I do not own furuba... but I hope this chap. sounds nice...


"Usagi-kun!" Sayuri said as she ran towards him.

Momiji groaned. He had drunk too much tonight. Sayuri slightly shook him and brought him to face her. "Usagi-kun" was all she can say. She know she was sorry for what have done earlier but seeing him like this, she doesn't know what happened to him that he drank a lot.

"Tohru--?" Momiji uttered closely to her face, as if caressing her. Then later he hugged Sayuri who was struggling to keep him in balance. "Tohru… Tohru, I'm so glad you came!"

"Usagi-kun…" Sayuri felt Momiji's dead weight on her shoulders. Sayuri felt him hug her tighter, and she felt sorry for him. She felt his overflowing love for a girl who wasn't there at the moment, and probably is with somebody whom she has chosen to love…

"BLECH!!"

Oh… oh… Sayuri felt warm liquid like substance soaking her clothes… and it smells awful…

"Yuck!" Sayuri exclaimed loud for the puking Momiji even though she knows it is useless. "Disgusting….! Aargh!" she said in frustration.

--&--

After cleaning the outside of Minagawa's bar…

--&--

She approached the sleeping Momiji who is supporting himself in the pillars. "Usagi-kun!" she said slapping his face. "Wake up idiot!"

No response.

"So what do you like me to do? Bring you home?"

No response.

"Well I can bring you to Haru's house… "

No response.

"Yeah… it would be a bad idea, since he lives far…"

No response.

"Gah! I Give up!" she walked away then looked at him. "IT WOULDN'T BE MY FAULT IF I LEFT YOU THERE FOR GOOD!"

She continued to walk away, then… WAIT! What if Minagawa-san sees this? Then she'll ask Mitsuishi-san, then Mitsuishi-san would say that I am the last one to leave the bar alive… OH! NO! What if he gets cold out there? What if he gets robbed? I could bring him to Haru and Rin's house, but, I might disturb them while they are making their family,… then…. I have no choice but to bring him home!

Sigh…

If things could only be easier for me… couldn't just God get me?

She looked at him, and on second thoughts, bringing him home wouldn't be such a bad idea. He doesn't even look like a bad person. He looks so innocent and his bunny backpack…

She tried to put his arm around her neck so that she could bring him… but they just keep on falling out of balance, so she decided to carry him at her back. Sooo…. Heavy….

"I should be paid for doing this!" her blue eyes moved to her shoulder where his head rested. "Can't anything just get worse?!"

Well… the girl asked it, and great drops of rain poured down from the sky. Oh great! It's raining. She gathered all her strength and then ran at full speed so that they won't be soaking wet, but, they still got wet. Sayuri was already out of breath when she reached their apartment, and she is not sure if she could carry him up to the fourth floor.

But she did anyway, but something still remains in her mind, what would they say?

--&--

"Nee-san! How come your so stinky and wet?" Etsuko greeted her the moment she opened the door.

Etsuko's wide yellow eyes widened when it rested on the man her older sister was carrying. She put out a loud gasp which narrowed the eyebrows of her sister. "Nee-san!"

"Sayuri's eyes rolled to Momiji's head on her shoulder then to her sister. "so?"

"Eh?!" Etsuko blurted then pointed at Momiji.

""is Aunty asleep?" Sayuri asked.

Etsuko nodded still with the horrid expression. Her mouth agape.

"Will you quit staring and just let me in? He's so heavy," Sayuri removed her shoes and walked directly inside when her sister gave way. She dropped the soaked Momiji at the sofa. "Etsuko-chan, can you get some dry clothes for this poor guy?" she commanded her sister.

"Eh? Nee-san," Etsuko said, scratching her head "Why are you ordering me to do this? Why not you?'

"Because I am soaked myself,"

"I don't see the reason why you need to get soaked to excuse yourself from your chores…" Etsuko brushed away some of her reddish brown straight hair that obstructed her face. "Besides, I'm tired, I have no time dealing with your stuff, so, if you excuse me, I'll go to bed." She turned and went towards the direction of her room.

"Etsuko," Sayuri started unbuttoning her wet shirt. I understand how tiring it must have felt to be in the mall with your friends or maybe dating with your boyfriend,"

"I HAVE NO BOYFRIEND!" Etsuko suddenly protested.

"Is that so? Then you must be betraying Kyosuke…" Sayuri told her sister. "You'll be graduating highschool this school year right?" she lowered her gaze "I believe the expenses would be getting higher, why not pay your own tuition and not rely on my help of earning them,"

Etsuko froze, for a moment she found her sister look so horrifying, and what the nerve is she talking like mother?

"Why not try to be responsible Etsuko-chan?" Sayuri said, her blue eyes looking directly on her sister's yellow ones.

"How dare you imitate mom's way of scolding me?" Etsuko blurted out "You didn't even have a boyfiend, so why do you accuse me of betraying Kyosuke? YOU'RE NOTHING, YOU'RE JUST ADOPTED! HOW DARE YOU ENTER OUR LIVES? IT SEEMS YOU PROCLAIM YOURSELF AS THE PRINCESS OF THIS HOUSEHOLD! I HAD ENOUGH!" With this, Etsuko stomped her way towards her room and slammed the door.

Sayuri heard the door knob click; she locked it… so I guess I'll have to sleep in the living room together with him. For a moment she looked upon the sleeping Momiji. For a while she envied him because he seemed to be sleeping so peacefully. Just like nothings gonna hurt…

Sayuri opened the closet to get some clothes she could sleep in and some clothes for the sleeping bunny. As her fingers ran through the pile of clothes which are stacked neatly, she felt her cheeks hot with liquid, tears…? She closed her eyes and more came rushing down. I'm tired. Later, she found herself sobbing uncontrollably but not so loud, a sob only she could hear.

In the dark room where she is now, all she could see was rain and lightning from the windows. She was glad that there was thunder. It sounded so comforting, because, the thunder would be the only one kind enough to keep her secret of crying alone.


This chapter hurts!

anyways... reviews are always welcome!