CHAPTER 7: We're Heeere!
"We're heeere!" Momiji shouted loudly, as he skipped into a regal hotel with Tohru and the gang in tow. They had taken a big taxi van to their hotel from the busy airport. It wasn't such a long ride, so no one was tired. Especially not Momiji. Tohru was looking around the hotel with an awestruck look on her face.
"Uwaah! Momiji, how did you find such a beautiful hotel?" Tohru asked him, looking at the different shades of rich chocolate-browns decorationg the room.
"I too, Momiji, was wondering that… I know that we Sohmas are fairly wealthy, but… This is incredible…" Yuki asked, also looking fairly puzzled.
"Oh, that's easy! You know Father owns buildings? Well, he's very good friends with the owner of this chain of hotels, and that owner
owed him a favor for something Father did for him. When I told him I was staying here, he phoned him up right away, and asked him if we could get a little discount." Momiji told them, grinning. "So that's how it happened!" Tohru still looked a bit uneasy, probably because she wasn't used to being spoiled this much. Kyo came beside her.
" Tohru-kun. Don't panic so much. Momiji invited you, he wants you here and you deserve this." Kyo told her, as he lightly slapped her head. She looked up at him and had a dizzy look on her face.
"Soorryyy…" She told him. He laughed at her, and blushed ever so slightly. She looked up at him and smiled warmly. Yuki, sitting on one of the leather sofas, watched Kyo and Tohru with his chin resting in his hand with his fingers curled around the smoothness of his face. He did not look very happy. He was gripping the sofa's armrest with all his might, and noticed that he had accidentally pierced it with his long fingernails. He sighed and got up from the comfy chair.
'I should calm down. I'm just jealous.'
"Okayyyy so!" Momiji cried out to everyone. They all turned around to listen to what he had to say. "Tohru-kun, Hana-chan, Uo-chan and Rin-chan (Rin rolled her eyes when he said this) will room together. Tohru-kun, you can have the key." Momiji told Tohru, as he gently gave her a purple card.
"Oh yes! I will guard it with my life!" She told Momiji, doing an army salute. She looked at Kyo-kun, who looked like he wanted to laugh. He wasn't though, because Yuki was standing beside him.
"ANDDD Haru, Yun-Yun (Yuki blushed and grabbed his own face and seemed to be muttering something about a 'dumb rabbit'), Kyon-Kyon (Kyo slapped Momiji harshly across the head and yelled at him to not call him that ever again. Momiji yelped, stared at Kyo and continued what he was saying.) and me will be in a different room. So go to your room and we'll meet back down here in an hour! I'll call your room later, okay?" Momiji told them.
"BYE TOHRU-CHAN, I LOOOOVE" Before Momiji could finish, Kyo had picked him up and thrown him over his shoulder. He punched Momiji in the stomach and Momiji began to wail loudly. Some guests in the lobby stared at the boys with disgust. His wail was cut off when the elevator doors closed. Yuki looked embarrassed and Haru was silent.
"So, shall we go to our room then?" Hana asked. They all looked at her except Tohru who looked on ahead with a worried look.
"Something wrong, Tohru?" Uo asked. Rin raised her eyebrows at Tohru. Tohru slowly turned her head towards them and had the same look on her face.
"Urrrm… Ahh… Momiji forgot to tell me what room we are in…"
"No problem. Let's go ask the receptionist." Uo told her, pointing towards a beige desk. Tohru closed her eyes tightly and uttered a 'yes' as she was pulled towards the desk by Uotani.
"Hi. We need some info." Uo informed the receptionist. The problem though, was that she had said this in Japanese. The receptionist looked like she was about to faint. She looked at them with a weak smile and pointed to the back of a room. She began running towards that place. They all sweatdropped.
"Ahh… Urrr…" Tohru said, confused.
"Maybe it's a strange American custom to run away when foreiners ask you a question…" Hana suggested.
"We're in America…" Rin told them sighing. Uo snapped her fingers.
"Crap. The tall girl is right. I forgot about speaking in English." But just then, a handsome young man appeared in front of them.
"How may I help you, ladies?" He asked in perfect Japanese. They were all equally surprised.
"Ohh! Ahmm… Well, we are here with" Tohru began, blushing. He was very cute, but not Asian. He was tall and had spiky blond hair. His eyes were dark brown, almost black. How could he speak so well?
"Mr. Sohma. He is presently our only Japanese guest. Would you like to know where your room is? Let me see your card, please." He asked with his hand opened and with his eyes staring at the computer screen on the desk. She handed it over to him timidly. He tapped the buttons on his computer and clicked the mouse a couple of times. He looked so concentrated, Tohru couldn't help but blush.
