Chapter Two
The First Day
"Good morning." Aiko yawned as she entered the kitchen.
"Good morning!" Shizuka called in a sing-song voice. She was at the stove cooking French toast.
"What are you so happy for?" Aiko asked shuffling to her seat. She collapsed in the chair and rested her head on her arms.
"It's your first day of school! This is a happy day!" Shizuka said happily.
"Sure, happy, whatever. I'm just going to go back to sleep now…" Aiko trailed off and closed her eyes.
"No you will not! Breakfast is ready. Miyako! Breakfast is ready! Get down here!" Shizuka called. Miyako turned to her door as she heard her sister's voice coming from downstairs.
"I'm coming Onee-chan!" Miyako called. She stared at herself in the mirror. She was still getting dressed and had yet to put her shirt and jacket on. She took a deep breath and continued.
"Come on Miyako, you can do this. It's just high school. It's no big deal." She whispered to herself. She finished getting dressed and brushed her hair straight. She put two small clips on her bangs just in case and threw a hair elastic in her bag. She quickly ran downstairs and sat at the table.
"I'm here." Miyako said.
"Oh good, here's your breakfast." Shizuka said and placed a plate of French toast in front of Miyako.
"Thank you Onee-chan." Miyako said and started to eat. Aiko was staring at her food and poking it with her fork.
"Aiko don't poke your French toast. Eat it!" Shizuka demanded.
"But I'm so tired…" Aiko replied hitting her against the table.
"Eat or you'll be late." Shizuka said angrily.
"Fine." Aiko replied and pouted. She picked up the piece of French toast in front of her and stuffed it in her mouth.
"Honestly you're ridiculous." Shizuka sighed and turned around to clean the dishes. Miyako stood and took her dishes to the sink. She passed them to Shizuka and ran upstairs to brush her teeth. She came back downstairs just as Aiko was heading upstairs.
"Ok I'm ready to go." Miyako said coming back into the kitchen.
"Yes, give Aiko a moment, she'll be down soon. Oh and Miyako here's the map to your school. It's not that far so you should be ok." Shizuka explained handing Miyako a piece of paper that explained how to get to the school.
"Ok, thank you Onee-chan." Miyako said.
"No problem. Aiko get down here you're going to be late!" Shizuka yelled.
"I'm coming, honestly." Aiko huffed coming back into the kitchen.
"Finally, now I have to get going as well. Miyako has the map to the school, just follow it and please don't get lost."
"Well as long as I get the map we should be fine." Aiko said snatching the map from Miyako. Miyako reached back for it, but stopped as Aiko glared at her.
"Aiko please be nice to your sister." Shizuka said sighing.
"It's not my fault she can't do anything right." Aiko huffed crossing her arms.
"Ugh, it is too early for this, I have to go. I'll see you both after school alright?" Shizuka asked grabbing her suitcase.
"Ok Onee-chan." Miyako said smiling.
"Yeah, see you." Aiko replied grabbing her schoolbag. Shizuka smiled and then left the house. Miyako walked over to the table and grabbed her schoolbag.
"So you ready to go or what? Aiko asked.
"Oh, um, yes, I'm ready." Miyako whispered. Her heart was pounding and she had never felt so nervous in her life, and she wasn't even at the school yet.
"Good, let's go." Aiko said and quickly walked towards the front door of the house. Miyako grabbed her house key and quickly ran after her little sister. Aiko was already half way down the path by the time Miyako had left the house and locked the door.
"Aiko, please, wait up." Miyako called running to try and catch up.
"Well why are you being so slow? Hurry up already." Aiko scoffed and kept walking. When Miyako finally caught up she was panting. Who knew Aiko was such a fast walker?
"Aiko, why didn't you wait for me?" Miyako asked after she caught her breath.
"It's not my fault you were taking so long." Aiko said. She had her hands behind her head looking completely bored.
"But I needed to lock the door." Miyako defended.
"So what? Our house is in the middle of nowhere who would bother stealing anything from there?" Aiko asked.
"Well, uh, I guess you're right." Miyako said becoming quiet again.
