AN: gomen! I know this chapter took awhile before I was able to upload it,
but I've been pretty busy. I'm flooded with homework. Good thing I have
this fic as a way to relax. Anyway, I'm really going to have to find
someone to assassinate my finance teacher. You know what he did? He told us
that we were going to have a quiz on chapter 1. chapter 1 merely consists
of 4 pages, easy right? Wrong! When we got to the classroom, the class was
so surprised when it turned out to be a major exam! Not a quiz!!! But a
major exam! Including lessons that we didn't study for! It was so
difficult!!!! And when he gave out the results, the highest score was 35%
out of 100%!!!! Nobody in class passed! We all failed! Most of the marks
were 10% or 20%. Can you imagine? Our teacher is really mean!!!! He's the
lowest of the low! Grrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, enough of my negativity, on with the story!!!!!!!!! Gomen for the rants minna-san.
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"Anou, I really should serve dinner now. It must be getting cold." Tohru said attempting to break the deafening silence that descended the room after Momiji made his startling statement.
Her quiet voice rustled everyone out of their stupor, Yuki was the first to answer her. "Ah, Honda-san shouldn't overtax herself. Let baka neko here do the job." A glare was thrown his way, but for once, the cat obliged the mouse, thinking that he was right. After all, they couldn't very well ask Yuki to get the food, who knows what might happen? The rat was all thumbs when it comes to the kitchen. And Kyou had put some effort in reheating that food. He can't let anything happen to it. Grumbling a bit, Kyou got up and disappeared to the kitchen.
"Wai!!!! We get to eat To-ru's cooking!!!" Momiji exclaimed, clapping his hands together in delight.
"Gomenasai, but it isn't much. I wasn't expecting company you see, so I didn't cook a lot of food." Tohru said this with her eyes cast down, then she suddenly looked back up again, "but of course I'm not blaming you! Its all my fault for not being prepared!!!" she said immediately, hoping she didn't offend anyone by her earlier remark.
"Of course not Tohru-kun! Ha-san understands. After all, we really didn't plan all of this ne?" The dog smilingly said this to the distraught girl, hoping to ease her worries.
"We really don't mind To-ru! Anything To-ru cooks for us is fine!" Momiji, by this time had already returned to his earlier position of clinging to Tohru.
"Arigatou." The girl shyly said. They're all so kind. I'm so lucky to have friends like them.
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-Dinner time-
*sniff* "Ahh!!!! Everything smells so good! Especially since Tohru-kun made it! It makes me so happy!!!" dramatic tears were already pouring down Shigure's cheeks. "Ne Tohru-kun, would you like me to show you my appreciation later tonight?" Shigure suggested.
*WHAM!* Surprisingly, it wasn't Yuki who did the punching this time. And neither was it Kyou. It was Hatori. The dragon still had his deadpan expression on, but the punch had been rather forceful, belaying his true feelings on the matter. "Shigure, behave yourself." Was all that he said in his usual quiet voice.
"Hai. but Ha-san didn't have to hit me so hard!" the dog was pouting.
"Serves you right, ahou" Yuki muttered under his breath. "Ne To-ru, would you like some fish? Here let me get you some! To-ru shouldn't do anything since she's injured!" Momiji had seated himself beside Tohru, and was now pointing out the various dishes laid out at the table. Kyou had thoughtfully cooked some extra dishes and had surprised everyone when he served so much food at the table.
"Hai. Arigatou Momiji-kun!" Tohru was smiling. The rabbit had this kind of effect on her. He was just so cheerful that it rubbed off on people. It was hard not to be cheerful whenever Momiji was around.
"Yuki, would you like some stew as well?" Haru said. After seeing Momiji serving Tohru, he thought that it might be a good idea to mimic his moves. Maybe the action would endear him to the mouse.
Yuki looked at Haru strangely, then merely nodded. "Sure. And thank you."
Kyou by this time was munching heavily. Hatori taking on eating as he did to everything else, which is calmly. And Shigure was giggling at whatever queer thought was in his head. All in all, dinner looked very ... 'festive'.
When everything was finished, Tohru made a move to get up and clear the table, but Kyou stopped her, and Yuki beat her to the task.
"You should just rest Tohru." The cat quietly said.
"Yes Honda-san. We'll take care of everything. Just go upstairs and sleep." Yuki was already heading towards the kitchen, his arms filled with dirty plates.
