Tohru sat outside on the grass beside Uo and Hana and across from Yuki. The four of them were eating lunch together as usual. Kyo decided to eat inside to avoid seeing Tohru and Yuki like he had been doing since he got back to school. Tohru smiled and stuffed another strawberry and leek rice ball into her mouth. As embarrassed as she was to be eating such things in front of her friends and other classmates that might walk past, she couldn't suppress her desire for the food dish she had created. Uo continued to give her an odd look as Tohru ate the rice balls, Hana remained expressionless as usual, and Yuki was unfazed since he already saw her eat them before and knew how much she loved strawberry and leek rice balls.

"Tohru, you're gonna get sick if you keep eating weird food combinations like this," Uo warned Tohru.

"Ah… Is it really that weird?" Tohru asked worriedly as she eyed one of her rice balls.

Uo made a face and took the rice ball out of Tohru's hands. She examined the object in her hands for the tenth time. Bringing her hands to the tip of her nose, she was disturbed by Tohru's food choice and handed it back to Tohru without another word. Ashamed to be eating them once again, Tohru just held onto the rice ball. She had restrained herself from bringing them to school for this reason, but she brought them today because Yuki had caught her this morning. He had realized how much she craved them and told her to pack them for her lunch. Even with her unique lunch, she still made Yuki a normal one with various kinds of sushi that didn't contain any strawberries whatsoever.

"Tohru-kun, it is fine with me whatever you choose to consume as food," Hana told Tohru in her monotone voice as she wrapped her arms around her friend.

Tohru smiled, and the four of them continued on with their meal. No one else in school dared to comment on Tohru's food choice to keep themselves from being murdered seeing as Tohru is best friends with both an ex-Yankee and a physic. There was no telling what would happen to anyone who made fun of Tohru's food choice. They could either be shocked by electric waves, cursed by Megumi, or beat to death by an iron pipe, and even though not a single soul suspected it, Yuki wouldn't let them go without at least yelling at them and maybe beating Kyo up later just to vent his anger (just another reason for Kyo to stay angry at him).

"So Tohru, is that a new uniform?" Uo asked trying to change the subject to Tohru's dark new-looking uniform.

At this, Tohru looked away embarrassedly and nodded. Was it really that obvious that she got a new uniform? She could easily say she ripped her old one on accident seeing as she was so clumsy, but she didn't want to lie to her best friends. They had been so supportive and helpful since she told them she was pregnant; she couldn't do a thing that would jeopardize their friendship no matter how embarrassing it was to say that she couldn't fit into her old one. Uo and Hana were now looking at Tohru, waiting for her to explain to them why she had a new uniform in the first place.

"I uh… My other one was too small…" Tohru stuttered with her face turned towards her lap.

"Ah… I see, so the baby is growing. Nothing to be embarrassed about," Hana commented as she patted Tohru on the shoulder.

"Ah ha… I guess that's true, but I don't know what I'll do when my belly gets really big… I don't think I will have enough courage to go to school anymore," Tohru admitted shyly.

"Don't worry Tohru. You never really cared about what others thought about you, have you? Why should it matter then? I'll still lo- I mean we'll still care about you," Yuki told her with a smile.

Tohru peered up at him trying to keep a blush from appearing on her face, but she failed miserably. She looked away from Yuki and her friends in attempt to hide her red face from them. If they looked at her, she was positive that they would learn of her little crush on a certain someone. Tohru still couldn't believe she was carrying his baby inside of her belly. After stealing a glance at her stomach, she peered around herself to keep her eyes away from Yuki and her friends. Her eyes settled upon one of the second floor windows of their classroom. She could see Kyo's orange hair from where she sat. As if he could feel eyes on him, Kyo glanced out the window. When he realized it was her who was watching him, he looked away instantly. Tohru stared down at the grass a bit disappointed with the progress she was making with fixing her friendship with Kyo. He still avoided her and Yuki as much as possible. Subconsciously, she rubbed her abdomen.

