ps: i want to say i'm sorry, really really sorry to whoever read this fanfic. i know i know it's been (more than) a month since the last time i updated. i'm sorry. pretty pleaseeeee! i won't explain why i didn't update; whatever the reason i'm still guilty. WAAAAAHHHHH!!! I"M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!! -okay now i'm in Rit-chan's mode- anyway, I'M SORRY for my late update, and I'M SORRY if i'm making any of you wait, and I'M SORRY for my grammar mistakes, and I'M SORRY for my VERY bad english. TT_TT

disclaimer: FURUBA is NOT mine! Takaya sensei would never let me have it and claim it mine, because it's hers!! I'm SORRYYYYY TAKAYA SENSEI-SAN!!!!

The Reason I Love You.

Chapter Twelve

"That's..." Arisa paused as she stared wide eye at Hanajima. Her mouth opened slightly. "...SUCKS!" she yelled. "And there I was... happy, mind you, I'm actually happy when I heard the news that he woke up, and now THIS?!" she said loudly. She started pacing; her hands flew here and there as she spoke. "First you told me he's awake and a second later you told me he FORGETS?!" she stopped pacing and turned around to face the others. "And did you just tell me he forgot everything? That is to say..." she paused again, as if to wait for someone to shout 'April Fool' to her and tell her everything's a joke. When nobody responded she said, "...EVERYTHING?!" she shouted again.

Hanajima remained emotionless. Yuki heaved a very deep sigh; Haru merely acted indifferent; Momiji mumbled something under his breath; Hatori stood firmly at the corner of the room, frowning; Shigure continues smoking, looking tired and ignorant while Kureno tried hard to calm his girlfriend. Arisa shook him off as he tried to pull her away from the others, technically trying to prevent her from strangling anyone. "Let go Kureno! I'm not done talking!" she said angrily.

"Arisa," Hanajima started quietly, "calm down."

"Calm down? CALM DOWN?!" she yelled. "Hana, Tohru is depressed right now and all of you can do is just sit there and do nothing?" Kureno held her arms tightly behind her as she almost brutally charged herself onto her friend. "ARGHH!! I'M SO GONNA KILL THAT-THAT...THAT STUPID," she stomped her feet, "ORANGE," she stomped again, now on Kureno's foot, "CARROT," Kureno moaned in pain as she stepped on his left foot the second time, "TOPPP!!!!" then she wailed. "My poor Tohru..." she cried as Kureno let her free, making her slide down onto the floor.

"You're right, Tohru is depressed." Hanajima walked slowly to Arisa. She crouched down to her level. "That's why we cannot make it worse than it already is." She hugged her friend tightly. After a moment, the room was still and quiet except for Arisa's cries and moans. "I have a strange feeling that this is just a beginning..." Hanajima said slowly.

Every person's gaze turned to her. "Yes..." she continued, "the beginning of the worse..." she looked down on the tatami floor, closing her eyes slightly. "Tohru-kun..." she whispered.

***

"I'm so happy..." said a young woman. She smiled gracefully as she caressed her bulging belly. "I can't wait! I'm so excited!" she said gleefully.

"Of course my dear," replied a woman sitting opposite the young pregnant woman. "It's your first child. I'm sure you're overwhelmed." She said, smiling herself. This woman is the owner of a dark brown hair, with equally dark brown eyes, complimenting her hair. She held out her hand to reach the other's hand and grasped it firmly in hers. "I'm sure you're happy."

"Of course Nee-san," said the young woman. This woman too possessed a long plait of brown hair, only that it wasn't as dark as her sister's. She beamed, gripping back her sister's palm. "I'm so happy I could die!"

"Have you checked the gender?" asked the elder sister. The younger one beamed and nodded.

"Yes," she answered blushing slightly.

"Which is it?"

The young woman bowed as her beam grows larger by the second. She looked up again. "It's a 'he'." She was completely smiling now, showing off her beautiful white teeth. Her elder sister yelped out of joy and hugs the pregnant woman tightly. "Congratulations my dear sister!" she let her sister go. "I'm so proud of you..." she said as she wiped the tears off her younger sister's cheeks.

A few moments of silence then flew by as the two sat quietly, beaming to one another. "How long is it?" asked the elder one.

"Nearly five months..." she held her sister's hand tighter. Her face turned from happiness to concern. Her elder sister noticed this that she asked, "what's wrong?"

"I-I don't know...I'm a little worried...or scared maybe," she said slowly.

"Why so?"