"I'll take you to your room Tohru-kun!" Shigure said, moving towards Tohru.
Suddenly, Kyou yanked the dog by the collar and dragged towards the kitchen. "You don't get off that easily. Since we're doing the dishes, that means you have to do them too! Usagi! Take Tohru to her room and make sure she rests." Kyou told the rabbit before he disappeared to the kitchen with Shigure in tow.
Momiji led Tohru up to her room and made sure she was in bed before he left. Then he made his way back down. Since everybody seemed to be in the kitchen, he followed them there.
"Ne, why does To-ru need rest? She only injured her hand! You don't need rest for that." Then after a thought occurred to him, "You weren't trying to get rid of To-ru were you? Wai! That's so mean!!!! What did To-ru ever do to you?" the rabbit was hopping all over the place.
"hey keep quiet usagi!" Kyou hissed at the wailing rabbit.
Since the rabbit didn't seem to be listening to the cat, Yuki decided to take care of the situation himself. He grabbed the bunny's arm and cupped his face. "Ne Momiji, we just want to know what happened to Honda-san during lunch." He said quietly.
Instead of having a calming effect on Momiji, which was what usually happened, this time, it had the opposite. The rabbit's eyes widened in delight and he screamed "YUKI AND KYOU ARE BEING NOSY!!!!" then he giggled adorably.
"I SAID KEEP QUIET USAGI!!!! Do you want her to wake up?!" Kyou yelled at the giggling bunny. Then he dragged the rabbit over to the table at the corner of the kitchen and made him sit on one of the chairs. Everybody followed, and soon, all of them were gathered around Momiji, eyes expectant and damn curious.
"So Momiji, what happened during lunch? You said that Akamatsu-san was making Honda-san red in the face. What did he say exactly?" Yuki asked.
Momiji placed his forefinger at the corner of his mouth, making a posture of deep thought. Although, knowing the rabbit, he may just be doing it to make him look cute, or simply to prolong the anxiety of his cousins.
Kyou was all too ready to throttle the rabbit. But just as he was about to reach for the bunny's neck, Shigure spoke up. "Ne Momichi, have mercy on these two jealous guys and just tell us what happened."
"Us? Jealous?! Who do you think you're kidding ahou?! You're just as curious as we are!!!! Don't go using our names when its you who's really anxious to know about what happened!" Kyou yelled in his usual temperamental manner.
"Yare yare. You're too uptight Kyou-kun!!! Calm down or you'll pop a blood vessel." The author teasingly replied, annoying his cousin to no end. Hatori muttered something about being surprised that Shigure even knew what a blood vessel was.
"Well, I actually didn't hear him say anything.." Momiji began, already looking sheepish. "when we arrived, all he ever said to us was his name. He just kept glowering at me the whole time! He was so scary!!!"
"WHAT?!!!!!! You don't know anything?!!!!" were the surprised remarks that he drew from Shigure, Kyou and Yuki. Hatori just sat there, Haru smiled in amusement, and Momiji held his hands up as if to deflect the loud shouts coming from his enraged cousins. Well, Yuki and Kyou were angry, Shigure merely looked surprised. Very surprised.
"What were you two thinking anyway? Letting Tohru go off alone with some unknown guy." The cow's statement brought all heads swerving abruptly towards him.
"Well, what were we supposed to do? We couldn't very well forbid Honda-san to go with him." Yuki stated, indignant at the accusation.
Haru shrugged, "I don't know. You're the genius. You could have thought of something."
"And why would we want to do that, stupid cow?! What's wrong with Tohru having lunch with a classmate anyway?" Kyou yelled defensively.
Haru just smirked as he replied "Well, it would certainly have been more useful than just letting her go and then interrogating Momiji about what had happened afterwards like some overprotective boyfriend."
Both Yuki and Kyou glared at Haru, although their cheeks were starting to get red, proving that Haru's statement had hit rather close to home.
"Well, looks like there's nothing to be learned here after all." Shigure stood up and made his way towards the door. "this is boring. I'm going upstairs and sleep."
Hatori stood up as well. "We should get going as well. Its getting late." The rabbit and the cow obeyed and followed the dragon towards the door. And since their so called meeting was obviously at an end, Yuki and Kyou got up as well.
"Oyasumi Yuki, Kyou!!!" Momiji said, waving to the two Soumas who were grumbling as they headed up the stairs. "Oyasumi" Haru said as well. The two merely gave them a nod and disappeared upstairs.
