I'm late I'm late I'm late!!!! Kyou rushed out. If he had not leave the house with reluctance, as usual because of Tohru, he can't resist her, he would have made it to work on time at least 4 days in a row now. He picked up his pace and walked faster until he was about to go around the corner.

Bam!

"I'm so sorry!" Kyou said and picked up all the pieces of paper which had fell from the lady's arms. The lady smiled helplessly, "Ah, no, it's my fault! I was not paying attention to the road in front of me!" Kyou looked up at her and was captivated by her beauty.

She had red hair and green luscious almond-shaped eyes. Her smile was really the one which brought out her beauty. Wow. Kyou thought but he thought nothing of it, for Tohru was the only one he loves. She looked up at him and smiled again, "I'm so so sorry! I should have been more careful!"

"It's okay, really," Kyou said, he hesitated and spoke, "It's actually my fault, I'm sorry,"

"No! It's my fault! I'm really sorry!"

"Er no, It was –"

"Oh my god! I'm late for work!" She exclaimed while gathering the pieces of paper and putting them close to her fully-blossomed chest. "I'm really sorry, look, I'll make it up to you someday, give me your number… yes, thank you, I'll buy you lunch someday to make it up to you, I'm so sorry about just now… see? Now I've made the both of us late for work… My boss is so going to kill me,"

"Uh…it doesn't matter… and actually, you don't have to—"

"Right, so I'll see you around, I'm in a hurry!" She said, "My name's Kazemura Chika by the way, and yours?"

"Uh, Kyou… look, I just want to say that you don't—"

"Eeks! Look at the time!!!!" Chika said and rushed off.

"… have to treat me to lunch…" Kyou continued on but by the time he did, she was gone like the wind. She had ran around the corner and dashed across the road. At first, Kyou wanted to give chase to tell her what he wanted to tell her, but he shrugged. He could always refuse the offer. He looked at the time and gawked.

He is so late.

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Tohru thought about the past 5 years she had been together with Kyou. It had been very blissful, though they may have their fights, Kyou would normally end up apologizing in a rather sweet way. Like the other time, they were having a huge fight because Tohru asked a salesman to come in and have tea and Kyou was mad at her and shouted at her for being so naïve and gullible. He left in a hurry, leaving Tohru in a devastated state, but he returned an hour later with a piece of cheesecake that said 'I'm Sorry!' He placed it on a table silently and shyly and walked into his room blushing.

She smiled at the memory of it and sank back into her chair with a lemon tea in her hand. She sipped at it. It was all the little bits that made a lot of difference however… like the one when he helped out in her household cleaning… and the kisses planted on her forehead whenever she's feeling down… and the stolen kisses during bedtime when he kisses her on the forehead every night when he thought she had fallen asleep. And the times where they cuddled in front of the television with mugs of hot chocolate in their hand, a blanket draped over the two of them during winter and Tohru would rest her head on his… and stay there the whole day long. Kyou never stay mad at her for too long.

But lately, all these affectionate acts had been cut down to nil. There were none of these ever since Kyou's Shishou had died because of a car accident and he had taken over the dojo 2 years ago. Thinking about it stings Tohru's eyes, she remembered it as if it were yesterday.

The sky was the brightest blue and the sun was scorching and it was such a great day to go out hiking. But the atmosphere in the Main House were thick and heavy. They were all at his funeral. Kazuma had, reportedly, been hit by a drunk driver while he was off to buy some groceries. Kyou was looking down all the while, gripping hard on the chair's edge, trying to keep in control. She realized that whenever he's feeling down, he either punched at something really hard consecutively, or he would grip on something hard for a long, long time. When Tohru inched in to give him the comfort of her touch, she could feel his arm tensed. It did not relax and Tohru merely gave him a comforting squeeze and looked away, hiding the tears streaming down from her face.

Everybody was silent and formal, their hearts heavy with sorrow and reluctance to have Kazuma leave their lives like that. Even Momiji and Ayame, who had attended the funeral, was solemn. When Kyou went up to give a speech, he controlled himself for as long as he could before his voice broke and he could say nothing more. "Kazuma, had been a great, amazing person to me. He was special. When no one else was there, he was. I remember there was this one time… where I got into trouble in school… and someone mistaken Shishou as my father… and I, in defense, not to give him a bad reputation had yelled that he was not my father… A few years later, I learned that he had been there the whole time and was deeply hurt by my words…but I felt that he was just like a father to me… and…it was… strange…" He paused for a while, Tohru remembered. "I never gotten around to tell him that…" It was then that Kyou had broke and ran off with tears rolling down his face.

Now, Kyou is in charge of the Dojo that Kazuma had once ran and ever since Kazuma's death, Kyou had been less generous of his hugs and cuddles and kisses anymore. Sometimes, Tohru wished for the old days to be back again, but she knew that this was part of life. She love Kyou and she would accept this part of him even if it pains her to see him still mourning over Kazuma. She would do her very best to help him move on.

So many things had happened in the past 5 years… Take for example, Momiji… he became Momo's 'god-brother' even though he really is Momo's real brother. One time, Momo asked him whether he could be her god-brother, because he looked so much like mom and he smiled and accepted it. But one thing has not changed though, it was that his father still forbid Momiji to see his mother.

Ayame and Mine got together as well, Tohru smiled at the thought, it was very likely of them to get together. Besides, Mine was the one woman who could actually stand Ayame, not that Tohru had any problem with Ayame, but Mine had been there to support and care for Ayame.

Shigure was still as single as ever. One time, Tohru asked when he was going to find his Mrs. Right and he shrugged and waved at her, saying that a bachelor's life is what he will always lead because he did not like the feeling of being tied down of the commitments a relationship demands. It was the same as Hatori, as even though he still loves Kane, he knew he could never be the third party of a marriage. Much less, look like a bastard who goes after married women. But he has found someone of whom he shares interests with, and it is his new understudy. If all goes well, who knows what the future might bring for the both of them?

Yuki was no longer afraid of Akito. Instead, the both of them became rather good friends, in fact, a little too good sometimes…

Haru and Kisa became sworn brother and sister. Kisa and Hiro are still together however, which was so incredibly amazing considering their young age and their maturity to commit.

Tohru sipped her lemon tea. How she love the Souma family so much… Thinking back on what Uo had said, what would be really nice would be to have Souma as her very last name.

Souma Tohru…

Wouldn't that sound really nice?