"Well, well, well," came the voice of Shigure Sohma as Yuki, Tohru, Kyo and Nana all trudged into the house. "looks like we'll be having a guest tonight."

"Shut it Shigure." Kyo snapped as he sent a death glare at the novelist. Shigure gave a shaky laugh.

"Well, I called Hatori and he said he'd be here soon." Shigure said. "Now, will someone tell me why I called?"

"Nana accidentally fell out of a tree and hit her head." Tohru piped up. The way she said it made it seem like the trio just happened to come across Nana right before she fell.

"Yeah." Nana said. "Tohru and Yuki walked me home and I couldn't find my key, so I climbed tree by my window and fell."

"Well, since you hit your head, you might want to lay down. I'll see if I can call your house and let your parents know you're safe. Can I have your number?"

"When you say it like that, it sounds so wrong." Yuki hissed.

"Oh Yuki, have you little faith?" Shigure questioned in a fake hurt tone. "I just want to help put her family at ease."

"I'll take care of that." Came another voice. Everyone looked to see a man with short black hair. Some of his bangs swept over one of his topaz eyes. He looked very professional seeing as he was wearing a suit and everything. He had a doctor's bag in his hand and was stuffing car keys into his pocket with the other. "Your mother wouldn't happen to be Emiko Higurashi would it?"

"Yeah," Nana said. "that's her, but how did you know?"

"She works with me at the office. She talks of you often, Nana." Hatori said. His voice sounded almost monotonous. Nana still felt a blush creep on her cheeks.

"Ahh! Haa-ri, don't tell me you are getting a crush on little Nana here!" Shigure giggled. He sounded so much like a dirty school boy. Hatori ignored his comments and kneeled in front of Nana and started to pull out all these random instruments. He pulled out a light and bandages and several other things. After Nana was all patched up and was sporting a bandage around her head, Hatori started to clean up. It all went by pretty fast.

"Does she have a concussion?" Yuki asked Hatori, and the doctor shook his head.

"She'll be fine." He reassured. "She just needs some rest. I'll call her mother and let her know where she is."

"Thank you Doctor Hatori." Nana said with a smile. The doctor gave her a curt nod, looked over at Shigure and then left. Everyone was quiet for a bit, waiting to see what would happen next. Shigure suddenly clapped his hands together.

"Well," he said enthusiastically. "I think it's time that Tohru made us some dinner." Tohru panicked a bit and started to apologize for making them starve. Kyo snapped at Shigure for being inconsiderate and Yuki glared daggers at the older Sohma. Nana, on the other hand, followed Tohru into the kitchen.

"Hey, do you need some help?" the Higurashi girl asked.

"Oh, Nana!" Tohru said with a surprised tone. "No, it's okay. Besides, you need to rest. Hatori said that it'll make you feel better."

"Are you sure? I'd kinda feel bad if I didn't help out since you guys are letting me stay the night here." Nana insisted. She fidgeted around a bit as her eyes averted the girl in front of her. Ever since she saw that it was Tohru that Kyo liked, she felt a little nervous around her. She didn't understand why, but it was just kind of strange to be around her despite how nice she was.

"It's fine." Tohru said with a smile. Nana tried to smile back. She must have looked stupid.

"Alright." Nana finally gave in. "I'll just go look for Shigure and ask him where I should sleep." Just as Nana was leaving, the novelist was walking into the kitchen and there was a head on collision between the two. A poof of smoke surrounded Shigure as he fell backwards, and what fell to the floor wasn't a human body, but a dog. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry Shi-" Nana started, but stopped when she saw the dog and Shigure's robe. Was it just her, or was there a black lab sitting where she thought Shigure was? Tohru was silently panicking behind Nana, wondering what she would say to persuade her friend that Shigure didn't just in fact turn into the dog in front of her.

"Uh-h, N-nan-na-a…that's u-uh…" the Honda girl stuttered as Nana turned to face her.

"Did you guys always have this dog?" Tohru stopped stuttering and just stared at Nana.

"Why yes." Came Yuki's voice. He had heard the commotion and came to see his cousin in his cursed form. "He's just shy when it comes to new people. He must have taken a liking to you." Nana smiled and kneeled down to be face-to-face with what she thought was just another dog.

"He's really cute." She said as she began to scratch behind his ear. "He seems friendly too, but I could have sworn I saw Shigure here."

"You must've just imagined it. You did hit your head pretty hard." Yuki pressed. He hoped that Nana would buy into it. He really didn't want another family incident on his hands. The thought of having to bring her to Akito just brought chills to him.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Nana agreed. "I was wondering where I was going to sleep. That's why I was looking for Shigure."

"You'll be sharing a room with Miss Honda. I hope you don't mind."

"Not at all." Nana was smiling as she said this. "It'll be like a sleep over." Yuki gave her one of his princely smiles.

"Alright then. Why don't you come and lay in the other room. It'll help your head. I'll even get you some aspirin to dull any pain." Yuki led Nana over towards the living room. There was a table sitting in the middle of the room, and nearby was a television set. Kyo was laying on the ground watching the commercial on the TV. He didn't say much when Nana entered the room and sat at the table. He didn't even do anything when Yuki came back with some pills and a glass of water. Nana quietly thanked the 'Prince' and started to stare at Kyo. Her fingers rolled the pills around on the table without her putting much thought to it.

"Why the hell are you staring at me?" Kyo suddenly said making Nana jump.

"Oh, sorry." Nana mumbled.

"If you've got something to say, then you should really spit it out." The orange haired boy continued. Nana started to blush a bit. She mumbled another apology. "You don't have to keep apologizing. It's really pissing me off. Just say what you gotta say." Nana didn't say anything, not even another 'I'm sorry'. She continued to play with the pills before finally taking them. Kyo was silent again and watching the program playing on the TV.

"You must really like her." Nana said softly. Kyo titled his head back to look at the girl. His bangs flopped backwards and the way he looked at her made Nana blush. He looked so cute like that.

"What are you talking about?"

"Tohru." Nana stated. "You must really like her." Kyo's eyes got a little wider, but only for a split second. He sat up and turned to get a better look at the girl talking to him. He looked at her like she was some kind of freak. Her cheeks looked red. Was it from her head?

"What the hell made you think that?" He tried to deny, but he could feel his own face flushing. Damn it all.

"The way you looked at her. I noticed it. You didn't have to say anything, it was all in the way you watched her."

"Don't go saying stuff that you know nothing about!" Kyo snapped. His voice was a little louder. Nana heard someone walk to the doorway, but neither she nor Kyo looked away from each other. "You don't even know me."

"We're friend's, aren't we?" Nana asked. Her voice quivered a little.

"I never asked you to be my damn friend!" Kyo retorted again. His ruby eyes were narrowed and glaring into Nana's blue ones. The orange haired youth suddenly got up and stormed outside. A chill from outside made her shiver.

"Well," said Shigure, who was standing behind Nana adjusting his robes. "I think we should leave him be. For now, it's dinner time."