Oh, I suppose I must do this.

DISCLAIMER: I do not and will never own any of the characters that were the creation of Natsuki Takaya

"Thanks so much for coming to visit with me yesterday!"

I smiled fondly when Tohru bowed in thanks to Arisa, Saki, and I. When was that girl going to learn that she didn't need to keep thanking us for stuff? Kyoko, for intents and purposes, was my mother. I couldn't, not, go visit her.

"Hey. . ." Arisa smiled, "Come on, we should be thanking you! Especially for all the food you made."

"Yeah, if I keep eating like that, I'm not gonna fit into my uniform" I gestured to my sailor suit and knee length skirt.

"Yes Tohru, your cooking keeps getting better and better" Saki looked to me, "And your deserts get more delicious every time we have them. You're both going to make fine brides someday" She turned her head, suddenly gloomy. "I'm going to cry"

Eh?! I opened my mouth to say something but Arisa just shook her head at me, she rolled her eyes as if to say, 'Don't worry about it'.

"TOHRU! PANDA!"

"Huh?" Tohru and I turned to find Momiji pelting towards us. I instinctively held my hands out in front of me to make sure he didn't ram into Tohru and me and cause a scene.

"Hide me! Hide me!" He gripped my hands in his and pulled me so I was shielding him. From what though, I don' know.

"Momiji!" Tohru exclaimed, laughter in her voice.

"What are you up to?" I scolded lightly, mostly to happy to see my favorite rabbit to be upset.

"We're playing cops and robbers!" He beamed, "I'm the robber!"

Another young boy started climbing through one of the windows, "Momiji, give it up. You're busted!"

Laughing, Momiji started running back down the hall. "They found me! Gotta run!"

"Momiji!" Tohru called out.

"Be careful!" I cried, "Watch where you're running!"

"Hey! He's getting away!" The other boy shouted, "Come on you guys! Let's go!"

A second later a pack of first years were running after the rabbit like a pack of dogs.

"How bout that" Arisa said.

"It looks like fun" Saki murmured.

"Be . . . be careful. . ." Tohru all but whimpered.

"But I don't know why they're calling it cops n' robbers." Arisa told us, amusement evident in her voice. "It just looks like a bunch of boys chasing a girl to me"

I snickered, because it was the truth. Momiji did look like a girl. Especially when he wore the girl's uniform.

"He must look like his mother" Saki said softly.

I tilted my head a little, "That would make sense."

"Oh yeah, that's what they say isn't it?" Arisa asked, "Guys look like their mom's, and girls look like their dad's."

"Yes." Saki agreed, "Just like Tohru resembles her father, more than her mother."

I grinned, "More like her grandfather I think"

Tohru laughed, slightly embarrassed by our words. I smiled and patted the top of her head affectionately.

"Now that I think about it, Momiji's parents didn't come to the entrance ceremony, did they?" Arisa asked.

I frowned, that's right. I didn't see anybody who looked remotely like him there at all. Same went for Haru too.

"The white haired boy's parents didn't come either" Saki pointed out.

"Oh" Tohru frowned, "I guess they didn't."

~LINE BREAK~

Later that night, I managed to convince Kyo and Yuki to let me pick Tohru up alone. I had some things I wanted to think about, mostly about the fact that none of the Sohma's ever talked about their parents. It was kind of strange. A boy like Momiji? He would tell everyone about his parents, so why had he never mentioned them?

I waited outside the building where Tohru worked, leaning against the street railing. Did they have parents? Were their parents mean to them? What was going on? I, personally, would never avoid going to my own child's entrance ceremony. That was just a no no.

I was so deep in my own thoughts that I didn't notice Tohru and Momiji exit the building. So I nearly jumped out of my skin when two hands suddenly gripped my sweater and I was looking into the soft brown eyes of Momiji Sohma.

"Mi-miji!" I cried out, smiling slightly. That is, until I noticed that both his eyes, and Tohru's were slightly red and swollen. Like they had been crying.

"Hey, hey" I reached out to grip Tohru's shoulder and cupped Momiji's cheek with the other, "What's the matter? Did something happen? Are you two okay?" I looked down at Momiji, "Do I need to call Hatori?"

