âIchirou-kun, that is the best idea ever!â Haruji exclaimed and, in excitement, began to run down the path of Ichirou, stopping after a step or two âCome on! We have to tell the others!â Ichirou smiled at the bouncy little adult in front of him. It was always nice, from what he could remember, to be around Haruji.
Before Ichirou could follow the rabbit to respond, a distant voice approached the two.
"Oh, there you are! Wait up!" Hiiro called out, quickening her pace up quite a bit, "Do you know where Yuuto went? Is he heading over to the Sohma Estate, too? My gosh, why are you so far away?! It's hard for me to--" Out of nowhere, the woman stopped in her tracks and stopped her speech. Ichirou looked at Hiiro, concern clear on his face. He only took a few steps towards her before she snapped out of what ever trance she was in.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It's just these hormones...It's so hot out here and all. I'm sorry." She quickly said, all while brushing away her tears. "Hello Ichirou. I'm sorry. It's just....Today isn't my day." She half laughed, half cried. "I'm going to...go find Yuuto. I'm sorry again. I hope we can meet up soon, Ichirou. Haruji, meet me...somewhere."
Hiiro rushed off towards the Sohma Estate, leaving Ichirou utterly confused in her dust.
âWell, I guess Aiko is getting a ton of visitors today âĻ I hope Hiiro is okay by the time she gets there.â Ichirou turned to Haruji and scratched the back of his head. âDid I do something?â