A/N: MWAHAHA! Another chapter for you all! Enjoy and review please!
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TYouhkriu: Heh! He should yell that out loud! Makes the concept easier, huh?
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--Foolish--
Chapter 5: So he questions her love for him
Kyo woke up early that morning ecpecting no one to be awake for about thirty more minutes, but to his surprise he saw Tohru. She was dressed casually which made him wonder. ' She's usually in some business outfit... *growl*' He touched his stomach and got Tohru's attention. 'Stupid ass stomach, damn rude!' He thought cursing his stomach for being hungry.
" Ohayo Kyo!" Tohru greeted with a smile. Then, her smile faded as she zipped her bag. ' I won't be here for 4 days and 3 nights... I wonder if they'll be okay without me. I really don't want to go with Yuki. I don't want to..'
" Where are you going?" Kyo asked breaking through her thoughts. ' Zipping a bag can't upset her that much..' He thought.
" Eh? I guess I forgot to tell you last night. I'm going to be away for a little while.. I'll be in Kyoto, for just four days. I'll be back as soon as I can and call you every day and night..." Tohru said, and again there was this urge that she just to hold his hands, she clasped her hands with his and smiled.
Kyo looked at her, " Alright, it's okay. I'm not not allowing you, go ahead." He said simply. Tohru's heart felt all of a sudden heavy, and she tightened her hands within Kyo's.
" Is there something wrong?" Kyo asked seeing the change in Tohru's eyes.
" N-no. You see, Hana and Uo are coming, too, to Kyoto where we're going to Yuki's future hotel." Tohru replied and took her bag on her shoulder. ' What will he think?' She thought uneasily, ' Maybe he'll be happy to know I'm not going to be alone...'
' Why does she doubt me? I trust her for cryin' out loud!' Kyo thought and spoke up, " Do you think that I'd get mad at you? I'm not worried about that kinda things running through your head. I trust you, and I know you won't let me down-- you never did." He said throwing her a grin. (A/N: WHICH HIT HER UPSIDE ON THE HEAD!! oops sorry I couldn't contain it!!)
Tohru smiled, " Kyo... I'll really miss you.." She said kissing him on the lips that surprised her fiancé. " I'm happy you trust me, I'm happy and lucky to have you. I'll see you soon!"
Shigure came down stretching, " I heard all these sweet words exchange in my dreams...and it was coming from you..odd." Shigure said.
Kyo looked at the dog and just ate his breakfast that he made for himself only.
" Ne, where's breakfast-- where's Tohru?"
Kyo's vein popped from his head, ' CONNIVING IDIOT! All he thinks of is food.' he thought rather agnrily, it was partially because Shigure thinks of food most of the time, but it was because most of the time he only thinks of Tohru as some food generator.
" She won't be back 'till 4 days from now." Kyo replied controling his fist before it flies out, knocking Shigure. ' I swear, Shigure never seems to change.' He thought.
" Oh." Shigure said blinking, then smiled a mishievious smile, " Poor Kyo, all alone at night, no woman to comfort his cold and lonely nights in his-- OWWWWWWWWW!" Shigure shrieked, " What the hell was that for?" He asked.
" You should know what that was for!! STUPID DOG!!" Kyo screamed and bonked Shigure on the head once again. Shigure grumbled, mumbling something about getting brain damage or some concussion and never recovering.
Kyo ate his breakfast and thought, ' Even so... I will miss her. I do trust her..but..What am I thinking..?'
Yuki looked at his watch, ' Too damn early...' He thought as Hatori drove him to Kyoto. He did insist driving...
~ Yuki slowly made his way towards his black car, he tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge.
' Damnations!! Open!!' He thought.
" Maybe you should press the little button first, Yuki." Hatori said grabbing the keys from him, and pressing the little button he was talking about.
" Oh, so that's how it works." Yuki grumbled opening the door and letting himself in then closing it.
" Yuki, maybe I should drive--"
" Why?" Yuki asked from the inside of the car.
" You're in your pajamas still...besides you forgot the key, I still have it." Hatori said jingiling the keys outside the the door.
" I can drive--"
" And sleep while you're at it? I don't think so." Hatori said firmly.~
' Good thing he asked to drive, I'd probably end up in a ditch somewhere..' Yuki thought and then saw a a familiar building..
" Yuki, we're here.." Hatori said pulling over, " Ah, hell... He's here."
" YUUUUUUUUKIIIII!!"
' Oh, no...not him.. not him..' Yuki thought panicking, " Hatori, lock the doors! Close the windows!!" Yuki shouted.
" On it.." Hatori said, Yuki let out a sigh of relief when..
" AAAAAAAAAAH!!" He screamed seeing Ayame's face smooshed on the window of his car's right door. He clutched his heart, breathing hard.
" AHAAHAHAH!! Wasn't that fun? It was like some horror film! All we needed was some costumes I could probably design." Ayame said laughing.
