Chapter 26 - Truth or dare

Uo rolled on her side doubling over in laughter on the bed while Tohru knelt on the floor to stare up at Uo. She giggled as welll, the laughter contagiously echoing off the walls.

"Oh, man those were the good old days!"

Hana, who was sitting up at the corner of the bed, cracked a smile as well. "I do not recall a single day that week where Uo was not online."

Uo propped her face up in her hands with her elbows on the bed. "Hey! It was a really good story okay? That fanfiction stuff is really addicting. Don't act like you didn't stay up to read some too, Hanajima."

"Yes, but I'll confess the more lemony stories were quite fascinating."

Tohru sweatdropped and ate a cookie as Uo closed her eyes.

"Ah of course. You and your lemony lemons." Uo grinned at Tohru, "While Tohru here was the sweet-toothed romance reader."

The girl laughed while licking chocolate off her of her ring finger, "but they were so sweet! You couldn't help but get lost in all the drama." Both girls nodded.

"But experiencing romance and reading about it are two completely different things."

Uo raised an eyebrow. "How would you know that, Hanajima?"

"You'd be surprised." Hana smiled with a mischevious grin while spooning a good amount of their sleepover concoction onto a cookie. "Mm, who would have thought sour cream, Oreos, powdered sugar, butter and white chocolate would taste this good?"

Tohru laughed, "even though it looks absolutely disgusting." She sat on her heels and burried her face into the side of the soft bed sheets. "I can't believe we even made something that looks so gross."

"It looks like shoot you mean."

"Uo!"

Uo shrugged and ate a slice of cheesecake. "I'm staying off that stuff, it's way too addicting."

Tohru laughter was muffled in the sheets as Uo polished off her fourth slice of cheesecake. The girl raised her head from the cloth, her braided pig tails flopping up as well. "I guess it is addicting hua? We're still eating it after all these years passed."

"And besides," Uo touched her stomach affectionately, "I think my baby wants cheesecake."

"Four giant slices of it?" Hana asked while daintly taking a bite of her cookie.

"Hey hey, pregnant woman wants cake you give it to her!" Uo laughed.

Tohru laughed. "As long as you brush your teeth."

Hana's lips curled into a smile. "Speaking of which, remember Arisa hated her retainer?"

Tohru nodded. "She hid it under her bed all the time refusing to wear it until one day she jumped on the mattress and broke it on accident."

"I wore mine." Hana reminded Uo.

Uo pouted. "It was stupid okay? Weren't braces bad enough? Why make you suffer with a retainer?"

"So your teeth will remain straight?"

Uo threw cookie at Hana, telling her to be quiet.

Hana looked up while brushing crumbs off her silky black night gown. "Let's play a game."

"That sounds like a good idea." Tohru confessed. "How about truth or dare?"

Uo laughed. "That game is so scandalous!" She lowered her voice. "Let's do it."

The three friends burst out laughing.

Tohru felt relieved. It felt good to re-live her days with her two friends like nothing in the world could ruin this night. It was comforting sharing stories, reminiscing on old ones, eating junk food till they drop... it made her miss the days before she met Satsuki.

Tohru pointed at Uo. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

Tohru thought a moment before slamming her fist into her open palm. "I dare you to go to the window and shout, 'Good night moon!'"

Uo stared at Tohru as if she had grown three heads. "Are you kidding me?"

Tohru looked between her friends confused. "What?"

"Tohru, it's okay. We're adults. We can handle a real dare."

"But... ah, that was my... dare..." Hana looked away and Uo just sighed. "Was that not good? I'm sorry!"

"No, no, I'll go do it." Uo got up from the bed and went to the window sceaming, "Good night moon!"

"Shut up over there, some people are trying to sleep!" A neighbor yelled from the distance.

"Yo, I'm just saying good night to the moon ya' jerk!"

"What do I care? Shut up!"

"You shut up before I come over there and...!"

