Chapter 11
After spreading the word, all of them were silent.
"Why would Akito do such a thing?" Haru asked. True. For so many years, Akito prevented them to love anyone even their own cousins because no one could understand their burden more than he did.. but.
"I never... knew that... Akito will be so." Shigure searched the right word to fit in his sentence.
"Seductive" Hiro replied silently.
"MORE Seductive than Shigure, I should say." Ayame corrected.
"Ayame-san, you shouldn't say that. I would never hurt Tohru-kun like that. She is my sun, my earth, my moon, my COOK, my inspiration, my---" Shigure enumerated.. "my life." Then there was silence in the room.
"I wish nothing like this happened." Kisa cried. She covered her face and wept bitterly like she lost somebody she loved. Hiro wrapped his arm around her to comfort her.
"Don't cry, Kisa. It'll be okay---"
"OKAY?!?! Onee-chan's sick.. Then Akito-san just.. just.." the she wept even more.
Kagura ran inside and stared everybody. "HE'S NOT HERE?!? Where could he be? Have you seen him?"
"Um, Kagura, almost all of us are 'HE'." Shigure explained. "Were you looking for me?"
"Why would I look for you? I'm looking for Kyou. I heard that he's really angry about what happened. So I decided to buy him something but I can't find him. Do you know where he is?" She asked quickly.
"He's in the roof, Kagura." Ayame replied.
"Okidoki!" She quickly left but Hatsuharu stopped her. "What is it? I'm not yet cooking because it's not yet dinner!"
"No. You can't just go up there and cheer him up." He explained as he stared at her.
"Why? I'm not bothering him or anything."
"No. After what happened, he became really depressed. Remember, as soon as we came back, he can't even look at Tohru. He just feels.. so weak that he couldn't help her anymore. So he climbed to the roof and got some fresh air." He gripped her arm tighter. " So, you need to leave him alone.. or else.."
"Okay. I will. To tell you the truth, I can't see the point why Kyou doesn't want somebody to cheer him up." She snorted and went back inside.
Haru snickered. "Tohru was the ONLY one who cheered him up."
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Yuki placed his hand above Tohru's. He never let his eyes drift away. He gazed at her for so long, waiting for her to open her eyes, to smile, to greet him like she used to. But now, she looked helpless, unconscious and nothing to do.
He already missed her, even if he was just beside her. "I just wished nothing like this had happened." He whispered. He laid his head on her bed. He thought about the good times... the bad times.. the---
"Yuki." Haru went inside the room. "Do you need anything?"
"Nothing, Haru-san.. Nothing much.." He said sadly. He felt Haru's warm hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine. It's good that she's back home."
"Yuki."
"Don't cheer me up. Haru. This is not what I really expected to happen. Not on Tohru." he shook his head and hid his eyes behind his long bangs. Haru can tell that he's crying a bit so he patted his shoulder.
"Hatori's downstairs. In case you wanted to---" Yuki got up quickly and left the room. "Wait Yuki. He's here to explain!"
"Then I'll be there to hear him out!!!" He went down the stairs and found Hatori sitting beside Ayame and the others. "Get out of this room. I need to talk to this bastard."
Shigure stood in front of Hatori to protect him from his raging cousin. "Hold on, Yuki. He's here to explain---"
"I said I'm here to HEAR him out! So get out of the way, Shigure!" He fought his way but Shigure was much older and much stronger too.
"Let me finish my sentence. He's here to explain the PEACEFUL way. He doesn't need to be fought." Shigure pushed Yuki aside.
"On which side are you Shigure?!? He also supports Akito's plan! Don't you even care about Tohru?!?!" Yuki screamed at him. Haru was already holding him back but he cannot just change to black H just to prevent Yuki from hurting someone.
"I'm. on your side Yuki but Hatori has something to explain."
"I don't want to hear anymore LIES!!!" Yuki struggled free and was about to punch the doctor but---
"He didn't have sex with her!!!" Hatori yelled at him. Yuki stopped and so did everyone else.
"What.. did you just say?" he whispered.
"It might look he did but he didn't." he explained. "He didn't 'DO' it to her."
"But. how come she's naked? How come she's in his futon? How come she's unconscious?" he asked quickly.
"He just. did something else to her."
"Then what is it?" Yuki asked.
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"Hey." Haru climbed to the roof and sat beside Kyou. "It's a little bit chilly out here. You might catch cold. Why don't you come back inside?"
