Notes: I borrowed a scene from the anime for fun. I don't own anything but Michiko. - Tali
Chapter 4 – More Sohmas
Michiko was passing the high school on her way home from work when she spotted a familiar head of black and white hair fighting with an unfamiliar head of bright orange hair. She changed direction and moved carefully around the fight so she could introduce herself to the other two bystanders.
"Hello! I'm Sato Michiko. Are you friends of Hatsuharu?"
The pretty dark haired girl in a blue school uniform turned towards her with a smile, "Hello, I'm Honda Tohru. Pleased to meet you."
"Pleased to meet you as well, Tohru-san."
The violet eyed boy next to Tohru stepped towards Michiko, "Hello Sato-san. I'm Sohma Yuki, Haru's cousin. It is nice to meet you."
Michiko bowed and smiled in return. "Pleased to meet you, Sohma-san."
"How do you know Haru?" Yuki asked.
"We met at the dojo. Kazuma asked him to spar with me so he would know what class I should go into."
Yuki looked at the delicate girl with slightly widened eyes, "You spar? What class are you in?"
"He said I'm welcome to join the advanced class whenever Hatsuharu is not available for me to spar with. He also said Kyou is very skilled as well and I'm hoping to spar with him someday too."
Yuki considered the girl in front of him for a moment more before offering, "If neither of them are available, perhaps we could spar."
Michiko clapped her hands together in delight. "That would be wonderful, Sohma-san! Who is Hatsuharu fighting with?"
"That is Kyou."
They returned their attention to Kyou and Haru, who were very evenly matched. She quirked a brow as she listened to Haru taunt Kyou about girl standing next to her. It really seemed to upset him. Their styles were similar but Kyou was brasher and easily needled. Suddenly, Michiko noticed an odd sound coming from beside her. She turned and saw Yuki pale and his breath start hitching.
"Sohma-san, are you all right?" she asked in concern.
"Yuki-kun!" Tohru cried. Haru and Kyou stopped fighting and turned towards the trio.
Yuki tried to nod his head but lack of oxygen made him dizzy and he started to fall. Michiko put an arm around his waist on one side and Tohru on the other and they lowered him to the ground carefully.
"Sohma-san, what's wrong?"
"He's asthmatic. It looks like he's having an attack." Haru snapped. Michiko scrambled around so she could put Yuki's head on her lap and discreetly shook her sleeves over her hands.
"Sohma-san. Listen to me." she said urgently. Michiko placed a hand on his chest to keep track of his breathing and heartbeat and placed her other hand on his head but kept them hidden within her sleeves so no one would notice the glow. "Concentrate on your breathing. Inhale slowly and exhale slowly. Relax. See yourself breathing freely and having as much oxygen as you need." She concentrated hard as she silently incanted the spell with her wand only just past her fingertips. She spoke soothingly as her wand was safely tucked back into her sleeve hem then lightly rested her fingertips on his forehead. His breathing slowly evened out and he took a deep breath. "Better, Sohma-san?"
"Yes. Thank you, Sato-san." Yuki then became aware of the fact that he had his head in a strange girl's lap. He blushed furiously and sat up, almost knocking heads with her. The abrupt movement made him slightly dizzy so he stayed on the ground next to Tohru. "What did you do, Sato-san?" he asked.
"Oh, it was Reiki." she replied hoping they would buy it. Yuki nodded before accepting Tohru's hand up
Michiko saw a hand enter her field of vision and followed it up to Hatsuharu. She accepted it and allowed him to pull her to her feet. He smiled at her in a very predatory way and started backing her towards the wall.
"Hello, Kitten. Did you miss me?" Her back hit the wall and he placed a hand on it, near her head, to cage her in. His other rose to her face and caressed her cheek.
"H-Hatsuharu-kun? W-what are you doing?" she asked in surprise.
He moved his hand from her cheek to her hair and sifted his fingers through it. "What does it look like, Kitten?" he drawled.
Michiko glanced wide-eyed at the others before Yuki sighed, "I see you haven't met Black Haru yet."
"Black Haru?" she asked in confusion while swatting hands from wandering where they shouldn't be and fighting the blush she could feel on her cheeks.
"It's the darker side of his personality. He only shows up when Haru is angry. Usually he's White Haru, but when he fights or gets very annoyed he tends to go Black."
