Chapter 3

By the time they reached home, it was already past 6:00, of course Shigure was complaining about them being late and have been worried about them, but everybody knew that he was just hungry. After their home cooked meal from Tohru, they sat around the table drinking tea, and discussing what had happened today.

"You actually got her to talk to you?" asked Shigure shocked, with his jaw hanging open. "I've been trying to do that for the past two years, and you only did it in less than thirty minutes?"

Tohru nodded, "she's a sweet girl. I think she'll be all right from now on."

"She told you the whole story, didn't she?" asked Yuki simply, taking a sip of this tea.

"Yes," answered Tohru sadly, "I wish things could've turned out different for her."

"Don't we all," responding Shigure, followed by a sigh, "what is the whole story?"

Tohru sweat dropped, "you don't know?" she asked shocked.

"That's why we couldn't tell you earlier, because we never knew what happened," answered Yuki, putting his cup down, "we could only guess."

"How do you expect us to know, if she won't even talk to us?" questioned Kyo a matter-of-factly, lying on the floor.

"Ha-san wouldn't say anything either," sighed Shigure, disappointingly, "and it's worse trying to get something out of Hiro."

"We can only guess it had something to do with Haru," stated Yuki, putting his arms on the table, "and that lousy comment Kyo made at a horrible timing," Kyo glared at him with cat ears, but kept quite.

"Yuki-kun guessed right," answered Tohru, smiling happily, "now I know why she was one of the most respectable Sohma in the family."

"She told you?" Shigure asked, a bit surprised, "she doesn't like telling people about her curse."

"I needed to know that in order to understand her," explained Tohru, smiling, "I have the feeling that she and I could become great friends."

They answered her by giving her an encouraging smile, the same one she would always give them. By then they already guessed what Akito talked to Kyami about on that very same day she confronted Haru, and knew Akito had something to do with it.

Another week passed, as the weather grew colder, and the New Years drew closer. It was another Saturday when some company came to visit.

"Tohru!" yelled the happy Momiji, hugging Tohru tightly before turning into a rabbit.

"There goes the happy bunny," muttered Kyami, following Momiji into the house, "and supposedly I was suppose to keep an eye on him…" she sighed, her bangs covering her eyes.

"And you're suppose to be a year younger than him…" added Yuki, with a sweat drop.

"What is that brat doing here!" yelled Kyo, looking into the hallway from the living room.

"Do you mean me or Momiji?" asked Kyami, walking closer to Kyo, as he backed away, looking a bit traumatized.

"Both of you!" yelled Kyo, regaining his usual attitude, "don't you have your own home to go to!"

"Technically, this is my house," Shigure pointed out, grinning, "You're all just guests. And it's actually BRATS not BRAT if you're talking about two people."

"Well…" Kyo paused, "WHATEVER!" he stomped out of the room with steam coming out of his ears.

"What are we talking about?" asked Shigure, looking at them from one to one.

"What are the two of you doing here?" asked Yuki, looking at the bunny in Tohru's arms and at Kyami standing by Shigure in the doorway.

"I wanted to visit Tohru," said Momiji happily, "Ame-chan wanted to tell Tohru some good news!"

They all turned their attention onto Kyami, while she just smiled happily, gloating about something. "You are coming to the New Year's Party with the rest of us."

All of them besides for Momiji gasped in shock, as Tohru asked, "really, but I'm not-"

"Don't worry about it, I'm inviting you," she answered happily, "you're spending the New Years with our entire family."

"Really?" she asked shocked, not believing what she just heard, but Kyami just smiled reassuringly in return, as what she said finally got into her head. "I'm spending the New Years with all of my friend!" she smiled happily as she started to dance in the hallway with Momiji/bunny's paws in her hands.

"What about Akito?" asked Yuki quietly, so Tohru wouldn't hear him?

"I got his permission," she answered, and then added as she saw the worried look on Yuki and Shigure's face, "he promised he wouldn't try to hurt her or to do anything funny."

"But what did you or do you have to do in return?" asked Shigure, knowing Akito would never agree to anything like this without getting anything back.

"That's my secret," she smiled, but Shigure and Yuki stared at her unconvinced, "don't worry, I'll be fine," she reassured one last time, before joining the celebration.

After Momiji transformed back into himself, they sat around the table for tea. "So, Ame-chan, what have you been up to lately?" asked Shigure, smirking at her, "don't tell me you've been checking out cute guys in the mall."

Everybody sweat dropped, as Yuki commented, "that's your job."

"That's not true Yuki-kun," said Shigure, shaking a finger in front of his face, "it's my job to check girls out at the mall, not guys. Cute high school girls!"

"Pervert…" Yuki and Kyami muttered in unison under their breaths.

"So have you decided which high school you are going next year?" asked Yuki, looking at her seriously.

"I'm not sure yet," she answered, "but I was thinking about the one you're currently attending or maybe the one Rin-chan goes to."

"Come to our school! It'll be fun!" ensured Momiji beaming at her, "we can all have lunch together!"

"It'll be great!" Tohru smiled at her, and Yuki nodded in agreement, as Kyami looked shocked for a second by their entire welcoming household.

"Yeah, it will be," she responded, taking a cooking from the jar on the table, "we'll have fun together."

"Then there will be five Sohma's in the school," Shigure pointed out, "that's a large amount of number."

"Let's go and play outside in the snow!" said Momiji, jumping up from where he was sitting, and ran out on to the porch, pulling Tohru with him.

"He's way too happy sometimes," said Kyami, standing up, "how could anybody ever look after him, and keep him out of trouble?"

"I have no idea," said Shigure unsurely, with an uneasy expression watching Momiji jump around in the snow as they stood outside on the porch.

"Yuki likes her, does he?" she asked, looking at Yuki as he ran there to help Tohru up from the snow after slipping.

"It's pretty obvious," Shigure responded, soon followed by a soft sigh, "I just hope he doesn't lose her before he's ready to face his feelings."

"I just hope Tohru feels the same way about him," she muttered looking at the happy trio in the snow.

"Maybe, but I'm not quite sure," said Shigure observing them, "she treats everybody this nice."

"I know," she responded, sitting down on the porch, "maybe that's her charm, and why Yuki fell for her."

"I want Yuki to make the first move so they can be together," sighed Shigure, "but I don't want him to get hurt."

"I'll find out how she feels, and try to make her to make the first move to ensure nobody gets hurt," said Kyami, but then added, "if she feels the same way that is."

"How are you going to do that?" he questioned unsurely

"I have my ways," she answered, smiling softly at him, "I have loads of experience I can share with her. Maybe then she'd realize to take the chance she has and to follow her heart."

"Care to remind me which one you're talking about?" Shigure asked.

"No," she answered quietly yet firmly, "it's personal."