Kokoro no Hitan
It was almost three years later at the Sohma family New Year's party that the shock came. Akito decided that Tohru could be allowed to attend the main party, just not the one for the zodiac members.
Neither Yuki, Shigure, Tohru nor I, expected what we saw then.
***
As usual, we walked to the main Sohma house a little reluctantly, not exactly savouring the prospect of having to spend the first three days of the new year with the zodiac. Of course, these years had been different, there had been no Kagura to harass me, or Hatsuharu to do similar to Yuki.
That was where we were wrong.
In a sense, anyway. The beginning of the party was normal. Everyone walked around and had casual conversations about the events that had taken place over the past year, who had married who, what friends had gone off to college and what not, picking over the food that was set out on a long buffet table. The mood was pretty cheery taking into consideration the two deaths that had taken place not too long ago.
No sooner had I gotten into a conversation that a toodler I had noticed running around earlier latched herself onto my leg. I looked down into familar gray-brown eyes and my heart skipped a beat as I took in the face that was surrounded by brown hair.
"K-kagura?" The child gave me an odd look, like I was some strange person.
"What are you talking about? My name's Kaga." She smiled afterward, like she knew something I didn't. "You must be Kyo! I can tell by the orange hair! You're the cat, right? My friend and I were looking for you before, did you just arrive? Let me go get him!"
No sooner had she latched on, she was off again, running to go fetch one of her friends. I, on the other hand, was standing there in shock, with a hand over my heart, wondering if I was having, or had just had, a heart attack. I could feel sweat builing on the sides of my face and the back of my neck.
My face lost what little color it had left when I met the friend she dragged back with her. Actually, that's not true. Meeting him wasn't scary, it was the mop of white hair on his head that was scary.
Kaga smiled up at me again. "His name's Harusaki. We've been friends since we were born. Our parents said that since we were so similar in age, that we should stay at the Sohma house together and become good friends, nee Haru?"
The boy looked at me and nodded. I, on the other hand, was not as cheerful as Kaga was, I was too busy becoming paranoid from the way he was looking at me. It was a look of intense dislike, almost like he hated me for something I had done to him.
He then looked at Kaga briefly enough to grab her hand, before turning his gaze back to me. "Nee, Kaga, are you done now? Let's go see how the other juunishi are doing, k? Besides, this guy isn't really one of them anyway, he's just the cat." His gaze went back and forth between us while he talked. In the end, Kaga agreed.
"Mmm. Okay." She looked at me and smiled. "Jaa," she said and waved. "We'll see you later, Kyo-chan!" I could merely watch in shock as they disappeared into the crowd.
No...way....
-Kyo Sohma
~~~
It was almost three years later at the Sohma family New Year's party that the shock came. Akito decided that Tohru could be allowed to attend the main party, just not the one for the zodiac members.
Neither Yuki, Shigure, Tohru nor I, expected what we saw then.
***
As usual, we walked to the main Sohma house a little reluctantly, not exactly savouring the prospect of having to spend the first three days of the new year with the zodiac. Of course, these years had been different, there had been no Kagura to harass me, or Hatsuharu to do similar to Yuki.
That was where we were wrong.
In a sense, anyway. The beginning of the party was normal. Everyone walked around and had casual conversations about the events that had taken place over the past year, who had married who, what friends had gone off to college and what not, picking over the food that was set out on a long buffet table. The mood was pretty cheery taking into consideration the two deaths that had taken place not too long ago.
No sooner had I gotten into a conversation that a toodler I had noticed running around earlier latched herself onto my leg. I looked down into familar gray-brown eyes and my heart skipped a beat as I took in the face that was surrounded by brown hair.
"K-kagura?" The child gave me an odd look, like I was some strange person.
"What are you talking about? My name's Kaga." She smiled afterward, like she knew something I didn't. "You must be Kyo! I can tell by the orange hair! You're the cat, right? My friend and I were looking for you before, did you just arrive? Let me go get him!"
No sooner had she latched on, she was off again, running to go fetch one of her friends. I, on the other hand, was standing there in shock, with a hand over my heart, wondering if I was having, or had just had, a heart attack. I could feel sweat builing on the sides of my face and the back of my neck.
My face lost what little color it had left when I met the friend she dragged back with her. Actually, that's not true. Meeting him wasn't scary, it was the mop of white hair on his head that was scary.
Kaga smiled up at me again. "His name's Harusaki. We've been friends since we were born. Our parents said that since we were so similar in age, that we should stay at the Sohma house together and become good friends, nee Haru?"
The boy looked at me and nodded. I, on the other hand, was not as cheerful as Kaga was, I was too busy becoming paranoid from the way he was looking at me. It was a look of intense dislike, almost like he hated me for something I had done to him.
He then looked at Kaga briefly enough to grab her hand, before turning his gaze back to me. "Nee, Kaga, are you done now? Let's go see how the other juunishi are doing, k? Besides, this guy isn't really one of them anyway, he's just the cat." His gaze went back and forth between us while he talked. In the end, Kaga agreed.
"Mmm. Okay." She looked at me and smiled. "Jaa," she said and waved. "We'll see you later, Kyo-chan!" I could merely watch in shock as they disappeared into the crowd.
No...way....
-Kyo Sohma
~~~