Aiko sighed. "You give up way too easily." She said. Miyako looked at her but didn't say anything. Miyako was too shy and afraid of conflict, so she didn't like arguing with people. She preferred to step back and let other people handle the arguing without her. Miyako knew she was a follower and not a leader, so the further back from the front she could be the better she felt.
"Is that it?" Aiko asked snapping Miyako away from her thoughts. She looked up to see they were approaching a school. It was a simple school with a front gate like Miyako and Aiko's old schools. The building itself was white and looked like every other Japanese high school.
"How boring." Aiko sighed and continued to walk forward. It was apparent that this was their school seen as their uniforms matched the uniforms of all the other students coming and going. The boys' uniform was simple black pants and a black jacket, nothing really new.
"I think it's nice." Miyako whispered. She preferred simple things anyway.
"I think it's boring. Now where is the main office…" Aiko wondered trailing off. Miyako kept closely behind her sister. She could feel everyone staring at them and she could hear them whispering about them.
"Hey are they new?"
"Probably I've never seen them before."
"I wonder who they are…" The whispers continued to swirl around them.
"Man, you think they'd have better things to do then gawk at us. Now which one of them can tell us where the main office is…" Aiko whispered mainly to herself. She looked around with Miyako still slouching trying to hide herself behind Aiko. Aiko suddenly caught eyes with one of the students. The first thing she noticed about him was his hair. The top of his hair was shaggy and pure white, while the hair underneath was shirt and black. He had blank black eyes that just seemed to stare off into space. His uniform was opened slightly at the top and he was wearing silver necklaces. He definitely looked like a punk, and he was gorgeous. Aiko ignored that last point about him and smiled.
"Hey you, the one over there with the white hair." She called.
"Aiko, don't be rude…" Miyako started.
"Not now Miyako." Aiko hushed her.
"Are you talking to me?" The boy asked pointing to himself.
"Yeah I'm talking to you." Aiko replied.
"Is she crazy?" Someone whispered.
"He's one of the Sohmas isn't he?" Someone else said.
"She is one brave girl…" Someone added.
"A-Aiko, maybe we should talk to someone else…" Miyako whispered not liking what she was hearing.
"Yeah you, whitey, can I ask you something?" Aiko continued.
"Um, alright." The boy replied.
"Do you happen to know where the main office is?" Aiko asked.
"The main office…is over that way." The boy said pointing towards the main school building.
"Could you be a little more specific?" Aiko demanded growing impatient.
"Um, go that way into those doors, and then when you get to the end of the hall make a left, it should be right there…" The boy replied.
"Thank you uh…" Aiko said realizing she didn't even know the boy's name.
"Hatsuharu Sohma." The boy replied.
"Another one?" Aiko suddenly exclaimed. Miyako quickly jumped in front of her sister.
"Thank you very much Sohma-kun." She said and quickly dragged Aiko off.
"No problem…" The boy said as Miyako quickly stormed past him without lifting her head.
"Aiko, you need to learn to be more polite." Miyako said when she caught up to her sister.
"I can't help it. I've decided I really don't like the Sohmas." Aiko replied narrowing her eyes.
"Aiko, you can't blame the entire family because a couple of the family members were rude." Miyako said.
"I can blame whoever I want to. Anyway here's the office." Aiko finished making sure Miyako couldn't continue the conversation. The two sisters walked into the office and stepped in front of one of the secretaries.
"Can I help you two?" One of the women asked.
"We're Aiko and Miyako Fukushima, we're new and need to know where to go." Aiko explained.
"Oh, all right, give me a moment to look you up in the system… Ah here you two are. Ok Aiko Fukushima-san is in class 1-D and Miyako Fukushima-san is in class 2-D. Here's their location in the school. Also your locker numbers are on there as well. Enjoy your first day." The woman said handing both sisters a sheet of paper.
"Thanks." Aiko said.
"Thank you v-very much." Miyako said bowing. Miyako and Aiko left the office and looked at one another.
"I guess this is where we part then right?" Aiko said looking over her paper.
