Hey I'm back with chapter five as you know in our last chapter I beloved Yuki was so noble as to try not to kill that baka neko. He is letting Tohru have her happiness….a happiness he doesn't know about yet. Poor Tohru. There is some Yuki fluff and a little interlude were its just Tohru and her problem but later its all KyoxTohru. Hana is in this chapter and Yuki is OOC but its cute and I wanted it and I think it fits for my story. O.o don't pay attention to my defensive rambling. Hehe Im crazy…NEED COFFEE. So yea here it is chapter five. You know what I think Im gonna take out the Haru/Yuki save it for another fic. I will be incorporating more Japanese in my fic. Translations will be at the end of story. Japanese words will be underlined. This isn't really kyoxtohru centered just a kawaii filler. Chapter six is when kyo starts talking and seven is were I introduce akito into the equation.
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Previously On: Scars Of Yesterday.
If that stupid cat can make her smile like that then maybe giving her up won't be so bad Yuki thought. He walked into the kitchen a few moments later and sat down as Tohru smiled again and placed his soup down with her cute giggle and the hop in her step again. I'll always love you Honda-san but for now that'll be a secret. I'll let Kyou have you for now just to see you smile like that.
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When you're down I may not be able to pick you back up, but I promise I'll be willing to lay right next to you.
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Miss Honda are you sure you're okay?" Yuki asked worriedly. He may have given his love up temporarily so she could be with Kyou but he was entitled to play mom with her. She had been a little slow getting out of bed this morning and she was sluggishly moving about with breakfast preparations. Her cheery disposition had taken a day off not that I didn't deserve one it just made the house awkwardly silent with Kyou still bedridden. Her cheeks were flushed and her forehead was glazed with sweatdrops. He was afraid that she had caught Kyou's cold. She had spent almost all her time in her room were she let him sleep on her bed. Yuki admitted when Kyou first moved in he hadn't actually worked on comfort in Kyou's sleeping quarters. When she wasn't at school or cooking or studying she was in her room talking to Kyou. She even slept with him curled up next to her warm body. Yuki still felt pangs of jealousy and sadness when he saw them together but he learned to repress them. " Perhaps you should go back to bed an rest its Saturday. There is nothing to worry about Honda-san." Her eyes were red and puffy as though she had been crying. He had heard it muffled against her pillows whenever Kyou started coughing or choking and she couldn't wake him up. Crying because he hadn't opened his eyes in a week since she had found him. He wasn't getting worse but then again he wasn't getting any better either. Hatori had said it would take time his defenses had been down when he ran off. He had already been getting sick before he ran off into the storm and being the cat meant it would take longer. " Miss Honda?" He repeated placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Tohru looked up at Yuki her eyes half closed and her cheeks flushed a bright pink. " Hmm? Did you say something Yuki?" She asked her speech slurred.
Has she slept at all Yuki wondered. Or has her crying taken up all the peace night holds for her…or once did. She and Kyou used to sit up on the roof for hours. I heard some of their talks Kyou's never been that open. Honda-san must be really special to him. I do feel guilty over what Momiji said I should let Kyou be loved. I may hate him but Miss Honda always believed everyone should be loved. I guess everyone includes that stupid cat. " Miss Honda please go back to bed. Shigure and I can fend for ourselves for a weekend. We've been doing it since I first came here I'm sure we'll struggle through."
" No I have to cook. I promised I'm just a little tired. It'll pass in a while. I just need to move around a bit. Yeah some exercise will wake me up." Tohru said her knees bending as though she were suddenly under great pressure.
Yuki leapt forward and caught Tohru right before she collapsed. He was so close to turning into a rat if she had fallen just little to the left all his good intentions would have been for nothing and he'd be a dead nezumi. " Miss Honda!"
Shigure had walked in just as Yuki had taken Tohru in his arms and pulled her up to stand wearily and shaking. " My…my Yuki did I interrupt something between you and our little flower."
Yuki gave Shigure a look of malice. " This isn't the time you damn perverted dog."
" Sounding a bit like Kyou there." Shigure said.
" Miss Honda's sick. I'm taking her back to her room try not to burn her attempt at breakfast." Yuki said holding Tohru against him. Grrr. Why did I promise myself I wouldn't kill that neko? I guess I can't blame Kyou it's not like he wanted Miss Honda to get sick. She's just over-exerting herself in taking care of him. Kyou doesn't even know what Miss Honda is putting herself through for his sake. She isn't appreciated enough. Of course how can I expect someone in a coma to be consciously appreciative? Yuki opened Tohru's bedroom door and saw Kyou curled into a small mass of orange fur. He was shivering because the covers had fallen off and the window hadn't been shut. Yuki felt this unexpected pang of sympathy for his hated cousin. What's going on in his head right now? What pain is he in to make his face contort in that way? His cat fangs grinding together and his claws griping his sides. Quite flexible, even for an ordinary feline that was a hard task. Yuki shook his head trying to rid the thoughts from his mind. They were new and confusing and defiantly not comfortable. He awkwardly placed Tohru on her bed pulling the covers down so she could make herself comfortable. He saw Kyou roll over and snuggle himself against Honda-san's warmth. Yuki smiled he couldn't resist Kyou looked so helpless in his zodiac form and snuggling with Tohru he looked like a child coming home from school to find his mother waiting there with a hug and kiss. Something Kyou never really got. Yuki frowned why the hell was he smiling this was Kyou the one he was destined to hate for the eternity of the zodiac curse. Tohru had let a small smile on her face when Kyou got closer and unconsciously draped her arm around his tiny body. Yuki pulled the cherry blossom cover up around Honda-san and brought it up enough so that it covered her but didn't suffocate Kyou. Yuki leaned down and placed a big brother like kiss on her cheek and watched her smile grow a bit burying her face into Kyou's fur. Yuki straightened himself and walked towards the door of Tohru's room when he hear a shuffle behind him. He turned his head to see Kyou's head tilt a little into the crook of Honda-sans neck he caught his sleep whisper.
