CHAPTER 5 : Complicated Emotions Onboard

Hana stared in front of her and wallowed in the pleasant waves of so many Sohmas together at once. It felt very good, and if she had nothing to do, she could try to decode them.

"Haaaaanaaaa…" Someone called out to her. She swiftly turned to her side to see Uo-chan staring up at her.

"Yes, Arisa," she asked with a brief smile.

"How much money did you bring?" Uo-chan asked her, with a sort of worried expression on her face.

"Well, I'm not really certain… Why would you like to know?" Honestly, Hana knew she had brought about enough to live off food and maybe a little extra to buy something nice for Megumi and maybe Tohru…

"Well… I didn't have much money at home… Hana, I hardly have enough to eat… Plus, I won't even be able to thank Tohru by treating her to something…" Uo replied "… Damn…" Hana heard her say, under her breath.

"We'll both buy something for Tohru with my money…" Hana began. "And you can eat some of my food…" Hana told her, staring ahead. Arisa grabbed her hand and squeezed it.

"Thanks Hana… You know I love ya." Uotani smiled. Hana slowly turned her head towards Arisa and smiled at her. She couldn't resist smiling back at Uo's cute smile.

Haru and Rin sat in silence, but they both thought the same thing. 'I love you'. Because firstly, they are Rin and Haru and secondly because of Rin's fear of Akito and desire to simply not let Haru get hurt and Haru's comprehension of all this, they would not steal any glances (maybe a few, as long as the other doesn't see them), there would be no touching and of course, no speaking unless it becomes necessary.

"Haru, I just cannot believe you… I already told you I don't need you anymore, now you try to get closer to me! I didn't ever want to see you again after I told you that, now you come running back to me? You really do want to anger me, don't you! I hate you, Haru!" She burst out at him. He didn't even look surprised. He simply turned his head towards her, stroked some of her hair and smiled deviously.

"I know." He said, still smiling. Rin knew that in Haru language, this meant 'Don't lie to me, Rin' but she ignored that part of her. She had also just noticed that he had defied the three unspoken rules, touching, speaking and looking. She gasped, realizing that she had started it all. She took a last look at him and frowned. She turned around in her bench and sulked.

'We're just a bunch of law breakers, that's what.' she thought.

"Yukiii, why do they call you Yun-Yun at school? Isn't that a bit silly?" Momiji asked Yuki, with a quizzical look on his face. Yuki didn't actually know the answer to this question.

"I don't know Momiji…" he replied, staring at Tohru. He wanted to make sure she was safe from that idiot.

"Yukiiii! Listen to me! Don't stare at Tohru instead!" Momiji moaned. He continued, as he watched Yuki's face flush." I know she's veeryy pretty, and suuuper nice, but I want to talk to you…"

"That's not true Momiji… I wasn't staring at her." Yuki even had to tell himself this. Momiji acted as his perseverant conscience.

"YES YOU WERE! I saw you with my own eyes! And," Momiji said, looking at Tohru who was staring up at Kyo, telling him something about Kagura. "she looks especially cute today! I might even stare at her too, now…" Momiji replied looking at Tohru with a smile. Yuki had his red face hidden inside his palm, because Momiji embarrassed him so… Tohru looked back at them.

"Hi Momiji! Hi Sohma-kun! Are you guys doing well?" Tohru asked, smiling clueless to what had just occurred between Momiji and Yuki.

"We're well, Honda-san. Thanks." Yuki said, while shielding Momiji's mouth because he was about to say something about why Yuki looked so embarrassed. Momiji pawed at Yuki's hand and when Yuki finally let go of him, Momiji was a little mad.

"Why'd you do thaaat! Now I didn't get to talk with Tohru, wahhh… I'm going to press the assistance button again, you're becoming like Kyo-kuuunn!" Momiji informed Yuki.

"Momiji please… You can have some of my pocky, okay?" Yuki heaved a sigh, he sort of liked pocky and had wanted to keep it for himself. Sure, maybe that was a bit egotistical, but… That's kind of how he was.

"POCKY? Where!" Momiji shouted grabbing Yuki's shirt pocket. Yuki took the pocky out of his pant pocket and Momiji scarfed a strawberry flavoured one down. Yuki looked away. He saw Tohru, looking out the window and tugging on Kyo's sleeve to show him a cloud or something of the sort.

'Why was I alwaysso polite with her… It makes me seem like I don't care when it's completely the opposite… Like she's just some other girl when she's not…' Yuki thought. He reached out to tug on Tohru's sleeve, but hesitated. It brought back a flashback of him being ignored by his mother when he had tried to speak with her, because she considered him as an object of no particular value. He didn't know what to do.

… But he certainly didn't want this to go on forever.

"Tohru." He called softly. She spun around in her seat.

"Yes, Sohma-kun?" She replied cheerily.

"I don't think you consider me as just another Sohma, Tohru, am I right?" Yuki asked, staring at the ceiling.

"Err… What do you mean, Sohma-kun?" Tohru seemed confused and was blushing ever so slightly.

"Ah ermm… Well ahh… What I mean is…" Yuki was blushing furiously at this point and was sternly staring at the floor. How could he put this simply…?

"Sohma-kun, I'm sorry if I did…" Yuki didn't interrupt people ofen but this time, he felt obliged to.

"That! It's that. You ahh… Don't have to call me Sohma-kun… Because well… I believe we are aquainted, yes? So I don't think I will call you Honda-san anymore and I don't think… You have to call me Sohma-kun anymore either… Okay?" when he said this last okay, he looked up at Tohru who was smiling.

"I understand… Yuki-kun!" She exclaimed. She had understood what he meant.

