A Little Love

Chapter One

Spring Dance


(Kyo's POV)

This is so stupid. I still don't see any good reason why I should even be going to this dumb thing. It's not like we have any other dances, anyways... Tch, that's probably why Tohru wants to go so bad. Damn rat, setting this shit up…

"Kyo-kun, we're almost to the school," Tohru told me in her I'm-worried-about-whether-or-not-you'll-have-fun type of way. Like she was telling me I could go home if I wanted, but at the same time saying she wanted me to stay.

She sends mixed signals like that. I've always wondered how. I've also wondered why I couldn't say no to her when she looked like that.

My gaze shifted to the side, my eyebrows furrowed.

"Whatever," I grumbled. Yuki glanced at me and then looked away just as quickly.

"I'm sorry that I made you come... you don't seem to want to be there..." Tohru stared at her fingers, putting them together and gulping. I rubbed the back of my head, hating how perfect Ayame had sculpted it. I liked it better messy and untouched by anyone but me.

Everything was pissing me off. I know that isn't an excuse for

"Damn right," I admitted, still having an annoyed edge to my voice. "What's the point of having some stupid dance anyways?" Yuki looked at me for a second time, but glaring. "Waste of fucking time-GAH!"

I was swiftly hit in the back of the head. My eyes were wide with disbelief. The HELL was THAT for?! Before I could start throwing fists, the rat began to speak.

"Are you really that stupid?" he asked coolly, still giving me a glare that almost looked like an accusing squint. I growled and stopped walking, clenching my fists and giving him one of my trademark glares. The rat and Tohru continued walking.

"Don't call me stupid, yah damn rat!" The bastard didn't even have the decency to look at me as he retorted, "Then stop acting stupid, stupid."

After a brief growl and slight recognition that they weren't gonna stop and wait for me, I stomped back up beside Tohru, grumbling some bright words to myself.

We walked through the school gates soon after that little fight and I could tell this was going to be absolute hell. I saw a couple girls I recognized prancing around and acting like the dress they were wearing made them some type of princess as they bossed around their dates. We walked past a couple arguing and I rolled my eyes. Dramatic much? They just want attention anyways.

We got into the building and made out way to the doors to the gym, where silver, blue and fuchsia lights flashed through the glass and hit the dark hallway floor. Tohru giddily opened the doors and 'ooh'ed at the scene before her. Bright, sparkling lights slid through the room and illuminated the flowers that surrounded the entire gym. It didn't seem likely that they did all this in the couple days they had to set up. Obviously this happened because a bunch of hyper girls decided 'what's a spring concert without flowers?' and they were told that they were allowed, which made them go into a crazed "let's get this done!" mode, almost like Tohru's freak-out one. Girls are just crazy...

"Ooh, they did a nice job decorating," Tohru beamed. "It looks really nice. Don't you think so, Sohma-kun? Kyo-kun?"

"It looks lovely," Yuki smiled at her. She smiled back at him and then turned to me. I shrugged and said, "I guess it's not as bad as I thought it would be... but it's almost there..."

Tohru smiled at me as well and then dragged the both of us further inside the room. Tables with shimmery blue and grey table cloths were against the walls on the left and right. The chairs had plush pink pillows attached to them and were pretty much taken up by a bunch of girls that were either pulling at each other and trying to go out to dance, trying to resist the food they were eating, or just trying to pop out there chests and be asked to dance.

"Hey, Tohru!"

My eyes flicked to the side and I watched Uo and Hana walk over.

Uo's dress reminded me of fall and didn't puff out anywhere. The very top was a piercing lemon yellow with a black belt wrapped around it that snapped together with (probably fake) diamonds. After that black belt, everything advances from soft orange to fire red. Her white high heels were a scorching red on the underside and her shoulder-length blonde hair was tied into a pigtail on the side of her head with a yellow and orange ribbon tied around it. She actually looked like a girl. I was amazed at how... ugh, pretty she was, but I still made it my mission not look at the slit in her dress that went all the way up to her thigh.

