Chapter 3: Secrets

Princess Sango

Tohru woke up the next morning, on the floor, since she had locked her door when she had entered it yesterday. Looking at her bed, she ripped off the sheets and comforter and then crawled on to it. She didn't feel like doing anything, but she knew that would get Yuki and Shigure worried, and they'd probably call Hatori, and she didn't want that right now. So grudgingly she got up and chose a simple summer dress with orange flower prints on it behind a yellow background. Walking out with the sheets she walked into the laundry room and threw her sheets in the wash first and walked into the kitchen next. To her surprise, Hatori and Ayame were there, and Shigure was cooking? It took Tohru a second to draw everything in, "H-hello?"

"Oh, good morning Tohru-kun, have a good rest?" Yuki asked from his spot on the table.

"Hai I did, I didn't expect to sleep that long." With that she sat down next to Yuki, but it seemed everyone's eyes on her, "Did I do something wrong?"

"No, not at all, but that necklace, where'd you get it?" Hatori asked her patiently.

"Oh, I got it from…Kyo-kun two days ago, why?"

All the Sohma's looked like they were thinking something before Shigure went to look, "That's definitely Kyo's stone, you know each one of us have one. You could tell because Kyo's has a small cat engraved on the stone. He didn't do anything did he Tohru?"

Tohru blushed, "No he didn't Shigure-san."

Of course that had earned Shigure a few new lumps on his head, and a call to his editor. Shigure was a little busy now and so Tohru finished up what Shigure started. When she served them, Tohru noticed everyone was still looking at her, but no one said a word. When breakfast was finished, Tohru had run into the laundry room and placed the sheets into the drier and the comforter into the washer before returning to the kitchen. Yuki was out at his secret base and Ayame and Hatori were sitting at the kitchen table watching her. "Um, is there something you want to ask me?"

"Tohru, are you feeling okay, you look slightly pale," Hatori asked her, his doctor instinct coming on immediately.

"I'm probably just tired, because now I have to figure out what I'm going to do with my life," Tohru answered, making up an excuse she knew was 100 bogus.

"Okay, but why don't you get some rest, I'm sure a day of chores can be done without you right now," Hatori answered, walking over to Tohru and pulling the dishrag which was trying to dry a dish. Tohru shook her head yet Hatori insisted, and she gave in and went back up to her room, closing the door behind her.

"Hatori, is there something you're not telling us?" Ayame asked.

"I don't want to say anything in front of Tohru, but it seems like Kyo and Tohru were acting strange when we saw them. What do you think?" Hatori asked Ayame.

"Yeah, it appears this way, and the fact that when Akito locked that room up, you could swear Kyo had something on his mind. We were both there; when Tohru was asleep, remember? A small window and nothing else but a bed inside, and joint bathroom; yet he seemed dull, and so does Tohru."

Ayame looked up at Hatori, "You don't think?"

Hatori smiled, "Yes, I understand perfectly, they had something happen or Tohru wouldn't be like this. I guess we'll figure it out one way or another."

That's all they could hope anyway.

TBC…