Disclaimer: Do you think Akito would be alive if I owned the series?

AN: I think this is the part where I grovel at the readers' feet and tell them not to kill me? I KNOW it took such a long time to write, but I wasn't getting inspiration, and the fact that I lost my outline AGAIN didn't help. But that's no excuse, and I know it. I will try to write sooner, but I don't think I'm having that much success. But for the readers, I will try!

A thankies to my reviewers, if it wasn't for you, I'd be in a little hole/corner, crying. You guys are really the ones that keep me going.

Yoshiru: Um.., not really.I mean, the story is kind of like an alternate dimention type of thing. Its during out times, but Yuki and Tohru are from another place.

HolySorceress: I'm sry that it doesn't sound like Yuki. I'll try to work on that. Please keep telling me if any of the characters seem OOC. Criticism, when put nicely, always helps.

So ne ways, none more of my babbling! Go read it! –hands fanfic to all-

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"I guess that in that case, I should go. To protect her, you know." Haru smiled at the reply, His mission had been a success. In a couple of weeks, the whole group would go to Florida and things would be set right. He felt like laughing evilly, but since that would tip Yuki off to the fact that he had something major planned, so he controlled himself. "Well, gnite then, I'll see you tomorrow." He hung up. THEN, he started laughing evilly. Much to his parents' dismay. They had been trying to sleep for the past hour. After a quick, "Shut-up" from his neighbor, Haru did just that.

Tohru looked out the window as she yawned. She could hear the birds chirping outside. She always loved to listen to the birds in the morning. She sighed, happily suspended in her thoughts of the new day, when a loud ringing noise interrupted her dreamland. She quickly turned off the alarm, not wanting to wake her mother up. They had both been up late the last night, packing things for Tohru to take in her trip.

Her thoughts shifted into those about the Florida trip. The whole high school student body was invited to go to Florida every year. However, since the student body was so big, only two hundred were actually allowed to go. She had been one of those lucky two hundred, along with her best friends. Tohru sighed once again. She was glad to be spending some alone time with her friends like she used to. She looked at the alarm clock once again, and decided that if she got up now, she would have enough time to take a shower and eat break fast if she started now. She silently got out of bed and went into her bathroom to take a nice hot shower.

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Things were quite different in Yuki's apartment. He lived here himself, and thus had no one to wake him up, except his alarm clock. This, as most other sane individuals, he totally ignored until it wouldn't stop ringing in his ears. When he finally was awake enough to notice what the time was, he was quite alarmed. He realized that he had only an hour till Haru was going to pick him up. However, unlike Tohru, Yuki hadn't packed any of his things yet.

He started to randomly go through his tiny one bedroom apartment, pushing things into a suitcase.

When he finished, he had barely enough time to take a quick five-minute shower. When he finally got dressed, someone was knocking on his door. Haru had told him that he could drive them both to the airport. How Haru knew how to drive, Yuki didn't care to think about. Yuki had also been told that they would be carpooling with others going on the trip.

Yuki quickly got his stuff and opened the door. Outside, Haru was waiting with the keys to a car. He flashed Yuki a smile and gave a quick confident wave. Yuki feebly tried to do the same.

Looking from his still wet hair to the almost bursting suitcase, Haru said, "Just woken up, huh?"

All Yuki could manage was a nod. Haru, noticing the zombie-ness and the grumble of the stomach of his friend, asked, "Wanna go to Dunkin' Donuts and go get a cup of coffee and some food?"

Yuki nodded enthusiastically. When he had moved into this city, he had learned of the great powers of caffeine. Now, he was thoroughly addicted to its healing powers. He followed Haru into the car, taking the front passenger seat.

Within ten minutes, they were inside the Dunkin' Donuts, both with coffee in hand, and other essential breakfast objects such as donuts and bagels. Out of guilt, Yuki also took a fruit cup.

When they both had enough caffeine in them to be able to talk, Yuki noticed that they had been the only ones in the car.