"Oh. Okay." she returned her attention to Hatsuharu as his hands continued to try to wander.
He curled his lips into a wicked smiled. "Pretty kitty, wanna play?" he asked before leaning closer and trailing kisses down her neck while his free hand firmly gripped her hip.
"What are you doing, you stupid cow?" Kyou yelled.
Black Haru turned his head to the side, "I. Am. Not. STUPID. Now shut up, baka neko! I'm busy."
Michiko gasped as his hand found a ticklish spot and Yuki and Kyou stepped forward to pull him away from the girl before he could upset her. Suddenly she whipped them around so that he was against the wall with his hands pinned, one above his head and the other near his hip. His eyes widened in appreciation as he took it as an invitation. Michiko's eyes took on a predatory gleam of their own as she leaned close to him. She put her lips close to his ear and whispered, "Kitty wants to play," she paused as she pulled away until she could look into his eyes and her lips were a hair's breadth from his, "but not with Black Haru today."
Haru's eyes widened as Black Haru receded and he became aware of the position they were in.
Michiko had been watching his face carefully and saw when he changed back to White Haru. She smiled at his blush and straightened before asking, "Hatsuharu-kun, what happened? You missed sparring practice and our movie night."
"Yeah, w-well actually I left on Sunday with the intention of coming here, but I was swept away into the heart of the dark urban wilderness and it took me three days to find my way out." he replied.
Yuki sighed, "Why don't you just say that you got lost?"
Kyou laughed, "His sense of direction's as crappy as ever."
"But if you're gonna get lost, that's an impressive way to do it." Tohru said cheerfully.
"Oh, yeah? Well, that means that he hasn't had a bath in three days. Gross!" Kyou complained.
Michiko smiled at Haru, "When you said you had a bad sense of direction, I didn't realize it was quite that serious."
He shuffled his feet a bit, "I'm sorry I missed movie night. Do you want to change it to today instead?"
"I'd love to. You can tell me all about Black Haru too."
He sighed, "Sorry about that. Nothing serious happened, did it? I hope I didn't scare you."
She giggled, "No, you didn't scare me. You just surprised me. I've let my guard down around you and didn't know what to make of you acting like that. Can we still spar tomorrow?"
"You spar?" Kyou asked in shock.
She gave him a tiny frown before nodding. "I'm Michiko. Hatsuharu said you are very skilled. Would you spar with me sometime?"
Kyou scratched the back of his head, "I wouldn't want to hurt you, you know sparring."
Michiko replied, "I spar with Hatsuharu all the time and haven't gotten hurt so far."
"I can't hit a girl." Kyou yelled.
Michiko let out an exasperated sigh. "I'll be fine. Hatsuharu tries to hit me all the time and I'm still standing."
"That's just weird." Kyou huffed.
"Kazuma suggested I spar with you as well."
"Shishou?"
She nodded.
"Hey wait a minute! You're the girl that Haru's always sparring with in the back room?"
"Yes."
"Then we can spar sometime."
She bowed gracefully, "Thank you. I look forward to learning from you."
Haru stepped towards her and reached for her hand, "What do you say we start movie night early?"
She smiled at him and nodded. She turned back as he started to lead her away and cheerfully called, "It was nice meeting all of you. I'll see you later."
Haru walked with her in a companionable silence until they reached her apartment. Once she had the lamps lit she looked over at him. "Kyou did have a point. Would you like to take a shower while I make dinner? I'll freshen your clothes as well if you like?"
Haru considered her for a moment and felt his black side struggling to surface at the idea of her and showers. "I don't want to be any trouble."
"It's no trouble. The master bathroom is attached to the bedroom so you can put your clothes on the bed and close the bathroom door. I'll freshen them and put them back."
He did feel kind of grungy and could use a shower. "Okay. Thank you, Michiko-chan."
She blushed, "You're welcome, Hatsuharu-kun."
He headed towards the shower and she started working on dinner. After about five minutes of hearing the water run she peeked into the bedroom to make sure the bathroom door was closed. It was, so she picked up his clothes and took them into the living room. She hit them with a couple freshening charms, took them back, and laid them neatly on the bed. She carefully closed the bedroom door behind her and went back into the kitchen to finish cooking dinner.
As she was putting the final touches on it, Haru came out with his hair dripping. "Hatsuharu-kun, why are you dripping all over the floor?"
