All through the next week, Yuki, Tohru, Kyo, Uo-Chan, and Hana-Chan tried to talk to Sakura. But she evaded them all. Except for Hana-Chan. The rest of the group would find them together talking in low voices, but the would always break apart before the others could catch them. And Hana-Chan refused to talk about it. Then one day, after another one of those encounters, Hana-Chan told them, "Sakura will be staying for the weekend with myself and Arisa at your house Tohru-Kun."
"Hey!" Came the furious voice of our favorite anger management boy, "Shouldn't you ask us first, before inviting yourself over?!? And since when have you two been on first name terms?!?"
"Shut up, stupid." I think you can guess who said that, "It would be lovely if Uotani-San, Hanajima-San and Lee-San came over. May we talk about what she said that first day though?" There was a slightly strained silence as Kyo tried to keep calm,
Uo-Chan looked hard at Hana-Chan and Tohru looked worriedly back and forth between Yuki's smiling face (false smile by the way) and Hana-Chan's emotionless face.
"Yes, that is the reason she is coming. Be prepared for us to come at eight o'clock."
Friday at Eight
At precisely eight o'clock, there was a knock on the door. Shigure, who had been told of the visit, answered the door with a smile and sly look at new girl. "And who is this vision of beauty, that stands before me?" And reached out and kissed Sakura's hand. The next moment Yuki punched him out.
"Eh?" said a confused, and a little frightened, Sakura, "Who was that?"
"That was my idiot and perverted cousin, Shigure Sohma. But don't mind him, he's fairly harmless, though try not to be alone with him." Said Yuki smiling as he picked up her bags and led her to Tohru's room, "This is where you'll be staying the night. Tohru is making dinner right now."
"Oh!" said Sakura dropping her bags in a corner of the room, "Then I think I'll help or something" and left to find the kitchen.
She followed the delicious scent of roasting meat until she came upon Tohru, humming as she cut up some vegetables. "Hi!" the enigma said, surprising Tohru, "Can I help?"
"Ah! S-Sakura-Chan! You st-startled me!" Tohru stammered, heart hammering franticly, as she crouched on the ground where had fallen, "B-but, I'm fine, really. You don't have to help, you're the guest Sakura-Chan."
"Fine." Said Sakura with a little pout, "But I'm going to make you all a special dessert." And she looked around the kitchen, she said she was makings sure all the ingredients and things were there, and then that she was getting acquainted with the feel of the kitchen; but Tohru suspected that she was there to sneak (not very skillfully) bits of food of the dishes into her mouth. Tohru had to laugh when she asked Sakura if she wanted a snack and Sakura replied with a wide eyes and a trembling lower lip, "Of course not. I'm not hungry in the slightest. What ever gave you the idea that I was." And then she laughed, and said yes.
Finally dinner was ready and everyone sat and ate. No one really spoke except to ask for something, or to complement Tohru on her delicious cooking. When dinner was over, Kyo, unable to wait any longer burst out,
"When are you gonna tell us what the hell you meant back there?"
"Stupid! Shut up! She can decide if and when she wants to talk about it!" yelled Yuki, bopping Kyo on the head. Kyo screamed and was about to try (unsuccessfully) to fight and beat Yuki (A/N well there's a surprise!)
"Thank you, Yuki-Kun, but Kyo-Kun does have the right to ask. And I'll tell you tonight." she said with a small smile, and then with her small smile transformed into a huge, goofy grin she said happily, "But first… COOKIE TIME!!!!!!" and she scampered off to the kitchen, where she refused to let anyone, even Tohru, in.
About an hour later, she came out. In that hour, Tohru, Uo-Chan and Hana-Chan had been talking quietly in Tohru's room; Yuki had been working on his homework, taking frequent breaks to smell the delicious, foreign baking smell. Tohru baked, but this smelled different, and if it was possible, better; Kyo was practicing some moves while sniffing the air sometimes; And Shigure, well, he was outside the kitchen door, whining to be let in and taste the delicious thing she was making. She called,
"Come and get some grub!" and the rest of the house came into the dining room.
On the table were a big plate and a large pitcher. On the plate were light brown disks with dark brown blobs on them. And in the pitcher was ice, floating in some sort of yellow liquid. They all were pretty grossed out, no matter how good the disks smelled.
"Well?" said the cook, tapping her foot, "Are you going to eat and drink the stuff I made or not?"