He looked across at Haru and asked, "Where are the people we were supposed to carpool with? Are we still doing that?"

Haru nodded as a response. He had stuck half a donut into his mouth. Yuki waited patiently for him to be able to talk again. When done with the donut, Haru replied, "Yea, we're still carpooling to the air port. I told them that they could meet us here, since they live close by."

Yuki nodded, "So, who are these mystery people?"

Haru almost choked on the coffee that he had been sipping. He hoped that Yuki wouldn't mind the fact that he had offered the girls, meaning Tohru and her friends, a ride to the air port. Although, he wasn't so sure if Tohru knew about this either. After catching his breath, he looked at the waiting Yuki, but behind him, Haru saw the people he had been waiting for.

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Tohru started to get nervous again. It wasn't like her friends to keep things from her. Then why aren't they telling me who we're going to meet, she wondered. She tried to slyly look at Hana and Uo, walking before her. However, Hana, with her waves, said, "You'll see when we get there!" before Tohru even had the chance to look at their backs.

She sighed once again, tugging at her hair. She just wished that they would tell her who they were going to be carpooling with. Her thoughts were interrupted when her friends suddenly stopped before the Dunkin' Donuts. Tohru looked through the window to see if she recognized anyone inside. But before she had a chance to completely search the place, she was dragged inside.

There, she received a big surprise. Sitting in the corner was her very own stalker, AKA Yuki. And sitting next to him was Haru. Please don't let them be our carpooling buddies, she cried inside.

Hana, as if reading her thoughts, which she probably did to some degree, said, "Yes, there they are over there, our carpooling buddies."

Tohru sighed once again. Although, this time, it sounded more defeated. She walked with her friends to the table where the two guys were waiting.

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Yuki looked up when he saw three girls entering. When he saw that one of them was Tohru, he could believe it. He didn't even think about what Haru was doing next to him.

Haru was actually waving at the girls to come over during Yuki's zone out time. He poked Yuki to try to get him to stop drooling. It seemed to have its desired effect, since Yuki stopped looking so astonished.

"They are carpooling with us," Haru said, acting as if it wasn't a big deal. Of course he had spent some time thinking about how to get Yuki and Tohru together, and the hour ride to the airport seemed like a good plan.

When the girls sat down in the same table, Yuki finally looked like he could speak. The first thing he said was, "E-err… Donuts?"

The girls all looked at him weirdly while he sweat dropped. He was about to say more, but before he could make a bigger fool out of himself during this time of shock, Haru stepped in.

"What he means is would Uo and Hana like to come to the counter with me for food for you three? I mean, Yuki and I already have had breakfast. Although, I COULD use another donut…" and with that he walked off, with Uo and Hana behind him, the two left behind just to stare as they moved away. Both waited for the other to say something, and when that didn't work, they both started saying things at once.

"Do you like pancakes?"

"What's your favorite animal name?"

They both looked at each other, and then started laughing. Both knew that a monkey could've come up with a better conversation starter. With the last of the laughter, the tense feeling in the air, also with the confused feeling, disappeared. They started talking, and didn't even notice when the others came back. Haru gave the girls a meaningful look. This plan was starting to go better than ever!

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After breakfast, they got into the car, the girls in the back, and Yuki and Haru in the front, with Haru driving. Haru turned on the CD player, and all of a sudden Britney Spear's I'm Not a Girl, Not yet a Woman, started to blast throughout the car. The people walking by gave the passengers odd looks, and Haru quickly took out the C.D. To the other's questioning looks, he just said, "I was driving my SISTER to her dance recital, OK? She just wanted to listen to the song so that she could go over her dance steps!"

The others kept looking at him weirdly, but didn't say anything about his taste in music. Although a couple of snickers was heard from the back, sounding extremely like Uo with Hana's hand over her mouth. Hana knew that if Uo upset Haru, they would be walking to the airport.

Haru fidgeted through his CD cases. Yuki looked over and took over the wheels, not wanting them to crash before they even got to the airport.