He shrugged, "I'm hungry and dinner smells delicious."
She hustled him back into the bathroom, sat him on the edge of the tub and toweled his hair until it stopped dripping then combed it neatly.
He looked into the mirror and back at her with a raised brow. Michiko smiled and ran her fingers through it until it was properly messy again. Haru grasped her hand and pressed a small kiss into her palm. Her gaze softened and she leaned forward to brush her lips across his forehead and he tugged her down sideways onto his lap so he could wrap his arms loosely around her waist. Michiko leaned her forehead against his as he asked, "I really didn't scare you?"
"No. I can handle Black Haru, now that I know who he is. I would like to get to know him better."
"You want to know him?"
She shifted so she could look into his eyes, "Of course I do. I care about you. I want to know you better, and since you have two sides I want to know both."
He stared at her for several moments. No one ever wanted to know Black Haru. Everyone was terrified of him and would often knock him out or avoid him until he went White again. Even Yuki barely put up with him. He could see the sincerity in her eyes and it took his breath away. "You really weren't scared were you? Even when Kyou and I were fighting?"
"Nope."
He shook his head in amazement, "You're the first person to ever say that."
She shrugged, not truly understanding. "He's part of you. To love someone is to love all of them. If I couldn't accept Black Haru as part of you then we'll never get any further than we were this morning." She wiggled off his lap and held out a hand, "Come on, dinner's ready and I can hear your stomach growling. Did you forget to eat while you were wandering all over town?"
Haru accepted the hand but got pushed back down onto the edge of the tub when he went to stand up. He looked up at her and saw her staring at his knuckles. She sensed his eyes on her and looked up with a small frown.
"Let me bandage these for you." She turned and pulled out a first aid kit before he could respond.
He watched curiously as she very gently cleaned the scrapes on his knuckles with alcohol and blew gently to ease the sting. She bandaged up his hands and fussed over him the entire time she did it.
"You know, for someone that can throw a punch you get awfully worried about scraped knuckles."
"I just don't see any reason to risk an infection unnecessarily." she replied primly as she offered her hand again so he could follow her into the dining room. They chatted about this and that during their meal and afterwards he helped her with the dishes.
"What kind of movie do you want to watch, Michiko-chan?"
"A scary one please, Hatsuharu-kun."
He smiled at her and went into the living room to pick one out. He was pleased she finally agreed to watch a truly scary movie. She blew out some of the lamps and turned others down. Haru turned to her questioningly. "You can't watch a scary movie with all the lights on."
"True." he agreed before taking a seat on the couch.
She sat next to him and took his hand, "You don't mind if I hide against you if I get scared, do you?"
He chuckled at her. She was fine with Black Haru but a creepy movie scared her? He could really come to love this girl. "It's fine."
She leaned against him as the opening credits rolled. Having her so close made it hard to concentrate on the movie but she was pretty funny to watch thrillers with. She would bury her face in his shoulder at the scary parts and yell at the heroine when she did something stupid. By the time the movie was over she was halfway into his lap and he was torn between wanting to keep her there and worrying that if she got much closer he would transform.
She peeked up at him and smiled. "That was a good movie. Do we have time to watch something else?"
Haru checked his watch. It was only about eight. "Sure. What kind this time?"
"Anything but scary. I don't want to be up all night because I watched one too close to bedtime." she replied as she got up from the couch to look through movies. A few moments later she held up box. "How about this one?"
Haru didn't recognize it, "Sure. I don't think I've seen that one before."
"It's pretty good." she replied as she dropped the disk into the player and returned to the couch. She settled next to him and he leaned his head against her shoulder. She reached over and twined her fingers with his as the movie began.
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Haru opened his eyes as sunlight crept under his lids. He stretched a bit and looked around. This is not my room. He focused on an oil lamp on the table in front of him and realized he must have fallen asleep while he and Michiko were watching T.V. last night. He cautiously looked around and realized he was lying behind Michiko on the couch. He decided it was a fine place to be and settled down to sleep a bit more. They had ended up watching movies late into the night, maybe too late. He was supposed to be staying at Shigure's for the week and thought he should probably give him a call to let him know he was okay and would be back later today. For now though, he was going to enjoy the rare pleasure of being so close to Michiko. His thoughts drifted as he dozed and he snuggled closer to his girl as he fell back to sleep.
