A/N: Hey! I finally watched the Furuba Anime! I've only seen volume one though. I understand the characters a bit better now that I've seen them in action. I apologize for the whole Yuki OOC thing earlier. Please forgive me! (kneels down in pathetic beggar style)
In any case, I'm happy to know that you are all enjoying my fic. I really don't know where this is going, but just bare with me!
Here's the chapter you all have been waiting so patiently for. I apologize for my lateness! Please forgive me! Anyway… Enjoy!
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Chapter 3… I'm falling Down a Spiral of Pain"Out with it! You're wasting my life!" Kyo yelled.
"Alright," Ayame began happily. "Gure-San and I are getting married!"
Everyone almost went into shock as soon as those words escaped Ayame's lips. Kagura, Momiji, and Kisa's eyes went wide as they gasped in shock. Kyo began choking on a grain of rice; Yuki didn't seem to care much considering it was his brother. Tohru's eyes sparkled in happiness as usual. But Haru was caught up in his own thoughts to even notice and continued to stare at his unfinished bowl of rice. Hatori had spit out the sake that he was sipping and accidentally sprayed it on an unfortunate person who happened to be sitting ahead of him. Shigure was also in a state of shock, speechless.
After several uncomfortable minutes with everyone frozen in shock and Kyo still choking, Tohru's small voice piped up.
"That is just wonderful news! Congratulations!" She said happily, breaking all silence in the room.
"I know isn't it just superb!" Ayame smiled happily as he wrapped his arms around his soon to be groom, disregarding the fact that he had Hatori's sake on his face.
"Wait… what?" was all Shigure was able to say, still trying to recover from the blow.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Kyo managed to choke out in a raspy voice as soon as he managed to swallow the rice grain. "You can't just go around sprouting off your nonsense during peoples birthdays!"
"Wait a minute, Ayame. Are you sure you're ready for such a big step?" Hatori asked. (Unfortunately he was speaking of something else earlier when he and Shigure were talking during the last chapter.)
"Does it matter? Nii-San doesn't even care of Shigure's opinion," Yuki commented, starring down at the table.
"Such harsh word, little brother. I care for Gure-San very much!" Ayame said as he took Shigure's hands in his own and looked into his eyes with a soft smile. "Gure-San, I've waited too long to ask you this. I want us to be together forever. Even if you disagree, I'll understand. Shigure, you mean the world to me. If you love me as much as I love you then, Shigure Sohma… will you marry me?"
Both Yuki and Kyo sighed and grimaced at the sappy sight before them. The only people actually awaiting an answer besides Ayame were Momiji, Tohru, Kisa, and Kagura as their eyes sparkled in anticipation and joy.
Shigure, overwhelmed, nodded with teary eyes. "Of course I'll marry you, Aaya."
"Congratulations!" The girls and Momiji, congratulated the couple happily as they clapped with huge smiles. Hatori smirked softly and sipped his sake while the cat and the rat sighed miserably.
"Oh Kyo-Kun! I hope you propose to me just like that or even better!" Kagura said cheerily as she laced her arms tightly around Kyo's waist.
Tohru smiled softly at Kyo, causing the orange haired boy to blush. She giggled softly at the boy before excusing herself from the table. Kyo watched as the young girl walked out of the room.
"We will get married soon enough, right Kyo!" Kagura asked.
"Yeah, whatever," Kyo mumbled in a daze, still staring in the direction Tohru disappeared off to. For whatever reason he was sent flying to the next room by Kagura's fierce punch.
Tohru returned moments later and suggested that everyone stood the night considering how late it was. "That's if Shigure doesn't mind," She added with a smile.
"Oh no, it's perfectly fine!" Shigure said with a wide smile.
"Wait a minute!" Kyo protested. "Everyone here is perfectly capable of going home!"
"Oh, but Kyo, we can spend your birthday night together!" Kagura said happily as she glomped the unfortunate boy. Tohru giggled as Kyo tried to pry the young girl of his poor arm.
"So,
if everyone here were to spend the night where would they fit?"
Yuki asked.
"Hmm…. I know! Kagura and Kisa could stay with
me. Hatsuharu and Momiji could stay with Yuki and then Kyo's room
could be shared with-
"NO! Not under ANY circumstances will that psycho sleep in my room or anywhere near me!"