"Oh wait… Did you want me to call you Yun-Yun?" Tohru asked, looking up and rubbing he chin with her index finger. Yuki laughed.

"I don't think that's necessary Tohru." Yuki told her.

"Ahhh! I'm so sorry… I wasn't sure! Sorry!" Tohru bowed repeatedly as Yuki told her again and again that it was okay and she bonked her head on the metal surface of the armrest. She fell backwards, and Kyo caught her.

Kyo stared at Tohru, who was now perched in his hands. Her eyes were wide open and her lips were lightly pursed. She looked up at him and her eyes shut tigtly.

"I'M SO SORRY KYO-KUN, I DIDN'T WANT" she began.

"It's alright Tohru. You're not very heavy." Kyo told her calmly. She stared at him and giggled. He blushed and looked away. He lifted her back up to her sitting position, and she sunk into her seat.

"I was really scared!" She told him, enthusiastically. He looked at her for a few minutes, and turned back towards the window.

'Was Yuki just…?' Kyo wondered. What was Yuki up to now? He obviously knew what kind of feelings Kyo had for Tohru, yet he seemed like he was trying to pull something back there. Would Kyo have to talk to him strictly and tell him what territory was his? He didn't know. He didn't think Yuki would listen to him even if he did… Yuki could kick his butt at anything. He was afraid Yuki might get Tohru all to himself if he tried to. Then, as always, Yuki would get every thing he'd ever wanted. But for this, it was different… Tohru wasn't just a battle to win, not just some material possession. He wouldn't allow Yuki to have Tohru, even if he won her fair and square.

"Ahh, excuse me." said a brunette girl as she leaned over Tohru to look at Kyo. Kyo looked up disinterested.

"I've been observing you, and I think you're really cute. Would you like my number?" The girl asked. She wore a short sleeved shirt that descended low in the front. This disgusted him, Tohru would never wear something like that. Actually, what really disgusted him was that it was not Tohru, not Tohru at all. He looked at Tohru and frowned at the girl.

"No Im not interested. I don't want your number." he looked at her for a moment as regret spread across her face, and stared back at the window. She stared at him for a moment, muttered "You jerk." and paced away. Tohru looked at her sadly then turned to Kyo.

"You seem to be popular with the girls…" She told him with a cautious smile. He shifted his vision towards her, then looked back out the window.

'Can't you see the only girl I want to be popular with is you, Tohru-chan?'

Momiji sat restless in his bench. He wiggled a lot, wondering when the airplane would land. Suddenly, a voice behind him asked something.

"You're a Sohma, correct?" The voice asked. He turned around to see one of Tohru's friends, Hana-chan. He looked around and pointed to himself, to make sure it was him she was speaking to. She nodded.

"Yes! Remember? We eat lunch together sometimes with Yuki-kun, Kyo-kun and Haru. I'm Momiji."He told her enthusiastically.

"You are strong." She told him, looking directly into his eyes.

"Really? I never thought so, Kyo-kun doesn't even hit me hard and it hurts a lot sometimes…" Momiji told her. She shook her head no.

"That's not how I meant it. I mean that your waves show that you've been through hard times, very hard times and yet you persevere. Ive been studying your waves since we got on the plane ride. My observations are usually correct. Am I right?" She asked him, still staring into his profound brown eyes with compassion. His eyes closed slightly, surprised someone he did not even know understood the pain that hurt him daily, hourly. He sighed.

"Yes… You're correct." He turned away from her, and sunk low into his chair. He usually only thought about it a bit, but now, It forced him to think about it more. A hand attached itself to his, and there was Hana-chan, crouched beside him.

"I too have been through difficult times. But I have learnt through those difficult timeslove conquers all. Uo-chan and Tohru-chan have always been there for me... If there is a day where you are so troubled by your thoughts that you don't know what to do, go to those who love you. If you need to talk to anyone, you can talk to me." Hana told him. He smiled a melancholic smile at her and let a few tears escape his eyes. Although he could never tell her about his problem, he was touched that she cared enough to try to do something about it.

"Thank you…" He told her. He sniveled.

"You have lovely tears, you know…" She said, as she smiled and walked back to her seat.

He stared at the bench and pondered.

'Love conquers all…'

As long as some people still loved him, he'd do okay.

… In fact, he'd do just fine.

"Hello! This is your pilot, Mr. Kunijitsimu! I have a piece of information for you passengers. We will be landing in approximately 8 hours. You have gotten this far, there is not much time left! Keep it up!" He had more to say after that. "Also, our flight attendants will soon be passing out pillows and blankets, it's about ten thirty at night, so for those of you who are getting sleepy, you should snooze right about now! Good night, passengers."

In the next hour, Tohru was asleep on Kyo's shoulder as he observed her, Yuki and Momiji were asleep leaning on eachother. Uo and Hana were sleeping their separate ways and Haru and Rin were both drowsy but awake and not facing eachother. Silence overwhelmed the plane.

GLOSSARY

Pocky: A sort of candy that the Japanese really enjoy. It's like an edible stick that's covered halfway with a sort of hardened cream thing… It can be flavoured chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, etc. I've tried it myself, and find it very addictive. I recommend it.

Hey again! I finally got to doing chapter 5! I know it took me long, but I'm back on my school schedule and I will probably only update on week-ends now. Sorry.

Ohh ohh! Now you see that I was serious about the whole Yukiru thing, hmm? Well, if you must know what it leads to, you'll just have to keep reading.

I didn't really like this chapter… But tell me whatcha think! I'd be glad to know! (Review me if you have time :))

UPDATE: I fixed the quotations and some of the things Anters was kind enough to tell me about. Thanks again Anters!

Bye now!