Author's Note: If you'd notice, I've changed the summary of the story AGAIN! I really suck at summaries and I think/hope it'll be the last change unless you have something better than I'd like to hear it.

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Chapter 7

--An Unsuspected Date--

It was early in the morning. The three girls were already up and ready to meet Akito.

"Special delivery for Tohru Honda," someone said from outside the door.

"Huh? Who would send you something this early?" Uo asked.

Tohru answered the door.

"Hello, are you Honda-san?" the delivery girl asked.

"Yes, that would be me," she replied.

The delivery girl handed her the something.

"Sign here please," she said. "OMG! You're THE Tohru Honda!" she screamed, waking up the other rooms.

Tohru gave a weak smile. "Yes I am," she stated, signing the paper.

"OMG! Can I have your autograph?" she asked searching for a piece of paper.

"Excuse me, but we're busy right now and I'm sure you have other deliveries to make. Don't let us be in your way," Hana said, closing the door the moment she found a piece of scratch paper.

"What'd you receive, Tohru?" Uo asked, stepping out from the bathroom.

Tohru glanced at her gift. It was a big fuzzy brown bear holding a white vase with a red rose.

Hana picked up the card taped on the vase. "It seems that Yamato sent this to you," she said.

"Does it say anything else?" Uo asked.

"It says, I'm sorry about yesterday. Please take this as an apology gift. If you wouldn't mind, I would like to take you out for a tour of the city. Just meet me at Stars Café at noon. If you don't show up, I'll know that you're still mad," Hana read aloud.

"So are you going to meet him there?" Uo asked.

"I guess…I mean, it would be rude if I didn't show up," Tohru said.

"You're still going to meet him after yesterday?" Uo asked with a surprised tone.

"Sure. He was being thoughtful even if the prices were high," Tohru answered.

"Well, I'm sure Akito had something to do with this," Hana spoke up.

"Speaking of him, we have to meet him at his house remember?" Uo said.

The girls left to meet Akito. It was going to be their first time at his house.

The limousine pulled up to a BIG house. The yard was small, but who would notice the yard when the house was fifty feet from you. The house looked comfy and spacious from the outside just like any regular house, but once they stepped inside, it was another story.

Inside of the house was eerie and mysterious. The house was dim and everything was a dark color. The stairs looked rickety for it was made from wood and visible holes could be seen.

There was a portrait of Akito in the hallway that gave them the creeps. The furniture was blood red and the tables were black. The floor was probably the only good thing about the house because they were nice, shiny marble tiles.

"You wouldn't think a person would need a house this big," Uo whispered.

"It's very dark and creepy," Tohru added.

"I like it," Hana said. "The waves here are very interesting and the color is to my taste. I wonder if the house was built over a cemetery," she stated.

Tohru's and Uo's face showed a bit of surprise and a bit of predicament.

"Welcome everyone to my humble home. What do you think of it?" Akito asked once showing them the main parts of the house.

"It's different," Tohru said politely.

"You know, Akito, I think you need more colors," Uo said. "Black and red are out right now."

"I like it. It suits you, Akito," Hana said.

"Thank you, Hana. Now, we must go to the studio to talk about lyrics and music for the new CD. Yes, I know that you haven't picked yet, but we might get started so that everyone won't be waiting long once you pick your prince," Akito said. (A/N: Sorry that Akito's OOC, but that's the way it is for this part)

In the limo, Akito asked about their date with Yamato. Of course he was pleased that they went, but he didn't know that Tohru was going with him today…alone.

"So how was it yesterday with Yamato?" the head of the Sohma asked.

"It was fine though he shouldn't have taken us to that restaurant though," Tohru said.

"What was wrong with it?" he asked.

"I don't know, Akito. Maybe it was the fact that it was the most expensive place in the world! $5 for a glass of water! I hope it wasn't your idea. It was the worst situation for us, d---it!" Uo cursed.

The four arrived at the studio twenty minutes later. Everyone who helped Tohru with her other songs were already here.

"Hi Tohru-chan!" said lyric writer, Cassandra. "Geez, with your contest, I haven't seen you around lately. Have any guys caught your interest?" she asked, nudging her.

"You'll have to wait and find out, Cassandra," the singer replied.

"You're no fun, Tohru," she whined. "Anyway, I can't wait to start. I have some great ideas for the next album. Of course you remember the Grants who played the music last time," she reintroduced.

"Kay, Cassandra, I think we've done enough chitchat, Tohru-kun has plans with someone at noon, so if you don't mind," Uo told her.

"Ooo…plans with whom?" she asked being nosy. "It's a guy, isn't it? Do you like him?"