An unknowable amount of time later Michiko's cell phone rang. She lifted her hand and pat the table top until she found it, then flipped it open. "Hello?" she asked more asleep than awake.
"Michiko-san, have you seen Haru since yesterday afternoon?" an unfamiliar voice asked from the other end.
"Who is this, please?" she asked groggily, eyes still closed.
"I'm Sohma Shigure. Haru was supposed to stay with me this week but he hasn't been back since the morning he dropped off his overnight bag. Kyou and Yuki said they saw him yesterday and then he went with you. I got your number from Kazuma's files."
"Hatsuharu's missing?" she asked, trying to wake up fully and not there yet. Suddenly the phone was plucked from her hand and she nearly fell off the couch trying to see who took it.
Only Haru's quick reflexes kept her from rolling right off of it and the arm holding the phone in front of his chest from him transforming when he got her back onto the couch.
"Good morning, Sensei. I was going to call you later." he said sleepily.
"Haru! Did you spend the night over there, you naughty boy?" Shigure asked.
Haru huffed, "Does every thought that goes through your head have to be dirty?" Michiko giggled a little at his irritated look.
"So you didn't spend the night?"
"Yes, I spent the night." he replied irritably. "We fell asleep watching movies. We would probably still be sleeping if the phone hadn't woken us up."
"You should bring her over for dinner tonight. I need to know who you're spending your time with. Make sure she's as lovely as she sounds."
"Fine. Whatever. We'll be there later. Goodbye." he growled and hung up the phone.
Michiko spoke from her spot under his chin, "Are you in trouble?"
Haru draped an arm around her and drew patterns on her back, "Nah. I was supposed to stay with him this week and I haven't been back since I dropped off my clothes. I woke up a while ago and thought about calling him but wasn't ready to talk to him so early in the morning."
"Why do you call him Sensei?" she asked.
Haru have a half shrug, "I asked him to help my cousin, Yuki, and he said he would if I called him that in return."
"Oh. Where's your cell phone?" she asked.
"At home. The battery died a week ago and I haven't gotten around to charging it again."
She shook her head and giggled. "You're really too much, you know. Do you want to go back to sleep or are you ready to get up?"
His stomach growled at just that moment and she giggled again. "Breakfast it is." she headed towards the bathroom to clean up before starting breakfast.
Haru put his head back down on the couch and dozed until she came back out with her hair damp and her skin still rosy from the shower. "I put out a spare toothbrush if you would like to make use of it."
He swung into a sitting position and nodded.
"I'll get breakfast started." she said cheerfully.
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After they had cleaned up Haru turned to Michiko, "Do you want to go over there now or wait until later?"
"Now's fine. Let me grab my purse."
They headed out into the early afternoon sunshine and started walking in the direction Haru thought Shigure's house was in.
Three hours later Michiko cheerfully asked, "May I please call him to get directions now? I'm starting to get hungry from all this walking."
Haru stared around at the semi-familiar buildings and decided he had no idea how to get from here to the inu's house. "Okay."
Michiko opened her phone and dialed the number. "Do you want to talk to him or should I?"
"You can talk to him." he replied, still not ready to listen to Shigure's special brand of lunacy.
Someone picked up the other line, "Hello, this is Michiko." Haru stepped close to her to hear the other end of the conversation and be close to her.
"What do you want?" Kyou asked from the other end.
"Directions to Shigure's house?" she asked.
"I thought Haru was with you? Oh, wait, that's right. He can't find his way out of a paper bag."
Michiko had some trouble finding a response to that after their three hour walk so remained quiet, waiting for Kyou to stop laughing. After about five minutes she got impatient and demanded he give the phone to someone else. After a brief pause, with Kyou still laughing in the background, another voice came on the line.
"Hello?"
"Is this Yuki-san?"
"Who is this please?"
"Michiko. I'm with Haru and would like directions to Shigure's house please."
Yuki didn't laugh but she could hear amusement color his voice as he asked where they were. A few minutes later she had directions written down on a scrap of paper from Haru's pocket. She labeled it so that if he got lost in the same place again he would have directions next time. They walked hand in hand for the rest of the trip.
Haru opened the door and ushered her into a mad house. "Welcome to Shigure's."
A dark haired, madly giggling man in gray robes went running by with Kyou hot on his heels yelling for all the world to hear, "I am NOT her pretty kitty!" while a young blond boy laughed at them and sing songed "Pretty kitty" repeatedly in the background.