Haru gave a loud "AHA!" and put a CD inside. Soon the Gorrilaz's Feel Good Inc. started filling the car. They all started singing along, making up words when they had no idea what was really being said. And this is how they arrived. They were all extremely giddy, the coffee getting to them. The guys dropped the girls off, telling them to wait while they parked.

"So, did you have fun hanging out with them?" Haru asked, while driving around in circles to find a spot.

"Yeah, Miss Smith seems so different when she's not wi-… in school!" Yuki lamely finished. Haru looked over, knowing what Yuki had been about to say.

"Well, I'm glad you are. Because we decided that since we all get along pretty well, Uo, Hana, and I put the five of us in one group, so we'll be traveling together this week!"

Yuki looked over speechless. One part of him wanted to beat Haru until he was unconscious. Another wanted to hug him until he was unconscious for letting him be with Tohru for the week. He settled by staying quiet and avoiding eye contact.

Haru took the silence as a good sign. He knew he had very closely escaped a dangerous path, but couldn't help but add, "Ohh, and I'm sorry to crush your dreams at this moment, but no we aren't sharing the rooms, or beds with the girls, I tried to book it that way, but they caught me sneaking into the school office. Said something about shaming the school."

With that comment, he got a well deserved bump on the head. But Haru didn't care, he thought of it as a bump of love.

They quickly parked and made their way to the airport, where the girls were staying.

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While the guys were away, the girls were also talking.

Hana looked over at Tohru, and said, "So, did you have fun this morning?"

Tohru smiled at them and said, "Yes. It's always so much fun spending time with you guys. Plus, I like Haru and Yuki. I think they're great people."

Uo jumped in at this part of the conversation. "Well. I'm glad you like them."

Tohru gave a puzzled look and asked, "Why?"

Uo gave Hana a covert look and said, "Because we're all part of a group. We are going to be going around together."

Hana, seeing Tohru's ever puzzled face, she added, "Since the school had so many people coming, they decided to break the kid into groups of four or five, who travel around together. I mean, we still go to the same spots together, but we five will be walking around when the school splits up."

Tohru nodded, wondering how she had gotten herself into this. She liked the boys, but she didn't want to be that close to Yuki all the time. She didn't know why, but she got this warm feeling whenever he was close to her, and that just made her feel uncomfortable, like she was doing something wrong. Tohru knew that she wasn't actually doing anything bad, but just feeling that way seemed out of place, unless it was for Kyo. She was in deep thought when the guys came over and joined them. Together, the five checked in their luggage and went to the place where the school kids were meeting.

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They got through the airport security, although with some minor difficulties. Uo was asked to a room to be searched, and Haru volunteered for one when he saw a cute security guard. But other than that, everything ran smoothly. They got into the plane, Yuki and Tohru 'magically' having to sit together. The others were in the seats across the aisle.

While the plane was getting ready to take off, Yuki looked over at Tohru, who didn't look too well. "What's the matter Miss Honda?"

Tohru looked over at the cute violet eyes looking at her. Wait, she thought, did I just say CUTE? Trying to look like she hadn't just had a conversation in her head, she nodded to Yuki. "I'm fine. I just don't like the moment when we take off, you know?"

Yuki looked consolingly at her. The plane started moving, and Tohru looked like she was going to start crying. Wanting to help her, and not even noticing his movements, he took her hand into his own. Tohru looked over surprised, but she started to relax when she felt a gentle squeeze. She smiled at him. She didn't even mind that he held her hand for a little while after they were already in the air. While she started to drift off, she thought, Maybe this week isn't going to be that bad.

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AN: AWWW! They held hands! Tee hee, and I'm sorry if Tohru sounds like she suffers from schizophrenia… I think she's just confused… or I did her character badly. I just hope u enjoyed that. ne ways, that's all for now, and I will try to update soon! Mayb reviews will help? As always, helpful criticism is always welcome, but no flames! Thank you, and please come again! Next time, it's the beginning of the trip!