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This is the next chappie. I was sure I updated and posted it but I checked it five minutes ago and it wasnt on their hmmm thinks oh well. Whatever lol. This chappie is kinda short but I hope ya like it. Please keep reviewing! thanks to ya all!

Sashenka

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Chapter 11 - What Matters

Silence, it pressed upon them all mercilessly. The three men who were sat quietly around the table were lost in their own world of thoughts. Shigure looked across the table at Yuki and Kyo, they were sat next to each other. He raised an eyebrow at their lack of fighting, but then again why would they want to fight? At this moment anyway.

The door slid open and Hatori walked inside, his hands in his pockets casually. He lifted a cigarette to his mouth and lit it. Shigure stood and stared at him.

"Well, how is she?" Shigure asked. His voice softer than the previous times he had spoken to his old friend. He still blamed Hatori for Tohru's memory getting erased in the first place. Just because she now had her memory back, it didn't mean to say things were easily forgiven.

"As to her physical condition she is fine. I am not sure about her mental state however. She is confused and worried about what has happened, she says that she can remember it all but as though she was seeing it from far away" he sat down at the table and looked across at Yuki and Kyo. "She also says that she can remember us all. Including Akito and what happened to her" he explained taking a drag from his cigarette and exhaling it into the air.

"That's good" Yuki smiled. Hatori's eyes moved across to the cat, he was being unusually silent. "I'm glad Miss Honda's back"

"Hold on there, you're forgetting one thing Yuki" Shigure said choosing to stand rather than to sit at the last place next to Hatori. "There's still Akito to consider. I for one am sure that if he knows that Tohru's memory has come back. He wont be as lenient as he was when she first learned our secret"

"So what do you suggest we do?" Yuki asked.

"I'm not sure" Shigure replied.

"Well something's gotta be done" Kyo hissed turning his angry amber eyes on them all. "There's no way that bastards gonna get to Tohru again" his fists clenched on the table. "And you!" he spat at Hatori "Don't think that you can take her memory again. I wont let you!" Hatori just stared at him un-affected.

"If the order is given I can only obey" Hatori said casually

"What!" Yuki asked shocked by what the doctor had said. "You're not serious are you?" Yuki asked.

"Of course he is" Shigure chimed in "All our lives we've followed Akito's orders. Unlike us he hasn't found another way to live" his eyes narrowed slightly and something akin to pain shot through Hatori. "Right?" he asked.

Hatori ignored that. Standing up he went over to the door stepped through it and disappeared. As the door slammed shut Shigure sighed and sat down.

"Well this has been an interesting day"

Bright sunlight streamed through the room and birds sang merrily in the trees. Tohru stared around at the room that she had not seen for so long.

"Miss Honda, can I come in?" Yuki asked from the door.

"Oh, sure" she smiled. Yuki slid open the door slowly and stepped inside. Kyo was at his heels and they both smiled at her.

"Are you feeling well?" Yuki asked

"Yeah, don't worry about me. I'll be alright. But what about you two?" she asked "I mean did you managed everything while I was away? I mean I hope I didn't put you out or anything, you managed to eat right?" she asked rapidly. Yuki smiled again.

"Don't worry Miss Honda, we managed fine. Even this stupid cat managed to lend a hand"

"Hey!" Kyo spat.

"Oh, I see. That's good then" Tohru smiled. An un-easy silence past and Yuki sighed.

"I have to go out for a while. I'll be back soon"

"Ok" Tohru smiled. Silently Yuki walked from the room leaving Kyo and Tohru alone. Again an uneasy silence fell, it increased ten fold and the tension was thick that you could have cut it with a knife.

"So…" they both said at the same time. Tohru smiled and Kyo ran a hand through his hair. Tohru laughed

"I'm sorry you should go first" Kyo just put his hands in his pockets and stayed silent. Several minutes past. Tohru sighed and rose from where she had been sitting on the bed and moved to the window and stared outside. "It's such a beautiful morning "she smiled" but everything feels different

Kyo blinked and stared at her back. That one simple sentence hooked him and he listened carefully. Hatori had mention that her mental state was weak, and that she was hiding things deep inside herself. Kyo was no fool, contrary to what that damn Yuki thought. He knew this was one of those moments where she told the truth, instead of hiding behind her smiling mask.

"Everything since that day, I remember" she blushed slightly "I remember not remembering you, how silly is that?" she asked laughing slightly. "But everything feels different now. I don't know how to explain it" she shook her head slightly.

"Then don't" Kyo said a littler more harshly than he had intended. "Sorry" he apologised. Slowly he walked across to her and stared out through the window. "and you don't have to explain to any of us either" he reassured her.

"But…" she began

"You don't" he told her firmly. Slowly he let his hand drop. Tohru blinked as his fingers curled around her hand and she hesitantly curled her hand around his. Kyo brought her closer to him and hugged her tightly.

"Kyo…" she whispered.

"All that matters it that you're back. And I…I…I want you to stay. I don't want you to leave again"