Disclaimer: Sorry for the very delayed update for the chapter, I don't own Fruits Basket.
Chapter 8
Hatori kept vigilant watch over Tohru throughout the entire school day. She didn't wake up, but she moved around a lot. One of the common symptoms of pneumonia is being delirious, so when she did wake up she didn't understand where she was. She sat up and looked straight at Hatori.
"Where am I?" Tohru asked, complete puzzlement on her face. "Where's my mother?"
"You're in your bedroom Tohru, and you're very sick," Hatori explained calmly. He'd been in this sort of situation before. Though, his eyes were stricken with forlorn when she asked about her mother. "Tohru your mother isn't here anymore."
"Well...where did she go?" Tohru asked innocently, wiping away a strand of her dirty chocolate colored hair. Her face was still flustered from illness and she had to hold her wet cloth on her forehead because she was sitting up.
"Tohru...just go back to sleep," Hatori took her shoulders and eased her back onto the bed. "Your mother wants you to get better, the best medicine for you now is to rest. Trust me Tohru," Hatori gave her a small smile and she nodded, turning over to sleep again.
Shigure, who had been standing in the doorway all along, frowned and looked at Hatori. Shigure always knew he'd never be Tohru's real father, never a real parent, but still somehow it hurt when she asked about her mom. It didn't hurt him, not in a rejection-like feeling, but instead that he still felt like an outsider. No matter how much Tohru and learned and grown to love the Sohmas, she still never would be a Sohma, she had a whole life outside of them. Hatori got up and rubbed his best friend's shoulder, trying to console him the best way possible. Shigure just smiled and looked down at his daughter.
"Hatori please make her better, I can't stand to see her this way. It's tearing me apart," Shigure whispered quietly before stroking the side of Tohru's head.
"Were you telling the truth when you said her old band returned?" Hatori asked as he started to clean one of his medical tools.
"Yes, and now I fear Akito will come after her again. It's not fair, we finally were a family, for what now just a month, and its about to be stricken from us! I almost lost her before Hatori, she almost left the Sohmas for that deal, and now they're back again. Can't we ever live peacefully?" Shigure sighed, the hidden angst only now just being let out.
"I'm not sure, we are after all...cursed people," Hatori sighed and sat down in his chair beside Tohru and began to take her temperature again.
At School
Kyo couldn't be more miserable. He was so worried about Tohru and so lonely without her. His chest was tight, he ached for her so much. Not to mention Uo and Hana gave him quite a beating for letting her get sick five days before their final. Yuki reassured the two troubled best friends that he would help Tohru study and not to fret, and somehow they believed him.
Momiji was just as unhappy, pouting the entire day and clinging to Kyo like he was a second dad. Kyo wasn't in the mood to argue so he let Momiji pout with him as he stared at the clock waiting for the day to end. Kyo noted Haru's absence, but allowed it. Somehow...
Yuki, being president of the class, was a little too busy to be completely distracted. Of course the faint smile of his dear Tohru played in the back of his mind all day. He wanted nothing more than to be at home taking care of her, but he knew she was in good hands. 'Hari, no matter how cold he seemed, cared for Tohru like a second father.
"Haru!" Kei shouted as he pulled Haru's hands away from the tree.
"Damn it!" Haru shouted trying to pull away from Kei's grasp so he could murder the tree that right now looked like himself.
"Haru what the hell is wrong with you!" Kei screamed throwing his friend onto the ground. "All you've been doing is screaming Tohru's name and smashing that tree!" He pointed to the very dead looking tree. "Talk to me! I'm your best friend for Kami's sake!"
Haru panted, pinned by his friend, and stared, "I hurt her Kei, real bad. I nailed her in the eye cause she got in the middle of a fight I was in. Now she's sick...she's got a fever and everything. This is all my fault. I got sick a while ago...and she worried...and..."
"Haru get a hold of yourself," Kei knocked him on the head with a light fist. "No matter how much you beat yourself up Tohru won't get any better. Besides, from what you've told me and all your cousins it seems like Tohru just has too many things to do and not enough energy. She'll need to prioritize her time."
Haru sighed and closed his eyes, "How are you so calm Kei?"
"Well if we were both crazy there would never be anyone to put us back in line right?" Kei laughed and hopped off his friend. "Look Haru, why don't I come home with you after school to make sure you don't kill another forest okay?"
Haru nodded, "Thanks..."
Meanwhile With Tohru
"You're with the cat? How dare you! How dare you work your way into this family like a sickly disease!" Akito screamed as he loomed over her. " Did you think it would save us? Did you?"
