Chapter 4

AN: Hi everyone! Well, this story has reached Chapter 4. Yay! Hehe. Well, this chapter will introduce you to Tohru's day time life. So enjoy! Oh yeah, this chapter was originally a lot longer, but I decided to separate them. I don't know why exactly, but I did. So yeah.

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" went my alarm clock.

I peeked out of my sheets and glanced at it. It read 7:05 a.m. I turned it off and went back to sleep. I was so tired, I just couldn't get up. I was probably sleeping for two minutes before I heard my bedroom door open loudly.

"TOOOOOOOHRUUUUU!" Mrs. Hamasaki said loudly, "Tohru! Its time to get up dear!"

She took my blankets and I got up.

"Mrs. Hamasaki, five more minutes. Please," I begged still sleepy.

"I'm sorry. Today is your first day and you don't want to be late," she insisted as she was folding my blankets.

That's right, today was my first day of my third year in high school. With all that had happened last night, I had forgotten that today was my first day. I haven't seen anyone from school since the last school year. I was somewhat excited to see them all again, but--- my wounds, I really don't want them to worry.

I guess Mrs. Hamasaki noticed that I was looking at my bandages because she said, "Don't worry Tohru. I'm sure your uniform will cover it up. But you do have to be careful. Don't let anyone touch them."

I nodded. She was making my bed when I was in my bathroom cleaning up. When I came out, three other maids were in the room. One had a pitcher of orange juice, another had my breakfast, and the last one had my bag and books.

"Come Tohru, eat your breakfast. You don't want to be late," she guided me to the table.

After I finished my breakfast, I headed to the car. Mr. Hamasaki was waiting for me the whole time.

"Good morning Tohru. How are you today?" he asked.

"Great, Mr. Hamasaki. Sorry for keeping you waiting," I apologized.

"Don't worry. I understand," he said as he opened the door to the backseat for me. I entered and set my bag next to me.

Mr. Hamasaki is Mrs. Hamasaki's husband. They've been married since they were 20 years old. They both work for Master's family. Mr. Hamasaki use to drive Master around, but since I was released from the dark chamber, he became my personal chauffeur. Besides Mrs. Hamasaki, Master, and Kyo, Mr. Hamasaki is the only other person to know my secret identity. The only reason he knows is because he's the one that takes me to Kyo's house, but I know that every time he does he feels a deep regret. He blames himself for my torture, but it's not his fault. Besides, since I met that Kyo, my life has been better.

When stopped at a stop light, I caught Mr. Hamasaki looking at me through the rear view mirror.

"Tohru," he called.

"Yes?" I answered.

"Does it still hurt?" he asked.

"Um, huh? Oh! No I'm o.k. don't worry," I said smiling.

"O.k.," he said in disbelief.

"I'm fine, really," I insisted.

He smiled and turned around. "Tohru, you might want to fix that. You don't want your friends to find out," he said as he looked at my arms.

I looked down and found that a small line of bandage was sticking out of my right sleeve. I quickly fixed it and thanked him. He smiled and turned back around.

"Don't worry, you master will come back soon. It won't hurt anymore," he said suddenly.

I didn't get what he meant, so I kept quiet. The light finally turned green and we started again. We reached my school around 7:50 a.m.-ish.

I attend Kaibara High School. It's basically a school for the rich kids. Although I do not belong here, I was enrolled here by Master's father right before he died during the year when Master turned 13. A lot happened that year. Originally, both Master and I were enrolled here together, but for some reason, Master never came to school. Mrs. Hamasaki told me once that Master decided to have his personal teachers teach him at home instead. However, I've never even seen these teachers of his. Also, no one here, not even my closest friends know that I'm a slave. They all think that I'm Master's family's adopted daughter. I don't know where that came from, but by now everyone thinks that I am in fact an orphan that was adopted into a wealthy family.

When I got out of the car, I saw a bunch of familiar faces. There was those "Yuki Fan Club Girls." This fan club in made up of hundreds of girls that love a third year student name Yuki. I don't know him personally, but I've seen him around. He's quite handsome. Then there was the "Kyo Fan Club Girls." Similar to the "Yuki Fan Club Girls", they too like a fellow classmate, but this time it's another third year name Kyo. I also don't know him personally, but I have seen him around. He has orange hair similar to Master's, but instead, it's completely orange. He looked a lot like Master. If I didn't know any better, I would've thought that he was Master. But that's impossible. Kyo and Yuki are both very popular at school. Almost every girl at school either likes Yuki or Kyo, except for me of course. I have no interest in them. I guess it's because they're the sons of wealthy families and I'm a slave.