"Yeah, it's a guy, but I don't know if I really like him. There's so much more to learn about him. Besides, there are other guys left in the contest, but he just happens to be more outward and Akito-san likes him," Tohru replied.

"It's Yamato Nakano, isn't it?" Cassandra abruptly said.

Uo nodded her head in annoyance. It's not like she didn't like him, but he was too much into pleasing her and what Hana said that day on the interview.

"Tohru-chan, you didn't tell me that you were going to meet Yamato again. I'm please that you two are spending more time together," he said happily. "You said you have to meet him at noon? Well, it's nine and we have a lot of work to do. Let's hurry so you won't be late," Akito insisted.

'I guess that dimwit isn't as useless as I thought. Just slow on taking charge with Tohru. Hmmm…I wonder if I could get dear Yuki to 'bump' into them on their date. He would be mad, but he'll finally see that Tohru isn't the one for him,' Akito thought.

"Where are you meeting him?" Akito asked.

"At the Stars Café," Tohru replied. "He's supposed to take me around town and visit some sites."

"I see. You can start without me. I need to make a phone call," Akito said, walking out of the room with a smugly grin.

"Someone pick up the phone, d---it!" he murmured.

"Hello?"

"Hello Yuki. It's Akito. If you're not doing anything today, why don't we go to the Stars Café and have a little chat. I'm sure you don't what to disappoint me again. Meet me there at noon."

Yuki's face turned paler than usual, but he agreed.

"That's a good boy. See you then."

Akito hung up and had face of 'what he want, he got'.

'No one would dare defy me,' he thought.

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Yuki hung up in bewilderment. What was he going to do now? If he didn't go to meet Akito, then he might do something to Tohru. What choice did he have? Besides, he didn't want to go back to the black room.

"Stars Café…noon…" the rat muttered, heading to his room.

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"OK Tohru-chan, I want this next album to be about love since it seems perfect for you since your having a contest," Cassandra told her. "Before I start writing the lyrics and stuff, I need a little information. Some of these songs should be base from your experience. So tell me something about your love life, your feelings…things like that."

Tohru thought about it. She never really understood love and her feelings about love, but she knew one thing and that was to follow your heart.

"Well…I guess you should follow your heart to find someone and always like him for himself no matter what. It doesn't matter how the guy looks, but I guess his appearance makes the guy more attractive. I hear my heart thumping louder and faster every time when I'm around a few guys. Sometimes my legs feel weak," she added, remembering the time when she danced with Yuki.

"It's SO KAWAII! Of course it's normal to feel like that, but it's your first time to experience love, ne Tohru-chan?" Cassandra said, scribbling ideas down.

Tohru blushed and nodded.

Once they were finished with the meeting, it was almost twelve. Akito insisted that Uo and Hana go with her to the café with. The only catch was that Akito would be joining them and then leaving.

When they arrived at Stars Café, Yamato was already there and pleased to see that Tohru had excepted the date. Unknowing to them, Yuki was a block away when he saw Yamato handing flowers to Tohru.

Blood boiled inside of him as he continued walking toward Stars Café. He was at opposite ends of the café hoping that no one would see him.

'Akito set me up,' he thought.

"Hello Yuki. I hope you didn't wait too long," Akito whispered, scaring the rat.

"No, now if you don't mind and tell me why you wanted to meet me here today?" Yuki inquired.

"Isn't it obvious?" Akito gave a smirk. "Don't you see our two love birds over there?" he asked.

Yuki didn't have to turn around. He knew. He saw them and the thought angered him.

"If this was it, then may I please be excused? I have some studying to do," Yuki said calmly.

"You're excused, but before you go, don't you think it's time for you think about what's best for Tohru-chan?" Akito asked as Yuki was standing up about to leave. "I'm sure that Tohru-chan is happy with you, but look at her right now. Look at her laughing. Have you seen her laugh that hard? You're just in the way, Yuki. Don't be in the way of her love life," Akito stated.

Yuki didn't reply or say anything. He took a glance at Tohru and knew that Akito was right. She had a cute laugh, but too bad she never laughed for him. Always a smile, but never a laugh.

"You know, I'm sure she won't even understand us. The burden we must go through for being a Sohma. You don't want to have kids with her; especially if they turn out to be cursed ones. Look at Momiji's mother for example," Akito stated.

This hit Yuki hard. He never thought about it like that. He didn't want her to suffer like Momiji's mom. She had to have her memories erase because it was that bad. He didn't want his kid to grow up knowing that his/her mother didn't like him/her because of the curse.