The room they were in was dark. There was no light to see except for the illuminating powers of his eyes. She was so alone, no one to save her. He stood above her as she sat on her hands and knees panting. Why was no one coming to help her?
"I didn't do it to save you, I did it cause I love him!" Tohru shouted back, looking up into his stone cold eyes. "Why is that wrong?"
"How can you love the cat! He isn't even in the Zodiac! First the baka inu adopts you, then you become the love of the cat!" He raised a hand and hit Tohru over the head with someone hard. "You will regret loving them! You will regret ever meeting them!"
"Stop it! I will never regret loving them or meeting them," Tohru choked out on her tears, feeling blood drip down her face. "I regret nothing."
"You do not regret the fate that has fallen on the other Sohmas? You do not regret how it is your fault they are all being punished? None of them will ever forgive you or save you. You betrayed them all. You deserve to die."
The next thing she heard was a loud smash.
"NO!" She shot up in bed and turned to see a very startled Hatori staring at her. "Hatori-san..." She blinked and started to tear, Tohru covered her face with her hands.
Hatori sat down on the bed beside her and stroked her hair. "It's okay Tohru, it was just a dream," he told her cooly, in usual stolid voice.Still, Hatori could not help but be worried for her. Shigure had to work on his deadline, because his editor had showed up and literally locked him in his study. Hatori removed her hands from her face and stared at her, "Tell me what you dreamed?"
Tohru shivered and wrapped her covers around her. "Something bad happened Hatori..." she whimpered and leaned into his shoulder. "Akito...he had me locked up somewhere, I was all alone. He said I had betrayed you all and I deserved to die...then I did."
Hatori blinked, rubbing her back as he lost himself in thought. What a horrible dream for her to have, all Tohru wanted was the acceptance from Akito and the others. "It was merely a dream Tohru, everything is fine now." Everything was fine except that she still had her fever, she was shaking in his arms.
"It was so real Hatori..." Tohru mumbled as he tucked her back into bed. Tohru looked up at him, he missed the glow in her eyes and her smile. He touched her forehead and sighed. "Don't worry about me Hatori, I'm going to be just fine," she told him firmly.
Hatori smiled, "I know you're right Tohru, but I can't help but worry."
A few hours later there was a knock on her door, Hatori opened it to find Momiji and Yuki together. "Can we talk to TorTor?" Momiji asked with a small puppy-like pout. Hatori sighed and allowed them entrance, Tohru at the moment was asleep.
"How is her fever?" Yuki questioned Hatori as the three sat down next to the bed.
"I've been able to get it down to a 101.9, but she still has a long way to go. A fever isn't the only part of the infection. She could contract walking pneumonia, which is the same illness without the fever," Hatori explainedas he sorted through his antibiotics preparing for Tohru's next dosage.
"Well I'm happy then," Momiji grinned. "I didn't want Tohru to go back to a hospital, she really doesn't like those places. I mean, do you remember how often she went there last year? That must've been very scary." Momiji gazed at Tohru and wished he could sit in her lap and be cared for like she always did.
There was an awkward moment of silence when they called upon the horrible memories of Tohru at the hospital. She'd been through a lot, a real lot, and now things only seemed to continue to conflict. The lull of mute was broken as Tohru sat up in her bed and yawned. Momiji smiled and was about to jump into her arms but was stopped when she started coughing.
She bent over, covering her mouth as she coughed horrendously, Hatori sat down on the bed next to her giving her a bag to cough blood into if she needed it. Yuki and Momiji had to watch with angst as she did dribble out a good amount of blood until it finally stopped. They waited for her to regain her breath, her breathing very heavily until she rubbed her face.
"I'm so sorry! I wanted to say something and then I just couldn't," Tohru told them quickly with a smile.
"Don't worry Tohru..." Yuki started quietly but was interrupted as Momiji started sobbing anime style.
"Momiji what's wrong?" Tohru asked with great concern as she reached out and scooped him up, much to the dismay of Hatori's internal mind. Momiji, between breaths and sobs, told her he wanted her to get better. Tohru rested her head in his hair and whispered soothing words to him and closed her eyes. "We're going to be fine."
Momiji ended up falling asleep on Tohru's lap maybe a few minutes later. Yuki got up to take Momiji away but Tohru kept him close. "Why do you want him here Tohru, he'll just get sick," Yuki tried to tell her gently.