Hana pulled Uo away from the window. "Yes yes, we know, but think about the baby right now, Arisa."

Uo went back to her sitting place muttering curses before just shaking her head and laughing it off.

Tohru looked scared. "I didn't know truth or dare could be so violent."

Hana giggled.

Uo grabbed a bag of Frosted Mini Wheats. "Okay, truth or dare, Hanajima."

"Dare." Hana said with a bit of edge.

Uo thought a moment before shaking the box of cereal at Hana. "I dare you to go to the bathroom and make it sound like you're having a heavy makeout session when one of the Sohmas pass by."

"Is that it?"

Uo thought a moment and grinned. "Fine. A hot, passionate, monkey sex session." Hana's eyes widened to that while Uo popped a cereal piece into her mouth. "Revenge for the retainer story."

Hana gave it a thought and closed her eyes. "I suppose that will do."

Uo and Tohru exchanged glances before running for the door. "This we gotta see!"

The three girls hid in the bathroom while Uo peaked outside to see a man walking past. "Okay, okay, someone's coming!" She whispered while shutting the door.

Hana sat on the toilet seat cover as Uo and Tohru stood off to the side by the shower curtain, already holding in their laughter. They heard soft feet walk past the door.

Poor soul whoever it was passing by.


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"Ohhhh..." Ayame looked up from his book. "Ohhhh..." He turned to the bathroom door hearing a strange womanly moan coming from the door. Was everything alright? He was about to knock on the door when the moaning became more fierce. "Oh, right there! Oh yes!"

Ayame was speachless. His mouth opened and closed as he backed away from the door. He wasn't so sure which female that was but it sounded like she did not want to be interupted at the moment. Even for Ayame, the suggestive noises brought suggestive thoughts to his mind.

Hana felt herself laughing as Uo and Tohru looked on the verge of passing out. She played off her laughter, pretending to make it like a playful giggle. "Please, I need... I need... oh!" Hana made short gasping noises and muffled her cries of laughter with her palm. "You feel so good. I don't know how you do that, you bionic seahorse you!"

Ayame nearly tripped over himself. He briskly walked away from the door, his entire face feeling rather hot at the images playing in his mind. He didn't want to think about it but he couldn't help it either. The faster he got away from this situation the fast it would go away!

The girls waited a few moments and peaked out of the door. They looked at each other and erupted in laughter.

"Did you get that on video?" Hana asked. Uo walked over to a potted plant in the corner of the corridor and pulled out a small video camera.

"Yeah I did."

"Excellent."

Uo raised an eyebrow at Hana. 'Bionic Seahorse', hua?"

Hana smiled. "Pretty creative, hua?"

Tohru's lips turned into a smile and shook her head. "I'll explain to Ayame-san another day. I feel a bit bad."

Uo clapped Tohru on the back. "You're too nice."

Hana began walking back to Tohru's room. "I believe it is your turn, Arisa."

Uo smiled at Tohru. She was too nice for her own good sometimes. She followed Hana and Tohru followed behind them. "Okay okay. This games only getting started anyway."

"Tohru's turn." Hana said. "Truth or dare?"

"Ah..." she really really wanted to say truth, but feared what her friends would ask her. And as it went, saying 'truth' was always the whimpy thing to do so she said, "dare!"

Hana smiled. "I dare you to go to Yuki's room and steal a pair of his boxers."

"Okay!" Tohru stood up. This wasn't too bad, she'd just say she was going to start some laundry, it was simple.

"Wait," Hana put a hand up to stop Tohru from moving any further, "I didn't finish. You have to steal a pair of his boxers and wear them out of his room over your underwear."

"Eh?" Tohru squeeked. "But- but that's awkward! Can't I just put it over my clothes?"

"Nope."

Uo looked between the two. "Oh man, that's so bad."

"Why Yuki-kun?" Tohru asked trying to maybe get her way out of this one.

"Perhaps, Kyo then?"

