"So you stayed the night at Kyo and Yuki Sohma's house?!" Kira practically shouted. Nana quickly tried to cover her friend's mouth so that none of Kyo or Yuki's fangirls would hear. Nobody even looked up.
"Yeah, I did." Nana said as she sat back down and took her hand from Kira's mouth. "And something else happened."
"What?" Kira asked as she started to get more interested in her best friend's story.
"My dad came back." Kira gasped at what her friend said.
"You mean the one who left your mom when she was pregnant with you? No way!" Nana just nodded at the Arukawa girl. "I thought he was in the states."
"He was. He just decided to come back." Nana explained.
"What about Emiko? I bet she isn't too happy about this."
"Mom's in a hotel room down town."
"Man that has to be so hard on you guys. I mean, your American dad coming home and driving your mom out? What's up with that?"
"He didn't drive her out. Mom chose to leave on her own. My dad has actually been making an effort to connect. He's pretty cool." Kira was taken aback by this statement.
"Whoa, did you just say that your dad is cool?"
"You'd have to meet him." Nana replied. Kira sighed and shook her head at her friend. Kira always thought that Nana could be too naïve and nice for her own good. She just hoped that her dad wasn't some creep. She hoped even more that Nana would have someone to fall back on if something bad did happen.
"So, are you going to ask Kyo out?" Kira asked suddenly making Nana jump. Her face was steadily turning pink.
"What are you talking about?" the Higurashi girl stammered, and Kira just laughed.
"Oh, come on! I'm your best friend! I can so tell when you're crushing on someone." Nana's face got a darker shade of pink. "Besides, Kyo has been stealing glances at you all day." Nana jerked her head towards her friend.
"Really?" She asked. Nana peeked over at the orange haired Sohma boy, and just as she was looking, her eyes locked with crimson ones before Kyo turned away. His cheeks held a red tint to them. Nana quickly looked away and had a red tint to her own face. Kira was giving her the 'I-told-you-do' look.
After school, Nana started to walk home. She could hear footsteps behind her, but she didn't turn to see who it was. Why was Kyo Sohma staring at her? It was so strange. She even caught him doing it during some of her other classes. Why on earth would he be looking at her when he liked Tohru? The footsteps were coming closer, and Nana didn't even notice until someone was walking on either side of her.
"Hi, Nana." Tohru said cheerfully, and Nana smiled at the girl. She couldn't help it. Tohru had that certain spark that made Nana want to smile.
"Hey Tohru." Nana replied. "What's up?"
"Oh, I was just wondering if you'd like to hang out with us. Uo and Hana are going to join us at the park for a picnic and some badminton. Do you want to come?" Tohru smiled sweetly at Nana as she awaited her answer.
"Sure." The Higurashi girl said. "Would you mind if I brought a friend?"
"Oh, of course!" Tohru said delightedly. "It'd be even more fun with more people." Nana laughed and nodded.
"Alright. I'm going to go get Kira and meet you at the park."
Kyo watched as Nana and her friend made their way to the blanket they were sitting on. Hatsuharu looked up at them as well.
"Is that her?" he asked Tohru and the girl nodded.
"Yep!" she said. "That's Nana Higurashi, and I think that's Kira Arukawa with her." Hatsuharu nodded his head and looked over at the two approaching girls again. They were almost their.
"Ah, Miss Higurashi, nice to see you." Yuki greeted, and Kira almost swooned. "And you must be Miss Arukawa. Nice to meet you." Yuki said as he turned to Nana's friend. Kira giggled and said a meek 'hi'. The group sat and ate their lunch; Nana had brought some extra. After eating the food that Tohru and Nana had prepared, most of the group had went to play. Nana, Hatsuharu, Kira and Kyo all stayed at the blanket.
"Ya know, I'm going to see if I can play on Yuki's team." Kira giggled as she got up to go play badminton with the others. As the Arukawa girl left, Hatsuharu turned to Nana.
"I don't think we've met before." He said. "I'm Hatsuharu Sohma, but please call me Haru. I'm a cousin of Yuki's."
"Uh, hi Haru. I'm Nana Higurashi." The girl said back with a slight blush on her cheeks. Haru didn't smile or anything, he just looked at her.
"Huh," he said after a while. "you look a lot like her." Nana was taken aback. She had no idea what Haru was talking about.
"Tsh," Kyo fumed, startling Nana. He was being so quiet. "what the hell are you going on about Haru?" Haru ignored Kyo and got up.
"I think I'm going to go play with the others." The calm youth said before moving towards the others, leaving Kyo and Nana alone. It was awkward and quiet with only the sounds of the others playing in the background.
"Hey." Kyo said suddenly. Nana looked over at him and saw that he wasn't even looking at her. "Do you like me or something?"