Chapter 10

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Flashback…

"…I'm pretty sure that my brother loves you. That's the only reason why he loves that book so much. Its story is so much like what he's going through right now. A forbidden love," Momo said.

What in the world did she mean by this?

End of flashback…

Suddenly I felt a tug on my skirt. I looked down. It was Momo. I was standing in the entry way right by the front doors and I was getting ready to leave for school. However, Kyo was nowhere to be found.

"Tohru, you'll be coming back after school right?" asked Momo.

"I'm sorry Momo. I can't. Mrs. Hamasaki must be very worried by now," I answered.

"Aw, but I want to play with you. Please Tohru," she begged in a very adorable voice.

"I'm sor---" I paused when I saw Kyo at the door.

He stood at the doorway with both of his hands in his pockets. He looked at us.

"Torhu, I'm sure my perverted brother will want you to stay too," Momo continued.

"Ah," I didn't know what to say.

Kyo stood still for a moment and then walked over to us. First he took my bag and then he held my hand and pulled me with him. A sad expression took over Momo's face. Kyo noticed it and stopped for a second.

"Don't give me that face. She'll be back," Kyo assured her.

"Really?" Momo replied with a huge smile.

"Yes. Now go to school," Kyo answered.

Then Momo skipped happily pass us and out the door. She hopped into a black car and then it drove off. I waved at the departing car.

"Come on, I don't want to be late," Kyo said suddenly.

He dragged me by the hand and I followed him to another black car. I looked back at the mansion and there was something oddly familiar about it. Probably the fact that it was white and big reminded me of someone else's home. Oh wells. I walked silently until we entered the car.

"Kyo," I called.

"What?" he answered.

"Why did you tell Momo that I'll be back?" I asked.

"'Cause you will," he said.

"But I can't. Mrs. Hamasaki will never allow it," I answered.

"Yes, she will. I already told her that you'll be staying with me for the next week," he explained, "She actually seemed quite happy about the idea, so you don't have to worry."

"What?" I said loudly. This took me by surprise obviously.

"Just don't worry about it. Besides, Momo really seems to like you. She hasn't liked anyone this much since my mother left," he said.

The rest of the car ride had awkwardness to it. We were both silent for a long time and all you could really hear was the sounds of traffic. When we finally reached the front gate of the school, a whole bunch (probably over a hundred) of "Prince Kyo Fan Club" girls immediately surrounded the car. I was afraid of what they'll think if they saw me in Kyo's car. I didn't want to get out.

A huge body guard that I had not noticed earlier for some odd reason exited first from the passenger seat. He forced that screaming girls to back up about 5ft. Then Kyo opened the door. They screamed even louder. Kyo was like a famous celebrity of some sort. When he got out, he bent down and gestured for me to come out, but I refused to. I insisted on having the driver drop me off a block away from school where no one could see me. However, he refused. Instead he grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the car. The crowd was silent for about a minute when they saw me, but of course this silence did not last very long.

"Oh my gosh! Why is that girl with Prince Kyo?" some girl said.

"Yeah, why?" some other girl added.

"I know her. She's Tohru Honda," another said.

Then the brown haired girl from yesterday pushed her way to the front of the crowd. She stood there and stared at our hands. Kyo was still holding my hand. I jerked my hand out of his immediately. I didn't want any misunderstandings. Kyo looked at me. Then he grabbed my hand again. I tried to let go again, but this time he gripped it tight. I couldn't help it. I had to let him hold me. The brown haired girl stared in astonishment and confusion at the same time. I didn't blame her though because I too didn't understand what was going on. She stepped forward.

"Why are you with her, Prince Kyo?" she asked.

"I can be with who ever I want," Kyo answered.

"Yes, but you can't be with her," she said.

"I don't need you guys to tell me who I can and can not be with. I'm going to tell all you crazy girls once and for all," Kyo said, "I already have a girlfriend and her name is Tohru Honda. You hear me?"

I froze up. What was he talking about? Why is he doing this?

"And if you have anything to say about this, come to me. Leave her alone. If I catch any of you messing with her, you'll suffer," Kyo added.

The girls were silent due to an obvious overdose of shock. I too was surprised, but in them it seemed a lot more severe. Anyways, I was just staring at the girls, when the brown haired girl somehow cured herself from this shock.

"It can't be. Although it pains me to say this Prince Kyo, I don't believe you," she said.

"Yeah, how can you prove it?" some girl said.

By this time, every girl seems to be cured from the temporary shock, but they weren't as loud as before. In fact they were almost quiet. I looked at Kyo expecting that he'll tell all of those girls that this was just a joke and everything he said was a lie. To my surprise, he suddenly grabbed my chin and pulled my face to his. He kissed me on my lips. I tried to pull away but he had grabbed my arm and held me still.

