Not Only in Movies

Chapter 1

Watch that Chocolate

"We're home!" Announced Yuki for himself and Tohru, as they slid off their shoes at the front door.

"Where's Kyon-Kyon?" asked Shigure, after the two others walked into the living room and sat down with their bags.

"Oh, he said he needed to wait for something or someone after school. I wasn't really paying that much attention, but I'm suprised he said anything at all," Yuki unzipped his back pack and started taking out the carefully wrapped bags of chocolate which had beeen in his locker. He was sure there were more, but Hana and Uo-chan had already raided the garbage.

Tohru took her lone chocolate box out. Although she wasn't a boy, it was nice for friends to thank eachother on this occasion every year, too. Hana had given her some home baked chocolates, and Uo-chan... well, Uo owed her for about five years now, and she was sure that one day, she would give Tohru something.

"Sohma-kun, Shigure, would you like some of my chocolate?"

Shigure barely looked up from the newspaper he was reading before mumbling, "No, I have to keep up with my diet,". From his tone of voice, both Tohru and Yuki found it difficult to tell if he was joking or not.

"Miss Honda, I would be delighted to have a piece of your chocolate," Yuki stated bluntly. He would have declined the offer, but after living with Tohru for over a year, he had given up on attempting to decline any of her offers if she was intent. On the rare occasion that he actually did succeed in making her give up, he always felt guilty for the rest of the night.

Tohru gave him a smile. She was so happy whenever she could share anything with someone else. She opened the box of chocolates (Hana was nice enough to consider presentation along with the actual taste of the chocolates) and gazed at all the different chocolates. They looked professionally done, all of them different shapes. Some were flowers, some were animals (she giggled at the one which resembled Kyo's cat head), and other's were… just strange. Was that a skull? Nevermind. She decided that Yuki was deservant of a delicious looking rose shaped one. He took it and smiled, and as he bit into it, Tohru had already popped a sun shaped one into her own mouth, and was attempting to savour the flavour.

She knew something was wrong even before she had finished her first chocolate. Yuki was on the ground writhing, gasping for air. Tohru was sure he must have been choking, but after a few moments his body went limp, and his breathing slowed. Shigure seized the chance to pick him up and quickly bring him back to his room. She heard him yell from the bedroom, "Call Hatori!"

Although she had never called Hatori (or anyone really, for that matter), she knew where the phone was. After a quick shuffle of the papers next to it, she found the emergency number for Hatori. She was still a bit nervous about talking to him, especially one on one, but being Tohru, she always put the needs of others ahead of her own. She dialed the number with shaking hands (which she will later learn was number two on speed dial), and after the first ring, someone picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hatori! It's Tohru Honda!"

"…Hello."

"Something terrible has happened to Yuki! I think he had another one of his attacks!"

"Very well. Where are you?"

"At Shigure's place. Please hur-"

….Beep…Beep….Beep…

He had hung up on her. She could only hope that he was actually taking her seriously. But why wouldn't he? She never joked around with him…

She rushed to Yuki's room. Shigure was on the other side of the room, looking for something in a drawer in the wardrobe, presumably medicine. Yuki himself wasn't really showing many signs of life, but he was breathing, however shallowly, and he had an almost steady pulse. Slowly, Tohru padded across the room and knelt down beside Yuki's bed. Had she done this to him? Had it been a fluke? She was on the brink of tears, fearing for her friend's life. Out of desperation, she gripped his hand and squeezed… and that's when it all went black.

So, how do you like it so far? I was trying to think of a way to lift this story off the ground, but alas, all ideas escaped me. Please review and tell me what you think so far! Thank you!