Personality Traits
Shigure swept around the kitchen, wiping away the slightest speck of dust. The floor shone and you could see your reflection in the countertops. Not to mention the spectacular job he did on the living room. Yuki stood in the doorway, staring at him in bewilderment.
"What are you doing?" Yuki asked, allowing himself to step forward into the kitchen. Shigure dropped to the floor and checked his shoes for any sign of dirt.
"Cleaning," he remarked, flatly.
"I can see that but you only clean when Tohru's friends come over," Yuki pointed out.
"I'm having a special guest over today." Shigure winked at him.
"That explains it." Yuki sighed. "Say hello to Ayame for me."
"Yuki-kun, I have no idea what you mean by that statement. It so happens that a lovely lady will be joining me for lunch today." Shigure replied, innocently.
Yuki shrugged and grabbed his things. "We're leaving," he announced.
"Bye-bye Yuki, Kyou, Tohru!" Shigure waved to them as they made their way out the door. "Wait, Tohru-kun! Your lunch!" He called her back when he noticed the small bag on the kitchen table. He ran out to meet her. He realized that she had the same idea as they bumped into each other in the doorway.
"Ah, Shigure-san! Gomen!" Tohru apologized frantically and grabbed her lunch.
"Don't worry about it," said the dog with a genuine smile on his face.
"Hurry up, we're going to be late!" Kyou called to her from the street. He crossed his arms and frowned.
Tohru turned to look at the impatient Kyou and a whole new set of worried looks appeared on her face. She said her good-byes to Shigure and joined the two on their walk to school.
Shigure sat down on the ground and his tail wagged as he thought of meeting with Akane again. He began daydreaming but a pair of feet in his viewing range snapped him out of it.
"Hi there," Akane knelt down next to the dog and scratched his ears. Overexcited, he leapt on top of her and started licking her face. "Alright, I get it.." She laughed and crawled out from under the dog. He ran inside through the ajar door and she could have sworn that he kicked it closed with his hind leg.
She picked herself up off the ground and fixed her dress. Before she had a chance to knock on the door, Shigure slipped it open and stood there, grinning at her.
"I didn't know you had dogs," she said as he led her in.
"Just one. I take it you've met." Shigure called to her as he skipped over to the kitchen.
Akane sat down on the couch in the living room and looked around the house. A moment later, Shigure's head popped out from the kitchen and assured her that it'll be just an instant longer. She smiled at him and thought about how long it took him to make the house so spotless.
"Here we go," Shigure emerged from the kitchen, balancing a tray of tea and cakes.
"Let me help you," Akane offered and took the try from him. She placed it on the coffee table and looked up at him. "What about the manuscript?"
"Ah, yes! I'll go fetch that right now!" Shigure exclaimed and was out of the room in a flash.
"Fetch?" Akane said to herself and scrunched her nose. She placed herself down on the couch and listened to him rummage through some things in the other room. She gazed down on the tray of tea and cakes and took a sip from her cup. She scrunched her nose again. Shigure finally emerged, triumphant, manuscript held high in the air.
"Here is the brilliant piece of work," he said and handed it to her. She flipped through it as he plopped down next to her on the couch.
"Do you have a summery written out?" Akane questioned.
"Hai, it should be somewhere in the back, attached to the cover," he replied and searched through the pages. He eventually pulled out a paper and handed it to her. She started reading and he watched her expressions change as she came to the different parts of it. Her long eyelashes gently framed her eyes as her gaze moved around the paper.
"Interesting," she concluded but was rather surprised to see him staring at her. She didn't know he was watching her as she read. Anyway, she decided to continue. "Although, the heroine in this story seems to be flawless. She likes everything and she's smart and beautiful. Everyone has faults and she can't be perfect."
"You're right to a certain point, Akane." Shigure's lips curved into a suspicious little smile. "I made her to be perfect because she is my fantasy. She is everything I could possibly dream up so she is perfect to me."
Akane sighed. "They're pretty words but not everyone who reads this book will hear them."