Momiji let out a little giggle and looked at Tohru, "I think Mandy will be a great mother one day, don't you Tohru?"

"Wh-what?!" I stammered, blushing profusely. "Where on earth did that come from?"

Tohru nodded in agreement, "I think Mandy will make a wonderful mother someday, it's just how she is."

I spluttered incoherently before sighing in defeat. "You two. Alright, we'd better get home, I don't want Yuki and Kyo to decide to come looking for us." I frowned at Momiji, "Should you be walking home alone this late at night?"

"Don't worry Mandy" He assured me, "I called Ha'ri before we left the building, he's on his way"

I frowned and pulled out my phone to text Shigure, telling him that Tohru and I were going to wait with Momiji until Hatori came to pick him up. I got a reply instantly.

Alright! Be safe, and don't do anything I wouldn't do! ;)

Idiot.

"Well, we'll wait with you" I told him, "Besides, I wanted to talk to you anyway. We didn't get to have a very long conversation today"

He smiled and said, "You're probably wondering why I'm here aren't you?"

"Actually, yeah. I was" I told him.

"His father owns the building" Tohru informed me, looking slightly dazed by the revelation.

"Really?" I asked, looking at them both, "Dang, the Sohma's are everywhere aren't they?"

That got a laugh out of them both, getting rid of any traces of sadness that was left on their faces. I smiled inside, good, neither of them should look like the weight of the world is on their shoulders.

We chatted for maybe another five minutes before a black car with tinted windows pulled up in front of us. I gripped Momiji's hand tighter until the window rolled down to reveal Hatori. Relaxing, I smiled warmly at the Doctor.

"Hiya Doc, how's it going?" I asked.

"I am well, how are you two?" Hatori nodded to us, "I received a phone call from Shigure saying you two were going to be out here. Get in, I'll give you a ride home."

I placed a hand over Tohru's protesting mouth, "Alright, thank you Hatori"

Momiji and Tohru took the back seat, so I was in the front with the stoic doctor. I jumped when Momiji popped his head up between the seats.

"Miji" I scolded lightly, "You need to be more careful!"

"Don't you think Mandy would make a good mother Ha'ri?"

I gaped at the rabbit, blushing like crazy again. "Not that it isn't nice that you two have such faith in my future mothering abilities, but that's not happening for a while yet." I reached over and patted his cheek, "Besides, I've got you boys and Tohru to mother over. That's enough for me right now."

I nearly missed the sadness that flashed through his eyes, but I caught it. "What's the matter sweetie? Did I say something wrong?"

Momiji suddenly through his arms around what little of me he could reach, which was enough to cause a transformation, and poofed. I gasped and blinked the smoke out of my eyes. Hatori, calm as ever, didn't miss a beat. He just rolled the windows down to let out the smoke.

"Momiji" Hatori scolded, "You need to be more careful when doing that"

I sifted through the clothes in my lap and pulled out a yellow rabbit with red eyes, I didn't worry about reprimanding him. I was more worried about why he hugged me in the first place.

"Miji? Did I say something wrong?"

"Nope." He snuggled into my lap, "You said just the right thing"

Okay. Now I was confused. A glance over my shoulder showed Tohru staring through the car window, teary eyed. What in the hell was going on?!

Later that night, after everyone was asleep, I made my way downstairs to the kitchen for a glass of milk. I was still stewing over everything today. Tohru and Momiji had been acting really strange.

I was half way through my glass when Kyo came slouching into the kitchen. He ruffled his hair and yawned, "What're you doing up?"

"I could ask you the same thing" I smiled slightly at his ruffled appearance, idly thinking he looked adorable when he was tired.

Kyo went straight to the fridge and pulled out his carton of milk, "Yeah, well, I asked you first"

I sighed, swirling my milk around in the glass. "I'm thinking about stuff, and I can't get to sleep because my brain won't stop thinking."

He lowered the milk carton, "What're you thinking about?"

I set my glass on the counter and hopped up beside it, sighing and blowing my fringe out of my eyes. How would I put this?

