Chapter 4

Torhu

I stared after Yuki until he slammed his door then i turned and let out a sigh,puzzled. Sometimes i wished i knew what was going through their heads.For a few weeks now Yuki and Kyo were acting strange.Stammering,turning red,becoming nervous---

"ah good morning Torhu,beautiful flower! what a sunny day it is indeed!" i turned to see Shigure smiling and dressed in his usual blue robe.

"oh,good morning shigure"i answered brightly.At least some things had'nt changed.Shirgure was still shirgure.

I left shigure and climbed up the stairs to the attic which was filled with dust."now where is it..?"i mummered and ran my hand over the ceiling looking for the hinges that led to the roof.When i found the trap door i pushed hard and it opened admitting bright sunlight from outside.Now...how to get up there? i wondered.It was to high for my fingers to pull myself up.As i pondered something interfered with the sunlight and i glanced up.Kyo.

He peered down at me,his head looking through the trap door."what're you doing?"he asked.

"trying to get up there...but i can't it's to high"

"you are hopeless"he sighed but did'nt sound angry instead a amused smile wavered on his lips.

"wh-what are you doing?"i asked him suprised.He had leaned forward his strong hands wrapped around my waist."what does it look like?"then he started pulling me upward."don't,i protested,you'll hurt your arms!oh kyo don't do it!"He would'nt listen and pulled me upward till i was on the roof.

I glanced at him a few beads of sweat slid down his face but other then that he looked fine.

"thankyou"i said.

"what do you want?"he asked sharply.There he was again acting weird.

"um,i said timidly,well you seemed angry when you walked off and i was wondering if i could help.

Kyo glanced at me and his eyes softned"i did'nt mean,i'm just a little tired is all.don't worry so much."

We sat their on the roof in companiable silence side by side and i had the odd notation i was forgetting on think!i chidded myself.What am i forgetting?Kyo had started talking

"um-listen torhu...what am forgetting...um that is you'no how sometimes i sound weird or angry at you...forgetting...that is-- it's well because, i had never seen kyo so flustered and though my brain was listening to him half of it was trying to remember...i'll just go ahead and say it.Torhu i ---"

"OH NO!"i interrupted kyo in mid sentence."i forgot--i'm supposed to meet hana today! in like ten minutes!"

"you mean electro girl?"

"yes!oh no! i got to go kyo--you don't mind do you?"i asked hoping he was'nt going to be mad.

"no but i..forget it."

I jumped down the trap door and landed in the attic.Dust exploded around me.I started coughing countinually while trying to find my way downstairs."there you are!"i muttered and turned the knob almost tumbling down the stairs.I ran to my room and changed my filthy clothing to a blue skirt,a spategtti strapped orange top and black boots.Taking my hair out of the ponytail i ran down the stairs and asked shigure if it was ok if i could go.

"go right ahead"and i ran out the door.

As i raced to the park where i was supposed to meet hana i could'nt help feeling extremly guilty.Kyo was trying to tell me something and i just ran out.I might have hurt his feelings...what was he saying, torhu i---torhu i what? i wondered.Panting i finally reached the park and skidded to a stop to my dismay hana was not there.

I glanced at the clock.10:30. i was fourty-five minutes late.I felt extremly bad.How long had hana been waiting? I raced to hana's house.