Akito walked Tohru to school the next morning. A lot of the girls at the school could do nothing but stare, because they had never seen Tohru holding hands with a boy. Uo and Hana were shocked to see Tohru so happy. "Hey kiddo," said Uo, "what's with the big smile? And who is this?"

"I'm Akito, head of the Sohma family."

"He's my boyfriend," said Tohru.

"Hmmm," said Uo, "he's got quite the style."

"I'll say," said Hana, "you do have a gothic sense of style just like me."

"Okay I don't mean to be rude," said Akito, "but you're a little creepy. I've been like this all my life. But when I went through depression a couple years ago, I left it all behind. But it's all thanks to Tohru that I'm back to my old self. She's actually going to meet my sister today after school."

"Really?" Uo sounded very interested as Yuki and Kyo appeared.

"All I know about her is that they're identical twins but she's older than him by five minutes," said Tohru.

"Well I better get going; I have to give my sister advanced warning since she's a very shy person when she first sees new people," said Akito as he turned to Tohru and gave her a kiss. "I'll see you later."

"Okay," said Tohru with a smile.

"Nice meeting you guys," Akito said to Uo and Hana.

"Anytime," said Uo.

"See you later," said Yuki.

"Yeah you too," Akito answered as he left the school.

"So Tohru," Uo began, "how old is he?"

"He'll be twenty-one as of June 30th," Tohru answered.

"WHAT!" Uo was outraged. "You're dating a twenty year old!"

"Calm down Miss Uotani," said Yuki.

"Yesterday he made a promise to Mom," said Tohru. "He said he won't let anybody hurt me and that he'll protect me."

Uo looked at Yuki and Kyo who nodded their heads in agreement, and then she looked back at Tohru. "I think I can trust him," she said. Everybody laughed happily.

After school, Akito was at the gate waiting for Tohru, she was very excited for what was going to come. They walked until they were outside the estate gate and stopped. "You remember what I said about Teri?" Akito asked.

"Only stay a few meters away from her or she'll run off," said Tohru.

"Good, you ready?" said Akito. Tohru nodded, and then they walked in. As they approached the door of the Main House, Tohru heard something in the bushes to her left. She saw them move. "Akito," said Tohru getting a little scared.

"What is it?" he asked.

"There's someone in the bushes." She braced herself, but then slowly, dark-haired girl appeared. Tohru was surprised. "I that…"

"Yep," Akito answered, "that's Teri."

"She's so pretty," Tohru perked up. "She looks like you!"

"Well like I said yesterday, we're identical twins," said Akito, and then just as they started walking again, Tohru stepped on something that snapped and it made Teri stop dead in her tracks.

"Keep still," Akito whispered to Tohru as Teri started to turn around. "Keep still," he whispered again. But sure enough, Teri spotted them and ran off.

"Oh no," said Tohru worriedly, "I didn't mean to."

"No, don't worry about it," said Akito, "but now that she did that, you have to let her come to you."

They walked inside and went straight to Akito's room. They got interrupted by Kureno who was, as usual, in the mood for messing around. Akito excused himself and ran off after Kureno. "YOU DAMN BIRD! GET BACK HERE!" he shouted. Tohru giggled, until she heard a voice.

"You're Tohru, right?" she said.

It was Teri. "Yes," said Tohru. Teri walked in.

"Hi," she said, "I'm Teri Sohma, I'm Akito's twin sister. I'm sure Akito has told you about me."

"Yes he did," Tohru answered as Teri sat down. "He told me how shy you are and that you run off when you see new people."

"Yeah sorry about that, it's been like that since I was little," said Teri, "and there's something else you should know, Akito is not the only one who's sick because of the curse; I'm sick too – I have leukemia. You should know that I am grateful that you're brave enough to take on the task of breaking the curse, but it's tricky. You have to convince a zodiac member to tell you the truth about something, but it's not always easy because some of them will try to resist you. But with my help, I know it's worth a try, because breaking the curse is the only way to save me and my brother. It'll take some time, but with what you've been through, I know you can do it."

"How do you know?" asked Tohru.

"I was with Akito when Shigure told him about you," Teri answered. "I don't know what Akito told you about our family history, but your parents died the same way ours did; our father died of illness, and our mother died in a car accident, except our mother was actually driving and we got hit by a drunk driver. I lost my voice afterwards so I couldn't attend the Osaka Music Festival that year. But after some comforting words, I became happy, and I was singing again."

"Well, I see the two of you are getting along."

"Oh it's the man himself," said Teri sarcastically. "Hey little brother."

"Hello Teri," said Akito.

"What was that all about?" asked Tohru.

"Why don't I leave you two lovebirds alone," said Teri jokingly.

"Teri, stop that," said Akito, Teri laughed. "Oreos and peanut butter."

"EW!" said Teri, "you're gross!"

"Why do you do that?" asked Tohru.

"Because Akito's cocky," said Teri before Akito could say anything.

"TERI!" Teri laughed and ran off. "Sorry about that," said Akito.

"It's okay," said Tohru. "So why do you do that to her?"

"Teri hates peanut butter all by itself," Akito answered, "she loves oreos, but not with peanut butter. Whereas me, I like it, and that's what makes her leave me alone."

"You're lucky to have a sister," Tohru smiled.

"No I'm not," said Akito, "she's been mothering me around since Kana left. We never used to fight, but then after Kana left we started fighting."

"HEY! I loved Kana to bits!" Teri yelled, "And you didn't think about anyone but yourself! Hatori was happy and you ruined it!"

"Because it was only a few months after Mom died!"

"Hey, don't go back to that young man!"

"Oh great now you're starting to sound like Mom!" said Akito, and then he turned to Tohru. "This is one of our fights."

"Oh."

"Teri we need to end this," said Akito, "I do not want Tohru to be scared. And scaring her is unacceptable, right?"

"Yeah you're right," Teri agreed. "I'll leave you guys alone to have fun."

"TERI!"

"AH!" Teri laughed and ran off again.

"Again, sorry."

"No worries," said Tohru. "I understand, because Uo and Hana are like sisters to me."

"That's true," said Akito as he took Tohru into his arms. "So, what do you think of my sister?"

"I like her," said Tohru with a smile.

"Here's something you'll like," said Akito, "Teri's just like you; she likes to cook, she loves to bake."

"Really?" Tohru perked up.

"Really," Akito answered, and then he kissed her passionately. Akito's hands started roaming Tohru's body and they started removing each other's clothes, and then Akito picked her up and brought her to his bed. He started to rub her breasts and sucked her nipples, while his fingers were thrusting in and out of her, then he replaced his fingers with his own length. He went at full speed until he exploded and spilled inside her making her scream his name out loud. He then collapsed on the bed beside Tohru, he covered her and himself with the blankets, he held Tohru and they kissed non-stop until they fell asleep.