"Well, earlier today Arisa and Saki pointed something out that had me thinking. And then when I went to pick Tohru up from work, Momiji was there. He did something that made me think about it even more."

Kyo tilted his head like a cat, indicating for me to continue talking. "Arisa and Saki pointed out that Haru and Momiji's parents were a no show at the entrance ceremony. That got me to thinking, I realized that none of your parents showed up."

"Oh"

The word was flat, discouraging me from talking. But, I needed to talk to someone about this, and Kyo was right here. . .

"I. . . It just made me think about my mom" I fiddled with a stray string hanging off my pants, "And about how I would be if I had children."

Kyo cleared his throat awkwardly, "I'm sure you'd be a great mom"

I laughed a little, "Yeah, well. Thing is, Momiji said that too. I don't know, that's not really where I was going with this."

Kyo crossed his arms and frowned, "Where were you going with this?"

I was reluctant to say anything to that, knowing how sensitive Kyo could be sometimes. One wrong word and he fly off the handle, I don't want him pissed at me for saying something stupid.

He relaxed with a sigh, coming over to lean against the counter next to me. "I don't know much about Haru's parents. I've never met them and he never talks about them. Momiji's Dad is a Sohma by blood and knew about the curse. His mom was from Germany, they met in college. . ."

He paused and looked at the ceiling, "A child cursed by the zodiac is always born two months early. The mother usually branches one of two ways, they either over protect and smother their kid or reject it completely. Momiji's mom was one of the ones that rejected their kid completely. She asked Hatori to erase her memories of her only son."

I was silent, in too much shock to even cry. Kyo kept talking.

"I've only ever seen that damn Yuki's mom once from a distance, and she seemed like a bitch" He took a deep breath, "I had a mom and a dad. My mom was one of the ones that were over protective and smothering, my dad could barely even look at me. One day, after she couldn't take it anymore, my mom killed herself"

I gasped, "Oh Kyo . . ."

He kept going like he couldn't hear me, "My dad, he blamed me for it. Because I was the cat. That's when my master came along. He took me in and raised me, he's probably the closest thing I have to a father."

I blinked, causing the water that filled my eyes to over flow. Before he could see it, I leaned down and rested my cheek against his shoulder, gripped the back of his shirt by the shoulder blade and gripped his wrist with the other. He was tense for a second before relaxing and resting a hand on my head. The only way I could hug him without him turning into a cat.

Something I don't think he'd appreciate right now.

"I . . ." I swallowed roughly, "I'm sorry for bringing it up Kyo, I shouldn't have said anything."

"Nah" He dismissed my apology, "You can . . . you can talk to me if you need to."

I sat up with a watery giggle, wiping at my cheeks and knuckling my eyes. "Jeze, I'm such a crybaby."

When I looked up, there was an expression of abject terror on Kyo's face. It was so goofy looking that I burst into a fit of laughter, stifling the sound with my hands. "Oh dear, is the big bad Kyo afraid of crying girls?"

He spluttered before storming out of the kitchen blushing. Still laughing, I poured my now warm milk down the drain and stuck the carton back in the fridge. I was in a much better mood after getting all that off my chest, and it warmed my heart that Kyo felt he could trust me enough to tell me about a subject as painful as his parents.

I flicked the light off and made my way upstairs to the bedroom Tohru and I were sharing, intent on sleeping. I jumped about a foot in the air when Kyo poked his head out of the door to his bedroom.

"Goodnight Mandy" He was flushed around the cheeks.

I smiled back, "Goodnight Kyo, and umm. . ." I blushed, "Thank you, for, you know, trusting me"

Escape! I flashed him one last smile and slipped into the bedroom. What the hell had possessed me into saying that?! God, I was such a yutz.

It still didn't stop the warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach when I finally drifted off to sleep.

OH MY GOD

I AM SO SORRY!

I had a serious writers block and couldn't put down anything for this until yesterday and today. I feel so horrible for not writing anything for you guys in so long. I wont give you any excuses and I'll just hope that you all will forgive me for being a negligent Authoress.

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