' Yeah, it was like a horror film and you were the monster!' Yuki thought, still breathing hard.
Hatori opened the door and Ayame opened Yuki's side of the door, " Ayame, if you do that again, you might kill Yuki." Hatori said getting out of the car to smoke.
" I'm sorry, Yuki--"
" What are you doing here?" Yuki asked cutting to the chase, while getting out the car avoiding Ayame's contact as much as possible.
" Well... I help her once in a while, y'know." Ayame said proudly. ' Her? Who's..'
Yuki stopped his train of thoughts and blocked Ayame's histerics and anything from the outside world as someone stepped out of a car in a yellow sleeved blouse and a pink skirt. Her hair was braided but some were loose leaving it to get caught in the wind.
Ayame stopped, looked at his brother and glanced behind him, ' I wonder..' He thought looking at the happy Tohru laughing with her two best friends who accompanied her here.
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Tohru laughed at what Uo told her and then looked around her. ' Wow...it's amazing.' She thought looking at the building before her. Then, she looked around once more and spotted Ayame and Hatori, she waved with a smile. Hatori grinned at Tohru, a sign of showing he knows she's there. Ayame smiled back and stood aside to wave.
Tohru saw someone behind Ayame, it was Yuki. Wearing his usual clothes when they were younger. She realized that she was staring, so she pulled her eyes away from him..since he did spot her looking at him. ' Mom... help me survive this..' Tohru thought grabbing her bags.
Hana looked at Tohru oddly, then glanced over where the Sohmas were. She tugged Uo's sleeves. Uo responded with a crooked grin and a small grunt.
Yuki saw Tohru stare at him, and he felt his cheeks start to get warm. He clutched his duffel bag and walked over, ' We aren't kids any more... so why am I acting like one? I need to forget about her and everything else. This is business, and nothing else.'
" Honda-san, let's go in, your room is ready for you upstairs. They're the ones ready." Yuki said as he reached where Tohru was.
Ayame followed behind with Hatori, he looked at his younger brother, ' Poor Yuki... I'm not sure how much he's trying so hard not to get close to Tohru.' He sadly thought.
" Eh..? Alright, arigato, Sohma-kun." She said leaving Yuki and entering the hotel with Uo by her side. Hana was left there and stared at Yuki for a while, then with a turn she left them to follow Yuki.
Hatori understood the young psychic, ' Even if she scares me... I kind of understand what she wants to happen. But, I'm not sure that's not what's going to happen.'
Yuki sighed quietly and followed them in, ' This is going to be some loong day.'
Hatori threw down his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it. Ayame glanced at his shoulder to look at his best friend, " I really feel sorry for Yuki." Ayame said.
" Why is that?" Hatori asked, ' He's dead serious about this...how rare.'
" You know what I mean Ha'ri." Ayame replied who started to walk away, " And this is the exact thing you didn't want to happen, now did you?"
Hatori watched as his cousin walked away, ' I do know what you mean, Ayame...and you're right. This is not what I intended it to be...'
" But, things change through out the years, I guess there is no telling what the future holds." Hatori mumbled to himself.
Shigure passed by the door and saw Kyo watching the trees move as the wind blew,
' Geez...that's definitely not normal!' He thought and walked towards his young cousin.
" Ne, what are you doing?" He asked Kyo who didn't one bit glance back or stir.
" Nothing." Kyo said almost devoid.
Shigure sat by him, " Ne, what are you thinking?"
" Nothing." Kyo replied bluntly.
" Uh-huh." Shigure said sarcastically, " I know what you're thinking, you liar you."
" Shut up." Kyo said clsoing his eyes for a moment then opening them to face Shigure, " What do you think?"
" Think what?" Shigure asked.
" What do you think she's doing right now? What do you think she'll be doing?" Kyo asked, who once again looked out on the trees.
Shigure pondered a moment, ' She..? Oh..Tohru.'
" Who'll know? No one knows but God knows and she knows. Trust her, Kyo. Tohru loves you very much and she knows what should be left behind and be forgotten." Shigure said wisely for he knew Tohru quite well now, actually he knew her very well.
" I do... but sometimes I can't help it.." Kyo said trailing off.
" Help what?" Shigure asked getting up and stretching his legs, ' Oi! I'm getting old.' He thought.
" I can't help but sometimes jump to conclusions." Kyo replied, Shigure stopped stretching and looked at Kyo questioningly.
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Tohru looked around, " We'll make it all wood. Since it seems the lobby part is and I saw such a grand piano!... we'll match it all up. It goes with the whole garden idea." She said to Hana.
" Yes, what a brilliant idea Tohru." She replied but she knows Tohru a bit too much to know when something is troubling her.
" Arrggh!! Tohru!! Stop working will ya?! You've worked ever since we got here, for what about 6 hours straight? You even pulled us down with you! Now rest up and take a breather!" Uo said pushing Tohru down on a nearby chair in Tohru's hotel room that was available.
