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Takaya Natsuki, not to me.
A/N: Hi everyone. Here is chapter eight of my story. It's getting to the point where the end is coming into sight. There will be at least three more chapters though, maybe more depending on what kind of tangents my brain decides to go off on. Anyway, here is the new chapter. I hope you like it.
Roses of Glass
Chapter 8
"Bye. I'm going out shopping with Uo and Hana now," Tohru called, "I'll be back in a little while."
To be completely honest, Tohru was a little worried. She and the Sohmas were leaving on the ski trip the day after tomorrow and she still hadn't bought a gift for Kyo. In fact, she still had no clue what to get him. She knew that he had already gotten a gift for her. If the fact that he hadn't let her help him wrap his presents wasn't enough of a hint, she had asked Yuki to find out. Yuki had come back and told her that while he didn't want to say it, Kyo had indeed already gotten her a gift, a really nice one. Yuki had then offered to lend her some money to do the rest of her shopping with, but Tohru had been saving up for Christmas shopping for quite a while. But that didn't bring her any closer to having the right present for Kyo yet.
"Hey, Tohru, are you okay?" Uo asked, "You look like you've got something heavy duty on your mind."
"Yes. And you've been awfully quiet," Hana added.
Tohru looked up to answer and noticed that while she had been thinking, she and her friends had already reached the mall, "Yeah, I'm okay. I just want to make sure I get the perfect gift for Kyo. Yuki told me that Kyo got me something really nice. So I want to get something really nice for him, too."
"Maybe you could get him a nice sweater or something," suggested Uo.
"Oh, no," Hana commented, "that wouldn't do. A sweater is a very generic gift. Tohru wants to make sure her gift to Tohru is completely unique, don't you Tohru?"
Tohru started to nod and then stopped as a thought crossed her mind, "How unique are you talking about, Hana?"
Uo laughed at that, "Man, that Orange-top is sure rubbing off on you. That totally sounded like a question he would ask, not you. Exactly how much time have you two been spending together lately?"
"Well, they do live together," Hana answered.
"Hana, you make it sound so scandalous. Our little Tohru wouldn't be involved in something as dirty as it sounds like you're suggesting," Uo said, feigning shock.
"Are you saying that if you had a boyfriend who lived in the same house as you that you'd keep your hands off him?"
Uo laughed again, "I guess I see your point."
By this point Tohru was blushing uncontrollably. Maybe bringing her friends along hadn't been such a great idea. They certainly weren't being much help at the moment. If anything, they were slowing down her search. And they were embarrassing her on top of it. The whole thing was almost enough to make her go hysterical. But her determination to find her gift for Kyo prevented her from doing so. It was her driving force today and nothing was going to stop her until she had achieved her goal. Finally she grabbed the other girls, each with one hand and dragged them through the mall.
As they passed the pet store, Uo said, "Hey, do you remember that time at school when Orange-top had all those cats with him? Maybe you should get him a kitten."
Tohru gulped, "I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Why not?"
"Well," Tohru replied, "Because of Yuki. He, um, he's allergic to cats. Yeah. So, um, we can't get any pet cats."
"What about the cat that was at the house that time we came over?" asked Hana.
"Oh, that. That was a stray. He just somehow managed to get in the house," Tohru winced. She hated lying to her friends. Even more, she hated the idea of calling Kyo a stray. But she couldn't very well tell her friends about the curse. She just hoped that if Kyo were to know what she had just said that he would understand.
"Hmm. And you already have a dog, right?" Uo continued.
"What? Oh, right, Spot. Yeah, we've already got Spot," Tohru answered.
"Well, I guess pets are kind of out then."
Tohru gave a sigh of relief. The sooner they got away form that pet store, the soon she could relax and stop lying.
In the middle of her de-stressing period, she almost walked right past it. But she noticed at the last second and stopped abruptly in front of the shop, staring first up at the sign and then inside. Her friends turned towards her in surprise.
"Um, Tohru.." Uo began.
"This is it. I've got it. That's perfect," Tohru said pointing into the window.
"Really?" asked Hana.
"Yeah. That's it. But I have to stoop somewhere else first. Oh! I'm so happy now. I can't wait. Kyo is going to love this."
Uo glanced in the window, "Yeah, I imagine he will."