"I just...somehow I seem closer to him now...since I never get to hug him..." Tohru admitted quietly. Yuki and Hatori looked at each other, but were interrupted again as someone knocked on the door. "You can come in," Tohru called out gently.
The door opened up and Shigure walked in, a sad smile on his face. "Hello Flower, how are you feeling?"
"A little better honestly," Tohru told him gently. "But I know I'm not totally okay yet. Hatori's been telling me over and over that I'm not and for once I feel it." Tohru rubbed her head in a giggle to notion that she really wasn't herself.
Shigure sat down on the bed, Hatori had vacated his spot when he saw his best friend walk in. Shigure touched his daughters cheek and kissed the top of her head. He wished she'd get better, it scared him to death how frail she was right now. He could see the fluster, but at the same time the frailness in her. Hatori had to barge in on their moment by handing Tohru more capsules which she swallowed with the aid of water.
"Can she come down Hari, please?" Shigure begged his friend. "We can keep her on the couch and we won't move her anymore I promise but I want her to at least be where we can see her. Just for a little while, not even a few hours, I promise."
Hatori sighed, looking at all the begging eyes around him. "You are too overpowering in numbers," Hatori mumbled in defeat. Everyone smiled and Tohru giggled. Yuki decided he would carry Momiji since Tohru wasn't strong enough, and Shigure took Tohru's hand to guide her downstairs.
Once downstairs Tohru sat on the couch, Shigure beside her with an arm around her, and Momiji in her lap asleep. Yuki sat down on the floor beside them after bringing in warm tea. Hatori had to pack up a few medical things and go out to buy more and told them not to move her again. Tohru watched Hatori leave, then let out a sigh.
"What's wrong Flower?" Shigure asked gently, "Surely our gracious Hatori has not done anything to upset you has he?"
"Oh no!" Tohru told him shaking her arms, "I simply feel sorry for Hatori. He works so hard to take care of me when he has so many other things to do. He stayed up all night as well, he must be very tired." Tohru wrapped herself in her wool blanket and played with Momiji's hair.
"We were all worried about you Tohru," Yuki explained gently, touching her knee. "Kyo especially, he said he was going to the store to get you something. He's probably trying to find a sweet gift to brighten your mood."
"Where's Haru-chan?" Tohru asked quietly, her hand instinctively running over her swollen eye.
"He said he'd be home soon when we were leaving. He wanted to talk to Kei-kun," Yuki explained, giving her a soft smile. "Don't worry Tohru...Haru is fine."
The three awake Sohmas, meaning not Momiji, spent some time watching television until Tohru was practically asleep on Shigure's shoulder. Yuki went to get her a wet rag, since she was still a little flustered and Shigure thanked him for once no humorous jokes to make him angry or get him beaten up. Around five there was a knock at the door and Yuki hopped up and opened it.
"Hey there Yuki!" Uo waved and smiled, Hana behind her mimicking. "We know Tohru's sick and nothing makes you better than you're two best friends." Before Yuki could protest they walked into the house. "Oye! Tohru where are ya?"
"Uo? Hana?" Tohru, who had woken up on the couch, looked at them with a weak smile. "It's so nice to see you guys. I hope you're not mad at me for getting sick." She looked at them innocently.
Uo sighed, sitting down on the floor to look at Tohru. "You know that Hana and I wouldn't get mad, you always do this to yourself, ever since we were little in junior high. We did however, bring you something." Hana smiled and held out something wrapped up in cloth.
"Oh guys you really shouldn't have," Tohru protested as she looked at the box.
"Please Tohru, it will make you smile," Hana told her gently, a smile on Hana's face that was softer than she thought possible. Everyone thought she was nothing but a witch, but Hana was very caring.
"Okay Hana," Tohru smiled and stared down at the box. Slowly she untied the bow to the handkerchief. After lifting the lid to the box Tohru found inside one of the an orange and the prettiest white flower blossom she had ever seen. "Oh Hana the flower is beautiful!"
"The orange will give you strength!" Uo chanted happily.
"And the flower will bring you hope," Hana added.
Tohru leaned over Momiji and hugged her friends and then leaned back. She started to peel her orange when for a second time there was a knock at the door. She sighed inwardly, still feeling very feverish, and she nudged Momiji below her. "Momiji, you might as well get up, more and more people are coming."
Momiji's eyes opened slowly and he looked up at Tohru. "Tohru...you're still all red and sweaty," Momiji pouted touching her forehead.
"I'll be fine," she whispered to him lightly, her hair causing a veil over his face as she leaned down. "My fever is going down, just like Hatori promised it would."