Yuki watched Tohru, believing he had just said something that might have offended her. Usually to a comment like that, she'd get flustered and start apologizing or get teary eyed with joy, but this time she looked away before he could read any reaction from her. Uo and Hana watched Tohru as well for a minute, but they weren't worried at all. Unlike Yuki, they had spotted the pink tinge of her face before she turned her head away, and unlike Tohru, they had understood what he had started to say before he replaced it with a stupid line about caring for her. Feeling a bit nice today, they decided to continue their conversation to distract Yuki from his concerns while Tohru worked on getting her face back to its normal color.

"Who are you referring to by 'we'?" Uo remarked with a smirk.

"Well, I meant you, Uotani-san, you, Hanajima-san, the other Sohmas, and myself," Yuki explained simply.

"I see…" Hana remarked as she bit down on another chip. Everyone went on eating. The conversation basically died without Tohru there talking to everyone. She was the one who got them all to be friends after all, but even after five minutes of complete silence, she was still rather embarrassed about what Yuki had said. He might not be aware of it, but that small comment had made her extremely happy on the inside. It meant a lot to her to hear that he would still care about her regardless of what she looked like. Those feelings weren't exactly the type she was aiming to receive from Yuki, but they still made her smile.

"Tohru, you better get back to eating. Lunch is going to end soon, and then you won't be able to finish your rice balls anymore," Uo informed Tohru.

"…I'm full now," Tohru replied.

Tohru peered up at her friend and then down at her food. She smiled faintly and covered her lunch box leaving three untouched rice balls inside. She picked up her used napkins and stood up. Tohru held out her hands for Uo's, Hana's, and Yuki's trash before she wandered over to a nearby trashcan to toss out the garbage. As she threw away the trash, Yuki picked up his and Tohru's lunchbox before getting up. Uo and Hana joined him in the wait for Tohru to return. After she came back and apologized for making them wait, the four of them returned to the classroom barely getting in before the bell rung. Along with the rest of the students, they took their seats as Mayu entered the room.

Yuki sat at his desk in the back of the room partially listening to the lecture and jotting down a note here and there in his notebook. Glancing over at Tohru who was quickly writing down the lecture word for word, he remembered that he still had her lunchbox along with his on his desk. He patted Tohru's shoulder and handed her the pink lunchbox with a smile. Her eyes widened at the sight of her lunchbox, but she smiled and thanked him quietly before slipping the box into her backpack. With that settled with, Yuki went back to doodling in his notebook though he wasn't fully sure what he was attempting to draw, and Tohru went back to writing down the lesson.

Kyo, who sat on the other side of Tohru since there were no other available seats, had seen the whole interaction between Yuki and Tohru even though he had tried to focus on Mayu instead. He really didn't want to be sitting here, so close to the two people he didn't want to be around. Kyo had some notes written down unlike Tohru who had everything written down and unlike Yuki who had something that looked like a cross between a stick figure and a chicken without a head drawn in the center of his notebook. Surprisingly, Yuki was the one who was getting the best grades out of the three of them, and Tohru was getting the worst, but it was obvious that Tohru put in the most effort.

Feeling a wave of nausea wash over her, Tohru clutched her stomach. This was unusual. Her morning sickness usually ended before she got to school. She dropped her pencil and placed her other hand over her mouth to keep herself from throwing up all over her notebook and desk. She couldn't run out of the room and into the bathroom now and miss the rest of the lecture, but the queasiness in her stomach was making it hard for her to refrain from vomiting. Tohru took in a couple of deep breaths to calm herself down, but that only seemed to make her feel worse. Abruptly, she hopped out of her seat and ran out of the room. The greenish color of her face made it obvious to Mayu and the rest of the class where her destination was.

Yuki's eyes were locked on the open door that Tohru had just darted through. He stared there worriedly for a second before standing up himself. He had to see if she was alright.

