Disclaimer: Don't own it. Please don't kill me.

I failed at writing again! Yay! This chapter is very OOC like, I think, but I like it. Yes. I do. This was written for all us girls that have to go through the monthly trial of pain... of pain!

Warning: Kind of disgusting oO;

Tohru's Monthly Visitor.

Now, we all know that our beloved Tohru is a late bloomer, for well, just about everything. In fact, many people don't know that she was a midget until she had a very sudden growth spurt (of course, Yuki's fertiliser helped with that.) But, in any case, she's a very late bloomer with puberty as well. So, when she woke up on the fateful morning of August the 11th, walked half asleep into the bathroom, did her business, saw the red liquid and screamed, well, nothing was the same again.

"TOHRU!"

"HONDA-SAN!" Yuki and Kyo screamed, running up the stairs, both colliding with the door in a most inelegant manner. Luckily, Tohru had locked the door, so both were leaning against the door fumbling with the handle that wouldn't turn. "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yes, yes." Tohru replied weakly, staring into the toilet bowl. "I-I'm okay."

Now, Tohru was a late bloomer, but she wasn't an idiot. She'd attended sex ed classes with everybody, and she knew exactly what this was… the dreaded monthly visitor. She also knew that Uo and Hana would throw a fit of excitement when she told them the news.

"Are you sure, Honda-san?" Yuki asked through the door, pressing his head up against it. "You sure you haven't fallen or anything? You're sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, you sure you ain't fallen into the toilet and can't get out?" Kyo asked, earning a glare from Yuki. Both, unfortunately, nearly lapsed into silent giggle fits, and realised that Tohru wasn't above doing that.

"N-No, uh, I'll down to make breakfast in a second, okay?"

"Well… if you're sure."

Yuki and Kyo left.

Tohru sighed with relief, looking around her private bathroom for a moment… before beginning to panic. She didn't have any equipment to deal with this! She, was, of course living with three men… and men didn't have the monthly visitor. Yes, this was the women's punishment for "Giving Adam the Apple".

However, it could never hurt to actually look for some pads. So, she began her mad search, of course finding none. Toilet Paper would have to do for the while, until she could get out and go shopping.

"Honda-san, are you okay?" Yuki asked, looking bizarrely at Tohru who was haunched over, trying to clutch her stomach. Yes, all girls have felt them – the dreaded cramps.

"Y-Ye-OW! Ow, man, it hurts!"

"Do you have a stomach ache?" Yuki continued, hurriedly. "Did you eat something bad? Did that stupid-cat hit you?"

Shigure, who was at the other side of the table raised his eyebrow, blinked, looked at Tohru, and grinned slightly. In all his years of life (yes, the entire 27 of them), he had been educated in the working of the woman body. The teenagers, however, didn't seem to be as educated in it. … It wasn't his fault that he found his magazines interesting.

"Hey, Yuki, you know that warm thingy?"

"You mean the heat bag?"

"Yeah. Go heat it up for two minutes and then give it to Tohru. Meanwhile, Kyo," he looked towards Kyo, who had his milk carton in his hands. "Go call Hatori. All you need to say is that Tohru's growing up."

"Eh?"

"Just go do it."

"WHY IN THE HELL SHOULD I?"

In the end, Kyo had called Hatori, and Tohru had been given the Warm Thingy. Hatori had come over quick as anything, bringing his bag and some 'supplies' with him, and not surprisingly, he forced everybody out of the room while in there with Tohru.

"Hatori-san, this really isn't necessary." Tohru mumbled, making sure that the heat pack was as firmly pressed against her painful stomach as it could be.

"Don't be silly." Hatori replied, absentmindedly checking up on her while she was around. "The first time is always the hardest."

"How would you know?"

"I've been told. I am a doctor after all."

"Oh."

"I brought you some strong pain killers." He said, placing the packaged drugs in her hand, "make sure you only take them after you've eaten. And, I think you'll be needing some of these."

Hatori held up an unopened packet of pads, putting them in Tohru's other hand. Tohru, of course, was blushing the entire time. "But, for now, I think that heat pack should be enough to keep the pain down. It'd be better if you didn't move for a little while, and it should be all over in a week."

"O-Okay."

After that, Hatori wasted no time. He got the latest volume of magazine back off Shigure and left.

School the next day was horrible. Tohru hadn't realised exactly how painful it could be having 'the curse'. In fact, when she'd referred to it as that to Yuki and Kyo, they'd gone spastic and said something like; "No way, don't tell me you contracted our curse! I didn't know it was contagious!" So, she'd given up on talking to them about it all together. Uo and Hana on the other hand…

"What did you say?"

"I believe she said; 'Yesterday I woke up and I noticed that I got my monthly visitor', Arisa."

"God, you don't have to point out the obvious, Hana. Oh, Tohruuuuu, I'm so proud of you!" Uo firmly attached herself to Tohru in a friendly hug, while Hana just watched, beaming with pride in her own twisted way.

"We have to do something to celebrate this, Tohru."

"We do?" Tohru asked, tilting her head.

"We do." Arisa agreed. "Hrm… I know. I'll bring you a cake tomorrow, and we can all share it?"

"Who do you mean we?" Hana asked in a monotone, looking at Arisa, who sighed.

"I mean Tohru, all the Sohma boys, you and me."

"I see."

"Ooooow, my stomach!" Tohru said suddenly, arousing more interest from the boys around her than anything else. Well, you know, boys are only human.

So, the next day, Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, Hana, Uo, Haru and Momiji all sat around in a circle around a cake that said; 'CONGRATULATIONS TOHRU'. Of course, all four boys were more than confused as to what they were celebrating, but there was cake, so they didn't complain. No, everybody loves cake.

As for Tohru's Monthly Visitor, Kyo actually had enough sense to put away his shame and get out a puberty book from the school library and read through it, and learnt all about it, while Yuki remained blissfully unaware. Shigure, on the other hand, had surprisingly been very helpful through all of Tohru's ordeal. He'd actually given her useful hints. Like holding your breath makes it stop hurting. Unfortunately, he hadn't intended for Tohru to hold her breath until she passed out on the couch. No, he didn't plan to do that again.

Yuki: That's great. That's really great. Putting Honda-san through that. Now, will you get on to the pickles now?

Me: -Sweat drop- E-Eventually Yuki. Eventually. Hey, hey, did you know, that my Dad says that saying? You know, the "The curse is punishment for when Eve gave Adam the apple"? It's a good saying, but you know, it's not true.

Yuki: ... Why does anybody care?

Me: ... Good point.