hi everyone. this is something I wrote a long time ago. I kinda wanted to experiment with the jealous side of Yuki ( I still love him dearly!). I had fun writing it . I hope Momiji fans like it too. this story takes place in the time period after chap 115, (or was it 114? ). the main spoilers that u need to know is that Momiji was in love with Tohru, but he knows that he has lost to Kyo, also his curse is broken.

Disclaimer: the last time I checked, furuba belonged to a certain Takaya Natsuki….

On with the story.

" She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not…. Not again! " Momiji frowned and pouted as he threw away another plucked wild flower.

Lunch period was ending and our former bunny was sitting at the foot of the biggest sakura tree on the school grounds, waiting for a special person, plucking wild flowers that grew at the base of the tree and playing the good old game of ' she loves me, she loves me not. '

The reason for this peculiar behavior, you ask? Well the answer is simple. Momiji was in love, again! This time with a certain gray eyed girl, who also happened to be the Yellow Ranger of the most infamous School Defense Corps.

Yup. Momiji was in love with Machi Kuragi!

" Anytime now, she will be here….. I know she will come…." Momiji had already started picking at another flower. He smiled as he recalled the first time they had really ' talked '.

The teacher had paired them as partners for the Home Economics class, meaning that they had to do all the future projects together henceforth,

Of course, poor Momiji had been scared out of his wits. Machi was a very popular girl in his class, popular for all the wrong reasons. Like throwing chalk boxes on the floor, attempting to kill her brother etc.

Besides Momiji had been depressed, since he had just given up on Tohru. He knew from the very beginning, he didn't stand a chance, not against Kyo. Tohru was never going to love him in a way he wanted her to, he had accepted that. School was just an empty place to him now, with nobody to call his own.

So he was not sure if he was ready to deal with a person like Machi.

' But that one talk changed everything…'

Flashback

" Sohma-kun, I'm sorry if you don't like this arrangement. " Machi came to Momiji's seat after school one day.

Things had been awkward between them. She didn't talk much and he was doing his best to smile but it just wasn't working.

" Nani? " Momiji blinked, surprised.

" I said I'm sorry if I'm depressing you. It's obvious that you are… not comfortable in my company….people usually don't like me… and I'm okay with it… but this time there is nothing I can do about it. Whether you like it or not, we have to work together. So here. " She held out her hands, full of multicolored candies and chocolates of all shapes and sizes.

" Those are… for me? " Momiji's eyes became wide.

" you like candy, don't you? I mean you… used to eat lots of candy before.. I thought… I thought, maybe…. It would cheer you up…." Machi was starting to feel like an utter idiot. She was not even looking at him anymore/

' This was a stupid idea….' Her cheeks were starting to burn up.

Momiji was still in a state of confusion and shock.

' For me? Especially for me….she shouldn't have… but nobody has ever brought me candy like this…' He covered her hands with his own, accepting the gift of candy.

" Arigatou, Machi-chan. Thank you very much. And you are not… responsible for my sadness….. thanks to you, I don't think I'm sad anymore….." A faint pink decorated Momiji's cheeks and for the first time in days, he found that he could smile from his heart.

End of flashback

' How was I supposed to know that she could be... so cute? '

After that day, there had been no looking back. He had instantly taken a liking to this girl. And he found himself more attracted by everything she did.

' She is…. not like Tohru at all…..' he pondered fondly.

Momiji was fascinated by her mysterious Aura, how he could never figure out what she was thinking, how she yelled at him, loudly, when he hugged her playfully, now that the curse was gone.

" She loves me… she loves me not…. SHE LOVES ME! SUCCESS! " Momiji triumphantly held up whatever that was left of the flower high in the air, then stared at the pile of petals and stalks beside him.

" One out of twenty inst bad, right? " he sweatdropped.

( so that was the first chappie! Yun-Yun will be making entry in chapter 2! Both Momiji and Yuki are good guys in this ficcie, even though things get a lil nasty later! if u liked this, don't forget to tell me. I haven't written the last chappie yet and ur reviews are the most important! )