Also! One person asked what "danke scheon" meant. I haven't studied my German in a while, but it means "Thank you very much." Just "danke" is "thanks". One thing that the anime didn't keep was that Momiji spoke a lot of German, and messed up on his Japanese a lot. In fact, when he was first introduced, he spoke to Tohru only in German.
Another thing the anime doesn't go into, is how Tohru and Kyoko (her mother) saved Hana and Uo. If you want to read this, tell me, and I'll scan those pages in from my manga. You see Uo as a yankee, and Hana when she couldn't control her electro-poison waves. Plus the crap she had to go through as a child.. it's sad!
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Chapter 11 : An Important Picture
Arisa Uotani raised an eyebrow, noticing that her best friend seemed a little more dazed than usual. From the way Hana was watching Tohru, she could tell, too. Of course, Hana was probably also listening to those waves that went into her head from everyone. She had developed the ability to control them, yes, but no doubt she wanted to feel Tohru's emotions. It was times like this that Uo wished she had that ability, too.
Lately, Tohru was seen around anger-management boy and the prince less, and with that white-haired Sohma more often. And with how they had walked to class that day, Uo was starting to think that guy liked her little Tohru. She fought back the urge to roll her eyes. All of the Sohmas she knew seemed to like Tohru, even if that writer-guy was a pervert and orange-top said that it didn't count. Now, since she herself liked an older guy, she knew she had no right to say that their ages made any difference. Hell, she figured if anything, it was about time one of those idiots got off their lazy asses and did something. Of course, Hana would get all depressed and motherly again, but maybe she could find herself a guy soon. Then again, she did have one scary bodyguard. Though Megumi did tend to act like a dirty old man at times.
But back to the point at hand, if that white-haired Sohma liked her best friend, she needed to have a little chat with him. No doubt Hana would wanna help. After all, Tohru was like a sister to them, they loved her. She saved both of their lives.
Uo turned back to the teacher, not really caring enough to pay attention, as she began to plot her confrontation with that Sohma guy.
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Saki Hanajima looked down at her book, hoping no one had seen her watching Tohru. But her friend was giving off such unusual waves today, she found that she couldn't help but wonder about them. Ever since she had begun spending more time with Sohma's, Tohru's waves had altered slightly, but she had still seemed happy. But now, her waves felt more confused and chaotic. As though the girl herself were lost inside her own mind, or she had a deep conflict in her heart.
Hana's empty eyes stared blankly at her book, not even trying to focus on the words as she sifted through the waves flowing directly into her brain. Uo was also concerned, it seemed, but she had already come to a decision. No doubt she had realized that Tohru had been spending more time with one of the younger Sohma cousins, whose waves had interested Hana for a while now. All of the Sohma's had unusual waves, almost inhuman, but this boy's waves spoke of a deep internal conflict, almost as though he had two personalities. At times his waves were calm and peaceful, though still unusual, and others, she could practically feel him raging like a wounded bull. She didn't want to think that that anger could be turned on her beloved Tohru. She and Arisa would no doubt need to speak with the Sohma.
Yes, she needed to inspect these new waves flowing through her mind.
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Tohru fidgeted with her pencil, trying hard to listen to Mayuki-sensei, but finding that her mind kept returning to the conversation she had shared with Haru that morning, which would in turn make her blush, and she'd be forced to focus on relaxing rather than on what the teacher was saying. She knew she would regret not listening, but at least Yuki was kind enough to tutor her.
But when she heard his voice in her mind, or saw that smile, of course she was going to blush. Especially with what he had said earlier.
--flashback--
Her back still tingled a little where his hand had rested, and she found that she had liked the warmth and gentle pressure that was now gone, but she would never ask him to do that again, after all, it was just a small thing, and he probably didn't mean anything by it.
"Tohru-kun, I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry." The brunette whipped her head around to look up into a pair of gray eyes.