It was an amazing room, it had a queen sized bed covered with a regal colored creamy white sheets with pillows that feel like clouds. Two lamps at the side, to give it a sort of calm light at night. One bathroom, with a medium sized closet, and a very clean shower head in gold. There was also a flat screen television at the corner and to its left was a balcony since Tohru's room was on the fifth just like the rest. It had a magnificent view! Maybe even more magnificent during the night.
Tohru gave such a confused look Uo felt guilty, she hugged her friend motherly, " Sorry, Tohru! I'm just stating the facts here. You've been working too much and that usually get's you sick! I don't want you fiancé to march up here and kill everyone he sees!" She said jokingly.
" That would be quite a sight. But, he wouldn't get near me. Not around my bubble." Hana said.
Uo looked at her weirdly, " Bubble? What the hell are you talking about, Hana?"
" You know, my bubble. No one but you and Tohru can get near my bubble." Hana said munching on a biscuit.
" Whatever." Uo said, and turned her attention to the smiling Tohru behind her.
" You guys, don't joke like that! Kyo's nice deep inside kinda person!"
Uo smiled slyly, " Yeah, 'deep inside' I wonder how you got so deep.." After the comment was made Tohru blushed profoundly.
" I-I..I got to knew him more and more everyday! Please, Uo, he really is such a sweet person. He's nice, handsome,--"
" Loving, sweet, funny-- yeah! Yeah! We got it down from all the time you've said it!" Uo said with a laugh. Hana looked over the door, ' I sense something...how unfortunate..' She thought.
Yuki was about to knock on the door to offer some afternoon snacks since he wanted some himself to Tohru and the others, but..
" He's nice, handsome,--" Tohru's voice was cut off by Uo's merry jester,
" Loving, sweet, funny-- yeah! Yeah! We got it down from all the time you've said it!"
Yuki took his hand down slowly and took a step back away from the door.
' Maybe they aren't so hungry, just like I am now.' He thought and walked away.
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For dinner none saw Yuki twice in a row, Tohru looked around her fingers fidgeting on the sheets of her bed. ' Today's the 2nd night we stayed here. Tomorrow is our last over night in Kyoto and we've accomplished alot. But, two nights in a row... what's wrong with him..? Mom?!?! I think this trip has gone wrong all of a sudden!'
She couldn't stop moving! She got up and went out of her hotel room. Down the lobby she went, her arms folded infront of her since it was somehow cold down the lobby. You know, when those times you can't sleep in a hotel room, and you go dwon the lobby and it's dead quiet? Tohru experienced the same thing almost. Almost.
She walked over to the main part of the lobby where there was a little restaurant ready to be built. It had everything but people. There was a stage, on it was a piano she saw earlier and the lights were dimly lit. She saw someone sitting there, playing softly on the keys of the piano, humming just humming..
' Could it be..?' Tohru thought, but thought better of not showing her presence.
Yuki looked at the black and white keys, and this melody he heard a long time ago while driving came to his mind. It wasn't his favorite or anything, it just seemed to have pooped out of no where.
He played on the keys, ' I'm not really all that good...but I can try. I'm a bit bored any way.' He thought. He had missed dinner twice in a row deliberately since he felt like he had no appetite. It bothered him greatly, he wasn't sure what... but it just did. This "it" it bothered him. He couldn't place it he just couldn't. And the more he tried to find what "it" was, the more it made his head hurt.
Yuki, then remembered how the song went. His fingers moved professionally although he wasn't quite good at it as he says, he played the piano like a starting pro. He started to hum the song,
" I need to hear you say goodbye,
I don't know why I hang around,
You have soothed the pain within my eyes,
And then you leave without a sign."
He paused, ' What am I doing? I'm singing in a dead empty room.. But.. it kinda feels right.'
Kyo looked up on the ceiling wondering what's going to happen when Tohru came back. He closed his eyes for a moment, and drowsily opened it up, ' She'd always call... I don't need to worry about those things. I said so myself, I trust her.' He thought and with that he fell asleep thinking and dreaming when he'll see Tohru brighten the house once again and so he didn't have to put up with Shigure all the time.
Tohru stared at Yuki, ' What a great voice..' She thought, she didn't notice her cheeks were burning up as she listened attentively at the song.
Yuki pressed the keys once more, and began to hum the rest of the song under his breath. He paused and yawned. ' I should stop. I think I'm going insane..'
" Why did you stop?"
It made him jump, ' Who in hell..?'
" Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you Sohma-kun!" Tohru said coming out from where she had hidden, and wore a smile.
" You're still up?" Yuki asked.
" Wel...yes. It made me worry, I mean..you missed two dinners and... well... I was worried that's all." Tohru confessed. ' What am I saying? What am I doing here even?' She thought.
