Hi! I updated! I'm sorry if any of you had to wait but I really wanted 5 more reviews. They make me sooo happy!!! For any of you who read the previous document for this chapter, it is NO LONGER dedicated to my little brother because he did a shitty thing and I AM MAD!!! If you want to know what he did, click on the reviews button and you'll figure it out, I'm sure. I wanted to repost this anyway because of just a couple of small changes. I don't mind if I get flamers, they sometimes have constructive criticism but as a joke from one's own brother...I AM MAD! And I'm sorry if you feel like I took it out on you, I suppose I did and for that I apologize. READ AND ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 3

Yuki did not want to take any chances of Tohru hearing him question Hanajima-san and Uotani-san, so he led the two girls outside into the courtyard. There was a large tree there with a bench beneath it; it was out of the way so there was no chance that other students would stumble upon them. Yuki had quite a bit of time before Tohru was finished cleaning the classroom because she usually took a while, wanting to make it extra clean.

He decided to be direct, because this was a matter concerning Tohru and he didn't want to, as the American phrase goes, 'beat around the bush'. As soon as the girls sat down he asked them if they knew when Tohru's birthday was.

"Of course we know! What kind of friends do you think we are, huh???!!!" Uo said. "It's…uh...um… when is it again, Hana?" In the background, Yuki sweat-dropped.

"I do not know. Whenever I wished to ask, and was close to doing so, the electric waves would tell me that Tohru would become unhappy, so I never asked. I do not believe Tohru wants us to know."

"Hey! Yeah, you're right! In fact, come to think of it, whenever I asked Tohru, I remember, she'd change the subject. But she'd do it so easily, it didn't feel like she was avoiding the question at all." Uo exclaimed. "Wow, what kind of friends are we? We don't even know the birthday of our best friend!"

Yuki spoke here, "It's on April 4th."

"What?! You know? Then why did you ask us?!" Uo shouted. "And how come you know anyway? Did she tell you? How come she didn't tell us then?!"

"April 4th?" Understanding showed on Hana's face.

Uo turned to her friend. "Huh? Hana? I don't get it. What's so special about that date?"

"It is an old superstition. The number four is unlucky, because it sounds like the word death. So people born on the fourth of the fourth month, are considered bad luck in the worst possible way." Hana said quietly.

"Ohhhh. But that's stupid! Tohru can't think we'd abandon her just because she's born on some "unlucky" day?"

Yuki said, "You're right, Uotani-san, it is stupid. But I think something happened to Honda-san to make her really afraid. So much so, that she lost all confidence in that day."

"What? That's crazy. I'm going to go straighten that girl out right now!" Uotani-san yelled.

She got up to leave but Yuki stopped her, "Wait."

She turned around, "Why should I? I can't let my friend think I wouldn't like her just because she was born on some superstitiously bad day!"

"I agree with you." Yuki suddenly grinned. "That's why I think we should give her a surprise birthday party." Both girls were stunned. "I think Tohru needs to be shown how much we all love and appreciate her, not just told."

Uo was the first to speak. "That's an awesome idea!! She'll love it!"

"I agree. She will love it. It is a good idea, Yuki-kun." Hana said.

"Thank you, Hanajima-san. Honda-san will be done cleaning soon, so you should go back and meet her before she realizes you're gone. She has her part-time job tomorrow, so if you are free, I believe we should meet and discuss ideas and make plans."

"Yes!" Uo punched the air. "We'll meet at Yuki-kun's house tomorrow to discuss Operation-HBT!"

"HBT?" Yuki asked, puzzled. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOHRU!" Yuki sweat-dropped again.

"Okay, then, we'll meet" Yuki didn't get a chance to finish his sentence then because suddenly there was a crash and Kyou was there.

"Hey! What is this?! You can't make plans without me! I want to help too!" Kyou shouted. It seemed he had been hiding behind the bushes all this time and listening to their conversation.

"Baka neko! Where'd you come from, you cat?!"

"I saw you three walking off all suspicious like so I followed you. It's a good thing I did; I want to help too!"

Yuki was starting to get mad. He didn't want the cat's help. This was supposed to be his idea, his present for Tohru. Beside, stupid cat would probably blurt out the secret, he's got a big enough mouth.

It seemed Uo was thinking along the same lines, "No way! You'd give away our secret before we even started blowing balloons!"

"No, I wouldn't! I know how to keep a secret, Yankee! It's you who'd probably tell Tohru!"

The two continued to shout at each other until Hana finally said, "It would be better to include him. Kyou-kun already knows and if we keep him busy, he will not have time to tell Tohru."

Yuki finally agreed after much persuading, saying they could get Kyou to do the doggy work. Uo laughed at that, imagining a dog with orange hair. She was still laughing at the image, when she and Hana left to go pick up Tohru.

"Baka neko!" Yuki muttered. He picked up his bag off the ground and headed home, Kyou yelling all the time behind him, "What did you say? You wanna fight? C'mon, let's fight!"

Hi! I got my five more reviews so I'm happy! YAY!!! And to thank you all, I've decided to do shoutouts at the end of each chapter from now on. These are to the reviews I received for Ch. 2. so if you reviewed for Ch. 1. I'm sorry. Review for this one, and I'll thank you in Ch. 4. YAY!!! Hidden Message: REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

animefreakforever: Thank you!!! and here you go!!!

girlygirl: Glad you liked it! Hope your cousin doesn't feel too bad about her birthday! ;-)

Not A Monkey: I love your name!!! and thank you but what does kawaii mean? Oh and "yayness" is a SUPER-COOL word and i'm stealing it!!! lol....

Just call me Blue: YAY!! You liked it, you really liked it! lol...here you go. Enjoy!

Sahariah: SUPER glad you liked it! I don't know if I'll make it a Yukiru pairing (i'm a Yuki supporter for any who care) or if one of those where it's equal like in the manga and anime yet. But if you thought it was a Yukiru, i guess i have to put more Kyou in! hey! i did in this one! hope you enjoyed his appearance! and thank you for the anonomyous tip. i checked the box b/c i didn't really know what it meant but i UNchecked it as soon as i read your review! So thank you b/c i've already gotten 2 anonomyous reviews! YAY!

HanaTohruShipperMorgan: It took a lot of thinking to come up with the birthday angle cause i wanted a good reason to explain why the author never mentioned it! I think you're right aboutTohru sobbing soi changed that! But i'm keeping the 'herhugging him for comfort' b/c i like it and i like Yuki!!! YAYfor YUKI!!! lol...thanks for theideafor beating writer's block.i didn't want to stop writing this chapter causei wanted to have the meeting in this one too but then i thought it would be tooo long (it had gotten to 2 1/2 pages) so i decided to keep that until next chapter! it was a good tip and not at all stupid b/c it WORKS! i know exactly where my story is going and how it going to get there.So thank you! and you're the first person to have me on their favorites list so here's another thank you: THANK YOU! that info just made me...tear...so happy! i hope you enjoy the update!

All right everyone! that's it! till next chapter! which will come at 5 more reviews! and im not counting my brothers so currently when i'm posting this, i have 10 reviews...anyway...SUPER happy you all like my story so far! Keep REVIEWING! and i think i will have 10 or less chapters ... currently! it might change! probably will! lol...thank you everybody for reading! i really love you for it!

--RiceBallPlum