A white haired man in flowing robes flitted up to them. "Haru, is this the lovely blossom that you've been spending so much time with?" He took Michiko's hand and kissed it lavishly. "I am Ayame, Yuki's big brother. It is a pleasure to meet you." He snaked an arm around her shoulders and led her into the living room.
"Ha'ri, come meet Haru's lovely blossom. Blossom, this is Ha'ri." he indicated to a serious man with dark hair covering part of his face.
She bowed, "Hello, Sohma-sensei. It's nice to see you again."
He gave her a slight smile. "It's nice to see you doing so well, Michiko-san."
"How did you meet Haru's blossom?" Ayame asked, mock jealously in his voice.
"Haru called me over when she was sick a while ago." he replied.
"Ah, working your magic on her, were you?" Ayame said before he snagged Shigure, "Gure, darling, come meet Haru's blossom."
Shigure stopped in his tracks and Kyou ran right into his back, sending them both sprawling. Kyou started pummeling everything he could reach. Michiko causally reached down to pull Kyou off Shigure before blood started to flow. He swung around in retaliation, thinking it was Yuki and the only thing that kept his fist from connecting with her cheek was Haru catching it.
"Maybe don't do that again, Michiko-chan?" Haru asked casually.
She hadn't even flinched. "Maybe not until we know each other better. I did not realize he would be accustomed to people pulling him out of fights only to pick new ones. I think you can let go of his fist now, Hatsuharu-kun." she said with a grin as she watched Kyou trying to free his hand from Haru's iron grip. Haru released his hand and Kyou almost fell over from the abrupt release.
Shigure rose to his feet and nodded turned toward Michiko, "It's so lovely to meet you. Haru has been surprisingly closed mouthed about you. We didn't even know your name until yesterday when Tohru told us. Tell me, what were you two up to last night?"
Michiko surprised gaze sought Haru's and he shrugged at them, "Nothing like what you perverts are thinking of."
Shigure and Ayame opened their mouths to continue but Hatori stepped in first, "Why don't you two go in the other room with Yuki, Momiji, and Tohru?"
The two teens nodded and retreated. They found Tohru in the kitchen and Michiko immediately stepped in to help with clean up and food prep.
"Hatsuharu-kun, didn't you say you were hoping to speak to Yuki for a moment today?"
He looked at her and nodded slightly.
"Now would be a good time." she said rather pointedly.
"I'll go find him, then."
Just then Kyou came barreling into the room, "Are you ready to fight now? Come on you stupid cow!"
Haru glared at him, "I am not stupid, baka neko! Leave me alone. I need to speak to Yuki." He stomped off and Kyou was left staring at his back.
"Kyou-san, why do you keep calling him a stupid cow? He's one of the smartest people you know." Michiko said.
Kyou looked at her in disbelief, "Are you kidding me? The guy can't find his way anywhere and is barely passing his classes. How can he be one of the smartest people I know?"
"School bores him to death. I would do poorly if I was that bored too. Please don't call him that anymore, it really bothers him."
"It does?" Kyou's grin turned feral, "Hey! Where are you, you dumb cow?" He walked out of the kitchen and tracked Haru to the living room, taunting him the entire way.
Michiko looked at Tohru, "I guess that did more harm than good, didn't it?"
Tohru smiled, "Well, maybe he'll get it out of his system?"
They heard Haru's roar of rage and something breaking. Michiko and Tohru hustled into the living room to see the pair fighting and the adults just standing around watching. She caught a glimpse of Haru's face and saw that he had gone Black. Oops . . . She stepped forward, not wanting to get too close. Just close enough to be able to get his attention.
"Hatsuharu-kun?" she called. He totally ignored her.
She tried again, a bit louder, "Hatsuharu-kun?" Nothing.
"Don't worry Blossom; they'll stop when they wear themselves out." Ayame said cheerfully.
"It's my fault they're fighting so it's my responsibility to stop them." she replied. Haru was now sitting on Kyou and punching him repeatedly. Time to step it up a notch. She walked over to him and tapped his shoulder before stepping back quickly. His head snapped around. "Hey handsome." she purred. "Wanna play?"
