They stood there looking at Ayame who turned around and saw them staring at
him. They were at a lost especially Yuki since he thought that she would be
good for him, the way Tohru is with him. Ayame looked at them and what was
once a sad face he turned into a happy one. "What are you all doing here?
Looking for me? I know you missed, even out in the pouring rain you look
for me" he said with his 'egoistic' tone and laughter. Yuki wanted to say
something about it but he couldn't he felt it wasn't the time. Shigure
walked over to him and placed his arm around him and urged him to go with
him but he wouldn't move. Hatori felt the same pain when he erased Kyoko's
memory but this time was different, she just got up and left and with no
explanations. This angered him but at the same time wanted to know the
reason behind it. His angry wasn't of anger but a feeling similar when he
erased his beloved's memory.
Hatori walked to him, "Let's go inside, you're soaked." Ayame smiled, "So are you."
From behind the corner Kageshi was leaning against the wall crying she looked around the corner and saw them leave. She went around the corner again and started walking only to bump into to Kyo.
"So?" "??" she looked at him in bewilderment, she wasn't that aware of him being too fond of Ayame. "Your just going to leave like that?"
"You don't understand anything and she walked on." He grabbed her arm and yanked her back.
"What is it with you Souma people! Do you all grab women by their arm's and yank them till you get what you want?" Kyo let go. "That's not what I was doing." "Then what? You don't know anything about me I owe you for helping me all those months ago, but now it's the time to stop depending. It's not like you all have anything to do with me, I'm a complete stranger to you all anyways."
"Complete stranger?" She emphasized that and it stumbled Kyo's mind. He never thought of her that way, especially since her and Tohru get a long so well, it was good for Tohru to have another female to talk to. She walked on and Kyo followed her.
Back inside Ayame's place, Tohru was sitting at the table and asked what happened but they just shook their heads in "I'll tell you later" movement. Shigure got up, "I think it's time we left we have some things to do" as cold as it sounded he didn't want to talk to Ayame with everyone there. Yuki kept sitting, "I'm going to stay here for a while" This surprised everyone, especially Ayame. Yuki was maybe almost and always the first one to be ready to leave when Ayame was around.
Tohru, "I'll come back with dinner then." Ayame didn't say anything normally Kageshi prepared dinner and it was just them two usually, with the occasion of Hatori or Momoji dropping by once in a while. Hatori, "Its ok Tohru-san no need." Everyone left Yuki and Ayame by themselves. It was the first time they would ever be alone in a 'serious' conversation. Yuki was remembering some of the couple of times Kageshi has pointed out some very good points about Ayame and points she's made from her observation. He never really thought about her leaving just like that. She and Tohru always made a point to try and get them two together and now she has but the situation was very un-comfortable.
"Yuki-kun you don't have to stay here, I'm your older brother remember? I don't need you to babysit." "That's not what I'm doing?" Ayame looked at him. "Something she said.." He stumbled and tried to get the words out. "She said something that I told her that may have triggered her actions. There were times she hinted things but I never picked up on it, none of us did." "What are you talking about?" "I remember Kyo telling Tohru something about how she always felt we compared her to Tohru-san." "Compare!? I never compared those two!"
"I know but maybe in her head and in a way we all may have compared her to Tohru and not realized it and then earlier tonight I said something that may have triggered her to leave and believe in that doubt she had in us." Ayame sat waiting, "I told her when she was in the hospital that we had to tell them you guys were married so people wouldn't think we are taking care of a complete stranger and." "You what?" Ayame didn't get mad, well not really but this would surely either widen the gap between them or make them closer and at this point, Ayame didn't know what to think. He really didn't blame Yuki because it wasn't his job and he didn't take the responsibility of taking care of her. But now he blamed himself, the one thing he's ever wanted besides Yuki's love as a younger brother is now gone. "It's not your fault we all say things we aren't proud of, next time we'll just have to be careful won't we?" Ayame felt like crying, but the only person he'd ever show tears to was her and now she wasn't there.
Kyo continued following her not realizing how far she's walked, they were now out of the city and walking into the mountains.
"Stop following me" "NO"
"Why? What do you want from me?" and they kept walking, well he kept walking behind her keeping an out. He wasn't that fond of Yuki or Ayame, well he never really was but things were better between all of them because of her and Tohru and he got so used to it that he wasn't going to let it go. Kyo just kept following her till it was the next morning and they arrived at a small village on the other side of the mountain. Kyo vaguely remember the place but he remembered it. It was a place he stopped by when he ran away a long time ago.
