Chapter 4: Can Ayame Heal Yuki? Bad Surprise…

Princess Sango

Yuki woke up to find himself in Ayame's apartment and tried to recall a memory of even walking here. That's when Ayame popped in, "Did you sleep well?"

Yuki blinked his eyes, "What am I doing here?"

"I decided you needed time away from home dear brother."

"Since when do you care?"

Ayame blinked his eyes, "I've always cared, but this case seemed more serious then the rest."

Yuki shook his head as if looking for something and Ayame shook his head, "I'm not letting you mark my walls up, here."

Yuki nodded and made a mark on the paper and Ayame snatched up the paper, "It's not healthy to stare at it, now let's go have some fun!"

Yuki shook his head and looked at Ayame questioningly, "Where are we going?"

Ayame gave him a smile and a wink, "You don't worry about that Yuki-kun!"

Yuki shook his head and saw a suitcase and figured he should at least freshen up, but he didn't feel like it. Yet he did it anyway and met Ayame at the door. Ayame didn't even give him a chance as he dragged his brother out the door.

Tohru…

Weekend was here finally! She jumped for joy and ran home to find the kids already home doing their homework. Greeting them she pulled out her own homework and started when a knock at the door came, scrambling up she answered the door, "Hello?"

A police officer gave her a sad little half smile, "Is a girl named Tomiko here?"

"Hai, would you like to come inside?"

He nodded and Tohru opened the door to let him inside and called Tomiko away from her friends. Tohru was outside the room when she heard Tomiko cry out and she ran back out to see her new friend crying on the couch, "What's wrong Tomiko-chan?"

The police officer looked at Tomiko sadly and stood up, "Follow me."

She nodded and followed as he explained the parents of Tomiko were killed in a car accident and unfortunately the girl had no other family. Then he asked her if Tohru even knew the parents. "Um, no I can't say I've met them but she's been coming and going here the past month. What were you thinking of?"

"A foster home but if you think you could handle her…"

"Of course I could! Would it be okay?"

"Yes of course and we won't make it a legal case, so go ahead. Sorry for the intrusion miss."

"No problem, you were just doing your job."

He nodded and left then and there without looking back as Tohru scrambled back into the room Tomiko was in. Kneeling down to the crying girl Tohru hugged her, "It's okay to cry Tomiko-chan, its okay to cry. I know how you feel…"

Tomiko sniffed, "You do?"

"Yes, I lost both my parents also. I knew someone who helped me get through it, and I'm going to help you too," she promised.

"Is that why you left Tokyo?"

"No I left because well- I'm pregnant," she answered her truthfully.

"You are; you don't look it."

"I'm just starting Tomiko, but I want you to know, you can stay here, you're welcome to the house."

"Honto?"

"Really Tomiko, I'm not sending you anywhere, but as long as you're willing."

"Yes!"

Tohru gave her friend a smile, "Now dry those tears Tomiko-chan, you still have me."

Meanwhile at the Sohma's…

Yuki looked at Ayame as he pulled him around in a club. "Can we go yet?"

Ayame stared at him, "Are you crazy, this is the fun a bachelor like you should enjoy! You have a life right Yuki-kun?"

Yuki snorted, "Not when you're a father."

"Will you just drop the subject Yuki? You're not married and you don't know where she is. Feel lucky man, she left you to live a free life."

Yuki shook his head and ran out of the club and Ayame stared at where his brother once was and thought, How could one woman hold such a deep place in his heart?

He just didn't know how deep it was…

TBC...