Author's note: Yay! Finally an update! No, my computer's not fixed, and
yes, I'm back at my mom's office, but, as you can see, I did remember to
bring the notebook that has all of my fics written down. Oh, yea—just so
you guys know, I'm thinking about the ending being an alternate ending to
the Furuba series. Now, granted, I haven't seen/read the Furuba
anime/manga, so if something doesn't seem, well, actually possible, too
bad. There's nothing I hate more when it comes to fanfics than know-it-all
reviewers. Not everybody can be all-knowing about every aspect of the
series, okay?? Yeesh!
chapter 4: risk
Two days after Yuki and Tohru's encounter in her bedroom, it was Sunday, and Yuki had an idea.
"Hey, Honda-san," he said, "let's go see a movie!"
Tohru almost choked on her rice. "R-really?!" she exclaimed. Yuki nodded. "Yeah, there's one I thought you'd want to see. Interested?"
Tohru blushed. Was this...a date?? "W-well, yeah! Of course!" she exclaimed.
"Ooh!" Shigure chimed in, half-kidding. "That sounds like fun!" Can I come, too??"
Yuki pursed his lips a little. "Don't you have work to do, Shigure?" he asked curtly.
"Yeah, so?"
"So, you should get on it!"
Tohru could feel the tension in the room, and she wondered if she should try to stop their arguing. She didn't want it to become too obvious to Shigure that they were trying to go out on a date.
To her luck, however, the phone started to ring. Sighing, Shigure stood up and picked it up.
"Hello?" he asked. He listened for a couple of minutes, then answered, "Uh- huh, okay...yes...Um, I'm kinda busy right now, can I...No, no, I'm not trying to abandon you!..."
"Must be his editor," Yuki muttered, and Tohru nodded in agreement.
Shigure hung up the phone. "Well, that was another distress call from my editor. Says she wants fifty pages done by tomorrow. So..." He put on his glasses. "I guess I won't be joining you two. Have fun!"
Tohru smiled, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wow, I'm so excited!" Tohru exclaimed as she and Yuki were walking to the theater. She was hugging his arm.
"Yeah, it is fun," Yuki, who wasn't being completely honest. He didn't really understand how walking could be fun. But then again, this was Tohru he was talking about. It didn't take too much to get her excited.
From a distance, a lone figure was watched them. Sohma Hatori, the Sohma family doctor, was in the city when he spotted Tohru and Yuki together. He was perplexed about seeing them together in that sort of fashion, especially when he saw that they're arms were linked. He felt uneasy. Did Shigure know about this? He hoped he was wrong about Tohru and Yuki; that they weren't going out with each other or anything. Hatori straightened his tie. No, surely not. Tohru was a pretty smart girl, from what he had seen from her. She was certainly conscience of the situation she was in, and how she shouldn't try anything that would provoke Akito, the head of the Sohma family.
And Yuki... Why, he was practically afraid of Akito. Hatori did note to himself that Yuki did, however, skip out of the New Years Banquet, and it was uncalled for that the Rat would intentionally miss it. He scratched his head.
A sudden gust of wind blew Tohru's hair in front of her face, so she tucked it behind her ears. "It's so pretty out here, Sohma-kun!" she said.
Yuki smiled. "It sure is," he replied. Both he and Tohru stopped. Tohru smiled, and reached for his hand. "I love you, Sohma-kun," she said. Yuki leaned over and kissed her. "I love you, too," he replied.
Hatori's face dropped almost instantly. This could not be happening. "No..." he muttered numbly. "What do they think they're doing?! Blast it!!" He slammed his hand onto a telephone pole. He had warned Tohru before to leave the Sohma house, to not get involved anymore. He wanted to protect her, he, how that it's come to this? He suddenly thought of Kana. If Akito found out about this, would he react the same way to Tohru as he did to him when he asked him if he could marry Kana.
Hatori saw three possibilities that were available. One, he could tell Akito what he had just seen, but, as he thought just a moment ago, he would most likely lash out at him, Tohru, or Yuki.