Once again those girls were paralyzed by shock. I would've been too if it wasn't for Kyo's sudden jerk. He forced me to follow him through the crowd that had opened a pathway by now. He pulled me by my hand. When we passed the crowd of girls, I saw Yuki. He was leaning against the front gate with his arms crossed, legs crossed, and his back against the gate. I smiled and he smiled back. Kyo glared at him, but he ignored this. He then stood up straight and walked into the school yard where he was greeted by his own crowd of screaming fan club girls.

"Come on," Kyo said suddenly and pulled me with him.

I noticed that Yuki was looking at us behind those girls, but I didn't know why. I just know that his eyes followed us until we entered the building. When I got into the school building I bumped into Uo and Hana. They stared at Kyo and I. Kyo was still holding my hand. I jerked my hand away immediately hoping that they didn't notice.

"Good morning!" I greeted them.

"Good morning Tohru," they said in unison.

"Good morning orange-y," Uo added.

Kyo was annoyed. He turned to me and said, "I'll come get you after school."

Then he tried to kiss me on my forehead, but I backed away. He caught my hint and just left.

"Whoa, where did that come from?" Uo asked suddenly.

"What?" I replied hoping that she didn't mean the whole Kyo and me thing.

"That cut on your face," Uo explained.

"Oh!" I answered glad that she wasn't talking about what I had thought, "Its nothing. I fell yesterday and a piece of glass cut me."

I hate lying to my best friends, but I had no choice. I can't imagine what they'll think if they found out that I had spent the night at Kyo's house. And what Uo will do if she found out that I was beaten by those fan club girls. I guess I did what I had to do.

"Really?" Uo replied in disbelief.

"Yup," I answered with an assuring smile.

"Tohru, we will always be there for you. I hope you know that," Hana said.

"Yes, I know. That's why I love you two so much," I replied.

"If you loved us as much as you say you do, you would tell us the truth," Hana said.

"I did. Hana, I wouldn't lie to you and Uo," I said.

"Well then, I'll trust you Tohru," Hana said.

I smiled.

"But when you dump orange-y and get a new boyfriend, we better be the first one to know this time!" Uo said suddenly.

"What?" I said shocked.

"Come on Tohru, did you think that Hana and I am blind or something? I saw you two holding hands," Uo explained.

"And he tried to kiss you, Tohru," Hana added.

"But we're not going out or anything. I don't really know what's going on myself. He just… and then he…I don't know how to tell you guys," I said confused.

"Try from the beginning," Uo suggested.

"Well, something happened and he took me to hi--- home and then he picked me up and we came to school together. Then he told all of the fan club girls that we were together and now I don't know what's going on," I said with a panicking tone. As a result of all of the stress in me, I cried.

Uo and Hana sandwiched me between them. They believed my lie, but I was not a slight bit happy about it. I didn't want to lie. I really didn't. It's just that I'm going through so much that I can't handle more problems. The last thing that I would want is to have my two best friends suspended for a fight. Knowing Uo, she would literally break every bone on those girls' bodies and Hana can probably paralyze them with her electric waves. Eventually I stopped crying and we went to class.

Just after third period Science…

"Good—good---good bye class," Ms. Ritsu Sohma said nervously.

"Good bye Ms. Ritsu Sohma," I said when I passed by her.

I was the only one that has ever said goodbye to her personally. I mean normally the rest of the class would just say it to her with the whole class in unison. She looked at me. She looked scared.

"Good---Good---Goodbye Miss Honda," she said nervous.

"Ms. Ritsu Sohma, you can call me Tohru," I said and smiled.

"OH NO! DID I MISPERNOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME? IS THAT WHY YOU WANT ME TO CALL YOU BY YOUR FIRST? I'M SOOOOO SORRY!" Ms. Ritsu Sohma broke into one of her occasional emotional break downs again.

Mr. Hatori Sohma had explained to us that she tends to do that. And he also encouraged us to comfort her, so I tried.

"No, Ms. Ritsu Sohma. I just thought that it might be easier. Besides, I want us to be friends," I said, "I mean, you might not want to, because I am a student. I mean it's ok if you don't want to be friends."

She looked at me surprised. "Really?" she asked.

"Of course," I said.

She smiled. "Good bye Tohru," she said.

"Good bye Ms. Ritsu Sohma," I said and exited the room.

When I was wandering the hallways, I bumped into Momiji. He seemed very excited to see me.

"TOHRU!" he yelled and ran toward me. He hugged me really tightly.

"Hi Momiji," I said happily.

"You're here, you're here!" he yelled.

"Of course I'm here. Where else could I be?" I replied.

"I'm so glad. Oh, guess what?" he asked. He finally let go.

"What?" I replied.

"I brought ice-cream!" he said excitedly, "I brought enough for everybody too. For Hana and Uo too!"

I had forgotten that I had promised him yesterday that I'll eat ice-cream with him today.

