Chapter 2: Sleepover

A/N: Konnichiwa! I've returned, and I'm starting a new, much longer chapter! I hope you like it so far! I'm posting chapter 2 on the same day as chapter 1. That way there's more to read since chapter 1 is so short!

Tohru got up early in the morning to get set up for the sleepover she was about to have. She walked into the kitchen, still sleepy-eyed, to see what she would need to buy at the store. Akito was sitting in the kitchen.

Trying to be kind, she said, "You're up early Akito-san! Good morning!"

Akito glared at her without a word. Tohru looked in the refrigerator, and then in the cabinets.

"I'll be going to the store now, do you need anything?" Tohru tried again.

"No, leave me alone…," Akito said, glaring at her again.

With that Tohru left, a little shaken up by Akito.

'Why does he hate me so much? What did I do to him? I just don't get it…,' she thought. She was about to cry, but she stopped her self when she felt a hand on her back. She spun around.

"Hatori-san," said Tohru, "It's good to see you!"

"Hi," Hatori said in a worried voice, "Is everything okay? Akito hasn't caused any trouble has he?"

"No," Tohru answered, "everything's been fine."

"Good," Hatori answered with a sigh of relief.

"Where are you going?" Tohru asked.

"The store," said Hatori.

"So am I, let's go together," Tohru said.

So the two shopped together, and talked and laughed. Tohru forgot all about Akito for the time being. Then, she got back to the house. Akito was waiting for her, or so it seemed, although he didn't say anything at all. He stood in the doorway, and watched her go past, his eyes following her until she was out of sight. Then she came back to the kitchen to cook breakfast. Kyo walked into the kitchen to find breakfast nearly completely cooked, and to drink some milk.

"Good morning, Kyo-kun, are you hungry?"

Kyo nodded, because he was still drinking the milk. Then, Shigure walked out. He was trying to act a lot more mature around Akito, so he and Kyo didn't start fighting.

"Hello, Shigure-san!" Tohru said with a smile.

"Good morning, princess," he answered.

Yuki was the last to wake up. He walked into the kitchen still half asleep.

"Good morning, Sohma-kun, did you sleep well?" she asked.

"Yes, Honda-san," he answered.

Few other words were exchanged for the rest of the morning, because Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru didn't really want to talk in front of Akito, and Shigure would rather talk alone with Akito.

And so, after a few hours, Uo and Hana arrived.

Uo greeted Tohru with a "Yo," and Hana with "Hello."

"Hi, Uo-chan, hi, Hana-chan, How are you? Come in!" said Tohru excitedly, "This is Akito-san." She said to her friends.

Then she turned to Akito. "Akito-san, these are my friends, Uo-chan and Hana-chan!" she said.

They both said some form of hi to Akito, and then moved on.

"Let's play Dai Hin Min!" shouted Tohru, a little over excited.

She jumped up in the air, then fell backwards and clonked her head on the table. A sweat drop appeared on Yuki's head.

"Are you alright, Honda-san?" he asked.

"I'm okay," she replied as she stood back up.

Then Yuki and Tohru realized that Kyo and Uo had already started arguing over who would win this time. Sweat drops appeared all over Tohru's head.

"Oh my…"

'We haven't even started, and they're already arguing,' thought Yuki.

"I'm going to go get the cards, please wait here," Tohru said over her shoulder as she climbed the stairs. Only Yuki and Hana heard her, as the other two where still arguing.

"Now where could they be?"

Tohru frantically searched for the cards in her drawer, and found them in a few minutes. As she climbed down the stairs she could here Uo and Kyo fighting. Yuki and Hana were standing there staring. Then Akito walked in the room.

"His waves are strange," said Hana, "even stranger than the other Sohmas. They don't even seem human. What is he?"

Akito turned and glared at Tohru.

"You told them didn't you!" he yelled.

"N-No I didn't, I s-swear, I w-would n-never break my p-promise," Tohru stuttered.

"You did!" Akito said grabbing her by the shoulders and squeezing her arms tightly so that she winced in pain and she began to cry.

"Leave her alone, she said she didn't tell them!" Yuki shouted.

Akito let go of Tohru and shoved Yuki against the wall. Hana and Uo rushed over to Tohru's side.

"Are you alright?" they asked. Tohru just stared at Akito and Yuki. There was fear in Yuki's eyes. Tohru knew that this was bringing back terrible memories of the things Akito had done to Yuki in the past. Akito grabbed Yuki by the throat, as if to choke him.

"Since when do you tell me what to do?" he asked calmly. Then he let go of Yuki, turned and left the room as though nothing had happened. Yuki sank to the floor, and sat there, staring at nothing in particular, fear and pain mingled in the expression on his face.

Tohru ran over to him.

"Sohma-kun, are you okay?" she asked trying to sound calm, although the excitement in her voice was still obvious. He snapped backed to reality. He looked at Tohru and nodded.

"What about you, Honda-san?" he questioned.

"I'm fine," she smiled a reassuring smile, and he couldn't help but smile back at her.

'I wonder if she realizes how much power she has over these boys,' thought Uo, looking at Kyo and Yuki.

"What was that about?" asked Hana.

After about ten minutes of reassuring Uo and Hana that it was nothing, and getting them of the subject, the group finally played Dai Hin Min, and cheered up for awhile. However, every time Akito passed through the room, there was an awkward silence. The rest of the night was spent trying to avoid Akito, while trying to have fun at the same time. That night the three girls fell asleep happily.

'Thank God for my friends,' they all privately thought.

That night Tohru had a horrible dream. She didn't really remember what it was, but it was raining. There was a knife, a bloody knife, and Akito was laughing at a crying Tohru.

"Now he's dead, and there's nothing you can do! I won't even do you the favor of having your memory erased. After all, you deserve to suffer, it's entirely your fault," Akito was saying.

"It's entirely your fault." the words echoed in Tohru's head.

"No. NO. NO!" she screamed.

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