Hana was drapped in a jet black shaw that covered her bare, strapless shoulders. Her black dress squeezed her torso, but puffed a bit at her hips. Her black heels showed her painted black toe nails and made her seem a lot taller. Her long, black and wavy hair was put into a high ponytail and allowed the rest of her hair to drape down her back. A lacey black choker covered her neck and her cherry lips made me think of a vampire. It was sort of depressing for me to look at her, since she was literally only wearing black... At least she didn't wear black lipstick.

"Hey, orange-top, you look decent," Uo teased lightly. My eyes rolled at the same time I crossed my arm. I was just in a black tux, nothin' real special. My hair was messed up because of my constant rubbing at it, so it looked a bit more spikey than usual.

"So do you," I said back. She smirked and turned to Yuki. "Prince, you look good too."

"Thank you, Uotani-san."

"Yes, you both look nice today," Hana said plainly. The damn snake decided that Yuki didn't need any extra prep time, so his hair is the same as it always is, but he was wearing a white tux. Shigure said it was to symbol that me and that rat were polar opposites. We all know that it's because they were out of black at the store because of all the people who bought them for this dance.

"Now, to the person that really matters (Yuki and I glanced at each other)," Hana stated, turning to Tohru. "Tohru, you look amazing in that dress."

"Yeah, like a princess," Uo said with a laugh. Tohru giggled and twirled around. She then curtsied in her lacey white dress that puffed at her waist. Her sleeves made of lace hung low off her shoulders. The fringe at the bottom of the dress was wavy and you couldn't even see Tohru's sparkly white flats. Her gloves were also made of lace. They stopped between her elbow and her hand. Her hair was tied in a bun and wrapped around with a thick white bow. I thought it captured her purity, but she would have looked good in any dress, really.

"Thank you! That's so sweet of you guys. Really, you don't have to compliment me like that though. You guys look pretty too," Tohru said with a big smile.

"Thanks. I gotta say though, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be wearing this right now," Uo admitted. "I should add that it's comfortable, too. Nice pick." Hana agreed and Tohru smiled, happy that her friends were happy, too, I guess.

"Excuse me," Yuki said all of a sudden. "I'm going to go and see if I can find President Takai." With that, he left.

I sighed and said, "I'm tired of standing." Before Tohru or Uo or Hana could say anything, I hurried to the left and walked alongside the tables. Girls were waving and calling me by name and annoying the hell out of me. I found a table where the one girl sitting there had probably never seen me a day in her life-because I didn't recognize her myself-and sat in the comfy chair on the side of the table. She was sitting in the chair against the wall and looked over at me from her position tracing the rim of her cup with her finger.

Her blonde ponytails hung low on either side of her head tied with blue ribbons as intense as her eyes. Her long dress was aquamarine with ruffles that began at a slant on her hips. Shinny sliver lined the edges of each ruffle and the top shimmered pink and white. She was wearing a sparkling blue band around her upper arm and was attached to fishnet gloves. Her other arm had the fishnet glove as well, but it didn't end in an arm band. Blue bracelets dangled from her wrists and sapphire earrings dangled from her ears. (Real looking) Diamond studded heels decorated her petite feet with a small silver anklet.

I looked over at her and she smiled. My heart thumped a bit faster. I tried, but failed to stop it. What just happened?

"Hey, you come to keep me company?" She asked. I shrugged, not really wanting to have a conversation. "My name is Hinata Misako. It's nice to meet you."

"Kyo Sohma," I introduced myself. She looked a bit surprised at the name but nodded kindly. "Nice name."

"Are you new?" I blurted out, noting too late that I sounded a bit rude. She didn't seem to notice (or she didn't care) because she just shook her head.