"I don't need to. In the mountains, I have no shelter. I sit all day on the tree and nothing happened to me. Same perspective when I'm in the roof, except this is much lower than the mountains." He stared at the sky blankly, ignoring Haru's grin.
"Kagura's worried about you."
"Make her worry. I don't care." Kyou replied.
"You're heartless when it comes to Kagura."
"I'm not that heartless.. not like Akito." He explained slowly. "Even if I had my turn, I won't hurt Tohru, I mean, Kagura like that. I'll respect her. like she respects me."
"Um. I kind of confused. Are we talking about Kagura? Or someone ELSE?" He stared at his cousin. Kyou didn't answer him.
"So. I heard Hatori came to visit. What did he do this time, carry Tohru again to the main house or something?"
"No. He just explained the real truth." Haru said. "Akito didn't do anything to her."
Kyou stared at him. "ANYTHING?"
"Well he did. But not the seductive thing." he said.
"He didn't rape her?!" Kyou started to jump chaotically on the roof. He was so happy he couldn't control himself.
"HEY! My house will be demolished after I die. I'm not yet dead so DON'T WRECK IT, BAKA NEKO!!!!" Shigure shouted.
"Wow. That's the first time Shigure called you that. And he's right too. If you're going to jump endlessly like you're going to reach the heavens, try doing that on a treetop instead." Haru suggested. Soon, Kyou stopped jumping.
"I can't believe it! She's still a virgin!" then he met a stare from Haru. "Well..it's good for her, right? I meant that she's too young to have a child or anything."
"I hope that new cheered you up like it cheered up Yuki." He said. "Now, can you come down? Kagura won't stop worrying if you'll be up here all night for no reason."
"Oh. Okay." He jumped down and, exactly after, he met a hug from Kagura.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, KYOU-KUN?!?! ARE YOU ON THE ROOF AGAIN?!?! I'LL TELL THAT SHIGURE TO PLACE BARB WIRE ALL OVER THE ROOF IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN!!!" she hugged Kyou tightly like a her special teddy bear. "I missed you so much, Kyou-kun!!!"
"Hey, I'm just on the roof for a while.." He struggled free and ran across the backyard.
"Wait Kyou-kun! I forgot to give you my gift!" Kagura shouted as she chased him.
"Check your calendar, Kagura! It's not my birthday yet!"
"I DON'T CARE!!!!!" she gathered her pace and jumped on top of him. The poor cat landed on the mud.
"Foolish cat." Haru said to himself. "He still didn't asked what happened to Tohru."
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Yuki sat beside Tohru. He smiled a bit. He was a little happy that nothing "sexual" happened to her. But still he is bothered about what Hatori said before he left.
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"So what do you mean 'did something to her'?" Yuki asked.
"Well, Akito said he passed his position to her." he explained.
"That means SHE is our new CLAN HEAD?" Momiji asked and he sounded excited.
"If that's what I heard, Yes it's true." Everyone started to jump hysterically. Then they heard somebody jumping on the roof.
"Kyou has good ears." Hiro said amusingly. They didn't really know that Kyou was jumping for another reason.
"How come you're worried, Tori? It's good right?" Shigure gave a friendly nudge but somehow, this didn't cheer him up.
"It's quite weird. I mean, why would Akito give her his position. I mean, why not anybody else? Why not a Sohma?" Hatori asked.
"Who cares? Tohru is going to be our clan head. And that's what she wanted right? Being a part of a family, a Sohma? To be with us?" Yuki glanced at Hatori, whose expression was still unreadable. "What's wrong, Hatori?"
"I'm thinking.. Do you think that. Tohru will be like Akito? I mean, act LIKE him?" he stressed the question making the room silent again.
"Tohru-kun? That can't happen. I mean, She uplifted, energetic, blissful young lass! And Akito. well. he's quite the opposite. And the odds are so low! That can't happen." Shigure said.
"But Akito looked.. pleased when he shared to me his plan. He's expecting something.. something weird.. And I believe it is about Tohru." The doctor looked a lot more worried than anybody.
"There will be a big change from now on, right?" Momiji asked them Hatori.
"I guess so, Momiji." Haru replied instead
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"Big change huh? That's can't happen. What Shigure said was right." He glanced at the peaceful Tohru. "It very impossible for her to change so fast. Not like her." he smiled at her and left the room.
Tohru wasn't asleep after all. She opened her eyes and looked at Yuki as he left. She smiled mysteriously and snickered.
