All In The (Furuba) Family

Chapter Two

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Tohru¡¦s eyes grew bigger and bigger as she gathered all the items on Shigure¡¦s rather long shopping list. In fact, the ¡§few things¡¨ were starting to make her basket very heavy, and she had to drag it along with her as she moved from shelf to shelf. Luckily Yuki was waiting outside to help her carry the bags home.

Tohru stopped.

What was Yuki going to think about the strange items on the list. It would not do for Shigure to be murdered before they even went on vacation since she was sure Yuki would have a better idea of what all the items were really used for and definitely not approve.

¡§Chocolate sauce!¡¨ she hefted the biggest bottle she could see down since Shigure had specifically asked for a big bottle, underlined several times. ¡§Done!¡¨

Smiling brightly, she made her way to the cashier as fast as possible, lugging the heavy (and full) basket behind her.

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¡§Sorry to keep you waiting, Sohma-kun!¡¨ Tohru smiled as she joined Yuki outside and handed him some of the bags.

In reply, the boy graced her with one of his rare, genuine smiles.

Then he frowned and glanced down at the plastic bags. ¡§Ano, Honda-san, why are the plastic bags tied up like that?¡¨ he eyed her suspiciously.

Tohru felt herself blush as she laughed nervously and racked her brain for a plausible excuse.

¡§Uhhh¡K umm¡K because I was afraid the contents would fall out, ne! And then Shigure-san would be unhappy!¡¨ she stammered as she tried to ignore Yuki¡¦s pointed look.

Yuki raised an eyebrow. But out of politeness (and respect, which he reminded himself that only he seemed to possess amongst his relatives) he refrained from further question, instead gesturing for them to walk home.

Tohru breathed a sigh of relief as Yuki turned to walk home. Making sure the knots were as fast as possible, she followed him.

*crack*

*thud*

Yuki turned his head around in alarm. All he saw was Tohru trying desperately to prevent all the contents of her bags from falling out. And also attempting to shield said contents from other people.

¡§Honda-san!¡¨ he hurried forward.

¡§Ah¡K Sohma-kun, it¡¦s okay! Nothing¡¦s wrong!¡¨ she told him in a rather stressed voice, her words a direct contrast to the items lying on the ground around her.

Yuki looked at them, his eyes widening.

¡§Ano¡K Honda-san,¡¨ he said in a tight, emotionless voice. ¡§Did Shigure ask you to buy that bottle of¡K chocolate sauce?!¡¨

He pointed to a big bottle of said object.

Tohru looked at him with wide eyes and nodded semi-guiltily.

¡§¡K And that bottle of¡K whipped cream?!¡¨ he pointed at an even bigger bottle. ¡§And that¡K that¡K¡¨ he trailed off in horror and disgust, pointing at the last object, something Tohru had never seen before and had no idea as to its purpose and function. She had been thinking of asking Shigure that.

Tohru looked at the glassy eyed expression of shock on Yuki¡¦s face. ¡§Uhh¡K hai.¡¨

To her surprise, Yuki started cursing.

Most of which Tohru did not understand.

¡§Umm¡K Sohma-kun¡K¡¨ she started hesitantly. ¡§Maybe we should go home first?¡¨

She eyed him guiltily.

A decidedly evil glint appeared in Yuki¡¦s eyes as he immediately agreed to her preposition and led the way with long, quick strides full of a purpose Tohru could easily guess.

It happened at least once a week anyway.

She could only pray that Shigure would be able to go for vacation in a relatively unharmed state.

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¡§SHIGURE!!!¡¨

Yuki yelled as he stormed into the kitchen and dumped the bags onto the kitchen table with enough force for the rest of the bags to split as well. Their contents flowed out and Yuki¡¦s eyes widened. He shouted his cousin¡¦s name more angrily.

A moment later, Shigure appeared bearing his usual smile to find Yuki sifting through the haphazard pile of items on the table.

¡§I told you, I¡¦m not sharing. If you want some you¡¦ll have to buy your own.¡¨

¡§Shigure!!!¡¨

Yuki glared at his cousin and grabbed the front of his clothes angrily, making to strangle the Dog.

¡§Explain why you wanted Honda-san to buy these¡K things,¡¨ he ordered threateningly.

Shigure smiled nervously. ¡§Maybe if you stop choking me first¡K¡¨

Yuki let go and eyed his cousin warily as Shigure straightened and fussed with his clothes.

¡§You wanted to know why I want these things?¡¨ he asked semi-seriously.

Then his expression changed to one of wounded hurt as he lamented, ¡§How could you deprive me of the bare necessities of life?¡¨

Yuki jaw-dropped.

¡§Bare necessities?! These?!¡¨ he sputtered, eying the items on a table.

Shigure¡¦s smirk took on hentai proportions as he replied, ¡§With Ha-san and A-ya¡K¡¨

Yuki covered his ears hurriedly, blocking out the rest of the sentence and ignoring his cousin¡¦s laughter.

I do not want to know!

¡§And you intend on bringing all these things tomorrow?¡¨ he continued once he was sure Shigure would make no more hentai comments. There were, after all, certain things he did not want to know about his brother. Or Shigure or Hatori for that matter.

Shigure nodded happily.

¡§But¡K!¡¨ Yuki would have said more if Hatori had not interrupted him. When the doctor had appeared, Yuki had no idea, but Hatori was leaning nonchalantly against the kitchen door, seemingly unaffected by their antics.

In reality however, Hatori was attempting to fend off a very bad headache.

¡§Well¡K if he wants to, Yuki-kun, just let him be.¡¨

Yuki¡¦s jaw dropped for the second time that night.

And Shigure¡¦s actions were best left undescribed. Needless to say it resulted in him getting thrown out of his own house through the shoji screen. And not by Yuki.

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By the time Shigure managed to (literally) crawl back into the kitchen, all the time staring mournfully at the Shigure-sized hole in the new (just replaced) shoji screen, only Tohru was still present. She had been standing unnoticed in the corner throughout the whole exchange.

Now she looked questioningly at Shigure, ¡§Ano... Shigure-san, what are those for?¡¨

She indicated a pile of small boxes lying underneath the whipped cream.

Shigure looked down at her innocently smiling face and tried not to laugh.

He only semi-succeeded in making a sound that sounding something between a laugh, cough and choke.

Tohru looked at him in concern.

Finally, Shigure managed to control his laughter and with a big grin, patted her on the head as he went out.

¡§You¡¦ll find out when you grow up, so don¡¦t worry,¡¨ he advised her condescendingly, the grin still on his face.

One could practically see the question marks floating above Tohru¡¦s head.

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Author¡¦s notes: I actually discarded this one, but new reviews prompted me to continue. This chapter was finished in the short space of a night, so there might be a few mistakes here and there. Anyway, thank you for the reviews. I hope you continue reading and like this chapter. ^^

As for what Tohru has been trying so hard to find out (the same thing that traumatised Yuki XD) I think you can all guess. ^^

And yes, I know they haven¡¦t left for vacation yet. Next chapter when I get round to it. ^^