"Ok. That sounds really good, but I have to go to the library. Why don't you go get Hana and Uo? I'll meet you guys in the yard later," I suggested.

"Sure, but you promise you'll come right? Because I have a big surprise for you," he said.

I smiled and nodded. Then he ran off. I grabbed my bag that had fallen from my hands when Momiji hugged me and headed to the library. When I turned around, I saw Yuki. He was standing behind me.

"Hi Prince Yuki," I said and smiled.

"Hello Miss Honda," he said and smiled as well.

"Why are you still here?" I asked.

"I wanted to see if I can catch you before you go to lunch," he answered.

"Me? Is there something important that you wanted to talked about?" I asked curious.

"Well, I can't say that it's that important, but to me it is," he answered.

"Yes, Prince Yuki?" I replied.

He leaned closer to me.

"Miss Honda," he said.

"Yes?" I replied.

"You're very beautiful," he said.

"Oh! Um…" I didn't know what to say.

"And I---" he paused as he leaned in even closer.

I stepped back. I tripped, but Yuki caught me in time before I fell. He grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him. Then he held me in his arms. It all happened so fast, I couldn't react to it in time.

"And I—I love you," he said.

He kissed me on my lips. I was silent. However, I didn't struggle to get loose. I practically allowed him to kiss me. Then I thought, what will I do if Yuki was Kyo instead. Hm, I would probably do whatever it took to get loose.

Yuki rested his head on my shoulder. "I really really love you Miss Honda," he said softly, "I don't know why or how. I just know I do."

"Ah," I didn't know what to say. I just stood there as he embraced me tightly.

"Miss Honda," he said.

"Yes Prince Yuki?" I answered softly.

"If you could choose again, would you still choose that idiot?" he asked.

"Prince Yuki, I think you've mistaken. I don't---" I stopped once he lifted his head and let me go.

"Its ok Miss Honda, I understand. I wish you happiness even if it is with that idiot," he said as he walked away.

Yuki misunderstood me. He had thought that I was trying to tell him that I would choose Kyo, but the truth is I wouldn't choose at all. However, I didn't bother to explain, because I felt that it would be better off for all three of us if I could somehow make them both hate me. And by letting Yuki misunderstand, he can now forget me and move on. We would never be able to be together anyway. So much has happened in just one morning. I don't know how to react to it really.

I headed to the library first and then I met up with Momiji in the yard. Hana, Uo, and Momiji were waiting for me.

"Finally! What took you so long?" Uo asked.

"Oh, nothing," I answered.

"Tohru! I can show you the surprise now!" Momiji said excitedly, "Close you eyes!"

I closed my eyes. Then I heard a loud music. It sounded like an incoming ice-cream truck.

I quickly opened my eyes to find a big ice-cream truck in the middle of the school yard. Other students were also very surprised.

"Yay! Now we can have ice-cream!" Momiji yelled as he ran to the truck.

"Wow, that squirt can sure surprise people," Uo said.

"He is quite adorable. Don't you agree Tohru?" Hana asked.

"Yeah," I answered. I ran to where Momiji was. He was licking a vanilla ice-cream cone.

"Tohru, pick out anything you want. Papa bought the whole thing just for me!" he said joyously.

I smiled and got a strawberry cone. Hana and Uo eventually came over and they too got some ice-cream cones. Momiji decided to give everyone free ice-cream later. I sat on a bench with Momiji, Hana, and Uo as we laughed and joke. During that moment, I completely forgot about all of my problems. I forgot about Yuki and Kyo. I forgot about what had happened that morning. I even forgot my identity and the one person that I feared most. Unfortunately, this happiness only lasted for that mere hour. I was forced to snap back to reality after school.

After school…

I was walking down the stairs and into the front school yard when I saw Mr. Hamasaki. This was odd because I had thought that Mrs. Hamasaki would've told him about my stay at Kyo's. I walked over to him.

"Good afternoon Mr. Hamasaki. I am going to stay at my school mate Kyo's house, so you do not have to come get me for the next week," I explained.

A sad expression overcame his face. "I'm sorry Tohru. Your master wishes to speak to you," he said.

"Master wants to speak to me?" I repeated.

"Yes, we must go. Come," he said as he opened the door to the backseat.

I was getting ready to enter when I heard Kyo.

"Tohru," he called.

I turned around and gave him a sad I have to go look. He saw this look and halted. I entered the car and left him behind. For some odd reason, a sad feeling developed inside me. It almost felt like I didn't want to leave him. Anyways, when I got home Mrs. Hamasaki immediately arranged for me to see Master. I was brought into that familiar dark room again.

"Master," I called.

There was no answered. I stood there in the dark silently awaiting a reply. What was going to happen? Why did he want to see me? I don't know the answer to any of these questions. All I was able to do was stand and wait…wait to see what'll happen next…