"Your turn Shigure." Yuki said as the game of Chinese checkers sat before them on their table. Both men sat on their pillows observing each other's moves.
Shigure eyed the board as he looked for a smart move. He moved his marble and sat there triumphantly. Yuki pulled one over on him though. He had 7 jumps and Yuki had his last marble in place. Shigure hit his head against the table.
"No fair Yuki! I want a re-match." He said as Yuki got up. Shigure grabbed Yuki's leg and rubbed against it. "Please Yuki-chan?" He asked pouting.
Yuki shook his head and kicked Shigure off. Yuki heard someone outside her opened the shoji door only to get attacked by Kyo.
"Yuki you RAT! You stole my towel for the springs!" Kyo said as he shook the poor teen.
"Aren't you wearing it right now?" Yuki said pointing to Kyo's lower self. Kyo looked down and pushed Yuki off to show he wasn't embarrassed.
"Feh." He said as he walked back out. "You still cant fight me anyway." Kyo said arrogantly as he walked towards the door to the outdoor springs.
Hatori walked into the room as he saw Kyo leave. He looked in and saw Shigure laying on the floor. He cocked his brow but then put it back keeping his professional look on.
"Akito-sama is looking for you Gure-san." He said plainly as he saw Yuki walk out of the room at the mention of Akito's name.
Shigure got up off the floor and nodded going up the stairs.
He opened the doors and walked in closing it behind him. Akito sat in the shadow. "The girl is on her way." Akito said softly. Shigure nodded.
"What do you think of her after what I told you last night Gure-chan?" Akito said as he looked to the lone burning candly that danced in the dark room.
"She seemed a little innocent for your liking. You said she was a new recruit and had never been touched until you did so." Shigure said with a hint of sorrow for the poor girl. "But I guess what you want is what you want and you got it so it's none of my business." He said as he turned. Akito smirked in the small lit.
"Good." Akito said to himself.
Tohru walked back up the stairs to the bath house. Her kimono today was blue and white. Her hair was the same from yesterday just the clip was a different color. Her make-up slightly similar except her make-up was all blues and whites. She knocked softly on the door. The door opened seconds later by a shorter young man with blonde hair. He smiled at her. What she didn't prepare herself for was the child's running mouth.
"Hi! I'm Momiji Sohma! I'm supposed to take you up to see Akito-sama in his room. I hope you enjoy your second stay here Honda-san. You're very pretty do you know that? I think you and I should have tea one day and get to know each other! We could become the best of friends. Come Honda-san we can go upstairs now!" he pulled her up the stairs. Tohru thought she was going to lose her mind. He loved to talk. She could barely understand him. She giggled lightly.
He left her at the door and opened it for her. She walked in and watched as the door closed. She was once again met with icy cold hands. Her pulled her close and closed his mouth over hers. He slid his tongue into her mouth and she gladly obliged to it. He pulled her down to the floor. She had finally seen a glimpse of his face. His hair was just a darker shade of grey than Yuki's hair. His eyes were closed so she didn't see much of him.
Her mind went fuzzy as he started to repeat a lot of yesterday's activities.
She walked out of the room. Her hair today was slightly roused up. Kaoru-sama wouldn't be pleased. But then again she might not have to worry about Kaoru-sama if she would take Akito-sama up on his offer. She remembered just minutes before she had gotten changed what he had suggested.
FlashbackAkito lay there with Tohru in his embrace. His embrace was hard and not as comfortable as she wished but it wasn't really her choice to be comfortable. He nipped slightly at her earlobe as he made a soft request. "You could have this everyday you know." He said as he nuzzled his nose into her hair.
"You wouldn't have to walk here everyday. You could live here with me and my family." He nearly spat out the word 'family' but Tohru didn't say anything. "Would you like that?" He asked as he placed a tender kiss on her lips. She didn't do anything except respond to his kisses.
End FlashbackMomiji bumped her out of her thoughts as he grabbed her sleeve and pulled her along. "Come Honda-san! I have made tea!" Momiji exclaimed happily. Tohru smiled and followed him.
They sat at a small table in a small room in the house. They had hot green tea and some small bits of snacks that Momiji had cooked himself. Tohru smiled and ate little. Geisha's had to keep their figure so she didn't want to eat anything Kaoru-sama wouldn't approve of.
Momiji talked on and on about things that Tohru didn't quite understand. She did enjoy the little one's company though. He mad her seem more welcomed here. She smiled as she put her finished cup down and stood up. "Thank you for the tea Momiji-chan. I really enjoyed talking with you. I must go now but I should be back tomorrow." She smiled and waved to him as he let her out the door.
Tohru walked down the dark road. Akito watched her from a small window in the house. He held a soft smirk on his face. "Soon enough…" He thought. "Soon enough…"
Tohru entered the teahouse. Kaoru looked at her with some worry this time. She walked over to Tohru. "Something troubling you child?" She asked as she sat her down on a pillow.
"No Kaoru, just a small thing that my danna has asked of me." She said softly. Kaoru urged to the girl to go on. So Tohru explained about Akito's request. Kaoru understood why it puzzled the girl. Most people look down on girls living in a house among only men. Geisha's were often misunderstood as whores when it was only their job to please their masters. It was their way of money.
Kaoru thought about it for a moment. She smiled at Tohru. "Child this leads to a lot of marriages. Could it be that Akito-sama has some sort of interest in you?" Tohru looked around nervously. Then she shrugged. Kaoru smiled. "Child I will tell you this. I want you to think about it. In the morning before you leave here I want you to come to me and tell me your answer. If you say 'yes' I will have your stuff moved to the house for you while you are with Akito-sama. If you say 'no' you are going to have to tell Akito-sama yourself." Kaoru helped Tohru up as she said this.
She led her to the bed and helped Tohru take down her hair. "We'll have the hairdresser do your hair special tomorrow." Kaoru winked. She slid Tohru's porcelain pillow to the side and give her a softer pillow to rest her head on. Kaoru watched as Tohru closed her eyes then slid the shoji door shut.