Chapter 15: Catching Up With Friends and The Call

Princess Sango

Hana and Arisa walked inside the Sohma house, where they haven't been in awhile, and sought Tohru out in the living room. She seemed to be relaxing and they knocked on the wall to let her know someone was there. Looking up Tohru saw her two best friends and smiled, "Hi, I didn't know you were stopping by."

"Yeah, we figured that it would be okay if we came over, or is this a bad time?" asked Arisa.

"No, no it's a perfect time. The kids are in school and the Sohma's are all at work besides Shigure."

They nodded and sat on each end of the couch. "So how are you doing Tohru-kun?"

"I'm doing just fine; Yuki and I are trying to fill in what we had left opened."

"What's your wave, Hana?" Arisa asked.

"It's fine, this house seems full of love right now, a lot of it. Probably Kyo, Kagura, Yuki, and Tohru filled it. A very positive energy surrounds this house, yes indeed," Hana informed them with her wave report for the day.

"Honto, that's probably the first time I heard you say something positive about anything lately," Arisa said quietly.

"How are you guys doing?" Tohru asked, wanting to change the subject away from herself.

"Fine, everything is fine, besides worrying about you half the time. Yuki used to come to us, to talk about you, to ask if we knew where you were. Of course we didn't, and when you sent that letter we were relieved that you were fine. I was glad when Yuki showed us the pictures, but we were also amazed to learn why you even left," Hana answered a slight melancholy heard in her voice.

"Yeah, and we didn't blame Yuki or you but why did you leave?" Arisa asked.

Tohru blushed a deep red, "Well, Yuki and I had a moment five years ago I guess you can say. When we woke up the next morning, very early, we decided it would be for the best not to tell anyone, and that's when Akito was still alive. I was scared because if Akito were to find out about what happened, without his permission, we'd both be in deep trouble. So I left, assuring myself that we didn't want Akito to hurt one of us."

"Oh Tohru-kun!" Arisa said lightly as both girls hugged her.

"You could've come to us; we would've come with you!" Hana answered.

"I didn't want to pull you out of school too, I just had to live on my own for awhile. It was okay, but I missed home, where all my friends are," Tohru answered softly.

That second the phone rang and you could hear Shigure asking her to pick it up for him and if it's Mi, he's not home. So she answered it to find it be Mi, "Shigure's not home right no Mi-san."

"Nani, he's out again? Making my life miserable, again, okay, tell him I called bye!" with that she hung up and Shigure came inside.

"Who was that?"

"Mi told her you weren't home and you got her upset, again."

Shigure nodded but then noticed the other two in the room, "Hi Hana, Arisa, what brings you here?"

"Just visiting Tohru today, after all you got her the first few days," Arisa answered him.

"Oh, okay, well I better go out, or else she'll keep calling. Are you going to be okay Tohru-kun?"

"Yes, I'll be fine."

"Good, see you later." With that he walked out of the room and the girls continued talking when the phone rang again.

Tohru got up and answered it, "Um, Ms. Honda, we have a few question about your son, if you would come down here for awhile to answer them for us?"

"Yes of course, I'll be right there." Tohru said, slightly worried about what had happened.

Picking up the phone she called Hattori and asked him to come with her and to get in touch with Yuki so they could go. "I've got to go, it's great seeing you again, but something happened and I have to go take care of it."

Hana and Arisa nodded and walked out of the house after saying a quick goodbye.

TBC…