Sorry about the starfish thing in chapter one (for those of you who read it earlier.) I really should stop writing things so late at night. :) Well anyways I hope you enjoy the second chapter. I haven't had much time to work on it lately because there's only one working computer in my house at the moment. lol Thanks for the reviews!

The snow crunched beneath her feet as she walked alongside Hatori. Torhu rubbed her thumb on the soft fabric of the fuzzy scarf that Hatori had lent her an hour before. "It's hard to believe that Hatori would have a scarf this fuzzy..." Thought Tohru fondly, she smiled at the thought.

Hatori glanced over just in time to catch her smile. What a beautiful smile, he thought. It left him breathless. It was contagious, he had to smile too. A pair of giggling middle school girls walked past. He caught a peice of their whispered conversation, "What a cute couple!" Hearing this, Ha'ri blushed furiously, quickly hiding his face in his second favorite scarf. Tohru was wearing his first. Speaking of Tohru (well technically thinking), he noticed that he had caught her attention. Hatori, not the one to blush in front of others, masked his face with a calm expression.

"Yes, Miss Tohru?" he asked.

Tohru looked at Hatori's calm expression and smiled even brighter. Why, she wondered, did Hatori always cover his right eye with his hair? True, he could barely see out of it but that doesn't mean he has to hide it.

" Oh... Nothing. It's just... why do you always hide your eye?"

"I have no reason not to." he replied.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to pry! Oh.. I shouldn't have asked you Hatori! I'm so sorry! Well.. it's just... I mean... you have really... nice eyes.. Wait! I didn't mean for it to come out that way! Sorry Hatori!" Out of breath, Tohru looked down at the snowy ground.

"You don't have to worry so much Tohru." He said in an unusually cheery mood and walked ahead. "You'd best hurry if you want to get home before dark."

"O-okay..." Tohru stuttered.

Half an hour later.

"Tohru!" yelled a worried voice from the forest. The hill was steep and covered with soft snow. 'What a beautiful sight from here' she had remarked. That was before she had slipped. Hatori only had a second, he quickly ran to catch her, realising too late what he would become.POOF! Together, Tohru and the sea horse tumbled down the hill.

Tohru got up and pulled the twigs out of her hair. Then she remembered Hatori. She picked up the cold sea horse and rapped him in the scarf tightly but he just managed to slip from her grasp. POOF! Ha'ri transformed. Tohru closed her eyes and turned around qiuckly. After Ha'ri had gotten dressed with the practiced speed of a zodiac member there was an akward moment of silence. Niether could think of anything to say . Then,

"We should get going." Tohru pointed out. Hatori regained his composure before nodding his head in agreement. Then they both set off towards Shigure's house.

When they finally arrived at Shigure's house it was obvious that Kagura had been there. Once again the material on the sliding doors was ripped in several places and the wood damaged. A tired Kyo limped out of the house.

"What the hell are you doing here Hatori!" Kyo shouted. Just then Shigure walked outside grumbling and complaining about how his house is always being wrecked. That is, until he saw Tohru and Shigure. He noticebly(sp?) brightened. Shigure elbowed Ha'ri and whispered (while Tohru was preoccupied with Kyo),

"Finally making your move, ah Ha'ri?" This recieved an elbow in the head from Hatori. Meanwhile Tohru was talking to a newly arrived Yuki. Kyo was fuming at Yuki and muttering the occasional 'damn rat'.

"How was your trip, Miss Honda?" Yuki asked, eyeing the snow covered ensemble.

"It was fine. I tripped over a root though... " she uttered. Yuki's face showed obvious concern. He was about to ask her if she was alright but she cut him off-

"I'm okay, really. Hatori caught me..." She tried to smile, failing to conceal her blush. She then muttered some excuse about having to leave and hurried away. As Shigure was reeling in pain, Hatori took it as his que to leave. No one noticed him quietly walk away, to be lost in the solitude of his thoughts. Kyo had taken up his usual position on the roof.

Hatori's feet sunk into the snow with every step he took but he didn't notice. Once again Tohru dominated his thoughts. He replayed the scene over in his mind. While he couldn't say he enjoyed transforming, it was... nice to hold her in his arms if only for a second. Hatori knew that his thoughts were wrong ( like something Shigure would think) and he hated himself for it. This was the ending of another stressful day. It would have been worse had not Tohru come. He grabbed his head in despair and vowed to think about about something else. He set his mind on the finding his way through the forest. Then, Aaa-chooo! echoed through the forest. Hatori groaned. Could this day get any worse? He looked up to see the snow start falling heavily. Apparently it could, he thought sighing.

I geuss my chapters are kind of short... Sorry about that. Well so far the story hasn't really gone anywhere but I'll make some progress on it I swear. The next chapter will hopefully be more interesting than this one. Message me if you have any ideas or thoughts on this. :)