Chapter 3

She had the same long black hair. She had the same clear gray eyes. She had the same face. She had the same smile. There was no mistaken that the little girl that Tohru bumped into was the girl in Shigure's picture. Tohru looked at the book in her hand. The book that the girl had dropped was about dancing. Didn't Shigure say that Tsuki had loved to dance and that she had tried to teach him? But it couldn't really be that same girl? That was impossible. Didn't Shigure say that the picture was taken when he 10 years old? But the girl sitting in front of Tohru looked exactly like the one in the old tattered photograph.

"Oh...I think this is yours." The blushing long black haired girl handed Tohru back her cookbook.

Tohru snapped out of her thoughts. "And I think this is yours." Tohru handed back the girl's book on dancing. Tohru picked herself off the floor and offered her hand to the little girl. The girl smiled sweetly and let Tohru help her up.

"I can't say how sorry I am for bumping into you." Tohru explained to the girl as she dusted herself off.

She shook her little head vigorously. "It's my fault, I wasn't looking where I was going. While I was walking I was looking at my book!" She held up her book so that Tohru could see.

"By the way My name's Tohru. What's yours?" Tohru asked the girl. She had to find out who the girl was and why she looked like the girl in the picture. Who was she? What was here relationship to Tsuki?

She pressed her book against her chest and hugged it tightly. The girl giggled and smiled shyly. "My name's Midori."

"Midori, you must be a really good dancer! Maybe you can teach me sometime." Tohru exclaimed.

"I'm not really good, but I love to dance. But it shouldn't be important if I'm good or not, what's important is that I'm doing something I love. I really would like to teach you! Then I would have someone to practice with! You could come to my house and I could teach you!" She exclaimed happily. Midori's bashfulness seemed to be melting away as she talked to Tohru more. Her eyes seemed to light up when she talked about her love of dancing.

"That would be nice! Aren't your mom and dad looking for you?" Tohru asked Midori as she scanned the book store.

Midori shook her head and looked up at Tohru. "I don't have a father. My mom was really young when she had me. My father left right after I was born."

Tohru regretted ever asking her about her parents. "Oh I'm really sorry...I...Uh...shouldn't have asked."

Midori shook her head again. "Don't worry it's OK. I never knew my father but my mom raised me all by herself. At least until..."

Midori never finished what she was saying, she was interrupted by a women. "Midori! Midori! There you are." A women with short black hair and clear gray eyes showed up next to Midori. She looked like an older more mature Midori. Could this be Tsuki? Maybe Midori was the daughter of Shigure's long lost love. Did that mean that Shigure could have a chance to meet his first love again? Midori didn't have a father. Did that mean that Shigure could have a chance to start all over? To be reunited with the girl that he had long left and maybe just maybe have a chance at real love.

"Midori we need to go dear!" The women explained fondly at the little girl.

"...But I wanna teach Tohru to dance. Can she come to our house?" Midori pleaded to the woman.

She smiled gently and shook her head. "I'm sure that Tohru has lots of other things to do. Now let's go." She turned to Tohru and smiled. "I'm really sorry if Midori was bothering you."

Tohru shook her head and waved her hands in front of her. "I don't mind ma'am! I want to let Midori teach me! I mean if that's OK and all."

The woman eyed Tohru and then turned her attention back to the black haired girl. "Here Midori pay for your book while I talk to your friend." The woman gave Midori money and lightly patted her on the back towards the cashier.

Midori looked at them with protesting eyes but then obeyed obediently. She hopped away with her book still clinging to her chest.

"Are you sure? Midori can be a handful. But if you really want to I'd be very grateful. I mean Midori doesn't really have any friends and I think it would be good if she had someone to play with. I mean she really has been through a lot. But if your really sure, you can come to our house." The woman explained to Tohru after Midori was out of sight.

"Don't worry I'm sure!" Tohru smiled brightly.

"Would around 3:00 PM today be good for you? I mean I don't have work today and Midori would be done with dance lessons."

"3:00 would be good for me!" Tohru answered. With that the woman gave Tohru her address and phone number. After thanking Tohru she left abruptly and went to look for the little black haired girl.

Tohru stared hard at the little piece of paper in her hand. That woman must have been Midori's mother, Tsuki. The girl that use to teach Shigure how to dance. The first girl that Shigure had ever loved. Tohru crumpled the paper and held it tightly in her fist. She was determined to make Tsuki and Shigure meet again. She would do everything in her power to make them see each other again.

Tohru quickly made her way through the aisles of the bookstore to find the writer. Tohru stopped in the fiction section. She spotted the black haired author near the love novels. He seemed to be absorbed in a book that he picked up off the shelf.

She made her way towards to him. "Shigure! Shigure! Are you done?"

Shigure quickly hid the book he was reading behind his back. He seemed to be embarrassed of being caught in the love novel section. "Tohru? Your done already? Well I guess we can go!" He laughed nervously and quickly threw the book he was reading to one side. "Let's go! Let's go!" Shigure pushed Tohru out of the fiction section to the cashier.

After they had finished with the bookstore the pair headed towards the grocery store. As Tohru and Shigure were buying food, she couldn't help but think about the events that had taken place in the bookstore. It must have been fate or something. Just last night he was talking about the girl that he had left and the very next day Tohru just happened to meet her. She smiled to herself as she picked some vegetables, she tried to imagine the look on Shigure's face when he saw the girl that he had loved before. Tohru wanted Shigure to be happy and she wanted to prove something. She wanted to prove that love never dies, that through everything if two people were meant to be together that they would be. Maybe Shigure and Tsuki were meant for each other. And maybe Shigure could finally finish his book, finish it with a happy ending.

Shigure and Tohru finally finished shopping and two returned home. Shigure went straight to his office to continue writing and Tohru headed to the kitchen to make lunch. Tohru happily put her apron on and decided to start right away. First she took out the vegetables she just bought and she started to chop them. She happily went about cooking lunch when she heard a cough behind her.

Tohru turned around to find Kyo standing there. Kyo was usually the confident and daring cat, but now he seemed bashful. He stared at the floor and avoided eye contact with Tohru. "Umm...Can I...you know...help you make lunch?" Kyo asked as he looked up at her slowly.

At first Tohru seemed surprised at the request but then she smiled brightly at him. "Of course you can Kyo!" With that the orange haired boy went to where Tohru was and he helped her with the vegetables. Together, side by side Tohru and Kyo stood in the kitchen making lunch.

To be continued...