"NO!" Uo and Hana stared at Tohru. "I-I mean, it would be too obvious because I just did Kyo-kun laundry so he'd know something was missing..."

Hana stared at Tohru watching the blush rise to her cheeks. "Did you say the white haired boy was sleeping over tonight?"

"Hatsuharu-kun? Ah yes, because Rin-san was sleeping over Kagura-san's tonight..."

"Fine then, if not Yuki's boxers, wear Hatsuharu's boxers."

"What?" Tohru asked again. Even more awkward!

Uo was bouncing her knees up and down, "yeah, what if Haru doesn't wear boxers?"

"Ah, there is the possibility he wears briefs." Hana replied.

"No, no that's not it!" Tohru cried.

Hana stared at Tohru. "Okay, I'll allow you to skip your dare if you're not wearing any underwear, Tohru-kun, only because that's freakish."

"No it's just that what if they're in their room? Sleeping? That would be so horrible!"

Everyone was silent for a moment before Hana turned to Tohru again. "So are you wearing underwear?"

"YES!"

"Well my dare still stands. Either Yuki or Haru's underwear you must steel, wearing it all the way back here."

Tohru sighed. Well she voted on Yuki being in his room by this time and Haru? Well, she hoped he was still downstairs playing video games with Momiji. "Okay, here I go then."


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Tohru peaked into Haru's room, happy to find that the boy wasn't there. She slipped in and rummaged through his burrow to find a clean pair of black boxers. Even though he moved out, he left plenty of clothes in his old room. They were rich after all, it wasn't like Haru didn't have a thousand other pairs of underwear. She held them in her hands and looked around the room quickly. She stared at the boxers before hurridly taking off her sleeping shorts and pulling on the boxers. She hopped across the floor like a deer, hoping to be home free, when it turned. She felt her heart stop as her hand froze mid reach for the handle.

There before her was Haru with a towel around his shoulders with damp hair, wearing his pajama bottoms. He was staring at her with those cool gray eyes. She in turn was wearing her tank top and boxers.

Correction, his boxers.

"Ha- Hatsuharu-kun!"

Haru didn't say anything and just stared at Tohru, his eyes slowly making their way to her lower half. His eyes then went back to her scared eyes.

Tohru didn't know what to say. "Ah, I um, it's just..." Oh she wished the floor would swallow her up right now!

"They look good on you."

Tohru stopped muttering and stared at the man. "What."

Haru walked into his room as Tohru went outside. "Night."

Tohru stared as the door closed and silence engulfed the hallway.

She walked back to her bedroom trying to dodge anyone passing by in the hallways. Actually there wasn't really any one wandering around but she couldn't help but try and be cautious. If anyone, she hoped she didn't run into--

"Tohru?"

"KYO-KUN!" Tohru caught sight of him and in and instant knocked right into him, slamming Kyo into a wall as she fled to her bedroom in safety. "It's not what you think, I'm so sorry!"

Kyo shut his eyes at the horrific slam of her door and then a squeal of horror from Tohru as he heard her friends try and hush her. He couldn't believe Tohru just shoved him into a wall like a mad animal looking for an escape route. It was a bit scary.

"Tohru! Tohru calm down!" He could hear Uo say.

"But Kyo-kun saw me! He saw me, ohmigosh, he saw me in Hatsuharu-kun's boxers!"

Kyo's eyes widened at the last snip of the conversation and his feet headed straight to Haru's room.

Meanwhile, in Tohru's room, she eventually calmed down when Hana assured it it was okay and Kyo would never know who's boxers she was wearing as long as she didn't tell anyone. Tohru for one was just glad her dare was over.

She hoped to stick with truth from here on out.

Uo grinned at Tohru. "I don't know, Hanajima, it looks like Tohru kind of liked that. It was thrilling wasn't it, Tohru?" Tohru shook her head 'no' but thought on it. Uo saw her faulter and nudged her. "So?"

Tohru gave an impish smile. "It was... kind of fun."

