Chapter 14

Into The Woods We Go

Last time on The Curse I Never Had - Kagura came over only to find out that Miroto had claimed Kyo as a member of her pack. Now Haru andMidori have headed off to school and are lost in the woods, just like cows. Now what?
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Midori's POV
"Uh, where are we?" I asked Haru.

"Um...I'm not sure, really," he responded. I don't know why, but this seems perfect, he thought.

We were enclosed by trees and we were off of the path to school. I mayhave beenan explorer, but I'd never been there before. I almost felt more lost than Haru. It was weird, though. For some odd reason he had a smile on his face. For some reason, this smile scared me. Did he go black? I wondered. I wasn't ready to find out.

He approached me with that blank stare, a sure sign of White Haru. Though, I was still scared, so I backed up and ended up against a tree.

"Um, are you sure that you're not black or anything, Haru?" I asked rather suspiciously. I was sure that he was tired of me always asking, but it was for my protection; his protection.

"No, why?"

"It's just...right now...you're scaring me in a way that I don't know why," I told him. He probably thinks that I'm crazy, I thought.

"You don't have to be afraid of me. I know that you are, you almost always are. Even though you love me, you're still afraid, and you admit it. Being able to admit that you're afraid of Black Haru is fine, it's a good thing. It just means that you're accepting me for who I am. Not many people are like that. That means true love," he explained. (A/N: Sounds like that Kyo scene, if you know what I mean...)

I felt a little relieved, except that I was now pinned to the tree and I couldn't go anywhere. "Haru? Shouldn't we be going to school?"

"You're right, let's go." Shame, I must've scared her too much to get another kiss, he thought.

I led the way, looking for Yuki's electric signal as a path. We eventually caught up to them half-way to school. They were a little surprised to see that we weren't already there since we left way before they did.

"Why aren't you two at school already?" asked Yuki.

"They probably got lost," commented Kyo.

"Kyo's right, we did get lost. We got out because I followed Yuki's electric signal. It wasn't very easy, though..." I trailed off thinking about how I had almost had another kiss from Haru. Why did I blow it! I'm so stubborn! I yelled at myself.

We arrived at the school a little later than we normally did so the halls were packed. I stayed close to Haru so that I wouldn't transform. It worked and I made it into classes as a human, as did he.

It was just another day of hiding behind Haru...like it always was. Haru was just more careful and I was often not even thinking. I just walked through the halls. But today, Haru had something to say to me.

"Y'know, you don't have to follow me. You're just too scared to come out. You won't transform, I promise."

"How can you say that?" I asked.

"Well, don't you remember that you have traits from all of the members? Ayame's snake habits can get you through a crowd easily. I've seen you do that at the Main Sohma House many times to stay clear of everyone." His eyes seemed to portray that he was white.

"Okay, whatever you say, Haru-chan." I stepped up and it was true. I practically slithered my way through all of the people and I was still me. No big POOF or anything. Maybe I should listen to Haru-chan more, I thought.

At lunch, I didn't have to follow him, but I stayed close. I still didn't know the school that well, but with Haru, it was a little easier. Following someone with a bad sense of direction may seem like a bad idea to you, but Haru had been there long enough to develop a routine so he didn't get lost.
When we all got home, WOW! A lot of walls and doors were knocked down...Kagura and Miroto. I guess that I'll have fix all of these walls and doors, I thought. Out of nowhere came Kagura and she was flying, but only because she had been thrown my Miroto.Wow, the pig is flying...at this rate, I'll be dying by the time I'm done.
Yeah, I have a lot of school work and I've been bribing my self lately. "If you finish your homework, you can write 1 page" "If you read one chapter of 'The Wish List' you can write 2 pages" "If you read 3 chapters, you can play on the computer for 15 minutes" things like that. No, that's not my parents doing that, it's me so that I can get my stupid homework done! I promise a new STORY in a few days called Reverse Of The Curse. You'll be totally lost in that one of you haven't read the first chapter of this one, The Curse I Never Had. I think that you'll love my new one!

Edit: Wow, I forgot about my bribing days. Now school's out and now I'm back in it again...high school is actually kinda scary...but I guess that I need to bribe myself more again...shame...shame...