Chapter 5
Cherry Blossom Sweet
When Shigure arrived home from the Main House he found Kyo on the roof sulking, Ayame in Yuki's room working on their robes for the festival, and Tohru and Yuki were out in the garden. When he popped in to see what Ayame was doing the snake commented on how pale he was.
Was he pale? Probably. Akito had finally told Shigure why Tohru had been able to stay with them, and it had nothing to do with Kyo's transformation to his original form. No, that Akito had done on a whim it seemed.
Shigure didn't know how he was going to tell Tohru. And how would Kyo and Yuki react? He sighed as he sat down at his computer. He had a chapter due in less than an hour and it was half done.
Taking a deep breath he promised himself that he would tell them all at dinner, but for now he had to focus on his chapter.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dinner came but Shigure couldn't bring himself to wreck the good mood. Everyone was excited for the festival tomorrow on the first of July. It could wait until after they had had their fun, couldn't it?
Of course it could! Shigure told himself, but inside he felt he shouldn't wait.
After dinner Kyo stormed into Shigure's office where the dog sat working on his next chapter.
"Ah, Kyo-kun. What can I help you with?"
"It's that damn rat!"
"And what has Yuki-kun done now? Beat you up again?"
"No! He refuses any fights I start and it's pissing me off!"
"That surely can't be the only reason you're mad."
"No. It's him and Tohru!"
"I thought you were fine with them spending more time together."
"I am, but I'm not fine with them making goofy eyes at each other all through dinner!"
Shigure grinned, he had noticed that too. Something was going on between the two, but he didn't think that was anything to worry about for the moment.
"Would you be upset if they liked each other as more than friends?"
"Of course! That damn rat gets everything."
"Are you sure you're not just being protective of Tohru-kun? That you're worried that Yuki-kun might hurt her?"
Kyo didn't answer, that was exactly it. Why hadn't he been able to figure that out himself? Stupid dog, Kyo thought.
"You have every right to be protective of Tohru-kun. But whatever those two decide you have to trust Tohru-kun to make the right choice. That doesn't mean you have to like it, you just have to trust Tohru-kun. Agreed?"
"Fine," Kyo said and stormed off to the roof.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The next morning Tohru got up even earlier than she normally did. She cleaned the main room before heading to the kitchen to get started on breakfast.
She hummed happily as the food cooked. Shigure was taking them all to the Gion Festival, and she couldn't wait. It had been ages since she had gone to a festival, and Ayame was making them all special robes to wear. Tohru hoped that she could remember how to put on a kimono. She hadn't really worn one since she was little, and her mother always helped her then.
Shigure stumbled into the kitchen. "Ah, Tohru-kun. Good morning. That smells delicious."
"Good morning Shigure-san. It won't be ready for a few more minutes. You look tired, could you not sleep last night?"
"Oh no, it wasn't that. I was up late trying to finish another chapter so my editor can pick it up while we're at the festival."
Shigure silently laughed to himself, of course he had no intentions of doing such a thing. He would finish the chapter, but then hide it from her for an hour or so until she finally broke down. It was so much fun to tease her!
"That's nice of you. Would you go check and see if everyone else is awake yet?"
"Of course, we wouldn't want Tohru-kun's lovely breakfast getting cold.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ After everyone had eaten they all went to get ready to go to the festival. Ayame pulled Tohru aside to the bathroom where she could change into her kimono.
However before Ayame could offer to help her change Yuki pulled him out by his ear, telling him it was rude to watch someone change.
Tohru giggled and finally turned to see the kimono that Ayame had made for her. It was a deep blue with cherry blossoms and different symbols for the Chinese zodiac. She smiled brightly it was so beautiful.
Tohru had no trouble with the robe until it came time to tie the obi in place. She fought with it for nearly ten minutes until a soft knock came on the door.
"Hai?" she asked, slightly breathless.
"Tohru-kun? Are you having trouble?"
"Ummm... Hai, Yuki-kun," she said blushing.