A/N: Hi everyone. Here is chapter eight of my story. It's getting to the point where the end is coming into sight. There will be at least three more chapters though, maybe more depending on what kind of tangents my brain decides to go off on. Anyway, here is the new chapter. I hope you like it.
Roses of Glass
Chapter 8
"Bye. I'm going out shopping with Uo and Hana now," Tohru called, "I'll be back in a little while."
To be completely honest, Tohru was a little worried. She and the Sohmas were leaving on the ski trip the day after tomorrow and she still hadn't bought a gift for Kyo. In fact, she still had no clue what to get him. She knew that he had already gotten a gift for her. If the fact that he hadn't let her help him wrap his presents wasn't enough of a hint, she had asked Yuki to find out. Yuki had come back and told her that while he didn't want to say it, Kyo had indeed already gotten her a gift, a really nice one. Yuki had then offered to lend her some money to do the rest of her shopping with, but Tohru had been saving up for Christmas shopping for quite a while. But that didn't bring her any closer to having the right present for Kyo yet.
"Hey, Tohru, are you okay?" Uo asked, "You look like you've got something heavy duty on your mind."
"Yes. And you've been awfully quiet," Hana added.
Tohru looked up to answer and noticed that while she had been thinking, she and her friends had already reached the mall, "Yeah, I'm okay. I just want to make sure I get the perfect gift for Kyo. Yuki told me that Kyo got me something really nice. So I want to get something really nice for him, too."
"Maybe you could get him a nice sweater or something," suggested Uo.
"Oh, no," Hana commented, "that wouldn't do. A sweater is a very generic gift. Tohru wants to make sure her gift to Tohru is completely unique, don't you Tohru?"
Tohru started to nod and then stopped as a thought crossed her mind, "How unique are you talking about, Hana?"
Uo laughed at that, "Man, that Orange-top is sure rubbing off on you. That totally sounded like a question he would ask, not you. Exactly how much time have you two been spending together lately?"
"Well, they do live together," Hana answered.
"Hana, you make it sound so scandalous. Our little Tohru wouldn't be involved in something as dirty as it sounds like you're suggesting," Uo said, feigning shock.
"Are you saying that if you had a boyfriend who lived in the same house as you that you'd keep your hands off him?"
Uo laughed again, "I guess I see your point."
By this point Tohru was blushing uncontrollably. Maybe bringing her friends along hadn't been such a great idea. They certainly weren't being much help at the moment. If anything, they were slowing down her search. And they were embarrassing her on top of it. The whole thing was almost enough to make her go hysterical. But her determination to find her gift for Kyo prevented her from doing so. It was her driving force today and nothing was going to stop her until she had achieved her goal. Finally she grabbed the other girls, each with one hand and dragged them through the mall.
As they passed the pet store, Uo said, "Hey, do you remember that time at school when Orange-top had all those cats with him? Maybe you should get him a kitten."
Tohru gulped, "I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Why not?"
"Well," Tohru replied, "Because of Yuki. He, um, he's allergic to cats. Yeah. So, um, we can't get any pet cats."
"What about the cat that was at the house that time we came over?" asked Hana.
"Oh, that. That was a stray. He just somehow managed to get in the house," Tohru winced. She hated lying to her friends. Even more, she hated the idea of calling Kyo a stray. But she couldn't very well tell her friends about the curse. She just hoped that if Kyo were to know what she had just said that he would understand.
"Hmm. And you already have a dog, right?" Uo continued.
"What? Oh, right, Spot. Yeah, we've already got Spot," Tohru answered.
"Well, I guess pets are kind of out then."
Tohru gave a sigh of relief. The sooner they got away form that pet store, the soon she could relax and stop lying.
In the middle of her de-stressing period, she almost walked right past it. But she noticed at the last second and stopped abruptly in front of the shop, staring first up at the sign and then inside. Her friends turned towards her in surprise.
"Um, Tohru.." Uo began.
"This is it. I've got it. That's perfect," Tohru said pointing into the window.
"Really?" asked Hana.
"Yeah. That's it. But I have to stoop somewhere else first. Oh! I'm so happy now. I can't wait. Kyo is going to love this."
Uo glanced in the window, "Yeah, I imagine he will."