"Yuki Sohma?"

Yuki froze. Crap. Gotta think of something quick. He looked around for somewhere to hide. Anywhere. Anything. He took off his bathrobe and threw it on Machi, hopefully shielding her eyes and giving him enough time to go to his closet and change.

"Yuki what are you doing?" Machi asked with a quizzical face.

Yuki stepped out of his closet, wearing a new set of clothes and messily-dyed brown hair.

"Whoa, hello Miss," Yuki tried to sound as if he just saw her in his room, "what brings you here?"

"I'm sorry Hikaru. Um…I came here by mistake?" Hopefully that will convince him.

"Oh really? What were you looking for?"

"…nothing." I'm dead.

"Well then why don't you stay a while?" Yuki said cheerfully.

Machi said nothing.

"I-I really shouldn't. This is your room and all and I just barged in here without asking. Good bye." She ran out the door as fast as she could.

Yuki slumped on his beanbag chair and sighed. That really was close. But she had called him Yuki. She called him Yuki Sohma. Maybe she was just seeing things? Hopefully.

Yuki changed back to his Yuki clothes and his Yuki hair and waited outside for Ayame to pick him up. It was rather late…like 3:00 in the morning?

Ayame came to pick up Yuki in the limo.

"Ayame! I'm Yuki right now!"

"Oh? Whoops my mistake! Ahaha."

Yuki just got in without anymore further complaints. He was just tired, so he didn't care anymore.

Next day

Yuki hadn't paid any attention to his alarm clock. It really was late when he came home last night, and the thoughts about Machi or anyone finding out his secret prevented him from sleeping. That is, until 5:00. In the morning Tohru, who was also tired but not as tired, went into Yuki's room to try to wake him up.

"Yuki-kun it's morning," Tohru said while nudging him slightly. Yuki only twitched.

"Yuki-kun?"

He didn't move at all.

"Um," Tohru got up and went to the kitchen where Kyo was trying to find something to eat.

"Kyo-kun?" Kyo wasn't the least bit tired; he didn't go to the Hikaru concert with them.

"What is it?"

"Could you help me wake up Yuki-kun?"

"Why?"

"He's really deeply asleep and you're the only one who's not afraid to use violence to wake him!"

Kyo gladly accepted, seeing as he got to hurt Yuki in this part. They went back to Yuki's room to try to wake him up a second time.

"Hey wake up, Rat."

Nothing happened.

"I said WAKE UP!" His voice grew louder. Yuki stayed asleep. Kyo tried kicking him a little more. Still nothing.

Kyo got up and left the room a while. He came back with a bucket of ice water and he poured it on Yuki. Tohru freaked out a little, something about Yuki getting sick.

Yuki shivered and then woke immediately. He looked at Tohru, then at Kyo holding the bucket and attacked him.

Later after breakfast

Yuki could barely keep his head up. It was quite late last night. After fighting the tiredness, he just couldn't take it anymore. He just collapsed on his desk.

The class stared at Yuki. This was very unusual! Yuki, the great, perfect, prince Yuki; falling asleep in class. The teacher took notice too,

"Yuki," Mayu stood over his desk. Nothing happened. She took out his text book and slammed it on his desk. Yuki stood up quickly. Everyone laughed. Mayu sighed.

"Ok Yuki what were you doing last night that prevented your sleep?"

Everyone laughed harder.

"I…was at student council."

"Yun Yun! We didn't have student council last night! We all went to the Hikaru concert, remember?"

"Yes, but I was still there, finishing your work."

"Whatever," said Mayu as she went back to her desk.

after school

Yuki had to leave early for a photo-shoot as Hikaru but the office didn't call the classroom yet. Then the door swung open.

"YUUUUUUUKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! Ayame entered the classroom wearing another flamboyant man-dress.

"COMMANDER!!!" Kakeru Manabe stood up. ( I don't think he's really in their class.)

Yuki just put his things together and left.

At the photo shoot

"Alright Hikaru change into these pants and leave your shirt unbuttoned like last time," the photographer lady told him.

Yuki did so. Everyone squealed.

"Hikaru, try not to look so…lusty. You're supposed to portray a child-at-heart, a goof ball, you know?"

Yuki put the shirt flaps together and smiled and laughed.

"PERFECT!!!!"

Yuki did a few more poses that made the camera sound like someone playing a video game on the boss level.

"Ok Hikaru, next we're going to have you play with golden retriever puppies."

Yuki winced, as he was reminded of Shigure. "Sure!"

The photographers took him to a white room with cushions…and of course, the puppies.

"They're so cute!" Yuki smiled and kneeled over as the puppies came running up to him and licking him, making him laugh.

Yuki didn't hate puppies; he hated Shigure.

The photographers didn't need to tell Hikaru how to act, or what poses to do. He was laughing as he tackled them, and vice versa. Simply genuine.

"Ok Hikaru, take a puppy and hold him up to the camera!"

He did.

Meanwhile

Machi decided to walk home from school by herself. No, she wasn't actually going home. She wanted to go see Hikaru's photo shoot. After that night, she realized that she maybe wanted to see him. She convinced herself that she didn't have any feelings toward him. She just wanted to look at him.

She arrived at the studio. Hikaru was outside, playing with the puppies in the grass while on break. He was laughing and smiling. She never though she saw anything so…cute.

Machi found herself inside the studio building this time. She peeked into one of the rooms and just saw a bunch of cameras and sets. He's not here.

"HELLO THERE!" Machi jumped and turned around. It was that guy that came to pick up Yuki from school. His older brother. Ayame.

"Um- hi," She didn't exactly know what to say.

"What brings you here little girl?" Ayame asked her in a pre-rehearsed sounding tone. "Come to see my brother have you?"

N-no, I-"

"Wait no longer! I shall take you to him!"

"Seriously, this-" But Ayame paid no attention. He took her hand and dragged her to one of the dressing rooms, the one with HIKARU written in sparkles. Hikaru's dressing room?

"YUUUUUUUKIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!" Ayame called into the room.

Yuki was in the middle of changing into a preppy sweater.

"AYAME!!! KNOCK FIRST PLEASE!!"

"Oh, but Yuki, dear brother, someone's here to see you!"

Machi stepped out from the doorway.

"Um-"

"Machi?" Yuki panicked inside.

"Yuki the jig's up. I know you're Hikaru."

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 4 coming soon to a fan fiction website near you!