Kagura hummed to herself happily as she looked through her menu. It seemed almost too good to be true. Here she was, about to eat dinner with Kyo at a fancy restaurant like this. Maybe he was finally starting to see her the way she wanted to be seen. Stealing a glance at him, she saw him engrossed in his own task of deciding what he wanted for dinner. His eyes moved up and saw her looking at him. They lingered there for awhile, staring intently into her own. Finally, Kagura felt her face flush and she looked away. This was a dream. It had to be.
"Do you know what you want?" Kyo asked finally breaking into her thoughts.
She shook her head. "No, not yet."
Yuki picked up a strange looking item of food from his plate. "Interesting.... but I think I'll have to pass."
"Come on Yuki-kun," Tohru teased. "You have to eat it or it'll be a waste."
"I know. I'll let you have it."
She made a face as she examined the green thing in his hand. "Hmm, it's kind of you to offer but umm, I'd rather pass for now."
"Or...." Yuki grinned. "We could just share it." He looked at her mischievously and placed it half way in his mouth, the other half sticking out from between his lips. Then he leaned forward toward her and Tohru laughed.
"All right," she agreed. Leaning forward as well, she took the other half in her mouth, her lips pressing against his. They pulled away, each with a piece in their mouth. Chewing thoughtfully, Tohru swallowed and smiled. "That was delicious Yuki-kun."
"You're right," Yuki nodded. "It wasn't as bad as it looked."
Taking his hand, Tohru blushed and squeezed it gently. "It's nice being here with you. Thank you for taking me."
"Well you're going to have to just get used to it," Yuki said quietly leaning over the table and kissing her. "I plan on doing this a lot."
The three members of the Yuki fan club began sobbing uncontrollably. "He's kissing her," the first one whimpered.
"How could he!!"
"We... we must do something," the third girl cried, wiping at her eyes with a napkin.
The waiter glared at them as he came over. "You girls are really causing a scene," he said firmly. "I think you should leave."
"Excuse me sir," the oldest member retorted. "We'd like to order now."
Sighing, he nodded and took out a pad of paper. "Fine. What would you like then?"
The girl smiled sweetly and pointed to the desert section. "The chocolate cake with chocolate ice cream and hot fudge."
"All right then."
"Yuki-kun," Tohru murmured as he kissed her.
Yuki finally pulled away and smiled. "By the way, did you want to order desert?"
"No, I'm too full," she admitted sitting back in her chair.
"Then I'll ask the waiter to bring the check," he said glancing around him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a girl walk up to there table. Before he could turn to face her, Tohru was shrieking and looking down at her clothes. Furrowing his eyebrows, he tried to comprehend what had just happened. The girl running away was apparently one of the members of that ridiculous club that followed him around and Tohru was gaping down at herself.
"Oh no," she moaned as she grabbed a napkin and tried to wipe at the chocolate desert the girl had thrown on her lap. Looking up helplessly at Yuki, her face burned red with embarrassment. Her entire school uniform was completely ruined. The words the girl had whispered menacingly in her ear, still rang clearly in her head. Do you really think the Prince could love someone like you? You're disgusting. He's ashamed to be anywhere near you.
"Are you all right Honda-san?" Yuki asked concerned. He saw the chocolate and cake covering her clothes and frowned. "What the hell..."
"Yuki-kun," Tohru whimpered, her eyes filling with tears. "I'm sorry. You must be so embarrassed to be with me." The more she tried to wipe at her uniform, the more it seemed to smear. Jumping to her feet, she went running to the bathroom, brushing away her tears.
"Wait, Honda-san," Yuki called out panicking. What was she talking about? Embarrassed to be with her? He began chasing after her, stopping when he saw the table of giggling girls. The one who had thrown the cake at Tohru was triumphantly telling her friends how she had succeeding in getting the Honda girl. Glaring at them, he marched to the table angrily. "Why did you do that to her!" he nearly shouted.
They gasped and looked up at him, their eyes widening. "But... but, we were helping you," one of them said meekly.
"That Honda girl is using you. Don't you see that?"
Yuki shook his head in frustration. "I don't believe this," he muttered. "Listen, if you ever do anything to my girlfriend again... " he trailed off and his voice grew low and dangerous. "I won't be held responsible for what happens to you." Leaving it at that, he went to find Tohru.
"Did you see that!" Kyo shouted angrily jumping up from his seat. "That girl just threw something at Tohru."
"What? Where?" Kagura asked putting her napkin down.
"Those stupid bitches," Kyo muttered as he saw Yuki stomp away from their table. "I'm going to give them a piece of my mind."
"What about the bill?"
"Oh right." Kyo tossed some wrinkled bills on the table and leaned closer to Kagura. "Just be ready to run," he whispered in her ear.
"Let's go," the oldest member of the fan club said quietly as she stood up in the booth.
The second member was sitting silent, staring down at the table in shock. "I can't believe he said that to us," she mumbled.
"It doesn't matter," the oldest member said firmly. "We... we don't need to take this kind of bull shit. Here we went to all the trouble to help him and he treats us like this. Come on." She stopped when she saw the red haired guy in front of her. "What do you want?"
"I saw what you did," he replied flatly.
"And?" the girl asked bored.
Kyo grinned and pulled out a bowl of beef stew from behind his back. Splattering the girls with it, he grabbed Kagura's hand and pulled her out of the restaurant as fast as his legs would carry him.
Tohru stood before the mirror in the bathroom, leaning against the sink. She felt so stupid. Why did things always have to go wrong? Maybe Yuki was ashamed to be with someone like her. Suddenly there was pounding coming from outside the bathroom and Tohru looked up.
"Honda-san!!" Yuki shouted from the other side. "Please come out." He knew he looked pathetic but continued to bang on the door.. Why did she have to go into the bathroom of all places, especially when that was the one place he couldn't follow her.
Sighing, Tohru went to the door and opened it a crack. "Just go home without me Yuki-kun. I look terrible right now."
"I'm not going home without you."
"Trust me," she said quietly. "You don't want to be seen with someone like me." Then she shut the door and returned to the sink, tears streaming down her face. That fan girl was right. They had all been right all along. Yuki deserved so much better than her. She gasped as Yuki flung the door open and hurried inside, his face beet red.
Glancing around nervously to make sure no one else was there, he breathed a sigh of relief when he verified they were alone. "Tohru," he said smiling sheepishly as he came up to her and put his hand to her cheek. "Please don't cry." Bending down, he kissed her gently on the lips. "There's no one in the world I would rather be with than you."
"Yuki-kun," Tohru whispered, closing her eyes.
He stroked her cheek with his finger, wiping away her tears. "No matter what anyone says, just remember that I'll always love you." Running his fingers through her hair, he pressed his face against hers.
"Umm Yuki-kun," Tohru said pulling away. She looked down at his shirt. "I think I got chocolate on you."
He shrugged his shoulders and grinned. "I can wash my clothes. Let's just go home."
"All right Yuki-kun," Tohru said softly, resting her head on his arm. "Let's go."
A/N Poor kids. Can't even go out to a restaurant without stuff happening. Well, stay tuned. I'll probably continue this soon. :D