Chapter 1

"Shigure? Shigure? It's time for dinner." Tohru lightly knocked on the door of the writer's office. He had spent the whole day there. All he said was that he wanted to be alone so he could continue writing his novel. Tohru listened quietly for a reply when she didn't hear one she tried the doorknob. Carefully she opened the door and peered into the messy office. Inside she saw the writer fast asleep on his untidy desk.

Tohru went in quietly and took a closer look. Shigure's head was resting on stack of papers and in his hand was an old tattered photograph. The photograph was of a long black haired girl and a boy. The girl stared up from the picture with clear gray eyes and a kind warm smile. The boy, Tohru guessed was Shigure because of the messy black hair and goofy smile, seemed to be entranced by the cute girl.

Shigure stirred a bit. "Tsuki..." he whispered in his sleep. Tohru who had been intrigued by the photo now turned her gaze to Shigure. Tsuki. Could that have be the girl in the picture? Tohru wondered about the girl in the picture but it would have been rude to ask. She had already entered his office without permission, instead Tohru resolved to wake up the sleeping writer.

"Shigure. It's time for dinner." She placed her hands on his shoulders and lightly shook him. Tohru watched as the writer slowly opened his eyes and returned to the waking world.

"Hello Tohru. It's time for dinner already? I'll be there in just a minute." Shigure yawned. He started to fix his papers and organize his desk.

Tohru left the room without another word but it was difficult not the ask him about the picture. It was so tempting to ask but, she just bit her tongue and decided to ask him another time.

At dinner Kyo and Yuki were going at it like the cat and mouse they were. This time it was about some unimportant matter.

"Well that didn't mean you had do it!" Kyo answered angrily after swallowing a mouthful of food.

"Don't tell me what I can and can't do!" Yuki retorted darkly.

"If you can do what you want, then so can I!" Kyo's orange eyes stared haughtily at Yuki.

"You're an idiot!" Yuki seemed to be using all his will power to stop himself from slapping Kyo.

Tohru watched Kyo as he ate the dinner she had prepared. Even though it was wrong that he was fighting with Yuki she couldn't help but think how cute he was. Tohru wondered to herself who Kyo really was to her. Kyo, the orange haired boy that made her heart skip. The one that she secretly thought of every night in bed before she went to sleep. The who made her smile whenever he smiled. She had feelings for the cat boy but she had never really confirmed them to him. She just didn't know how to express herself to him.

Tohru's gazed turned from the orange haired boy to Shigure. Tohru noticed a difference in Shigure's behavior. He was usually a jubilant character but Shigure seemed preoccupied. Tohru decided she could ask him what was bothering him later. After Dinner Yuki and Kyo thanked Tohru for the meal and returned to their rooms to do homework.

After cleaning the table and dishes Tohru retreated to the living room. To Tohru's surprise Shigure was there. He was sitting on the floor and looking up at the moon. There was a distance look in his eyes like he was in a deep train of thought.

"Umm...Shigure?" Tohru coughed a little so she could announce her presence.

"Tohru? Is there anything you need from me?" Shigure turned to look at Tohru. Even though he smiled she could tell that it was almost forced.

Tohru took a deep breath. "Is there something bothering you Shigure? I mean you don't have to tell me but if you need someone to talk to or something. I'm here." She smiled sweetly and waited for his reply.

Shigure smiled back at her, this time it was a real smile. It was just not his usually happy one, but a sad one. "Tohru. have you ever been in love?"

Tohru could feel her face start to blush and her breath quicken. "Well...umm...It's just that..."

Shigure laughed softly at her. "Tohru, you know that novel I've been writing. It's actually a love story."

"A love story?" Tohru who had pulled herself together walked over and sat besides Shigure.

"A love story about to boy and girl. The girl loves to dance and she tries to teach the boy. While the girl teaches the boy how to dance, she also teaches him how love. The boys falls in love with the girl, but he never gets to tell her his feeling because of his complicated circumstances. " Shigure continued.

"Does it have a happy ending?" She asked.

"I'm not sure because it hasn't happened yet." Shigure answered thoughtfully.

They sat quietly for a while. Tohru decided it would have been a good time to ask Shigure about the photograph. She gather her courage and asked. "Shigure who was that black haired girl in the photograph with you? You know the photograph that was in your hand when you fell asleep."

Shigure faced Tohru. "You saw that? Well I guess I can't keep it from you anymore. She was my childhood friend, Tsuki. When I was ten years old she tried to teach me how to dance. We would hold hands and she would teach me how to move with music. Of course I never did learned how to dance because being with her always made me dizzy." Shigure laughed at himself.

"Dizzy because of the dancing?" Tohru asked.

"Some of it was from the dancing but most it was because I loved her." Shigure stared up at the moon again.

"What ever happened to Tsuki?"

"You know I tried so hard. So hard to make sure that she never learned about my curse. But of course she found out one day and you know what they did. Then after that I couldn't ever see her again. Well I guess she must have moved on."

"I'm sorry." It must have been hard on Shigure and Tsuki. She remembered when she almost had her own memory erased. She couldn't imagine her life without Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure. What would have happened to her if they did erase her memory. She would have forgotten everyone, even Kyo.

"You shouldn't be sorry. It was my fault that I never told her that I loved her. I still wonder to this day what she would have said if I told her." With that Shigure stood up and headed back to his office. Suddenly he stopped in his tracks and faced Tohru. He said, "Oh and Tohru, I hope you don't make the same mistake I made." Then he continued on to his office.

Tohru didn't get up for a while. Shigure's words played back in her head, "Being with her always made he dizzy." There was a certain orange haired boy that made her blood flow to her cheek, that made her stomach fill with butterflies, that made her head spin. It was almost like she was dizzy but she never wanted the feeling to stop. Then she remembered Shigure's last words. The same mistake. Did Shigure mean the mistake of not telling someone that you loved them? What would happen if Kyo moved on? What if she never told him how she felt?

To be continued...