By: Kisu
Disclaimer: Furuba will never belong to me…..sighs
A/N: I have 79 reviews! *_* I love you guys! Lol…I am so behind in all my fics! Since you guys seemed so demanding in your reviews, I had to write more! Did you know Tohru's eye color varies? Sometimes it's brown, or bluish-grey? Blue-green…blue…makes u wonder. But for sure…it's blue-green in the tv series
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ONWARD! ^_^
Previously in Chapter 8: Hatsuharu:
"By the way, I saw Tohru over by the ice cream man!"
"What?" Yuki and Hatsuharu exclaimed in unison.
"She picked out the strawberry ice cream for you, Yuki." Momiji smiled.
"What is she doing here, alone?" Yuki asked with slight concern.
"Oh, she's not alone." Momiji piped up.
"Who is she with?" Yuki asked.
"Akito."
Chapter 9: Tohru
"Akito-san!"
Her cheerful voice rang throughout the house and it seemed like the Souma household brightened immediately. A girl with honey brown locks and blue-green eyes walked quickly but steadily down the hallway, smiling as the sun filtered in through its large windows. She stopped in front of closed screen doors and raised her hand to knock. However it was pushed widely opened before she had a chance to. She looked up and met the dark eyes of the young man.
Akito stood before her dressed in his normal dark clothes and eyeing her with expectation. "Konnichiwa, Akito-san!" Tohru bowed, respectfully. "I came right after school."
"You could have taken your time." He replied. She shook her head wildly, her brown pigtails moving with the motion.
"I enjoyed the walk here! Today is such a nice day." Tohru said.
"It was nice, yesterday." He replied, mildly.
"Yes. It was." Tohru beamed. Akito sighed inwardly. Her presence was always enjoyable. She was a bundle of happiness and energy that lit up even the darkest corners of the main house. It had surprised him when she had came back two weeks after he had physically attacked her and had been restrained by Shigure and Yuki.
"Akito." The tall doctor said as he entered the room.
"Nani?"
"Tohru-kun is here to see you." He said.
"Send her in."
Akito's lips flattened into an unpleasant line as Tohru walked in and bowed. She knelt down on her knees and clasped her hands in her lap.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, softly.
"I wanted to spend some more time with Akito-san." Tohru replied.
"You foolish girl." Akito hissed. "How can you show your face here again?"
"Akito-san." Tohru asked as she lifted her head up to meet his eyes. "Why do you dislike me?" Akito was caught off guard with that question and he froze.
"Because I…because I…." He stuttered before violently turning to face her. "I do not have to answer any of your petty questions! You are out of place, Honda-san!" He glared at her and pointed his finger at the door. "Get out."
"Akito-san…" She murmured.
"GET OUT!" He roared as he grabbed a nearby vase. He hurled it wildly and it smashed behind Tohru. Tohru bowed her head.
"I want to be your friend." She said. "Onegai…would you be my friend?"
"All right." He said. Tohru looked up at him with a quizzical expression on her face. "Let's go for a walk."
"A walk?" She repeated, blankly.
"Yes. A walk in the park." He replied. Tohru's eyes widened and she gave him a beautiful smile.
"Honto ne?" She gasped. Akito walked out into the hallway and closed the door behind him.
"Hai." He smiled. Tohru beamed happily and he gave her a gentle smile in return.
It didn't take them long to reach the park. It was indeed a wonderful day. The sky was clear and the birds flew overhead. Tohru was happy and Akito was passive. It was all that mattered. That was why the clan head was peeved when a loud squeal broke their silent companionship.
"TOHRU!"
Tohru turned around and spotted Momiji. He rushed forward, arms outstretched before noticing the silent clan head and stopped in his tracks. "Akito-san." He bowed, respectfully.
"Souma Momiji." Akito replied in his renewed icy tone. Tohru blinked at the negative energy flowing between the two and cleared her throat, lightly.
"Momiji-kun! What are you doing here?" She asked. The boy with blonde hair turned to her and momentarily forgot the intimidating head of the Soumas'.
"I'm here with Haru and Yuki!" He exclaimed, happily. "Then I came over to get some ice cream for them. Demo, I don't know what flavor Yuki likes!"
"Ichigo." Tohru replied, simply. Momiji looked up at her with surprise. "Yuki-kun loves strawberries." Akito's eyes narrowed slightly at her response. Momiji smiled widely.
"Thank you for telling me!" He bounded toward the ice cream vendor and Tohru fondly smiled after him.
"Tohru-san." Akito said.
"Hai?" Tohru turned her face to the right where Akito was standing beside her.
"Would you like some ice cream?" He asked. Before she could voice her response, he was already walking to the ice cream vendor. Tohru spotted Momiji happily skipping down the path where Hatsuharu and Yuki probably were. "Tohru-san?"
"Hai?" She looked up in daze.
"What flavor would you like?" He asked.
"Ichigo!" She smiled, brightly. Akito's eyes narrowed once more.
"Two strawberry ice cream cones." He told the ice cream vendor.
"Ne, Akito-san likes strawberries too?" Tohru asked as she found a new fact of the clan head that she had not previously known.
"Of course. Especially when you smell like them." He said. Tohru stared at him and reddened, slightly. Akito gently took her hand and placed her ice cream cone in her hand before receiving his.
"Thank you." She said. Akito nodded and they walked up the path that Momiji had taken. Not for long, they looked up as running footsteps approached them. "Yuki-kun?"
Yuki slowed down to a brisk walk before stopping front of them. "Tohru-kun." Tohru smiled happily at him. His eyes narrowed slightly as he turned his amethyst gaze toward the male figure next to her. "Akito." Akito tilted his head back and shifted into a dominant pose, meeting Yuki's glare with a cool expression.
"Yuki, daijobu?" He asked.
"I'm good." He replied, calmly. "Tohru-san, why don't you join me and the others? You too, Akito." He grabbed Tohru's hand and headed down the path leaving Akito behind. The clan head seethed in silent fury and followed the two teens.
"Hatsuharu-san! Momiji-kun!" Tohru greeted them.
"Tohru." Hatsuharu greeted her, quietly. He quietly observed her hand that was clasped in Yuki's. Then, his blue gaze slid from the younger Souma to the older one next to him. "Akito."
"Haru." Akito replied in his sweet venomous voice. The others became aware of Black Haru that was rising in the cow and quickly, Momiji stepped in between the two.
"I want to go to the amusement park!" Momiji announced, loudly.
"Nani!?" They all exclaimed in dismay.
Okay..I'm having writer's block…ah!!! But finally I
uhm…decided to update..this chapter…o_o; Okay..ahahaha don't kill me!