"I'm content with that.. as long as you hear them." Shigure said and leaned back against the couch, stretching his arms out. He wasn't sure but he thought he saw her blush. "Besides," he added, "she isn't completely flawless... she doesn't like tea."
Akane laughed and gave him a look as if to say that she's given up trying to convince him. "I suppose that is a fault, after all."
A half-smile appeared on Shigure's face and he spontaneously asked, "Do you like dogs, Akane?"
"Yes, I do. Yours; however, was a bit overfriendly," she countered and sat back, eye level to him.
"You know, they say that a dog is comparable to his master," he told her, in a very matter-of-fact sort of way as if he had read it in some highly educational book.
"Are you trying to say that you're overfriendly as well? I already got that impression," Akane giggled sarcastically
"Just a bit," Shigure responded cleverly and very suddenly licked her hand.
"Shigure! That was disgusting!" She wiped her hand and started laughing.
Shigure laughed as well, until he noticed that they had an audience. He looked up to see Kyou staring at them in a very odd fashion.
"I'm going to go back to school now.." Kyou announced and began walking out of the room with a rather stunned expression on his face.
"Kyou, this is.." Shigure started but Kyou wouldn't let him finish.
"Whatever it is, Shigure, I don't want to know." He stated and slowly but surely backed out the front door.
"One of the 'kids'?" Akane asked.
"The spunky one," Shigure replied. "He just leaves school whenever he feels like it. At least this time he decided to go back."
"He seemed nice enough," she told him and picked herself up off the couch.
"Ne? Then I guess you don't know him well enough," Shigure joked. "Leaving so soon?" He asked as he saw her reach for her coat.
"Hai, I have some work of my own to do. We can meet again, if you'd like."
"Of course," Shigure winked at her. "Same time, same place?"
"I'll be here," she said and walked out the door. Shigure saw her out. He waved to her as he watched her walking away.
Now, if you had been seeing this scene from some omnipotent point of view then you might have realized that Akane was walking the opposite way down the road from the way she walked the day before. If you had realized this then you might think it's a bit strange. Shigure didn't notice at all.
Shigure swept around the kitchen, wiping away the slightest speck of dust. The floor shone and you could see your reflection in the countertops. Not to mention the spectacular job he did on the living room. Yuki stood in the doorway, staring at him in bewilderment.
"What are you doing?" Yuki asked, allowing himself to step forward into the kitchen. Shigure dropped to the floor and checked his shoes for any sign of dirt.
"Cleaning," he remarked, flatly.
"I can see that but you only clean when Tohru's friends come over," Yuki pointed out.
"I'm having a special guest over today." Shigure winked at him.
"That explains it." Yuki sighed. "Say hello to Ayame for me."
"Yuki-kun, I have no idea what you mean by that statement. It so happens that a lovely lady will be joining me for lunch today." Shigure replied, innocently.
Yuki shrugged and grabbed his things. "We're leaving," he announced.
"Bye-bye Yuki, Kyou, Tohru!" Shigure waved to them as they made their way out the door. "Wait, Tohru-kun! Your lunch!" He called her back when he noticed the small bag on the kitchen table. He ran out to meet her. He realized that she had the same idea as they bumped into each other in the doorway.
"Ah, Shigure-san! Gomen!" Tohru apologized frantically and grabbed her lunch.
"Don't worry about it," said the dog with a genuine smile on his face.
"Hurry up, we're going to be late!" Kyou called to her from the street. He crossed his arms and frowned.
Tohru turned to look at the impatient Kyou and a whole new set of worried looks appeared on her face. She said her good-byes to Shigure and joined the two on their walk to school.
Shigure sat down on the ground and his tail wagged as he thought of meeting with Akane again. He began daydreaming but a pair of feet in his viewing range snapped him out of it.
"Hi there," Akane knelt down next to the dog and scratched his ears. Overexcited, he leapt on top of her and started licking her face. "Alright, I get it.." She laughed and crawled out from under the dog. He ran inside through the ajar door and she could have sworn that he kicked it closed with his hind leg.
