"Where's Tohru?" asked Kyo as he entered the kitchen to grab some quick breakfast.
"She left an hour ago," Yuki said sitting in a chair while staring cold down at the floor.
Kyo looked at him and he took got the same stare, "Well it's not all your fault you know. I too told Tohru I liked her."
Yuki looked up at him, "How did you know I told her that?"
"Well I heard Akito talking to her about it in the garden," Kyo said gnawing on some bacon.
Yuki's eyes sunk, "Akito knows about it? That's not good news at all."
"Yeah I know, I'm sure he was spying on me when I told Tohru. What do you think we should do about him?" Kyo asked sitting in a chair next to Yuki.
Yuki glanced at him, "How am I suppose to know? Besides shouldn't we be thinking about what we're going to do about Tohru? She's obviously ignoring both of us."
"Yeah well it's her choice to ignore us. We can't make her talk to us, we just need to wait till she decides which one of us she wants," Kyo said maturely; relatively unusual for his character.
When they got to school that day Tohru didn't even acknowledge them. She just stared at the ceiling all class period. She promised herself that she would tell Uo and Hana together after school at Hana's house. No way was she going to bring them into Akito's home.
Yuki and Kyo didn't try to speak to Tohru. They knew she wanted time to think things through, so they figured they would wait until she felt it right to tell them her decision. Surprisingly they really weren't fighting over who Tohru would pick because they knew that they couldn't fight when it came to her. Everything about her was the opposite of wrath and physical fighting.
Lunch came and went; still the boys and girl did not speak a word. Then the end of the day emerged. Tohru had told Momiji earlier that she would be going to Hana's after school. Passing this on to Yuki and Kyo sent them into even more anticipation.
"When do you think she'll tell us?" Kyo asked walking with the now sad little group of four zodiac boys.
"How should I know? Just be patient," Yuki responded as he slipped his hand into his pocket. He touched a jewelry box that contained a wonderful necklace. He planned on giving it to Tohru sometime soon.
"Excuse me but what exactly are you two waiting to here from Tohru?" questioned Haru who felt out of the loop. Yuki and Kyo looked at each other hoping the other would tell him.
"They told Tohru they 'loved' her," squealed Momiji in a childish tone.
"How'd you know that?" snapped Kyo. Momiji explained that Tohru had also told him about last night.
"Hmmm… Well seems you two have screwed up. Maybe I should go to this Hana's house and comfort the poor little dear," Haru grinned.
Kyo laughed, "First off you don't know where Hana lives and second if you did you wouldn't be able to find it with your poor tracking skills."
This insult brought the never welcomed character Black Haru. He swung at Kyo's shoulder and knocked him to the ground. Kyo got up and began to strike back. Both almost equal in combat they continued fighting in the street.
"Maybe you two should cool it, people are starting to stare," spoke Yuki looking about himself. People were stopping what they were doing and just standing looking at the two strange looking teenage boys fighting.
Haru looked at Yuki and got close to his face, "I know something that would make them stare even longer." Haru tried to kiss Yuki but Kyo grabbed him by the color and through Haru to the ground.
Momiji know piped up, "Yuki's right! What if Akito finds out about this? We can't draw any more attention to us."
Kyo, as usual, had blocked any outside noise. Haru though heard Momiji's pleas and returned to regular Haru.
"Why do I have a sudden head ache?" Haru asked rubbing his throbbing head. He then looked at Kyo who looked like he was in a fight and in a guard stance. "Black Haru?"
"Yeah, come on we got to get home," Yuki said and they all continued the road home. The audience they seemed to collect disappeared just as soon as they came.
"Haru you like Tohru to?" Momiji asked walking on his tippy-toes. He felt so tiny compared to the other boys.
Haru turned to the rabbit, "Yes I do. Looks like I have no competition though." Yuki and Kyo glared at him.
Momiji tilted his head childishly, "Well what about Black Haru? Does he like Tohru? Because it seems he likes Yuki still."
"I honestly don't know. It's possible he could like her, but then again he could like Yuki over her," Haru said, he never looked at it that way. How could he ever have a relationship with Tohru if Black Haru didn't like her over Yuki?
"Ha, you think Tohru would take you if only half of you like her?" Kyo mocked.
"You think she'll take you? You're always rude to her and annoyingly hot-headed," Haru retaliated.
"Did you guys ever think she might not choose any of you?" Momiji chirped in.
They realized that option had never occurred to them. Would she really turn all of them down? Well she really couldn't turn Haru down since he hadn't told her.
"Well at the moment we have to agree that Haru has the upper hand here. Giving her those flowers really seemed to entrance her," Yuki added.
Haru gave them a weird look, "What do you mean? What flower?"
Kyo rolled his eyes, "Don't lie, we know you left Tohru those roses. Sly trick there."
Haru shook his head, "I don't know what you two are talking about. I never gave Tohru any flowers."
Kyo and Yuki looked at each other. If not Haru, then who had given Tohru those flowers? Was it another secret admirer? Another Sohma?
The four boys finally got to their destination.
Hanna's House
"So Yuki and Kyo have the hotts for you?" Uo said in an amused tone.