Two, he could keep his mouth shut, but the longer he waited, the worse things might get.
And three, he could confront Tohru himself, then erase her memories of all she knew about the Sohmas, and be done with it.
He didn't like any of them, but if Tohru and Yuki had really fallen in love, then something had to be done. Now the hard part was choosing which one he wanted to go with. With that, he turned around and left.
"Oh, wow—that was such a good movie, Sohma-kun!" Tohru exclaimed, and clapped her hands. "It was such a beautiful love story..." She sighed romantically.
Yuki laughed. "Well, I'm glad you liked it," he said as they approached their house.
He had just opened the front door when something occurred to him.
"Oh, Honda-san," he said. "I just remembered that we're almost out of milk. I'm going to run up to the store to get some, ok?"
Tohru nodded. "Ok, that's just fine," she said. Yuki then darted off. Tohru opened the door to the house, took off her shoes, and frowned. "I guess Shigure-san isn't home yet."
I hope you're able to understand this situation, Shigure," Hatori said.
Shigure nodded as he inhaled on his cigarette. "I do," he murmured. He shook his head. "I...I just can't believe it, that's all." He looked over to his computer screen and watched the cursor as it blinked. He was in the middle of writing when Hatori came into his office. Shigure didn't say anything else.
"Well?" Hatori said demandingly. "What do you plan to do?"
Shigure tapped his cigarette on the ashtray. "Nothing," he answered casually. "I don't want to have to do anything."
"What are you saying?!" Hatori exclaimed. He shot up from his chair. "Don't you see what can happen? If Akito finds out that Yuki and Tohru have fallen for each other, who knows what he will do!"
Shigure sighed. "Yeah, I know that," he said defensively. "But...I've known Tohru-kun a lot longer than you, and I know she's a good kid, so I trust she knows what she's doing."
"But, you didn't see what I saw, Shigure!!" Hatori said. He gave up talking with Shigure when he saw that he was merely looking at him, and was clearly not changing his mind.
Hatori's head slumped. "Are you sure?"
Shigure frowned. "No," he admitted. He glanced over at Hatori, and said, "Fine, do whatever you feel is right." He put his cigarette in his mouth. "Akito's going to find out soon enough anyway, I suppose."
With a nod, Hatori said, "Ok."
chapter 4: risk
Two days after Yuki and Tohru's encounter in her bedroom, it was Sunday, and Yuki had an idea.
"Hey, Honda-san," he said, "let's go see a movie!"
Tohru almost choked on her rice. "R-really?!" she exclaimed. Yuki nodded. "Yeah, there's one I thought you'd want to see. Interested?"
Tohru blushed. Was this...a date?? "W-well, yeah! Of course!" she exclaimed.
"Ooh!" Shigure chimed in, half-kidding. "That sounds like fun!" Can I come, too??"
Yuki pursed his lips a little. "Don't you have work to do, Shigure?" he asked curtly.
"Yeah, so?"
"So, you should get on it!"
Tohru could feel the tension in the room, and she wondered if she should try to stop their arguing. She didn't want it to become too obvious to Shigure that they were trying to go out on a date.
To her luck, however, the phone started to ring. Sighing, Shigure stood up and picked it up.
"Hello?" he asked. He listened for a couple of minutes, then answered, "Uh- huh, okay...yes...Um, I'm kinda busy right now, can I...No, no, I'm not trying to abandon you!..."
"Must be his editor," Yuki muttered, and Tohru nodded in agreement.
Shigure hung up the phone. "Well, that was another distress call from my editor. Says she wants fifty pages done by tomorrow. So..." He put on his glasses. "I guess I won't be joining you two. Have fun!"
Tohru smiled, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wow, I'm so excited!" Tohru exclaimed as she and Yuki were walking to the theater. She was hugging his arm.
"Yeah, it is fun," Yuki, who wasn't being completely honest. He didn't really understand how walking could be fun. But then again, this was Tohru he was talking about. It didn't take too much to get her excited.
