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It had been three days. Three days full of silence between Yuki and Tohru.
"Did he say anything now?" Uotani inquired. They were in their lockers arranging their things.
Tohru was reminded of her problem. Her face fell. "Still nothing."
"Well just be careful. If he tries to hurt you, just tell us. We'll take care of him." Hanajima stated.
"If only we were more careful." Tohru sighed. The truth was Uotani and Hanajima although they were aware that Tohru was merely putting up a show and they almost knew everything that happened in the Sohma house, they were not aware of the curse.
Just then, Momiji appeared. "Tohru-kun!"
"Hello, Momiji-kun!" Tohru was startled at first but quickly recovered.
"Tohru-kun, Hatori is picking me up today. Come join us, we would take you home."
Tohru looked at both her friends. They nodded at her. "Okay!" Tohru smiled at Momiji.
"Um, excuse me, but where are we going?" Tohru asked to no one in particular in the car when she noticed that the way was not the way to the house of Shigure.
"Didn't you tell her Momiji?" Hatori asked impatiently.
Momiji looked at Tohru. "Gomen ne, I forgot to tell you. Let's eat ice cream first before we drive you home."
Tohru looked uncertain. But I'm watching my figure. "I would love to but I still have to cook in time for dinner."
Momiji looked sad. "Please, Tohru-kun. For me. Let's just buy a take-out for them, right Hatori?"
"Yes." was Hatori's curt reply.
Oh Yeah! One chore down. Tohru smiled at Momiji and patted his head. "Alright, for Momiji-kun."
"Tohru-san, is something wrong?" Hatori prodded Tohru.
"Eh? Why did you say that?"
"It's just that you look pale and you lack your usual brightness."
Shit! I forgot to put blush on again. Tohru shook her head. "Iie, I'm just a little stressed out."
Momiji's face wore a worried look. "Hatori, check on her. You're a doctor."
"It's not needed!" Tohru protested. But just the same, Hatori stood up and felt her forehead.
"She's not sick." Hatori was looking at her weirdly. "But just in case, I'm going to give you vitamins. I have them in the car. Be sure to take them everyday."
"I'm sorry for being so much trouble." Tohru forced a smile. "Thank you, Hatori-san."
"Thank you for driving me home today." Tohru smiled gratefully at the two boys after she hopped out of the car. Her two hands carried the take out for their dinner.
"No, we had so much fun! Please take it easy Tohru-kun. You really look kind of sick." Momiji reminded.
"No, I'm okay. Don't worry about me. I'm strong." Tohru said teasingly. She leaned at the window so she was face to face with Momiji. "Thank you again Momiji-kun. You were really wonderful." Tohru kissed Momiji's right cheek before she went inside.
Hatori was surprised by the kiss. Hatori looked at Momiji. He had a dreamy face and his hand touched his cheek where Tohru had kissed it. He was very, very happy.
"You've outdone yourself again, Tohru-kun." Shigure praised the food. It was so delicious to Shigure that he almost cried.
"You always say the kindest things Shigure-san." Tohru said while looking embarrassed. She didn't say the food was from a famous restaurant.
Kyo was devouring his food. "You cooked great." He agreed.
Meanwhile, Yuki was just silent. "Eh? Yuki, did you not like the food prepared by Tohru-kun?" Shigure asked. He was genuinely surprised since most of the time. Yuki would praise Tohru's cooking even if it was just an ordinary taste.
Yuki stood up. "Sumimasen, I'm not feeling well. I'm going to my room now." Then he left the table.
"What's his problem?" Kyo asked but then quickly shrugged the incident off.
What was that all about? Tohru sighed. It would be better if he would just talk to me. I'm going to die of suspense!
Tohru's wish happened two hours later. She was washing the dishes when Yuki approached her from behind. "Tohru." He said. Plain Tohru. No word of respect.
Tohru jumped. She spun around. "Yuki-kun let me explain it's just that . . ."
Yuki cut her off. "I'm not here to hear your explanations. I'm here to tell you of your punishment."
"Punishment?"
"I'm going to have your memories erased."
"What?! NO! Please don't. I'll do anything. My memories of my mother are very important to me."
"Are you still at it again? Pretending you love your mother? Have you got no conscience at all?!" Yuki was getting angrier.
"I'm not lying!"
"Whatever," Yuki said unfeelingly. "Would you really do anything?"
"Yes" Tohru was getting scared. She had not yet seen this side of Yuki.
"I have several conditions. First, you must serve me as a slave to his master. Second, you would never at anytime escape. Remember, Sohmas are powerful. We would hunt you down. Third, you must never tell these to your friends or I'll have their memories erased too. I trust that they don't know about the curse?"
"Of course, do you think I'm that low? To tell your guarded darkest secret to my friends?" Tohru sounded hurt.
This made Yuki angry. "Don't fool me! The only reason you didn't tell them was because you were afraid their memories might get erased."
Tohru was silent. Yuki was right.
"Is that all?" Tohru asked stiffly.
"I'm not done yet, most importantly, you have to act sweet to me whenever we are in Kyo's presence." Yuki finished.
"What? Why? I mean . . ." Tohru started to protest. Kyo was her only hope since her secret was revealed already to Yuki. He's going to ruin all my plans!
"Do I hear objections?"
"None" was Tohru's meek answer.
I'm just wondering. Are there any boys reading or writing fics here? Just curious. ΓΌ