"Um, of course said Tohru, smiling hesitantly, "But uh, what is it, and um, what's the recipe?"
Sakura stared in disbelief at Tohru, "They're chocolate chip cookies and lemonade of course! You've never had them?"
"Of course not!" yelled Kyo, "They look like crap! What the hell is in them?!?"
Sakura winked, "It's a secret. But if you trust me, you'll love them if you try them."
Hana-Chan, Tohru and Yuki and simultaneously reached out and took a still warm cookie. They all hesitated a moment, then bit into it.
"Oh this is so good! It tastes like nothing I've ever made! It's crispy but soft, and it's a firm at first, then goes all crumbly in my mouth! It also tastes of chocolate! Try some Uo-Chan! You too Kyo-Kun!" Tohru cried, holding the cookie with reverence, her eyes shining.
Kyo froze for a second then angrily yelled, "How the hell can it be crispy and soft?!? And what the hell do mean, 'it's firm then goes all crumbly'?!? Besides, it could taste like crap and you'd say that!"
"Shut up, stupid," said a certain purple eyed boy (A/N yah, going with anime on this) these yes were currently closed, eating the rest of the cookie.
"DON'T CALL ME STUPID DAMN YOU!!!!!"
"It's delicious, Lee-San. One of the best things I've ever tasted," He opened his eyes and smiled, a real smile, then realized what he said and quickly turned to Tohru, "But your cooking is the best thing I've ever tasted Honda-San." And smiled an even wider smile at her.
Hana-Chan saw Sakura's face brighten when Yuki complemented her, then sag when he turned away. 'Hmmm,' she thought.
But the sad expression was quickly gone and replaced by one of slight frustration. "Eat my cookies, damnit! She yelled and forced one in his mouth. 'She seems to be taking out her frustrations on Kyo,' Hana-Chan thought, 'Eh, not like I care' and quickly reached for another cookie.
"Heey, these are pretty good"
"Yes they are quite good, Uotani-San"
"Munch munch munch"
"Ahhh! K-Kyo-Kun! A-Are you okay?"
"DAMMIT WOMAN! What'd you do that for!?!"
"Just eat it!"
While they where are eating/panicking/yelling/choking/watching-the-fight Shigure sneaked off with the platter of cookies. Sakura noticed this after she had pulled Kyo hair and then walked to the table to eat a cookie.
"OI! Where are the cookies!" were her words at discovering the theft.
Yuki immediately turned toward the door to the den, where giggling and munching sounds could be heard, "Shigure…" and started toward the door, fists clenched. Tohru, who was still worrying over Kyo (who by this time was a startling shade of scarlet at her concern) didn't see this and therefore couldn't stop Yuki from going towards the den to pulverize Shigure. Yuki felt a tug on his arm and turned around, expecting light brown eyes and a worried expression on a pale face, what he saw, were dark chocolaty eyes and a very determined expression on a tan face. Sakura's face was very close to his and he was startled to feel the tell–tale heat of a blush creeping over his face.
'Interesting' thought our dark haired wave girl.
"It's okay, Yuki-Kun. Let him eat them. Besides, didn't you want an explanation for my weird behavior the other day?"
"Yeah!" said Uo-Chan, "what was all that talk to Hana-Chan about?"
"Wwweeelll…" the cherry (A/N should that be her nickname?) said, drawing out the word, "Um, how should I explain," she looked towards Hana-Chan, "should I show them or tell them?"
"Show them"
Sakura let out a broad grin, "I was hoping you'd say that!"
"Wha…?" said Kyo, "what the hell are you talking about?"
"Kyo!", Sakura said grabbing his arm and pulling him toward her (despite Tohru's panicky, "Ah-ah! S-Sakura-Chan!" 's) "So…" Ming said, still grinning, "do you want to see your past or future?"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU BLEEP TALKING ABOUT!?!?"
Ming frowned at him, "language, geez. fine, then I choose", she closed her eyes and whispered the last part, but it seemed to reverberate through the room, making it ring in all their ears, "your future"
Sooo… what'd you think? Any comments? Criticisms? I need feedback! Can I have, um, 5 reviews before I start the 3rd chapter? Sorry if it seems like a lot!
Kay! I've had 3 of the 5, but I need 2 more! Pretty pretty please with sugar on top! I'll try and reply to all my reviewers (at the rate it's goin', it'll be easy).