He abandoned Kyou in a heartbeat and followed her across the house and out onto the porch. Yuki, Momiji, Tohru, and Kyou watched in astonishment for a moment until Tohru turned to Kyou to help him up before running back to the kitchen. Hatori watched the whole thing with a raised brow and Ayame and Shigure followed the pair outside.
"Did she just distract Black Haru?" Momiji asked in surprise. "That's awfully brave of her."
"Somehow, I don't think she's worried." Yuki responded, still staring at the door they had exited.
"Dinner's ready." Tohru said as she started bringing dishes out to the table.
Michiko allowed him to back her against the wall and smiled teasingly at him. "Did you have a nice fight?"
He shrugged, "It was okay, but I bet you're more fun."
"See? I told you, Shigure darling. They have been naughty children!" Ayame said none too quietly. Shigure had gotten out his camera and was poised to take a picture.
Haru turned his face towards them, "Leave. Now. Or you'll be on the floor next to Kyou."
The pair beat a hasty retreat and the teen turned his attention back to his girl. He held her in place and kissed her hungrily. Just as he was about to draw away for air they were doused in cold water. The pair spluttered and turned towards the source.
Hatori was standing a few feet away with the hose. "Dinner is ready." he said as he turned it off and went back inside.
Haru looked around and his eyes zeroed in on Michiko and the fact that he was holding her against the wall. He released her arms and frowned at her. "What just happened?"
"I figured out how to stop fights between you and Kyou." she replied breezily.
"How?"
She reached up and demonstrated.
"Do I need to get the hose back out?" Hatori asked through the window.
They hastily pulled apart and walked into the house, dripping wet. Tohru hustled Michiko upstairs for some clothes and Haru went into Yuki's room to change. Five minutes later everyone was sitting down to eat.
"Tohru-san, this is fantastic. May I please have the recipe?" Michiko asked.
Tohru gave her a wide smile, "Of course. I'm so glad you like it."
"Michiko-san, what does a beautiful flower like you do to support yourself?" Shigure asked.
"I'm in research. It's not very interesting unless you're in the field."
"How did you get into that?" Hatori asked.
She shrugged, "I used to help one of my instructors and she recommended me to the company she consulted with."
"And how long have you worked there?"
"It's the only regular job I've had. What about you, Sohma-sensei? How did you end up being a doctor?"
"I wanted to help my family."
She smiled, "That's a very good reason."
"You are very young to be on your own." Hatori observed.
"I am." she responded quietly, "but all of the official paperwork has been filed with the appropriate authorities so there's no need to worry."
"May I ask why?" he pressed.
She hesitated, "My parents and I didn't see eye to eye on very many things. It was better for everyone that I moved out early."
Hatori studied her closely for a long moment before nodding and turning the conversation onto other things. When dinner was done they all retired to various rooms to hang out and talk. The three older men were seated in the living room while the children were all at the dining room table talking about school, work, and whatever else came to mind.
Michiko enjoyed the opportunity to get to know the Sohmas better and Haru enjoyed the time spent with his girl and watching her interact with his family. She seemed a bit baffled by Momiji's perpetual cheerfulness and enthusiasm, but that didn't stop her from getting into a heated debate about the best note taking methods.
Haru honestly hadn't ever thought note-taking involved any methodology at all and was surprised two people could discuss it at such great length. Yuki offered his opinion now and then but Tohru and Kyou stayed out of it like he did. Finally each had to concede that the other had valid points and Momiji said he would try some of her tricks in class that week and see how they worked.
Finally, Hatori came in and said it was time for everyone to get home. Haru glanced up at him and asked, "Is it okay if we take Michiko home? She shouldn't be walking after dark."
Hatori nodded and the three visiting teens piled into the car after a quick round of good-byes and thanks. The older man drove sedately across town and pulled to a stop in front of Michiko's building a few minutes later.
"I'll be right back." Haru said before getting out of the car to walk her to her door.
"I had a nice time today." Michiko murmured as he cupped her cheeks.
"I did as well." he replied softly before claiming her lips in a gentle kiss. He pulled away a few moments later and flashed her a smile. "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." she replied before letting herself in.
Haru walked back downstairs and got into the car. Hatori glanced at him in the rearview mirror. "Do we need to have a discussion?"
Haru frowned at him, "About what?"
"Relationships." he supplied evenly.
Haru blinked at him, "Um, no. That's okay Hatori."
The older man studied him for a moment before nodding and pulling away from the curb.