Chapter 15
Normal As Normal Can Be
For the rest of the week Yuki and Kyo did everything they could think of to get Tohru's memory back. They showed her pictures, took her for walks around town, told her stories, but no matter what they did Tohru could only remember small bits of her life.
Shigure offered to help in his own way for about the hundredth time on Friday, but the two boys knew what he meant and flat out refused him.
"I'm only doing this to help Tohru-kun!"
"No! You're doing it because you're a dirty old man!" Kyo yelled at him.
"Then what other ideas do you suggest Kyo-Kyo?"
"DON'T CALL ME KYO-KYO!!!"
Yuki sighed aloud, as much as he enjoyed Shigure picking on Kyo; this was not the time to be doing so.
"Maybe we could take her over to Uo-chan or Hana-chan's. It's possible that one of them might have some idea that we haven't tried," he offered, trying to stop the fighting.
"Go and see the Yankee and the freaky electric girl? Are you nuts?"
"They're her friends, baka neko. They could help. Besides that they're going to have to find out sooner or later. It's better now, so that they have the weekend to think things over instead of lashing out on Monday in school."
"You're just saying that because you're afraid that they're going to kill you for hurting Tohru like you promised you wouldn't!"
"No one asked you, you baka neko! And Shigure was there too."
"Psstt. Like he would have been any help."
"Hey!"
"Shut up!" the two of them yelled at the dog.
"What's going on?" Tohru asked peeking her head into the room.
"I'm sorry Tohru-kun. Did we wake you?" Yuki asked getting up.
Kyo glared at him as he walked over to go and see to Tohru. He had barely left her side all week, and what was worse if he ever started a fight and Tohru showed up, that damn Yuki would blow him off to go and make sure that she was okay. She lost her memory, not her ability to take care of herself, Kyo thought.
"It's all right. It was time for me to get up anyway. What are you fighting about?"
"Oh, nothing important. Listen, how would you like to go and see Uo and Hana-chan?"
"Really?"
"Of course."
"Okay! Let me go and get dressed!"
Tohru rushed up stairs and Yuki turned back to Shigure and Kyo who were still sitting at the table.
"Must you treat her like a child?" Kyo asked, quite annoyed.
"Kyo! She's a delicate flower and must be treated as such!"
"Whatever you pervert."
Half an hour later the trio headed over to Uo-chan's. Kyo knocked loudly on the door. Much to their surprise Hanajima answered the door.
"Hana-chan!" Tohru said.
"Tohru, how wonderful to see you all. Please come inside, we were just sitting down for tea."
Tohru followed Hana inside with Kyo and Yuki behind her. She smiled sweetly and greeted Uo-chan happily.
"Yo. What's going on?"
"Nothing much, we just decided to stop by for a visit before school tomorrow," Yuki said.
Hana-chan looked him over and then Tohru. She was no doubt reading their electric signals. "Are you all right Tohru?"
"Yes, I'm quite fine. Yuki and Kyo have been taking extra good care of me this week," she said helping herself to a sweet bun.
Hanajima turned to Yuki with a questioning look. "Did something happen?"
"It's that dumb rat's fault, I want no part in the blame here," Kyo growled before taking a sip of his tea.
"She's not hurt. Not really I mean," Yuki started trying to save some face.
Uo-chan looked up at Yuki now. "What happened?"
So for the second time that week Yuki told the story of what happened during the few days at Ayame's lake house. "Hatori says that she's completely fine... except that she can't remember a lot of things."
"Why didn't you save her?" Uo asked gripping her cup dangerously tight.
"I wanted too, but Shigure stopped me for jumping in after her. He said I would do Tohru no good getting myself hurt." Yuki looked down into his cup and stared at his tea. He had been kicking himself for not doing something all week and now this just made it worse.
"It's not your fault," Hana said quietly. "It could have happened to anyone, but Tohru's not hurt and that's all that matters."
The group talked while they drank their tea, then played a game of Rich Man, Poor Man. At least until Kyo started a fight by claiming that Yuki was cheating. It was then that the trio decided that it was time that they should be going home.
"Good bye Hana-chan, Uo-chan! We'll see you tomorrow!" Tohru called as they waved.
The next morning Yuki woke up and groaned. How could it be Monday already? It seemed like they had just started their break and now it was over. He took his hand off of his eyes and stared at the ceiling. They had to go back to school today. He could only hope that his fan girls had cooled off about the whole thing with Tohru.