She picked herself up off the ground and fixed her dress. Before she had a chance to knock on the door, Shigure slipped it open and stood there, grinning at her.
"I didn't know you had dogs," she said as he led her in.
"Just one. I take it you've met." Shigure called to her as he skipped over to the kitchen.
Akane sat down on the couch in the living room and looked around the house. A moment later, Shigure's head popped out from the kitchen and assured her that it'll be just an instant longer. She smiled at him and thought about how long it took him to make the house so spotless.
"Here we go," Shigure emerged from the kitchen, balancing a tray of tea and cakes.
"Let me help you," Akane offered and took the try from him. She placed it on the coffee table and looked up at him. "What about the manuscript?"
"Ah, yes! I'll go fetch that right now!" Shigure exclaimed and was out of the room in a flash.
"Fetch?" Akane said to herself and scrunched her nose. She placed herself down on the couch and listened to him rummage through some things in the other room. She gazed down on the tray of tea and cakes and took a sip from her cup. She scrunched her nose again. Shigure finally emerged, triumphant, manuscript held high in the air.
"Here is the brilliant piece of work," he said and handed it to her. She flipped through it as he plopped down next to her on the couch.
"Do you have a summery written out?" Akane questioned.
"Hai, it should be somewhere in the back, attached to the cover," he replied and searched through the pages. He eventually pulled out a paper and handed it to her. She started reading and he watched her expressions change as she came to the different parts of it. Her long eyelashes gently framed her eyes as her gaze moved around the paper.
"Interesting," she concluded but was rather surprised to see him staring at her. She didn't know he was watching her as she read. Anyway, she decided to continue. "Although, the heroine in this story seems to be flawless. She likes everything and she's smart and beautiful. Everyone has faults and she can't be perfect."
"You're right to a certain point, Akane." Shigure's lips curved into a suspicious little smile. "I made her to be perfect because she is my fantasy. She is everything I could possibly dream up so she is perfect to me."
Akane sighed. "They're pretty words but not everyone who reads this book will hear them."
"I'm content with that.. as long as you hear them." Shigure said and leaned back against the couch, stretching his arms out. He wasn't sure but he thought he saw her blush. "Besides," he added, "she isn't completely flawless... she doesn't like tea."
Akane laughed and gave him a look as if to say that she's given up trying to convince him. "I suppose that is a fault, after all."
A half-smile appeared on Shigure's face and he spontaneously asked, "Do you like dogs, Akane?"
"Yes, I do. Yours; however, was a bit overfriendly," she countered and sat back, eye level to him.
"You know, they say that a dog is comparable to his master," he told her, in a very matter-of-fact sort of way as if he had read it in some highly educational book.
"Are you trying to say that you're overfriendly as well? I already got that impression," Akane giggled sarcastically
"Just a bit," Shigure responded cleverly and very suddenly licked her hand.
"Shigure! That was disgusting!" She wiped her hand and started laughing.
Shigure laughed as well, until he noticed that they had an audience. He looked up to see Kyou staring at them in a very odd fashion.
"I'm going to go back to school now.." Kyou announced and began walking out of the room with a rather stunned expression on his face.
"Kyou, this is.." Shigure started but Kyou wouldn't let him finish.
"Whatever it is, Shigure, I don't want to know." He stated and slowly but surely backed out the front door.
"One of the 'kids'?" Akane asked.
"The spunky one," Shigure replied. "He just leaves school whenever he feels like it. At least this time he decided to go back."
"He seemed nice enough," she told him and picked herself up off the couch.
"Ne? Then I guess you don't know him well enough," Shigure joked. "Leaving so soon?" He asked as he saw her reach for her coat.
"Hai, I have some work of my own to do. We can meet again, if you'd like."
"Of course," Shigure winked at her. "Same time, same place?"
"I'll be here," she said and walked out the door. Shigure saw her out. He waved to her as he watched her walking away.
Now, if you had been seeing this scene from some omnipotent point of view then you might have realized that Akane was walking the opposite way down the road from the way she walked the day before. If you had realized this then you might think it's a bit strange. Shigure didn't notice at all.