I love Vic Zhou!
The day of the festival . . .
"You've outdone yourself again Tohru-chan. These rice balls are so delicious." Uotani said in between munching.
"Thank you. You're too kind." Tohru replied. "I know." She added in a whisper.
The two girls laughed while Hanajima kept a straight face.
Hanajima suddenly said awhile later, "The show had started."
Tohru and Uotani both looked in the direction where Hanajima was looking. Two girls carrying a dress had just arrived at the entrance. He he he, Tohru was so excited but of course, she had an easy time containing it.
Yuki was oblivious to the girls approaching him. He was so surprised when the girls greeted him. "Yuki!" They said in unison. "Sempai!" was all Yuki could say. His eyes went to the dress the girl was holding. Yuki quickly backed away. "No, please—don't" he panicked. Momiji quickly approached the trio. "What's that?" he pointed to the dress. One of the girls held out the dress and for the first time all the people in the room looked at it. It was blindingly beautiful. It was a peach dress with trimmed lacings at the hem with puffed sleeves. "Kawaii!" Momiji was the first to speak. "I want to wear that too."
"Hey, you're cute too. What's your name?" The girl asked.
"Sohma Momiji." He said proudly.
The girl looked at the dress. "Too bad, this is too big for you."
"Yuki, please try this on. You've already done it last year. This time is no different."
All the people were now looking at Yuki. "Yeah, Yuki."
"Please Yuki."
"Be a sport."
"It'll be fun."
People were cajoling Yuki to try the dress on. Haru was just at the back ground saying nothing because he does not want Yuki to get angry with him but he was really looking forward to see Yuki in a dress. Momiji just told him what happened last year and he had been jealous.
After awhile, Yuki came out looking at the floor because of embarrassment. Yuki looked ravishing in the dress. "Whoa." "Ah" was all the people could say.
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard. "Hohoho! Look at my genius creation. It really suits my little brother, Yuki. You really took after me. Hohoho!" Ayame appeared with a camera on hand. *Snap* *Snap* Ayame quickly took pictures of Yuki.
Yuki was at first shocked at what happened. The girl approached Yuki. "He's your brother? I did not know. Come to think of it, I thought you looked alike but it never crossed my mind that you're brothers. I'm sure you are delighted to know that the dress you're wearing came from Ayame-san's shop." The girl was simply delighted. Yuki faked a smile.
Tohru was watching the whole scene at the background. She was laughing within her but of course she looked distressed for the sake of the onlookers.
"Oh well, I'll be going now. I'll just put these pictures on my scrapbook of Yuki." Ayame said after seeing fire in Yuki's eyes. Ayame ran off. Yuki ran after him and Tohru followed suit. She had to help Ayame escape.
"I'll help you find him Yuki-kun."
Yuki was a little surprised by what she said but continued running. Tohru went to girls' bathrooms to look for Ayame. She had a gut feeling that Ayame would hide in a girls' bathroom. After three tries, Tohru found Ayame gasping for breath.
"Ayame-san!"
Ayame was startled. "Tohru-kun, thank you for helping me get these."
"No problem, Ayame-san. For the union of two brothers, I'm willing to do everything so you would be happy."
"You're really my princess, Tohru-kun. For that reason, I will give you a beautiful dress."
"No, I really wanted to do this for you. Besides, your dresses are very sophisticated for the likes of me." Tohru was in reality very happy with the offer.
"Please, Tohru-kun. It would really make me happy if you would accept my offer."
"If it is what you really want."
"I have a nice dress that would suit you and make you even more beautiful."
Tohru smiled. "Come, let me help you escape." Tohru went nearer to Ayame and hugged him. *Poon* "As a snake, you would be able to escape undetected." Tohru explained.
"But, what about my clothes? My camera?"
"I'll hide it. I'll just give it to you tomorrow."
"Arigato, Tohru-kun." Said the snake as it slithered away.
"Did you have any luck finding him Tohru?" Yuki asked.
"I'm very sorry but I didn't." Tohru did really look sorry.
"No, it's alright. I had worse days."
Tohru lapsed into silence. She was having a hard time containing her laughter. I'm so good. So good. Now, we're even.
Yuki was already changed back into his man's clothes but his mood was already dark. Tohru decided to get on his good side. "Yuki-kun, for me. You looked really handsome and not the pretty boy type. More like the manly type."
"You really think so?"
"Hai,"
"You're not just pulling my leg?"
"Iie, Just look at all your admirers. What do you think they see?"
"I know that, but what do you see?" Yuki said sadly.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Forget what I said. Let's go home now." Yuki walked ahead of Tohru leaving her confused again.