Haru and Kei walked into the den and Tohru smiled at them. Kei waved, ignoring Tohru's swollen eye, and began to talk with the others in the room. Haru took his time, staring at the girl he'd done so much to harm. Her eyes were glossy, Haru could feel the illness radiate from her. He frowned, Tohru stared, but as if leaving a trance she shook her head and smiled.
"Welcome home Haru-kun," she told him gently. "Kei-kun, its nice to see you around here again!" Tohru smiled as she hugged him gently.
"Tohru, I wanted to visit you and tell you to get well soon," Kei smiled running his hair through his blue hair. His hair was longer now, his bangs practically at the length of his nose. He was taller now, leaner, more muscle, but sweet and gentle as always. "I brought you something too." Kei opened up his back pack and dug around inside until he pulled out a good luck charm for her. "It will make you get better quicker."
Tohru smiled and took the small charm by the loop-hole string and slid it onto her wrist for the time being. "That's so sweet of you Kei-kun, thanks a lot." Kei sat down on the floor next to Uo and Hana, Tohru realized she had to introduce people. "Umm Kei-kun you know all of us from school but this," Tohru pointed to Shigure, "Is my father Shigure. And the man beside him is his best friend Hatori. Hatori is also a doctor and he's taking caring of me. He is also Shigure's cousin as well as Haru's, Momiji's, Yuki's, and Kyo's."
Kei waved from the floor, "It's nice to meet you Shigure-sama, Hatori-sama. Hatori-sama, thank you for taking care of Tohru. It's nice to know she's got her own personal doctor." Kei bowed politely and smiled. Shigure raised an eyebrow, surprised to see Kei being friends with Haru, but greeted him none the less. Hatori just huffed, he was tired, and Tohru voiced that aloud too.
"I'm fine Tohru, you are the one who is ill," Hatori told her gently, his icy exterior melting when it came to Tohru.
For the next hour Tohru and the rest of the 'kids' (they aren't really kids but I can't think of a better word) ended up playing card games. Haru didn't talk to Tohru still, and for the most part Momiji played as Tohru's partner because she had to get up to take medicine or to use the bathroom or something. When Tohru came downstairs from the bathroom she was forced to open the door when for the third time today someone was knocking on the door.
"Hello?" Tohru asked tiredly as she opened the door. Within an instant she was on the floor with a loud thud, one that made everyone come running for her. Kisa was on top of her crying and hugging her, screaming she didn't want Sissy to be sick. "Kisa...get off..." Tohru gasped in pain, her face scrunched up as she tried to push the girl off.
"Kisa stop overreacting," Hiro growled as he pulled his girlfriend off by the shoulder. "Look what you did idiot!" Hiro pointed to Tohru who had curled up on the ground. Ayame came in after them with a sad face.
"I got a call from Hiro saying Kisa was in tears. Because you weren't there," Ayame looked to Hatori, "They begged me to drive them here. It was the only way to get Kisa to talk or eat."
Kisa, now feeling very ashamed and upset that Hiro had yelled at her started to cry harder. "Hiro you're so mean! How could you say that! Tohru's sick, she never gets sick, and Hatori said it was really bad!"
"But jumping on her won't help!" Hiro protested, his cocky attitude overtaken by the guilt he was feeling. He looked at Tohru who was sitting up slowly, "Are you okay?" He asked over Kisa's sobs into Ayamae's pant leg.
Tohru held her head and sighed, "I'm fine..." She stood up slowly and grabbed the stair railing before she fell over again. "I want to sit down..." She held her head and sighed, puff of air coming out anime style. Hiro and Momiji took her hands and walked her over to the couch and they wrapped her up into blankets again.
"Are you okay now?" Hiro asked quietly, taking glances at Kisa who was finally starting to cease her tears.
"I'm okay..." Tohru smiled, "I've had so many visitors today; Uo and Hana, Kei-kun, you and Kisa, Ayame, you're all so kind for thinking of me. The house is just overwhelmed with people today, 11 people so far and Kyo-kun isn't even home yet."
"The poor darling! My delicate model is ruined!" Ayame cried on Shigure's shoulder. Tohru giggled at them and Hatori simply hit the two with a newspaper.
"Instead of these childish antics please prepare some tea for your esteemed guests," Hatori demanded. The two clowns nodded and ran to the kitchen. Hatori started to seat more people on the floor in this order; Uo, Hana, Kei, Haru, Yuki, Kisa, Hiro. Momiji sat beside Tohru on the couch, ringing a cloth for her while Hatori looked in his medical bag.
