Hey there! A new twist in this chapter, you will see! Hmmm… No Rukawa or Sendoh to bother me, I guess… Oh crap… The self-proclaimed, so-called "hottest god of basketball" is here… (he says in the background: Hahaha! Good you know I'm the hottest god of basketball! Sooo conceted, ain't he?) Shut up, Mit-chan… (Don't call me that!) Yeah, yeah… Just shut up or I'll strangle you, okay? ("…") There! With the annoying, but really, he's hot, you know, Mitsui out of the picture, but not out of my head… Maybe I can continue this fic… (Bwahaha! I'm the hottest god of basketball!) Aargh! Shut up, Mitsui Hisashi!!!

"So, were you guys able to talk earlier?" Kyo asked. He and Aki were sitting at the roof.

"Hn…"

"Hey… Would you at least tell me if you don't want to talk to me?"

"Hn…"

"HEY!! Hello? Earth calling to Aki!"

"A – a?"

"Aki, is there something bothering you? You don't even talk. And that's so unusual of you. I'm more rested with the girl who smiles at anything, even if it's danger staring her in the face. She'd just smile, and kick danger's butt out of the way… That's certainly not you…" Kyo smiled.

"Ha ha ha!"

"See? You laughed! What's bothering you so badly that you can't even smile?"

"…"

"You can tell me, you know…"

"Kyo-kun…"

Aki remained silent. Kyo moved closer to Aki and put his arm over Aki's shoulders. Aki bowed her head on her knees. Kyo stared unblinkingly.

"Kyo-kun… What do you do when you're torn between love and pity?"

"What? You're torn between – love and pity? What the hell does that mean?"

"Kyo-kun – "

"It means, what will be your answers to our assignment, baka neko…"

"Aah! The rat's here! Yuck!"

"Shut up… Aki, haven't you done the assignment yet?" Yuki asked, all the while, eyeing Kyo's arm, which was carefully placed around Aki.

"A – I haven't done it yet…"

"A, so that's why you're asking… Wait, do we really have an assignment like that?"

"Of course, you stupid cat…" So, Yuki and Kyo argued, while Aki thought to herself.

I can't believe Kyo-kun. He didn't get what I said… But I guess that's better. Yuki-kun came… That's a relief…

Why's she asking that? Ha… What can I do? He either likes Hatori, Yuki or Haru, ne? Why should I even bother? Hmmm… Aah! Why am I saying this to myself!? This is impossible! I can't be thinking this way!?

Kyo thought to himself as well…

While they were having dinner…

"So, are you guys okay now?" Shigure asked daringly.

"Umm…"

"Yeah…" Haru answered. Aki looked at him, surprised at his answer. "Well, I don't really know… I mean, we understand some now, but we still have to talk about a lot of things… I dunno…" Haru shrugged.

"We're okay…" It was Haru's turn to look at Aki in surprise. "I mean… We're okay, aren't we?" Aki looked back at Haru.

"A – a – "

"You look cute, you know!"

"Shut up, Momiji!" Haru scolded.

"But really, what happened at the park?" Yuki asked seriously. Haru eyed him suspiciously, however.

"A – ano… We… I…"

"I don't think you need to interrogate Haru-chan, Yuki-kun," Aki said with a smile. "We're okay… I think that's all that matters now…"

"Aww, you're so cute…" Kyo said with sarcasm.

"Kyo-kun!" Tohru said.

The next day was a Saturday so they didn't have to go to school. Aki was the first one to wake up. She went out to the genkan for some air.

Things have changed… Very much… Many things… But… Oh! Maybe some haven't… Haru-chan… Should I call him Haru-kun now? We've grown… He's right… Things have changed… I thought his feelings would… But they didn't… Yeah, maybe I'm so lucky to have him…

Aki thought while staring into the blue morning sky. Suddenly, a dove landed in front of her. She leaned to look at it. Then, she heard footsteps. When the footsteps stopped, the feet that made them were already in front of her. When she looked up…

"Hello, my dear sister…"

"A – Akito!" There Akito was, standing in all his glory… (Hehehe!) Staring down at his long lost sister. Aki looked up into those familiar eyes, as though reading what was inside her mind. Those eyes looked hungry, hungry for something that they were missing for some time now. Those eyes looked threatening enough. Yet, Aki missed those eyes, the eyes that once cared for her…

Haah! End of the chapter! Maybe it's short but… Aah! I'm running out of inspiration… Help me!! Well, I'll stop Fruits Basket here in the mean time… Maybe tomorrow, I'll continue. I'm off to my Slam Dunk fiction. Til next time!