"Akito is dead!" Shigure had just burst through the door from the most
recent visit to the main Sohma house. He was going to check up on the New
Years preparation which was only the next day but came back much earlier
then anticipated.
Kyo and Yuki were caught totally by surprise. "What?" "Akito is dead!" Shigure repeated. "Are you sure?" Yuki sounded almost relieved in his question. "Would I joke about that?" Shigure hadn't been this serious looking EVER before.
"Ok," Kyo was beyond caring. He hadn't had much interaction with the guy except when the evil leader had stolen his beads from him once several years ago. Why should he care? It made him uneasy for some reason though, but why?
"What is wrong Shigure-san?" Tohru was stalking down the stairs slowly, just joining the morbid conversation. "Akito has passed away..." Shigure said for the third time in a very faint voice. "Oh no...is there anything I can do?"
Besides Shigure, Tohru was the only hurt looking person in the room. She never had gotten the chance to truly make friends with him, never been able to talk. "If only I hadn't felt so bad today, I would have joined you....was there anything anyone could have done?"
Shigure dropped his head. "Nothing...and now there won't be a New Years celebration this year...." "Who cares? Are you really that sad about that bastard?" The oldest cousin snapped his head toward the neko. "It's not my fault you are a reject you stupid cat!" With that, he stormed off toward his office.
Tohru gazed down the hall at the closed door. Shigure was very hurt over this and she had to do something. Kyo and Yuki sat in the living room silently, watching Tohru. "Miss Honda, please don't let this get to you. This was supposed to happen..."
The onigiri glanced over at the two teenage boys and smiled as peacefully as possible. "I know...if you all need anything or anyone to talk to I'll be in my room...I don't feel very well today..." She disappeared up the stairs.
"Jeeze, what's wrong with those two?" Kyo asked his rival cousin in an uncharacteristically passive way. "I don't know...Shigure, I would expect this from, but Tohru...." "Ehh, she said she didn't feel good. She probably just ate some bad food or something..."
After the short conversation they both decided to pay a short visit to Tohru, just to make sure she was ok. They went together upstairs and quietly entered her room. "Miss Honda, do you want us to take care of dinner tonight?" Yuki asked politely. "Yea, it wouldn't hurt us to order out tonight.." Kyo added.
Tohru's face was very red but she sat up immediately. "No...I...can do it...don't worry!" And she smiled blissfully again, trying to get out of bed to keep them from worrying. "Where the hell do you think your going? You look horrible!" Kyo shouted.
It wasn't long until the three of them had reached an agreement. Tohru reluctantly let them deal with the dinner and she would go down and try to make Shigure feel better as long as she came straight back to bed. Both Kyo and Yuki gave her a skeptical look but agreed to it.
Soon Kyo was on the phone trying to be patient with the idiot who was taking his order and Yuki was holding Tohru's hand going down the stairs. "I'm so sorry Sohma-kun, I don't know what's wrong with me today..." Yuki just smiled. "I'm just glad I have a chance to help you for a change!"
"What do you mean you don't have any?! What kind of shit hole do you run?! You know what? Skrew you!" Click. Kyo was twitching as Yuki passed him. "Maybe I should do that job too..." The neko glared at him evilly. "No damn rat!"
Back in the office, Tohru slid the door open carefully. It was dark but she could see the figure of a man slumped over his desk weeping. "Shigure- san....are you ok?" Startled by the new presence, he jumped a little. "Tohru....I know this was supposed to happen...but I really did love him..."
Tohru placed herself cautiously beside him. "I miss him too Shigure-san. If you ever need someone to talk to, don't ever hesitate ok? My mom always said, where there is death, there is always new life formed." Shigure lifted his head and looked at her, tears full in his eyes and running down his face rapidly.
Tohru was smiling in hopes to help cheer him up. "Thank you...." He laid his head back down on his desk and seemingly fell asleep, so Tohru ran to get a blanket and covered him, leaving him in the darkness. "Poor Shigure-san...I hope he'll be ok..."