"That's the spirit! Come on, it's your turn, Tohru. Don't be nervous, here here, eat some chocolate, loosen up!" Uo grabbed a chocolate chip cookie and dunked it in chocolate icing while handing the messy treat to Tohru.

Tohru finally laughed out, enjoying herself to no end. She couldn't believe how absurd she was acting tonight but then again when was the last time she did anything so funny? Stealing a boy's underwear? Who would have thought it?

"Okay okay, let me get out of Hatsuharu-kun's shorts first, I might get chocolate on it."

Hana giggled, "Ah, there's Tohru-kun thinking about laundry."

"Wait wait, I want to take a picture first!" Uo laughed, scrambing over to the bed side to grab her digital camera. She turned it on and focused it on Tohru. "Come on, pose for me! The camera loves you!"

Tohru thought 'what the heck' and posed with one hand on her hip with the other pointing up and off into the distance with a rather serious gaze. The picture was taken and the trio huddled around the camera to look at the image before bursting out in fits of laughter. All the sugar was really starting to kick in.


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KNOCK KNOCK

Haru looked up from his book before placing a book mark on his page and getting up, feeling the soft carpet under his toes. He slowly went to his door.

"Yuki, I told you I can't see you any more. I'm with Rin now, you just have to move on..."

Upon opening the door Haru got Kyo's fist straight in the jaw. Haru's face only turned the other way before opening his eyes and staring at Kyo. "Ow."

"Whatever you did to Tohru, don't do it again." Kyo warned.

"Oh?" Haru almost laughed at how serious Kyo looked. "FYI, Tohru sort of just took them and had them on before I came into my room." The corner of Haru's lip lifted ever so slightly. "I guess she likes to do freaky stuff once in a while when she's thinking about you. Maybe wondering how it would feel to..."

Kyo's entire face went beat red. "Oh shut up you weirdo."

"You gotta admit, she looked pretty cute in boxers."

"STOP!" Kyo warned raising a fist at Haru who already shielded himself.

"Haha, you're too easy, Kyo."

"Whatever." Kyo responded seeing that Haru didn't do anything to Tohru. He almost felt bad for hitting him, but then again Haru was laughing at him which was pissing him off even more. "And whatever that was about you and Yuki," Kyo put a hand up, "I don't even want to know." With that Kyo walked away half relieved and half freaked out. Why did Haru assume he was Yuki?

Kyo only shruttered.

Haru on the other hand leaned on his door frame, still smirking. Haru used to freak Yuki out by pretending to still 'love' him. Honestly he would always have Yuki dear to him, but Rin was the person he loved. He just liked to tease Yuki once in a while knowing how Yuki hated that Haru used to always pester him about it.

Then again, something odd was going on tonight. Why would Tohru want to wear boxers? Not to mention he could recall hearing Ayame screaming about Hatori being a naughty seahorse. Now Kyo came and randomly punched him.

He only walked back into his room and locked the door. After a moment he grabbed a chair and put it up to the door knob.

Just in case.


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It was already about three AM when the girls felt sleep take over finally. Their game of truth or dare had ended and now the three friends sat in the dark staring at the ceiling as the lay next to one another.

"Okay!" Uo finally announced, her voice rather raspy with fatigue. "Here's one: if you could be any dog-- I mean any dog-- in the world, which one would you be?"

Tohru thought a moment before replying, "I think I'd like to be a chocolate Labrador."

"Oh good one!" Both girls chimed.

"How about a Dalmation?" Hana suggested for herself.

Uo gasped. "No way, I wanted to be a Dalmation!"

"Or how about that dog? You know the one like Lassie?"

All three girls ooh-ed at the idea of a Collie.

Uo laughed. "okay, I'll be Lassie. That just sounds bad @$$ doesn't it?" Tohru and Hana agreed and continued to laugh at their incredibly random thoughts at 3 in the morning.

"Tohru-kun," Hana asked after a moment of silence, "you didn't tell them did you?"

She turned to Hana. "About what?"

