Chapter 4

It seems like Kagura was back to normal by now, but she was still trying to hide from Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru. She was still thinking on how she would apologize.

Maybe I should say it was just a joke..nah that won't work..Argh! I have to think of something that won't make me seem like a complete weirdo!

"Kagura-neechan?". Kagura knew of only one person who would use this nickname on her.

"Ah, Haru-kun? What are you doing here?"

"I thought that this was the way to Shigure's house. They invited me to have lunch with them. I could have sworn that their house was here."

"Haru-kun, Shigure's house is about 3 miles away from here.."

"Right, then I guess I'll be off." Haru said quite dramatically while getting on his bike. Kagura knew he would wander even farther so she did the only thing she could do..

"Haru-kun, I'll go with you in case you get lost. Let's go." Kagura said.

Maybe once we get there I can just leave Haru-kun there.

There is one thing that you should never do with Haru, and that is to underestimate him. Haru heard of what Kagura told Kyo and what Kyo eventually told everyone, he knew she was lying. It may not seem like it, but Haru and Kagura are really close. So, he decided to do something. He knew that she had to talk to them sooner or later. He decided that it should be sooner. Much sooner.

Finally they arrived to Shigure's house, right when Kagura was about to go home. Tohru opened the door.

"Ah, Haru-kun!..and Kagura-chan! Aren't you supposed to be in the States? Is the trip over?" Tohru asked while looking very confused, surprised and happy.

"Ah, please come in before you catch a cold." Tohru said.

"Hi Tohru. It's all right. I'll just go home now. I just went with Haru-kun to make sure he didn't get lost. So, bye!" But before she could get away, Haru stopped her and pushed her inside rather roughly.

"Come on Kagura-neechan. It's just lunch, you can leave after we eat." Haru said while dragging Kagura to the dining room where Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure were already sitting.

When she arrived, all three of them stopped talking and looked at her. Kagura didn't see any of their expressions because she suddenly became fascinated with the floor.

"Kagura!" Yuki and Kyo nearly shouted. "What are you doing here?" Kyo said rather angrily.

After a long silence, Kagura decided to speak.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for lying to you. I-I just thought that it would be better if I stayed away.."

"Kagura? Why did you feel the need to stay away?" Yuki asked softly.

"I-I heard my parents fighting again. They said that everything would be better if I wasn't born. My dad said, without me, he would still be in love with my mom and they could have the life they wanted. My mom just said, that's not true. That she's happy I was born. But it sounded like she was trying to convince herself. I started to think that if I am a burden to my parents then I must be a burden to all of you. I was scared that I might end up hurting you even more in the future, so I made up an excuse for why I won't be seeing all of you. I thought it would be better than having to deal with me." Then, Kagura started to cry silently.

"Kagura, you're not a burden to us at all. We enjoy having you around." Yuki said as he went to her and hugged her.

"I-I'm sorry.,I really am."

"Argh! Would you stop saying you're sorry already! I mean..just stop, it's not your fault, okay?" Kyo said while looking away from a now smiling Kagura.

As if on cue, Tohru came in with the food, and everybody began to eat, thankful that everything was back to normal. Well, it's not exactly true for Shigure and Kagura. Kagura could only think about her dream and Shigure could only think about her. They had no idea on how long this would last.