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Chapter 14: Of tears and...Lost Pants?

Recap: It wasn't a dream?

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Akito kept quiet, merely standing by the door as Gene quickly sat at Momiji's side.

"I'm so glad your okay..." she leaned in for a hug.

"No touching!" Akito snapped. "I'm going to see Kiera. I'll be back soon." he threatened as he left the room.

"What do you want?" Momiji asked tentatively, unsure if it had been a dream, or not.

"Akito let me sit with you," Gene said with a faint smile. "We have a deal."

"What is that?" Momiji asked, curious.

"I can sit with you, and he can go see Kiera." Gene said as she took his hand. "Momiji...did I do something wrong?"

"What happened to me?" he asked, ignoring her question for the time being.

"What do you mean? You mean you don't remember?" she asked him, shocked.

"Was I in a car accident?" he asked bluntly. He looked up into her eyes, searching her facial expression for the truth he so needed to know.

"No..." she said, confused as to why he thought that.

Momiji smiled. It was a dream. Thank god. He gently squeezed her hand.

Gene shifted a bit, so she was more comfortable, mainly on his bed. "Why, whats going on?" she asked.

"I had the worst dream..." he started.

"Oh?"

"It was more like a nightmare to be honest."

"Do you wanna talk about it?" she asked him.

He paused before answering. "No."

gene lay next to him, arm in arm. They spoke about random topics, seeming to be an innocent relationship between two kids. Though...Gene was far from a child. So much had happened to her throughout her lifetime. More than any child should have to go through.

This arranged marriage had thrown her whole life upside down. And as Gene lay next to Momiji, she felt that all was right. She knew that she existed for him. Nothing, not even Akito could keep them apart.

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Tohru pouted, very uncharacteristic of her usual happy self, beginning t get a bit depressed. Why was Gene so mad...maybe it was because of Akito-sama and Kiera-sama. 'I don't think that Akito-sama is being very nice to Gene. He should be faithful to her.'

Tohru wasn't watching where she was going and soon ran into a hard chest. There was a loud poofing sound. And when the smoke cleared, she saw a large ox in front of her. She had ran into Haru.

"Ah! Hatsuharu! I'm so sorry I wasn't watching where I was walking...and Ah!" she panicked and began flailing around the hallway. She calmed herself enough to lead him into an empty hospital room. She grabbed his clothes on the way.

She continued to apologize profusely until he changed back. She slammed herself face first against the wall, her fingers clawing at it.

"I'm done." Hatsuharu said in his monotone voice.

"Okay." she turned around, only to blush and spin back. "Oh-my-god-Hatsuharu-your-pants-where-are-your-pants!"

Haru shrugged indifferently. "I don't know. They weren't here, did you grab them?"

"Yes...I mean...no...I mean...oops!" Tohru gasped as she made her way to the door. "Stay here, I'll be right back."

Haru sat on the bed to wait.

~Twenty minutes later~

Tohru walked into the room, her head hung low. "I'm so sorry Hatsuharu. I couldn't find your...um...Hatsuharu?" she looked around the empty room with confusion. "Where is he?" her eyes widened in shock. "Uh-oh." she said.

She ran from the room, she would probably find him from the screams he would be sure to draw.

"Aiiieeee!" screamed a nurse.

"Hey there. Oh where are you going? Come back!" sang a girl staring after him.

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"Why are you so sad, Momiji?" questioned Gene looking up at him, still laying next to him on the bed.

"The dream."

"Of?" she prompted.

Momiji couldn't tell her what had happened in the dream. It would hurt to much for him to repeat what he had witnessed. He hated the fact that she wouldn't leave well enough alone. Why couldn't she just forget about it?

"I said it's nothing Gene." his voice hinted at aggravation.

Gene's eyes widened as she caught the annoyance in his tone, but soon ignored it to the best of her abilities.

"You're lying." she bit her lip.

"I am not." he stared as sternly at her as he could.

'Why is he being so mean,' Gene asked herself. 'this is so unlike him...had Akito paid him a previous visit?'

"Don't yell at me just because you're in a bad mood, Momiji." Gene stated laying back down.

Being in a bad mood. It wasn't in Momiji's to-do list. He was either sad, which was rare, or as playful and happy as a child.

"I'm not, I'm telling you. Nothing went on." he snapped turning his back to her.

Gene sat up again, "What is your problem? This isn't like you Momiji." Gene said. "Why are you...?"

"Nothing is..." he tried to cut her off.

"Stop it Momiji!"

"Stop what?"

"Stop acting just like Akito!" she hopped off the bed and ran out the door, almost knocking Kisa and Hiro over on her way out. Both of them stared at Momiji as he sat there whimpering.

"What did you do?" Hiro asked bluntly.

Gene continued to run, turning a corner and running head on into Akito, knocking both of them to the ground.

Akito glared angrily at her. How dare she knock him, Akito Sohma, to the ground. Gene buried her head into her knees, trying not to cry in front of him. How low would she sink, if she started crying in front of 'god?'

'Oh shit.' Gene thought, 'I knocked him down.' she looked up to see him already standing in front of her.

Akito took notice of her red puffy eyes and smirked. "So, did you enjoy your little visit?" he sneered at her.

"Shut up Akito." Gene choked back a sob.

"Aw...rough time?" he mocked her with his false sympathy, as his twisted grin grew rapidly. "Hah. I told you. A wolf and a rabbit can never be."

"You did this..." Gene stared at him, a few tears streaming down her face. "I should have known. This is all your fault"

"Well now, you should know better than to make assumptions, dear Wife."

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Yuki felt a light tug at his shirt sleeve. He looked up to find Haru standing in front of him. "Haru...what?" he asked.

"Help me find my pants." Haru asked him.

"Help you find your what?" Yuki looked down and gasped. "Haru! My god cover yourself!"

Haru looked at him blankly.

"If you show some modesty, I'll help you."

"Okay." he took off his shirt, and wrapped it around his waist, so that you could only see his bare butt.

"That's not what I..." Yuki started.

"Would it help if I called you Honey?" Hatsuharu asked.

"Well I said I would help you..." Yuki said with a sigh.

"Thank you Ho-"

"Don't call me Honey." Yuki interrupted him.

They searched for around fifteen minutes when they found his pants in the clutches of a teenage girl.

"Excuse me, could my friend have his pants back please?" Yuki asked her.

The girl jumped and looked at Haru with a blush, and giggled. She handed him the pants back. She watched as he took off the shirt, not bothering to cover himself and put it on properly. He then took the pants from Yuki. He pulled them up and over his hips, but somehow got stuck with the zipper.

With a saddened look he turned to Yuki. "Yuki...Help."

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A/N: Gomenasai! I didn't mean to leave you all hanging like this, I just have a lot of stuff going on right now. I will be uploading the next chapter soon. I promise.