Well, well, well. Welcome again! YAY. -glad- I finally finished chapter two. Long, I must say, but I think it was way more interesting than the other chapters. Read, and judge for yourself.
By the way, I don't curse, so the curse words are censored. You'll see as you read along. Along, since Tohru doesn't curse in the story, she's going to say weird random stuff I usually say and make up, so if you don't get what she's blabbing about, you'll see at the very end. I'll have the translations.
Chapter Two: First to Everything
I unlocked the door and tiptoed inside the house. "Sorry, I came in late," I said quietly and hoped nobody was inside. To my surprise, the house was still empty. I made my way upstairs to my room and hummed softly to myself, happily. I'm not quite sure how they would react if they saw me come in late, but since they aren't my real family, it's always better to be on the safe side.
As I opened the door to my room, I couldn't believe my very own eyes. Akito, Haru's friend was making out on top of my bed with his new girlfriend. The sudden shock stopped my every movement and even blocked my air hole. I forgot how to inhale and then exhale. He looked up and saw me.
"What the he-- are you doing? Get the fu-- out!" he yelled threateningly as if he was going to choke me to death. Frightened, but bit more in bewilderment, I left the room and closed the door behind me.
My eyes were still wide. Few seconds later, my senses came back. "Earth to Tohru! Tohru, What in the big mama's hooligans did you just do? This is your room. That idiot has no right to just barge into your room and make out with another random hoochy mama on top of your bed!" I said aloud in my head.
I stomped back inside to my room, derailed their "oh-so-special" moment, and demanded, "Get out of my room. If you want to make out with your 'new' lovely women, once again, do it out in the living room. This isn't even your house." "You say it like it's yours," he said carelessly. "What?" I asked stupefied, eyes widening.
"You heard me, and you know I'm right. If Haru's mom didn't take you in, you wouldn't even have a roof over your head.
What he said was all too true, and I even knew it, but hearing it from him, hurt. Tears started to form, but before it fell, I swiftly ran out.
I sat in the living room corner and cried softly. Suddenly, the lights turned on, and I heard Haru's voice, "What are you doing?" I looked up and saw him standing right in front of me.
"Umm…" No words came out. "Where's Akito?" he asked, but before I could even give him an answer, he walked upstairs, and a lot quicker than usual.
He first went to his room and opened the door. Seeing that nobody was inside, he closed the door, and reached to my room. As he opened, we heard, "Didn't I tell you not to bother us?" Akito asked furiously and annoyed.Akito turned around, and noticed it was Haru.
"Get out," Haru ordered. Haru looked serious most of the time, but he never really reacted this way. It was my first time, watching him act like this. The sudden change gave me a creepy feeling, but at the same time, I felt special, more loved, as if he really cared.
Akito looked a bit surprised. "Say what?" he asked unbelievingly. Haru didn't have to do anything else, but to stare him down. Akito immediately noticed that Haru wasn't fooling with him. Akito got up, and left the room with the hoochy mama following behind him. We heard the door shut downstairs.
I gave out a little sigh of relief. "Thank…" I was about to say, but before I finished the 'you' part, Haru came closer to me. He took a step. Then another one. And another. Familiar steps, I noticed. The way Yuki first came up to me…
I had to step back wards, some. "Haru…?" I managed to breathe out. Right before I thought Haru was about to do something weird, he pushed me out the door. Once again, my eyes grew wide.
"What the fudge?" I thought. I knocked on the door three times. "I can't believe this. It's my room, but I have to knock…" He didn't answer. "Haru?" I called out for him, again.
He opened the door fully, but his body blocked my way to get inside. "Sleep in my room today." I looked at him strangely and asked, "Why?"
"Obviously, you don't want to sleep on where they made out," and he pointed to my bed. That was true. His actions… as if he really cares…
"Then, where will you sleep," I asked concerned. "Here." "But…" He cut me off again, and shut the door on me. "What is this? Let's shut the door on Tohru week?" It happened. I always ended up talking to myself, and yet, I still do.
"Thanks so much, and I'm so sorry. I'll only borrow your room for today," I yelled out loud enough for him to hear me, and with that, I marched into his room joyously.
The moment I entered, there was nothing, but cleanliness! No socks on the floor, old clothes hanging on lamps, notebook scattering the desks, openedmagazines on the chairs… NO DIRTINESS! Everything was in place.
I explored around for a while, and stopped at his bathroom, and realized… "Shiznuts! My toothbrush is in my room!"
Every room was connected with a bathroom. Haru was extremely rich, and his house was huge. The whole house contains with fifteen rooms in total. There were four bedrooms, six bathrooms, one kitchen, and three living rooms, two in downstairs and one upstairs.
I stepped into the bathroom, quickly grabbing his toothbrush with toothpaste on it. Then I headed for my room.
I stood in front of my room, and knocked on the door three times. "Haru, I have your toothbrush. Open the door for a second, please." Silence.
I decided to knock again. When my hand reached the air to knock again, he suddenly, and too quickly, opened the door. Instead of my knuckles hitting the wooden door, it knocked Haru's forehead three times. Too late, it couldn't be helped.
