First Haru/Tohru oneshot. please read and review.
Haru walked along the street slowly, his hands in his pockets and taking small glances at his surroundings every so often. He was lost, again. He checked his watch. It was almost eleven o'clock. He sighed and was about to turn a corner when a couple of voices caught his attention.
"Thank you for helping with the late shifts, Tohru. You were a real help to us old dears." An old woman said smiling. Her smile was matched by her friend standing beside her at the doorway to the building in front of them.
"Oh, no, it was my pleasure, really!" Came a rushed reply from a young girl, around fifteen or sixteen. The girl blushed deeply at the compliment given to her. The old women chuckled softly.
"You're too modest. Goodbye Tohru."
"Goodbye!" Tohru waved energetically and began to walk down the road towards Haru. She hadn't seen him, or if she had she hadn't recognised him.
Haru walked up to her.
"She was right, you are too modest."
Tohru looked up surprised.
"Hatsuharu! What are you doing here? It's so late, are you back from visiting someone or-"
She was cut off by a finger pressed to her lips.
"Give me time to answer."
She looked down, embarrassed.
"Sorry.."
Haru slapped himself mentally. He hadn't meant to upset her in any way.
"No, it's okay. Anyway, what are you doing out late?"
"I had a late shift in my work today."
"Ah, I overheard your friend talking about that. But you should be careful, you can run into some real weirdo's around here at night."
"I'm sure I'd be fine, Shigure's isn't too far from here. And what about you? Why are you here?"
Haru cleared his throat. "I got…lost."
He walked in silence and expected her to laugh at him, or something. Call him silly at least.
"Was it fun?"
Haru stopped.
"What?.."
"Was it fun getting lost?" Tohru stopped beside him. "I mean, I know some people don't like getting lost and find it annoying, but think about this. Getting lost is like a change of plan, it's s something new and you're not really sure exactly what you'll find or where you'll end up. I feel sorry for the people who are afraid to get lost sometimes. Getting lost can be like an adventure, you know?" She stopped talking and just walked along with Haru.
Haru smiled. Only she could make something like that seem good. He now had a brighter look on one of his bad habits. He didn't think so bad of it now.
"Well, I'm just back from my adventure I guess." he said softly. They had arrived just outside Shigure's path to the house.
"Well next time I'll come to. I wouldn't mind going on an adventure. Um… Since you're here, why don't you stay the night? Shigure won't mind."
"Okay then." he mumbled.
The stepped quietly into the house. Tohru fixed them both a drink and they sat on the couch in the study. They talked for a little while about their day. Haru was sipping his drink when he noticed Tohru leaning on him. He looked at her. She had fallen asleep. He took the mug out her hand and placed it on the table. He took a blanket and covered both of them. Yuki and kyo wouldn't be happy in the morning, but that was hours away. He took one last glance at the figure sleeping beside him. He thought about how she had affected him since being introduced to the sohma family. How she had always been kind, and had been there for them. For him. He yawned and rested next to her.
'Thank you Tohru. I mean it."