I turned back to Mr. Hamasaki and said good-bye. I waved good-bye as he drove off. As I walked through the front gate, I continued to look around. While I was walking, I saw Akito. He was surrounded by screaming girls. Typical. Although I've barely talked to him before, I waved and smiled at him. He smiled back, but he was unable to wave for there was a girl attached to each of his arms. He's in my class. He's also very popular because of his good looks. However, he's a lot more tolerant than Kyo and Yuki when it comes to screaming girls. I think he has a fan club too, but I've never heard of it. I walked pass Akito.

Suddenly I heard someone screaming my name.

"TOHRU! TOHRU! TOHRU!" someone screamed from behind me.

I turned around. It was Momiji. Suddenly, I found him hugging me. Momiji is a second year. He's very affectionate, joyous, and fun to be around. He's also very adorable if you ask me. We've been friends for a year now. He had his arms around my entire mid body including my arms. I smiled happily trying to hide my pain. Then he let go.

"Hi, Momiji. How was your summer?" I asked.

"It was o.k. But it would've been better if you were with me! You should've gone Tohru! We missed you! Hana, Uo and I missed you soooooooo much," he said then he hugged me again. They had spent the summer together in Europe. Momiji invited us to travel Europe with him but I was not able to go for obvious reasons.

"I'm sorry Momiji," I apologized.

"Its o.k. But Tohru's here now with me. Hehe," he said excited. He hugged me tighter.

"Ah!" I cried uncontrollably. Momiji let go of me immediately.

"Aw, Tohru, did I hurt you? Are you o.k.?" he said now worried and then disappointed, "I'm sorry."

"Um... I'm fine, don't worry!" I answered forcing a smile.

He was glad to hear this. I gently wrapped my left hand around my hurting arm, but Momiji didn't notice. Then we heard a loud commotion. We both turned around. Those "Kyo Fan Club Girls" were surrounding Kyo's car. I found him in the crowd immediately because of his orange hair. He was somewhat struggling to walk. Then suddenly, one of the girls bumped into me. I fell. My arm right arm hit the ground first and then the rest of my body landed in the sand. Of course it began to hurt. Momiji helped me up. I was dusting myself off while I was trying hard to hide the pain. I was now examining my arm. Some parts with bandages were showing. I quickly pulled my sleeve down.

"Are you o.k.?" I looked up and found the ever famous Kyo in front of me. The other girls were hell back by about six body guards.

"Oh yea! I'm fine," I answered nervously.

"No she's not. Those loud girls pushed her. She's hurt! Aren't you Tohru? And it's all your fault!" Momiji interrupted angrily.

"Is this true. Are you hurt?" he asked. He wrapped his right hand around my right fore arm and gently squeezed it.

I bit my lower lip to suck up the pain. "I'm…fine. See," I said forcingly.

"O.k. then," he said. I would've thought that it was obvious that I was in pain, but I guess he didn't notice. "Oh, I'm sorry," he finished and headed off coolly.

Kyo walked off. He reminded me of Master and of that Kyo that I've been seeing during the night. He had some of both in him. He has Master's orange hair and of course Kyo's first name. I guess there are many people in this world that are similar in many ways. It was around 8:15 a.m. now and I was in class.

I eventually bumped into Hana and Uo in class. They're my two of my best friends. They were the ones that have always been there for me. They were in my class. We were in our first period, Writing and Literature. Mr. Shigure, our teacher that period, was joking with a few students when I walked in. Oh, Mr. Shigure's full name is Shigure Sohma, but he prefers his students call him by his first name because there are two other Mr. Sohma at our school. He told us once that they were cousins. Anyways, when the bell rang, our class began.

"Hi-ho, my lovely teenage girls and my not so lovely teenage boys. Today…" Mr. Shigure began the day's lesson.

I glanced over at Hana, who looked like she was paying attention, but I know that she's not. Then I glanced over at Uo, she was sharpening something, but I couldn't see what it was. Then I caught Akito looking at me. He sat right in front of Uo. He smiled gently at me. I smiled back. Akito has a very mysterious personality. That Kyo and Yuki does too. Every time I see them, I feel that somehow we were connected. However, how can four strangers be connected to each other when they barely even know each other? I guess, their mysterious personalities make me feel as if they too are hiding something. Just like how I'm trying to hide who I really am. Maybe, just maybe they are hiding who they really are too. Ha! That would be impossible. They're all rich, handsome, and popular people. They're like each other, but they'll never be like me. They don't have a secret identity. They're a lot more fortunate than I am. A lot more fortunate…