Tohru Honda. Six months before he wouldn't have even known her full name even though they shared the same class, and now they were living under the same roof. He rested his head against the palm of his hand, his light-colored locks brushing against his arm. Watching Tohru laugh, he wondered how she could still have a cheery outlook on life after the death of her mother in a car accident almost a year ago. If he had been as close with his mother as Tohru and her mother was, he most likely would not have been able to even smile a year after, let alone laugh with careless contentment.

But that was the part of her that he most envied. Her ability to be able to look on the bright side of things, no matter how grim the road ahead seemed.

"No please Akito, I promise I won't make the same mistake twice!"

He sat upright as the memory flashed across his mind. It was strange, it had been years since the memories of his unpleasant childhood had surfaced to his thoughts. After he had moved out of the main house of the Sohma's, he had buried his past in that home deep within himself, to a place where, even if he wanted to remember, the recollections would be lost. Shaking his head to clear the words echoing in his mind, he returned to listening to an upperclassman talking to him about an upcoming event that was going to be sponsored by the student council.

He didn't notice Tohru waving a friendly hand in front of his face until she called out his name questioningly. "I'm sorry Honda-san, were you saying something?"

"It's about 4 o'clock, I thought maybe we could start walking home together."

They walked out of the school gates, the roads quiet as they made their way down the street that lead to the Sohma house. The sun was beginning to set, the golden-orange tones spanning the sky in an ink-spill pattern. Tohru looked up at the sky, admiring the colors. Sunset was her favorite part of the day, because it was the only time when you saw the sun and the land come together and become one. It was the only part of the day where land and sun could touch. Like forbidden lovers who have finally united.

Remembering an item she had made at school and had planned to give Yuki, she halted in the middle of the street, opening her leather sack and searching through its contents. Yuki paused as well, looking over his shoulder curiously. Tohru pulled out the item from her bag, smiling as she handed the hand-woven bracelet to Yuki.

"What is this?" He asked, fingering the intricately woven designs on the bracelet.

"It's called a dream bracelet. You put it on your wrist and you close your eyes and make a wish. And people say that when the bracelet breaks, your wish will be granted. I made one for Kyo-kun, Uo-chan, and Hana-chan too. I wanted to ask you what your wrist size was but I wanted the bracelet to be a surprise, I can always remake it for you if it doesn't fit. Here, I'll help you put it on." Tohru took the bracelet from his grasp, tying two knots at the end and slipping the item onto his wrist.

"Hmm…" She said, touching her chin with her index finger thoughtfully. "The bracelet is a little bit too big—"

Yuki blocked the arm that had the bracelet tied on with his other hand. "It's all right Honda-san, you don't have to go through all the trouble to make another one."

Tohru's eyes widened slightly, and in an insisting tone she said, "Oh no, I won't mind Yuki-kun, it's my fault in the first place for wanting to give this to you as a surprise—"

"—And it was a wonderful surprise. Thank you." Yuki smiled lightly.

She returned the gesture, falling into step beside him as they crossed an intersection. They were almost at the front door of the Sohma house before she realized one key point she had forgotten about the bracelet. As Yuki went to open the door to the house, Tohru reached out to stop him, touching his arm in the process. "I just remembered that you haven't made your wish with the dream bracelet yet, I'm not really sure how the bracelet works either so the quicker you are to make the wish, the quicker the wish might be granted." Blushing, she hastily withdrew her arm back to her side.

"So I close my eyes and make a wish?" He asked, receiving his reply in the form of a nod from Tohru. Closing his eyes, he pondered over what to make a wish over, even though it was going to be on a childish story, since Tohru took such an effort to make the bracelet, he should make an effort to conjure up a good wish. When he opened his eyes, he found Tohru looking at him expectantly.

"What did you wish for?" Tohru questioned.

He didn't reply in a straight-forward manner, he simply smiled at her before stepping inside the house. He couldn't tell her what he wished for, it would probably sound ridiculous to her, since it sounded ridiculous to him. But it was a wish he wanted granted nonethless.

I wish for one day to be as happy as Tohru Honda.

TBC….