Part 2
"I found patterns." Tohru blushed as she looked down at the picture of a cat on the top packet. They are going to kill me. "Are we sure we want to do animals. Don't you think the guys would look cuter as monsters or maybe princes?"
"Animals. Definitely animals I can't wait to see Prince and Orange-head's faces when they see the costumes." Uo-chan laughed loudly and turned towards the mountain of fabric in the corner of the sewing room. "Next we have to find the perfect material."
"Do you think we should match their hair color or just go with the traditional black cat and white mouse?" Uo-chan said looking thoughtful.
"This one and this one and these two." Hana-chan's voice could be heard from deep inside the pile.
She came around the back side of the pile her arms so full all you could see were her eyes peeking over the top. Slowly she headed towards the work table.
"Umm, Hana-chan, aren't those colors a bit bright?" Tohru asked softly. "I've never seen any animal those colors before."
"What are you thinking those colors are horrible…" Uo-chan watched the sparks start to fly around Hana-chan's eyes. " Horribly cute I mean. They'll look like stuffed animals. In fact I think I used to have a stuffed cat that exact shade of lime green."
"Hot pink for the cat, green for the mouse, yellow for the rabbit and purple for the dog." Hana smiled.
"Dog? What dog?" Uo-chan asked.
"Shigure."
"Shigure-san?" Tohru paled as she forced a smile. "I'm sure he already has a costume since the party was his idea."
"Don't worry. He'll wear it." Uo-chan said.
How can I not worry. This is to close to the truth. Tohru thought as she spread out the patterns next to the material. "Look we different colors for the insides of ears and tummies. Hana did you see any white cloth?"
"No white. We'll use scraps of another bolt."
"What do you mean?"
"Pink for mouse ears and belly, green for cat , yellow for dog and purple for rabbit." Hana replied.
"Perfect. I can see their faces already. I can't wait." Uo-chan laughed as she pictured a pink and green Kyo-cat.
"I have an idea let's break the costumes into chunks to make it easier. Tohru you do all the upper bodies I'll do all the lower bodies and Hana can make the heads."
All three girls nodded in agreement. Tohru reached for the box of pins, Uo the scissors and Hana laid out the cloth.
"Let's get started. We only have two weeks to get them all finished." Tohru sighed. I have a bad feeling about this.