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Thouru looked at the boy she loved. She sighed as she continued to make dinner. She had been thinking a lot recently about what would happen. Would Kyo beat Yuki in time? Would he be locked up forever? Sadness overwhelmed her. She was so unlike herself and she hated to be, but with only a year left for Kyo, and Yuki was still much stronger, the future looked dull. Kyo Sohoma, who didn't even know how much she cared, was going to be locked away, because of her. She began to cry. She stopped herself just in time to save a wonderful looking fish from burning. "Got to be strong Thouru.", she told herself, "Everything will be okay." But in her heart, she knew there was no hope, unless…. She broke the curse. Then, Akito wouldn't be god. Then, Kyo might be able to go free. Then… then maybe she could tell him she loved him.
Tohru placed the wonderful smelling salmon on the table. Yuki and Shigure came and sat down. No Kyo. Thouru sighed again. "Honda san don't worry about Kyo he's just in a bad mood.", Shigure piped up
"I guess you're right.", she said She finished her dinner and reheated the fish for Kyo who was on the roof.
Tohru. She didn't even know. He couldn't tell her. Not before, not now, not ever. Now Akito, the wicked bitch, would lock him away from all he cared for. He cried silently and turned away from the approaching Thouru. He wouldn't let her see him this way. He dried his eyes and calmed himself down. There she was. "Kyo kun, I thought you might be hungry so I brought you some dinner.", she said
"Thanks.", he said
Thouru sat there and watched him eat. She seemed to have something on her mind.
"What?", he asked
"Nothing.", she said
"Just tell me.", he said, this time with a bit of impatience in his voice.
"I-I….I can't say."
"Why not?"
"I waited to long. It would be better if I didn't say this now."
"What?", he asked now extremely alert
"I-I….Kyo kun I love you.", she said witch was followed by a very bright blush.
"What?", he asked surprised
"N-nothing. I should go back in now, it's cold."
"Wait."
"Hm?"
"I love you too."
Thouru just stood there. She sat by him again. He could tell that he was as red as she had just been. He looked at her. She was crying.
Thouru started to cry. The boy she loved, loved her back and there was nothing they could do. One year was all they had now. She opened her eyes only to see tears falling from Kyo's eyes as well. The sat there looking at each other crying. She wanted desperately to hold him in her arms and protect him. She could tell he wanted to do the same for her. She moved over too him and got an idea. She placed an oven mitt she was still carrying with her between them and she hugged him. No poof. He hugged her back. And they stayed that way.
The next morning, Shigure was surprised to find that Kyo and Thouru had fallen asleep in each other's arms with an oven mitt keeping them apart. He smiled and knew he should wake them, but he didn't have the heart. They were just so cute. He got an evil grin on his face and pulled out a camera.
Click, click, click. Those were the noises Kyo woke up to. He found that Thouru was asleep holding onto him and all that kept him from transforming was and oven mitt. He looked up to see Shigure with a camera. He carefully laid Thouru on the ground and pulled Shigure into the house.
Thouru woke up to the banging of pots and pans and a certain novelist who was singing the k-i-s-s-i-n-g song and yelling an occasional ouch. Also a Kyo who was yelling shut up at the top of his voice and also, give me that camera you stupid dog. Thouru sighed and was confused as to why she was on the roof. Then her memories returned. She blushed. Kyo had obviously managed to get the camera from Shigure because all the noise stopped and Kyo came back to the roof with a camera shaped lump in his pocket.
Thouru smiled at him, stood up and gave him a kiss like she had always wanted to. A year was a pretty long time.
