"Well it seems that I have no choice but to tell you" the stranger said, still relaxed as ever, in mocking tone, "And, I suppose I'm going to have to tell you why I'm here, aren't I?" he looked at Yuki and Kyo, regarding them with a look of curious disappointment (sounds weird, but that's just how he looks, so deal with it). He then gave a sigh and looked down, "I'm sorry to tell you that I can't" serious, and for once, he wasn't laughing at them. This time he looked genuinely regretful, "Tell you who I am and why I'm here I mean. I have a purpose that can't be revealed to you, at least not yet" he paused, "But you will find out eventually" as a means of an explanation.
There was silence. Tohru felt the most awkward and made a feeble excuse to go to the kitchen. Kyo and Yuki remained, watching the stranger with steely eyes.
"You expect us to believe that crap!" Kyo said incredulously.
The stranger gave a defeated sigh, "I know, it all sounds crazy, but I can't tell you anymore than I already have".
Yuki's distrust of the stranger rose, as did his suspicions, especially because if this strangers' involvement with Shigure, who was always up to no good.
"What are you doing here?" Yuki asked bluntly, looking directly in the strangers' eyes.
The stranger shrugged, "I guess I can answer that" he said reasonably. "Tonight, Shigure and I are going somewhere so he told me that we'd go together from his house"
"And where exactly are you going?" said Kyo, wary of the stranger.
"I told you, I can't tell you that" Shigure' guest protested.
Yuki frowned, he wouldn't be able to get much information out of the stranger, and if he was friends with Shigure, he was definitely up to something. Kyo was also ill at ease with the stranger.
"Yeah, and at 7:12?" Kyo inquired, eyeing the strangers dress. The stranger was dressed in pressed black slacks, and a freshly ironed white, long sleeve button-up shirt and a boring, but professional looking tie. "Cause I don't think you're going to do some karaoke like that"
"Tohru!" Shigures' voice rang out from his room, "Tohru! Someone please fetch Tohru me, I need help getting this on"
Yuki looked distrustfully at the stranger who was still sitting there calmly and drinking his tea again. He hesitated, and then went into the kitchen to fetch Tohru.
So now it was Kyo alone with the stranger. Both sat staring at each other when the stranger broke the silence.
"You don't remember me either?" the stranger asked Kyo.
"Remember you?" Kyo looked confused.
"You really should be more careful, a girl like Tohru is prone to such accidents" the stranger said casually, not paying Kyo any attention.
Kyo wrinkled his brow (how cute!), and then recognition showed in his face. "What? So you were that guy-"
"Smart kitty, I knew you would remember eventually" the stranger accented eventually which made Kyo angry.
Kyo sat up (almost bumping the table) and pointed a finger at the bored (he was picking at his nails) stranger, he was about to say something when the stranger interrupted.
"You know that stuff can be permanent" he (the stranger) said.
Kyo stopped mid-word, "What? What's permanent?"
"That" the stranger looking up at Kyo.
"CRAP! Are you serious! I don't wanna be stuck with pink hair!" Kyo was seriously freaking out.
"Well as long as it isn't in your hair for too long, it should come out" the stranger said calmly.
Kyo then ran out of the room clutching his pink head and ran into the bathroom, and started running the water.
"What's that stupid cat doing?" Yuki asked mostly to himself, looking in the direction of the splashing.
"Trying to rinse out the pink that someone put in his hair" the stranger leered at Yuki.
Yuki looked away, as if he were ashamed of what he did. But he was just too embarrassed to be caught by a guest at one of his worse moments.
"I wonder what he did to deserve it" the stranger said casually while watching Yuki to see his, if any, reaction.
"He did" Yuki said plainly, "Besides, it's not permanent" (awwww).
(This is what it sounded like, when Kyo was trying to get the pink out of his hair)
(Splash #1)
"DAMMIT! Why won't this come out!"
(Splash #2)
"I'm gonna kill that rat…"
(Splash #3)
"It's not coming out!"
(Splash #4)
"Is it out?...AHHH! It's still pink!"
(Splash #5)
"Cwap! I got wajer up my nwose!"
It went like this for a while. And Shigures' guest just sat there sipping his tea quietly, and giving the occasional small smile at Kyo's yells. Yuki was grinning rulthlessly at Kyo's despair (especially the water up his nose). This was his way of getting back at that stupid cat for causing Tohru so much trouble.
"Ah ha!" Shigure called out in a sing song voice, "I" he gave a dramatic flourish, "I'm ready!".
Yuki and the guest both turned to see Shigure standing with arms open wide in the middle of the floor. "What do you think? I'm I not simply ravishing?" (Ayame moment )
Yuki had to admit, Shigure looked very good in his Armani suit (where had he been hiding that!) and black dress shoes (he didn't know the brand). Shigures' hair was neatly combed, with an off-center part on the right, so that part of his hair strategically covered one eye and made him look mysterious…and definitely up to something.
"Where are you going?" Yuki asked accusingly.
Before Shigure answered, Kyo stumbled out of the bathroom, half-drowned.
"Kyonkichi! Do I not look divine" Shigure said, turning in a slow circle so that Kyo got the 'full effect'. "And it's all thanks to my little flower! Oh Tohhh-ru!"