Hanna sat down a tray of tea and cookies and spoke while watching herself grab a cookie, "I always felt some odd vibrations with those boys."
"I don't know what to do. I'm not sure if I like one over the other and if I choose one of them then that would just cause more separation. We've gone so far with their relationship; this would just be a permanent set back," Tohru griped.
Uo stirred her tea, "Just don't choose either of them if you think it will hurt them."
"Yes, that is the best thing to do if you wish to keep things peaceful," Hana said agreeing with Uo's idea.
"I don't know. Sure I care about their feelings, but what about mine?" Tohru snapped off half a cookie in her mouth.
"Well what are your feelings Tohru?" Uo asked. Tohru looked down at her tea cup, holding it in her hands. What were her feelings towards Yuki and Kyo? Was one more important than the other?
"I'm feeling confusion from Tohru. It seems she doesn't know what her feelings are," Hana said in a monotone. Sometimes Tohru swears that Hanna is reading her mind sometimes.
After another hour passed by Tohru figured she should walk home before it got too dark.
She always got paranoid walking home at sunset. The small bursts of winds that came every so often to push fallen leaves always sent chills up her spine. She almost never could walk alone at this time of day and not feel like someone is watching her.
When she was halfway home she got those eerie feelings. The wind was whispering her name in a harsh tone. Then she could hear light footsteps behind her. She picked up her pace without looking behind, but the other pair of steps also hastened.
When she turned at a corner she whipped around to hit the person with her school bag. She stopped her thrust in mid air when she saw who the target was.
"Aren't you hostel today?" cooed Akito. His voice carried bitterly along the cool breezed.
Tohru almost choked on her heart pounding so rigid, "What are you doing here Akito?"
"Well you never came home and I got worried," he said sarcastically.
"How'd you know where to go?" Tohru questioned pulling her bag to her side.
"I checked you out once you become a holder of our secret. I tracked down where all your family and friends live, so I can always know where you are," he said in a superior nature.
"That's a little psychotic," she began to walk away from him not in a worse mood.
He followed her footsteps and continued to talk in the same tone, "Maybe, but if anyone is psychotic it's you. You're pulling the heart strings of three of my little Sohmas and I just can't have that."
"Three? Don't you mean two?" Tohru asked now feeling weird walking around with Akito stalking her.
"Oh did you not know? Haru also has feelings for you. I guess he couldn't muster them up like the other two. He's always been somewhat weak," Akito walked gracefully with his hands behind his back.
Great. Like Tohru needed more people to answer to. "Why are you here?"
"Why are you?" He asked raising his eyebrows.
Tohru held her hands in firm fists, oh how he aggravated her. "I'm here because they are my friends."
"Is that all they'll ever be? Friends?" to this Tohru turned around again and glared at him.
"That's none of your business," she spoke now with poison in her girl voice.
Akito smirked, "So that means you haven't decided yet."
Tohru quickly swung her bag at Akito and thumped him across the head. Akito responded by grabbing her wrist and twisted her arm around her back like a cop would.
He put his lips next to her ear and whispered, "If you ever lay a hand on me again, I'll make you hurt so much that you'll wish you were dead." He rudely began to grope her until he felt well enough to let her go.
Tohru ran for dear life. She dropped her bag along the way somewhere. She just wanted to go somewhere safe. She found herself on a familiar street that led to a memorable home.
She ran to that home and quickly entered the household.
"Shigure!" she called out collapsing onto the living room couch.
Shigure popped his head into the room, "Tohru? What are you doing here?" He asked then evaluated the state of the girl and quickly went to comfort her. "What happened?"
There Tohru spilled at the events that led up to that moment; everything about the boys and Akito's sexual assault.
Shigure phone Hatori and explained what Akito had done. Soon Hatori showed up at Shigure's house.
Shigure led him to where Tohru was. She looked a mess. Her face was swollen from crying and she was still trembling.
"Tohru, I'm sorry for what Akito has done. But I regretfully have come here to take you back there," Hatori frowned as he stood above the tortured girl.
"How can I go back there after what he did? I can't even face Yuki or Kyo let alone Akito," she sounded like a wounded puppy. She felt gross after Akito had touched her so inappropriately. All she wanted to do was wake up from this nightmare, but that was impossible for all of it was real.
Hatori stood perfectly still, "Yes I've learned of the situation you have with the boys. I'm sorry that this is all happening to you."
"I just wish that I could forget everything everyone has said to me in the last few days. I wish that things could just go back to normal," she whined in her hands as she broke down again into sobs.
Hatori was now grim in the face. Memories of his lost love flashed through his head. Her depression after the incident with Akito led him to erasing their love and memories from her mind. Was he going to have to erase this girl's memory to save her from the fate of depression and misery?
Shigure knew what was on Hatori's mind; he could tell how tempting it was for him to help Tohru with forgetting this mess.
Tohru said quietly looking up at the doctor with glossy eyes, "Hatori? I think you should erase my memories."
A/N:
Well hoped you guys enjoyed that chapter, I was too lazy to re-read it so there's probably minor mistakes here and there. Cliffhanger much? I guess Akito got a little carried away, but oh well. Keep up the reviews and reading! Thanks!