Hanajima's POV

Yuki's POV

Shigure's POV

Kyo's POV

Author's note: Sorry for giving you such a long wait! I've been experiencing a writer's block, so yeah. Enjoy the chapter.

Trip to Paris- Chapter 8: The Mall-Part one

We arrived at the mall moments later. Stepping onto the pavement outside, our shoes made clacking noises against it. From the outside, it was very colossal in size as it towered over us, reaching towards the sky. It was made up of glass, which were darkly tinted so you couldn't really see the inside, and written in big golden letters in the center of the building: Carrousel du Louvre. Walking inside you could hear the clacking of our shoes as we walked across the tiles that were polished to their fullest and there were at least three floors.

When you looked down onto the white marble flooring you could see your reflection looking back up at you. The class made sounds of surprise and excitement as they observed their surroundings. There were multiple and various shops around the mall ranging from boutiques to mini gift shops. I looked to the front of the crowd as Shigure, the teacher, tried his best to calm the class down. Although it seemed that he was having a hard time doing so. Kyo and Tohru were together towards the front with Yuki and the others as they patiently waited for Shigure to start.

"Okay class, we are here at the Carrousel du Louvre! I hope you guys will have fun and I will be seeing you guys back here at 3? And don't forget – only stay with your roommates!"
"How are you even supposed to know that we don't stay with our group?" I looked to the right of me and saw that Uo was speaking up. "Let's say that I hang with Tohru and Kyo? "
"Let's just say that I'll be seeing you guys once in a while."

"You mean you'll be stalking us Mr. Sohma? Kimi doesn't like that!" The young, childish girl named Kimi remarked as she made a puppy pout face to him.

There was the sound of our shoes skiing across the tiles again as everyone dispersed and ran all over the mall. I looked up to Uo and asked her where she wanted to go.

"You wanna spy on Tohru and orange top?"

"That sounds fun, let's spy on them indeed." I nodded my head in approval as we looked around to find them, detecting them heading towards a chocolate shop nearby.

"There they are." I pointed out to Uo who was still searching frantically around for them. We followed them, leaving some distance between us the whole time and hiding behind pots and signs whenever they turned our direction.

The announcement of staying only with our roommates made me happy – it meant more alone time with Tohru without that damn rat interfering. I could use this time to see what I truly feel about her and see what she feels about me. At the sound of the class looking for their roommates, I looked down at Tohru and asked where she wanted to go.

"Hmm, why don't we go there?" She pointed at a nearby shop that read: La Maison du Chocolat. By looking into the shop, which was covered with shelves of varieties of chocolate in different shape and sizes, you could tell it was a chocolate shop right away. Sighing, I agreed with her and reluctantly followed her to the shop frequently.

"If you don't want to go there, I understand Kyo-kun." I looked down to read her face; it showed that she really did want to go, since her eyes were glued to the shop.

"Look, I'll go if you want to. Just have some fun, kay?" her gentle eyes looked at me as she flashed her bright smile, sending butterflies down my stomach. "Let's go then."

I grabbed her by the arm and dragged her towards the shop.

"President, let's get going! We have a lot of shopping to do!" Manabe exclaimed straight at my face as I was about to speak to Machi.

"Why does it have to be me stuck with him?" I thought in my head as I faced Manabe.

"Look, we are not going where you are going. We are going where Machi wants to go."

"Aha!" He pointed his finger directly at me with a sound of triumph and accomplishment. "So you admit that you love her?!"

"Could you please be quiet for once in your life?"

"Why are you avoiding my question Yun-yun? It's a simple yes or no!" Manabe whined. "You must really hate me!"

I returned my attention to Machi and asked her where she wanted to go.

"Anywhere's fine." She spoke in her usual calm voice.
"Why don't we go take pictures in that shop over there?"
I pointed to the shop that was next to one of the boutiques. The sign above it read: La Pictures. Machi gently nodded her head and we walked towards the shop.

"Hey, wait up! I'm here you know, don't forget that!"
Manabe came running after us as we entered the shop.

As the class left into their groups, I turned towards the others and grinned at them.

"It's a good idea, huh?"

"It's the most brilliant you've thought of yet, Gure!" Ayame agreed with me.

"So, what are you planning to do with them back in Japan? You guys haven't told me yet. I mean, you guys told me to follow so Momiji can do his 'top secret' business. So spill the beans and tell me what's happening."

"Haru, don't worry so much! We'll tell you… some day! You'll just have to wait and see! All I can tell you is that it's a surprise for Kyo and Tohru!"

"So why aren't you telling me when it's for Kyo and Tohru?"
"Haru, Haru, Haru. When will you ever learn? Do you think I was born yesterday? The moment I'll tell you what's happening, you'll run off and tell them about it!"
"Sensei, I don't think you were born yesterday."
"I'm still not telling you!"

"Let's just stop talking about this and go somewhere." Hatori declared, as he got irritated from our argument. We looked around the now vacant entrance way and headed towards a nearby coffee shop.

"Chocolate shop, eh? What's orange top gonna do, buy her some chocolate? Man, he is so plain."

"How do you even know that he's the one buying chocolate? For all we know, he could be just going wherever Tohru wants to go."

"Good point. Score one for orangey for being a gentleman."