" Uh..I should go.." Tohru said hastily and left Yuki, ' At least he's okay, right?' She thought as she made her way up to her room.
Yuki stared at the place where Tohru was just standing, seeing but not really seeing. He got up from the stool and walked out of the small restaurant. He looked around the hotel, it was amazing how two days accomplished alot. ' I don't even have a name for this place..' He thought as he went up to his room to sleep.
He went in, and went to his balcony to see the view that night...
Tohru got in her room and breathed, ' What was I thinking going down there? Alone.' She thought her heart beating fast for some weird reason she didn't know. ' I should calm myself...I should sleep...but I can't all of a sudden..'
She looked at the balcony and saw light penetrating through the long white white curtains...
' Looking at the view tonight sounds good to me..' She decided and opened the door for the balcony and bretahed in, she looked outside,
" Breath taking.." She whispered to herself as a cool night wind blew her hair.
Kyo opened his eyes, ' Damn..I can't sleep..Maybe I'll call Tohru...maybe..I feel like I need someone to talk to.' He sat up and got a phone and started to dial Tohru's cell phone number. ' Sometimes you just have to appreciate technology..' He thought smiling.
Yuki yawned and looked at the view--
" Breath taking..." He heard, he looked to his left and saw Tohru, looking like an angel from the moonlight glow and from the light from below.(A/N: It rhymes!!) She wasn't that far away..actually she was so close, she was an arm's reach away but he could never extend his arm to her, because now she's millions away form him...
" Honda-san?" He called out just to make sure.
Tohru looked around, ' Someone just called me...' She spotted a silver headed man to her right, " Yuki..?" She asked herself silently.
" What are you diong still up?" She asked, 'Erggh stupid question..'
" Couldn't sleep. I thought maybe once I see the view I'd go to bed." Yuki replied with a smile.
" Ah, I see...same here!" Tohru replied happily, ' I'm suppose to be tired and sleepy but all of a sudden it's like I have some sort of sugar rush..'
" I guess for us the night is young." Yuki said and stared out to the view. Tohru nodded she couldn't help but stare at him. ' He looks so serene like that...but I'm sure he isn't..I can see it.' She thought.
" Ne, Sohma-kun... how are you?" Tohru asked, this time not looking at him since she felt his eyes on her.
" Why do you ask?" Yuki asked, ' that's strange..'
" I never actually asked how you were truthfully..." She said, ' What am I saying..? Why can't I control what my mouth would say? It's like it opens by itself.. but it seems right..'
Yuki looked at her weirdly, " I'm fine...are you?" Yuki asked doing reverse phsycology in his own way.
Tohru turned her head and met his eyes. Yuki stared back.. ' It's the same feeling... I don't want to fall again..' She tried to pull away from his gaze but she couldn't. It was as if he locked his eyes on hers.
" I don't know..." She replied, ' I really don't know..'
" How can you not know? You always seem to know how people feel..but what about you? You haven't changed have you?" Yuki asked Tohru.
" I guess I haven't... you have I guess. But, still... you always have a piece of your old self or a piece of the past.. I don't know. I guess everyone has that." Tohru replied.
Yuki couldn't stop himself, he walked towards the edge of his balcony and he was close to Tohru. She looked at him, she didn't see him walk closer. Here he was so close...so close...
" You're right..you always have that piece in you some where..I never wanted this to happen, I wanted it to be something else, I wanted--" He shook his head sadly, " But I can't have everything, it would be selfish of me. But, I only ask for so little...I only ask for one simple thing, and I can't have it no matter how much I dream or wish it...Tohru.."
Tohru looked at Yuki, ' He said my name...he said my name and it sounds..right.' She thought, she could feel her breathing harden, her pulse growing faster, her chest feeling heavy with every breath taken, and tears on the edge of being spilt..
" Please...stop..Yuki please.." She begged him but he wouldn't stop..
" Tell me, just tell me.. did you love me..?" He asked, feeling uncertain as he waited for her answer. Tohru looked at Yuki and a tear dropped..
~" It's funny...how a heart looks like two teardrops upside down together.." She said crying as her two friends hugged her..~
[Long day and I'm already waiting for your call,
'Cause I've made up my mind,
My heart aches with a hunger,
No one's but your's and mine,
And I can't deny...]
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A/N: Thank you for reading!! This one was a long chapter (it also took a long time to updaate!) and I enjoyed writing the last parts. Please review! Then you can get the next chapter!! See I update every once a week! Review!!
Lys
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Disclaimer: Not mine or the song below.
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Thank You(s) to:
TYouhkriu: Heh! He should yell that out loud! Makes the concept easier, huh?
C.B.: Me too! I've had those too happy moments myself! Except I'm much much worse... I do stupid embarassing things.. anyway! Thank you for reviewing!
Caroline: Thanks for reviewing it makes me soo happy! Yes, I will keep updating when ever I have time..or as much as possible.