"Would you like some help? I know the obi is hard to tie by yourself," he said opening the door.
Tohru was almost breathless when he entered. She always thought that he looked handsome in his Chinese style shirts, but the kinagashi that Ayame had made for him was completely stunning. His was decorated much like Tohru's kimono, in it was the same color and had cherry blossoms, but rather he only had the symbol for rat on it.
He smiled at her, "Let me see."
Tohru turned around, blushing even more.
"You could have said you needed help."
"I know, but I didn't want to trouble anyone."
"You're never any trouble, Tohru-kun."
Yuki quickly finished tying the bow, "All right, it's prefect."
Tohru smiled at him and they left to go meet the others in the car where Hatori, Momiji, Kagura, Shigure, Ayame, and Kyo waited.
Tohru noticed that Ayame must have made the robes for everyone in the family. Everyone had a different color fabric (well, aside from her and Yuki), with cherry blossoms, and the Chinese symbol for their animal as the pattern, as she climbed in the back of the car.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Once they arrived at the festival Shigure gave all of the kids some money, most likely to get them out of their hair so they could pick up girls, or at least that's what Yuki thought.
After Shigure, Hatori, and Ayame had left Yuki took charge of things. "All right. What do you guys want to do first?"
"I'm hungry! Let's get some takoyaki!" Momiji cried.
"Yeah! That's sounds really good, don't' you think Kyo-kun?" Kagura asked him.
Yuki smiled at Tohru, "Are you hungry?"
"Hai. Let's go!"
The group headed over to the near by stand and bought three orders. Momiji ate this whole plate by himself, while Kyo and Kagura, and Yuki and Tohru shared theirs.
Yuki couldn't take his eyes off of Tohru. She looked stunning in the kimono that Ayame had made for her. He also noticed that in the design of the fabric, while it had all of the symbols for the Chinese zodiac, the symbol for rat appeared most often. He smiled at her and they headed over to play a game to win a goldfish.
Only Tohru and Momiji won fish, but Tohru gave hers to a small child that couldn't catch one himself. "Arigatoo!" he cried as he ran off to show his mother.
Kagura and Momiji decided they wanted to try another game, so Kyo went with them, leaving Yuki and Tohru sitting alone under one of the sakura trees.
Tohru blushed slightly as if the two of them being alone was something strange.
"That was really kind of you, Tohru-kun?"
"Hmm?"
She was zoning out again, he thought smiling at her. "Giving the goldfish to the little boy."
Tohru blushed a deeper red. "Well, he just looked so sad, and I couldn't keep a fish anyway."
As she rambled on for another minute Yuki kept thinking about how cute she was, and how soft her face looked with the slight amount of make-up that Kagura had put on her in the car; he lips especially. What color where they? Almost a deep cherry pink, but not quite. Yuki couldn't place it, but it still looked beautiful.
"Gomen!" Tohru said suddenly and Yuki realized that he hadn't listened to a word she just said.
"There's no reason to be sorry, Tohru-kun."
She blushed, and opened her mouth to keep saying she was sorry, but Yuki stopped her by placing a small kiss upon her lips.
Tohru was a bright red now, "Yu—Yuki-kun?"
"Gomen nasai Tohru-kun, but I couldn't help myself. You look so beautiful today, more so than you do every other day," he turned away from her now, not knowing what he was saying or had come over him.
"Yuki?"
He took a deep breath before finishing, "I love you Tohru!"
** Author's Note ** Tease, tease, tease. Hehehe. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. It took me a while to find all of the proper terms for the robes, but as you can tell I'm not sure on what all goes on at festivals. *blushes* Anyway, Yuki has finally told Tohru how he feels, but will she feel the same way? And what will Kyo say? Will Shigure ever tell them what Akito said? And will Shigure ever get to take those pictures of Tohru and Yuki? LoL. Well, stay tuned. The answers to these questions and more in the next chapter! *pets the plot bunny in a slightly evil-looking manner* That is, if I feel like it. Muwhahahaha.
