B.O.
"Tohru!" Uo half-shouted, jerking Tohru out of her daze.
"Huh? Oh! I'm sorry, Uo-chan, I was just thinking..." Tohru's voice trailed off. Uo raised an eyebrow.
"You were thinking..." she prompted, when Tohru didn't continue.
"Huh?"
"What were you thinking about?" Uo repeated patiently.
"Oh! Um, uh, it's nothing, really!" Tohru stammered, blushing. Uo stared at her.
"Uh-huh. Which is why you've been spacey all day."
"EH! Ah...I'm sorry..." Tohru sighed. "It's just..."
"What?" A thought struck Uo. "Wait a—did Orangey or Prince Charming do something to you? What about that writer guy? I swear, Tohru, if any of those filthy men so much as TOUCHED you, I'll..." She left the unspoken threat hovering in the air and scowled.
Tohru squeaked in alarm. "Um, no! Please don't! I mean, er, eh, no! They haven't, uh, touched me or anything!"
"Then WHAT?"
"Er...well...I think I may...um...smell bad," Tohru said in a very small voice, flushing awkwardly.
Uo blinked.
"What...you mean like B.O. or something?"
Tohru nodded, too ashamed to speak.
Uo burst into laughter. Tohru fidgeted uncomfortably.
"Um...I don't see what is funny..."
Uo managed to get her laughter under control. Barely.
"Tohru, you do not smell bad," she said seriously.
"Are you sure?" Tohru asked anxiously.
Uo leaned in close to Tohru and sniffed exaggeratedly.
"Positive," she said, winking at Tohru.
Tohru exhaled in relief. "Oh, good!"
Uo resisted the urge to giggle and instead asked "So why did you think you smelled bad?"
Tohru started fidgeting again, her face turning red. "Oh, um...no reason, really."
"Uh-huh..."
Tohru sighed. "Eh...well...I think there's something wrong with Yuki and Kyo then, because lately it seems like every time I pass them, like, in the hallway or at home, they take a deep breath and... Well...it seems like they're...um...smelling me or something. So...er...that's why I thought I might smell bad, and they were just too polite to tell me about it..." Tohru's voice trailed off as she became aware of Uo's laughter.
"What's so funny?" she asked finally.
Fin
My friend and I thought this up and found it HILARIOUSLY funny. We were talking about the fics (because I always ask her advice about fics etc) and suddenly I thought of what Tohru would say if she found out Yuki and Kyo could smell her, and so I said,
'Hey, if Tohru ever found Kyo and Yuki could smell her, I bet she'd say: "Um...I think there might be something wrong with Yuki and Kyo, because every time I pass them they take a really deep breath like"—and here I took a really exaggerated breath through my nose so that it made a snorting sound—"they're, um...smelling me or something."' And we just found it hilarious. Hmmm...Maybe it was a 'be-there' thing. It started then though, and gradually evolved into this. Which I hope you found funny. Let me know!
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