((A/N: I don't own Furuba! I am just obsessed with it!))

Chapter 1

"Nazomi?" said Shigure as he tapped her shoulder. He was worried about her. She seemed to always be deep in thought about something.

Nazomi looked up at Shigure and then blinked. "Oh... food... sorry..." she said as she stood up and walked to the kitchen and began to make rice balls enough for three people. She set the kettle on the stove with the water in it and finished making the rice balls. Tohru had been sick, so Hatori was coming over to check on her. He was also coming to take a quick look at her scar. She didn't really like when anyone looked at her scar. She was ashamed of it. She walked into the dinning room and looked and saw Kyo and glared at his back. She walked up to the table and slammed the rice ball plate down and stomped back to the kitchen.

Kyo's neko ears appeared and twitched as Nazomi slammed the plate down on the table. "What the hell was that for?" he yelled as she was walking out of the room. He stood up quickly. "Hello answers me!" he yelled "I was talking to-" he got pulled down by Shigure and then glared at him. "What the hell!" he began to try and squirm out of Shigure's grip to run after Nazomi.

"Stupid cat... She's in one of her moods..." Yuki stated as he glared at Kyo with his purple eyes. Kyo was about to say something as Yuki shoved a leek rice ball into the neko's mouth. Kyo passed out and his head hit the table.

"Yuki... What was that for?" asked Shigure tilting his head and looking at Yuki with a confused expression on his face. He thought for a moment, and when Yuki glared at him Shigure sighed. "Ah... one of those moods..." he said in a low voice. He had a sad look on his face. "She'll be okay... It's just been eleven years since... well you know. You should expect her to be this way." he stated as he moved his hair from his face.

Yuki nodded as his grey hair fell into his face. It was strange how the seventeen year old knew about the whipping Akito gave Nazomi. But then again it seemed that anyone that was fifteen or over knew about it and could remember it. Yuki began to eat a rice ball and sighed as he chewed slowly. He noticed Kyo waking up. "You stupid cat..." he said in a quiet voice as he started eating another rice ball.

Kyo sat up and glared at Yuki. "You damn rat!" he yelled as he slammed his fists into the table and continued to glare at Yuki as the plate jumped up a little. Nazomi came walking back in with the tea pot and placed it on the table. Kyo glared at her. She had a depressed look on her face, but that didn't stop him. "Hey what the hell is wrong with you!" he yelled. He watched for a moment as Nazomi poured the four cups of tea. "Hey I'm talking to you!" he yelled as his neko ears appeared.

Nazomi looked over at Kyo then sighed to herself and sat down. Taking a small sip of her tea with her eyes closed, she tried not to talk to Kyo in a nasty manner. He was the only one that was seventeen and didn't know about what Akito did to her. She looked at Kyo with her deep blue eyes and sighed. "If you don't stop yelling at me... I won't tell you anything..." her voice was low and almost a whisper. She could see out of the corners of her eyes Yuki and Shigure cringing. Kyo glared at Nazomi but sat down and sighed. She sighed and took another sip on her tea. "Kyo... thing happen... I know in ways how you feel about the world... but yelling about everything isn't going to change what and who you are..." She could see the confusion on Kyo's face.

Shigure smiled slightly and then heard a knock on the door. He skipped over to the door and saw Hatori and one of Nazomi's younger sisters Kanami. She went to school with Yuki and Kyo and was the second Rat Zodiac. "Ahh! Ha'ri and Nami! Welcome!" Shigure said joyfully.

Hatori walked in and then wondered why Shigure was always so joyful even though so many bad things had happened in the Sohma House and family. He yawned slightly and slipped off his shoes and looked over at Shigure. "I have to check on the scar... On Nazomi's back..." he said in a whisper.

Kanami sighed. "You know Ha'ri you are really weird..." she said moving her black hair out of her face while slipping off her shoes. She was the tallest out of the sisters. There was Nazomi, Ami, and Kanami. Kanami being the youngest is five foot six inches and weighs about one hundred and ten pounds. Her black hair reaches about the middle of her back and her eyes are as dark teal as Akito's. Some Sohma's that see her with her hair up think that she is Akito if the see her from behind. She walked into the dinning room and sat down next to Yuki and began to talk to both Yuki and Kyo. Nazomi stood up when Kanami sat down.

Shigure sighed and listened to Kanami. She could be a real pain. He watched Nazomi walk over to Hatori and hide his smile. He waved to them and walked off into the kitchen mumbling something happily. Even when Nazomi acted like Ayame he thought that she and Hatori made a good couple. But, that never happened to the disappointment of him and Ayame.

Nazomi and Hatori walked to Shigure's office and shut the door so Hatori could look at her back.

Nazomi was quiet. Hatori would never do anything to her and she knew that. She remembered the nights they would stay at the school on the roof and look at the stars even in the winter. It made her happy to think about her high school days. She took off her sweater and revealed her tang top and folded her sweater. She felt Hatori lift up her tang top in the back so he could see the scar. Her eyes were closed because she was thinking about what it would be like to be with him. She shivered as he ran his fingertips lightly and gently down her scar that was from her left shoulder to the bottom right of her lower back.

Hatori could feel Nazomi shiver and he took his fingers off her scar. The scar on her back was still light red. He began to think of the times they would be in class and Ayame would skip around saying random things. Nazomi and he would always laugh. "I'm sorry..." he said silently as he let her shirt fall to her back.

Nazomi braided her hair and out her sweater back on. She turned and saw Hatori looking at the floor. She smiled ever so slightly. "No... No one ever touches my back... it just felt strange..." she almost whispered. Her blue eyes went to the floor. She felt strong arms go under her arms and around her body. Her eyes went wide but she liked the feeling of Hatori's arms around her. "Ha'ri.. Don't..." she said as he placed his hand on her head and held her close to him. She had always felt comfortable and wanted when she was around Hatori. Her blue eyes shut and she wondered what Hatori was thinking as he held her in his arms.

Hatori let go of Nazomi slowly and smiled slightly. "I have to go check on Tohru now..." he said as he walked out of the office and headed up the stairs.

Nazomi stood there thinking about what just happened. Her blue eyes filled with tears. She wanted to tell him then that she loved him. While he was holding her why couldn't she just tell him? Her eyes were letting out the hot tears.

Shigure walked into the room and saw Nazomi crying. "Nomi... It's okay..." he said as he hugged her. "Ha'ri just doesn't understand..." Shigure knew how Nazomi felt. At one point Nazomi and Shigure went out. But they were really only friends. He knew her well just as well as Hatori he could just see Nazomi's feelings better.

Nazomi looked at Shigure and wiped her tears away. "I know..." she almost whispered. Shigure let her go and she just stood there thinking... about if she could really ever tell Hatori how she felt about him. It was so hard... and now she felt like she made it worse.

((a/n: Yay! I hope tis is good again!))