"Well, I recall Ayame-san saying you would not be 'deflowered' until you were well and married..." Hana turned to face Tohru as well, only her eyes in view. "You didn't tell them you weren't a virgin did you?"

Tohru's cheeks flamed and hoped the darkness would hide that fact. "Well, no... I didn't tell them." She wished her first time wasn't with Satsuki but it was. She still remembered that night. He was so kind and gentle with her. It made her love him even more. Then their love-making turned very dominant where he would sometimes force her into situations she didn't want to think about for a moment. Now that she thought about it, were they making love or did he only want her a sex toy?

That was it wasn't it? He was just toying with her.

Tohru turned back to the ceiling lost in her thoughts when Hana groaped for her hand, squeezing it lightly. "Don't think about him, Tohru-kun."

"There will come someone better, someone that will treat you right." Uo added. Tohru's eyes filled with tears and she could feel the warm drops flow down her face. Sometimes when a person stays up for so long, they turn into an emotional wreck. In this case: Tohru.

Uo sat up to stare at Tohru. "Tohru, why are you crying?"

"I don't want to think about him anymore, Uo-chan." She confessed with a slightly shaky voice. "I don't want to hurt anymore, but he's always haunting me and I can't let go. He won't get out of my mind."

Uo watched Tohru shut her eyes tightly, trying to rid the feeling of his hands on her body, his voice whispering into her ear...

Uo hushed Tohru as Hana patted Tohru's hand. "You fell in love with the wrong person, it's okay, we're here for you, Tohru-kun." Hana whispered. "We won't let something like that happen to you ever again as long as we have a say in it." Hana smiled with a thought of changing the topic slightly. "Kyo seems to like you very much, he wouldn't want to see you cry."

Tohru let out a small gasp between her tears at the thought of Kyo. Kyo... would he still want her? Would he still love her even though she was another man's lover before? Would he still think of her the same?

As if reading her thoughts Hana added, "I don't think he would see you differently, Tohru-kun, if he really did love you. And by his waves," the girl closed her eyes having flashbacks of all the careful soft glances Kyo had given Tohru throughout their stay, "I'd say he really does adore you."

"Who wouldn't adore you?" Uo laughed.

Tohru smiled and was glad her friends were there to comfort her. She sat up and pushed the covers down as she crawled to the foot of the bed. "Thank you. I'm going to go get a glass of water, so you can go to sleep, okay?" She groaped in the dark for a jacket to cover herself with and found something underneath the bed.

Both girls nodded and said good night to Tohru as she disappeared from the room. Hana and Uo laied back down on the bed listening to Tohru descend the staircase.

"She is a good person." Uo said.

"She tries so hard." Hana replied. "I wish that Kyo does not break her heart."

"By the way things are going with Tohru, I hate to say it but, I hope she doesn't break his heart." Hana turned slightly to the blonde girl. "I mean, it's obvious he likes her but Tohru is still wary about dating and guys at the moment. She really gave Satsuki everything, you know? I wonder if she'll be able to return Kyo's feelings." Silence filled the space between the friends as Hana stared at the window, moonlight flitering through the linen curtains.

"I do too..."


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Tohru walked into the kitchen and turned on a small bar light to keep the harsh lighting from her eyes. She was tired but needed to walk a bit to clear her mind. She found a glass and poured water into it before downing the cool liquid. It calmed her nerves as she leaned on the counter staring out the window. So much time had passed and Satsuki still had not tried searching for her. If she still loved him, if she was still his pawn, where did he stand in his game of his?

"Tohru?"

Tohru nearly jumped out of her skin and spun around to see Kyo. What on earth was he doing up? "Kyo-kun? It's late, you should be in bed by now!" She hissed.

Kyo grunted. "I... couldn't sleep and I thought I heard someone walking around." He paused for a moment. "I should be asking why you're up."

Tohru looked away smiling. "I guess you don't sleep really at sleepovers." She clasped her hands in front of her while blushing.