"That's why you'll be sleeping on the roof again !" Shigure sang.
After the long exaggerated argument, Kyo finally left the room to sleep out on the roof. Hatori and Momiji occupied Kyo's room, leaving Hatsuharu and Yuki alone. Ayame, well… you know where he decided to sleep at (hehe…). Tohru made sure everyone was doing okay, running back and forth around the house checking to see if they needed anything else. Once she believed she was all done, little Ms. Honda finally took a rest by plopping on to her full-sized pink mattress beside Kisa and Kagura, who were already sleeping soundly.
She stared up into the ceiling, listening closely to the creaking noise it would make by Kyo's maneuvering above. She sighed for the poor cat, sleeping out there in the cold. On his own birthday too. Just when the thought came to mind, Tohru quickly hopped off the bed and scurried out of the bedroom.
Hatsuharu sighed as he walked down the dark, gloomy hallway of Shigure's home. The soft pitter-patter of his footsteps echoed quietly down the corridor. The hall was just so empty, just like his heart. He hated feeling that way. It was a feeling he hadn't felt in a very long time. And now it returned with a vengeance, this time pulling at his heart and tearing it apart.
Unable to sleep, Haru decided to walk around the house to try and ignore the thoughts that continued to rip apart his heart and shred it into tiny pieces smaller than confetti. Even though he did try his best to ignore the thoughts, only one question continued to irritate him. "Who could this one girl be?" Haru thought aloud. "What could she have that I don't?" As if cued, he saw tiny Tohru scurry downstairs like a small mouse from the corner of his eye. Haru's eyes narrowed slightly before he decided to follow the young girl.
"Tohru…" Haru called as he appeared at the doorway of the kitchen.
Said girl squealed in surprise, jumping slightly, before spinning around to face the younger boy. "Oh! Hello Hatsuharu-San," She greeted nervously with a wide smile, still trying to recover from the scare.
"What are you up to?" Haru asked trying to begin small talk with the nervous child.
"Oh nothing, just heating up some food for Kyo," Tohru answered as she turned around and continued to prepare rice balls.
He's still upset I see," Haru commented as he walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a bottled juice.
"Yeah, I tried talking to him but all he does is look away," She replied, placing onigiri in the microwave.
"I… see," Haru said as he averted his eyes toward the floor.
The room was silent for a few moments before, "Haru-San, is there something wrong?" Tohru asked kindly as she wiped the counter with a cloth.
"Nothing, just have a lot of things on my mind," He answered before taking a sip of his juice. Haru looked over to her with black gloomy eyes to meet with Tohru's innocent blue ones. She couldn't be the one… could she? Haru thought once more, averting his gaze to the wooden floor once more before speaking.
"Tohru, know this straight forward and all but…" He paused, thinking carefully through the words he was about to say. Tohru's cheery smile faded as she heard the seriousness in Haru's tone of voice.
"What's the matter Hatsuharu?" She asked, her voice filled with concern.
Haru sighed before speaking, "I need to know if you and Kyo have been dating,"
Tohru gasped in shock and placed a hand over her mouth as her faced changed into a bright red color. She began to fumble her words, unable to answer such a forward question.
"Um, well, Haru… I-um,"
"Just give me an answer. Yes or no," He said darkly.
Tohru gulped loudly. She was more intimidated by the Cows reaction when she gave him the answer instead of not answering him at all. Sighing, she answered with all the courage she could muster. "Y-yes… we have," She answered nervously, soon regretting the words from ever escaping her lips.
"Oh… I see…" Haru's beady eyes narrowed to the ground for about a second before meeting up with Tohru's blue ones once more.
"I'm sorry Hatsuharu, I-
"Don't worry about it." He said in a gloomy tone, cutting off the young girl in mid sentence.
Before anything else was either said or done, the microwave beeped loudly, interrupting the awkward and dead silence. Tohru turned around to fetch the now warm rice balls. Once she turned around Haru was already gone.
"I hope he's not too upset…" She thought aloud before biting on her bottom lip. "I should've never said anything… Maybe that's why Kyo didn't want me to tell him."
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A/N: Well here ya go. I hope you all enjoyed it. I'm sorry for the shortness and lateness of this chapter. I'm trying as hard as I can to update. I heard once you get past three you're good to go. So no worries, right? Again I'm soo sooo sorry!
-Tekkie .