" Kuso Nezumi."
Yuki rested one hand on the doorframe and looked back over his shoulder and stopped. He smiled not sure why. " Baka neko." He said and stepped out closing Tohru's bedroom door behind him.
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" So Saki." Shigure said. " You swear you'll take the Sohma curse to your grave."
" For the third time old man." Hana sneered as Shigure winced. " Yes. What do you want? If you need a blood oath I won't mind giving you one. It'll be your blood of course."
" Oh hello Miss Hanajima I was unaware you were coming over." Yuki said coming upon a nervous looking Shigure and an annoyed psychic.
" I decided I gave your chikan here enough time to accept his secret is out. At least to me. It was very sloppily disguised you know." Hana said she looked around the room. " Where is Tohru? Her electric signals are terribly weak. Did she go out?"
Yuki shook his head. " No I'm afraid Miss Honda is ill and has taken to her bed. Though not without a fight."
Hana though worried of Tohru being ill smiled. " Hmm. Yes she is stubborn very much like Kyoko was."
" Would you like some tea Miss Hanajima?" Yuki offered. " You are welcome to stay here until Honda-san wakes up."
" Thank you Yuki." Hana said looking up at him a small smile still on her face. " A cup of tea would be nice after my walk. I do think I will stay here to see if Tohru gets better and wakes up." Hana passed an irritated glance to Shigure as the smile slipped off her face. " You don't have a problem with that do you Sohma-san?" Hana asked.
Shigure jumped in the air and put his hands up as though to defend himself. He waved them frantically as that classic anime sweatdrop appears on the side of his head. " Oh n...n...No Saki-chan make yourself at home. Your always welcomed here being on of Tohru's friends." Shigure said nervously turning back into his lecherous self. He smiled his lecherous grin. " You do have certain advantages." He said coming on to her before he was greeted with Yuki's hand to the back of his head.
" You sick pedophile." Yuki grunted turning to Hana with an apologetic smile gracing his face. " I'm sorry Hanajima-san for my cousin's advances…you know him."
Hana smiled a bit just slightly enough to soften her usual emotionless features. " Yes unfortunately I have been given that pleasure."
" Well I'll go make you some tea Miss Hanaji…" Yuki said.
" Sohma-san you may call me Hana with the way things have played out." She said gazing into his violet eyes. " I have a feeling we will be seeing much more of each other. If it helps I'll allow you to stick san on the end to make it seem more respectful and formal." Hana said walking away to gaze contently at Shigure's multitude of books.
Yuki just stared stupidly at the mysterious and dark psychic. Is that Hanajima-san standing there? It just doesn't seem like her. There's emotion in her eyes instead of just the deep tunneling abyss that is usually in place of any feelings she may have.
" Sohma-san?"
Yuki realized he had been staring at her and quickly looked away and flushed slightly in embarrassment before composing himself. " Yes Miss…. um Hana?"
" Cream and Sugar if you don't mind." Hana said gazing back at him.
Yuki smiled out of awkwardness. " No I don't mind. I'll be back in a moment." He said and he turned to walk into the kitchen. He leaned against the counter confused. What just happened in there?
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" Forgot I was in he room did'ya. Hehe you were staring a Saki-chan you were. Forget of our little flower already." Shigure taunted
" I just offered her a cup of tea you baka hentai." Yuki said.
Shigure leaned over and grinned at Yuki. " You made her smile."
Yuki turned away and gritted his teeth as he placed the teapot on the stove. She did smile at me. She's never done that before.
" You smiled back." Shigure said.
" Are you still there." Yuki growled.
" Ooohh defensive are we." Shigure grinned and began to sing. " Yuki and Saki sittin in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G-ee. K-I-S-S-I-N-G-ee. First comes love…."
" What is this I hear of Sohma-san loving trees? Hana said walking hesitantly into the kitchen.
" Oh nothing we were just discussing Yuki and his new found passion for…OW!" Shigure said rubbing the bump on the back of his head.
" Hentai." Yuki grunted turning away from the now childishly weeping Shigure.
