I own no one except Caleb and Orange. What a cute little kitty.
On Saturday Haru mocked Hiro all the way out of the Sohma estate to Shigure's house where Kisa was. Tohru had offered to help Kisa dress for her date. So at three o' clock when Hiro knocked on the door she would be ready.
Kisa was wearing a knee-length spaghetti strap sun dress with blue flowers on it. She had blue sandals to match the butterfly clips holding her hair back. In contrast Hiro was dressed in black pants and a green T-shirt.
"You l-look nice Kisa." Hiro said stuttering with nerves. His face was also tinted pink.
"Thank you." Kisa said looking down so he wouldn't see her blush. Her soft voice was beautiful to his ears.
"Ah, young love. It is a wonderful sight to this old timer." Shigure said looking down through his reading glasses at Hiro and Kisa. "But in nature it is quite unusual because the tiger would normally eat the lamb."
"I thought it was the lion who ate the lamb, Shigure." Yuki remarked from the stairs. "Leave them alone, they are having a hard enough time trying not to blush as it is."
"I'm not blushing!" Hiro exclaimed grasping Kisa hand. "Let's go, we wouldn't want to miss the movie." Hiro nearly dragged Kisa down the street, but she was smiling nevertheless. Then he tried to start a conversation with Kisa and didn't notice the figure following them. The person following them went unnoticed by anyone until they reached the Movie Theater when someone grabbed it.
"What are you doing?" Kyo asked a blushing Tohru. She smiled and glanced at the young couple a few yards away.
"I wanted to make sure nothing went wrong on their date so I decided to follow them." Tohru said meekly. Kyo had frightened her and her heart beat loudly in her ears, but she wasn't sure if it was because she was startled or because his arm was tightly wrapped around her. "Why are you here?"
Kyo held up a bag of groceries. "We were missing a few things so I decided to pick them up. I was walking home when I saw you." He smiled at the child whose hand was caught in the cookie jar look she had. " You aren't a very good spy."
"I'm not spying! I'm merely…. Okay, I'm spying." Tohru said sheepishly. "Let me carry the groceries, I caused you trouble." She was ready to take the bags when Kyo shook his head and pointed. Hiro and Kisa were walking into a theater to take their seats.
Tohru cried out in alarm and hurried up to the ticket lady. "One ticket-."
"Two, for the Mogeta movie." Kyo interrupted pulling out some money. The lady handed him the tickets and his change before turning to the next customer. Kyo pulled Tohru into the back of the theater and they settled in the seat a few rows behind Hiro and Kisa.
"Why are you still here?" Tohru asked looking intently at Kyo as the previews droned on the screen.
"What do you want me to leave?" Kyo asked one of his eyebrows cocked. Tohru flung her arms up defensively but spoke softly.
"No. No. No. I was just…I thought you would have told me we shouldn't spy and then drag me back home." Tohru said putting her hands in her lap.
"No likely. I mean, who would miss the chance to see the mighty sarcastic Hiro embarrass himself. Haru even said he would come and take pictures." Kyo said leaning back in the chair. He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. "Besides, I wouldn't let you stay alone." Tohru smiled at him and leaned against his chest, hearing his heart beat. They totally forgot about why they were even in the Movie Theater until there was a small shriek.
The movie was about a great battle and when Mogeta fell off the cloud, Kisa shrieked. From where Tohru and Kyo were sitting, they could tell that Kisa was holding onto Hiro's arm for dear life. Kyo chuckled at the shock on Tohru's face.
Hiro seemed to be having a great time and was glad that they were in the dark. Kisa was still holding onto his arm even though the movie had turned peaceful. Both had wild blushes across their cheeks. As soon as the credits came on Tohru and Kyo hurried from the theater so that Hiro wouldn't catch sight of them.
"Did you like the movie, Kisa?" Hiro asked grabbing Kisa's hand as they entered the crowded lobby. Kisa nodded and smiled up at Hiro who seemed to have grown another inch. Hiro gave her a relieved smile and led her towards the doors so they could go find the pizza place.
Tohru dragged Kyo through the crowd trying to catch sight of Hiro and Kisa, but they had already left. "I think we lost them." She said turning to Kyo who was watching people stare at his bright head of hair.
"Nah, I know where they're headed. The pizza parlor on Fifth Avenue, Haru said that Hiro was asking for pizza places near here." Kyo said pulling Tohru towards the door. "You want to go home now? I mean they're only going for pizza." But Tohru shook her head.