Alexandra-Kyoko: Thank you! I haven't really looked at you fanfic yet.. :( It's because I only upload a new chapter then get on with my homework.. but this week I'm FREE LIKE A BIRD!! WOOHOO!! Yeah, expect a review from me! Oh and I'll type as fast as I can!
kitty: I'll update once in a week when ever I have free time...which I'm planning to have! Or if you're reading this... I have free time right now.
And to those who reviewed that I didn't get yet, thank you I appreciate it alot! Enjoy this chapter! And review! Let's start the story...
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--Foolish--
Chapter 5: So he questions her love for him
Kyo woke up early that morning ecpecting no one to be awake for about thirty more minutes, but to his surprise he saw Tohru. She was dressed casually which made him wonder. ' She's usually in some business outfit... *growl*' He touched his stomach and got Tohru's attention. 'Stupid ass stomach, damn rude!' He thought cursing his stomach for being hungry.
" Ohayo Kyo!" Tohru greeted with a smile. Then, her smile faded as she zipped her bag. ' I won't be here for 4 days and 3 nights... I wonder if they'll be okay without me. I really don't want to go with Yuki. I don't want to..'
" Where are you going?" Kyo asked breaking through her thoughts. ' Zipping a bag can't upset her that much..' He thought.
" Eh? I guess I forgot to tell you last night. I'm going to be away for a little while.. I'll be in Kyoto, for just four days. I'll be back as soon as I can and call you every day and night..." Tohru said, and again there was this urge that she just to hold his hands, she clasped her hands with his and smiled.
Kyo looked at her, " Alright, it's okay. I'm not not allowing you, go ahead." He said simply. Tohru's heart felt all of a sudden heavy, and she tightened her hands within Kyo's.
" Is there something wrong?" Kyo asked seeing the change in Tohru's eyes.
" N-no. You see, Hana and Uo are coming, too, to Kyoto where we're going to Yuki's future hotel." Tohru replied and took her bag on her shoulder. ' What will he think?' She thought uneasily, ' Maybe he'll be happy to know I'm not going to be alone...'
' Why does she doubt me? I trust her for cryin' out loud!' Kyo thought and spoke up, " Do you think that I'd get mad at you? I'm not worried about that kinda things running through your head. I trust you, and I know you won't let me down-- you never did." He said throwing her a grin. (A/N: WHICH HIT HER UPSIDE ON THE HEAD!! oops sorry I couldn't contain it!!)
Tohru smiled, " Kyo... I'll really miss you.." She said kissing him on the lips that surprised her fiancé. " I'm happy you trust me, I'm happy and lucky to have you. I'll see you soon!"
Shigure came down stretching, " I heard all these sweet words exchange in my dreams...and it was coming from you..odd." Shigure said.
Kyo looked at the dog and just ate his breakfast that he made for himself only.
" Ne, where's breakfast-- where's Tohru?"
Kyo's vein popped from his head, ' CONNIVING IDIOT! All he thinks of is food.' he thought rather agnrily, it was partially because Shigure thinks of food most of the time, but it was because most of the time he only thinks of Tohru as some food generator.
" She won't be back 'till 4 days from now." Kyo replied controling his fist before it flies out, knocking Shigure. ' I swear, Shigure never seems to change.' He thought.
" Oh." Shigure said blinking, then smiled a mishievious smile, " Poor Kyo, all alone at night, no woman to comfort his cold and lonely nights in his-- OWWWWWWWWW!" Shigure shrieked, " What the hell was that for?" He asked.
" You should know what that was for!! STUPID DOG!!" Kyo screamed and bonked Shigure on the head once again. Shigure grumbled, mumbling something about getting brain damage or some concussion and never recovering.
Kyo ate his breakfast and thought, ' Even so... I will miss her. I do trust her..but..What am I thinking..?'
Yuki looked at his watch, ' Too damn early...' He thought as Hatori drove him to Kyoto. He did insist driving...
~ Yuki slowly made his way towards his black car, he tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge.
' Damnations!! Open!!' He thought.
" Maybe you should press the little button first, Yuki." Hatori said grabbing the keys from him, and pressing the little button he was talking about.
" Oh, so that's how it works." Yuki grumbled opening the door and letting himself in then closing it.
" Yuki, maybe I should drive--"
" Why?" Yuki asked from the inside of the car.
" You're in your pajamas still...besides you forgot the key, I still have it." Hatori said jingiling the keys outside the the door.
" I can drive--"
" And sleep while you're at it? I don't think so." Hatori said firmly.~
' Good thing he asked to drive, I'd probably end up in a ditch somewhere..' Yuki thought and then saw a a familiar building..
" Yuki, we're here.." Hatori said pulling over, " Ah, hell... He's here."
" YUUUUUUUUKIIIII!!"
' Oh, no...not him.. not him..' Yuki thought panicking, " Hatori, lock the doors! Close the windows!!" Yuki shouted.