When Shigure arrived home from the Main House he found Kyo on the roof sulking, Ayame in Yuki's room working on their robes for the festival, and Tohru and Yuki were out in the garden. When he popped in to see what Ayame was doing the snake commented on how pale he was.
Was he pale? Probably. Akito had finally told Shigure why Tohru had been able to stay with them, and it had nothing to do with Kyo's transformation to his original form. No, that Akito had done on a whim it seemed.
Shigure didn't know how he was going to tell Tohru. And how would Kyo and Yuki react? He sighed as he sat down at his computer. He had a chapter due in less than an hour and it was half done.
Taking a deep breath he promised himself that he would tell them all at dinner, but for now he had to focus on his chapter.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dinner came but Shigure couldn't bring himself to wreck the good mood. Everyone was excited for the festival tomorrow on the first of July. It could wait until after they had had their fun, couldn't it?
Of course it could! Shigure told himself, but inside he felt he shouldn't wait.
After dinner Kyo stormed into Shigure's office where the dog sat working on his next chapter.
"Ah, Kyo-kun. What can I help you with?"
"It's that damn rat!"
"And what has Yuki-kun done now? Beat you up again?"
"No! He refuses any fights I start and it's pissing me off!"
"That surely can't be the only reason you're mad."
"No. It's him and Tohru!"
"I thought you were fine with them spending more time together."
"I am, but I'm not fine with them making goofy eyes at each other all through dinner!"
Shigure grinned, he had noticed that too. Something was going on between the two, but he didn't think that was anything to worry about for the moment.
"Would you be upset if they liked each other as more than friends?"
"Of course! That damn rat gets everything."
"Are you sure you're not just being protective of Tohru-kun? That you're worried that Yuki-kun might hurt her?"
Kyo didn't answer, that was exactly it. Why hadn't he been able to figure that out himself? Stupid dog, Kyo thought.
"You have every right to be protective of Tohru-kun. But whatever those two decide you have to trust Tohru-kun to make the right choice. That doesn't mean you have to like it, you just have to trust Tohru-kun. Agreed?"
"Fine," Kyo said and stormed off to the roof.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The next morning Tohru got up even earlier than she normally did. She cleaned the main room before heading to the kitchen to get started on breakfast.
She hummed happily as the food cooked. Shigure was taking them all to the Gion Festival, and she couldn't wait. It had been ages since she had gone to a festival, and Ayame was making them all special robes to wear. Tohru hoped that she could remember how to put on a kimono. She hadn't really worn one since she was little, and her mother always helped her then.
Shigure stumbled into the kitchen. "Ah, Tohru-kun. Good morning. That smells delicious."
"Good morning Shigure-san. It won't be ready for a few more minutes. You look tired, could you not sleep last night?"
"Oh no, it wasn't that. I was up late trying to finish another chapter so my editor can pick it up while we're at the festival."
Shigure silently laughed to himself, of course he had no intentions of doing such a thing. He would finish the chapter, but then hide it from her for an hour or so until she finally broke down. It was so much fun to tease her!
"That's nice of you. Would you go check and see if everyone else is awake yet?"
"Of course, we wouldn't want Tohru-kun's lovely breakfast getting cold.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ After everyone had eaten they all went to get ready to go to the festival. Ayame pulled Tohru aside to the bathroom where she could change into her kimono.
However before Ayame could offer to help her change Yuki pulled him out by his ear, telling him it was rude to watch someone change.
Tohru giggled and finally turned to see the kimono that Ayame had made for her. It was a deep blue with cherry blossoms and different symbols for the Chinese zodiac. She smiled brightly it was so beautiful.
Tohru had no trouble with the robe until it came time to tie the obi in place. She fought with it for nearly ten minutes until a soft knock came on the door.
"Hai?" she asked, slightly breathless.
"Tohru-kun? Are you having trouble?"
"Ummm... Hai, Yuki-kun," she said blushing.