"A-are you sure? I-I mean the bell hasn't rung yet r-right?" Miyako asked getting nervous.
"Miyako, you need to get over this now. You're a year older than I am, you need to grow a spine already. Shizuka Onee-chan and I are not going to be around to baby you forever. You're going to have to learn to take care of yourself. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find my locker, get my new shoes, and head to my class. I suggest you do the same, make sure to follow the instructions on your sheet of paper, you know how bad you are at directions. I'll see you in front of the gates after class ok?" Aiko asked. Miyako's face was bright red and she looked like she was on the verge of tears. She lowered her head and nodded slowly.
"O-ok." She replied.
"Good, see you later." Aiko said and walked past her sister. Miyako looked around. She was standing in front of the office by herself. She was scared and nervous. She was never good at making friends, all the friends she had at her old school she had met when she was young and more outgoing, but now, she was always scared of people and how unpredictable they could be. She was insecure about everything, especially her eyes. She hated the attention they always got when people saw them, which was exactly why she always lowered her head and hid behind her hair. Miyako took a deep breath and slowly lifted the paper in front of her. She was shaking but she couldn't help it. She read over the paper and slowly made her way to her locker, trying to avoid as many people as she could.
Finally Miyako found her locker. She opened it to find a pair of indoor shoes waiting for her. They were white with navy blue toes and heels. Miyako took her indoor shoes out of the locker and replaced them with her brown outdoor shoes. She slid into her new shoes and tapped her toes against the floor. The shoes fit perfectly. Miyako jumped when she heard a locker door slam shut near her.
"That stupid rat is so God damn annoying!" Miyako looked up at a boy with blazing red eyes and orange hair. She blushed. He was really good looking. Suddenly he looked up at her.
"What are you looking at?" He demanded. Miyako gasped and started shaking.
"N-nothing, sorry." She said and quickly ran away.
"Hey wait you left your-" He started but Miyako was too far away to hear. She ran around a corner and clutched her hand to her chest. Her heart was pounding and she couldn't breathe. She tried to control her shaking but she just couldn't do it. Miyako took a deep breath to calm herself down. She jumped when the bell rang. Miyako's face fell as a sudden realization occurred to her. She had left her bag by her locker! There was no time to run back and get it.
"M-maybe the teacher will let me go get it." She said to herself. She turned back around and slowly made her way to her class. She was so happy she still had hold of the piece of paper with the instructions on it. Finally she found class 2-D. Miyako walked up to it. She was about to open the door when a voice sounded out causing her to jump again.
"Are you Miyako Fukushima-san?" Miyako turned to look at a woman in a skirt and jacket walking up to her.
"Y-yes." Miyako replied.
"Oh good, I'm your sensei, come on in and I'll introduce you to everyone." The teacher said smiling.
"Oh, y-yes, thank you." Miyako said lowering her head. The teacher smiled and went into the class. Miyako waited. She could hear loud voices coming from inside the class. Her heart began to pound and she could barely breathe.
"Ok everyone settle down. I have some exciting news. We have a new student joining us today." Miyako heard the teacher say. Immediately whispers began to erupt around the class. Students wondering if the new student was a girl, a boy, whether they were cute and so on. Miyako began to shake again.
"All right everyone that's enough. You can come in now." The teacher said. Miyako shakily made her way into the classroom. She lowered her head and refused to look at anyone in the classroom.
"Hey, it's a girl."
"Is she cute?"
"I can't tell, she's hiding behind her hair." Miyako blushed bright red at the whispers she could hear circling through the room. She stopped as she came close to the teacher's desk and turned to face the class.
"Now then, feel free to introduce yourself." The teacher said smiling.
"Oh, um, ok, h-hello, m-my name is…" Miyako started.
"Could you speak up a bit I can barely hear you." One of the boys yelled.
"Don't be rude. Miyako if you could raise your voice a bit more." The teacher asked smiling.
"M-my name is…" Miyako tried to talk a bit louder. She was shaking all over.
