Okay everybody… here is chapter 7! I hope you like it! 

Chapter 7: A Day Out

It was only an hour since they got off the train but the day was perfect. It was as if they were a normal couple out for a day in the city. They were pretty much a normal couple except for that one of them turns into a rat whenever a girl hugs them.

"Oh it's just how I remembered it!" Tohru exclaimed as they walked past venders with cars filled with everything you could think of. A vender that was selling jewelry was shouting sales and the types of diamonds he had.

"EVERY ITEM AT LEAST 20 OFF! COME TAKE THIS OFFER WHILE YOU STILL CAN!" Tohru's eyes went over to the cart and eyed a silver chain necklace with a single diamond as its charm. Tohru quickly looked at what the other venders were selling because she didn't want Yuki to notice that she wanted anything, but it was too late. Yuki noticed.

"Yuki I'm going to go and get some food for us, wait right here for me okay?" Tohru said while pointing over to the cart that was selling rice balls.

"I'll wait for you right here." Yuki promised. Tohru gave Yuki's hand a quick squeeze and walked over to the food cart.

As soon as she was preoccupied Yuki went over to the jeweler cart. He immediately knew what necklace she was admiring. It was the only one like it.

"Excuse me sir… how much does this necklace cost?" Yuki asked, while pointing to the same necklace Tohru liked so much.

"Thank you for your business miss." The vender at the food stand said as she gave Tohru her change. Tohru stepped aside while she put her change in her purse. She turned to where she left Yuki and began to walk over towards him.

Yuki stuffed the newly purchased necklace into his pocket. He had decided against using Shigure's credit card because he wanted this gift to Tohru to be from him. He couldn't wait until dinner because that was when he was planning on giving it to her.

He smiled as he saw his onigiri coming back from buying their snacks. Tohru pulled out the rice balls and gave Yuki his. They sat down on a bench and ate their snack. The rice balls were good, but not as good as Tohru's. There was something different about them. It was as if there was something missing from them. Yuki figured it was Tohru's tender- loving care.

"What did you want to do now?" Tohru asked as she finished up her rice ball.

"Whatever you want to do." Yuki responded.

"We could just walk around town until we find something we want to do." Tohru suggested. Yuki nodded his head and took Tohru by the hand. They walked for a while in silence, just taking everything in. Yuki put his hand into his pocket and held Tohru's necklace. He couldn't wait until he saw the smile on her face when he gave it to her.

"What are you smiling about?" Tohru asked playfully.

"What are you talking about?" Yuki asked, quickly taking his hand out of his pocket.

"Well you were just smiling and I wanted to know what was so funny." Tohru said, looking straight at him.

"Nothing!" Yuki lied. She'll understand later at dinner.

"You're amazing you know that?" Tohru said with a smile as her gaze went back to looking ahead.

"Well I'm glad you think so." Yuki replied. Tohru giggled and gave Yuki's hand another gentle squeeze. Yuki squeezed her hand back.

Later that day

A big banner stretched across from one side of the street to the other. It read: Summer Festival Saturday and Sunday Only.

"Yuki look! A festival! Do you want to go?" Tohru asked practically begging him to go.

"Only if you want to." Yuki said, giving in to her. Tohru smiled and remembered the last time she went to a festival. It was with her mother.

The festival was packed with people. There were many game booths, and there were at least 7 different rides there.

"What do you want to go one first?" Yuki asked.

"Can we go on the bumper cars?" Tohru suggested.

"Of course…. But don't think that I'm not going to bump into you just because you are my girlfriend. That only means that I am going to bump you harder!" Yuki played.

"Well you haven't seen me and my bumper car skills." Tohru said.

"Bumper car skills?"

"Yeah, my bumper car skills. Haven't you seen anyone with them?"

"No I can't say that I have. You're going to be the first one to show me them, as long as I am not bumping into you more!" Yuki grabbed Tohru's hand and walked over to the bumper cars. There wasn't a lot of people in line, so they didn't have to wait long until they got on the ride.

As Yuki and Tohru took their separate cars Yuki called out to Tohru, "Just you wait until we start to go. You'll be sorry that you wanted to go on these!"

