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CHAPTER TEN : HATED WORDS

As Haru returned home he felt extremely happy that no one was following him and that no one had come to greet him. These people were sickening him and he couldn't wait to leave, he held tight to the onigiri and other snacks that Tohru had made the other day as well as a letter apologizing that there wasn't more and that she hoped his training was going well so that he could come home soon. He moved up the stairs before noticing that his bedroom light was on and kicked open the door.

He blinked, she was sitting there on his bed sewing up the gloves and boots and chokers he had disposed of, it wasn't professional quality work but it wasn't bad. "Hey," she whispered, not really sure what to say, "Are you happy like this Haru?"

The former ox ignored her, getting to his wardrobe to notice that all his clothes were gone, even the pajamas he was wearing earlier were gone. He looked back at her and then glared, bowing his head he walked to the door. "Where are they?" he had to ask as Rin stared at the floor.

"I moved them," she told him stubbornly as he gave a sound of annoyance, "I managed to save some of your games," she pointed to a stack of video games that she had dug out of the trash, some of the controllers worked as well and then the X-Box and Playstation 3 could be fixed, the Wii would have to be bought again and then the Gameboy color situation was hopeless. "Haru, your bed's a little small and Hatori said that you had to rest your back, if you keep walking around you're going to have an accident baby!" she saw him turning around wildly.

"Why are you doing this to me Isuzu?" he asked looking at the ceiling, "You're so annoying," he felt his heart plummet as he said that to her but the words had just slipped out, he felt extremely guilty about this but he didn't want to admit that. He took a deep breath in before approaching the situation again, "Tell me where you put them."

"Are you treating me like a little kid?" the horse commented as she raised an eyebrow to this question, "I put them where they're supposed to go if we're going to get married. In OUR room," she paused for a moment as he started laughing, he leaned back on the wall just continuing to chuckle.

"You still think I want to marry you," he laughed to himself, "I don't deserve to marry princess Isuzu do I?" He stared at the door before punching it with his fist and turned back to her, "Who do you think I'm doing this for!? Who do you think I try so hard for every single day?!"

Rin froze as she could see her childhood nightmare, her parents, he was saying what they had when her family had broken. She didn't know what else to do so ran to him and held him, pushing her head into his chest whilst being careful of Rinoa, "I'm sorry...I'm so so sorry...please, please don't say anymore. Haru...please..."

"Even though they hated me, even though I was a burden, they pushed themselves. They were always pushing themselves. They pushed themselves and in the end they broke and could never go back. They said they didn't really want me." (Volume 14, Chapter 78)

"I don't want you around me," Haru whispered as Rin shook, she felt him push her backwards and continue to pack the things in his room. Rin shivered as she felt Rinoa kicking her, looking back at Haru sadly she watched him trip and she would have helped him but he wouldn't want her help now would he?

"Ri—Rinoa's kicking," she commented, "Y-you haven't felt that yet right Ha—Ha-Haru? Your daughter, she wants to say hello to her daddy." She looked to the white haired teen as he stared back at her, he didn't seem angry with her and he walked over with his hand out,

"Can I feel?" he asked weakly as he glared at her, Rin nodded timidly but Rinoa stayed quiet, no kicking, nothing as if she knew what was happening, "As I thought, I'm not good enough for her either am I?"

"Ha-Haru," Rin whispered as she tried to grab his arm, "She...that's not," he managed to pull away from her at that point and just toss things into the suitcase. "Sometimes babies don't kick Haru but she was and she will again if you...if you stay to find out."

"So you can lie about her wanting to say hello?" Haru mumbled as Rin touched her belly nervously, she was moving again, she was moving for her so why wasn't she doing the same for Haru? "Where are my clothes Isuzu?" he asked as her breaths seemed to suffocate her,

"I...I put them in..." she broke down into tears at that point, hugging herself, "Haru tell me it's not my fault that you're like this, tell me and I'll still change, I will baby, we can go back to being happy together. Just tell me that it's not my fault."

Haru took a deep breath in before saying the words which had scarred the horse for eleven years,

"I don't know how to love you anymore."

Meanwhile

Yuki blinked as he entered the main house, why had Akito called for him? He took a deep breath thinking of all the possible reasons for bringing him here, there was Haru's change, the fact that he was living with a pregnant woman and then Machi. Bowing his head he thought these things through, he couldn't have possibly figured out about Machi because only Tohru, Momiji and the students at Kaibara high school knew. Then Tohru, he couldn't think...

"Yuki," Akito smiled as she patted the cushion in front of her, "Sit down won't you? It's so nice for you to visit me?"

