A/N: Thank you all for the reviews I'll try and keep up the good work!! I own nothing!!
Also I'm going to try an do the San and chan things for the characters plz tell me if I make a mistake Thank you!
Chapter 3
Tohru and Akito stood on a grassy cliff overlooking a beautiful lake. The waters sparkled and shimmered in the light and Tohru was amazed at the beauty. Her hands were clasped together under her chin, her face bright with a smile that added to the beauty around them. Akito tried not to look at her, but that simple, happy smile captured him once again, he was helpless against it. What is this feeling? He wondered feeling his stomach squirm and heartbeat quicken. His eyes could not remove his dark eyes from it. He felt something warm in his heart as he realized something. He had caused her to smile like that. He had caused her happiness.
"Its beautiful Akito-san!" Tohru exclaimed turning to him. He nodded grinned at the girl. She looked like a star struck child and it amused him to see it.
"I thought you'd like this Torhu-(chan, right?)." Akito said finally managing to lift his eyes away from her smile and out towards the waters. The shimmers and sparkles didn't effect him in the least bit as it did Tohru.
"Akito-san?" He looked at her and saw that her smile was gone and she looked a little nervous.
"Why did you bring me out here?" She asked softly.
"I wanted to get to know you better, don't friends take friends out to places?" Akito titled his head to the side with his question.
"Oh of course they do. I'm sorry, friends do this!" Tohru flushed and laughed. Her smile returned as she rubbed the back of her neck. Akito felt like he was about to twitch, so he turned away quickly and sat down on the edge of the cliff. Tohru looked at his back for a minute then sat down besides him. He looked over at her but she held a gentle smile on her face as she watched the lake. So far Akito had seemed very kind and friendly towards her. Maybe this wouldn't be as hard as Tohru had first thought. She was very glad he seemed genuine in wanting to be her friend.
"Oh look Akito-san!" She exclaimed breaking the peaceful silence suddenly. She had startled Akito so he didn't look immediately at what she was pointing at.
"Look, look there." She laughed directing his eyes to the waters once more. Akito's dark eyes scanned over the waters and found what had excited Tohru so much. Swans.
"A family of Swans!" She breathed her smile seeming only to grow larger.
"I've never seen swans before." She was truly fascinated by the birds and Akito couldn't hold down his chuckle. Tohru looked at him surprised, and then flushed realizing her behavior must have seemed childish. They sat there in silence for a while watching the little swan family swim and splash across the waters. The mother and father swans were gorgeous. They were the purest white she'd ever seen, the little babies weren't as beautiful as their parents but they would be soon.
"So what did you want to know about me Akito-san?"
"What?" He asked looking away from the birds.
"You said you brought me out here to get to know me better."
"Oh, yes. Well…" Akito started into casual questions about her family and her friends. About school and work and all the small details of her life. Then slowly he dug a little deeper seeing if she'd take the bait for his trap.
"Are you afraid of monsters?" He asked resting his head in his hand once more. They were now facing each other, Akito sitting cross-legged and Tohru sitting on her knees. She seemed puzzled by his question.
"Yes, sometimes. But I think everyone's afraid of monsters at some point." Good girl, he thought.
"So do monsters with sharp teeth and claws frighten you?" Her eyes widened slightly as he continued to describe the monster.
"One that walks on two legs and smells terrible? One that has skin a deep sickly green and piercing eyes?" He finished waiting patiently for her to reply.
"A-a monster like that does sound scary, Akito-san." She answered quietly staring at him. He held in his grin inside, that was easier then he thought.
"So you're afraid of Kyo-kun?" Tohru gasped her eyes flying wide with horror. She now realized that Akito had just described Kyo's revengeful cat form. (I'm sorry idk what that was called hehe).
"I-I…Kyo-kun…I'm not afraid of Kyo-kun! He's not a monster!" She cried covering her mouth. Akito felt something stir inside him, guilt. He could see her blue eyes filling with tears and her face paled.
"I'm not afraid of Kyo-kun. He-he's not a monster!" She stammered. Akito hadn't realized that she would react this way.
"I-I'm sorry Tohru, please don't cry." Akito said reaching over to her. Tohru sniffed as he grabbed her wrist. She was trembling. She hadn't meant that. She was not afraid of Kyo he was her friend. She….She felt terrible for thinking such things.
Tohru continued to cry for several more minutes. She tried to calm herself, for Akito's sake but she just couldn't seem to calm herself down after admitting to something so terrible. Akito held her wrist in his hand until she stopped crying, then he let it slip away. The feel of her soft, smooth skin against his had made his heart hammer again. He frowned inside at his emotions.
"Please forgive me Tohru." He said blankly, he felt numb. He had caused her such grief with just a simple sentence. He had planned to do this, but he hadn't imagined this girl's crying would affect him so strongly. He wanted to hate her for it, but he couldn't. She was just an innocent girl in things she didn't understand, but then what did that make him?
Akito stood to his feet and looked down at Tohru's puffy eyes. He frowned then sighed trying to control the suddenly flare of emotions.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to start crying Akito-san." Tohru mumbled lowering her face from him. Akito looked over the waters and saw that they had stayed out much of the day, it would be dark in a few hours. The swam family was gone and now the waters were calm.
"I'd better get you home Tohru." She looked up as his pale hand extended down towards her. She hesitated, then placed hers in his. His hand was smooth, and…cold. He helped her to her feet and led her towards the car, their hands still connected. Tohru blushed lightly as he opened the door. He released her hand as she slid in and walked to the other side of the car.
The entire ride back neither said a word. Tohru's face remained sad and her eyes barely managed to stay dry. Akito couldn't believe how awful he felt for doing that to her, but that had been his plan. And that was just the first step, would he really be able to go through with the entire plan and get her to leave?
"I'm sorry that the day didn't go as well as I had planned." Akito said as they pulled up to the Soma house. Tohru gave a weak smile and opened the car door.
"Its alright Akito-san, its my fault for getting so upset." She bowed her head to him and the guilt built again.
"I'll see you soon, Tohru-(chan?)." Akito said as she climbed from the car.
"Yes." She turned smiled sadly at him and walked towards the house. Akito watched her walk away hating his emotions fiercely at that moment.
"Take me home." He called the driver.
When Tohru went inside the house the first person she met was Kyo. He looked relieved when he saw her, but he quickly covered it up with an angry scowl.
"Where have you been?" He demanded. Tohru took one look at him and burst out into tears again.
"I'm so sorry Kyo-kun!" She cried the rushed up the stairs leaving Kyo at the bottom dumbstruck.
Tohru collapsed on to her bed and cried into her pillow. She felt terrible for saying that she was afraid of the monster Kyo turns into. She wondered if Akito had said that on purpose. But the look he had after he saw her so upset confused her. He looked very sorry that he had said it, but had he meant it?
When Tohru came back downstairs about twenty minutes later she had a smile on her face. She apologized for being out so late and started dinner immediately. She had known trying to befriend Akito could be harmful, but she had promised she would try. So she must stay positive.
Akito sat alone in room that night hanging lazily out of his window. He couldn't get Tohru out of his mind. He saw her beautiful smile and felt the warmth of her happiness glowing around him, then he heard her sobs and the icy feeling of her horror. He let out a long sigh and slipped back into his room. Lying down he tried to sleep and vanish the girl from his mind. Tohru, what are you doing to me?
A/N: Ok there you are!! I kinda like this one, its longer at least lol!! Review and thanks for reading next chapter soon!!