************************************************************************ Next Chapter: if this chapter is the "Meeting" , the next one is what I would like to call "The Plan" just wait for the next chapter and find out!!! *grins*
AN: hope you liked this chapter Minna-san! The next chapter may take awhile, since I'm going to be rather busy this week. Lots of tests!!! *groans at the thought* wish me luck!!!
Ok, enough of my negativity, on with the story!!!!!!!!! Gomen for the rants minna-san.
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"Anou, I really should serve dinner now. It must be getting cold." Tohru said attempting to break the deafening silence that descended the room after Momiji made his startling statement.
Her quiet voice rustled everyone out of their stupor, Yuki was the first to answer her. "Ah, Honda-san shouldn't overtax herself. Let baka neko here do the job." A glare was thrown his way, but for once, the cat obliged the mouse, thinking that he was right. After all, they couldn't very well ask Yuki to get the food, who knows what might happen? The rat was all thumbs when it comes to the kitchen. And Kyou had put some effort in reheating that food. He can't let anything happen to it. Grumbling a bit, Kyou got up and disappeared to the kitchen.
"Wai!!!! We get to eat To-ru's cooking!!!" Momiji exclaimed, clapping his hands together in delight.
"Gomenasai, but it isn't much. I wasn't expecting company you see, so I didn't cook a lot of food." Tohru said this with her eyes cast down, then she suddenly looked back up again, "but of course I'm not blaming you! Its all my fault for not being prepared!!!" she said immediately, hoping she didn't offend anyone by her earlier remark.
"Of course not Tohru-kun! Ha-san understands. After all, we really didn't plan all of this ne?" The dog smilingly said this to the distraught girl, hoping to ease her worries.
"We really don't mind To-ru! Anything To-ru cooks for us is fine!" Momiji, by this time had already returned to his earlier position of clinging to Tohru.
"Arigatou." The girl shyly said. They're all so kind. I'm so lucky to have friends like them.
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-Dinner time-
*sniff* "Ahh!!!! Everything smells so good! Especially since Tohru-kun made it! It makes me so happy!!!" dramatic tears were already pouring down Shigure's cheeks. "Ne Tohru-kun, would you like me to show you my appreciation later tonight?" Shigure suggested.
*WHAM!* Surprisingly, it wasn't Yuki who did the punching this time. And neither was it Kyou. It was Hatori. The dragon still had his deadpan expression on, but the punch had been rather forceful, belaying his true feelings on the matter. "Shigure, behave yourself." Was all that he said in his usual quiet voice.
"Hai. but Ha-san didn't have to hit me so hard!" the dog was pouting.
"Serves you right, ahou" Yuki muttered under his breath. "Ne To-ru, would you like some fish? Here let me get you some! To-ru shouldn't do anything since she's injured!" Momiji had seated himself beside Tohru, and was now pointing out the various dishes laid out at the table. Kyou had thoughtfully cooked some extra dishes and had surprised everyone when he served so much food at the table.
"Hai. Arigatou Momiji-kun!" Tohru was smiling. The rabbit had this kind of effect on her. He was just so cheerful that it rubbed off on people. It was hard not to be cheerful whenever Momiji was around.
"Yuki, would you like some stew as well?" Haru said. After seeing Momiji serving Tohru, he thought that it might be a good idea to mimic his moves. Maybe the action would endear him to the mouse.
Yuki looked at Haru strangely, then merely nodded. "Sure. And thank you."
Kyou by this time was munching heavily. Hatori taking on eating as he did to everything else, which is calmly. And Shigure was giggling at whatever queer thought was in his head. All in all, dinner looked very ... 'festive'.
When everything was finished, Tohru made a move to get up and clear the table, but Kyou stopped her, and Yuki beat her to the task.
"You should just rest Tohru." The cat quietly said.
"Yes Honda-san. We'll take care of everything. Just go upstairs and sleep." Yuki was already heading towards the kitchen, his arms filled with dirty plates.
"I'll take you to your room Tohru-kun!" Shigure said, moving towards Tohru.
Suddenly, Kyou yanked the dog by the collar and dragged towards the kitchen. "You don't get off that easily. Since we're doing the dishes, that means you have to do them too! Usagi! Take Tohru to her room and make sure she rests." Kyou told the rabbit before he disappeared to the kitchen with Shigure in tow.
