Chapter Seven: Song in the Hot Springs
That evening Shigure and Hatori did everything that they could do to make Akito comfortable. The girls bathed with Tohru silently. Uo and Hana watched as Tohru sat in the bath quietly. Even Kagura and Kisa didn't have anything to say. Over in the boy's side, Momiji tried to cheer them up with a song, but Kyo who was still in a bad mood dunk his head underwater. Haru offered to scrub Yuki's back, which he responded to him with a dirty look. Hiro didn't even join them. He just watched from the side with a sad look on his face. About an hour later, Kyo and Yuki departed the bath saying that they were gonna try playing another game of ping- pong. Momiji got out as well saying that he would play the winner. Hiro stood up as well.
"Are you coming Haru?" Hiro asked.
"Not yet" Hatsuharu replied with his eyes closed, "I'll be in soon."
Hiro shrugged his shoulders and walked inside.
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On the girl's side, Uo and Hana had left the bath early as well. Kisa and Kagura were also tired so they got out leaving Tohru alone with her thoughts. She had told her friends that she wanted to stay in a little longer. Which they nodded and Hana offered to stay longer but Tohru just shook her head with a smile and said that she would be fine. When everyone had departed she looked up into the sky.
"Oh mom" she said, "Everything is such a mess. I mean they all did such a wonderful thing for me today. I just wish there was something that I could do for them" she put her head on her knees and felt the breeze blow gently across her cheek.
She looked into the sky once more and saw the stars. She opened her mouth and began to sing a little melody with so much passion. She had never sung like that before. But it was okay. No one was around to hear her after all. When she was finished she climbed out of the bath.
"I feel much better now" she replied to herself with a grin, "Thanks mom."
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But someone did hear it. He raised his grey eyes in the direction of the girl's side and smiled slightly.
"Well I'll be" he said as he grabbed his towel and wrapped it around his waist.
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Tohru put on a kimono and wandered to the game room where Kyo was playing Uo in ping-pong now. Momiji was cheering from the sidelines with Kisa, and Hiro was standing a few feet from Hana with a bewildered look on his face. Kagura was also cheering for Kyo. Yuki was nowhere in sight.
"Where's Yuki?" Tohru asked.
"He won the match against Kyo" Momiji explained, "Then he just left the room."
"I wonder where he went?" Tohru thought to herself.
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Yuki had walked out to the garden and was looking at all the flowers with a sad face. He looked into the night sky and sighed. He thought back to last summer.
"You're always alone aren't you Yuki?" Akito had said.
"The closed lid" Yuki thought, "When will I be able to open it? When will I be able to tell her the truth?"
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Tohru walked outside and spotted him.
"There he is," she thought as she walked over.
"Yuki" she replied.
He turned around in surprise.
"Miss Honda?"
"Soon" he thought as he saw the wind blow her hair around her, "The time to tell her will be soon."
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Authors Note: One more chapter to go tonight!! Send reviews!
Next Chapter: Yuki's Confession
Yuki gives Tohru her present and talks to her about her birthday!
That evening Shigure and Hatori did everything that they could do to make Akito comfortable. The girls bathed with Tohru silently. Uo and Hana watched as Tohru sat in the bath quietly. Even Kagura and Kisa didn't have anything to say. Over in the boy's side, Momiji tried to cheer them up with a song, but Kyo who was still in a bad mood dunk his head underwater. Haru offered to scrub Yuki's back, which he responded to him with a dirty look. Hiro didn't even join them. He just watched from the side with a sad look on his face. About an hour later, Kyo and Yuki departed the bath saying that they were gonna try playing another game of ping- pong. Momiji got out as well saying that he would play the winner. Hiro stood up as well.
"Are you coming Haru?" Hiro asked.
"Not yet" Hatsuharu replied with his eyes closed, "I'll be in soon."
Hiro shrugged his shoulders and walked inside.
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On the girl's side, Uo and Hana had left the bath early as well. Kisa and Kagura were also tired so they got out leaving Tohru alone with her thoughts. She had told her friends that she wanted to stay in a little longer. Which they nodded and Hana offered to stay longer but Tohru just shook her head with a smile and said that she would be fine. When everyone had departed she looked up into the sky.
"Oh mom" she said, "Everything is such a mess. I mean they all did such a wonderful thing for me today. I just wish there was something that I could do for them" she put her head on her knees and felt the breeze blow gently across her cheek.
She looked into the sky once more and saw the stars. She opened her mouth and began to sing a little melody with so much passion. She had never sung like that before. But it was okay. No one was around to hear her after all. When she was finished she climbed out of the bath.
"I feel much better now" she replied to herself with a grin, "Thanks mom."
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But someone did hear it. He raised his grey eyes in the direction of the girl's side and smiled slightly.
"Well I'll be" he said as he grabbed his towel and wrapped it around his waist.
**********************************************************
Tohru put on a kimono and wandered to the game room where Kyo was playing Uo in ping-pong now. Momiji was cheering from the sidelines with Kisa, and Hiro was standing a few feet from Hana with a bewildered look on his face. Kagura was also cheering for Kyo. Yuki was nowhere in sight.
"Where's Yuki?" Tohru asked.
"He won the match against Kyo" Momiji explained, "Then he just left the room."
"I wonder where he went?" Tohru thought to herself.
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Yuki had walked out to the garden and was looking at all the flowers with a sad face. He looked into the night sky and sighed. He thought back to last summer.
"You're always alone aren't you Yuki?" Akito had said.
"The closed lid" Yuki thought, "When will I be able to open it? When will I be able to tell her the truth?"
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Tohru walked outside and spotted him.
"There he is," she thought as she walked over.
"Yuki" she replied.
He turned around in surprise.
"Miss Honda?"
"Soon" he thought as he saw the wind blow her hair around her, "The time to tell her will be soon."
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Authors Note: One more chapter to go tonight!! Send reviews!
Next Chapter: Yuki's Confession
Yuki gives Tohru her present and talks to her about her birthday!