We headed towards the shop, realizing that I still held Tohru's hand; I dropped it immediately and walked ahead of her, so she wouldn't see the light blush that made its way to my cheeks.

As we approached the shop, we could see the shelves of chocolate that went around the walls, going to the center of the room just like a maze. Imagine a book store, but instead of books on the shelves, there was chocolate. The shelves held varieties of it ranging from Milk Chocolate to Dark Chocolate, and they came in the form of lollipops to bars.

Tohru's eyes scanned the shop and her glittered with joy. Her lips curved up into a hugs grin and directed it towards me.

"Kyo-kun, isn't this wonderful?" Her voice was filled with thrill and anticipation. Her shoes remained glued to the ground as she couldn't decide where to go first. "It's Kyo-kun's turn to choose where to go! And by that I mean you choose which part of the shop to go!"

My eyes looked all over the shop and decided we just start where we were and just follow wherever it took us.

"Look Kyo-kun!" I looked at where Tohru was. She pointed at a long box, and in it were all the zodiac animals. "Isn't it cute Kyo-kun? Of course, it would look better if the cat was in there." Her face saddened as her eyelids drooped down.

"Look, it doesn't really matter. It's chocolate. It's gonna end up eaten in the end anyway."

Her eyes were now facing the bottom of the shelf and they widened as she saw something. "Kyo-kun, there's a chocolate cat bar! I'm going to buy that and the Chinese zodiac chocolate!" Her saddened face turned into joy again as she gathered all the chocolate she was going to buy.

"Hey, I'll carry that for you." I reached for the chocolate boxes that were cradled in her arm and held onto them. "How much will all of this cost?"

"Let's see. The sign says: 92€ (120 or 13788.28 yen) per kilo (about 2 lbs). This is around 1 pound of chocolate, so that would be… 6,894.14 yen!" I looked down at Tohru who suddenly looked pale.

"Tohru, are you okay?" I asked in concern. "What's wrong?"
"I'm okay Kyo-kun, don't worry about me. It's just that I don't have enough money to buy all the chocolates." Here face regained color, but now she looked sad.

"Hey, cheer up. We don't need you to buy us anything, okay? You spending time with us is enough of a gift. Why don't we go somewhere else? This store is too expensive." I browsed around at the stores surrounding us and saw a photo booth.

"Hey, let's go over there." I recommended. Tohru nodded her head in agreement and smiled her warm smile at me, which made my stomach churn with delight. I threw the chocolate onto the shelves, not caring where it landed and walked towards the booth.

"Hey, there they go!" I looked up in time to see where Uo was pointing. She was pointing at Kyo and Tohru who just entered a nearby photo booth. "Hey, we can spy on them. If they close the curtain, we can see the picture they're taking on the monitor outside! Hurry up, let's get going!"

Uo ran towards them, careful that they couldn't hear her footsteps that pounded against the ground, as I followed her from behind, taking my time.

Walking into the shop, I took a moment to observe it. The carpet was red and had prints of white swirls all over it. The counter in the center of the room was made of mahogany, and the wall behind it was covered with photographs on every inch of it, which were being held by frames in different colors and sizes. One of them held a portrait of a family – the males in the family were wearing red, and the girls wore a white top with a black beret. The background held an image of "Evening in Paris."

"Hey, let's check out the background designs!" Manabe exclaimed. On the left and right of the room, there were different designs for backgrounds. Some suited for group pictures and other for singles.

We scanned over all the designs on the wall, and in the end after debates; we ended up choosing a background with the image of a rose garden. We went over to the counter to pay for out pictures, and into the studio to take it.

"Bonjour, and welcome to La Picturez!" A Parisian greeted us "Yes, zee 'ill take zee picture now, so if you vill follow me."

"Psst," Manabe whispered. "That dude has a weird accent!"

"Manabe, don't be rude and pay attention!"

"Okay, okay. Girl and gray haired boy, come here. You two vill be in zee front." The man pointed to a spot in front of a screen and stood there.

"And zoo there," He pointed at Manabe. "Vill be in zee back."

Manabe positioned himself between Machi and I, as we slanted our bodies in an angle, so we would be forming the shape like a triangle. Machi and I were close to each other and Manabe slung his arm around our shoulder.

"Zokay, are zoo guyz ready?"

We nodded our heads and smiled as he started to count.

"Five…

"Four…

"Three…

"Two…

"One."

There was a flash and our photo was taken.

"Thank zoo very much! You're pictures 'ill be ready in half an hour, zo zoo will return later, yes?"

"Yes, zee will come back later." Manabe mocked him, as I wacked his arm.

"Thank zoo very much, and zee you guys zoon!"

We exited the shop and Manabe started to crack up.

"Sorry, zi couldn't resist!"

"You are a handful Manabe. So Machi, how was it?"
"It was fun… I guess." She spoke in her usual shy voice.

"Come on Machi! Don't be so shy, I mean, it's okay to be shy with Yun-yun since you love him – but don't go all out shy!"

Machi's face turned red and boiled with anger as she swung her arm to Manabe, hitting him on the head.

"What was that for Machi?"

"That was for being an idiot."

Okay, that's part one of the mall chapters. I'll try to post the next one soon with Kyo and Tohru in the photo booth. Please review and tell me some corrections I need to make, along with improvements!