The onigiri went back up to her room like she promised and laid down. It wasn't long before, quite against her will, she fell into a deep sleep. Kyo and Yuki took their turns checking on their princess until they too went to bed.
Kyo and Yuki were caught totally by surprise. "What?" "Akito is dead!" Shigure repeated. "Are you sure?" Yuki sounded almost relieved in his question. "Would I joke about that?" Shigure hadn't been this serious looking EVER before.
"Ok," Kyo was beyond caring. He hadn't had much interaction with the guy except when the evil leader had stolen his beads from him once several years ago. Why should he care? It made him uneasy for some reason though, but why?
"What is wrong Shigure-san?" Tohru was stalking down the stairs slowly, just joining the morbid conversation. "Akito has passed away..." Shigure said for the third time in a very faint voice. "Oh no...is there anything I can do?"
Besides Shigure, Tohru was the only hurt looking person in the room. She never had gotten the chance to truly make friends with him, never been able to talk. "If only I hadn't felt so bad today, I would have joined you....was there anything anyone could have done?"
Shigure dropped his head. "Nothing...and now there won't be a New Years celebration this year...." "Who cares? Are you really that sad about that bastard?" The oldest cousin snapped his head toward the neko. "It's not my fault you are a reject you stupid cat!" With that, he stormed off toward his office.
Tohru gazed down the hall at the closed door. Shigure was very hurt over this and she had to do something. Kyo and Yuki sat in the living room silently, watching Tohru. "Miss Honda, please don't let this get to you. This was supposed to happen..."
The onigiri glanced over at the two teenage boys and smiled as peacefully as possible. "I know...if you all need anything or anyone to talk to I'll be in my room...I don't feel very well today..." She disappeared up the stairs.
"Jeeze, what's wrong with those two?" Kyo asked his rival cousin in an uncharacteristically passive way. "I don't know...Shigure, I would expect this from, but Tohru...." "Ehh, she said she didn't feel good. She probably just ate some bad food or something..."
After the short conversation they both decided to pay a short visit to Tohru, just to make sure she was ok. They went together upstairs and quietly entered her room. "Miss Honda, do you want us to take care of dinner tonight?" Yuki asked politely. "Yea, it wouldn't hurt us to order out tonight.." Kyo added.
Tohru's face was very red but she sat up immediately. "No...I...can do it...don't worry!" And she smiled blissfully again, trying to get out of bed to keep them from worrying. "Where the hell do you think your going? You look horrible!" Kyo shouted.
It wasn't long until the three of them had reached an agreement. Tohru reluctantly let them deal with the dinner and she would go down and try to make Shigure feel better as long as she came straight back to bed. Both Kyo and Yuki gave her a skeptical look but agreed to it.
Soon Kyo was on the phone trying to be patient with the idiot who was taking his order and Yuki was holding Tohru's hand going down the stairs. "I'm so sorry Sohma-kun, I don't know what's wrong with me today..." Yuki just smiled. "I'm just glad I have a chance to help you for a change!"
"What do you mean you don't have any?! What kind of shit hole do you run?! You know what? Skrew you!" Click. Kyo was twitching as Yuki passed him. "Maybe I should do that job too..." The neko glared at him evilly. "No damn rat!"
Back in the office, Tohru slid the door open carefully. It was dark but she could see the figure of a man slumped over his desk weeping. "Shigure- san....are you ok?" Startled by the new presence, he jumped a little. "Tohru....I know this was supposed to happen...but I really did love him..."
Tohru placed herself cautiously beside him. "I miss him too Shigure-san. If you ever need someone to talk to, don't ever hesitate ok? My mom always said, where there is death, there is always new life formed." Shigure lifted his head and looked at her, tears full in his eyes and running down his face rapidly.
Tohru was smiling in hopes to help cheer him up. "Thank you...." He laid his head back down on his desk and seemingly fell asleep, so Tohru ran to get a blanket and covered him, leaving him in the darkness. "Poor Shigure-san...I hope he'll be ok..."
The onigiri went back up to her room like she promised and laid down. It wasn't long before, quite against her will, she fell into a deep sleep. Kyo and Yuki took their turns checking on their princess until they too went to bed.