"Your room… Mr. Sohma has two rooms… So yours is either 364 or 365. Okay?" He asked, with a little smirk on his face.
"Thanks a lot." Uo told him while winking. He nodded and sat down lazily in the chair.
"No problem. Hey, if any of you pretty girls ever need anything, make sure you ask for Stephen-san. That's me." He seemed to direct this at Tohru exclusively. She flushed deeply and fiddled with the hem of her shirt. He winked at her.
"You all have a nice stay now." He told them as they walked to the elevator.
'She was pretty cute.' Stephen thought to himself before dozing off in the chair. The hotel wasn't really busy at this time of day anyway, no one would mind.
"Tohru… I want you to be careful around him." Hana breathed out. Tohru did not really know what she was talking about.
"Whom, Hana?" She asked.
"No one… I meant just please be careful in New York… You too Uo." She also looked at Rin and nodded.
'That boy Stephen's wave pattern shows that he is interested in Tohru… I hope that whatever he does to her, he's careful.'
"Ahh! So Isuzu-san, how was your flight? Sorry, I haven't spoken to you very much… Also, these are my two best friends, Hana-chan and Uo-chan. Uo-chan, Hana-chan, this is Sohma Isuzu-san!" Tohru told them, grinning.
"Hey. Nice to meet you." Uo said as she shook hands with Isuzu.
"A pleasure." Hana-chan said, as she bowed deeply. Rin blushed a little and nodded her head. She then looked at Tohru.
"Tohru… You know you don't have to call me 'Isuzu-san'." Rin told her, her face revealing no apparent expression.
"Ahh! I'm sorry… What would you like me to call you?" Tohru asked her. Rin turned away slowly, seemingly thinking.
"Well… Everyone calls me Rin in the Sohma family… You're close enough to call me that too…"
"Oh yes! I will then!" Tohru told her smiling. Rin turned away, looking a little annoyed. A bell sound resounded in the elevator. Tohru and Uo jumped. Rin stared at them.
"Oh. We seem to have arrived at the third floor." Hana informed them. They walked out of the elevator and Rin, who noticed the sign leading to their rooms, pointed the direction in which they needed to go. They knocked on the room 364's door, to make sure it was their room. The door handle turned.
"EEEK! A GHOOOST!" Tohru cried, as she watched the door handle turn without any of them touching it.
"Tohru-kun, calm down. It's probably just the boy's room." Rin told her, touching her shoulder. Evidently, Rin had been correct. Haru was now standing in the doorframe eating some sort of American food. Rin turned swiftly towards him.
"What's all the commotion out here?" He asked, his back against the doorframe. Tohru was still shaking with fear.
"Ahh… I suppose you were right Rin… ahahaa…" She was still shaking and Hana-chan was hugging her, to make her stop.
"Nothing. How's the room." Rin asked Haru. He looked up at her and smiled. They stood there for a few instants.
"It's good. You should go see yours. There are little baskets full of American snacks. They're disgusting, but extremely addictive." He told Rin smiling. She stared at him and quickly looked away.
"Great. We'll see you later then." She told him, walking to their room. He stared at her and shook his head.
'You're always exactly the same, Rin.' He thought to himself as he chuckled.
"Oh! Well… Tell Kyo-kun, Yuki-kun and Momiji-kun that we all say hello! Bye for now!" Tohru told them. Uo and Hana waved at Hatsuharu, who waved back to them. He laughed quietly and closed the door.
"Guys. Tohru says hello to you." He said loud enough for them all to hear. Momiji was on the sofa with Kyo eating potato chips and watching some children's show called "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Show". Kyo kept asking to change the channel, but Momiji kept refusing to change it and had also hidden the remote control on his pants. Yuki was coming out of the bathroom with a fluffy white towel around his waist. Haru stared at him smiling.
"What… What is it Haru?" Yuki asked him.
"You just look so pretty Yuki… You're making me fall in love with you more. Put some clothes on. Fast." Haru told him as he scanned him from top to bottom, then looked away.
"Rin will be jealous when she sees me with you." Haru told him as he stared into space, humming a strangely familiar tune.
"Haru! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!" Yuki said, blushing like crazy as he ran back to the bathroom. Momiji came beside the door and told him:
"Yuki-kun, I suggest you not be so… Revealing from now on. I think Haru might try to bang you if you aren't careful!"
"WHERE DO YOU KIDS LEARN THIS STUFF!" Yuki yelled loudly. Haru chuckled lightly and slapped his knee. Momiji went back and sat with Kyo, who slapped him and told him to stop being a pest. Momiji began wailing. Haru shook his head, still staring into space.
'This is going to be a very interesting trip…' He thought.
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