She already had enough on her plate to deal with without them brothering her too. It might be best if they went in early to talking with the teacher about what happened. Maybe Shigure should come with too. He was supposed to be the adult in the household.
Yuki groaned again. There was just too much to think about lately. He covered his eyes with his hands again. He just wanted to block out the world.
"What is that smell?" Yuki asked himself sitting up now. Kyo had only cooked a few times during the past week, but this smelled nothing like what Kyo would ever make.
Yuki got up quickly and changed into his uniform before hurrying downstairs to see if maybe Kagura had come over before heading to school.
"Good morning Yuki!"
Yuki stopped dead in the kitchen doorway. Tohru stood over the stove in her apron cooking what looked like to be the feast of a lifetime.
"Tohru-kun?"
She smiled sweetly at him. "Good morning, don't look so surprised."
"But-but..." Tohru hadn't cooked since that last day at the lake house. She was too afraid of breaking Shigure's dishes.
"Sit down, everything will be ready in a minute. We're going to need our strength if those fan girls of yours are still mad, right?" she laughed now.
"You remember about what happened last week?"
"Of course! I don't blame you though Yuki. It's not your fault that they said mean things, but it's quite all right. Like I told you before, Kyo stopped them."
She walked over and took his hand in hers. "Come on now, sit down and I'll get the food," she said leading him back into the main room.
And so just like that it was as if the past week had never happened. Tohru had woken up her old self with no memory of having lost her memories at all. Things returned to normal at the Sohma house and school. After a couple weeks Yuki's fan girls gave up on picking on Tohru and things went back to how they were before everything had gone wrong. The only thing that had changed was the fact that Yuki and Tohru had found each other, and no matter what they were never letting go.
-- THE END --
A/N Well, that's it. I thank all of you for reading and of course putting up with my late updating. I will probably be taking a break from Fru-ru-ba fanfics for a bit until another idea strikes and you never know when that will be. Again I must tell you how sorry I am. This chapter was harder to write then I thought it would be. I wanted to try and make it as long as most of the other chapters but not bog it down with new info. Sorry if the ending is a bit lame, but I think it sums things up fairly well. In case you are wondering, yes this can happen when people do lose their memories. One day they can just wake up and not remember anything about having lost their memory in the first place. It might takes days or months, but it does happen. Thank you again and I look forward to more fanfics in the days to come.
For the rest of the week Yuki and Kyo did everything they could think of to get Tohru's memory back. They showed her pictures, took her for walks around town, told her stories, but no matter what they did Tohru could only remember small bits of her life.
Shigure offered to help in his own way for about the hundredth time on Friday, but the two boys knew what he meant and flat out refused him.
"I'm only doing this to help Tohru-kun!"
"No! You're doing it because you're a dirty old man!" Kyo yelled at him.
"Then what other ideas do you suggest Kyo-Kyo?"
"DON'T CALL ME KYO-KYO!!!"
Yuki sighed aloud, as much as he enjoyed Shigure picking on Kyo; this was not the time to be doing so.
"Maybe we could take her over to Uo-chan or Hana-chan's. It's possible that one of them might have some idea that we haven't tried," he offered, trying to stop the fighting.
"Go and see the Yankee and the freaky electric girl? Are you nuts?"
"They're her friends, baka neko. They could help. Besides that they're going to have to find out sooner or later. It's better now, so that they have the weekend to think things over instead of lashing out on Monday in school."
"You're just saying that because you're afraid that they're going to kill you for hurting Tohru like you promised you wouldn't!"
"No one asked you, you baka neko! And Shigure was there too."
"Psstt. Like he would have been any help."
"Hey!"
"Shut up!" the two of them yelled at the dog.
"What's going on?" Tohru asked peeking her head into the room.
"I'm sorry Tohru-kun. Did we wake you?" Yuki asked getting up.
Kyo glared at him as he walked over to go and see to Tohru. He had barely left her side all week, and what was worse if he ever started a fight and Tohru showed up, that damn Yuki would blow him off to go and make sure that she was okay. She lost her memory, not her ability to take care of herself, Kyo thought.
"It's all right. It was time for me to get up anyway. What are you fighting about?"
"Oh, nothing important. Listen, how would you like to go and see Uo and Hana-chan?"
"Really?"
"Of course."
"Okay! Let me go and get dressed!"
Tohru rushed up stairs and Yuki turned back to Shigure and Kyo who were still sitting at the table.
"Must you treat her like a child?" Kyo asked, quite annoyed.
"Kyo! She's a delicate flower and must be treated as such!"
"Whatever you pervert."
