I mounted the steps to my room, and settled myself at the huge window in my room. I loved that window. When you looked through, there was a beautiful pond with clear blue water, and there were always fish, ducks and frogs swimming in it. Then there was a huge Willow tree leaning crookedly over the pond. The long strands were swaying in the gentle breeze right now. But that wasn't even the best part. Right underneath the window, there was a huge trellis covered in flowers and ivy. When I looked down, I saw huge clusters of roses, baby bells, violets and daisies climbing up the trellis. At the foot of it, there were bunches of daffodils, daisies, roses, hydrangeas, and a ton of other flowers. I watched intently as six ducklings raced each other around the pond, one of them falling over occasionally. The mother followed slowly behind. I walked over to my closet, and pulled out a pair of black leggings, and a cream coloured knit sweater. I walked back to the window, closed the blinds halfway, and set my clothes down on a table next to the window. I pulled off my shirt. As I was about to take off my skirt, I sensed something. I was born with a weird sort of power, and I could sense when there was something weird going on. I turned to the window and screamed. There was a pair of eyes peeking though the cracks in the blinds. I pulled on my sweater, and cried. Getting ignored was bad enough, but now there are perverts that are going so far as to climb a trellis and peek at me? I sat on my bed crying, and Hatsuharu burst through my bedroom door, Momiji right behind him. "What happened, (your name)-san?" Hatsuharu asked me. "There was a-a-boy wa-watching me ch-ch-change through the-the window!" I stammered. He ran to the window, and threw it open. I caught a glimpse of a boy in a school uniform running away. Hatsuharu's eyebrows tilted down. He swung his legs out the window, climbed down the trellis, and took off after the kid. "He went black again..." Momiji whispered, dazed. All I could do was watch, as Hatsuharu caught up with the guy, and leaped on him, trapping him underneath him. The guy started crying, and I could see Haru grinning mischievously at him. Haru shifted his weight, and the boy yelped. Haru got off of him, dragged to the front of the house and left him on the ground. I heard the front door open, and Hatsuharu walked up the steps to my room, and entered. "You o-" I cut him off. I ran over to him and hugged him tightly. He looked surprised, but he hugged me back anyway. "You've helped me more than once now." I whispered. "Thank you." "Aw! See? Please get married!" Momiji yelled. Hatsuharu smiled, and he touched my face. "I should get going. Bye, Momiji, see you, (your name)" Hatsuharu said and he walked out the door. Momiji left my room, and I sat at the window. I realized Hatsuharu left through the back door, and I watched as he walked away, cutting through patches of long, wet grass. He looked back at my window and waved at me.

I went downstairs to start watching some t.v. with Momij. "So, (your name)! I think you like Hatsuharu!" He said, looking like he was dreaming of a girl. "Actually, I don't." I said, even though I did. I trust Momiji, but I just didn't want him to wind up telling someone by accident. "But," I said, "I know that you like Tohru." He blushed and smiled a little. He walked over to hug me, and then went to bed. I walked up the stairs to my room, and this time, I made sure to close the blinds all the way. I changed into my pyjamas, and slipped into bed. I clicked off the lamp, and laid in bed, staring at the roof. My eyes closed slowly and soon I was asleep.

I woke the next morning, to hear noise downstairs. I rubbed my eyes and climbed out of bed. I walked downstairs and found Momiji behind a stack of boxes. "What are all these *yawn* boxes for, Mo?" I asked him. "Hatsuharu's house is being renovated by the main house, and he didn't have anywhere to stay, so I said he could stay with us! Oh, I hope it's okay, (your name)!" He said, worriedly. "No, it's fine." I said, and went to the kitchen to get breakfast. I sat down at the table to eat a bowl of cereal, when Hatsuharu stepped in with a box. He set it on the floor. Oh shoot! I hope he didn't notice my rather beautiful morning hair... He smiled at me and left. Why is he so dang cute? And hot, and...and basically every other positive adjective that you could use to describe a guy! I finished my cereal then went upstairs to change. Since it was the weekend, I put on a pair of sweatpants and a tank top, and pulled out my book. It was a really good manga series. It's about a group of people in a sort of club called a guild, and everyone uses magic powers. There's also this one character that I really like. She's really brave and not shy, in a way that I could never be. I was on book thirty-three, and they were in the middle of a huge magic tournament. Once I had finished the book, I turned on the radio, which happened to be playing a song called "A Thousand Year Solo" Then I decided that I should go help Haru and Momiji. I walked down the stairs, and of course, being me, tripped on a stack of books, and fell down the steps. I sat up, and realized that I had landed in an open box of clothes. I sat up and a shirt had caught itself on my hair. It smelled good. Like him. The shirt was lifted off my head, and I realized it was Haru. He chuckled and helped me up. His hands were warm. Like sand on a beach in the summer. Well, not so hot that they could fry something, but they give you that nice, warm feeling that you only get at certain times. I blushed and he squeezed my hand. I wonder what he meant by that. It felt nice, like I knew that someone loved me, for the first time in a long time.