Yuki said nothing and left with a quick pace. His head lowered not paying attention to his surroundings.

'This is going perfect. Making Yuki feel guilty better knock some sense to him. Motoko is a fool. All of her plans failed. Since she hasn't done hers, then I shouldn't let her have Yuki,' Akito thought.

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Tohru stepped out of the limo to be greeted by flowers. Yamato offered her his hand, which she hesitantly took.

"These flowers are for you, milady," Yamato said, handing the flowers to her.

"Well, it looks like Yamato is here. I have to meet someone. It looks like he is here," Akito stated, as he left to meet his person.

Uo and Hana weren't allowed on this date, but gave an intimidating glare before heading elsewhere.

"I've already gotten a table for us," Yamato started, ushering her the way to their table.

"So…." Yamato began as he pulled her chair out for her, "I'm sorry about yesterday. Usually when I take a girl out, she loves all the fancy places. I guess you're just different," Yamato grinned.

"It's OK," Tohru said. Suddenly she started laughing uncontrollably.

"Tohru-chan, what's wrong?" Yamato exclaimed about to stand up.

"HAHAHA…It's….there's…HAHAHA something ti…tickling HAHAHAH me!" Tohru laughed louder as people within the café and the pedestrians staring at the demented girl.

"WHAT!" Yamato asked, confused.

"It's…it's wet and…tickling my…foot," the singer told him, calming down a bit.

Yamato gave her a weird look, but looked under the table to see what was bothering her. Yamato gave a light chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Tohru asked once she finally was relieved of the feeling.

"This little cutie was your attacker," her date said, revealing a little light-brown puppy with big black eyes.

Tohru gave a wide smile. "Aww, it's so cute!" she exclaimed, picking up the dog from Yamato.

The dog started licking her face as she giggled. "I wonder if this little fellow belongs to someone," Tohru thought aloud, searching for a collar. "Jesse…" she read from the tag. "It doesn't seem to have an address though…" she muttered to herself. "What are we going to do with him?"

"I guess we could give him to the animal shelter and let them deal with it," Yamato shrugged.

'D---it! This mangy mutt is getting in the way of my d--- plans! Just as I was about to take her on a one of a kind guide of Tokyo, he comes along and now we have to take him to an animal shelter,' Yamato cussed.

"You know Tohru-chan, I'm sure that his owner is around here somewhere. Why don't we just let him go?" he asked nonchalantly.

Tohru looked at him baffled. "You mean you don't like Jesse?" she asked, almost to the point where she would cry.

"No. No! Don't get me wrong, but I was hoping that it would be the two……I mean I was hoping that it would be fun if we got to visit all the sites, but I guess we can cut down a few for this special guy," Yamato corrected himself. If she knew what he was thinking, then his chances with her would go down the drain.

"That's fine as long as he's safe," Tohru said, playing with his little soft paws.

Once the two finished their lunch, and ordering something for Jesse, Yamato drove them to the nearest animal shelter.

Upon entering the shelter, they could hear sobs and crying from the inside.

"…And you see, he ran away. I tried to run after him, but he kept on running through the streets and cars were driving by. I was going to run after, but he stopped me. I really miss him and it would be great if you found him. Here's a picture," a little cute girl with tears staining her face. A boy around her age stood next to her in comfort.

"I'm sorry little girl, but no one has brought a dog like that. Maybe you should wait a few days and see if anyone found him," the clerk said, feeling sorry for her.

"Excuse me, but we found a dog," Tohru interrupted.

The two kids turned around and saw Jesse. Jesse barked around and left Tohru's hold. He barked happily being reunited with his mistress, but the ironic thing was that Tohru knew the kids.

"Kisa, Hiro!" Tohru exclaimed once Jesse calmed down a bit.

"Hello, Tohru-chan. Thank you for finding Jesse," she said, giving Tohru a hug.

"Well, I'm glad that I found him. He's so cute! Plus, I don't like seeing you cry," Tohru said, drying her face.

"Well, I guess you're not bad as I thought you were," Hiro interrupted. "You know, I'm surprised to find you here with him," Hiro said, pointing to the confused Yamato. "I thought you were going pick my cousin, Yuki, but I guess not."

"Onee-chan (big/older sister)…" the tiger slowly began.

Tohru kind of twitched, but a smile lit her face. "I'd like it if you'd call me that, 'kay Imouto-chan (little, younger sister, I think)?"

Kisa nodded her head and continued, "I thought you liked Yuki. You two were so happy when we went karaoking. Do you not like my cousin?" Kisa asked in a whisper.

"NO! I like your cousin, but I still like to know the other guys better so I know who I like the most," Tohru defended herself.