" On it.." Hatori said, Yuki let out a sigh of relief when..
" AAAAAAAAAAH!!" He screamed seeing Ayame's face smooshed on the window of his car's right door. He clutched his heart, breathing hard.
" AHAAHAHAH!! Wasn't that fun? It was like some horror film! All we needed was some costumes I could probably design." Ayame said laughing.
' Yeah, it was like a horror film and you were the monster!' Yuki thought, still breathing hard.
Hatori opened the door and Ayame opened Yuki's side of the door, " Ayame, if you do that again, you might kill Yuki." Hatori said getting out of the car to smoke.
" I'm sorry, Yuki--"
" What are you doing here?" Yuki asked cutting to the chase, while getting out the car avoiding Ayame's contact as much as possible.
" Well... I help her once in a while, y'know." Ayame said proudly. ' Her? Who's..'
Yuki stopped his train of thoughts and blocked Ayame's histerics and anything from the outside world as someone stepped out of a car in a yellow sleeved blouse and a pink skirt. Her hair was braided but some were loose leaving it to get caught in the wind.
Ayame stopped, looked at his brother and glanced behind him, ' I wonder..' He thought looking at the happy Tohru laughing with her two best friends who accompanied her here.
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Tohru laughed at what Uo told her and then looked around her. ' Wow...it's amazing.' She thought looking at the building before her. Then, she looked around once more and spotted Ayame and Hatori, she waved with a smile. Hatori grinned at Tohru, a sign of showing he knows she's there. Ayame smiled back and stood aside to wave.
Tohru saw someone behind Ayame, it was Yuki. Wearing his usual clothes when they were younger. She realized that she was staring, so she pulled her eyes away from him..since he did spot her looking at him. ' Mom... help me survive this..' Tohru thought grabbing her bags.
Hana looked at Tohru oddly, then glanced over where the Sohmas were. She tugged Uo's sleeves. Uo responded with a crooked grin and a small grunt.
Yuki saw Tohru stare at him, and he felt his cheeks start to get warm. He clutched his duffel bag and walked over, ' We aren't kids any more... so why am I acting like one? I need to forget about her and everything else. This is business, and nothing else.'
" Honda-san, let's go in, your room is ready for you upstairs. They're the ones ready." Yuki said as he reached where Tohru was.
Ayame followed behind with Hatori, he looked at his younger brother, ' Poor Yuki... I'm not sure how much he's trying so hard not to get close to Tohru.' He sadly thought.
" Eh..? Alright, arigato, Sohma-kun." She said leaving Yuki and entering the hotel with Uo by her side. Hana was left there and stared at Yuki for a while, then with a turn she left them to follow Yuki.
Hatori understood the young psychic, ' Even if she scares me... I kind of understand what she wants to happen. But, I'm not sure that's not what's going to happen.'
Yuki sighed quietly and followed them in, ' This is going to be some loong day.'
Hatori threw down his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it. Ayame glanced at his shoulder to look at his best friend, " I really feel sorry for Yuki." Ayame said.
" Why is that?" Hatori asked, ' He's dead serious about this...how rare.'
" You know what I mean Ha'ri." Ayame replied who started to walk away, " And this is the exact thing you didn't want to happen, now did you?"
Hatori watched as his cousin walked away, ' I do know what you mean, Ayame...and you're right. This is not what I intended it to be...'
" But, things change through out the years, I guess there is no telling what the future holds." Hatori mumbled to himself.
Shigure passed by the door and saw Kyo watching the trees move as the wind blew,
' Geez...that's definitely not normal!' He thought and walked towards his young cousin.
" Ne, what are you doing?" He asked Kyo who didn't one bit glance back or stir.
" Nothing." Kyo said almost devoid.
Shigure sat by him, " Ne, what are you thinking?"
" Nothing." Kyo replied bluntly.
" Uh-huh." Shigure said sarcastically, " I know what you're thinking, you liar you."
" Shut up." Kyo said clsoing his eyes for a moment then opening them to face Shigure, " What do you think?"
" Think what?" Shigure asked.
" What do you think she's doing right now? What do you think she'll be doing?" Kyo asked, who once again looked out on the trees.
Shigure pondered a moment, ' She..? Oh..Tohru.'
" Who'll know? No one knows but God knows and she knows. Trust her, Kyo. Tohru loves you very much and she knows what should be left behind and be forgotten." Shigure said wisely for he knew Tohru quite well now, actually he knew her very well.
" I do... but sometimes I can't help it.." Kyo said trailing off.
" Help what?" Shigure asked getting up and stretching his legs, ' Oi! I'm getting old.' He thought.
" I can't help but sometimes jump to conclusions." Kyo replied, Shigure stopped stretching and looked at Kyo questioningly.
