Fruits Ripe

Episode 2c

Yuki waited until he couldn't hear their footsteps anymore before addressing Shigure, "That explains why you were so quick to tell our secret."

Shigure just foreign innocence and said, "Hm?"

Yuki pressed on knowing otherwise, "They'll have their memories altered. Like those others did before."

Shigure just responded calmly, "No, this is much different. Back then, there were so many people involved that we didn't have a choice."

Yuki not wanting to hear anymore just said, "I should get going, too. Hey, stupid cat, you'd better fix the roof in their room" and walked away.

Shigure called out loud enough for Kyo to hear him from the pond where he refused to get up, "Kyo, look after the place, will you? Don't you dare think about running off again while I'm gone either. Apologize to Tohru and Lily whenever you see them, too."

At the School

Uotani and Hanajima approached Tohru and Lily at their desks and asked, "Tohru. It's not like you to be late. Lily, maybe but not you. You oversleep?"

"I'm not offended because that's highly probable" Lily shrugged while Uo pat her head.

Tohru just went with that instead not wanting to lie to her, "Huh? Oh. That's right."

Kinoshita a member of the Yuki fan club stood by the door with another club member intervened and said, "So you two admit you're super lazy. You girls should've stayed at home and gotten more beauty rest."

Not bothering to respond Lily sat on top of her desk and watched Hana chase both of the fan girls making them yelp and retreat. She just smirked slightly amused. Then turned her body in Uo's direction.

Uotani just watched Hana work like Lily, but told tohru and Lily, "The prince was late too, so they're extra on edge. And suspicious."

'I definitely can't tell them we stayed at his house.' Both girls thought as they made eye contact and nodded at each other.

"What happened to your glasses anyway Lily?" Hana asked once she came back from chasing those fan girls away.

" I hit my head on something and my glasses took most of the impact, but I'm lucky to have my contacts still," Lily told them.

Uotani nodded to acknowledge what Lily said, but just continued her rant already used to them, "What a buncha airheads. Must be nice to be so dumb."

"I pity them", Lily said softly, " Being dumb is worse than being ignorant" she said making Uo laugh.

Unbeknownst to them, Yuki was watching them interact with an unreadable expression on his face. Afterschool Tohru and Lily were leaving the class room after finishing their cleaning duty for the day. Suddenly while passing what they thought was an empty class room, they heard Yuki calling out for them from inside.

"Miss Hondas?" he asked softly.

Tohru responded entering the room with Lily in tow, "Is that you, Soma?"

"What did you tell your friends? Our secret, is it safe?" He asked them slowly not turning to meet their eyes.

Tohru spoke up a little confused, "I- I didn't tell them anything."

"Me either", Lily added.

"Oh, no, were you worried that we would go and blab to everybody? I promise, you don't have to worry about us. Our mom always told us that only bad people spill secrets that have been entrusted to them." Tohru sped walked towards him in a bit of a panic, Lily just tugged her back a bit because she noticed her getting too close.

"No. I'm concerned--"he started to say but was cut off by Tohru.

"Look, I'll swear you an oath. We could even seal it with fire or blood if you wanted to!" She responded passionately not bothering to let Yuki get a sentence in.

Yuki tried to get her to let him finish, "No, listen."

"Onee- Chan maybe you should let--" Lily was also cut off so she gave up and just leaned against the wall watching it all play out.

Tohru continued, "Mom apparently used to do stuff like that all the--"

Yuki apparently didn't have any more patience and slammed him left arm on the wall effectively shutting her up. Even Lily was surprised, both her and Tohru were trapped by his arm, "That's not the issue here."