"Tohru are you feeling okay, would you rather we relocate you upstairs?" Yuki asked gently, watching Momiji work so diligently.
"Yuki I promise I'm okay," Tohru told him gently, her voice was getting lower as time went on. She looked over to Kisa. "Kisa, are you okay now?"
Kisa nodded and bowed her head, "I'm sorry for hurting you Sissy..."
"You never told me you had a sister," Kei announced aloud, leaning forward down the line to look at Kisa. "She doesn't look anything like you, no offense."
"She's not my actual sister," Tohru smiled, "But we're close. She's another cousin to the rest, so is Hiro. They have a very large family if you haven't noticed." Tohru covered her mouth to hold in a painful cough.
"Kiddo are you sure you're okay?" Uo asked with a frown, Tohru had never been this sick before.
"I'm just thirsty," Tohru smiled gently. As if by cue, Shigure and Ayame reentered the room with a tray of tea cups for everyone. Tohru sipped on hers gently and leaned onto Momiji. "So what did you guys review for in school today?" She asked quietly.
"Math," Hana answered as she stared down at the tea. "It is good, not as good as Tohru's." everyone else nodded in agreement; Shigure and Ayame shrugged.Everyone laughed.
It was about dinner time and Tohru eagerly invited everyone to stay. Since she couldn't cook they ordered pizzas for everyone, which was difficult since everyone liked something different. The same time the pizza boy arrived so did Kyo. He looked at the ten pizza boxes the man was carrying and shook his head, taking them in one hand and paying with the other.
"Why are all these pizzas here?" Kyo shouted over the boxas he tried to make his way into the kitchen.
"It's because we have guests Kyo," Tohru told him as Momiji stood to help. "Kei, Uo, Hana, Ayame, Kisa, and Hiro are all here visiting me," she explained from the couch.
Kyo plopped down on the floor with the pizzas, each kid pretty much stealing a box to start eating. Kyo grumbled, but ignored the savages around him. He turned to look at Tohru, she looked sick still, the flush and everything but she did seem very happy to see him. He sat down on the couch beside her and kissed her cheek gently. "How are you feeling?"
"Much better," Tohru told him happily as he wrapped an arm around her. "My temperature went down to like a 101.5 I think. That was the last reading when Hatori took my temperature. For now everyone's just been catching me up on the work I missed." Tohru looked to her friends, who were ruthlessly eating pizza, "I guess it made them hungry."
"Freaks," Kyo chuckled and kissed her again. "I was worried about you all day, stupid girl going and getting yourself sick like that." He rubbed her head gently, "How long have you been downstairs?"
Tohru looked to the clock and counted, "About four hours I think. Everyone started showing up when school ended, its almost seven now." Kyo frowned, he didn't want her to push herself too much, Tohru smiled, "Hatori has been giving me medicine every hour and Momiji's been taking extra good care of me Kyo, I promise. Why don't you eat okay?"
"What about you?" Kyo asked gently, "Has someone fed you today?"
"Shigure is in the other room with Hatori and Ayame, they're trying to make instant ramen for me," Tohru giggled, "They're culinary disasters."
Tohru rested her head on Kyo's shoulder after he grabbed himself a slice of pizza. Everyone quieted down, happy to be eating, at for once Tohru felt like she could relax again. Around eight o'clock everyone had finished, exhausted themselves with bloat, laying around lazily on the couches and floors. Kyo's cheek rested against Tohru's head, and everyone groaned when the doorbell rang again.
"Did you guys get the whole country to visit?" Tohru asked half-annoyed inwardly, half asleep.
"I'll get it," Haru grumbled as he trudged over to the door. He opened it up and stared at the visitors in the door.
"Who is it Haru?" Kyo asked, watching his cousin stand like a frozen statue with a deep frown.
"Hey, is Tohru around?" A voice asked quietly.
Tohru sat up, "Kira..."
"Can we come in please?" A voice asked, Yue's of course, "We just want to drop off a pie."
Tohru smiled, "The special Kyoko get well pie..."
"Please Haru?" The other Clarity members begged.
Haru looked away and opened the door, Kira avoiding Haru completely as they came in and looked at Tohru. After all the introductions were done Kira let out a sigh. "Damn, you don't look good."
"Well I'm actually feeling much better," Tohru explained for the fifth time tonight. "Thank you for coming you guys," Tohru smiled gently, yet again, she wanted to sleep.