"I think you'll be the one that's sorry! Don't forget… bumper car skills." Tohru was behind Yuki and they waited anxiously for the ride to start. The cars were turned on and they began.

Tohru tried to pass other riders so she could catch up to Yuki. As Yuki tried to take the inside corner around the track, his car got stuck on the tire that made it an easy corner to pass, and he had a hard time getting free. Also, Yuki was laughing too hard to even concentrate on what he was doing.

Tohru noticed that Yuki was stuck and took the opportunity to make her move. She drove up behind him and rammed her car into the back of his.

"HEY!" Yuki managed to say.

"I told you to watch out for my skills." Tohru said as she drove past him. Yuki finally got un-stuck and drove after her. It's on now Tohru! Tohru looked behind her and saw Yuki trying to catch up with her. She purposely slowed down her car so he could at least have a chance of ramming her into a wall or something. Besides, he looked so cute when he was trying to catch up with her she couldn't help but give him a little hand.

Yuki took the opportunity to bump Tohru as soon as he could. He knew she was purposely slowing down so he could ram into her, but it didn't matter. He just had to get her back.

As soon as Yuki was closer to her car, Tohru sped up again. She wasn't going to make it that easy to hit her car. She suddenly stopped her car in the middle of the track, causing Yuki to come crashing into her car. Tohru couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably. Looking back at Yuki and seeing him with that look of shock on his face was priceless.

All the cars stopped and the couple made their way towards the exit.

"I cannot believe that you ran into me like that!" Yuki exclaimed as they walked out of the bumper car ride.

"What did I tell you? I love the bumper cars! Where do you want to go next?"

"Where ever you want to go." Yuki said.

"Actually, it's already towards dinnertime, and I am sorta hungry. Can we get something to eat?" Tohru said, glancing at her watch.

"Sure… did you want to go out or get something here? Either way is fine, but you can choose."

"Maybe we should just eat here. We're not really dressed for any restaurants… our clothes are too dirty for that. It'd probably be easier if we just ate here." Tohru suggested.

"Okay… what did you want to eat? I'll go and get it for you."

"Um… surprise me! You know what I like… I'll wait for you over here. I'll get us a picnic table or something." Tohru said. Yuki gave her a quick kiss on her forehead and walked towards the food venders.

There wasn't much selection at the venders, but he did have a choice between pizza, corndogs, and hamburgers. The hamburger didn't even look like real meat, so Yuki thought that pizza was the best choice.

Tohru waited for Yuki to come back at a picnic table that overlooked the water. The water was so calm and peaceful it almost looked fake. The last time she looked at this water was when she last came to the festival, and that was with her mom.

-Begin Flashback-

"Mommy? Is that water real?"

"Of course… why wouldn't it be?"

"It just doesn't look like it is…"

"That's what makes it so beautiful, don't you think baby?"

"Yes… it does! Like it's too good to be true."

"Now you see it… sometimes the things that are most valuable in life are the ones that seem too good to be true. You can't disturb them otherwise they will loose their value."

-End Flashback-

"The things that are too good to be true…" Tohru started as she thought of Yuki. 'Would you have thought the same thing about Yuki, mom?' Tohru thought to herself. She quickly opened her purse and glanced at the picture that never left her side.

Yuki paid for the food and walked over to Tohru. She was looking towards the ground, like she was hiding something. Yuki faintly heard Tohru whisper, "I think that you would have mom." Yuki knew she needed her space for a little bit so he pretended to look at something that caught his attention.

As soon as she put the picture away he walked over to her with their food.

"All they had was pizza… all of the other food didn't look edible." Yuki explained.

"Oh no! Don't worry about it! Pizza is fine!" Tohru said as she tried to stifle back tears. While they ate their pizza Yuki took notice to how uncomfortable she seemed and decided that it was about time to give Tohru her necklace.

"Tohru, you know that I love you with all of my heart, that you mean more to me than life itself." Tohru nodded.

"Words could never explain how much you really mean to me. You've seen me as more than just the stupid rat. You've seen past that and found the true me, the me that wanted to be loved for so long. Close your eyes." Yuki said with sincerity. Tohru looked at him with puzzlement.