"Sensei, I'll go take To- Honda-san to the nurse," Yuki told Mayu before quickly making his way out of the room. He muttered to himself to be more formal towards Tohru when they were at school to prevent his fan club from getting suspicious. At least no one commented or stopped him. If they had tried to stop him, he didn't hear them, and at the moment, he didn't really care what they wanted him to do. It wasn't like he was doing much in class anyways, unless you counted doodling something. He paused outside of the girls' washroom and knocked hopping this was the one Tohru was in. It seemed to be the correct one since he could hear someone puking inside. Then again, that person could be some bulimic girl.

"Tohru… Are you in there?" Yuki called to see if it was Tohru or a bulimic classmate of his.

He heard someone vomit one more time before the girl turned on the sink, most likely to wash her hands and rinse out her mouth. She mumbled something to him which he couldn't understand, but it sounded like Tohru's voice to him. After another minute, the door opened, and he was greeted by a weak smile from Tohru. She had her eyes glued to the ground out of embarrassment for running out like that. Tohru was a bit ashamed to have worried Yuki as well. Yuki was too busy checking her over for any signs of physical discomfort to notice her mental anxiety. Noticing how tired she looked, he took her hand and tugged her gently down the hall in the direction of the nurse's office. Startled and still a bit woozy, Tohru jerked her hand away from Yuki. He glanced back at her and tilted his head to the side with confusion.

"I'm taking you to the nurse's office," Yuki explained and held his hand out to her again.

Tohru looked up at him shyly and placed her hand back in his. He rewrapped his fingers around hers and gave her hand a comforting squeeze as they walked in silence to the nurse's office. Neither of them had anything to say to the other. Both of them knew the cause of her illness, and they both knew they shouldn't talk about it at school where anyone could overhear them, so they chose to remain silent instead. Yuki paused in front of the infirmary and released her hand to open the door for her.

"Yuki, why are we here? There's no medicine to make me better…" Tohru commented.

"I want you to rest," Yuki responded simply.

Before she had time to even get embarrassed or even blush, the nurse walked over to the two of them. She glanced over the two of them seriously to pick out whoever was the one who was sick or injured. Frightened by the nurse's close proximity, Tohru grabbed onto Yuki's arm and partially hid herself behind him. Just from this action, the nurse assumed Tohru was the one who needed attention and grabbed one of her hands tugging her away from Yuki without a word. Tohru followed the nurse with a baffled expression until the nurse stopped and nudged her down onto the recovery couch. She stuck a thermometer into Tohru's mouth as Yuki walked in to explain her situation for her.

"Um… Sensei, she just needs to lie down and rest…" Yuki told the nurse.

"And why should a student be able to stay here just to lie down?" the nurse asked as she withdrew the device from Tohru's mouth, "Other students come here too, you know that?"

"I-I threw up…" Tohru breathed.

The nurse nodded accepting that as an adequate reason for Tohru to remain here. She gently pushed Tohru down into a lying position on the cot. Tohru remained there but looked at Yuki with worried eyes. She didn't want to stay here by herself and miss the lecture. No one else took notes like her though her notes didn't seem to help her get better grades. Understanding what her look meant, Yuki patted her arm. He didn't want her to worry about her grades and graduating at the moment; he was more concerned about her health. Yuki would choose to have her drop out of high school and be strong and healthy over her being top of the class and dying, but that might not be what she wanted.

"I'll come by after school to pick you up. Don't worry, I'll get your stuff and ask for your homework and get Hanajima-san's notes for you. I can go over the lecture with you at home, so relax and get some rest, okay?" Yuki remarked before the nurse kicked him out of her office.

Yuki did as he promised and returned to the nurse's office after class was over. Uo and Hana followed behind him, concerned about Tohru's health. They found Tohru lying in the bed fast asleep. The three of them exchanged looks wondering whether they should awake Tohru or not since she seemed to be in a deep peaceful sleep, but Tohru's eyes opened as soon as they reached her bedside as if she sensed they were there. She rubbed her eyes tiredly and stared at the three of them for a minute before she pushed the thin blanket off of her body and stood up.

"Sorry to trouble all of you," Tohru apologized with her head lowered.

"There was no trouble, but if you are not feeling well you should refrain from coming to school," Hana advised.