Yuki felt the cold air in the room and held tight to himself, he went to sit down in front of Akito and coughed, why was he reacting to his asthma now . He watched as Akito covered his mouth as if trying to block the germs, asthma wasn't contagious! "Akito,"

"Yuki," Akito leaned forward and grabbed his chin, her eyes carried a spark of delight at seeing her rat so weak, "It's so nice to have you visit me, won't you stay longer?"

"N-no," he protested, "Akito, I live with Shigure and...and Honda-san. I have to go back to them," why did his chest feel so weak right now? It was that everything had mysteriously gone wrong, Haru had turned selfish, Tohru was replacing Kyo for Momiji and he was here with Akito. Maybe the Momiji thing wasn't that bad but in a way it was strange, different.

"That's where we disagree," the goddess smiled, proud of herself to see the rat like this, "I knew that I was going to have the father in this room, now you won't lie to me like Hatsuharu will you? You won't put the father over yourself right? So tell me, who is it Yuki?"

The prince paused as he thought through Akito's words, how could he disagree with that, it was a deal! Shigure had taken him back to his house, he was safe there with Tohru. Still it wasn't him he wanted here but Momiji, he could say that now but was that fair. Momiji had a right to protect those kids, to raise them but then on another hand he was selfish, more selfish than Haru used to be. "I..." he choked, "I don't know."

"I know that you know," Akito whispered as she cracked a smile, "So tell me Yuki," she dug her fingers into his shoulder until she could draw blood, "You've always been special to me Yuki so I know that..."

"I don't know Akito," he whispered before looking up, showing the fear he felt within his eyes, "It's not me..."

"You're lying to me!!" the girl screeched, pointing at him, "You're lying! I'll take your eye Yuki just like I took Hatori's and Hatsuharu's and see how they turned out!"

The rat took another breath in, "Akito, I'm not lying to you, I...I...don't know,"

"Well I know who it is," the girl paced the room before spotting the oldest female servant, "Bring Hatsuharu to me, I want his judgment on what to do! I want him to tell me whether or not to lock Yuki up...it might be your lucky day Yuki, there is one person I trust." She allowed herself to grin as Yuki froze, was this it? Was this why he had changed so much?

"Haru...you've been relying on him haven't you? You've broken him haven't you?" he asked feeling the anger rise up inside of him, "He doesn't decide these things! They're not his fault!!"

Akito slapped Yuki across the face before looking to the servant, "Forget Hatsuharu, this time I know what I need to do, prepare the room for the cat."

"You're going to lock the rat in the cat's room?" the prince asked taking short, choppy breaths, his cheek burning red, "Akito? That doesn't make logical sense, the rat is nothing like the stupid cat."

"The rat made a woman pregnant!" Akito snapped as the servants got ready and two men dragged Yuki off to lock him up.

Meanwhile

Tohru sat down on the stairs trying to think things over, she actually was disappointed that the dad wasn't Kyo-kun but Yuki-kun was taking such good care of her and Momiji-kun was very nice too. She took a deep breath in as the twins started kicking her and leaned her head against the wall, she wanted to call him. Getting up she made her way to the phone and dialled the number for Haru's new house.

She heard it ringing and then heard Momiji pick up, he seemed somewhat worried about something, "Momiji-kun?" she asked quietly as he sighed and attempted to put on a happy tone.

"Hi Tohruuu! How are you? Is something wrong?" he chirped although one could tell that he was troubled by something.

"Oh, umm," Tohru tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "Momiji-kun are you really the father?"

Silence...

"Because it's alright if you are, I mean I'd really really like it if you were the father and...and if they are your children you should have the choice to be there or not. I mean, umm...I'd just like to know." There was another round of silence as she heard a knock on the door and walked over to open it, why was someone here? "Momiji-kun can you wait a moment,"

"O-Okay..."

Tohru crossed to the door and opened it to see Hatori standing there, she tilted her head to the side, this was strange but perhaps he had come to see Shigure-san, "Oh Hatori-san, Shigure-san's in the bath but I'm sure he'll be happy to see you. Are you hungry Hatori-san because if you are I could always cook, umm...or...or I could make some tea, is Shigure-san sick?"

"I've come for Yuki's things," he addressed her mournfully as the girl tilted her head to the side,

"Yu-ki-kun's stuff? Why? Is he sick, did something happen to him, is there anything that I can do to help?" she started to ask again as Hatori bowed his head.

"Akito has asked him to stay for a little while," the doctor told her as Tohru frowned, Yuki hated that house! He hated it but she couldn't argue against Akito. Instead she grabbed the phone,

"Mo-miji-kun I can't talk right now but tomorrow I'm going to Ayame-san's store so could you meet me there?"

"Okay Tohru," the bunny nodded, he'd have to find a real way to confess.