A meeting was called by Shigure. Ayame and Hatori arrived together just in
time.
"What is it that you wanted to talk about? It better be really important or you'll owe me big time for enduring Ayame's company throughout the ride here."
"Ha-san, did you not enjoy my company?" Ayame pretending to be hurt.
"Is my wanting to see my long-lost friends not enough reason?" Shigure said hugging them both.
"Shigure! Get serious." Hatori ordered.
"Okay, okay. Let's go to my room now."
"Shigure!"
"What? We will just talk. We do need privacy, you know. I promise." Shigure and Ayame laughed all the way to the room.
"So what is it you are saying? You do know that this is not a joking matter." Ayame said seriously.
"I'm telling the truth. Cross my heart and hope to die."
"So when did you noticed that Tohru liked you?" Hatori inquired.
"Animal instinct. Ha-ha"
"Stop fooling around, Shigure" Ayame said. He can't really believe what he is hearing. If not for the serious and sincere expression of his friend, he would never believe it. But even he knows that that Shigure would not joke about things like this.
"What did you tell her?" Hatori asked. He is not showing any surprise or any emotion for that matter.
"I told her no. I can't possibly answer back her feelings. I told her that I'm sorry but I have no feelings for her other than for a friend or a younger sister."
Ayame looked into Shigure's eyes. "Well, is it the truth? Don't you have any feelings for her?"
Shigure stood up and looked at the sky. "I lied."
Tohru was broken-hearted. She doesn't know what to do. Should she tell her friends what she did and what happened? Should she just keep quiet about it so she would not be ashamed? Tohru quickly decided against the latter. Her friends should know her secret. They would figure out something is wrong anyway. I'll tell first to Hana-chan and Uo-chan.
"What? You really did that?" Arisa surprised.
"I didn't know Tohru-kun could be so bold." Saki said.
Tohru just kept looking down. She is so ashamed. On top of that, she was rejected. But it's alright; I knew I was a fool. I was a fool then and I'm still most certainly a fool now.
Her friends noticed her distress.
"It's no matter, Tohru-kun. We will support you on your decisions always." Arisa comforted Tohru.
Tohru looked up. "I'm so lucky to have friends like you. Thank you." She embraced both girls and tears flowed to her cheeks.
At Shigure's house..
The dinner table was full of tension. Tohru kept looking at Shigure. Yuki kept looking at Tohru. Shigure pretended to be totally engrossed to the food he was eating.
I will tell her tonight. Are you a man or a mouse? Yuki asked himself.
They all finished their food quite fast and throughout the dinner nobody said anything. Shigure retired early.
"Ah.." Tohru and Yuki said at the same time.
"You first, Honda-san"
"No, it's okay. You go ahead. What is it you wanted to say?"
"Can I talk to you later? It's really important."
"Uh.Sure. I wanted to talk to you too." Upon hearing this, Yuki's spirit soared.
Yuki was already waiting at the living room when Tohru arrived.
"What was it you wanted to say, Sohma-kun." Yuki shifted nervously. "I want you to know that I like you. I really, really like you." Yuki felt blood rushing to his face.
"Eh?" Tohru felt like it's the end of the world. How could she have gotten into this complicated situation?
Yuki tried to remain calm and shifted himself into his prince mode. Say something please, he silently pleaded.
Tohru kept thinking on what to say. She remembered what happened with Kyo before and she did not want it to happen again.
"I. I.. can't"
"You can't?" What does she mean?
"You see, that was what I wanted to talk to you about. I'm.I'm..in love with someone else" Tohru stammered.
"Is it... Kyo?" Yuki wanted to confirm his suspicions.
"No." Tohru answered quickly.
Now, Yuki was confused. If not Kyo, then who?
"Who?" He managed to say.
"Shigure-san" was the answer.
Yuki was dumbfounded.
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"What is it that you wanted to talk about? It better be really important or you'll owe me big time for enduring Ayame's company throughout the ride here."
"Ha-san, did you not enjoy my company?" Ayame pretending to be hurt.
"Is my wanting to see my long-lost friends not enough reason?" Shigure said hugging them both.
"Shigure! Get serious." Hatori ordered.
"Okay, okay. Let's go to my room now."
"Shigure!"
"What? We will just talk. We do need privacy, you know. I promise." Shigure and Ayame laughed all the way to the room.
"So what is it you are saying? You do know that this is not a joking matter." Ayame said seriously.
"I'm telling the truth. Cross my heart and hope to die."
"So when did you noticed that Tohru liked you?" Hatori inquired.
"Animal instinct. Ha-ha"
"Stop fooling around, Shigure" Ayame said. He can't really believe what he is hearing. If not for the serious and sincere expression of his friend, he would never believe it. But even he knows that that Shigure would not joke about things like this.
"What did you tell her?" Hatori asked. He is not showing any surprise or any emotion for that matter.
"I told her no. I can't possibly answer back her feelings. I told her that I'm sorry but I have no feelings for her other than for a friend or a younger sister."
Ayame looked into Shigure's eyes. "Well, is it the truth? Don't you have any feelings for her?"
Shigure stood up and looked at the sky. "I lied."
Tohru was broken-hearted. She doesn't know what to do. Should she tell her friends what she did and what happened? Should she just keep quiet about it so she would not be ashamed? Tohru quickly decided against the latter. Her friends should know her secret. They would figure out something is wrong anyway. I'll tell first to Hana-chan and Uo-chan.
"What? You really did that?" Arisa surprised.
"I didn't know Tohru-kun could be so bold." Saki said.
Tohru just kept looking down. She is so ashamed. On top of that, she was rejected. But it's alright; I knew I was a fool. I was a fool then and I'm still most certainly a fool now.
Her friends noticed her distress.
"It's no matter, Tohru-kun. We will support you on your decisions always." Arisa comforted Tohru.
Tohru looked up. "I'm so lucky to have friends like you. Thank you." She embraced both girls and tears flowed to her cheeks.
At Shigure's house..
The dinner table was full of tension. Tohru kept looking at Shigure. Yuki kept looking at Tohru. Shigure pretended to be totally engrossed to the food he was eating.
I will tell her tonight. Are you a man or a mouse? Yuki asked himself.
They all finished their food quite fast and throughout the dinner nobody said anything. Shigure retired early.
"Ah.." Tohru and Yuki said at the same time.
"You first, Honda-san"
"No, it's okay. You go ahead. What is it you wanted to say?"
"Can I talk to you later? It's really important."
"Uh.Sure. I wanted to talk to you too." Upon hearing this, Yuki's spirit soared.
Yuki was already waiting at the living room when Tohru arrived.
"What was it you wanted to say, Sohma-kun." Yuki shifted nervously. "I want you to know that I like you. I really, really like you." Yuki felt blood rushing to his face.
"Eh?" Tohru felt like it's the end of the world. How could she have gotten into this complicated situation?
Yuki tried to remain calm and shifted himself into his prince mode. Say something please, he silently pleaded.
Tohru kept thinking on what to say. She remembered what happened with Kyo before and she did not want it to happen again.
"I. I.. can't"
"You can't?" What does she mean?
"You see, that was what I wanted to talk to you about. I'm.I'm..in love with someone else" Tohru stammered.
"Is it... Kyo?" Yuki wanted to confirm his suspicions.
"No." Tohru answered quickly.
Now, Yuki was confused. If not Kyo, then who?
"Who?" He managed to say.
"Shigure-san" was the answer.
Yuki was dumbfounded.
To my cute readers: Which do you prefer? Frequent updates with short chapters? Or infrequent updates with longer chapters?
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