Rin heard the knocking on the door and just assumed that Tohru had come back for something. But as she called to the person for them to enter, she was surprised yet again by the visitor. Hiro slid into the door and leaned against it as Rin stared at him.
"Hiro? What are you doing here?" she asked him.
"I brought you some flowers" he replied shortly as he walked over and began to place them in the empty vase on the table beside her bed.
"That wasn't necessary," she said.
"I know. But I also wanted to see if you were all right."
"I'm fine" she replied in a much gentler tone, "Hatori told me that you were the one who found me?"
"Mhm" he nodded, "You were just outside our house. I didn't want to alarm my mother so I just ran and got help myself. Everyone is worried about you though, at home."
"No they're not."
"Yea they are. At least at my house they are anyway."
"That's sweet of you to say, but I don't think so. No one worries about me" she lowered her head, her dark hair falling on the bed.
"That's not true Rin" he sat next to her, "I do. I worry about you all the time" he put his arms around her and she embraced him tight.
"Thanks Hiro" she said pulling away after.
"Rin" he looked at her as she leaned her head back onto her pillow, "Why can't you come home?"
"You know the answer to that?"
"Why not? I don't know the answer. Why are you living at Kagura's house, when you can be with family? Who cares if grandfather and grandmother don't want you? We do."
"It wouldn't do any good Hiro" Rin protested with a shake of her head, "Your mom's having a baby. She doesn't need another teenager on her hands. Especially one like me."
"I can take care of the baby. Father really wants you to come Rin. So do I. He doesn't understand why you keep refusing him."
"He doesn't even know anything about me. He didn't care about me back then, I don't know why he cares about me now."
"Maybe he understands now, because of me. I don't know. But he misses you Rin and so do I. I want you to come home."
"I haven't lived in that house in a long time Hiro. It would bring back to many bad memories. Can't you understand that? It's not that I don't care about you, I do. You are my nephew after all. But I just can't. It's something I am not capable of doing."
"I understand" he nodded as he slowly stood up, "But the offer still stands. From father and me. Anytime you're ready Rin, come home."
He walked slowly to the door and pulled on the handle. He looked back at his aunt with a brief smile and then walked out the door. Rin watched as he left with a sad look on her face. Then for no reason in particular she laid her head on her lap and began to sob.
(Next Scene)
Tohru walked into the house that afternoon and found Shigure in the sitting room, reading the paper as usual.
"Welcome back Tohru" Shigure replied with a smile, "Any luck?"
"Oh she accepted the rice-balls. Where's Yuki and Kyo?"
"Um let's see. Yuki is upstairs and Kyo still hasn't come back from the dojo."
"Well" Tohru said with a grin, "I'll get dinner started just the same. He'll back soon."
"Mhm" Shigure nodded with a grin of his own as she walked into the kitchen, "He is rather late though" he thought, "Later then usual. Perhaps something came up."
(Next Scene)
At Kazuma's dojo Kyo was hitting the punching bag over and over. It had been two weeks since the incident with his mother's letter and he had been a little more irritable then usual. As he punched the bag he thought about Tohru. How sweet and kind she had been that day. He thought of the promise he had made on the grave. From where he stood Kazuma watched with deep concern with his arms crossed.
"Something happened with Kyo" he thought, "Perhaps once he is finished, I should have a talk with him."
(Till Next Time!)
Authors Note: Well that is all for this week! I just wanted to say in advance if this chapter and the other are late, I'm sorry. The web page is acting kind of funky right now. Any way I hope you enjoyed it. I will write the next four chapters on the week of August 23, so look for them! Sorry there is also a new way to separte the scenes. If some of you also have this problem, there seems to be no other way to do it! Any way that's my rant!
Next Chapter: I love her!
Kyo tells Kazuma all about the letter and finally admits his true feelings about Tohru to him!