"No, I'm in the A and B classes; we probably just never walked past each other in the hallway." I looked at the table after she said that and didn't look back up for a little while. When I did steal a glance at her, she was watching the dancing people laugh and have a good time. She was smiling, so I wasn't sure if she was sad. My glance turned into an unwavering stare and she didn't look down at me for a good ten seconds. She giggled and said, "I'm sorry. I'm not being good company, am I?" I didn't say anything. Nor did I look away as she looked back at the crowd of people. "I just... sometimes I wish I could dance, you know?"

Adrenaline pumped through my body and I jumped up, grabbing her hand and dragging her out of her chair. "Woah, oh gosh," she cried out in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"You could have just asked someone," was all I said to her. On the inside, I was busy kicking myself for being so stupid. I don't even know this girl and I just started dragging her around!

"No, no, no, you don't understand!" We dove into the crowd of people. "I don't know how to dance!"

"Is that it?" I asked, stopping and turning toward her. She blushed and nodded, looking down toward the floor. "Just sway to the beat of the music," I mumbled, showing her how. "See? You don't embarrass yourself." She swayed with me and smiled, nodding.

"Yes, I see. Thank you!" She stared into my eyes with that sweet smile she had back at the table and made my heart thump obsessively. What the hell was happening to me? This girl was making my head hurt with how much everything confused me... Then again, she made everything so clear. Don't ask me, 'cause I don't know how that could happen either.

The song finished and Hinata clapped like she had been dancing to it this whole time. A new song came on. She seemed to know it as she giddly jumped up and down.

"I love this song," she squealed. I mentally smirked at her as she continued to bounce, her heels thudding loudly against the floor.

"Oh, Hina-chan, look at you," a girl giggled, nudging Hinata with her elbow. "Dancing like a pro."

"Swaying like a pro," Hinata corrected. The girl looked at me and lifted an eyebrow.

"Who's he?" She asked. Hinata answered, "Kyo Sohma."

The girl let out a breathy and nervous laugh. She then slowly backed away, going back to her group of friends.

"I actually came here with them," Hinata said when the girl was completely gone.

"What was that about?" I asked, quickly changing the subject. She looked at me and rubbed the back of her neck.

"Well, I don't ever get up and dance-oh, wait, you mean why she left so weirdly. You don't have the best of reputations..."

"You knew who I was?"

"Well, everyone knows who you are. You're Kyo Sohma, the guy with the bad temper," she explained. "Sorry for being so rude."

"Wait... she was scared of me?" I huffed. That's how it's supposed to be... but... why wasn't Hinata...

"Why weren't you scared of me?" I asked. She shrugged.

"Never judge a book by its cover. That's what my bestfriend Ia, the girl you just met, always told me. I think she may have forgotten though..."

"Obviously..."

(Tohru's POV)

"Hey, look over there," Uo-chan said to me and Hana-chan, staring in Kyo-kun's direction. I stood beside her and immediately caught sight of a very excited blonde girl practically bouncing off the floor. Kyo-kun was shaking his head and swaying back and forth, his arms crossed. The girl was really pretty and Kyo-kun seemed to be having fun. That made me smile. I hadn't expected Kyo to have fun today.

"Kyo-Kyo's a stud," Uo-chan continued with a smirk. Hana nodded her head in agreement and I giggled.

"They look so cute," I pointed out. Uo-chan glanced at me before turning to me in a bit of a shocked state.

"I thought you like orange-top! I already made a plan to get him to dance with you," she complained, "Now I don't get to-"

"It envolved many, many threats," Hana-chan jumped in with her quiet voice.

"I-I don't like Kyo." Uo-chan exhaled loudly.

"Oh man. I need a minute to take this in... Alright then. I'm fine now. That must mean you like prince."

I blushed and shook my head. "Oh, no, of course not! I couldn't!"

"C'mon, don't lie to us. We're your best friends." I looked down at my feet, feeling bad for a second. I sighed lightly and looked up at the two through my long lashes. "How did you know?"

