Chapter 1
Tohru Honda woke early that morning, making breakfast for Yuki, Kyo and Shigure Sohma. She did this in pleasure because she felt as if she owed them for letting her live there in the rather large house. As she boiled the Miso, a crashing noise came from the staircase.
"Ow, Damn it all!" The carrot head boy, Kyo, shouted as he tripped down the staircase. Tohru gasped in surprise and went around the corner to see him at the bottom of the stairs.
"Oh my goodness, Kyo, are you alright?" she exclaimed, rushing over to his side. Kyo looked at her strangely for a moment, watching those worried blue eyes, but he dismissed the thought as he retreated to his feet.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said, rubbing the back of his head with a frown on his face.
"Are you sure? You don't want me to get you some ice?" Tohru asked again, making sure he wasn't injured too badly.
"I said I'm fine!" Kyo shouted stubbornly, glaring at her as he lost his temper for a split second. He immediately regretted yelling at her for he quickly looked away from Tohru's frightened blue eyes.
"O-okay," Tohru said, thinking she had made him upset. "I'm sorry, for upsetting. I'll just finish making breakfast," she mumbled with a frown on her face as she walked back into the kitchen.
"No, Tohru, wait, don't be sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you like that," Kyo said quickly, as he rushed to her side. Tohru said nothing, and just looked at him, differently, as if she were lost in deep thought. "Uh..do you mind if I help you with breakfast?" Kyo asked quickly, trying to rid the awkward moment. That goofy grin appeared on Tohru's face.
"Of course, that'd be wonderful. Thank you," she smiled and quickly walked into the kitchen. Kyo just rolled his eyes and followed her.
Tohru picked up the pot with the boiling Miso and tried walking over to the counter with it in her hand. Being her clumsy self, she slipped and threw the pot high above her head. In a split second's action, Kyo shouted, ran into her and out of the way of the falling boiling water, tossing himself underneath her and caught her, but transformed a second after landing on the ground. In his cat form, he slipped out from under Tohru and poked at her face, "Tohru? Tohru, wake up," he yelled, getting worried.
Within a moment, Tohru blinked herself awake, feeling a bit dizzy from hitting her head on Kyo's shoulder. "Ugh, what happened?" she groaned.
"You slipped, and I caught you," Kyo mumbled, stepping a few feet away from her to give her some space.
"Thank you, are you all right?" Tohru asked as she sat upright, rubbing her head.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me, there's no need to," Kyo said, not looking at her as he gathered his scattered clothes, still in his cat form. Tohru said nothing and shakily got to her feet, with the same goofy grin. Kyo glanced over his shoulder at her and rolled his eyes, blushing slightly.