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Chapter 5 Happy Birthday!
Tohru walked out of the room only to find Shigure standing in front of her door. Tohru smiled and said happily, "hello, Shigure-san! Good morning."
"Good morning Tohru. Happy birthday!" Shigure smiled and handed her a wrapped up box.
Tohru smiled, "thank you Shigure!"
"Open it! Open it!" he pushed.
Tohru smiled and unwrapped the present. She pulled off the tape and slowly opened the box. Her smile faded as she notice what it was. She brought he gaze up for the gift and to Shigure. She looked back inside the box and inside was a bright pink thong and bra with feathers.
"Do you like it? Huh? Come on, try them on and let me see!" Shigure's smile faded as he felt someone grab his solders.
Yuki and Kyo pulled Shigure to the floor and they both punched him. "You sick perv!" They both yelled. Yuki stopped punching him and looked up at Tohru as Kyo kept hitting him. Yuki walked up to Tohru and took her hand, "come on Tohru, everyone is waiting for you."
"I'm sorry! I'm joking! Don't hit me anymore!" Shigure cried out.
"You better be!" Kyo yelled. He looked up and fallowed Yuki and Tohru into the other room followed by a battered Shigure.
Tohru walked in to the room and saw Ritsu and his mother. Yuki, Kyo and Shigure all went to place and all yelled, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOHRU!"
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" She said happily! "I'm so excited."
Kyo looked around and decided he wanted Tohru to have his gift first. So, with gift in hand he ran over to her and held out the gift. "Here, open mine first."
Tohru smiled, "ok." She took the box and opened it. The pulled off the tape and pulled off the top. She looked in side and saw the silver locket with the words "I love you". "How beautiful!" Then Tohru read the three words. She looked up at Kyo, and found him blushing.
"I...I really do, Tohru..." He said softly.
"...Kyo..."
Ritsu was standing closest to them and he heard what Kyo had said, and saw the necklace. "No..."He said to himself.
Kyo smiled and ran back to where they all were standing.
Tohru closed the box and a slight box appeared on her face.
Yuki walked over to Tohru and gave her his gift. She smiled and took it. She unwrapped the box and took off the top. She stared at silver bracelet and smiled. "Shoma-kun. It's lovely." Again she noticed the three words "I love you". Quietly she looked up at him.
Yuki was blushing, "and I do...Ms. Honda..." He smiled and walked back to where they were.
Again Ritsu over heard and saw the gift. He looked at the floor as Tohru closed Yuki's gift.
Ritsu's mom gave Tohru new white shoes with a soft pink flower as the buckle, and Shigure gave her his real gift which was a white hair tie. She looked over at Ritsu and once he looked at her, she smiled.
"...Happy Birthday, Ms. Honda." He said softly. He handed the box to her and looked at the floor. Tohru put the box on the table and unwrapped it. She pulled off the top and gasped at the gift. Her eyes first notice the earrings. She picked them up and smile. "Beautiful!" Then she saw the kimono. Her brown eyes widened and she picked it up and brought it out of the box. The white silk shined in the sunlight. "Oh my god!" The silk shined like pearls and the flowers like blushing snowflakes.
Everyone along with Tohru was in awe.
"I'm...sorry if it is too big..." He said quietly.
After a minuet Tohru smiled, "I'll go try it on." She picked it up along with the earrings, necklace, bracelet and shoes. And ran off to her room.
Shigure looked at Ritsu. "Rit-chan? How much was that kimono?"
"...I don't remember...a lot?" Ritsu looked back at the floor, "I think...close to three thousand dollars... Maybe more...maybe less."
"What?" Kyo yelled. "Where did you get so much money!"
"I have a job, Kyo!" Ritsu snapped.
After a while they were all quiet and everyone (excluding Ritsu's mom) was imaging Tohru in the dress.
Kyo was the first to snap out of the thought. He looked around at everyone's thoughtful looks. Even though Kyo was annoyed that Yuki had the same face, he was pissed that Shigure was having the same or a worse thought. Kyo was about to hit Shigure until he heard the door open. Everybody turned and stared at the door.
Tohru walked in, and time stood still and a blush appeared on everyone's face, (excluding Ritsu's mom, again). Tohru smiled and said, "It was a perfect fit."
Ritsu was speechless, Kyo stuttered and Yuki smiled.
"Tohru," Shigure said, "you look like an angel!"
She blushed "thank you so much. I love your gifts. Thank you so much."
Ritsu looked up at Tohru and it hit him. She would never love him. The pain in his heart grew heart. Ritsu couldn't stand it anymore, looking at her beautiful face was destroying him from the inside. He closed his eyes and walked out of the room and went to his. He locket the door and closed the windows. Then he looked up at the roof and saw the atic door. He opened the door and went in.
The room was stuffy and smelled like mildew, a smell all too familiar to Ritsu. He turned on the light and found the mirror on the floor. Ritsu picked it up and looked into it. He saw his refection and something else he wasn't expecting. Shigure. Ritsu dropped the mirror and spun around. "Shi...Shi...Shigure-san! What are you doing here...How did you get in here? The door was locked."
"So, this is where you hide. It smells strange." He smiled, "why did you run off? Tohru thought you were upset."
"What does it matter? She will never feel what I feel."
"You love her?"
"...Yes..."
"How do you know?"
"Huh?"
Shigure sighed, "How do you know that she won't love you?"
Ritsu closed his eyes, "Because of them. Yuki and Kyo. I know she love one of them...and I'm just a...a...a monkey..." Ritsu sighed.
Shigure smiled, and sat next to him. "Well, do you know what's going on in her mind?" He glace Ritsu a few seconds then added, "no one is really sure who Tohru likes, and who knows, she might like you."
"...Really? Do you think so?" He sighed and thought maybe, just maybe.
A/N: Well that's chapter 5. I hope you guys like it and please review.