They walked into a small little house and she took her shoes off and urged him to do the same if he was to stay.
It was already dark and late so she prepared him dinner and a bed. As she was cooking she told him where everything was and he wondered.
"Do you live here or something?"
She continued to do her part without saying anything. Kyo knew better than to just keeping asking because even with violence nothing was going to come out of her mouth.
It had been two weeks since they stayed there and from what Kyo could gather was that she did live there. She was different around Kyo now, she didn't always have a smiling face, well she did but the look in her eyes and her actions told another story. He would sometimes bring up Ayame, Tohru, Shigure, Kisa and even Yuki. Telling her that he even missed fighting with him.
Back at the Sohma house, Ayame went about his business as usual but one thing was for certain, he wasn't letting go of her as well as they all thought he would. He didn't change anything from when she was there. Her room was still there with all the clothes he's given her and the arrangements she's made around his house were still the same as she left it. Hatori was at a total lost on how to help him, even though he lost the girl he loved, Kageshi left by choice and that was something that was more heartbreaking he thought. Shigure often came over to cheer him up and he was back to the old Ayame, especially trying to get Yuki's attention. But Yuki just played it off as usual, but this time only to keep Ayame on his toes so he wouldn't have to fall back down. Tohru was also there but she was a constant reminder of her. And up until those weeks she was gone he was beginning to realize how unconsciously he compared those two. He was beginning to understand that even without her presence Tohru alone would remind him of her.
One night, Shigure got Hatori to drink with him and Ayame try to cheer him up some more, it seemed that he wasn't changing very much. As they drank up bottle after bottle of warm sake, Ayame started to loosen up, which was good for Shigure and Hatori. They thought maybe they can get him to open up to them even more.
"You know there was this one time that Kage-chan actually drank warm sake with me. She doesn't drink a lot so after 2 cups she was already drunk." They all laughed and in the course he kept telling stories of her how she was when she kept on drinking and kept insisting she wasn't. Especially the morning after, he actually took care of her. Seeing him smile put a smile on their faces. "Ayame" Hatori said, "Why don't you go look for her?"
He was quiet for a while. "Because if she wants to come back she will. I know she loves me but she's just so stubborn." Shigure looked at him, "Are you sure?" Ayame was sure but couldn't answer him because he had no proof, she wasn't there to prove him right.
Hatori walked to him, "Let's go inside, you're soaked." Ayame smiled, "So are you."
From behind the corner Kageshi was leaning against the wall crying she looked around the corner and saw them leave. She went around the corner again and started walking only to bump into to Kyo.
"So?" "??" she looked at him in bewilderment, she wasn't that aware of him being too fond of Ayame. "Your just going to leave like that?"
"You don't understand anything and she walked on." He grabbed her arm and yanked her back.
"What is it with you Souma people! Do you all grab women by their arm's and yank them till you get what you want?" Kyo let go. "That's not what I was doing." "Then what? You don't know anything about me I owe you for helping me all those months ago, but now it's the time to stop depending. It's not like you all have anything to do with me, I'm a complete stranger to you all anyways."
"Complete stranger?" She emphasized that and it stumbled Kyo's mind. He never thought of her that way, especially since her and Tohru get a long so well, it was good for Tohru to have another female to talk to. She walked on and Kyo followed her.
Back inside Ayame's place, Tohru was sitting at the table and asked what happened but they just shook their heads in "I'll tell you later" movement. Shigure got up, "I think it's time we left we have some things to do" as cold as it sounded he didn't want to talk to Ayame with everyone there. Yuki kept sitting, "I'm going to stay here for a while" This surprised everyone, especially Ayame. Yuki was maybe almost and always the first one to be ready to leave when Ayame was around.
Tohru, "I'll come back with dinner then." Ayame didn't say anything normally Kageshi prepared dinner and it was just them two usually, with the occasion of Hatori or Momoji dropping by once in a while. Hatori, "Its ok Tohru-san no need." Everyone left Yuki and Ayame by themselves. It was the first time they would ever be alone in a 'serious' conversation. Yuki was remembering some of the couple of times Kageshi has pointed out some very good points about Ayame and points she's made from her observation. He never really thought about her leaving just like that. She and Tohru always made a point to try and get them two together and now she has but the situation was very un-comfortable.