From a distance, a lone figure was watched them. Sohma Hatori, the Sohma family doctor, was in the city when he spotted Tohru and Yuki together. He was perplexed about seeing them together in that sort of fashion, especially when he saw that they're arms were linked. He felt uneasy. Did Shigure know about this? He hoped he was wrong about Tohru and Yuki; that they weren't going out with each other or anything. Hatori straightened his tie. No, surely not. Tohru was a pretty smart girl, from what he had seen from her. She was certainly conscience of the situation she was in, and how she shouldn't try anything that would provoke Akito, the head of the Sohma family.
And Yuki... Why, he was practically afraid of Akito. Hatori did note to himself that Yuki did, however, skip out of the New Years Banquet, and it was uncalled for that the Rat would intentionally miss it. He scratched his head.
A sudden gust of wind blew Tohru's hair in front of her face, so she tucked it behind her ears. "It's so pretty out here, Sohma-kun!" she said.
Yuki smiled. "It sure is," he replied. Both he and Tohru stopped. Tohru smiled, and reached for his hand. "I love you, Sohma-kun," she said. Yuki leaned over and kissed her. "I love you, too," he replied.
Hatori's face dropped almost instantly. This could not be happening. "No..." he muttered numbly. "What do they think they're doing?! Blast it!!" He slammed his hand onto a telephone pole. He had warned Tohru before to leave the Sohma house, to not get involved anymore. He wanted to protect her, he, how that it's come to this? He suddenly thought of Kana. If Akito found out about this, would he react the same way to Tohru as he did to him when he asked him if he could marry Kana.
Hatori saw three possibilities that were available. One, he could tell Akito what he had just seen, but, as he thought just a moment ago, he would most likely lash out at him, Tohru, or Yuki.
Two, he could keep his mouth shut, but the longer he waited, the worse things might get.
And three, he could confront Tohru himself, then erase her memories of all she knew about the Sohmas, and be done with it.
He didn't like any of them, but if Tohru and Yuki had really fallen in love, then something had to be done. Now the hard part was choosing which one he wanted to go with. With that, he turned around and left.
"Oh, wow—that was such a good movie, Sohma-kun!" Tohru exclaimed, and clapped her hands. "It was such a beautiful love story..." She sighed romantically.
Yuki laughed. "Well, I'm glad you liked it," he said as they approached their house.
He had just opened the front door when something occurred to him.
"Oh, Honda-san," he said. "I just remembered that we're almost out of milk. I'm going to run up to the store to get some, ok?"
Tohru nodded. "Ok, that's just fine," she said. Yuki then darted off. Tohru opened the door to the house, took off her shoes, and frowned. "I guess Shigure-san isn't home yet."
I hope you're able to understand this situation, Shigure," Hatori said.
Shigure nodded as he inhaled on his cigarette. "I do," he murmured. He shook his head. "I...I just can't believe it, that's all." He looked over to his computer screen and watched the cursor as it blinked. He was in the middle of writing when Hatori came into his office. Shigure didn't say anything else.
"Well?" Hatori said demandingly. "What do you plan to do?"
Shigure tapped his cigarette on the ashtray. "Nothing," he answered casually. "I don't want to have to do anything."
"What are you saying?!" Hatori exclaimed. He shot up from his chair. "Don't you see what can happen? If Akito finds out that Yuki and Tohru have fallen for each other, who knows what he will do!"
Shigure sighed. "Yeah, I know that," he said defensively. "But...I've known Tohru-kun a lot longer than you, and I know she's a good kid, so I trust she knows what she's doing."
"But, you didn't see what I saw, Shigure!!" Hatori said. He gave up talking with Shigure when he saw that he was merely looking at him, and was clearly not changing his mind.
Hatori's head slumped. "Are you sure?"
Shigure frowned. "No," he admitted. He glanced over at Hatori, and said, "Fine, do whatever you feel is right." He put his cigarette in his mouth. "Akito's going to find out soon enough anyway, I suppose."
With a nod, Hatori said, "Ok."