Me: Muhahaha, I love doing this…
Kyo: Damn it, you're too happy.
Me: Yes I am. And each boy will have his victories, but one will triumph over all… KYO KUN! THE DISCLAIMER!
Kyo: Damn it, she doesn't own FB, thank god for that. Ready…? BEGIN!
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Day 1: The Picnic
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Tohru looked at the picture of her mother. On either side of her were Arisa and Hana who had decided to stay with Tohru. She was so lucky to have such great friends.
"Hey, mom," said Tohru quietly talking to the picture. "I hope you can help me make the right decision. Any of them would make me happy, but I don't know which is right. Please help me."
Arisa let out a deep breath. Tohru smiled and stepped into the hallway, where no one could hear her. "I really feel excited. I mean, mom, I'm getting married. But at the same time, I'm really scared. After all, what if I don't make it in time? Then Akito will kick me out. And everyone had been working to make my wedding happy. And I don't want to lose my memories either."
"And how will grandpa react? He seems so distant from me nowadays. So would he react at all? And I'm not sure about the rest of my family either."
Tohru was so caught up in talking with her mother that she didn't notice the two boys who were listening to her. Kyo had started climbing in through the down stairs window from the roof and Yuki was suffering from a mild case of insomnia. As Kyo walked up the stairs, he froze, listening to Tohru speak. And Yuki had also realized that Tohru was talking as well and had become frozen next to the doorway.
"What was it like on your wedding?" asked Tohru. "Obviously, I wasn't there, so I would like to have some idea. Is it greedy of me, wanting so much for my wedding? I mean, I really like my wedding dress and Ayame mentioned a wedding kimono as well. Oh, it seems a little like too much. But strangely, I'm okay with it all. Is that lust? Or is it normal for a girl to want all this?"
"All the Sohmas are so nice. Despite how I'm such a burden, they always help me. Not a day goes by without me reminding myself how lucky I am. And I don't deserve all this kindness. But I always will try to earn it and I'll never stop trying."
"Mom, I'm taking you on a picnic today. Momiji, Kyo, Yuki, and Haru will be there too. Oh, I have so little time to make a decision."
Yuki and Kyo only moved when they heard Tohru's door close. Kyo managed to creep upstairs into his room and Yuki managed to crawl back into his bed. But they both knew that most likely, they wouldn't be able to sleep.
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Sitting on that hill under the tree, Tohru became very grateful for the fact that she had Arisa and Hana with her. Everyone had been acting so strangely this morning. When she had come down stairs, it had looked as if Kyo was attempting to strangle Momiji, but he had stopped when she came in. And Haru had been aiming a frying pan at Yuki's head, but had also stopped at the sight of Tohru.
And while she had been making the picnic, she could have sworn Yuki had been trying to poison Haru's food. She wouldn't had been surprised if it had been Kyo's food and leeks rather than poison, but Haru and Yuki normally got along unless Haru was black.
Meanwhile, Shingure had been laughing at all of their strange behavior. Also, every now and then, he had taken out a piece of paper and did some tally marks on it.
"Mm, this is a really good rice ball Tohru," said Kyo who appeared to be almost forcing it down.
"Oh, Kyo!" said Tohru worried. "That was a leek rice ball!"
"Really?" said Kyo attempting to look surprised. "I guess that if you're a really good cook, you can do anything."
Haru let out a cough that sounded mysteriously like "suck up."
Arisa and Hana were both watching intently. Hm, at least Kyo won't try to insult her, thought Arisa. But I don't know if Kyo can live off leeks.
Such intense waves, thought Hana. I'm pretty sure that if Tohru wasn't here, these boys may just kill each other.
Hey Tohru," said Shingure who seemed to want to cause much trouble. "How about all of you go down to the river?"
"Okay!" said Tohru cheerfully, not seeing the trap that Shingure was steadily setting.
Arisa and Hana stood up immediately. They would make sure that no boy had a chance to get too near Tohru. Haru, Momiji, Kyo, and Yuki followed behind.
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"Wow, what a pretty river," said Tohru dreamily. Unfortunately, this river was the polar opposite of pretty. It was full of trash, mud and debris. Branches drifted throughout it and tires floated above the surface. At the end were a few stones which nearly filtered out all but small pieces of dirt.
However, none of the boys would disagree with her. "Um, yeah, it's pretty," said Kyo looking away.
The others thought the same thing: Liar.
"Yeah," said Tohru, walking over to the side. "Oh! Ow!" she shouted as she tripped over a log. It was as if Tohru had just lost a leg. All of the boys ran over to her side.
"Tohru, are you okay?" asked Momiji.
"Huh?" said Tohru, searching her bag. "Oh! No! Mom's gone!"
"What?" shouted Kyo.
"She must have fallen out when I tripped!" said Tohru looking like she was about to cry.
Instantly, three of the boys dove into the messy river. Yuki, however, took one look at the rocks and had an idea.
Meanwhile, Kyo, Haru, and Momiji we diving under the water searching for the missing picture. Kyo even ignored that he was getting wet as he dug through the garbage of the river while struggling against the currant. But soon he heard Tohru's cries of thanks. He swore quietly, knowing that someone else had won. He dove upwards to see Yuki giving Tohru her picture. "How the hell did you do that?" he shouted.
"Simple," said Yuki who was completely dry. "The rocks at the end of the river filter out all but the smallest pieces of dirt. Her picture would end up there eventually and it was more likely that you'd find it there than if you swam through the entire river.
Shingure sat in the bushes unseen, laughing silently. He whipped out his piece of paper. On it, he gave Yuki two points and decided to give the other three one point as they had at least tried to get the picture. But Yuki had added insult to injury as he didn't have to swim through that river and he had gotten the picture in the end.
All the boys in the river had the same thing on their minds: He is going down!
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Me: That's day 1!
Arisa: And what'll tomorrow be?
Me: Tomorrow will be one of the last days of school. Yuki beware, for now the competition is getting harder! And well, review please, as every time you refuse to review, Kagura kills a Kyo. Please think of the Kyo!