"We knew it was one or the other," Uo-chan admitted. Hana-chan put a hand on my shoulder.

"My dear sweet Tohru, It's okay. We won't tell anyone about your little crush," she promised with a smile. I looked back at the gorund, my face still flushed.

"Yah know, you should ask princey to dance," Uo-chan said with a smirk. I looked up at the sudden change of his nickname and asked shyly, "You really think so?"

"Yes, the prince's waves are full of love," Hana-chan said, shoving me forward gently. "I have a hunch it's for you."

"Alright, go get your prince," Uo-chan chanted. I hesitantly began to walk, looking for the only white tux in the gym. Surprisingly, it was rather difficult. I quickly got lost in thought. If I asked Sohma-kun to dance and he said no, what would I do? What would I say if he accused me of liking him? Maybe he'll already be dancing with someone else!

In the middle of my thinking, I bumped into someone and immediately bowed. "I'm sorry," I apologized as a fist knocked my head softly.

"Tohru, what are you doing?"

I looked up through the fringe of my bangs to see Kyo-kun's and the pretty girl's curious faces.

"Oh, Kyo-kun! You see, I was... er..." I turned to the girl and bowed, not knowing what else to say. She bowed too.

"I'm Hinata Misako. Nice to meet you," she said sweetly. I was surprised she was able to talk before I was.

"I'm Tohru Honda. You look really pretty," I smiled at her. She blushed and shook her head.

"No, no, you're much prettier," she countered, waving her hands in front of her in disagreement. "I'm guessing this is your boyfriend. I'll leave you both to dance-

"We're both single," Kyo-kun pointed out gruffly. Misako-san flushed from slight embarrassment and smiled at me.

"I apologize. I must have seemed rude, assuming something like that."

"No, no," I protested, "It's alright, really! Uh, Kyo-kun..." I felt my cheeks turn bright pink as he looked at me with questioning eyes. "Do you... know where Sohma-kun is?" Kyo-kun quirked an eyebrow and crossed his arms, a question in his gaze.

"Why?"

"I, uh..." I pushed my index fingers together, moving them around nervously. "I n-need to ask him s-something."

"Ask me what?"

I squealed in surprise, my whole face turning red as I spun around to face Sohma-kun.

My voice rose in an odd sound of surprise and I gasped, "Sohma-kun!"

I stared wide-eyed at Sohma-kun as he smiled gingerly at me. I fiddled with my fingers some more. "I-I... I-I wanted to know if... I wanted t-to know if you..." I hung my head low and sighed, falling into depression. I can't do it... I'm such a coward.

"Miss Honda, I'd love it if you danced with me this evening."

I nodded with an expression that could only be classified as "deer caught in headlights".

(Yuki's POV)

As Miss Honda and I danced, I felt completely at peace. Truth be told, I have fallen deeply in love with her. She's so sweet and gentle and kind. Three things I never really found in people I've known. I know I probably shouldn't say it like this, but, to me she's just... perfect... I can't help but think of her this way. What other words are there to describe it?

The song went off and thunderous clapping sounded through the room. Some of the "class clowns" made sure they were heard over all, sending slow, booming claps through the air. Another song came on to replace the last. It was rock-type song. I vaguely remember hearing it before while Tohru did the laundry. She always did like that little radio Shigure got for her.

Miss Honda's expression lit up as Uotani-san and Hanajima-san headed over, stiffly waving their arms around in front of them. My guess is that they were attempting dancing while jogging, but they only ended up speed walking.

"Uo-chan, Hana-chan," Miss Honda cried with glee, "I'm glad you both decided to dance!"

"Yeah, well, we originally were gonna bug orange-top and that cute girl he was with, but he started whining and pissing me off, so we came over here," Uotani-san explained.

The song ended, replacing itself with an up-beat, happy song that could only be described as "pop". I noticed Hanajima-san begin to drift away from us. At first I wasn't going to ask her to dance, but the look on Miss Honda's face when she began to walk away made me sigh inwardly and say, "Hanajima-san, may I have this dance?"