"We won't stay long we promise," Yue began.
"But we wanted to give you something," Sora added.
"We knew it would make you smile," Li jumped in, holding out the pie. "Kyoko pie!"
Tohru took the pie and wiped away tears, "Remember how she'd make pies for you four all the time? For every little cut and scrape we made pies. We were pie crazy."
Kira nodded and smiled, "I figured it was time to return the favor right?" He looked around at all of Tohru's friends, "But I think next time we'll make a larger pie."
Tohru laughed, "I've had a lot of visitors as you can see, I'm just so grateful and happy you all came to visit."
Kira dug into his pocket, "This is for you," he held out a key for her. "It's a replica, it'll get you into our apartment and studio. We all managed to get good jobs so we rented a building and the basement is the studio. Your dad called us up and told us about school being your concern, so we figured we'll call you when exams are over. How's that?"
Tohru nodded slowly, looking at the key with a globe keychain on it. "That's great, thank you SO much for understanding."
Clarity left almost right after, so did Uo and Hana. Ayame took Kisa and Hiro home too but Kei was invited to spend the night. After all the commotion was gone Kyo carried Tohru upstairs bridal style to her bed and tucked her in. "It seems like you had a busy night."
Tohru smiled under her sheets and nodded, "Yeah...I didn't expect anyone to really visit. Instead I got a whole parade." She yawned sleepily. "Where were you all day Kyo, I was worried."
Kyo blushed and smiled, "You stupid, I can have a life outside the house." He looked away trying to avoid his embarrassment. "But I went into town to find something to make you better. There's leeks and stuff downstairs for you, it's said to be the best remedy."
"Do you remember the first time I fainted last year," Tohru asked him gently, "When you had to take me home and you made me soup?" She smiled.
Kyo smiled, sitting down the chair beside her bed, "Yeah, you hadn't eaten and overworked yourself. You fainted in the hallway, and when I took you home you turned me into a cat while you were asleep."
Tohru smiled, "I remember that, you took really good care of me. Thanks Kyo." He shrugged lightly, a small smirk on his face. "Was Haru okay in school today?" she asked quietly.
"I was kind of out of it thinking about you all day, but he mostly just stayed around Kei. I think he's still pretty upset about turning dark and hurting Kira," the thought of Kira hugging Tohru made him drift off in thought.
"You know that hug didn't mean anything right?" Tohru started quickly, "He was really happy to see me and glad to be back home. Honest Kyo, I don't want you to hate him because of it."
Kyo turned and stared at her, "Did it mean anything to you?" he asked nervously.
"Of course not!" Tohru shot out in protest, "I love you Kyo more than anyone in the entire world. Kira's been my friend since middle school, we're practically siblings."
Kyo let out a sigh of relief and smiled. "I won't hate him, don't worry. But if he tries something like that I'm going to have to give him a strict talk," Kyo threatened lightly. He looked at the clock, it was already ten thirty. "You need to sleep now alright?" He squeezed her hand and kissed her forehead. "I'm just down the hall if you need me."
"Okay Kyo, goodnight," She smiled lightly and waved to him.
Later that night Tohru had climbed out of bed. She needed some more medicine and Hatori was downstairs. Half way down the stairs she saw Shigure open the front door to see someone holding out a fruit basket.
"I heard the monster was sick. You're a very bad man Shigure, not telling me your precious Tohru Honda had returned here. And I always heard her band returned too."
"Tohru had no control over her band's actions. They came back here looking for her, it isn't her fault, and she isn't Tohru-Honda, she's my daughter," Shigure told him cooly, taking the fruit basket. "I'm sure my daughter will be very grateful."
"She broke the deal Shigure. She was not allowed to have both of you," Akito shot back coldly. "Tell her I look forward to seeing her real soon, and tell her to bring lover too. A monster for a monster, how quaint."
"Goodnight Akito," Shigure urged, practically shoving him out the door. Shigure threw the fruit basket onto the couch and Hatori came walking in. "This isn't good Hatori, he knows."
Tohru sat down on the stairs and covered her mouth in a gasp, tears pouring from her eyes. Everyone was in danger now, she and Kyo above all. Her fever lasted two more days, and by Thursday she was set for school. Shigure never told her about Akito's visit, and Tohru never told anyone else. When she came home from school with Kyo she asked him to talk with her on the roof.
"What for, is something wrong?" He asked quietly.
"Nothing's wrong, I just have something I need to tell you," Tohru smiled. This lie hurt...it hurt her more than ever.