"You do trust me, right?" Yuki asked.

"With all my heart and soul."

"Good. Close your eyes." Tohru did as she was told without hesitation.

"No peeking!" Yuki played.

"I promise I won't!"

Yuki went into his pocket and brought out the necklace. The diamond sparkled because of all the lights from the rides. Yuki undid the clasp and crept behind Tohru who still had her eyes tightly closed. He gently placed the necklace around her neck, careful not to make it noticeable. He went under her hair, ever so carefully, and clasped the chain together. Walking back to his side of the table he looked at Tohru. There wasn't a more beautiful girl in the world.

"Okay… open your eyes!" Yuki said as dramatically as he could. Tohru looked around, but found nothing.

"What is it?" Tohru asked, feeling stupid.

"Follow me." Yuki took hold of Tohru's arm and led her to a mirror that was close to the fun house. Tohru looked into the mirror and her eyes fell upon the diamond necklace that now lay on her chest.

"Oh Yuki! It's wonderful! You didn't have to spend so much money on me!" Tohru said.

"I wanted you to have it."

"This is the same necklace I saw earlier… how did you know that I wanted this one?"

"I just know these things… do you like it?" Yuki asked. Tohru was at a loss for words. She never received anything so nice from anyone in her life. Tohru found the perfect way to show Yuki how grateful she was.

Tohru turned to Yuki and locked him into a deep kiss. She didn't care how many people were looking at them. All of a sudden, none of that mattered to her. All that she cared about at that very second was Yuki.

Tohru was the one that pulled away first.

"I'm glad you like it." Yuki said after their kiss.

"It means so much to me."

Yuki took Tohru by the hand, and walked towards the Ferris Wheel.

"Did you want to go on this?" Yuki asked while he pointed to the Ferris Wheel.

"Sure." Tohru said.

As they got on their car the ride started to take them up. The ride overlooked the whole festival. A lot of the people that were there earlier had left and a whole crowd of new people were piling in for the firework show that was supposed to take place in a little while.

"It's so peaceful up here." Tohru said as they made their descent from the top of the wheel.

"It is…," Yuki said admiring the scenery.

"This has been one of the most amazing days in my entire life Yuki."

"One of the most?" Yuki played.

"Yes… one of the most."

"What was the most amazing day in your life then?" Yuki questioned.

"The day I came across your house." Tohru said as her mind went back to the day the two of the first met. Shigure had been showing her the mini- zodiac replicas he had set out to dry.

"Do you know which is the most amazing time in my life?" Yuki asked Tohru.

"Tell me."

"The night we shared out first kiss." Yuki's mind went back to the night they had shared their first kiss. Tohru had been crying at the remembrance of her mom.

"I remember that night like it was yesterday." Tohru admitted.

"Do you?"

"Of course! How can I forget?" Tohru said, blushing. The Ferris Wheel made it's way up again. The sun began to set, making the sky a pinkish-orange.

"It's always so beautiful." Tohru said referring to the sunset.

"It's one of many things that are always beautiful." Yuki said referring to Tohru.

"Look… the sun is setting." Tohru said with a smile. Yuki took Tohru's left hand and held it tightly. He leaned in and kissed Tohru deeply as the firework show began.

Yuki and Tohru walked off the ride hand-in-hand. They got closer to the firework show so they didn't have to worry about anyone's head being in the way. The fireworks blazed colors of deep red and bright white. Two fireworks lit up the whole sky. Tohru leaned on Yuki as they sat down on a bench, and that's how they stayed for the rest of the show.

About 30 minutes later, when the show ended, they got up and started to leave the festival.

"Tohru what time is it?" Yuki asked.

Tohru looked at her watch and said, "9:45… why?"

"We're going to miss our train! There is now way we're going to make it to the other side of town in 5 minutes!"

A/N: there it is! Do you think that they are going to make it in time? Good question… you'll have to wait until I post next chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and I especially thank those who took part in my random poll. It was such a great help. I have the answer but I can't tell y'all what it is! Where is the fun in that? You guys are amazing! Well until next time,

Bubbles078 xoxox