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Recap: Akito has agreed to letting Tohru stay in the Sohma house on the condition that she does not relearn about the curse. At this time, only Hatori and Tohru are aware that Tohru has not had her memories erased. Akito has left the Sohma house, seemingly scheming.
Chapter 4
"Why?" Kyo said again, staring at the Tohru, who lied peacefully on the bed in her room. Yuki and Kyo had worked together to carry her up the stairs and into her own room. His heart ached, he had never felt this kind of pain. All his years living as the hated cat, and he had never once experienced this much pain before. He looked over at Yuki, the one he hated, and he too was upset. Though they both tried not to show it, both were dying inside. They had lost the one person that hadn't rejected them. The one person that greeted them with open arms, despite there zodiac spirits. She had stood beside them, had listened to them, had mended their hearts. She had wanted to remember them, she didn't want to forget, and they didn't want her to forget.
After grabbing two chairs, each of them sat on either side of the bed, next to Tohru. It was silent, until finally Yuki spoke. "She won't remember you," he said. Kyo's eyes widened, he was right. He had joined her school after she had started living with the Sohmas. He could feel tears filling up in his eyes again.
"She'll only remember you as the prince, someone who never speaks with anyone," Kyo responded. They weren't insults, but rather comments. In a way, they were trying to calm each other down, though they would never admit to it. "Do you think she'll still be our friend?" Kyo asked quietly.
Yuki paused, and thought back to when Tohru had first come to their house. He smiled, "yes, I think she will be. It was a while ago, but she once said, 'If my memories are erased… will you still be my friends?' (Volume 1) And she'll be living in the same house as us. It's not like she's going away," he said, more to himself than to Kyo.
"Damn that Akito!" Kyo shouted. "Why couldn't he just leave her be! He has to make every single person who is involved miserable! We shouldn't have-"
He stopped, as he saw Tohru stir. Yuki and Kyo watched on intently. Slowly, she opened her eyes, as she looked at the two of them.
She smiled, and Yuki and Kyo could feel their hearts relax a bit. 'At least she's ok,' they thought.
"Yuki-kun," she said, looking at Yuki. She then turned her head to Kyo. "Kyo-kun. Is Akito-san gone?"
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Chapter 4 is now done, and I'm pretty much done with chapter 5 as well. Yes, I know this was a short chapter, and I apologize, but I wanted to stop it there. Please review, and tell me what I need to fix. As well, if there are mistakes with the honorary ends (like if I were to have Yuki call her Tohru-kun as opposed to Honda-san), could you please inform me? And has anyone ever heard Kyo use Tohru's name? Does he say Tohru-kun, Honda-san? Thanks a lot, hope you like it! And thank you all for your reviews! twofang