"Haru, I don't want you to be hurt because of me, I couldn't live with myself if-if Akito ever did anything to you because I loved you." He began to wipe away her tears and tried even harder to console her.
"Rin, I can take care of myself, I'll be fine, I won't let Akito do anything to me because you love me." He looked at her sternly then moved in to kiss her cheek lightly. "How Haru, how can you love me so much? My body is broken, my love is warped…..my love is just a burden on you"
"Please don't say that Rin, your love is not a burden, I need your love to keep me going, you are the only one I want, the only one I really need"
"Please Haru, don't make me cry again." She blinked back her tears and tried to smile.
" Do you still want to get out of here today?" Haru looked at her for an answer when she didn't respond right away.
"Can you get me out, do you have permission from Hatori?"
"Right here." He waved a strip of paper in front of her. She took it and read its contents:

"I Dr. Hatori Sohma give permission for Isuzu Sohma to be released from the hospital on terms of improving health, She will be moved back to the Sohma Main estate for further care" -Authors note: good doctor note huh-

"Back to the Sohma estate, NO, no I can't go back there…..Please Haru don't bring me back there….." Rin pleaded with him.
"It's ok Rin, Hatori wouldn't really put you back there, apparently Akito's still in a rage about that um, thing that happened last week. He quickly averted his eyes from hers.
"Haru, Its ok, I told you, it doesn't matter what Akito does to me anymore, that won't change how I feel about you . I've already tried to hide it , and it only ended up tearing both of us apart"
"I know that Rin. I dealt with it for months." At his words she drew her legs up to her and rested her head on her knees.

"I'm sorry Haru, its all my fault…." He took hold of her shoulders and turned her body to face him."Its fine now Rin, because you stopped lying to yourself and to me, you finally admitted that you love me.
He looked at her for a moment until she smiled slightly to let him know that she understood.
"I brought you some cloths from home, perhaps more preferable to what your wearing now." He looked down at her flimsy hospital gown. "yea, um….thanks Haru." She took the cloths as he handed them to her and she looked at his selection. There was a thin red tank top with a short black skirt, her long black boots, of course and an array of necklaces and bracelets. She smiled when she saw that the jewelry included one of her favorite chokers.

"Thank you Haru." She added again.
"I'll go give the doctors Hatori's note while you change." Haru picked up the piece of paper from where it fell on floor and left the room. He returned as she was sliding the last bracelet into place and fastening the front of her tank top.
"Gorgeous…." He whispered
"What did you say?" Rin glared at him for a moment
"I said, you look gorgeous Rin." She immediately blushed a bright red.
"Lets get out of here, please." Rin begged him after a minute of silence.
"Ok lets go""Hey Haru, if I'm not going back to the main house, then where am I going to stay? She looked at him with a puzzled face.
"Well, umm…..your going to stay with sensei……." He looked back to her with a weary expression.
"What! I'm stay with Gure-nii, that rat, the stupid cat and……." Haru cut her off.

"…and Tohru Honda, that's right." He shot her a quick look." "I think it would be the best place for you , Akito won't think to look for you there." He saw the worry in her expression and quickly added. " And I can come join you a few days later if you want"
"Really? Akito would let you come." Her face lightened slightly but, was still dark with worry.
"Most likely, so I should be able to come a few days after you"
"Would you really do that, thank you Haru." He simply smiled his typical blank smile and took her hand.
"How 'bout we go get some real food, instead of that hospital crap." He pulled her along gently when she responded with a nod.
"Where are we going?" He looked thoughtful for a moment and then answered.
"umm…how 'bout noodles….?" She looked back and nodded.
"That sounds good…"

After they were able to leave the hospital, Haru half pushing several nurses aside that were not convinced of Rin's health by Hatori's note, they began to head to the nearest noodle shop. "I hear this place is good." Rin agreed wordlessly as Haru opened the door for them to enter. As they stepped into the shop Haru heard his name ring out through the small building. Both he and Rin's heads snapped to look at the source of the voice. It was Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru sitting at a table on the far side of the shop. Haru's face brightened but Rin only sighed as he pulled her over to them.

"Hello Haru, Rin…..what are you doing here…..together….?" Yuki asked looking both confused and surprised at the sight of them being near each other, much less the sight of them holding hands.
"uh right, can we talk about that later Yuki?" Haru asked while taking a seat next to Yuki and guiding a reluctant Rin into the seat next to himself.

"I'm glad I found you guys here, I wanted to talk to you about Rin moving to sensei's house"
"What! Hell no, she can't stay with us." Kyo blurted out over Yuki's surprised response, and Tohru's gasp of joy.
"I wasn't asking your permission Kyo, sensei already said it was ok." Haru said sounding annoyed but not quite mad.
"Isuzu's staying with us, that's so wonderful!" Tohru beamed. At her words Rin groaned and rolled her eyes. Tohru's cheerful aura always made her uncomfortable, but she decided she better start getting use to it.

"Right I heard Shigure talking to Hatori about it a few days ago, when is she coming?" Yuki asked with a genuine look of curiosity on his face.
"Well, tonight I guess, Hatori wrote a note to get her out of the hospital, and she can't go back to Kagura's house….so is it ok if she comes tonight?" Haru looked at Yuki and Tohru for his answer while Kyo silently hissed in the background. As all of this was happening Rin felt like a helpless child all over again, she felt like she did when she had first moved to Kagura's house, unloved and unwanted being jostled around from home to home. But it wasn't exactly like that, she wasn't alone this time, she had Haru, she knew that he loved her and wouldn't just put her in some house with a bunch of total strangers. She tugged on Haru's shirt sleeve gently as if to remind him that it was her fate they were deciding and she would like to have an opinion in it. Haru quickly reacted.

"If that's ok with you Rin, or do you want to go back to the hospital…" She shoot him a dirty look.
"What makes you think I want to go back there?" she spat out. Haru scratched his head absentmindedly.
"Sorry Rin….." He gave her one of his sweet blank smiles and she couldn't stay mad at his thoughtless remark.
"Whatever, its ok, I'll come tonight." Rin sounded annoyed that that was pretty much her only option, but it didn't matter anyway, especially if Haru really was able to come and stay with her.

"Oh that's great, I'll have to set up the extra room for her to stay in…..so much to prepare for….." Tohru was ranting in a sort of daze about all the things she would need to do before Rin came to stay.
"Yuki, could I talk to you….over there?" Haru took yuki's arm when he nodded and led him out of the shop.
"what did you want Haru?" Yuki had a confused look on his face.
"Well um, do you think sensei would mind if I came to stay at his house too?"
"But Haru, with Rin moving in, there won't be any rooms left." Haru smirked at this comment.

"Yea, about that…..you see, I don't think Rin would mind if I stayed in a room with her…." Just when he had finished his sentence Rin came outside.
"What are you two talking about?" She had a scowl on her face.
"Well uh, I was just asking Yuki if I could come to sensei's house too…..and stay in a room with you." Rin's face went a scarlet red as soon as she realized Yuki must have figured it all out. But both Haru and Yuki had bright smiles on their faces.