"Pathetic." she whispered
After spreading the word, all of them were silent.
"Why would Akito do such a thing?" Haru asked. True. For so many years, Akito prevented them to love anyone even their own cousins because no one could understand their burden more than he did.. but.
"I never... knew that... Akito will be so." Shigure searched the right word to fit in his sentence.
"Seductive" Hiro replied silently.
"MORE Seductive than Shigure, I should say." Ayame corrected.
"Ayame-san, you shouldn't say that. I would never hurt Tohru-kun like that. She is my sun, my earth, my moon, my COOK, my inspiration, my---" Shigure enumerated.. "my life." Then there was silence in the room.
"I wish nothing like this happened." Kisa cried. She covered her face and wept bitterly like she lost somebody she loved. Hiro wrapped his arm around her to comfort her.
"Don't cry, Kisa. It'll be okay---"
"OKAY?!?! Onee-chan's sick.. Then Akito-san just.. just.." the she wept even more.
Kagura ran inside and stared everybody. "HE'S NOT HERE?!? Where could he be? Have you seen him?"
"Um, Kagura, almost all of us are 'HE'." Shigure explained. "Were you looking for me?"
"Why would I look for you? I'm looking for Kyou. I heard that he's really angry about what happened. So I decided to buy him something but I can't find him. Do you know where he is?" She asked quickly.
"He's in the roof, Kagura." Ayame replied.
"Okidoki!" She quickly left but Hatsuharu stopped her. "What is it? I'm not yet cooking because it's not yet dinner!"
"No. You can't just go up there and cheer him up." He explained as he stared at her.
"Why? I'm not bothering him or anything."
"No. After what happened, he became really depressed. Remember, as soon as we came back, he can't even look at Tohru. He just feels.. so weak that he couldn't help her anymore. So he climbed to the roof and got some fresh air." He gripped her arm tighter. " So, you need to leave him alone.. or else.."
"Okay. I will. To tell you the truth, I can't see the point why Kyou doesn't want somebody to cheer him up." She snorted and went back inside.
Haru snickered. "Tohru was the ONLY one who cheered him up."
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Yuki placed his hand above Tohru's. He never let his eyes drift away. He gazed at her for so long, waiting for her to open her eyes, to smile, to greet him like she used to. But now, she looked helpless, unconscious and nothing to do.
He already missed her, even if he was just beside her. "I just wished nothing like this had happened." He whispered. He laid his head on her bed. He thought about the good times... the bad times.. the---
"Yuki." Haru went inside the room. "Do you need anything?"
"Nothing, Haru-san.. Nothing much.." He said sadly. He felt Haru's warm hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine. It's good that she's back home."
"Yuki."
"Don't cheer me up. Haru. This is not what I really expected to happen. Not on Tohru." he shook his head and hid his eyes behind his long bangs. Haru can tell that he's crying a bit so he patted his shoulder.
"Hatori's downstairs. In case you wanted to---" Yuki got up quickly and left the room. "Wait Yuki. He's here to explain!"
"Then I'll be there to hear him out!!!" He went down the stairs and found Hatori sitting beside Ayame and the others. "Get out of this room. I need to talk to this bastard."
Shigure stood in front of Hatori to protect him from his raging cousin. "Hold on, Yuki. He's here to explain---"
"I said I'm here to HEAR him out! So get out of the way, Shigure!" He fought his way but Shigure was much older and much stronger too.
"Let me finish my sentence. He's here to explain the PEACEFUL way. He doesn't need to be fought." Shigure pushed Yuki aside.
"On which side are you Shigure?!? He also supports Akito's plan! Don't you even care about Tohru?!?!" Yuki screamed at him. Haru was already holding him back but he cannot just change to black H just to prevent Yuki from hurting someone.
"I'm. on your side Yuki but Hatori has something to explain."
"I don't want to hear anymore LIES!!!" Yuki struggled free and was about to punch the doctor but---
"He didn't have sex with her!!!" Hatori yelled at him. Yuki stopped and so did everyone else.
"What.. did you just say?" he whispered.
"It might look he did but he didn't." he explained. "He didn't 'DO' it to her."
"But. how come she's naked? How come she's in his futon? How come she's unconscious?" he asked quickly.
"He just. did something else to her."
"Then what is it?" Yuki asked.
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"Hey." Haru climbed to the roof and sat beside Kyou. "It's a little bit chilly out here. You might catch cold. Why don't you come back inside?"
