Yeah, Yeah, yall have permission to slap me for not working on my other fic, but I'm having some writers block and this idea is taking up all the room in my brain and I can't concentrate on anything :-P :-)

Okay, I'm titling the chapters by how Tohru refers to the person who's POV I'm writing in. If it's from hers I'll just put Tohru xD

Spoilers!!! Don't go any further until you've read vol 17 of the manga :-) No spoilers in this one, but later there will be some

Sohma-san

Yuki Sohma walked into the cafeteria, looking around at the talking and laughing people dully. Ever since this summer he had distanced himself from everyone. He only talked to people when he had to (ie Student Council) or if someone spoke directly to him, but his answers were minimal. Ever since Tohru's memories were erased everything seemed to be back to the way they were before he met her. That day... Even Kyo, who he usually despised, was gone. Without Tohru's comforting smile, without the constant fighting, happiness, anger... Any emotion at all...

It was nearly New Years now, but it seemed like it just happened yesterday...

Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru were sitting in the living room playing Dai Hin Min when Hatori walked into the room, looking grave... Well more grave than usual.

"Hello Hatori-san!" Tohru put her cards down and stood up to give a respectful bow to Hatori. "What brings you here?"

Hartori returned Tohru's smile with a small one laced with sadness. "I'm here to take you to your grandfather's house... Your two friends have to come too. Akito said it's time to erase your memories and-"

"No!" Yuki and Kyo both stood up and yelled at the same time. No. No! Yuki could hardly even comprehend the fact that her memories would be erased. He knew it would happen, but never thought about it.

"And, Kyo, you have to go and see Akito," Hatori was talking to Kyo now, so Yuki looked over at Tohru.

"What?! I can't be there? What the hell?!"

Tohru's face had changed from radiating happiness to looking like she was about to cry. "T-Today? Right now?"

Hatori nodded. "Your friends' memories have to be taken care of too. And, no, Kyo, you have to see Akito to discuss your isolation." He avoided all of their eyes while he spoke and-

"Hey, Prince Charming, get over here." Yuki was brought back into reality by the sharp voice of Arisa Uotani. He looked over at the table where she was sitting with Saki Hanajima and... And Tohru.

Uotani was glaring at him with a very annoyed look on her face. "Yeah, you. Come here."

Tohru was looking back and forth between Yuki and Uotani with a nervous look on her face. She was probably just afraid of what Uotani was going to do, she looked so innocent, so ignorant. It hurt to look at her. She had no idea about the Zodiac Curse or even living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure. He couldn't stand it, so he turned his attention to Hanajima. She was looking down at her sandwich, seemingly uninterested at what was going on.

Yuki didn't know what else to do but to walk over to the table.

"Now sit." Yuki must have had a blank look on his face because Uotani sighed and explained, "It seriously pisses me off when people sit alone at lunch. You're always over in a corner looking rejected and dejected. We have an extra seat, so sit." She pointed to an empty seat next to her, across from Tohru..

"Ah! Yes! Sohma-san, sit with us!" Yuki had no choice but to look over at Tohru now. Her face had lit up at the thought of another person joining their group.

Yuki shook his head and managed to get out, despite the pain it caused talking to Tohru and her friends, "No. I shouldn't. Thank you though." His voice was emotionless, he had to keep all of the emotions out of his voice to disguise the fact that it hurt just to talk.

Uotani sighed again and opened her mouth, but Hanajima stopped her by talking first. "Prince, just sit down. She's already angry about having to do that huge science project, please make it easier on all of us and eat with us."

It was a bad desicion. Yuki should not have sat down. But it was like something had taken over his body and his mind. The rational part of it was warning him against this, but that small crazy part that was rowning larger every second he stood there said, She can't find out about the curse again after one meal... Akito doesn't have know... You just want her to smile at you one more time...

The last part was true. So he sat and tried to ward off the pain of the memories that threatened to overwhelm him by listening to Uotani go on about a science project.

"I mean, seriously. We only have a few days for this thing! I don't wanna make a model of the respiratory system. That sucks! Hey, Princey, who are you working with?" She spoke quickly so it was hard to make out everything she said, but he understood the last part.

"I'm working by myself..."

"Oh my," Hanajima said with a sigh, "you should have lied."

"By yourself? We're in a huge class and you couldn't find a partner? You wanna do all that work on your own?" Uotani looked pissed again. "Work with one of us-"

"Oh!" Tohru's voice was so happy it was almost painful. "You can work with me, Sohma-san! I don't have a partner yet since we're only allowed to work in groups of twos."

That was Tohru, always ready to help. Yuki remembered that during class she had refused going to ask the teacher if she Hanajima, and Uotoni could work in a group of three, not wanting to cause trouble. She had said she would find someone and Hanajima and Uotoni should work together.

He opened his mouth to decline, but then heard that voice again. You'd only talk to each other at school. No one outside of school needs to know. You need to spend time with her again before you go out of your mind... She needs you.

"Okay." And just like that, Tohru was back in his life.