Sorry
Disclaimer: Don't own Fruits Basket, Dashboard Confessional, or "Vindicated". If I did, I'd be a super-happy Safaia.
"Hi Kyo-kun," Tohru said, sitting down at a table in a coffee shop across from Kyo.
"Hey Tohru," he said, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
"So, how's the rat treating you," he asked with some concern.
"Really well," Tohru said, smiling cheerfully, "You don't have to worry, Kyo-kun, we're fine."
And roped me in
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing
I am captivated, I am
"So, what have you been doing," Tohru asked, looking at Kyo with her ever-optimistic smiles.
"I've been working at the dojo," he said, "Where do you work again?
"I work at the Sohma building," she said, "I get to see the other a lot, too, now that they work there."
"That's nice," Kyo said with some difficulty.
Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
'She really did see the good in me,' Kyo thought as Tohru babbled on about her life , ' And now I can see it, too.'
So clear
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intention
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me
So isolated, so motivated
I am certain now that I am
Kyo looked down to take a sip of his drink, when he noticed a diamond ring on Tohru's left-ring finger,
"You...you're engaged," Kyo asked, shock in his voice.
"Yeah, Yuki proposed to me two weeks ago. I told everybody, but you weren't home when I called, so I left a message with Kazuma-sama and he said he'd pass it on to you, but I guess he didn't. I'm sorry," Tohru said, looking down at the ground.
Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So turn
Up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Tohru smiled and Kyo forced himself to give her a smile in return.
Tohru stood up,
"I really have to go back to work, sorry Kyo-kun. Can I talk to you later?"
"Yeah," Kyo said distantly.
Tohru gave him a swift kiss on the cheek and left the restaurant, waving to Kyo from the door.
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
"I'm being selfish by thinking that Tohru loves me," Kyo muttered.
He placed 500 Yen on the table and left.
My hope
dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption...