Chapter 1

I lay on the floor staring at the light. Although the never changed, or blinked, or ever did anything interesting for that matter, I couldn't look away.

"Yuki…" Honda-san said as she opened my door, "Did you really mean it?"

I looked away from my pathetic entertainment, "What do you mean?"

"When you said 'I love you' at the summer house, did you mean it?"

I covered my face with my hands and ran my fingers through my hair.

"Did I upset you? What's wrong? You don't have to answer me if you don't want to!" Honda-san began to run her sentences together as she turned beet red and stared at the floor.

I sat up and walked slowly over to Miss Honda. She was blushing so hard that I think I could feel the heat coming off her face the closer I got. I caressed her face with my index finger, slowly up one side and down the other. I felt her muscles relax with every stroke. Just as I was about to lean in for the kiss I longed for…

"Tohru!" Shigure whined from downstairs.

"What do you want?" I furiously yelled at him. Who was he to disturb a kiss that I have been waiting forever for?

"I'm on my way," My sweet cheerfully replied turning on her heels.

I followed her downstairs so I could yell at Shi-san. The perfect moment, ruined all because Shigure is a selfish bastard. My beautiful angel bowed to the pervert, why did she do that? Was it respect or just Tohru?

"What would you like for dinner?" She inquired tilting her head to one side and closing her eyes. The way she always asks her innocent questions, very cute too.

"You," Shigure replied reaching for her soft hand.

I grabbed a book that was on the nearby stand and slapped the hell out of the back of Shigure's head.

"You filthy bastard, how dare you say such things to Miss Honda!" I roared giving him a look that said it all.

"Ummm...What did you mean-" Honda-san started, before I put my hand over her mouth to stop her from saying the rest of her sentence.

She licked my hand and giggled while I whipped it off on my pants.

"You're so silly, Yuki." Tohru said so coyly.

When that beautiful girl says my name, it's so sexy! I know! I know! It's wrong to have such impure thoughts about such an angelic, pure, beautiful, perfect girl. As my name was pushed past her rose pink lips, I transformed into zodiac form…how convenient! Tohru simply picked me up and put me in her apron pocket.

"You do know I will return to normal anytime now?"

"I'm well aware, but I would like an answer to my question," she demanded.

"I don't think rat form is the proper way to answer you," the truth was, I was trying to buy time to properly answer her. .

Tohru reached into her pocket and grabbed my mid section.

"When you change back, change you clothes, and come back in here. I need to speak to you," she ordered looking at my little pink rat nose.

POP these transformations need to be less noticeable! I was standing in the middle of the kitchen, with Honda-san's hand on my pale stomach, her touch was so electrifying, but I needed to get to my clothes which were next to Shigure. I ran through the house, naked like it was nobody's business!
"Yuki, it's not wise to streak while our sliding doors are being redone!" Shigure sarcastically commented on the "work" that Kagura and Kyo had recently done on our sliding doors, again.

I dressed as quickly as I could, throwing all my garments on at record speed. I believe I finally found the right answer to Tohru's question. I had to hurry before it was gone from my head. I ran from the living room as fast as I could and I ran into Kyo, who's only thought was to fight me.

"Hey rat. What's your hurry? Wanna fight?" the neko asked getting into fighting stance.

"I don't have time for your stupid moves baka neko!" I yelled trying to get by him.

He tried to hit my stomach; I just grabbed his fist and twisted his arm. Within a few seconds the cat was on the floor with his arm twisted behind his back.

"You damn rat!" it looked like Kyo's eyes were about to water, but at this point in time I really didn't care.

I ran the last few feet to the kitchen, looking forward to answering my beauty's question.

"Tohru..." I began out of breath. "I love you!" my pace quickened the closer I got to her.

I grabbed the back of her head and laid a long, passionate, deep kiss on her. Once the kiss was over she looked into my once icy eyes, now softened by the spring in Tohru's kiss.

"Yuki…" She started

"Shhhh," I put one finger on the softest lips in the world "I've been watching you for many moths now. The way you clean, cook, smile, blush, laugh and even cry, it's all so beautiful to me. And every moment I sat and watched, falling in love with you ever second you were in my eye line. I want to hold you, kiss you, and love you. I've wanted this so badly, I still want to give you everything you deserve, I FUCKING LOVE YOU!" I announced.

It wasn't long before Kyo showed up to ruin this beautiful moment of me bearing my heart and soul to the most beautiful woman on this planet.

"What are you doing?" He narrowed his eyes into little orange slits at me.

"YOUR MOM!" I randomly shouted at them.

They both gave me the desired result of that little outburst. The looks of confusion were enough for me to die laughing with that image in my head.

"Get out of here you stupid cat," I ordered and with those words Kyo left just as soon as he came.

I placed Tohru's delicate hand on my chest; my heart was racing 1,000 miles per hour.

"Do you feel that?" I asked looking into her deep brown pools, "Please I'm begging you to tell me what you are thinking at this very moment.

"Yuki…wow…I honestly had no idea," she started, "I love you too, but Kyo asked me out last night…"

I could feel my world shatter around me. Even though I could feel my shell cover my whole body, her embrace pierced through, Tohru hugged me…nothing, I didn't turn into a rat…why? Am I uncursed? I placed one hand on the back of Tohru's head, the other on her back and pulled her in for one more kiss. It was a long, deep kiss. So deep that I swear I almost cried. We parted; I slowly walked up the stairs without another word. I pushed my door open and lay back down on the floor where I was before any of this happened. I was in my room, where I could spend many more sleepless nights wondering if she really loves me or not.

Chapter 2

"Tonight I will toss and turn,

Dreaming of you.

Many sleepless hours will be because,

I know nothing of how you feel.

Let's start over new,

Maybe then you'll love me too.

Not a day will go by,

That I won't want to be with you.

Until time dies in our very hands,

We could have been eternal."