-1Chapter 3

Hatori went across the street and bought himself a coffee. He had a funny feeling about that girl. Maybe it was her mysterious demeanor. He wasn't sure, but in some way, he felt connected to her. He stirred the cream into his coffee and sat down at a booth.

"Hatori-san!" Hatori looked up to see Tohru, Yuki, Kyou, Shigure, and Hatsuharu standing there.

"Hello." He sipped his coffee and scooted over when Shigure sat down.

"Got a late night patient, Ha'ri? You normally don't drink coffee. Is it a he or a she? Is she pretty?" Shigure asked, nudging Hatori in his arm.

"That's confidential."

"You can trust me Ha'ri! I just wanna know! And besides, why would it be confidential to me? I'm innocent!" Yuki and Kyou scoffed while Tohru just watched the two talk.

"Because when you ask for someone's gender, it sound quite illegal."

"Hatori, have you eaten dinner?" Hatori had almost forgotten that Tohru was even there. He thought, when had he last eaten?

"Yes, sometime ago." But Hatori's lie failed, as his stomach growled loudly.

"What would you like? I'll pay!" Tohru handed him a menu, but he pushed it back to her, claiming that he had dinner waiting in his clinic.

Tohru turned to put the menu back, but Hatori caught her hand.

"Tohru..." Hatori almost told her that Hana was in his clinic.

"Tohru must not find out about this...it would upset her too badly...she needs to worry about someone else for a change in her life...not me..."

But Hana's voice echoed in his mind. He let go of Tohru's wrist.

"Ah, never mind. Nothing to worry about." Hatori stood, pushed Shigure out of his seat, and turned to the cashier of the cafe. He handed her the money for his coffee.

"I haven't heard from Hana-chan at all since earlier..." Tohru sat down, and Hatori turned to her.

"I wanted to tell her thanks, for pushing me back to Shigure's house..." Tohru looked at Hatori's questioning glance.

"You see, Kyou turned into his "other form" and I freaked out and left. I went to my mother's grave, where Hana-chan and Uo-chan found me. Uo wanted to help me and take me to her apartment, but Hana wouldn't let her near me and told me that I had to finish what I started. Which was helping Kyou-kun, so you see! I wanted to thank her! I'm so much happier now!" Tohru smiled and glanced at Kyou and Yuki, who both smiled back.

"I see..." Hatori's eyes glanced to the window of his clinic, where he saw black move away. Shigure noticed his eyes dart, and followed them. He smirked slightly. He got it now...

"I must be going, please excuse me." Hatori bowed and left. Shigure waited a little bit, then followed suit.

Hana woke up and silently crept off the bed to the window. She looked across the street to the cafe, where Hatori got some coffee. She could sense his waves from where she was, and could tell that he was obviouly thinking about her. She must frighten him in some way...she hoped she would, so he would leave her alone. She could escape now, but she wasn't too sure how well the assistant would handle her just walking right out the door. And the window was too noticeable from Hatori's view.

He was a beautiful man. There was something about his waves that sent off alarms in her head. He had already suffered from one love...but beyond that, Hana could sense nothing more.

Hana was surprised when Tohru, Yuki, Kyou, Shigure, and Hatsuharu walked in to the cafe. She couldn't tell what they were saying, but she didn't feel comfortable watching them. It hurt her slightly. To watch Tohru smile, and then glance at Yuki and Kyou. They made her more happy then her and Uo could.

I knew the friendship was too good to be true.

Hana saw Hatori's eyes swivel to the window, and she quickly stepped away. She peeked from the corner of the window, to Hatori and them, and saw Shigure watching her too.

Hana looked at her cast covered hands and arm. The rib hurt, that was for sure. But she didn't really feel it...not really. A twinge here, a twinge there.

She looked out the window and saw Hatori heading towards the building. And Shigure following shortly after.

He should've known that his assistant wouldn't have caught her getting up. He listened and heard the distant steps of Shigure following him.

"Why are you following, Shigure?" Hatori turned and raised a questioning brow.

Shigure glanced at Hatori, a small smirk playing on his lips.

"Come now, Ha'ri. The way you quickly glanced at your clinic window at the mentioning of dear Hana-chan, there was no questioning left to do. She's there, isn't she? I saw her, Ha'ri. Why didn't you tell Tohru?" Shigru caught up with his friend, and leaned against him.

"She asked me not to tell her. I was simply respecting her wishes." Hatori shrugged Shigure's arm off his shoulder and continued to walk through the door to his clinic and past his assistant's chair. She was sound asleep. He didn't bother waking her, their shift was about to change anyways.

He and Shigure walked into the room Hana was kept in, and saw the black kimono folded gently on the bed, and the window open. No Hanajima. And her casts lay on the floor in front of the before mentioned open window.

Hatori growled.

"She's good." Shigure noted, glancing at the kimono.

"Wasn't this Kana-chan's?" Shigure lifted it and looked at it in fascination.

"Yes, now we need to look for her...she can't have gone far...it's starting to rain some more, and she has a broken rib." Hatori grabbed his jacket and his keys, pulled the window shut and walked out of the room, with Shigure hot on his heels.