"Oh my sweet goodness…" Although late, he let out an, "ow." My eyebrow went up, gesturing, "is he for real?"
"What do you want?" he then asked. "Umm… I just wanted to give you your toothbrush." I looked up at his face and realized a pink glittery toothbrush sticking out of his mouth.
"By any chance, uh… Haru, is that my toothbrush?" I asked horrified. He took it out of his mouth, and surely by the mark, Tohru, it was mine. "It was in your bathroom, so it must be," he answered.
Surprised, I asked, "Why are you using mine?" "Why not?" "What do you mean why not? You don't see me using your toothbrush! What if I used it? How would you feel?" I started raising my voice.
"Go ahead. Use it. Like I really give a da--," he said coolly sticking my toothbrush back into his mouth. He started to brush right in front of me. I looked at him blankly while he was doing so.
"Well, you're not gonna use it? Then get out." "What?" "Do me a favor and read my lips. If you're not gonna brush, get out. I need to rinse my mouth." His lips were all white from the toothpaste.
"You think I won't? You think I can't brush with your toothbrush?" He looked down at me and instantly said, "yeah."
"Well, guess what? You're so wrong! I could brush with anybody's toothbrush. Just you watch…you!" I looked at his toothbrush, closed my eyes, then shoved the toothbrush into my mouth, and brushed like there was no tomorrow.
I took it out after few seconds saying, "Ha! I told you. Who do you think I am? I'm Honda, Tohru. I can master anything!" I laughed hysterically. After all, I won the bet.
"Yeah, yeah. Not like we made a bet or anything. I'm rinsing now," and he shut the door on me. "Wait… a minute. Then… why did I do this?" I sunk to the floor. "I'm such an idiot. Baka, baka, baka!"
The door opened again. He squatted down next to me, and handed me my bunny cup. "Hey, to make you feel better, I'll let you use your own cup. Now, you don't have to use mine."
I glared up at him. "You think this is a joke?" I said almost ready to cry. "To me, yeah, but only to me." And with those words, he gave me a weak, but a warm melting smile, and shut the door on me once more.
Haru's smile… "Beautiful…"
I went into his room and also rinsed my mouth out. I couldn't help but keep imagining his smile. For the three months I've lived with him, I never saw him smile, ever. Although small, just to see one… was a big change.
After thinking about his smile over and over again, I fell asleep onto his bed, with his sweet scent filling the room, my head.
Few moments later, I heard the door opening. I turned on the night lamp and saw Haru with his t-shirt and boxers. I immediately covered my eyes. While they were closed, he climbed up to the bed, covered himself with the blanket I was using, and rested his head on the pillow that he brought, which was mine.
"Wha…what…what are you doing?" I stammered. "Can't sleep," he replied softly. I turned to face him, and saw that he was sweating crazily.
"Are you… okay? Did you have a nightmare?" He turned to me, and when he did, I felt myself turning pink. Softly once again, he said, "He was there…"
Before asking whom it was, I realized he was talking about his father who passed away a year ago. I didn't say anything. I couldn't. I just watched him fall asleep next to me.
When I believed he was finally in his dreamland, I slowly and gently wiped the sweat off from his forehead with my hand. "It's okay," I whispered. To my surprise he replied and whispered back. "I am now."
I got up ready to leave to my room, until he grabbed unto my arm and set me back on the bed. His eyes were still closed. "Are you sleeping, or are you pretending to sleep?" I waved frantically at him, but no answer, and no movement.
I tried to stay awake as long as I could, and checked every fifteen minutes or so to leave, but his grip on my wrist never loosened. My eyes started to grow heavier, and my head bobbed back and forth.
I couldn't take it any longer. "Just five minutes," and I rested my head on his pillow and at once, fell asleep…next to Haru.
So here is the translations of what Tohru says.
1. Big mama's hooligans --> phrase used as... "What in the world?"
2. Hoochy mama --> word used as... "who-e"
3. What the fudge --> supposed to be the "f" word, but yeah...
4. Shiznuts --> used as... "shoot!"
Well, I really hope you liked this chapter. I worked really hard on it.
And, now for -drum rolls- MY THANKFUL LIST!
Thank You! Arigatou Gozaimasu! Gamsahabneeda! to:
xKeyBladeAngelx - Thank you so much once again for another nice comment. I'm glad you liked the whole "Tomato" thing. It one day just popped up in my head. lol.Well, thanks so much once again, and prepare yourself for the upcoming chapters!
JennyKim319 - Hello, and thank you so much for the review. I'm so glad you like my writing style and the plot. Thank you!
-koko
Please do me the favor, and review. Have a wonderful and fantabulous day every one. And also for those Yuki lovers, I'm so sorry. I bet you guys thought Tohru was going to end up with you Yuki, am I correct? And now that Haru comes, you guys may be confused, correct me if I'm wrong. But, anywho, one thing I must say is that, this story has lots of twists and turns, and no, Tohru does not end up with Yuki. Deepest apologies. -bows head to all Yuki lovers- Remember... this is called The "Third" Tomato. -smiles-
