AN: Thank you to WaterGirlShaman and Haru and Kisa Lover for more reviews! There was a short delay yesterday because it was my birthday! Well, with that aside, here's the monkey with a nervous breakdown, Ritsu!
To Be Strong
Timid and weak,
Is all I am...
A thousand apologies was all I could speak;
If I could do it over again...
I would if I could...
But I can't,
I am just no good...
What I am here? I am just a monkey with a lack of talent.
One day a certain girl came to me,
Told me what I longed to hear...
That life itself is an uncertainty,
And as long as we are here,
We could find the reason in someone.
My heart warmed to her words...
Eased my fears a little, one by one.
She must be special, that nice girl.
I hope to find my reason someday,
And maybe I'll have to strength to reach normality,
Just like him...
To have strong confidence like Aya-nii;
Being around him gives me a dream and hope within.
I hope someday,
Someone erase my uncertainties,
For their own sake,
Laughing, smiling and eating takoyaki.
That day would be the end of my search.
For now...I have to be strong,
My hopes and dreams are far from over,
For the sake of that person...I have to go on.
AN: Now, that's a side of Ritsu we all hoped to see. Although, his streams of apologies were quite funny. He hoped to help someone and be an encouragement to them, like Tohru. I wonder if he ever will? Oh, before I forget, takoyaki is octopus in a soft ball of batter. It's the food Ritsu was retrieving for Shigure when he and Tohru had this heart to heart conversation. Okay, enough rambling, the next person was never introduced in the anime. She's the horse, Isuzu Sohma. She's Haru's ex-girl and she's got quite a headstrong personality.