"Well, sometimes I had this bad feeling about the baby coming...but..." she paused. "I-I guess maybe because it's my first time...right? Onee-san?" Her elder sister stared at her for a moment before giving her sister her most encouraging smile. "Yes, of course, my dear." She then hugged her sister tight. "Of course."

The elder let her sister go once again; putting her hands on either side of the younger's cheeks before kissing her on the forehead. "I wonder what the father says about this. Is he over joy that he's going to have a son?"

"Well, he's okay with the news," the young woman smiled cheerfully. "He's happy about it!"

"That's good to hear." The elder sister stood up, and smiled at her younger sister. "I guess I should take my leave now. It's already late." The younger woman nodded her head. "I'll tell our parents this happy news. I'm sure they'd be frantically overreacting to hear they're having their first grandson." Her sister winked. "I'll come checked on you tomorrow, alright?" The other nodded.

"Thank you Onee-san," she beamed. "Oh, let me walk you to the door—"

"No, it's alright." She said, stopping her sister. "I'll manage. Thank you anyway."

A few moments later the younger woman said, "I...thank you so much Onee-san." Her sister turned to her, perplexed.

"That's what siblings do," she replied. The younger smiled and nodded.

"Yes," she said before pausing. Her sister waited, sensing that her younger sister has something in her mind. "Nee-san," she started. "Can you do me a favour?" The elder turned around fully to face her, tilting her head slightly before nodding. "This baby, my son, can you help me take care of him? I mean, I've no experience as a mother. Would you help me?"

The elder sister was taken aback a bit. Seriously speaking, she didn't even have kids of her own; the fact is she's not even married yet. But then, it's her favourite sister who's asking her a favour. Of course she would gladly do it. Besides, it's her first nephew. "Of course, dear. Absolutely. Now, I think you better rest. It's late." Her young sister nodded politely.

"I'd do anything for my little twin sister..." she said as she waved at her sister before walking out of the house to her car. As she got inside the car she glanced at her sister's house once more before whispering to herself, "anything for my dear Chie."

"Chie!" a woman in her forties woke up from her slumber, panting. She raised herself and sat on her futon; clutching the front of her night robe firmly. She then bowed her head low, tears welled threatening to fall as she whispered, "forgive me...my dear Chie..." she clutched her robe tighter, "I'm so sorry...I've betrayed you..."

***

"Mum?" Takuma stared at his mother with his chopsticks hanging in front of his open mouth. "You okay?"

"Yes dear," his mother smiled. "I'm fine."

Takuma frowned as he continues staring at his mother. "You know..." he started slowly, "...you've been saying that for months, years in fact." Takuma put his chopsticks down. "Mum..." he paused, trying to find to right word to say. "...I-I'm not a kid anymore." He paused before sighing deeply, "Okay, I mean, I am still a kid but I'm not that young anymore." He looked at his mother who now has her eyes staring directly at him. "W-What I meant to say was...well, i-if you have a problem or there's something in your mind, you should tell someone." His mother tilted her head slightly. "Y-You know you could always tell me..." he said quietly, blushing. "I'll listen..."

His mother's eyes widened but a while later she beamed. "You're such a sweet boy." She stood up and walked around the table before giving her son a tight hug, which she held for nearly fifteen minutes.

"Er, Mum?" Takuma mumbled. "You can let go now..." His mother let him go. Her smile widened as she gave him a peck on his cheek and sat herself once more on her seat opposite her son.

"So, are you going to tell me?"

Her smile vanished as she frowned. Takuma waited patiently for his mother to speak. At first his mother wanted him to give up, but after sometime she assumed that her son was so determined and would probably never give up asking her. So she decided that it is time for her to tell him everything she's been bottling up all this time. She inhaled a long breath before letting out a deep sigh.

"Takuma-kun," she said, "have you been talking to your father lately?" Takuma shook his head as he chewed his food. "Well, there's..." she hesitated, "...there's something you should know about your father... and me..." Takuma stopped chewing; his eyes widened. "...and also your Aunt Chie."

Takuma gulped his food. "A-Aunt Chie? But I thought she's already..." His mother bowed her head as she nodded.

"Yes. She's gone now, but there's something about her you should know."

Takuma looked at his mother eagerly. All the food in front of him lay forgotten. His mother sighed again. "She-" she paused again, now looking at her son's eager brown eyes, " Your aunt, Chie is my twin sister. Younger twin sister." Takuma gawped at his mother. True, he had heard about his late aunt many, many years ago, but never had his mother told him that she's her twin. "A-and?" he said.

"Well, your father..." She paused as she cried, "Takuma-kun, I beg you. Once you hear this, just please don't hate me."