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Tohru looked around, " We'll make it all wood. Since it seems the lobby part is and I saw such a grand piano!... we'll match it all up. It goes with the whole garden idea." She said to Hana.
" Yes, what a brilliant idea Tohru." She replied but she knows Tohru a bit too much to know when something is troubling her.
" Arrggh!! Tohru!! Stop working will ya?! You've worked ever since we got here, for what about 6 hours straight? You even pulled us down with you! Now rest up and take a breather!" Uo said pushing Tohru down on a nearby chair in Tohru's hotel room that was available.
It was an amazing room, it had a queen sized bed covered with a regal colored creamy white sheets with pillows that feel like clouds. Two lamps at the side, to give it a sort of calm light at night. One bathroom, with a medium sized closet, and a very clean shower head in gold. There was also a flat screen television at the corner and to its left was a balcony since Tohru's room was on the fifth just like the rest. It had a magnificent view! Maybe even more magnificent during the night.
Tohru gave such a confused look Uo felt guilty, she hugged her friend motherly, " Sorry, Tohru! I'm just stating the facts here. You've been working too much and that usually get's you sick! I don't want you fiancé to march up here and kill everyone he sees!" She said jokingly.
" That would be quite a sight. But, he wouldn't get near me. Not around my bubble." Hana said.
Uo looked at her weirdly, " Bubble? What the hell are you talking about, Hana?"
" You know, my bubble. No one but you and Tohru can get near my bubble." Hana said munching on a biscuit.
" Whatever." Uo said, and turned her attention to the smiling Tohru behind her.
" You guys, don't joke like that! Kyo's nice deep inside kinda person!"
Uo smiled slyly, " Yeah, 'deep inside' I wonder how you got so deep.." After the comment was made Tohru blushed profoundly.
" I-I..I got to knew him more and more everyday! Please, Uo, he really is such a sweet person. He's nice, handsome,--"
" Loving, sweet, funny-- yeah! Yeah! We got it down from all the time you've said it!" Uo said with a laugh. Hana looked over the door, ' I sense something...how unfortunate..' She thought.
Yuki was about to knock on the door to offer some afternoon snacks since he wanted some himself to Tohru and the others, but..
" He's nice, handsome,--" Tohru's voice was cut off by Uo's merry jester,
" Loving, sweet, funny-- yeah! Yeah! We got it down from all the time you've said it!"
Yuki took his hand down slowly and took a step back away from the door.
' Maybe they aren't so hungry, just like I am now.' He thought and walked away.
=0=0=
For dinner none saw Yuki twice in a row, Tohru looked around her fingers fidgeting on the sheets of her bed. ' Today's the 2nd night we stayed here. Tomorrow is our last over night in Kyoto and we've accomplished alot. But, two nights in a row... what's wrong with him..? Mom?!?! I think this trip has gone wrong all of a sudden!'
She couldn't stop moving! She got up and went out of her hotel room. Down the lobby she went, her arms folded infront of her since it was somehow cold down the lobby. You know, when those times you can't sleep in a hotel room, and you go dwon the lobby and it's dead quiet? Tohru experienced the same thing almost. Almost.
She walked over to the main part of the lobby where there was a little restaurant ready to be built. It had everything but people. There was a stage, on it was a piano she saw earlier and the lights were dimly lit. She saw someone sitting there, playing softly on the keys of the piano, humming just humming..
' Could it be..?' Tohru thought, but thought better of not showing her presence.
Yuki looked at the black and white keys, and this melody he heard a long time ago while driving came to his mind. It wasn't his favorite or anything, it just seemed to have pooped out of no where.
He played on the keys, ' I'm not really all that good...but I can try. I'm a bit bored any way.' He thought. He had missed dinner twice in a row deliberately since he felt like he had no appetite. It bothered him greatly, he wasn't sure what... but it just did. This "it" it bothered him. He couldn't place it he just couldn't. And the more he tried to find what "it" was, the more it made his head hurt.
Yuki, then remembered how the song went. His fingers moved professionally although he wasn't quite good at it as he says, he played the piano like a starting pro. He started to hum the song,
" I need to hear you say goodbye,
I don't know why I hang around,
You have soothed the pain within my eyes,
And then you leave without a sign."
He paused, ' What am I doing? I'm singing in a dead empty room.. But.. it kinda feels right.'
Kyo looked up on the ceiling wondering what's going to happen when Tohru came back. He closed his eyes for a moment, and drowsily opened it up, ' She'd always call... I don't need to worry about those things. I said so myself, I trust her.' He thought and with that he fell asleep thinking and dreaming when he'll see Tohru brighten the house once again and so he didn't have to put up with Shigure all the time.
Tohru stared at Yuki, ' What a great voice..' She thought, she didn't notice her cheeks were burning up as she listened attentively at the song.
Yuki pressed the keys once more, and began to hum the rest of the song under his breath. He paused and yawned. ' I should stop. I think I'm going insane..'