She turned to me with a face void of all emotion. Even her smile didn't give me a signal to if she were happy or not.

In all honesty, I didn't mind dancing with her. She actually danced very well. I just wanted to hold Miss Honda's hand a little while more and lead her in a gentle little dance, much like I noticed Kyo was doing with Misako-san (I know everyone in the school. I am the student council president), though they didn't seem to be dancing at all... "swaying back and forth with flare" was more like it.

Between mine and Hanajima-san's awkward small talk, I hadn't noticed Miss Honda's and Uotani-san's absence until the pair come barreling toward us. Uo was laughing-practically snorting-while Tohru looked completely in shock.

"That was so funny!" I stared at her in question and Honda-san turned to me.

"It's so terrible! Uo-chan bumped into Morimoto-san and he fell into the punch bowl!" she exclaimed. Uotani-san continued to laugh. Maybe she did it one purpose. It wouldn't exactly be new if she picked on someone.

"Arisa's way of saying she likes you," Hanajima-san told me, somehow reading my mind in that weird way of hers. I felt my hair stand on end a bit and mumbled, "Yes..."

"Hey, shut up Hana," Uotani-san said, "he had what was coming to him!"

"Indeed," was the wavy-haired girl's response.

"Hey baka!"

A boy with brown hair stained a sight red with a sticky substance stomped over: Kiba Morimoto. The punch bowl was pretty big so it wasn't a surprise to see all the white that was on his black tux stained red. It seemed to me that he did more than just fall into it. It looked like he decided to take a swim.

"Hey, small fry. Sorry 'bout that," Uotani-san said, gesturing towards his clothes. He scowled at her and hollered, "Is that a short joke? I'm way taller than you!" It was true. He had a couple inches against her. "You need to help me get this juice off of me pronto!"

"Okay, okay, sheesh. Come on." The boy followed Uotani-san out of the doors leading to the women's bathroom. I sighed. Another thing to embarrass the poor boy. I turned to Miss Honda and Hanajima-san, manly looking at Miss Honda. They were talking and smiling at one another. They both looked nice, but Honda-san looked gorgeous in that blue lighting that was shinned randomly around the gym. Her eyes had a soft glow to them and her white dress was shaded in blue at the top. I could admire her true beauty all day long...

(Kyo's POV)

I had to take Hinata off the dance floor and sit her down so she didn't accidently slip on her high heels from laughing so much. Arisa came and messed with me and Hinata, but left afterwards. Something told me that damn yankee was up to no good when she was just standing by the punch bowl, and I was right, 'cause right when this boy with brown hair-I think his name was Kira or Kiba-went to get some of the sugar-y stuff, she pushed him right in. Hinata's been giggling like a little girl ever since.

"Is it really that funny?" I asked flatly. She covered her mouth with her hand and shook her head, her shoulders shaking.

"No... pfft... I'm fine... hehe..."

Movement in the front of us caught my attention and I looked over at a boy with red hair that was wobbling around in a dizzy way. He came over to us and put a hand on Hinata's shoulder. She looked at him in question, her nose wrinkling slightly at the smell of his breath when he began to talk.

"Hey, Hitomi, sorry I'm late. I was out with some firends," he slurred, taking a drink from his red cup that had something that definitely wasn't punch in it. This guy thought her name was Hitomi?

Hinata shrugged her arm out of his grip and scooted her chair closer to mine.

"My name is Hinata, not Hitomi, for one. And for two, I don't even know who you are. I'm already here with my new friend." Her hand grabbed my upper arm, and I had to force down and mentally smother my blush with a pillow.

The boy growled and crossed his arms, looking over at me. "Woman, right? They'll fuck anybody and then not admit it later."

"Excuse me!" Hinata squeaked in shock and anger. The boy tipped back his drink, looking at me and wiping his lap afterwards.