"I bet it's because of your lunch," Uo said seriously.

"Ah-ha… Maybe you're right," Tohru agreed with a simper across her face. She didn't bother to mention the fact that she had been eating strawberries mixed in with every meal for the entire week. She was just happy to see her friends. Staying in the nurse's office by herself and listening to students groan and moan in pain had scared her. As silly as it sounded to her now, she had wished Yuki had stayed with her in the nurse's office, but she didn't dare to tell him that. She knew that if she had, he wouldn't have gone back to class, and she didn't want to bother him so much.

"Well here are your things," Yuki smiled as he held out her backpack to her along with Hana's black notebook. He had tried his best to take notes for her when he got back to the classroom, but he really wasn't good at it. He kept staring off out the window instead of listening to the lecture no matter how hard he tried. Yuki just wasn't used to paying attention in class. Hopefully, he'd still be able to get Tohru to understand the lesson when they got home. If she was still confused, he had Hana's notebook since she took notes almost as detailed as Tohru did. She didn't do this so she could study, but just in case Tohru spaced out and missed part of the lecture. Uo wanted to help Tohru too, but her notebook had less notes than Yuki's.

"Thank you Yuki-kun," Tohru replied gratefully as she took her things.

"You're welcome… Are you feeling any better?"

"Yes, thanks to you I feel a lot better!"

"That's good to hear. Can you walk home or do you want me to call Hatori for a ride?" Yuki asked.

Yuki didn't want Tohru to walk back home, even though they lived less than a mile from the school, if she still felt queasy. Hatori probably wouldn't mind driving Tohru home anyways since the doctor cared a lot about Tohru like every other Sohma. Tohru didn't want to trouble anyone if she could help it though. She still felt a bit light headed, but that wouldn't stop her from walking home. Besides, she enjoyed being able to talk to Yuki as they headed to Shigure's house. Her walks with Yuki were one of those things she looked forward to and thought about when she felt sick or depressed. It was her own way of cheering herself up.

"No, no! I can walk! Don't worry about me!" Tohru cried with her fist raised in the air to show her determination.

"Well then, be careful Tohru, and sleep early! We'll see you tomorrow," Uo said as she and Hana left the nurse's office together.

"Bye Uo-chan, Hana-chan!"

"Ready to go?" Yuki looked at her.

Tohru nodded, and the two of them made their way out the door together. Yuki walked a bit slower just in case she wasn't being completely truthful about how she felt. He held the door open for her once again. She thanked him softly before walking out of the infirmary. To their surprise, they found a scowling Kyo leaning against the wall next to the nurse's office. A look of relief crossed Kyo's face when he saw Tohru walking and smiling, but he quickly covered it up with a sharp, angry look. Yuki raised his eyebrows at the orange haired teen while Tohru gaped at him. Both of these reactions were ignored by Kyo.

"What are you two looking at?" he snapped with a light pink blush covering his cheeks.

"Ah! Nothing! Let's go home together!" Tohru exclaimed.

Kyo didn't say anything back to her. Realizing how stubborn Kyo really was, Yuki shook his head and grabbed Tohru's hand leading her out of the school. The cat kept quiet but walked with them down the hall. Tohru kept glancing over at him happy to have him join them like before her pregnancy. The journey home was a silent one, but Tohru grinned happily nonetheless. She was glad to have Kyo with her and Yuki on their walks home once again even if Kyo walked five feet ahead of them. It was better than having him sprint off or trail a couple of blocks behind them. Hopefully, with time, Kyo would forgive the two of them, and they could become close friends again. It might not be the same friendship as before, but she still wanted the three of them to be friends no matter what happened in the future.

This chapter probably wasn't edited well considering that it's 1 a.m. But I hope there aren't too many errors!! Sorry for the delay on the update! I'll try to update on my birthday (July 9). You guys should totally spoil me with gifts! Write me Yukiru fanfics, draw me Yukiru fan art, review, or spoil me on Gaiaonline! Or just say happy birthday or whatever! ♥