" Why did you stop?"
It made him jump, ' Who in hell..?'
" Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you Sohma-kun!" Tohru said coming out from where she had hidden, and wore a smile.
" You're still up?" Yuki asked.
" Wel...yes. It made me worry, I mean..you missed two dinners and... well... I was worried that's all." Tohru confessed. ' What am I saying? What am I doing here even?' She thought.
" Uh..I should go.." Tohru said hastily and left Yuki, ' At least he's okay, right?' She thought as she made her way up to her room.
Yuki stared at the place where Tohru was just standing, seeing but not really seeing. He got up from the stool and walked out of the small restaurant. He looked around the hotel, it was amazing how two days accomplished alot. ' I don't even have a name for this place..' He thought as he went up to his room to sleep.
He went in, and went to his balcony to see the view that night...
Tohru got in her room and breathed, ' What was I thinking going down there? Alone.' She thought her heart beating fast for some weird reason she didn't know. ' I should calm myself...I should sleep...but I can't all of a sudden..'
She looked at the balcony and saw light penetrating through the long white white curtains...
' Looking at the view tonight sounds good to me..' She decided and opened the door for the balcony and bretahed in, she looked outside,
" Breath taking.." She whispered to herself as a cool night wind blew her hair.
Kyo opened his eyes, ' Damn..I can't sleep..Maybe I'll call Tohru...maybe..I feel like I need someone to talk to.' He sat up and got a phone and started to dial Tohru's cell phone number. ' Sometimes you just have to appreciate technology..' He thought smiling.
Yuki yawned and looked at the view--
" Breath taking..." He heard, he looked to his left and saw Tohru, looking like an angel from the moonlight glow and from the light from below.(A/N: It rhymes!!) She wasn't that far away..actually she was so close, she was an arm's reach away but he could never extend his arm to her, because now she's millions away form him...
" Honda-san?" He called out just to make sure.
Tohru looked around, ' Someone just called me...' She spotted a silver headed man to her right, " Yuki..?" She asked herself silently.
" What are you diong still up?" She asked, 'Erggh stupid question..'
" Couldn't sleep. I thought maybe once I see the view I'd go to bed." Yuki replied with a smile.
" Ah, I see...same here!" Tohru replied happily, ' I'm suppose to be tired and sleepy but all of a sudden it's like I have some sort of sugar rush..'
" I guess for us the night is young." Yuki said and stared out to the view. Tohru nodded she couldn't help but stare at him. ' He looks so serene like that...but I'm sure he isn't..I can see it.' She thought.
" Ne, Sohma-kun... how are you?" Tohru asked, this time not looking at him since she felt his eyes on her.
" Why do you ask?" Yuki asked, ' that's strange..'
" I never actually asked how you were truthfully..." She said, ' What am I saying..? Why can't I control what my mouth would say? It's like it opens by itself.. but it seems right..'
Yuki looked at her weirdly, " I'm fine...are you?" Yuki asked doing reverse phsycology in his own way.
Tohru turned her head and met his eyes. Yuki stared back.. ' It's the same feeling... I don't want to fall again..' She tried to pull away from his gaze but she couldn't. It was as if he locked his eyes on hers.
" I don't know..." She replied, ' I really don't know..'
" How can you not know? You always seem to know how people feel..but what about you? You haven't changed have you?" Yuki asked Tohru.
" I guess I haven't... you have I guess. But, still... you always have a piece of your old self or a piece of the past.. I don't know. I guess everyone has that." Tohru replied.
Yuki couldn't stop himself, he walked towards the edge of his balcony and he was close to Tohru. She looked at him, she didn't see him walk closer. Here he was so close...so close...
" You're right..you always have that piece in you some where..I never wanted this to happen, I wanted it to be something else, I wanted--" He shook his head sadly, " But I can't have everything, it would be selfish of me. But, I only ask for so little...I only ask for one simple thing, and I can't have it no matter how much I dream or wish it...Tohru.."
Tohru looked at Yuki, ' He said my name...he said my name and it sounds..right.' She thought, she could feel her breathing harden, her pulse growing faster, her chest feeling heavy with every breath taken, and tears on the edge of being spilt..
" Please...stop..Yuki please.." She begged him but he wouldn't stop..
" Tell me, just tell me.. did you love me..?" He asked, feeling uncertain as he waited for her answer. Tohru looked at Yuki and a tear dropped..
~" It's funny...how a heart looks like two teardrops upside down together.." She said crying as her two friends hugged her..~
[Long day and I'm already waiting for your call,
'Cause I've made up my mind,
My heart aches with a hunger,
No one's but your's and mine,
And I can't deny...]
--End of Chapter 5---
A/N: Thank you for reading!! This one was a long chapter (it also took a long time to updaate!) and I enjoyed writing the last parts. Please review! Then you can get the next chapter!! See I update every once a week! Review!!
Lys