"We…made…it…" Kyo collapsed into his chair and Tohru put her head on the cold hard surface of her desk, struggling to catch her breath and her legs shaking from forcing herself to run as fast as Kyo so she wouldn't fall behind. The bell rang, both of them trying to calm their ragged breaths and regain some composure before Sensei came in and said something. Arisa and Hana sat in the back, staring at a sweaty Kyo and a panting Tohru. "Well that's a first. Tohru running with Kyo. Kyo runs because he knows he'll be late if he doesn't. Now Tohru is running. Oh boy." Arisa shook her head. Surprise surprise. "Arisa…I believe this is the only time she will run…but Kyo played a little part in their rushing, I think…" "Oh? How?" "You'll see…" Hana and Arisa ended their conversation abruptly as Sensei entered the classroom and cleared her throat. "Alright guys, I've got a 'special' assignment for you, but before I pull it out of my goody bag and tell you what it is, we're going outside because I'm not getting paid to stay in a stuffy classroom when the weather's great. Get up and follow me."
Sensei turned to the door and walked out, students behind her, restraining themselves from grumbling and complaining right behind her back. Kyo mentally cursed the woman to hell. Kyo stuck with Tohru, who was waiting outside the door patiently for Arisa and Hana. "Uo-chan! Hana-chan! Aren't you excited! A special assignment sounds like fun!" Tohru always did her work diligently, even if she was tired or hungry, striving to make her mother proud and not let her down. She always sought out happiness from her work, her joy becoming her stamina. So when something like this project came about, it would double her joy; and keep her positive outlook on school alive. "Let's just go and find out what's so special about it," Kyo muttered. He walked ahead of the three girls, hands in his pockets. He groaned and cursed as his head started to throb. "This really sucks. Perfect, just friggin' perfect. A headache on a Monday, great. Damn my luck to hell." He kicked a stone nearby and sighed.
"What's up with Orangey, Tohru? He's not annoying you, is he? He acts as if he's pissed of whenever we come around, especially today." Arisa couldn't help the inquisitive streak that suddenly made itself known bursting out from her mouth. She had the right to be curious. She had the right to let her head swell with questions and answers and thoughts. She had these rights when it came to Tohru. Because Tohru had saved her. Tohru and Kyoko saved her life, her heart, her soul. She loved Tohru with all she had. "He's enamored with you…he wants to spend every waking hour with you," Hana stated calmly, as if it were obvious. It was obvious to her and Arisa at least, and she did not hesitate to 'hit the nail on the head'. "Mmhmm. Love is in the air alright." "Oh no! No-no, Kyo-kun is j-just a umm, uh, a friend! Yuki-kun is my friend b-but I care about Kyo-kun!" Her eyes widened and she hastily covered her mouth with her hands. Her cheeks flushed from brick to fire-engine red, petrified at what she had just unveiled.
She had proclaimed Kyo's name loudly, causing him to turn around once he heard Tohru blurt out his name. "Yeah?" he said as he turned around. Then he looked at her reddened cheeks and the horrified look on her face, and his eyebrows flew up to practically his hairline when he eyed her milky hands pressed tightly against her hidden mouth. "Tohru…are you okay? What's wrong?" Tohru's hands instantly left her mouth and her arms dropped to her side and revealed a nervous smile. "Um, nothing, it's just, I was wondering, um, if you could, um, uh, sit with me-sit with us I mean, if it's okay with you, I mean if you don't want to I understand completely I mean I'd only be bothersome and annoying and you don't really seem to like Uo-chan and Hana-chan so I'm not forcing you or pleading or anything I shouldn't have asked I'm sorry for asking such a silly question…" Tohru took a deep breath, seeing as she did not breathe when she delivered a question at paragraph-length faster than the speed of light. She fidgeted with her skirt and averted his eyes, staring down at her feet. Kyo rolled his eyes. "Tohru, what kind of a question is that? I don't mind. Besides, it's not like I have anyone else to sit with. So calm down and look ahead of you, not below, okay?" His lips curved upward forming a small smile at Tohru, her vivid blue eyes now fixed on his, her eyes smiling as she beamed back at him buoyantly.
Arisa looked at Kyo, now her turn for her eyebrows to rise to her hairline, her eyes widened in awe. She looked over at Hana, who studied the two with a cheery, satisfied look. "She makes him smile, he makes her glow. They're good medicine for eachother." "Just what the doctor ordered, no doubt. It's about time Kyo brought his feelings to the light. Tohru would be catastrophic if she went on any longer with keeping her emotions hidden." "The confrontation of Yuki-kun's reaction will not be very pleasant…not very pleasant at all…" "I forgot about Prince Charming…this is not good. Oh for Pete's sake, it's never easy when it comes to love." "Of course it isn't…it would be unheard of for it to be so easy…" Hana turned back to the shy couple, taking notice and smiling softly at the two hands gently enfolded. A soft, pearly hand, and a strong, caramel-colored hand, careful with its companion.
The foursome found a shady spot under a tree, connected with the others in a sloppy, circle formation. Sensei stood in front of her chattering students and gave a shrill whistle, making a few of them jump as everyone turned their attention towards Sensei and promptly shut their mouths. "Alright guys, listen up. If you talk when I'm talking, it's not gonna be pleasant, so shut up and listen up. So, here's the part you've all eagerly been waiting for. No whining or I'll assign essays by the dozen on the importance of dirt. Your special assignment is a project, in which you'll need a partner. Therefore, I've taken the liberty to save you the trouble with looking and choose your partners myself! No griping or else.
Let's see…Kyo and Tohru, Hanajima and Arisa…she went through the rest of the class in no less than five minutes, and when she finished she cleared her throat and gained once again everyone's attention. "Okay, here's the deal. You're going to write about what your partners do in their free time, and their hobbies and all that good stuff. Ten paragraph essay, due Wednesday, everyday you don't turn it in you loose twenty points. Get it? Got it? Good. Now get inside and get crackin' on the worksheets I've blessed you with on your desks. If you fool around and get back into the room late, your worksheets will ridiculously multiply." Everyone got up and headed for the classroom, most of them looking like they were power walking.
The foursome quickly walked side by side to the classroom, praying to God Almighty that there were a fair amount of worksheets waiting for them neatly on their desks.
Please please please have mercy on me! I'm sorry about not updating, I hate myself for keeping you guys hanging. I love you for the wonderful comments. Especially--
Baka-Schala>> Updating ASAP!
Efreak>> You got me up and runnin' for getting my lazy ass up and writing like crazy!
inu-lover-alwayz-n-4eva>>haha, Tohru is a naive angelic player, lol.
LilCheekyAngel>> holy cow. You helped me pick up a damn pen and write like there's no tomorrow!
Thank you to the moon and back you guys are wonderful! This chapter is a bit short but I'm finishing up 17 and 18 as we speak. Gotta run, please don't kill me!