"Don't you hate little skanks like her?" He asked, his eyes drooping as he gestured toward Hinata with a quick lash of his hand. He almost hit her, so she scooted her head back. He didn't seem to notice as he chugged a little more of the drink, throwing the cup on the floor, the splash from what was left getting on my pants. My eye twitched in annoyance. Now I'd smell like fucking booze and have to avoid the teachers! The "ah" from Hinata signaled that some might have gotten on her dress.

"You know, littering is bad for the enviornment-"

They guy grabbed her arm forcefully and she winced. I stood up, my eye brows furrowed and teeth clenched.

"Does it look like I give a fuck about the world, you little slut-"

I shoved the guy and he stumbled, almost falling back on his ass. What a prick!

He stood up as straight as he could, stumbling a bit. His glare wasn't as deadly as mine.

"I'm warning you, Sohma boy," he growled.

"Well I'm promising you... as in I'm promising to beat your ass in front of everyone if you don't get the hell away from me and Hinata."

At first it seemed like I'd have to seriously mess up this kid, but he backed down, giving a quick angry glance to Hinata, and walking away in a drunken mess. When he was gone, Hinata jumped up and hugged me. I flinched, expecting a transformation for a couple seconds. Damn, I wasn't used to this!

"Thank you so much! I wouldn't have been able to handle him alone!" She smiled at me and I sighed.

"Yeah, yeah, just be careful around assholes like him from now on..."

"I will," she said with a nod. Those sparkling blue eyes of hers were staring intently at me. A fluttery feeling erupted inside my stomach isntantly, taking me off guard. There were a lot of weird things happening to me today that I'm pretty sure she started.

"Well... You wanna sway some more?" she asked me, clicking the backs of her heels together like that one chick from that one movie... what was it? Something about a wizard... in oz...? That can't be the name... Of oz? Yep, The wizard of Oz. There we go... wait, what was the girl's name?

"Uh, Sohma-san?" Hinata questioned. I snapped back into reality and nodded slightly, almost getting lost in her eyes.

"Yeah, alright."

She giggled and began to jump up and down, her heels clacking loudly and almost hitting the leg of the chair she was sitting in.

"Yay!" she squealed in happiness.

"Hey, don't be an idiot! You're in heels-you could slip and break your neck!" I snapped at her. She quickly stopped and goofily nodded her head, her arms pulled to her chest.

"Okay, I got'cha!"

She dragged me back on to the dance floor to sway like before. She asked me about my home. I told her what I thought about the damn rat, which made her laugh, her eyes closing and then opening to look straight into mine. We stared at one another, neither of us looking away. It was like a battle. Blue vs. Red. Water vs. Fire. Girl vs. Boy. I didn't want to give in, even though my stomach began to twist and turn, almost painfully. My head began to feel really heavy as I leaned it down. Hinata blinked at me and stayed still. I stopped moving right when our foreheads touched and we both stared at one another some more. Something clicked in both of us and we flew away from each other so fast I thought our clothes were gonna rip off and be in the same place we just got away from.

I couldn't see Hinata's face, but I was sure she was flushed, just like me. She turned her head slightly, looking at the back of mine.

"Uh, Sohma-san-"

"Call me Kyo." I interrupted her, turning to look at her. Things immediately went back to normal when she smiled and started rubbing her head while mumbling, "Kyo-kun, Kyo-kun, Kyo-kun..."

I snickered slightly, something a bit out of character for me, but what could I say? Hinata brought me out of my comfort zone.

Hearing my light laughing, Hinata laughed too.

"You're stupid," I said with a ghost of a smile. She grabbed my hands and began to sway again.

"Really?" She asked, "Me? I never noticed."

And we continued to dance the night away.


Well, I hope you liked it! Ugh, I am going to bed! My little brat of a sister is spending the night though, and in my room... so annoying... anyway, good night, my pets! Read and Review and all that good stuff!


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