"Hey, you're that girl from this morning." Miyako looked up finally to see the orange haired boy from earlier.
"Sohma-san don't be rude." The teacher warned.
"I'm not being rude. Here, you left your bag at the locker when you ran away." He said. He got up and made his way to the front of the class. He handed Miyako her bag.
"It's Miyako Fukushima right?" He asked.
"Y-yes, b-but how did you know?" Miyako asked clutching the bag to her chest.
"It says it on the bag." The Sohma boy said pointing to her name. Miyako's face burned bright red. How could she have missed something so obvious.
"T-thank you." She whispered.
"Don't worry about it." He said and went to sit back down.
"Well then, Miyako Fukushima, I think it's about time to start class so, if you could go sit in that empty seat in the corner by the window we'll get going."
"O-ok." Miyako whispered and slowly made her way her new desk. Please don't trip, please don't trip, please don't trip, she thought to herself over and over. When Miyako finally reacher her seat and slid into the chair and lowered her head. She clutched her hands together in her lap and tried to calm her shaking. She could feel the eyes of the students on her and she begged them to turn around and stop staring.
"Ok everyone, let's start shall we." The teacher said. Immediately everyone turned around and Miyako took a deep breath. Finally she could relax and hope the day went by as quickly as possible.
When the lunch bell rang Miyako sighed. The first half of the day had been calm and most of the other students had been paying too much attention to the teacher to bother looking at her which made her happy. Miyako sighed and went into her bag pulling out her obento. She opened it and took out her chopsticks preparing to eat.
"Wow, that looks really good." Miyako jumped nearly falling out of her seat. Standing beside her was a girl with long brown hair and bright blue eyes. She had two blue ribbons tied in her hair and her bangs went across her forehead.
"T-thank you. M-my sister made it." Miyako said lowering her head again.
"Wow your sister must be an amazing cook. I'm Tohru Honda, nice to meet you." The girl said smiling.
"M-Miyako Fukushima, pleasure to m-meet you too Honda-san." Miyako replied slowly looking up. Tohru was smiling brightly.
"Would it be ok if I ate with you?" She asked. Miyako's face burned bright red.
"I-if you want to." She replied. Tohru smile widened and she sat down pulling out her own obento.
"Hey Tohru, who're you sitting with?" Suddenly a tall girl with long blond hair walked over with a shorter girl with long black hair. The blond haired girl wore a long skirt and her bangs flipped out to the side. She was very intimidating and reminded Miyako of a yankee. The shorter girl had her hair tied in a braid that she let hang over her shoulder and her bangs fell across her forhead. Her eyes were blank but calculating.
"Oh right, this is Miyako Fukushima-san, Fukushima-san these are my two friends Saki Hanajima and Arisa Uotani." Tohru explained.
"P-please to meet you." Miyako said lowering her face again.
"It's a pleasure." Saki said with a small smile.
"You're pretty shy huh?" Arisa said putting her face very close to Miyako's. Miyako jumped back and fell out of her chair.
"Ouch…" She whispered to herself.
"Hey, you ok?" Arisa asked looking down at her.
"Y-yes I'm fine." Miyako replied looking up for the first time. Suddenly Arisa leaned down and pushed Miyako's hair out her face.
"Whoa, your eyes are two different colours." She stated out loud. Suddenly Tohru and Saki were both leaning over staring down at Miyako.
"Wow, they're so pretty." Tohru said smiling brightly.
"T-thank you." Miyako replied her face burning bright red. No one had ever told her that her eyes were pretty.
"Who are you scaring now you stupid yankee?" Suddenly Arisa stood up and turned to glare darkly at someone. Miyako slowly lifted herself back up and saw that the person Arisa was glaring at was Kyo Sohma, the orange haired boy from before.
"What did you just say carrot-top?" Arisa demanded angrily.
"How many times do I have to tell you to not cause trouble?" A softer voice asked. Miyako turned to see another boy walking forward. He had purple hair and pale skin. Miyako was shocked, she had never seen such a beautiful boy before. Suddenly the boy turned and looked at Miyako. Miyako blushed brightly.