" Oh Yuki how you abuse me when I selflessly took you into my home. Hiding you from that dreaded Akito. Shielding you from the rest of the Sohma's. How you repay me by knocking me so hard as to bruise me with a frying pan." Shigure wailed.
" Grow up you're a twenty-seven year old who acts like he's five." Yuki said. " You're so immature."
Hana looked upon Yuki and Shigure's petty argument about maturity. She knew what Shigure had said to Yuki. She had heard everything from her place by the bookcase. She didn't think of it though because she was unsure herself. To take a step away from silent Hana it pissed her off. Why had she smiled at him. In her whole life Megumi and Tohru had been the only ones to see her smile. He was such a kasuka puriti-kun she didn't like to associate herself with people like him. She had only been civil to him and Kyo for Tohru's sake because she liked them. Now Hana found herself growing close to these boys….far to close for comfort.
" Miss….um Hana-san. Your tea is ready." Yuki said awkwardly holding out a cup of steaming peppermint tea.
Hana gently sipped the hot tea. " Mmm peppermint tea had been my favorite flavor since I was little. I found it had calming properties. My mother would always have a cup waiting for me when I cam home from school. She knew there I was teased and taunted coming home to sweet tea and sugar always made me less angry at the world my kirai began to disappear with the sweet scent it emitted." Hana looked over at Yuki. " This is quiet good Sohma-kun. Almost as good as my mother's but you understand it'll never reach hers. For one something comes from a mother nothing can surpass it." Hana blushed all the sudden. I sound like such a girl….I sound like Tohru. What is wrong with me I' m going all girly over tea. Why is this happening I don't do girliness."
" I know Hana-san just how cruel children can be." Yuki said. I just don't see how anyone could call Hana-san such evil things. How could the call her a witch…a freak…a outcast? Hana-san isn't any of those she's just unique. She may be dark…silent….isolated….and lonely that's all I see. Miss Hana was in her own dark way kawaii maybe even tsuyayaka. Beautiful where the hell did that come from.
" I'm sorry Sohma-kun. I'll go check on Tohru now if you don't mind." Hana said placing her barely sipped at cup of tea back in his hands and walking quickly out of the kitchen and up the steps.
What the hell just happened? Yuki thought.
" Well." Shigure said standing up. " That was quite interesting. I don't think I've ever seen Saki blush…or disclose information of her past so easily."
Yuki didn't even turn to Shigure. He just stared after Hana lost I something he wasn't sure he wanted to get into to. " Nani?" He whispered.
" Just be careful Yuki." Shigure said walking past him into the study.
" Betsuni?" Yuki whispered.
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" I can see why you like Sohma-kun so much." Hana said stroking Tohru's fevered cheek. " He is quite nice and very aware of his cousin's hentai behavior. It don't know if I want to like him though. I just found out about this curse it makes me wary of all the Sohma's. They're nice people but even though I was treated like they would be I just can't bring myself to full trust them. For you Tohru-chan I will try but I can't promise you anything." Hana said sliding her gaze to the now peacefully sleeping neko. " You and Kyou really are cute together. It's too bad you're both to sick to see it. I know you'd be shock to hear this if you could but…I envy you. I wish someone could love the way you two love each other. If you both would stop being so stubborn you'd see you two madly and hopelessly lost in love with each other." Hana laid her cold cheek against Tohru's fevered one. " Sleep well tonight my little Tohru-chan. May your dreams be sweet." She sensed a presence enter the room she looked up her dark emotionless eyes meeting confused violet ones. " Is there something you want Sohma-kun?"
Yuki came to stand beside her and handed her the cup of peppermint tea. " Here it isn't hot anymore but I could get you a new cup if you don't want cold tea." Yuki said still awkwardly holding the now cold teacup with slightly trembling hands.
Hana looked back up into Yuki's eyes with a kind of surprise at his kindness to her. She was the wave freak…. the witch what was he a real prince doing being nice to her? Hana was going to say she was ready to leave when Yuki cut her off.
" Hana-san would you….uh…would you like to stay for dinner." Yuki asked trying to make eye contact with the seemingly embarresed youkai girl.
Hana eyes became wider with more shock and surprise then she ever thought she was capable of showing. She let sharp suspicion flash in her eyes. Did he just ask me to stay for…dinner? Hana let the sharpness fall from her gaze and her eyes returned to there normal emotionless state giving nothing away of how many paths her thoughts were taking here but what she really didn't want Yuki to see was the slight smirk that had settled upon her lips. She nodded. " I'm very obliged you have asked me to stay and yes I wouldn't mind trying someone else's burnt entrees. Thank you for asking Sohma-kun."
Yuki smiled again at Hana. " Yuki."
Hana looked more deeply at him. " What?"
" You can call me Yuki." He said before walking out the door and down the steps. Hana-san is quite kawaii. Never will she be like Tohru but something about her is just…. intoxicating.
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Okay that's it I told you some major OOCness. I don't know why but I thought Yuki needed to get over Tohru and Hana needs some fluff in her life. They'd look cute together. Any way yeah transations.
chikan pervert
kanashii sad
Betsuni-its nothing
nani-what
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