to herself. "I-I agree," she stuttered slowly.

Besides her, Hatori stirred and beneath the shadow of his hair he stared at her incredulously. Kureno stared shyly at her from the other side of the room.

"Excellent," Akito said simply.

"What?!" Rin screeched into the phone. "What do you mean?!" she asked, already grabbing her coat and purse to walk out the door. Haru looked up at her from his seat at his desk, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Don't move until I get there, damnit Tohru!"

"What's wrong?" he asked, getting his coat as well.

Letting out a long sigh, Rin turned to him then began walking briskly towards the door. "Tohru's moving to the main house."

"Tohru…" Shigure started from the doorway of her bedroom.

"It's okay Shigure, I know what you're thinking… but I have a good feeling about this!" she said optimistically.

Shigure sighed mentally, wondering how in the world Hatori had allowed her to agree to this. This is why he wanted to go with her. He had had a bad feeling about their meeting when he had visited Akito earlier, but he hadn't thought this was what she had been planning. "But Tohru," he whined, "Who will take care of me?!"

Tohru stopped in taking her clothes out of drawers and her eyes grew wide in realization. "Oh no! I didn't think about that! I'm such a horrible person, I can't believe I didn't think about that! You're right Shigure, I-I can't leave you!" she said in panic.

He laughed and she looked up at him confused. "It's alright Tohru, I'll just call for someone at the main house to come and clean once a week. And I can always make onigiri, right?"

She bit on her bottom lip, hesitant. "Well… if you're sure…"

"Of course I am. Now finish packing, Akito does not like to be kept waiting. And Tohru, always remember what I told you before," he called out over his shoulder as he walked out.

"I can't believe you," Rin started furiously. "How can you be so careless? Don't you see? He's only playing with you to hurt you!"

"I-I don't know what to do anymore, Rin… I," she furrowed her eyebrows in thought. "When he proposed the idea, I knew it wasn't with good intention, but for some reason… ? I felt like this was for the best. I felt like this was my chance."

"Chance for what?!"

"I don't know… it's hard to explain. I felt like this is what I needed."

Rin sighed, her breath like a cloud in the cold air as they waited for the car to pick the brunette up. She turned to Haru who had been standing a few feet away with a lazy look in his eye, and closing her eyes, wondered if this really was for the better. It couldn't be, but yet isn't that how stubborn she had been when she left him?

Opening her eyes, she looked down at the bright blue eyes of her beloved friend. "I support you with this, only because the decision has already been made… but next time, you better talk to me first. I mean it! You can't always make your own decisions!"

Tohru smiled softly at the obvious concern her friend expressed and nodded hugely. "I will, don't worry! And if Hana and Uo ask… just tell them… just let me tell them, okay?"

At that moment a black car pulled up and Hatori climbed out of the driver seat wearily. "Are you ready, Tohru?" he asked as he came around for her bags.

"Oh yes, thank you so much Hatori-san!"

"Ha-san… please take care… of her." Shigure said slowly, his gray eyes clouded in concern.

"Please, it is not as if you won't be going to the main house more regularly now that this has happened, but yes, she will be fine, I will make sure of it."

A/N: I posted a poll on my Bio page, please check it out, it is life or death! J/K. SL and MD&OD were just... depressing, I hadn't really thought out the plots and I have them on Hiatus soooo... yeah. Anyway, I have a lot of ONESHOTS out, check them out, the one that is liked the most is the one that I will work on after I finish Love Secrets. Only thing is... I need you guys to tell me... do you want me to go along with this PLAN OF EVIL or finish the stories? It's up to you, I only want your happiness, lol.

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