One Step Closer [Fruits Basket]

Chapter 30: A Mother & Her Sons

Natsu's POV

Okay, whatever was happening right now in front of me, was god damn hilarious.

Tohru and I were at the parent-teacher conference with Shigure. I was standing in the middle with Tohru on my left and Shigure on my right. Mayu sensei was standing in front of us with an annoyed expression on her face. Her eyes and eyebrows were twitching at the sight of Shigure, who came to the meeting wearing one of Hatori's best suits. I noticed Shigure was really happy to see sensei's pure loathe look when she was staring at him. I bit my bottom lip and covered my mouth with my right hand, trying hard not to laugh at the current situation. But poor Tohru was oblivious about it though.

"S-Sensei?" Tohru called out.

"Ah... right. I heard that Sohma-san here has been swamped..." Mayu sensei stated.

As soon as we all sat down, sensei spoke up again, fake smiling at Shigure.

"Thank you so much for coming during a busy time. You're so thoughtful." She stated.

"Not at all. I just did what anyone would do." Shigure replied with a chuckle.

Both of them tried their best to emit sparkly bubbles around themselves but failed miserably. Rather Tohru and I both could feel diamond dust storm whirling around them.

"Can you feel the storm too, Natsu-Nee?" Tohru asked in a whispering tone.

"Yeah." I whispered back, trying hard not to laugh my ass off.

"So, let's get started." Sensei stated.

"Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much." Tohru and I said in unison.

Mayu sensei then looked through mine and Tohru's career plans forms.

"Tohru, you're going to start working right away and Natsu, you're planning on attending a medical school here in Tokyo." She stated.

"Yes." Tohru and I responded.

Sensei looked over at Tohru.

"You're sure you don't want to further your education like your sister, Tohru? It's not too late to apply for scholarships. Natsu here already applied for a scholarship at a medical school." Sensei stated.

"No, thank you. I want to graduate high school and start working as before." Tohru replied.

"And you both are moving out of Sohma-san's house after graduation?"

"Yes." I replied with a smile.

"Why not become my wife then, Natsu-chan?" Shigure asked me.

"What?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Huh?" Tohru blinked in confusion.

Mayu sensei just simply face-palmed at Shigure's words.

"I'm already 27 years old. People have been telling me to settle down. And also, you're 17 now. Next year, when you'll be graduating high school, you'll turn 18, a legal adult." Shigure stated with a smile.

"Shigure, I have a boyfriend and you know that already." I responded, deadpanning at him.

"Dump him then." He responded back, smirking.

Again Mayu sensei put on a fake happy sparkly facade, with bubbles and red roses surrounding her.

"That won't do. A proposal is important to a woman. Don't ask so casually. That must be why you can't get married." She stated, smiling.

"What's this? Are you the type who still idealizes marriage proposals? You'll waste away your marriageable years like that." Shigure responded, smiling back.