A young girl, Tohru Honda, who had brown hair and blue eyes, sat up in bed, rubbing her eyes. She got up, dressed, put in her pigtails, and walked down the stairs to see the Sohmas sitting at the dining table. One was reading the newspaper, he went by the name of Shigure. He had black hair and grey-ish eyes. Another, Yuki, who had grey hair and purple eyes, was watching the news. The last, Kyo, looked from the tv to Tohru, half smiled, and turned back at the news. Kyo had orange hair and matching eyes.

Tohru smiled a little and headed to the kitchen, starting to make breakfast. She got some bacon, eggs, butter, and bread. She cracked a couple eggs into a saucepan and began scrambling them. She put on the bacon and turned around to start the toast, but the bread was missing! She looked around and found Kyo beside her, opening the bread package.

"K-kyo. Hi." Tohru stared at him as he put two pieces of bread in the toaster.

"Hey. I just... you don't have to do everything by yourself. You can ask for help you know." Kyo said as he looked back at her scrambling eggs.

"I don't mind, really. I like to cook. It's not a problem." Tohru smiled at him and flipped the bacon again. The toast popped up and Kyo buttered them and put two more pieces of bread in the toaster.

"I feel bad making you do everything. I mean, you're not our maid or whatever." Tohru looked back at him after she turned off the burners.

"It's ok Kyo. Honest. It's my way of paying you all back for letting me stay here." Tohru went to the cupboard and grabbed four plates and forks. She made the plates.

"Do you want to help me take the plates into the dining room?" Tohru asked, taking off her apron. Kyo nodded and grabbed two plates, as did Tohru. They walked back into the dining room and Shigure and Yuki turned around to face the table. Tohru handed each of them their plates as Kyo handed her hers and sat down to eat himself.

"Superb as always Tohru." Shigure complimented as he ate some eggs.

"The toast is a little on the burnt side though..." Yuki stated, taking a bite of said toast. Kyo popped a vein but managed to not yell out. Tohru looked at Kyo, after he caught her eye, she quickly averted her eyes back to her plate and stuffed some eggs in her mouth. Kyo continued to look at her, still eating.

Once everyone had finished, Shigure announced that he and Yuki were going to the main house for a while.

"We should be back around suppertime, if not sooner. Try not to destroy the house Kyo..." Shigure said heading for the door. "What was that?"

Kyo asked angrily. "Oh nothing... See you later then!" Shigure walked out the door and he and Yuki went off to the main house.

Tohru was stacking the plates at the table. Kyo turned to see her. She smiled and went to the kitchen. She grabbed the washcloth and washed the dishes.

When she was finished she went back to the living/dining roomand sat next to Kyo, who was watching tv. A few minutes went by before either of them said anything. Kyo stood up.

"I'm tired of being cooped up in here. You wanna go for a walk?" He asked, looking at Tohru now.

"Sure." She said as she got up and they slipped on their shoes. Tohru looked at the sky.

"It's nice today." Kyo nodded and looked at her out of the corner of his eye. They walked along the path in the woods. Tohru's hand bumped into Kyo's and she slightly turned pink. He smiled and laced his fingers with hers. She looked up at him, obviously shocked. He looked at her and they both sort of smiled.

'There's so much I want to tell her. So much I need to tell her.' Kyo thought as he looked in her eyes.

She looked back in his, as if searching for something. 'Why can't I just tell him? I want to so badly. But what if...'

Tohru's mind rushed with thousands of "What ifs" as they broke eye contact and looked out at the path. There was a rustling in the bushes next to them. Tohru jumped as a little rabbit hopped out. Kyo laughed a little.

"It's only a rabbit Tohru." Tohru bent down to pet the rabbit.

"I know. It just startled me is all." She smiled up at him as she pet the rabbit's head and watched its nose twitch.

Kyo watched as she laughed when the rabbit tickled her hand with its whiskers. She got up, a little embarrassed of being startled by a rabbit, and told the bunny goodbye. She tucked a couple of loose strands of hair behind her ear as they walked along. Kyo had his hands in his pockets so Tohru went for it, her bold-ish move. She linked her arm with his and then promptly looked away. He looked down at her arm around his and blushed.

Now they could see the house, so they decided to head back and eat lunch.

"How about I make lunch today?" Kyo suggested as they walked arm in arm.

"You don't have to do that Kyo." She stated.

"I want to. You deserve a little rest once in a while." He smiled a little.

"Ok." She smiled back.

They reached the house, took off their shoes, and Kyo went to make lunch. Tohru went to the table and started reading her current book. Kyo looked through the fridge and cupboards, finally finding what he wanted. Orange chicken, Tohru's favorite. He started some rice and began the chicken. Tohru sniffed.

'Whatever he's making sure smells good.' She thought as she turned the page.

The rice cooker beeped and Kyo made two bowls of it, then put orange chicken on each pile of rice. He grabbed two pairs of chopsticks and took the bowls out to the table. He set a bowl in front of Tohru as she marked her page. Her face lit up.

"Orange chicken. That's my favorite." Kyo looked at her and smiled.

"I know. I hope it tastes ok. I've never made it before." Tohru took a bite and swallowed.

"It's amazing!" Kyo took a bite also.

"That's good." They ate and talked a little. When they were finished, Kyo quickly took both his and Tohru's bowls before she could. He went to the kitchen and washed the dishes. He then went back to the living room and sat by Tohru, turning on the tv.

"Is there anything you want to watch?" Kyo asked, flipping through the channels.

"Wait!" Tohru outbursted when she saw Gilmore Girls on ABC Family.

"You wanna watch this?" Kyo asked, looking at her. She nodded.

"Unless you don't want to. Because you can change it if you want to." Kyo set the remote down.

"Nope. We'll watch this."

Tohru smiled at him and watched the show. Tohru laughed almost everytime someone said something, unless it was a serious moment. Kyo even found parts funny. Tohru looked at him for a second. He kind of reminded her of Jess. She laughed at this thought. The show had gone to a commercial so her sudden outburst of laughter didn't fit in anywhere.

"What's so funny?" Kyo asked.

"Nothing. It's just..." She started laughing again.

"What?!"

"You just remind me of Jess is all. The way you act and talk... I guess I just thought it was funny." She smiled as she went back to watching the tv.

It was the scene where Jess told Rory that he looked up the distance from Yale to Stars Hollow and back. She awwed and Kyo looked at her.

Now's as good as ever.' Kyo thought.

"Tohru..." She looked at him.

"Yes?"

Kyo took a deep breath. "There's something I need to tell you..."

Tohru continued to look at him.

He took her hands in his and looked in her eyes.

"I-"

"We're back!!!" Shigure yelled.