Do you know what snow turns into when it melts?

Disclaimer- This just makes me feel kind of.. " Baka"-ish… I don't own Fruits Basket it belongs to Natsuki Takaya-sensei…I've been saying it for so long, you kind of get used to it.

A/n- Please note that the italics are Hatori's thoughts

Hatori stood still as Kana walked towards him. Part of him wanted to run, run as fast as he could, but part of him wanted to stay, and strangely, that part that wanted him to stay seemed stronger.

It is Kana.

Those words kept on ringing in his head. He didn't know what to do, and she was coming closer now..and she still looks the same.. he realized. As he stood there, frozen, Kana walked up to him and looked at him curiously.

" It really is you, Mister Hatori! I'm Kana Sohma; remember I used to be your assistant? I'm sorry I didn't stay long.."

As she smiled at him, Hatori felt as if someone was pulling his brain out of his head. Should he talk to her? Should he just walk away? Should he say that he isn't Hatori Sohma? Should he….his thoughts were interrupted by Kana, who was tugging at his coat.

" Ermm.." he muttered intelligently.

She laughed, and let go of his coat. " Sorry about that! You just looked like you were in a daze, so I thought I'd wake you up! So how are you, Mr. Hatori? Its been two years since I saw you, things must have happened, isn't it?" As she waited for his reply, he stared at her, thinking.

" I should walk away, but then I would be rude, but I can't talk to her, I'll lose my mind, but it won't hurt to talk to her…. but then she's married, so what is she doing here? And I'm supposed to go back to the estate, but Akito has Kureno with him.."

He gave a start as he realized what he was thinking. " I'm sounding like Shigure or Tohru!" he thought, disgusted. " Ah. .Must as well answer her…"

He cleared his throat.

" Nothing much." He said to Kana, avoiding her gaze.

Kana raised her eyebrows. " Oh? I thought something might have happened… Things have been happening in my life…" she said softly.

Hatori nodded. " You got married, right? Congratulations." He grunted.

Kana nodded too, smiling. " Yup! Thanks!"

Hatori nodded curtly, still avoiding her gaze. " Well..I need to go back home. I'll see you around." He muttered, and turned around.

" See you."

He walked off, a bit ashamed of his behaviour, but he just wanted to go back to his room and relax. Relax? Akito's going to be yelling all over him. He sighed.

" Mr. Hatori..please wait."

Hatori froze. Kana? Why did she stop me?

He turned around. " Mmm?" he looked at Kana straight in the face.

Kana looked embarrassed, and she was even blushing slightly.

" Umm…Mr.Hatori..if you don't mind, can we sit down and have a chat? We haven't met for a long time..and I need to ask you something…" her voice trailed off, she looked at Hatori hopefully.

Hatori's insides seemed to clench and tighten around his stomach. She wants to talk to me? Why? No…I can't.. he didn't know what to do. But Kana wanted to talk to him…he sighed, then nodded and sat down on the park bench.

" Okay..what do you want to talk about?" he asked. Kana sat down next to him.

" Well….I know you're quite good at giving advice, I heard it from Mayu…." She started.

Hatori nodded again. Mayu told her about me? Figures.

" You see, Mr. Hatori, I'm..having problems with my husband. He's been going out lately, and coming back late too, ever since we moved back to Tokyo. I know he has job problems, but its nothing serious, and he doesn't tell me things now, and I sometimes feel like he does not love me anymore..what should I do?" she asked.

Hatori looked at her, dumbstruck. She wants me to help her with her husband? A voice in his head yelled. He didn't know what to do. Kana looked at him, hopefully.

" And.." she continued. " Sometimes, I just feel like he isn't worth me getting flustered about this…..I just want to be comforted and feel loved…" she sighed, then leaned slightly against him. Hatori recoiled as soon as she touched him.

" No. I can't help her. And the way she is..does she want me back? No..that will be betraying her husband..but she.." he thought. " I need to give her advice..I can't comfort her, I don't want to start the problem all over again.."

" What should I do!"

A/n- Here's a new chapter, and the story has just got interesting. This chapter's quite short though…but I hope all readers enjoy it, and please give me your reviews. I'm wondering whether I have silent readers…haha. Thank you to all reviewers, you guys made me do the second chapter! I hope you all can give me ways to improve the story, arigatou!