Tohru peeped in shyly, nervous about everyone's reaction to her handiwork.
"You look…" Kyo took in Shigure, he did look pretty good, Tohru did a great job, but he would never admit that to him! "Weird!"
Shigure grinned, "I'll take that as a 'yes" then he glanced at Kyo's head with a wrinkle in his brow, "You haven't tried to get that out yet?"
"What!" Kyo started feeling his hair (how will that help?) "It's not out yet!" he then ran back to the bathroom.
When the water started running, Yuki asked, "What do you mean? All the pink was out wasn't it?"
"Yes, I just wanted to tease him a bit" Shigure said, "And because he probably would have gotten upset and damaged my poor house again" Shigure said shaking his head.
"Why Sensei, it looks to me as though you've put on some weight" the stranger said standing up and looking at Shigures tummy with a raised eyebrow.
"Ha! This is a perfect body!" and Shigure made a sweeping gesture upon himself. "It looks like you who has put on the weight!"
"Oh really?" Shigures' friend play-sneered back, "Well why don't you prove it?"
"Fine, we'll settle this now. Oh Toh-ru!" Shigure called. Tohru came rushing to his side. "Torhu darling" Shigure picked up her hands and looked into her eyes, "This scoundrel thinks I've gained weight! Would you be so kind as to get the tape measure? That's a good girl" he said as Tohru ran to his room to go get the tape measure.
When Tohru came back with the tape measure, Shigure gave more instructions, "Now" Shigure positioned Tohru in front of him, "Measure my waist and then we'll see who gained weight!"
"Eh…" Tohru shifted uncomfortably.
"No!" Yuki said angrily for Tohru's sake, "I'll do it!" and Yuki started to get up.
"Awww, how sweet Yuki-Kun, but why the worry? What could possibly happen to our little Tohru?" and Shigure then bent down and stroked underneath Tohru's chin.
"Get away from here you-" Yuki glanced at the stranger who was smiling, waiting for Yuki to call Shigure something, "Just let me do it" Yuki said exasperatedly.
"No!" Shigure said stubbornly, "I insist on having my little flower doing it, she's the only one I know who would keep my waist size confidential"
"Really, it's okay Yuki-Kun! Besides, I'm used to it, I used to measure people's waist all the time when I used to make clothes!" Tohru insisted half-heartedly, "But thanks for worrying about me" Tohru said quietly to Yuki. Shigure of course noticed this, as did his guest, they both looked at each other and grinned.
"If you're sure…" Yuki said giving in, when the phone rang.
Shigure ran to answer it, forgetting about the competition (thingy) for the moment.
"Why hello!...hmm…great!...yes, I need to--Oh good!...okay…alright…
Good bye!" Shigure said cheerfully hanging up the phone.
"Who was that?" Yuki asked with narrowed eyes, when Shigure was happy, that meant he was up to no good. Shigure was always happy…and he was always up to no good.
"Oh," he playfully waved this away, "Just an old friend"
Yuki stared at Shigure with distrust, the gleam in Shigures' eye gave him and uneasy feeling.
"Now" Shigure continued with new aplomb, "Let us see here whose waist line has grown!"
Tohru got in front of Shigure, and carefully leaned forward so that she wouldn't cause Shigure to transform in front of his friend. With the tape measure in hand, she reached around Shigure's waist standing on tiptoe, about to bring her other arm around, when there was a knock on the door.
Due to Shigure and Tohru's position, the stranger walked to the door grining again (Yuki was...supervising Shigure to make sure he didn't try any 'funny business' with Tohru).
As the guest was about to open the door, Kyo-Kun came out of the bathroom and stormed in (we can't forgot about our Kyo can we?). He was frowning, probably because he was soaking wet (cats+waterfigure it out stupid).
"Fall in the water?" stupid cat, Yuki said to himself.
"SHUD UP!" Kyo yelled, with a slight nasal tone (guess there was some water that got up his nose again). He then looked away from Yuki and saw Tohru with her arms wrapped around Shigure, and Shigure with a grin that showed that he was evidently enjoying this. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" from the angle he was seeing them at, he didn't see the tape measure.
"What?" Tohru quickly looked over her shoulder in surprise, she lost her balance and was falling towards Shigure with her arms around him.
At that moment, the stranger had opened the door to reveal-
"Mayuko-Senpai!" Yuki stood up in alarm.
"Oh SHIT!" Kyo said breathlessly, Tohru was about to hug Shigure and then he would transform…in front of their teacher!
Normally, their teacher would've made a threat to Kyo if he kept on cursing, but now she was just staring at the air where a man once stood, yet in his place was a dog.
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OMG! I haven't updated in a long time! So sorry! Been beyond stressed out for my piano guild…but I did great! I got the highest score out of everyone! Anyway, at first, I was wondering where my chapter was going, but then I had a great idea! But just warning you: it's not going to be too funny, it's going to be more drama in the next two or three chapters. Sigh I wonder how (and when) this story's going to end. Lol, I'm the author and I don't know XD! And I haven't gotten to who the stranger is yet have I? Gosh, I keep trying to get to it but the timing is never right, there's always something that could happen before… or it had to go after this because… yeah, sorry 'bout that. Toodles!