"S-sorry, Haru-kun?" When he nodded, she blinked in confusion. What did he have to be sorry for? Sometimes he could be cryptic, and this was apparently one of those times. Her confused stare finally seemed to affect him, and he smiled at her.
"I'm sorry for listening to your conversation this morning. I heard my name, and was wondering what was going on. I shouldn't have listened." Tohru blushed, having forgotten it already, and simply nodded, not noticing he had moved closer until he spoke again. "But I'm not sorry for what I said about you being pretty." His hand came up and cupped her cheek, causing her blush to deepen. "If I was sorry, then that would mean I regretted saying it, or it was a lie. And I don't regret it, because it was the truth."
She couldn't move. Even if the school fell down on top of her, she felt like she would still be frozen in place, staring with wide, disbelieving eyes at the smiling Ox before her. When his hand moved to brush through her hair before falling back to his side, she just knew she was going to collapse in front of her friend and embarrass herself beyond belief.
Luckily, before she could turn into a pile of goo at the feet of the handsome Sohma, a quiet voice spoke up from behind him.
"My, what wonderful waves this morning..." Hana and Uo had arrived, ready to begin their morning ritual of playing with Tohru's hair (in Hana's case), and talking to their friend.
--end flashback--
Tohru dropped her face into her hands, feeling the heat against her palms to let her know that her blush was back full-force. But she couldn't help it! Everytime that scene replayed in her head, she found herself thinking about what Haru thought about her, what Momiji had said, and the fact that she still had to walk home with him that afternoon.
The bell rang, causing her head to rise before she remembered that she had to see Hatsuharu one more time before they went home, when they all got together to eat lunch.
And it was now lunch time.
But this time, neither Uo, Hana, or Haru showed up, which confused Tohru to no end, though she tried hard not to show it, smiling and laughing with Momiji as Kyo and Yuki argued. And oddly, Tohru found herself missing the three people's presence greatly, and wishing that even one of them would come see her.
She mentally gasped as her mind came to a conclusion. What if Uo and Hana were avoiding her because she had been spending so much time with the Sohma's lately, and they were feeling neglected! Tohru loved her friends, and didn't want either of them upset with her. In fact, she was so focused on her fear of her friends being angry with her, she didn't even notice the bell ringing until a hand waved in front of her face, followed by three concerned voices.
"Honda-san? Are you okay?" Yuki kneeled in front of her, concern lacing his voice.
"Hey, Tohru, you're gonna be late for class if you don't stop spacing out." Kyo was standing a little ways apart from them, glancing at her over his shoulder.
"C'mon, Tohru! Your friends will be waiting for you! No doubt they missed you today!" Momiji, who had been the one waving his hand at her, smiled brightly and nuzzled her shoulder as soon as she stood up.
The group walked together in near-silence until it was time to split up, at which point the blonde Sohma turned to her and smiled brightly, saying something he hadn't said since they first met.
"Sehr hubsch!" Tohru blinked, wondering what had just been said, while Kyo began trying to force the translation from his younger cousin.
Luckily for the Rabbit, Haru appeared soon after and told everyone that they were going to be late if they didn't hurry.
Of course, he was almost late himself, since he had chosen to stand there and watch Tohru walk off with his elder cousins, feeling envious that they shared a class with her. The emotion brought a frown to his face, and he felt Black Haru growl jealously in his mind, trying to break free of the control White Haru tried to keep on him.
Unfortunately for him, Black Haru had no intention of behaving that day.
No one but Momiji noticed when Haru walked into class, his eyes darkened from gray to black, and a small smirk forming on his lips.
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Well, there you go! Wonder what Black Haru has to say... Scary! See you soon! I hope this was worth the wait! Oh yeah, before I forget! "Sehr hubsch" is German for "You're so cute!" I think... Natsuki Takeya had Momiji say that to Tohru in the manga when they first met, when he kissed Tohru's cheek and freaked her out. I still think that was funny...