"Yuki-kun you don't have to stay here, I'm your older brother remember? I don't need you to babysit." "That's not what I'm doing?" Ayame looked at him. "Something she said.." He stumbled and tried to get the words out. "She said something that I told her that may have triggered her actions. There were times she hinted things but I never picked up on it, none of us did." "What are you talking about?" "I remember Kyo telling Tohru something about how she always felt we compared her to Tohru-san." "Compare!? I never compared those two!"
"I know but maybe in her head and in a way we all may have compared her to Tohru and not realized it and then earlier tonight I said something that may have triggered her to leave and believe in that doubt she had in us." Ayame sat waiting, "I told her when she was in the hospital that we had to tell them you guys were married so people wouldn't think we are taking care of a complete stranger and." "You what?" Ayame didn't get mad, well not really but this would surely either widen the gap between them or make them closer and at this point, Ayame didn't know what to think. He really didn't blame Yuki because it wasn't his job and he didn't take the responsibility of taking care of her. But now he blamed himself, the one thing he's ever wanted besides Yuki's love as a younger brother is now gone. "It's not your fault we all say things we aren't proud of, next time we'll just have to be careful won't we?" Ayame felt like crying, but the only person he'd ever show tears to was her and now she wasn't there.
Kyo continued following her not realizing how far she's walked, they were now out of the city and walking into the mountains.
"Stop following me" "NO"
"Why? What do you want from me?" and they kept walking, well he kept walking behind her keeping an out. He wasn't that fond of Yuki or Ayame, well he never really was but things were better between all of them because of her and Tohru and he got so used to it that he wasn't going to let it go. Kyo just kept following her till it was the next morning and they arrived at a small village on the other side of the mountain. Kyo vaguely remember the place but he remembered it. It was a place he stopped by when he ran away a long time ago.
They walked into a small little house and she took her shoes off and urged him to do the same if he was to stay.
It was already dark and late so she prepared him dinner and a bed. As she was cooking she told him where everything was and he wondered.
"Do you live here or something?"
She continued to do her part without saying anything. Kyo knew better than to just keeping asking because even with violence nothing was going to come out of her mouth.
It had been two weeks since they stayed there and from what Kyo could gather was that she did live there. She was different around Kyo now, she didn't always have a smiling face, well she did but the look in her eyes and her actions told another story. He would sometimes bring up Ayame, Tohru, Shigure, Kisa and even Yuki. Telling her that he even missed fighting with him.
Back at the Sohma house, Ayame went about his business as usual but one thing was for certain, he wasn't letting go of her as well as they all thought he would. He didn't change anything from when she was there. Her room was still there with all the clothes he's given her and the arrangements she's made around his house were still the same as she left it. Hatori was at a total lost on how to help him, even though he lost the girl he loved, Kageshi left by choice and that was something that was more heartbreaking he thought. Shigure often came over to cheer him up and he was back to the old Ayame, especially trying to get Yuki's attention. But Yuki just played it off as usual, but this time only to keep Ayame on his toes so he wouldn't have to fall back down. Tohru was also there but she was a constant reminder of her. And up until those weeks she was gone he was beginning to realize how unconsciously he compared those two. He was beginning to understand that even without her presence Tohru alone would remind him of her.
One night, Shigure got Hatori to drink with him and Ayame try to cheer him up some more, it seemed that he wasn't changing very much. As they drank up bottle after bottle of warm sake, Ayame started to loosen up, which was good for Shigure and Hatori. They thought maybe they can get him to open up to them even more.
"You know there was this one time that Kage-chan actually drank warm sake with me. She doesn't drink a lot so after 2 cups she was already drunk." They all laughed and in the course he kept telling stories of her how she was when she kept on drinking and kept insisting she wasn't. Especially the morning after, he actually took care of her. Seeing him smile put a smile on their faces. "Ayame" Hatori said, "Why don't you go look for her?"
He was quiet for a while. "Because if she wants to come back she will. I know she loves me but she's just so stubborn." Shigure looked at him, "Are you sure?" Ayame was sure but couldn't answer him because he had no proof, she wasn't there to prove him right.