"Hello, my name is Yuki Sohma, it's a pleasure to meet you." He said smiling.
"M-Miyako Fukushima, i-it's very nice to m-meet you as well." Miyako said bowing. Miyako looked up to see Kyo glaring darkly at Yuki.
"What did you say to me?" He asked angrily.
"Uh, Kyo-kun, Sohma-kun you're not going to start fighting again are you?" Tohru asked getting worried.
"There would be no point, fighting Kyo would just be a waste of my time." Yuki replied sighing.
"What? That's it you stupid rat, fight me right here right now!" Kyo yelled angrily raising his fists. Miyako took a step back. This orange haired boy was scary.
"Can't you see that you're scaring Fukushima-san, learn to behave yourself in front of others." Yuki said walking away. Everyone turned to look at Miyako and she blushed.
"I-I'm fine, r-really." She said shaking slightly.
"I, uh, well, ugh forget this! I'm going for a walk." Kyo groaned and walked out of the room. Miyako's face fell. Her first day at school and someone already hated her. She put her hands up to her chest and felt like she was about to cry.
"Oh, Fukushima-san it's ok. Kyo gets like that sometimes, he has a pretty bad temper, but he's really nice when you get to know him. Please don't take it personally he didn't mean it at all." Tohru rambled trying to calm Miyako down.
"Yo, Tohru, Miyako-chan, wanna come play some Rich Man Poor Man?" We both looked over to see Arisa and Saki setting up what appeared to be a card game.
"Rich Man, Poor Man?" Miyako asked out loud.
"Oh, it's a card game. Would you like to come play?" Tohru asked.
"I've never played before…" Miyako replied.
"Oh that's ok, we can teach you." Tohru replied smiling. She went to take Miyako's hand but Miyako pulled her hand away.
"N-no thank you, I t-think I'm just going to eat my lunch." Miyako replied.
"Oh, ok if you say so. If you want to join in just let us know." Tohru said and went to join Arisa and Saki. Miyako sat back down in her seat. She sighed and began to eat her lunch. Miyako was shaking slightly and she tried to stop it but couldn't. She was tired of constantly being afraid of people but she just couldn't relax around anyone. The walls she had built up around herself were too strong for her or anyone else to break down. Miyako sighed again a small tear rolling down her face. She attempted to tune out the laughter and happy voices of her classmates and sit quietly in her own world but every now and then another happy voice or laugh would fill her ears and make her feel more alone than she already was.
When the final bell rang Miyako let out a sigh of relief. Finally she could go home where she felt safe and secure. She packed up her notebooks and pushed in her chair. She turned to leave but stopped when Tohru stepped in front of her.
"Hey Fukushima-san, Arisa-chan, Saki-chan and I are going to a little pastry shop now, would you like to join us?" She asked.
"Um, well I…" Miyako tried to explain.
"The shop's got some really good cakes and stuff, you should come." Arisa said.
"They are very delicious." Saki continued to press.
"T-thank you for inviting me, b-but I have…things I have to do after school." Miyako replied.
"Like what?" Arisa asked.
"W-well, we just m-moved here and there's still a lot of work to do, around the house." Miyako replied getting nervous.
"Oh of course! We're sorry for keeping you then. Maybe next time when you're not so busy?" Tohru asked.
"Y-yeah, m-maybe next time." Miyako replied trying to smile.
"Ok, we'll see you tomorrow then. Bye Fukushima-san." Tohru said smiling.
"See you later." Arisa said.
"Until next we meet." Saki said bowing. All three girls left the classroom leaving Miyako in the classroom by herself. Miyako sighed and finished packing up her things. She looked at the clock and her face fell. Aiko was waiting for her at the front of the school! She was going to be so mad if Miyako was late. Miyako quickly ran out of the room and made her way to her locker. She switched her shoes and turned to leave when another person was standing in front of her. Miyako looked up to see Kyo Sohma standing in front of her. Immediately her face burned bright red. She quickly bowed.
"I-I'm sorry." She said.
