A/N- This chapter is shorter than the others. Sorry! Originally, this chapter included the sort of date mentioned in the chapter, but the chapter was getting to long, and I decided to just make the date, and what happens after into a separate chapter.

I realized that there has been a lot less of Shigure's POV, which should change soon.

Disclaimer- I don't own Fruits Basket or any of its characters, blah, blah, blah. I only own Emiko, Ryuu, and Kimberly.

Chapter 8-

Emiko slowly walked toward her home, planning what order she would do her homework in. It had been almost a week since Shigure had kissed her. In fact, it had been six days and eighteen hours, not that she was counting. She hadn't seen him since then, and she really missed him.

"Emiko-chan, this is from Shigure-san," Tohru said holding out a note.

Emiko took the note with a snicker, one eyebrow raised, "Does he think we're in the fifth grade?"

Tohru laughed a little, "What if it has one of those check yes, check no things?"

Emiko and Tohru laughed for a little bit, and then Emiko opened the note.

Miko-chan-

Meet me in the park by your house at sunset. I need to see you.

Can't wait to see you,
Shigure.

P.S. I know that you're not in the fifth grade. Don't tell Tohru, she might let it slip where we'll be, and I don't want Yuki or Kyo following us.

Emiko giggled. ~I didn't know he would do things like that. It's really... cute... Wait, how did he know I would say that? About being in the fifth grade...?~

"So? What does it say?" Tohru asked, trying to read it over Emiko's shoulder.

Emiko clutched the note to her chest, "Oh, it's a... poem." She felt kind of bad about lying to her, though.

"Can I read it?" Tohru asked enthusiastically.

"N-no!" Emiko stuttered out. Tohru got a hurt look on her face, and Emiko said, "It's private."

Tohru nodded, and they walked about a block in silence."What are your plans for vacation?" Tohru asked, "Maybe we can hang out."

"I would love to! Let's see, my cousin is flying in next Wednesday. We'll probably want to study somewhere other than my house," Emiko started.

"Why would we want to study somewhere else?" Tohru interrupted.

"Because my cousin will be settling in, and my parents will be excited to see her, so it won't be very quiet there," Emiko explained.

"Okay. Then what?" Tohru asked.

"Well, then we finish the school week, and my parents said that Kim and I could do what we wanted," she finished.

"So, you've got no plans?" Tohru asked, biting her lip in excitement.

"Nope, nothing planned," Emiko sighed sadly.

"That's perfect!" Tohru enthused.

"What? Why?" a very confused Emiko asked.

"Momiji bought- have you met Momiji?" Tohru asked. Emiko shook her head no. "You'll like him. Anyway, Momiji made reservations for himself, Hatori, Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, me, Arisa, and Saki to go to this hotel-resort thing. He only told Hatori, and the rest of us found out yesterday. But Arisa and Saki already have plans for their vacations. So Momiji told me to bring two of my other friends, and you instantly popped into my mind. And you can even bring your cousin!" Tohru said happily, "It's going to be awesome!"

"That sounds really fun!" Emiko replied in excitement, "As long as my parents say its fine, then I'm in! When should they expect me back?"

"We're supposed to leave really early Monday morning, so everybody's planned to stay Sunday night. We have reservations for four nights, and three days. We'll be back late Friday afternoon."

Tohru and Emiko arrived at the corner where they parted ways every afternoon, "Okay, I'll make sure that it's okay with my parents, and make sure Kim wants to come. See you tomorrow!" Emiko said, walking toward her home.

"Alright! See you tomorrow!" Tohru replied.

Emiko walked the remaining four blocks to her house thinking about Shigure, ~Why does he need to see me? Is it because he misses me as much as I miss him? Does he need to tell me something? Oh god, I hate surprises!~

Emiko pulled her keys out of her pocket, and unlocked the front door, "I'm home!"

She was greeted by silence, "Hello? Mom?"

Slowly, Emiko crossed the living room, and entered the empty kitchen. Looking around, she spotted a note on the table.

Koko-

Your mother and I have gone out to celebrate our anniversary early. Once your cousin gets here, we won't have the chance. You'll probably be in bed by the time we get back.

Your mother says she made dinner for you, and it's on the counter by the microwave.

We love you, sweetheart.

-Dad

~Damn it! How am I supposed to ask them if I can go with Tohru now? I'll just ask them tomorrow, and ask Kim if she's interested tonight.~

Emiko pulled out her cell phone, and dialed Kim's phone number for her dorm room.

The phone rang a few times, then a high voice Emiko didn't recognize answered, "Hello?"

"Um, hi. Is Kim there?" Emiko asked.

"She should be back in a minute; she had to go get sugar from the room next door. Can I ask who's calling?" the person said.

"Her cousin Emiko," she replied.

"Alright, if you'll just wai- never mind, she's back," Emiko heard.

There was some mumbling that she couldn't quite understand, then Kim's voice echoed through the phone, "Hey, bitch. So excited to talk to me that you couldn't wait until you saw me, huh?"

Emiko laughed, "Not quite. We got invited to go on a trip while you're here. It's to a resort-y hotel... thing. Now, I'm not positive that we can go, I've got to check with my parents, but if we can, are you interested?"

"Hell yes! And you know that Aunt Ronnie and Uncle Chikao will say you can go," Kim said with enthusiasm.

A huge smile on her face, Emiko replied, "I don't know for sure, which is why I have to ask. Anyway, that's all I needed to know. See you Wednesday!"

"Bye, bitch!" Kim replied, hanging up.

Rolling her eyes, Emiko hung up, and got started on her homework. She worked for about two hours, and then stopped when she had finished all of what was due soon. Slowly, she stood up, stretched, and glanced out the window. There seemed to be about an hour until sunset, so she went to her room, collected clothes, and went to shower before meeting Shigure.

Shigure's POV-

He was nervous. He hadn't been nervous about meeting a girl somewhere since he was eighteen. But Emiko... she meant so much to him. He was scared for her. Because eventually he would have to introduce her to Akito.

He looked out the window once again, to finally see what he wanted. It was finally late enough in the evening to get dressed and go meet Emiko.

"Tohru, I need to go see Hatori. I should be back soon," Shigure lied.

"Alright! I'll leave your dinner on the counter," Tohru replied from the kitchen.

He quickly changed into jeans, a plain black t-shirt, his jacket, and sneakers. Then, he left to meet Emiko.