"I don't need to. In the mountains, I have no shelter. I sit all day on the tree and nothing happened to me. Same perspective when I'm in the roof, except this is much lower than the mountains." He stared at the sky blankly, ignoring Haru's grin.
"Kagura's worried about you."
"Make her worry. I don't care." Kyou replied.
"You're heartless when it comes to Kagura."
"I'm not that heartless.. not like Akito." He explained slowly. "Even if I had my turn, I won't hurt Tohru, I mean, Kagura like that. I'll respect her. like she respects me."
"Um. I kind of confused. Are we talking about Kagura? Or someone ELSE?" He stared at his cousin. Kyou didn't answer him.
"So. I heard Hatori came to visit. What did he do this time, carry Tohru again to the main house or something?"
"No. He just explained the real truth." Haru said. "Akito didn't do anything to her."
Kyou stared at him. "ANYTHING?"
"Well he did. But not the seductive thing." he said.
"He didn't rape her?!" Kyou started to jump chaotically on the roof. He was so happy he couldn't control himself.
"HEY! My house will be demolished after I die. I'm not yet dead so DON'T WRECK IT, BAKA NEKO!!!!" Shigure shouted.
"Wow. That's the first time Shigure called you that. And he's right too. If you're going to jump endlessly like you're going to reach the heavens, try doing that on a treetop instead." Haru suggested. Soon, Kyou stopped jumping.
"I can't believe it! She's still a virgin!" then he met a stare from Haru. "Well..it's good for her, right? I meant that she's too young to have a child or anything."
"I hope that new cheered you up like it cheered up Yuki." He said. "Now, can you come down? Kagura won't stop worrying if you'll be up here all night for no reason."
"Oh. Okay." He jumped down and, exactly after, he met a hug from Kagura.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, KYOU-KUN?!?! ARE YOU ON THE ROOF AGAIN?!?! I'LL TELL THAT SHIGURE TO PLACE BARB WIRE ALL OVER THE ROOF IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN!!!" she hugged Kyou tightly like a her special teddy bear. "I missed you so much, Kyou-kun!!!"
"Hey, I'm just on the roof for a while.." He struggled free and ran across the backyard.
"Wait Kyou-kun! I forgot to give you my gift!" Kagura shouted as she chased him.
"Check your calendar, Kagura! It's not my birthday yet!"
"I DON'T CARE!!!!!" she gathered her pace and jumped on top of him. The poor cat landed on the mud.
"Foolish cat." Haru said to himself. "He still didn't asked what happened to Tohru."
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Yuki sat beside Tohru. He smiled a bit. He was a little happy that nothing "sexual" happened to her. But still he is bothered about what Hatori said before he left.
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"So what do you mean 'did something to her'?" Yuki asked.
"Well, Akito said he passed his position to her." he explained.
"That means SHE is our new CLAN HEAD?" Momiji asked and he sounded excited.
"If that's what I heard, Yes it's true." Everyone started to jump hysterically. Then they heard somebody jumping on the roof.
"Kyou has good ears." Hiro said amusingly. They didn't really know that Kyou was jumping for another reason.
"How come you're worried, Tori? It's good right?" Shigure gave a friendly nudge but somehow, this didn't cheer him up.
"It's quite weird. I mean, why would Akito give her his position. I mean, why not anybody else? Why not a Sohma?" Hatori asked.
"Who cares? Tohru is going to be our clan head. And that's what she wanted right? Being a part of a family, a Sohma? To be with us?" Yuki glanced at Hatori, whose expression was still unreadable. "What's wrong, Hatori?"
"I'm thinking.. Do you think that. Tohru will be like Akito? I mean, act LIKE him?" he stressed the question making the room silent again.
"Tohru-kun? That can't happen. I mean, She uplifted, energetic, blissful young lass! And Akito. well. he's quite the opposite. And the odds are so low! That can't happen." Shigure said.
"But Akito looked.. pleased when he shared to me his plan. He's expecting something.. something weird.. And I believe it is about Tohru." The doctor looked a lot more worried than anybody.
"There will be a big change from now on, right?" Momiji asked them Hatori.
"I guess so, Momiji." Haru replied instead
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"Big change huh? That's can't happen. What Shigure said was right." He glanced at the peaceful Tohru. "It very impossible for her to change so fast. Not like her." he smiled at her and left the room.
Tohru wasn't asleep after all. She opened her eyes and looked at Yuki as he left. She smiled mysteriously and snickered.
"Pathetic." she whispered