"That rat, he's not going home with us?" Kyo asked. He and Tohru was walking side by side out from the school main gate.
"Ah, Yuki-kun… Uh-uh. He said that he gonna be late today. He has a meeting with the student council members. Suddenly that morning incident gushed into her head. She quickly shook her head, trying to remove the memory from strangling her mind.
Kyo-kun shouldn't know about this. It'll only make him mad.
"What's wrong?" Kyo turned to her with a concern look on his face. "You seemed out of character today."
"Huh? Eh… nothing. Really, it's nothing… important." She looked down, unable to face him directly. After all, she really couldn't tell him the truth about Yuki's feelings towards her. She couldn't tell him that Yuki had liked her all along and that he hasn't given up on her although she is now very contented with her relationship with Kyo. She couldn't bear to see Kyo felt challenged against Yuki because of her. Enough with the zodiac thing that made him feel inferior. She didn't want to make his feelings hurt anymore.
Kyo asked no more. He knew something was bothering her, but he didn't want to force her to tell. Just let it be. Let her tell me herself if she wanted to.
"Akito-san…" His thoughts were broken by Tohru's voice.
"What?" he asked impatiently.
"There," Kyo turned his eyes to her direction. Tohru pointed her finger to the black car that has just passed by them. He saw a glimpse of black shadow from the back window of the car and suddenly felt darkness blanketed him. What was that guy doing here?
Quickly without thinking, Kyo rushed into the house, calling out loudly for Shigure. Tohru was still left behind. Her eyes were sending the black car off the compound. She felt something in her stomach. "Something is not good," she thought.
"My, my, Kyo. Calm down. You are ruining my house," said Shigure slyly.
"Why was he here?" Kyo blurted out what has been bothering him to Shigure. He clenched his fist and knocked it down on Shigure's little desk. "What did he want? Akito…"
"Please, have some pity to my poor little desk." Shigure was trying to dilly-dally from the main topic.
"Answer to me at this instant!" Kyo has grown more impatient. His eyes were burning red. He grabbed Shigure's shirt with his hands.
"Ok… ok… calm down a bit. He was here just for visiting me. That's all. Geez, you don't have to be so harsh to this poor old man, Kyo." Shigure tried to look pitiful in front of Tohru. Tohru just smiled, although she felt quite scared right now. The presence of Akito always left this weird feeling in her stomach. She wondered why herself.
Kyo let go of Shigure's shirt, giving him an I-don't-believe-what-you-said look. It's impossible. That guy would never step his foot into this house for no particular reason. There has to be something!
He turned to look at Tohru. She looked pale. Of course, she hadn't met Akito since she last met him at the main house last year, when she confronted him saying that she wouldn't leave the Sohma family no matter what. Even after seeing his true form.
He took her hand and looked into her eyes. "Everything is gonna be alright," he assured her, even though he wasn't sure for himself. Even if anything happens, I'll protect you with all my might.