By: Gingko-chan
Third chapter! Sorta slow in coming. But I had a good reason, if you want to know. Grade 9, Piano Exam. 'nuff said. But it's finally over. Though I'm probably gonna fail...*Waah!*
But pudding makes it all better! I just made pudding, light green honeydew pudding and sprinkled it with multi-coloured candy stars! So kawaii! Ahhemm...getting off topic.
Oh well, have fun reading!
All of them were looking at her, all of them wondering why Tohru had never told them that she had a sister. A TWIN sister, nonetheless.
"Well, Yui-chan, do you want some pizza? Since nobody here can cook decently, we're stuck eating pizza. Here, I'll go get a plate."
Momiji prepared to stand up, but Yui stood up first, and smiled, "No thank you Momiji-kun. I'll go get myself a plate, you're all ready being too kind, inviting me to eat and all. Where's the kitchen?"
Yuki rose from his seat, "The kitchen's right over that way, Honda-san."
Yui gave him a smile, "Thank you, Souma-kun"
Yui walked down the hallway, This place sure is dusty, not to mention dark
She walked down the hallway, and came to the kitchen doorway, and peeked her head in, and widened those chocolate brown eyes. There were three weeks worth of dishes stacked up in the sink, all dirty. The garbage can was already over-flowing, and there were bento boxes, pizza boxes, plastic forks, wooden chopsticks, and instant noodle bowls stacked up beside it.
Poor aneki, if she saw this, she'd probably cry, but she would still clean it up though. Hmm...
Momiji stood up, it had almost been a full half-hour, and Yui hadn't come back from the kitchen, "Where is she? Yuki, are you sure you showed her where the kitchen is? Why is it taking her so long? I'm going to see."
Momiji stood up, and bounced to the kitchen, with Yuki and Kyou following, the sight that greeted them there was very familiar. A bright eyed girl was washing the dishes, already, there were clean dishes back in the open cupboards. The garbage had been taken out, the floors swept, and the counters wiped. Everything looked neat and tidy. After standing there for a while, Yui noticed their presence, and turned around.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but your kitchen was really messy, and I couldn't find any clean plates, so I cleaned the dishes, but then the counters looked too dusty. Then the floors looked dirty, and the garbage looked out of place on the clean floor, I'm really sorry. This isn't even my house, I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble..."
Yuki couldn't help but smile at her explanation, it reminded him a lot of Tohru...
And then, Shigure burst in, "Ahh! Thank you Honda-san! You have done such a splendid job with the kitchen. Before, you couldn't walk a foot without stepping on something, but now everything sparkles!"
"You're welcome, Shigure-san. It was nothing, besides I wouldn't be able to even get a plate without cleaning everything all up..."
She glanced at the clock on the wall, and gasped, "Oh no, it's almost eight! I should go, I still have something to do for Grandpa. Bye everyone!"
Momiji immediately nudged Yuki in the ribs, "Yuki, why don't you take Honda-san home? It's dark out and not a time for a girl to be walking around by herself."
Yuki turned to look at him with a puzzled look, but agreed anyway.
The stars were out, and the sky was a beautiful velvety blue. The surrounding landscape was dark. Yui and Yuki walked along the dark road to her grandfather's house. There was a quiet, awkward silence, since both didn't really know what there was to talk about.
"Honda-san, are you going to go back to England after everything's done?"
"Why? Do you want me to stay?"
Yuki's face flamed, but it was dark so it wasn't apparent. It sort of shocked him slightly, to be hearing that said in a voice so similar to Tohru's.
At his silence, Yui laughed quietly, "Gomen, gomen. I was just joking. I'm not really sure what I will do. I should go back to England, because there is still one school year left, otherwise I would be wasting Aneki's money. But there's also something else in Japan. Grandpa. He would be devastated if I left, because then Okaa-san, Aneki, and I would all be gone. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do."
"I see. Maybe you should come around sometime, and take a look at Honda-san's room. See if there's anything that should be taken care of."
"Okay. Maybe next week. You know, you are all very kind, just like the way Aneki described all of you. When I called today to ask if I could come, I was actually already outside the door, but I was scared to come in. I'm being weird, aren't I?"
Yuki watched her, she was very much like Tohru, he missed her so much.
"Not at all, if it was your sister, she'd probably be like that."
Yui laughed quietly, "Aneki would do that. She doesn't like to trouble other people...Oh, we're there. Thank you for walking me home."
"It was nothing. Good night, Honda-san."
"Good night, Souma-kun."
After bowing politely, Yuki prepared to walk back.
How strange, I feel happier...
Yay! Fifth chapter done! This was hard! I really can't write multi-chapter fics...Waah! Oh well, I'm going to try very hard, though I really just want to do a time warp, and go right to the ending. Bah, humbug! Thanks though, to the people who reviewed!
Gingko-chan*