"Would you like some help? I know the obi is hard to tie by yourself," he said opening the door.
Tohru was almost breathless when he entered. She always thought that he looked handsome in his Chinese style shirts, but the kinagashi that Ayame had made for him was completely stunning. His was decorated much like Tohru's kimono, in it was the same color and had cherry blossoms, but rather he only had the symbol for rat on it.
He smiled at her, "Let me see."
Tohru turned around, blushing even more.
"You could have said you needed help."
"I know, but I didn't want to trouble anyone."
"You're never any trouble, Tohru-kun."
Yuki quickly finished tying the bow, "All right, it's prefect."
Tohru smiled at him and they left to go meet the others in the car where Hatori, Momiji, Kagura, Shigure, Ayame, and Kyo waited.
Tohru noticed that Ayame must have made the robes for everyone in the family. Everyone had a different color fabric (well, aside from her and Yuki), with cherry blossoms, and the Chinese symbol for their animal as the pattern, as she climbed in the back of the car.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Once they arrived at the festival Shigure gave all of the kids some money, most likely to get them out of their hair so they could pick up girls, or at least that's what Yuki thought.
After Shigure, Hatori, and Ayame had left Yuki took charge of things. "All right. What do you guys want to do first?"
"I'm hungry! Let's get some takoyaki!" Momiji cried.
"Yeah! That's sounds really good, don't' you think Kyo-kun?" Kagura asked him.
Yuki smiled at Tohru, "Are you hungry?"
"Hai. Let's go!"
The group headed over to the near by stand and bought three orders. Momiji ate this whole plate by himself, while Kyo and Kagura, and Yuki and Tohru shared theirs.
Yuki couldn't take his eyes off of Tohru. She looked stunning in the kimono that Ayame had made for her. He also noticed that in the design of the fabric, while it had all of the symbols for the Chinese zodiac, the symbol for rat appeared most often. He smiled at her and they headed over to play a game to win a goldfish.
Only Tohru and Momiji won fish, but Tohru gave hers to a small child that couldn't catch one himself. "Arigatoo!" he cried as he ran off to show his mother.
Kagura and Momiji decided they wanted to try another game, so Kyo went with them, leaving Yuki and Tohru sitting alone under one of the sakura trees.
Tohru blushed slightly as if the two of them being alone was something strange.
"That was really kind of you, Tohru-kun?"
"Hmm?"
She was zoning out again, he thought smiling at her. "Giving the goldfish to the little boy."
Tohru blushed a deeper red. "Well, he just looked so sad, and I couldn't keep a fish anyway."
As she rambled on for another minute Yuki kept thinking about how cute she was, and how soft her face looked with the slight amount of make-up that Kagura had put on her in the car; he lips especially. What color where they? Almost a deep cherry pink, but not quite. Yuki couldn't place it, but it still looked beautiful.
"Gomen!" Tohru said suddenly and Yuki realized that he hadn't listened to a word she just said.
"There's no reason to be sorry, Tohru-kun."
She blushed, and opened her mouth to keep saying she was sorry, but Yuki stopped her by placing a small kiss upon her lips.
Tohru was a bright red now, "Yu—Yuki-kun?"
"Gomen nasai Tohru-kun, but I couldn't help myself. You look so beautiful today, more so than you do every other day," he turned away from her now, not knowing what he was saying or had come over him.
"Yuki?"
He took a deep breath before finishing, "I love you Tohru!"
** Author's Note ** Tease, tease, tease. Hehehe. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. It took me a while to find all of the proper terms for the robes, but as you can tell I'm not sure on what all goes on at festivals. *blushes* Anyway, Yuki has finally told Tohru how he feels, but will she feel the same way? And what will Kyo say? Will Shigure ever tell them what Akito said? And will Shigure ever get to take those pictures of Tohru and Yuki? LoL. Well, stay tuned. The answers to these questions and more in the next chapter! *pets the plot bunny in a slightly evil-looking manner* That is, if I feel like it. Muwhahahaha.