WORSHIP

CA

"What's going on?" Tohru walked into the dinning room with breakfast. Everyone was extremely quiet. They didn't even look up when she walked in. Shigure hadn't even tried to make Yuki or Kyou blush, by sounding perverted.

"Um…" Torhu didn't know what to say. She set down the meal, and went to do the laundry.

Yuki was the first to approach her "is there anywhere you would like to go today? I mean… with your friends or something."

"Well.." She thought for a moment. "I already did the shopping yesterday, and it's summer so Hana is in America. I don't know where-"

"It doesn't matter, just go!" Kyou said, coming from behind Yuki.

For the first time ever, Yuki didn't get angry with Kyou. He just looked away from Torhu, drawing his brows together. Tohru felt hurt, allowing the tears she wanted to cry linger on her lower eyelids.

"I don't mean that you can never come back, it's just…" Kyou was getting angry, and blushing profusely. "DAMNIT!"

"Is…" Tohru began. Both the boys suddenly looked at her, she had a slight smile on her face with her hands holding each other in the front. "Is it because Akito is coming over today?"

"Wait, how did you know?" Yuki asked, wide eyed.

"I heard Shigure on the phone. I'm sorry I eavesdropped, but… I'd really much rather stay here, with my family." She knew that it would probably be bad if she stayed, but she wanted to see Akito again. The last time they spoke, he had grabbed her hair and flung her around like a rag doll. She hoped his feelings towards her had changed.

"Tohru…"(yuki)

"Tohru…"(kyou)

Sparks. Now Yuki and Kyou were fighting. Their bickering filled the laundry room, making Tohru smile wider. 'Good, everything is back to normal.'

---- Later that day ----

Akito didn't really know why he was even bothering to come. I mean, seriously, did he expect that he could fix everything with just one visit. But that girl… 'She's probably not even there. Everyone probably told her to leave for the day.' This thought caused him to get a little angry. He could feel his eye twitching in frustration; this whole self-control thing was way too much.

Through the trees he could see the Shigure's house. It was quite small compared to the main house, but for some reason it looked more glamorous.

The car stopped, and the driver got out to open the door for Akito. He stepped out, standing at his full height. He could hear noises coming from inside. They sounded like two children bickering.

Looking up the sky, he could tell it was going to rain. He felt a couple drops on his face. "Correction… It is raining…" The wind had picked up, so (for health reasons) he thought it best to go inside.

Knocking softly on the door, he heard all sound within the house stop. Then, the sounds of delicate feet were coming towards the entrance. The door slid open, and he was expecting to see Shigure, but instead… It was HER!

Akito's eye twitched once, and he blushed ever so slightly. "Ms. Honda," he bowed in greeting. Then she smiled. 'What a beautiful smile…' He thought, but restrained himself from smiling back.

"Come in, I just put on some tea. You must be cold," She opened the door wider, and stepped to the side to allow him passage.

"How considerate, but I don't really care for tea." He walked in and took off his shoes. He went to the dinning room with Tohru one step behind him. She was asking something about what else he would like. "Water would be fine." He was doing his best to avoid looking at her.

"Right," she said and scampered off.

Akito looked at the three men in front of him. They all seemed tense. "May I have a seat?" his question was directed at Shigure.

"Oh! Of course," Shigure cringed in embarrassment. "For what reason do we owe the pleasure of this visit."

"Don't patronize me. I can tell from the look on your faces this isn't a pleasure." Lightning struck outside, and the rain was coming down harder. They were all silent as Tohru came in and served tea and water. She bowed to leave, rising to her feet. "Stay." Akito cringed when he realized he had said it out loud.

Tohru sat back down, and stared at the table.

Silence.

More silence.

Boring silence.

Even more silen-

"I…" Akito started. "Yuki, I…" Yuki looked at Akito and could tell that he was having a hard time getting the words out. "I'm s-s-s-orr… I'm sorry!" Akito closed his eye to prevent the twitching, but it didn't help.

Everyone was shocked, Yuki most of all.

Tohru looked at Akito, who seemed to have just done the most difficult thing imaginable.

Silence.

Akito sipped his water, wishing everyone wasn't so quiet.

"I made some snacks, if anyone's interested." Tohru stood up, smiling.

The rain pounded on the roof, and suddenly there was a sound of a car starting. Tohru ran to the door, hearing a loud knock.

When she got there she saw the driver, covered in mud, and the rain seemed to be coming down even harder. "I'm sorry, I fell asleep, and I didn't realize it was raining so hard. The ground has practically to turned to mush. I can't get the car out." He shivered.

"Oh, well, hurry and get out of the cold. I'll go get you some dry clothes." Tohru ran off to get some of Shigure's old clothes.

Akito stood and watched. He was… stuck. What a perfect word choice…