Kisa nodded wishing that she would pick Yuki.

"Well, if that's it, Yamato-kun promised to take me around the city," Tohru said.

"….Can…can we come too?" Kisa asked abrutly.

"I don't know…Let me ask," Tohru said, turning around to Yamato. "Yamato-kun, I know how you wanted to show me around town, but can we take Kisa and Hiro?"

Yamato gave an annoyed and astonish look. First it was the d--- dog's fault and now the little monsters? This date could not get any worse!

"Of course," he grunted.

So the four spent some time together, but it was mostly Tohru and Kisa who enjoyed it. At the end of the 'date', Yamato drove Kisa and Hiro home leaving the two alone.

"I'm sorry that we had to take Kisa and Hiro. Thank you so much for being considerate!" Tohru said.

"No problem. I'm just glad you had fun," Yamato fibbed. At least he was just winning her heart. After what he's been through, he better being getting points for this.

The whole entire date was more like babysitting to him. He paid for everything they wanted, tickets, ice cream, souvenirs, etc. It's not that money was ever a problem, but it was just who they were for/ how it was spent on. Kids weren't what he'd use his hard earnings with.

But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was the huge pick stain on his BMW leather seats. The kids spilled strawberry slush and it left huge pink spot. It was still a bit sticky too.

Just as he thought his day couldn't get any worse, he got a ticket for parking near the fire hydrant.

"So Tohru-chan, do you want to catch a movie since it's only seven?" he asked.

Tohru's head was leaned on the window and she gave him a tired look. "I'm sorry, Yamato-kun, but I didn't have much sleep last night. I kinda want to go back to the hotel," the brunette said sleepily.

"Uh…if that's what you want…" the blonde man said, looking at her perplexed. She was so hyper and happy when the brats were here, but now she could barely stay awake.

In twenty minutes they arrived at the hotel. Yamato gently pushed her trying to get the sleeping girl awake, but it didn't work.

Yamato sighed. It looked like he was going to have to carry her in himself. He got out of the car and opened the passenger side. Unbuckling the seatbelt, he lifted her carefully bridal style. The people walking by were staring at them wondering if they were just married or something.

Whispers could be heard saying how cute they were, which pleased Yamato. A few who got a good glimpse of the girl recognized her as Tohru Honda, the international singing sensation. Those who recognized her thought she loved him and picked him from her contest. They walked away giggling and spreading the news to their friends.

The bellboy helped him find Tohru's room and pressed the button to the right floor.

Before the bellboy left, he said something about scoring the chick in his arms.

Just as Yamato was at the door, the door burst open revealing two very angry women. One had a pipe in her hands with the look of kill in her eyes while the other gave a glare and raised an eyebrow.

"That's it mister. What did you do to Tohru?" the ex-thug asked, tapping the pipe.

Yamato backed up a bit, hitting the wall. "N…Nothing," he stuttered. "We were going to go to see a movie, but she said she was tired and wanted to go back to the hotel so I took her back," he explained.

"So Hana, what do ya think? Should we let him off the hook that easily?" Uo asked.

"First, please hand over Tohru-kun." Yamato did so and placed her carefully on the bed.

"See…No harm done, right?" Yamato said, inching closer to the door to leave.

"I'll be nice today. Your actions are making me suspicious, but I don't want Tohru-kun to be mad at me," Hana said, sending electrowaves at the man.

Yamato's face turned pale as he started screaming his way out.

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Yuki had a miserably walk. All he could think about was Tohru and Yamato laughing. All the couples walking by reminded him of those two. He had never been so anger before, but now he wanted to beat up someone. Sure he's gotten frustrated with Kyo every time he wanted to fight with him, but this was different.

Yuki opened his book studying for his test. All the words weren't sinking through his head. All he could think about was what Akito said to him at the café. The vision of Tohru and Yamato appeared too.

'Great,' he thought. 'Now, I'm going crazy because I'm…jealous? Who would have thought me to be jealous? I hope that maybe…just maybe she'll fall in love with me, but will she ever understand the burden of my rat form? I don't want to bring misery to anyone I care about like what Akito has done to me…' the rat thought.

He gave up on studying and prayed to do well tomorrow. How could he think with all of this emotion in him?

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Author's Note: I don't know, but 10 pages is pretty long so I didn't want to add more. Poor Yuki! It looks like Yamato is actually doing some stuff right to please Tohru, huh? But something is going to be exposed in the next chapter! I wonder what it is…

BTW, I'm thinking that this story will have about 18 chapters, but depending on how long I write them, it might go up.

R&R!