"No, I want to make sure that everything goes okay. I mean, you never know what could happen until it does." Tohru said squeezing Kyo's hand. She gave Kyo a sweet smile and it made his knees go weak. "Let's hurry and catch up with them." So that's how Kyo and Tohru ended up at a back table in the pizza parlor across the room from where Hiro and Kisa were sitting.
"What would you like?" Asked the waitress flipping her little notebook open to a fresh page.
"Two slices of plain pizza, a coke, and a sprite." Hiro said knowing exactly what Kisa wanted. The waitress wrote down the orders and then hurried to the kitchen to read them off to the cook. When she left Hiro asked what Kisa's favorite part in the movie was and she leaped into this vivid description.
On the other side of the room Kyo and Tohru had ordered a milkshake and water. Tohru was asking Kyo all of these questions about the martial arts and Kyo happily replied with a grin on his face. For forty-five minutes they stayed at the café until Kisa had finished her food, she was a slow eater.
"Well, it's nearly seven, what do you want to do now?" Hiro asked, turning to Kisa. She glanced at the clock on the wall.
"I should go home. Mother wants to take me shopping tomorrow." Kisa said softly. She smiled up at Hiro. They paid for their food and left unaware of Tohru and Kyo following them. Kyo pulled Tohru into an alley when Hiro turned to look behind him as if he heard something.
"I had a great time with you Hiro. We should do this again." Kisa said grabbing Hiro's hand. The street lamp nearby wasn't close enough to show the blushes on their faces.
"I think they can handle it from here." Kyo said glancing at the Sohma main house only a few yards ahead of Hiro and Kisa. Tohru smiled at him, but continued to watch the kids until they were inside the gate. "It's still early, what say you and I go have some fun? We've been making sure they were okay so we deserve it." He squeezed Tohru's hand and tugged it toward him.
They shared two very short sweet kisses before they were interrupted by a loud squeal of joy. They hurriedly separated to see another couple on the other end of the street. The girl hugged the man and then they walked away. Tohru laughed and leaned against Kyo's chest.
"What's so funny?" Kyo asked staring down at the brunette.
"There are a lot of couples out tonight. I just thought it was funny." Tohru said glancing up at the crescent moon above their heads. "We should go home." She started walking before Kyo knew what was happening. He jogged to catch up and missed the tears that Tohru swiped away.
"What's wrong? What the matter?" Kyo said looking at Tohru. She just smiled and grasped his hand. They didn't talk the rest of the way home. Tohru kept a smile on her face and a bounce in her step, but Kyo knew that something was wrong. When they reached home Tohru set to making a light dinner and set it out for the boys and then she went to get a shower.
Once Tohru was dried off, dressed in her pajamas, and sat in bed. She pulled out a book of Hatori's that she borrowed labeled Animalistic Unbreakable Curses. She opened to her marked page and began reading. The words seemed to melt into her mind as she searched for something to help her dilemma. When Shigure came upstairs to check on Tohru an hour later Tohru was fast asleep with a book over her chest. Shigure saved her page and set the book on her bedside table. He then covered her in a soft white blanket.
"What's with Tohru? Ever since you got back from your date she's been down. You know dates are supposed to be fun. I wonder what you two did on your date that made her sad." Shigure said mocking Kyo. Everytime he said the word date another angry plus sign appeared on Kyo's head.
"Will you shut-up? It wasn't a date!" Kyo said putting the dishes in the sink. "We followed Hiro and Kisa on their date."
"But, there was a date involved." Shigure said his evil grin appearing once again on his face. Kyo turned red in anger and stomped off into the living room where Yuki was watching the news. Smiling, Shigure went off to type up more of his story, which was quickly becoming a novel. Upstairs even though she was fast asleep a plan was quickly forming in Tohru's head.
The next day there was a card with a picture of Momiji and Ayame on the cover reading.
Dear, Tohru, Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo
You are all invited to the Sohma lake Estate for a weekend. There will be fun and games all day! Everyone MUST come!
Sincerely, Ayame and Momiji
"That looks stupid. I'm not going." Kyo said crossing his arms.
"Ayame will be there. Count me out." Yuki said sipping his tea. Tohru was cleaning the dishes and hadn't heard their rejections.
"Tohru, that means that you and I will have that hour long drive all by our lonesome selves. What ever shall we do?" Shigure said tapping his chin with his finger. "I think there's a bed and breakfast on the way there." Yuki and Kyo immediately retracted their offer not to go. "So then it's settled, we'll all go to the big party at the Sohma estate. What fun."
I'm so sorry it took me so long to put this up. I've been trying to fit all of my summer school work and band practices and friends into these short days since I spend most of it sleeping. I hope you like it.