Kyo took in her apperance. He never really saw Tohru in her night clothes, but when he did she was normally a bit more, covered. She wore a pair of short pink shorts revealing her long slender legs and a white tank top hugging all her curves. In all honesty, when he ran into her earlier that night, he didn't see what she was wearing since she pushed past him like an angry bull and shut the door. Draped over her was a jacket that looked farmiliar.

"Oh, isn't this my jacket?" Kyo asked after a moment. He stepped closer to the girl as she glanced down at the rather large article of clothing. Kyo felt his hormones react to her scantily clothed outfit under his jacket. He never felt such an urge to cross the few feet between them and ravish her lips.

"I'm sorry, I never returned it from that other night on the roof top did I?" Tohru thought about that memory when she first opened up to Kyo about her life. She remembered him lending her the jacket but she must have misplaced it and forgot to give it back. She began to shrug her arms out of the sleaves giving him a cute glance. "Do you want it back?"

Kyo stopped her motions. "NO! I mean, you can keep it... for now or whatever, it's a bit cool in the house..." Kyo rambled. God how she could tease him without knowing it. Having her take any clothes off would make him snap in an instant.

"Oh okay," she pulled it back over her shoulders and put her empty glass into the sink. She was a bit too tired and didn't want to disrupt anyone sleeping by running the faucet. She watched him for a moment taking in his form. How she would love to wake up to his face every morning. His messy dark orange hair, his wild eyes... she turned away. "Um, I'll see you in the morning, Kyo-kun."

"Wait." Kyo put his hand to the counter to block Tohru from passing him. She looked up, fearing he could hear her heart beating out of her chest. She wanted to be with him. She wanted to be in his arms and hear him tell her he loved her. She wanted to hear those words and repeat it right back to him. Listen to him, talk to him, just be with him. It haunted her mind, thinking of what could be between Kyo and herself.

Kyo leaned his head on Tohru's shoulder as she watched him in the dim light. "You really drive me crazy. You don't even know it, but you really do." He felt Tohru wrap her arms around his neck and her face burried in the crook of his shoulder. "Tohru?"

"I'm so selfish," she whispered, "You are too kind to me, Kyo-kun, and yet I have given you nothing in return. You deserve better."

He listened to her breathing before pulling away from her. "You're not selfish. You rarely ask for anything so stop worrying about it." He put his hands to his side still watching her. She looked like something was on her mind as she stared up at him, sleep mulling around her her orbs. He pushed hair away from her eyes, catching a small glimmer in her eye. "Tell me what you want." He whispered wondering what was rolling around in that mind of hers.

Hearing his voice sent shivers down her spine. No one ever asked her that question so intimately. Satsuki never did. She knew if she could change the past, the man she'd want to share a bed with for the first time would have been Kyo. He deserved so much more than her. She smiled and only leaned her head on his chest.

"I want to tell you my feelings but I can't. I don't want to say something I don't know is true," she said. "I want to say it very much but I'm afraid... I..."

"Shh," Kyo hushed her. She looked up to see him giving her a firm look. "I told you I love you and that's that. I don't need an answer right away, it's okay. So... so don't worry so much, crazy girl."

'And you did give me something. You gave me acceptance, care, and a reason to be. Even if you can't say I love you now, it's okay. I'd wait for you.'

Tohru breathed deeply, feeling comfortable standing with Kyo. Her eyes fell half lidded as her eyes focused on Kyo's lips parallel to her eyes. Kyo felt himself bend slightly at their closeness, wanting to feel her soft warm lips just once more. They were only breaths apart. He wanted to kiss away her pain.

They were so close.

He wanted her so much.

Kyo sighed and turned away knowing how close he was to losing all control. Tohru's eyes opened as if coming out of a trance, watching Kyo shake his head to himself. "Come on, it's really late. You should get some sleep." He grasped her hand and led her back to her room.

She followed silently before squeezing his hand. 'Thank you, Kyo-kun.'

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