Half an hour later the trio headed over to Uo-chan's. Kyo knocked loudly on the door. Much to their surprise Hanajima answered the door.
"Hana-chan!" Tohru said.
"Tohru, how wonderful to see you all. Please come inside, we were just sitting down for tea."
Tohru followed Hana inside with Kyo and Yuki behind her. She smiled sweetly and greeted Uo-chan happily.
"Yo. What's going on?"
"Nothing much, we just decided to stop by for a visit before school tomorrow," Yuki said.
Hana-chan looked him over and then Tohru. She was no doubt reading their electric signals. "Are you all right Tohru?"
"Yes, I'm quite fine. Yuki and Kyo have been taking extra good care of me this week," she said helping herself to a sweet bun.
Hanajima turned to Yuki with a questioning look. "Did something happen?"
"It's that dumb rat's fault, I want no part in the blame here," Kyo growled before taking a sip of his tea.
"She's not hurt. Not really I mean," Yuki started trying to save some face.
Uo-chan looked up at Yuki now. "What happened?"
So for the second time that week Yuki told the story of what happened during the few days at Ayame's lake house. "Hatori says that she's completely fine... except that she can't remember a lot of things."
"Why didn't you save her?" Uo asked gripping her cup dangerously tight.
"I wanted too, but Shigure stopped me for jumping in after her. He said I would do Tohru no good getting myself hurt." Yuki looked down into his cup and stared at his tea. He had been kicking himself for not doing something all week and now this just made it worse.
"It's not your fault," Hana said quietly. "It could have happened to anyone, but Tohru's not hurt and that's all that matters."
The group talked while they drank their tea, then played a game of Rich Man, Poor Man. At least until Kyo started a fight by claiming that Yuki was cheating. It was then that the trio decided that it was time that they should be going home.
"Good bye Hana-chan, Uo-chan! We'll see you tomorrow!" Tohru called as they waved.
The next morning Yuki woke up and groaned. How could it be Monday already? It seemed like they had just started their break and now it was over. He took his hand off of his eyes and stared at the ceiling. They had to go back to school today. He could only hope that his fan girls had cooled off about the whole thing with Tohru.
She already had enough on her plate to deal with without them brothering her too. It might be best if they went in early to talking with the teacher about what happened. Maybe Shigure should come with too. He was supposed to be the adult in the household.
Yuki groaned again. There was just too much to think about lately. He covered his eyes with his hands again. He just wanted to block out the world.
"What is that smell?" Yuki asked himself sitting up now. Kyo had only cooked a few times during the past week, but this smelled nothing like what Kyo would ever make.
Yuki got up quickly and changed into his uniform before hurrying downstairs to see if maybe Kagura had come over before heading to school.
"Good morning Yuki!"
Yuki stopped dead in the kitchen doorway. Tohru stood over the stove in her apron cooking what looked like to be the feast of a lifetime.
"Tohru-kun?"
She smiled sweetly at him. "Good morning, don't look so surprised."
"But-but..." Tohru hadn't cooked since that last day at the lake house. She was too afraid of breaking Shigure's dishes.
"Sit down, everything will be ready in a minute. We're going to need our strength if those fan girls of yours are still mad, right?" she laughed now.
"You remember about what happened last week?"
"Of course! I don't blame you though Yuki. It's not your fault that they said mean things, but it's quite all right. Like I told you before, Kyo stopped them."
She walked over and took his hand in hers. "Come on now, sit down and I'll get the food," she said leading him back into the main room.
And so just like that it was as if the past week had never happened. Tohru had woken up her old self with no memory of having lost her memories at all. Things returned to normal at the Sohma house and school. After a couple weeks Yuki's fan girls gave up on picking on Tohru and things went back to how they were before everything had gone wrong. The only thing that had changed was the fact that Yuki and Tohru had found each other, and no matter what they were never letting go.
-- THE END --
A/N Well, that's it. I thank all of you for reading and of course putting up with my late updating. I will probably be taking a break from Fru-ru-ba fanfics for a bit until another idea strikes and you never know when that will be. Again I must tell you how sorry I am. This chapter was harder to write then I thought it would be. I wanted to try and make it as long as most of the other chapters but not bog it down with new info. Sorry if the ending is a bit lame, but I think it sums things up fairly well. In case you are wondering, yes this can happen when people do lose their memories. One day they can just wake up and not remember anything about having lost their memory in the first place. It might takes days or months, but it does happen. Thank you again and I look forward to more fanfics in the days to come.