"W-wait, what are you bowing for? I'm the one who should be…" Miyako slowly looked up. Kyo was looking to the side and he looked very uncomfortable.
"Sohma-san?" Miyako asked.
"Would you stop bowing? And don't call me Sohma-san." Kyo said sighing.
"I-I'm sorry." Miyako replied.
"And stop saying sorry!" Kyo added.
"Oh, I, didn't mean to, say it so much." Miyako replied looking up for once. Suddenly Kyo's face filled with shock.
"Whoa, your eyes, they're…"
"I have to go!" Miyako suddenly said and ran past Kyo as fast as she could.
"Hey wait!" Kyo yelled but Miyako ignored him. Her face was burning bright red and she was shaking once again. Miyako was nervous enough in front of boys, but when they mentioned her eyes her anxiety kicked in. She was constantly bullied because of how different her eyes were and she couldn't stand it. The bullying was the main cause behind why she had trouble with people, especially boys. Miyako quickly made her way to the front gate of the school. She looked around but Aiko was nowhere to be found.
"She left without me." Miyako whispered to herself out loud. She continued to look around and thought she was going to start crying. She then started to remember what Aiko had told her earlier that morning. She needed to grow herself a spine. Miyako fished through her bag and began to panic when she couldn't find the piece of paper that had directions back to her house.
"Oh no." She said to herself. She had lost the piece of paper! Miyako felt tears start to form at the corners of her eyes. She was terrified. Miyako slowly slid to the ground and tried to take in deep breaths. She needed to calm down and try to remember how to get back home. The only issue was, Miyako was terrible with directions. Miyako took a deep breath and stood back up.
"It's ok Miyako, just think, you can do it." She said to herself. She looked around and faced the direction that seemed the most familiar. Miyako began to walk and hoped that she could find her way home.
"I'm totally lost." Miyako sighed as she walked around and came right back to the school. She had been going around in circles for almost an hour. The sun was making its way to the edge of the horizon and if there was one thing Miyako didn't want it was to be wandering around after dark.
"Ok, let's try this one more time." Miyako said and began to walk in another direction. She slowly came to the top of a hill and her face lit up when she could see the tops of some trees. She immediately recognized the small forest where her house was. Miyako quickly began to walk toward the trees. As long as she could see them she knew where she was going. Finally she reached the forest's edge and began to follow it. All she needed to do was keep an eye out for the path that led straight to her house. Miyako was beginning to get nervous thinking about how worried Shizuka and Aiko must have been so she started to run. She continued to run when she suddenly turned a corner. Her eyes grew wide as she once again came face to face with none other than Kyo Sohma.
"L-look out!" She yelled. Kyo's face filled with shock as he saw Miyako coming towards him. Miyako tried to stop herself but she suddenly tripped. Miyako let out a small scream and collided with Kyo. Both her and Kyo fell over and Miyako landed on top of him. Miyako's eyes were closed but she could of sworn she heard a small pop.
"Ouch… I'm so sorry." Miyako said sitting up.
"Get…off…of…me." Miyako opened her eyes and looked down. Her face filled with shock when instead of seeing the orange hair and angry red eyes of Kyo she saw a small orange cat. Miyako screamed and jumped off the cat pushing herself away from it as fast as she could.
"Finally, I can breathe." Miyako heard Kyo's voice but she couldn't tell where it was coming from. Suddenly the cat stood up on two feet and turned to face her.
"Man, Shigure is going to kill me, and I'm never going to hear the end of it from that damn rat." Miyako's face continued to fill with shock. Especially when she saw Kyo's clothes lying around where the cat was standing.
"S-S-Sohma-san?" Miyako asked. The cat looked directly at Miyako.
"I told you already not to call me Sohma-san." The cat said. A small shadow of disbelief and shock covered Miyako's face. It really was him, but that was impossible! There was no way. Unsure of what else to do Miyako quickly stood up.
"Ok, I can explain everything." Kyo said. Before he could continue Miyako screamed and ran as fast as she could towards her house.
"No wait! Come back!" Kyo yelled. Miyako ignored him and continued to run. She finally found her house and ran through the door.