"Huh?" Takuma was clearly taken aback at his mother's statement. Hate? My mother? "No Mum, please don't cry. No, no I promise. I won't hate you." He stood and walked to his sobbing mother and rubbed her back. "You're my mother, I will never hate you. Please, tell me what happen."

She continue sobbing, but she at last found her voice that she said, "Y-your Aunt Chie, she is my twin sister," Takuma nodded as he continues comforting his mother, "and s-she...she's also, your father's first wife." Takuma stopped moving. He stared at his mother, disbelieving his own ears.

"W-What?"

"We...I wasn't suppose to have you." At this Takuma eyes welled. "A few months before your Aunt Chie died, I-I learnt that I was pregnant with you." Her tears fell onto her lap as she spoke. "I...it was a mistake. I wasn't suppose to..." she looked up at her son. "I-I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." she held his arms tightly. "I pitied him, your father. H-He looked so depressed, and Chie... she never tells me anything. Please...I'm sorry..."

Takuma sat quietly as he listened to his mother closely. "Did Aunt Chie," he stared at his mother, completely lost for words, "did she know...about you having me?" His mother shook her head. "The only ones who knew were your father, my mother and father, and I. None of the other Sohmas knows your existence."

"Then why is it that you have me bare their family name?" Takuma said slowly.

"It's your father's order. H-He wants you to- he said you're his s-son," she sobbed. "H-He said you're the only son he has." Takuma frowned. "B-but you're not..." his mother cried harder, bowing her head lower. Her whole body shook. "You're not the only child he has." Takuma let his mother continue crying as he waited. A while later his mother looked up at him straight in the eye.

"Takuma-kun," she sobbed, "Chie bore h-him a child four years b-before you were b-born." Takuma continue waiting as he stared intently at her.

"Y-you have an older brother."

***

"HACHOO!!" Kyo sniffed his runny nose. Tohru stood up from her chair to wipe off his sinus. "Get off!" Kyo said, pushing her hand aside. "I can do it myself!" he said harshly, snatching the napkin from her hands.

Tohru shook, but she then forced herself to smile pleasantly at her fiancé. Kyo stared at her angrily. "What are you smiling about, huh?" he asked as he wiped his nose. "Are you stupid or something?" Tohru was taken at his words, but later on she beamed. "WHAT?!" His yell made her jump a little, but she still smiled at him.

"Um, n-nothing," she said. "I'm just happy you're awake."

"Liar." Tohru stared wide eye at him.

"Huh?"

"I said you're lying, dammit!" he threw the napkin to the floor. "You're forcing yourself to smile every time you walk into this room!" he growled at her, "and every time you see me, your eye starts welling up! And every time you smile like that, it's making me sick!" Kyo yelled at her, but after she started to cry he gasped.

"I-I mean, its n-not that I hate..." he quickly grasped his pillow and bumped his face onto it, groaning. Tohru wiped her eyes as she quickly tended to him, feared that he might hurt himself. Kyo mumbled something into the pillow that Tohru didn't understand. "Um...what did you say?" she asked politely.

Kyo pulled the pillow down slowly. The pillow is still covering half of his face, leaving only the upper portion of his face could be seen, that is to say his eyes. He looked away as he repeated his words. "I'm sorry." He glanced at her before looking at the opposite direction, hiding his blushing face with the pillow. "I'm sorry okay? I didn't mean to say all that..." he said quietly. Almost every word he spoke was muffled for his mouth was still covered by the pillow. "I-I kinda... like it, I think, when you smile. But you're forcing yourself to smile. It's depressing...I hate it...when you forced yourself...it's so," he paused, "...insincere." He glanced at her once more only to see her mouth opened and her eyes wide.

"You better shut your mouth or you'll catch a fly or bee or something inside your mouth." He mumbled.

Tohru quickly shut her mouth. A moment later she smiled wholeheartedly. "Hai!" she said gleefully, her cheeks flushing pink, but she, for the first time, didn't care about blushing at the moment. All she cared about was her Kyo.

Kyo, who was watching (almost peeping) her smiling face, blushed furiously. He then hid his red face into the pillow once more.

"Whatever," he mumbled.

ps: chappy twelve up! now what do you think will happen? don't ask me, bcos i won't tell you! anyway, REVIEW!! -or else i'll have to..i'll have to...what can i do if you don't except for crying my eyeballs out of their sockets?-

oh, guess what, guess what! i have a niece now! WHEEPIEEE!!!!! so now i'm an aunty of a nephew and a niece.. WAAHHHHH, they both are so adorable!!!