Momiji led Tohru up to her room and made sure she was in bed before he left. Then he made his way back down. Since everybody seemed to be in the kitchen, he followed them there.
"Ne, why does To-ru need rest? She only injured her hand! You don't need rest for that." Then after a thought occurred to him, "You weren't trying to get rid of To-ru were you? Wai! That's so mean!!!! What did To-ru ever do to you?" the rabbit was hopping all over the place.
"hey keep quiet usagi!" Kyou hissed at the wailing rabbit.
Since the rabbit didn't seem to be listening to the cat, Yuki decided to take care of the situation himself. He grabbed the bunny's arm and cupped his face. "Ne Momiji, we just want to know what happened to Honda-san during lunch." He said quietly.
Instead of having a calming effect on Momiji, which was what usually happened, this time, it had the opposite. The rabbit's eyes widened in delight and he screamed "YUKI AND KYOU ARE BEING NOSY!!!!" then he giggled adorably.
"I SAID KEEP QUIET USAGI!!!! Do you want her to wake up?!" Kyou yelled at the giggling bunny. Then he dragged the rabbit over to the table at the corner of the kitchen and made him sit on one of the chairs. Everybody followed, and soon, all of them were gathered around Momiji, eyes expectant and damn curious.
"So Momiji, what happened during lunch? You said that Akamatsu-san was making Honda-san red in the face. What did he say exactly?" Yuki asked.
Momiji placed his forefinger at the corner of his mouth, making a posture of deep thought. Although, knowing the rabbit, he may just be doing it to make him look cute, or simply to prolong the anxiety of his cousins.
Kyou was all too ready to throttle the rabbit. But just as he was about to reach for the bunny's neck, Shigure spoke up. "Ne Momichi, have mercy on these two jealous guys and just tell us what happened."
"Us? Jealous?! Who do you think you're kidding ahou?! You're just as curious as we are!!!! Don't go using our names when its you who's really anxious to know about what happened!" Kyou yelled in his usual temperamental manner.
"Yare yare. You're too uptight Kyou-kun!!! Calm down or you'll pop a blood vessel." The author teasingly replied, annoying his cousin to no end. Hatori muttered something about being surprised that Shigure even knew what a blood vessel was.
"Well, I actually didn't hear him say anything.." Momiji began, already looking sheepish. "when we arrived, all he ever said to us was his name. He just kept glowering at me the whole time! He was so scary!!!"
"WHAT?!!!!!! You don't know anything?!!!!" were the surprised remarks that he drew from Shigure, Kyou and Yuki. Hatori just sat there, Haru smiled in amusement, and Momiji held his hands up as if to deflect the loud shouts coming from his enraged cousins. Well, Yuki and Kyou were angry, Shigure merely looked surprised. Very surprised.
"What were you two thinking anyway? Letting Tohru go off alone with some unknown guy." The cow's statement brought all heads swerving abruptly towards him.
"Well, what were we supposed to do? We couldn't very well forbid Honda-san to go with him." Yuki stated, indignant at the accusation.
Haru shrugged, "I don't know. You're the genius. You could have thought of something."
"And why would we want to do that, stupid cow?! What's wrong with Tohru having lunch with a classmate anyway?" Kyou yelled defensively.
Haru just smirked as he replied "Well, it would certainly have been more useful than just letting her go and then interrogating Momiji about what had happened afterwards like some overprotective boyfriend."
Both Yuki and Kyou glared at Haru, although their cheeks were starting to get red, proving that Haru's statement had hit rather close to home.
"Well, looks like there's nothing to be learned here after all." Shigure stood up and made his way towards the door. "this is boring. I'm going upstairs and sleep."
Hatori stood up as well. "We should get going as well. Its getting late." The rabbit and the cow obeyed and followed the dragon towards the door. And since their so called meeting was obviously at an end, Yuki and Kyou got up as well.
"Oyasumi Yuki, Kyou!!!" Momiji said, waving to the two Soumas who were grumbling as they headed up the stairs. "Oyasumi" Haru said as well. The two merely gave them a nod and disappeared upstairs.
************************************************************************ Next Chapter: if this chapter is the "Meeting" , the next one is what I would like to call "The Plan" just wait for the next chapter and find out!!! *grins*
AN: hope you liked this chapter Minna-san! The next chapter may take awhile, since I'm going to be rather busy this week. Lots of tests!!! *groans at the thought* wish me luck!!!