"Miyako! Thank goodness you're finally home, I was so worried." Shizuka said when she heard the door slam.
"Oh is that idiot finally home?" Aiko asked coming downstairs.
"She's not an idiot Aiko and she would have been home sooner if you had waited for her." Shizuka scolded.
"She was taking forever! I wanted to come home!" Aiko defended.
"She's your sister Aiko! Try to think of others before yourself for once!" Shizuka yelled.
"She needs to learn to take care of herself, when are you going to stop babying her?" Aiko yelled back.
"…Cat…" Miyako suddenly said. Shizuka and Aiko stopped fighting and turned to face Miyako.
"Oh my God Miyako are you ok? You're pale as a ghost and you're sweating, what happened?" Shizuka asked.
"I…I ran." Miyako explained.
"You ran? From what? Some creep didn't chase you did he?" Shizuka asked getting worried.
"No, it was, a cat." Miyako replied.
"You ran from a cat? You're such a coward." Aiko replied rolling her eyes.
"Aiko!" Shizuka said angrily.
"No, no, it was a guy, from my class." Miyako replied.
"A guy from your class chased you?" Shizuka asked.
"No, I ran into him, but when I got up, he was a cat." Miyako replied.
"What? Miyako you're not making any sense." Shizuka said.
"Yeah, between guys and cats, what's going on?" Aiko asked.
"I was, running home, when I saw Sohma-san, Kyo Sohma-san from my class, and I tripped when I was trying to stop myself, and…and…" Miyako trailed off.
"And what?" Shizuka asked.
"Finish the story already!" Aiko demanded.
"He turned into a cat! I was running and I tripped and I fell on him and when I got up he was gone and instead there was a cat! Kyo Sohma-san turned into a cat! I saw him! He was there and then he wasn't and instead he was a cat!" Miyako yelled running to Shizuka.
"Miyako! Miyako calm down! You're being ridiculous. Boy can't turn into cats it's impossible." Shizuka said stroking Miyako's hair.
"But I saw him change into a cat!" Miyako defended.
"Are you sure you saw him turn into a cat?" Shizuka asked.
"W-well, um, no, I closed my eyes when I ran into him." Miyako replied.
"So, maybe he left after you knocked him over?" Shizuka offered.
"It wouldn't be the first time Miyako scared a boy away." Aiko said smirking.
"Not now Aiko." Shizuka scolded.
"But, I thought for sure I landed on him, and I was sure the cat was talking to me." Miyako said.
"You had a stressful day at school, maybe you were hearing things. Yesterday you saw a cat so maybe that was the cat you saw on your way back home." Shizuka offered.
"Y-yeah, maybe it was." Miyako said beginning to calm down.
"There you go, now come and help me get ready for dinner." Shizuka said kissing Miyako on the forehead and going into the kitchen.
"You're such a weirdo." Aiko said and went into the kitchen with Shizuka. Miyako sighed. She could of sworn Kyo turned into a cat. There was no way it was the cat from yesterday, that cat was black, the cat that took Kyo's place was orange, just like Kyo's hair. Miyako sighed again realizing even if she pushed the subject no one was going to believe her.
"Miyako you coming to help?" Shizuka called.
"I'm coming Onee-chan." Miyako called. She sighed once again wondering how in the world she was going to start avoiding Kyo Sohma. If she had her way she would make it so she would never have to see him again.
"Hello, is anyone home?" Miyako jumped as she heard someone calling outside her house.
"Who's at the door?" Shizuka asked coming around the corner. Aiko followed her curious to see who it was.
"Um, I don't know." Miyako replied.
"Well answer the door then." Shizuka said.
"R-right." Miyako said turning around. She opened the door. Her face fell and she was Yuki Sohma standing in front of her house. Behind Yuki was a tall man with loose brown hair and a large smile on his face. He was carrying Kyo Sohma over his shoulder. Kyo was struggling and yelling trying to get down. Yuki sighed.
"Fukushima-san, I'm afraid we need to talk to you."