My birthday came, and went. Normally, birthdays are full of love and happiness. But not this time. Everyone forgot my birthday, Tohru-kun was to important.
"Kagura-san, may I come in and visit?" Tohru-kun sat in her wheelchair outside my room. She gave me a sweet smile, and I caved. "Sure!"
She rolled in and stopped right next to me. Her smile wavered a bit but she kept in there. I stared straight in her eyes, then looked away. She's too pretty, no wonder Kyo-kun likes her so much.
She made a small whimper sound then looked down. Her hair fell in front of her eyes, and her shoulders were slumped over. "I-I'm sorry! I'm so sorry Kagura-san! I had no idea it was your birthday yesterday!" she shot her head up and looked at me. Tears were streaming down her face, I could tell she was being sincere on how sorry she was.
"Don't worry about it, you didn't know about my birthday Tohru-kun. I never told you when it was."
"But I should have asked!"
"It's just a day. Nothing special."
"Not special? Kagura-san," she took my hand and smiled, "That was the day you came into this world. That's something incredibly special."
I just sat there and said nothing. She smiled at me for a very long time, then continued, "Kagura-san, I'm happy. I'm happy you were born so I could have met you."
"But…! I'm the boar! A cursed woman who can't live a normal life! That's why its such a pointless day, just a reminder that something cursed came into this world." I yanked my hand away from hers and hid my face. I looked at her through my fingers, she was still smiling. She reached for my hand again, "Yes, you are cursed. But, you're also human. Not just a boar."
"Yun-chan! I can't believe you're here!" I sat up and wrapped my arms around him. He hugged me back but he was tense. "Yeah." was all he sat then sat down.
"I wanted to give you this," he took out a present wrapped in blue and green polka dot paper. It was very tiny, and very light.
"Oh my! Thank you!" I unwrapped it and opened the little box; inside were the prettiest earrings I've ever seen. They were silver heart dangly earrings, and they sparkled when the light reflected off of them. I looked at Yun-chan and he smiled at me.
"I hope there your taste, I didn't know what to get. Happy Birthday Kagura."
I could feel tears well up in my eyes, how unlike Yun-chan! I gave him a teary-eyed smile, I couldn't speak, so I just nodded in thanks. He quickly reached over and gave me a hug, he was warm and strong. I nuzzled my head into his neck, and took a breath in. He didn't have to be so nice to me.
"Yun-chan?"
"Hmm?" his grey eyes meet mine.
"Thank you!" I began to cry harder, he was the only Sohma who remember my birthday. I felt happy and relieved, but at the same time I felt nervous. Maybe he was just doing this out of pity, he's never gotten me anything before, so why now?
We stayed like that for a minute, hugging each other. And he never tried to pull away and he never tensed up like he normally does.
Maybe this wasn't such of a bad birthday after all….
"Ha ha ha! Haru-chan did that really happen?" I asked and leaned forward. His eyes were glowing with laughter and he smiled, "Yeah! Kyo just took off and left Sensei standing there! He got in a lot of trouble when he got back." Haru-chan threw his head back and laughed harder at the memories.
Yun-chan didn't really react to the story, he just stood there and smiled weakly.
"Aww c'mon Yuki, that was funny!"
"Sensei was really mad at Kyo, and Kyo cussed Sensei out. Wasn't all that funny…"
Haru-chan rolled his eyes, "Fine. Whatever you say Yuki."
Yun-chan's phone went off and we all jumped, "Ah!" then he ran out of the room and answered it.
Haru-chan looked over at me, "Did you know the rat had a phone?" he hooked his thumb at the door, "Nah, I didn't know."
"Neither did I…Aww I'm sad now."
"Hey, Kagura I just got a call from Hatori. He said that it was time for us to go home. So, I'll see you tomorrow," he walked over and gave me a hug, "See you!"
"Bye bye Yun-chan!"
He turned his head and smiled at me, "Bye bye."
Yuki's POV
"How was she?" Kyo asked as soon as I walked in the door. "I don't know, maybe you should go see her and find out." I slammed the door and walked up to my room.
It was really irritating. Kyo would worry about Honda-san and Kagura, but wouldn't go see them. I know he was really scared to go and visit them but he should go, they both really wanted to see him.
I opened my book and plopped down on my bed. I began to read but thoughts of Kagura kept popping up in my head. I didn't like her in that hospital, she just seemed so weak and helpless. I hated it. And Honda-san, she was such a pitiful sight, her leg is swollen buts its healing. When I got there she was sleeping, so I didn't want to wake her. Then I walked over to Kagura, she was just lying on her bed watching TV. When she saw me, her eyes lit up and she smiled. She must not have many visitors, not even people from the Sohma family visit her, they visit Honda-san.
And for some reason, that made me angry.