"Ah, Miss Honda..." said the beautiful purple haired young man, "After
school...I was wondering if I could talk to you?" Tohru's large, innocent
eyes looked up at him nervously while a blush began to form. He sounded
tense. What could it be for? "Uhh, hai!" she finally managed out.
The rest of the day went by in an endless blur. Tohru had never heard Yuki sound so uneasy. Thoughts and guesses began pouring through her mind. Did it have to do with her? Did she do something wrong? By the time the final bell rang she was so out of it Hanajima had to wake her from her daze.
"I sense uneasy waves, Tohru-chan, what is wrong?" Tohru looked up at her and smiled. "Nothing! I just didn't get much sleep last night!" Tohru got up out of her desk and ran out of the room as quickly as possible. She didn't want Hana-chan to worry over her.
She made her way through the woods on the path she had taken many times to her adopted home, then to he secret base, where Yuki had asked to meet her just after school. As she sat on a nearby rock, she realized how silly she was being.
"Baka! Get a grip!" she giggled to herself, "You're acting like a silly girl with a crush..." The last word slipped out of her mouth and she felt a rush of newfound panic. What was this? Did she....."Miss Honda?" came Yuki's voice, seemingly in a far off place.
Tohru snapped back into reality. "Hai! What did you need to tell me Sohma- kun?" Yuki looked down at the vegetables and stammered around for a minute before speaking. "Well, I guess I'll just say it. Do you...." He paused. Tohru's heart fluttered. "What? I won't laugh...I promise..."
Hearing this encouragement Yuki decided to continue. "Do you know anything about our new transfer student? I think her name is Amy Hayes." This question confused Tohru. What does it matter? Is he just trying to be friendly? "Not much, all I know is she came from the U.S....why?"
If Tohru could have taken back the last word she muttered she would have for anything in the world, but there was no turning back time. As Shigure would say, Que Sera Sera! "Miss Honda....I think I like her... what do you think I should do?"
She couldn't comprehend this new information fast enough. She wanted to puke but kept her cool, although on the verge of tears. "Follow your heart....Sohma-kun..." Follow your heart, follow your heart. What a stupid thing to say. Did the last phrase not make her a hypocrite? Why was she so pained over this? She was his friend and only his friend.
Yuki smiled contently. "Thank you Miss Honda. Hearing you say it gives me new confidence. I'll do that." Then, before leaving he obliviously turned around and looked at the hurt girl. "Than you, Miss Honda...for being my friend..." He turned and walked smoothly down the path toward the city and back to school in time for his Student Council meeting.
As soon as he was safely out of sight, Tohru got up and rushed as fast as she ever had to the house, blurry eyed. Soon she was in her room and on her bed, weeping. It wasn't fair. She was the luckiest person in the world for being able to stay in this house with all these great men. It was an extraordinary privilege, and yet she was crying selfishly.
"Hey, what time will you start dinner? I'm starv......" Kyo stopped in mid- sentence. He darted into her room and kneeled down beside her bed. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?" he asked frantically. Tohru just answered with more sobs.
Kyo stayed with her and tried his best at comforting her until she finally ceased from shear exhaustion. "Look, if you don't wanna fix dinner I can take over tonight..." he tried to soothe, then reached out to dry her tears. "Geeze," he said softly, "You should know I can't stand you crying..."
Then he considered of something. "Did I do something?" he asked worriedly. Tohru slowly looked up at him, red and swollen from so much crying. "No Kyo- kun....it's ok...I can fix dinner....I'm just a silly girl..." Then she smiled at him lightly.
She immediately got up and went downstairs to begin on dinner. Kyo sat on her bed for a moment trying to figure out what just happened until Shigure walked by and looked at him slyly. "Ah, bad boy, Kyo!" he giggled and walked on.
After giving Shigure a nice beating Kyo walked downstairs to assist Tohru in fixing dinner. She seemed to need it tonight. They hadn't been working long before Yuki burst into the house happily. "Miss Honda!" he called and headed straight to the kitchen on instinct, "She said yes!" and with this trotted happily up to his room.
Both Kyo and Tohru stood there. Tohru started to tear up again and Kyo was downright confused. He looked at Tohru quizzically. "What is he talking about?" She looked up at him teary eyed and took a step toward him. "He asked a girl out today because I told him to follow his heart..." she squeaked, then started to cry just a little.
"Well then why are you...." He cut himself off again in realization. He wanted to leave, wanted to die. Just as he was turning around to go out of the room Tohru grabbed the edge of his shirt. "P...please don't leave me Kyo-kun..." she whispered.
In his anger and hurt he yanked his shirt away from her and left. He stormed through the house to the ladder and climbed up to the roof. There he lay and pondered. So she had wanted Yuki the whole time, but why was this such a shock? He was the stupid cat and Yuki.....Just thinking about that made him angrier. All he could think to do was go down and try to comfort her because...even though she just shattered his heart into a million pieces....he still loved her.
He mustered up the courage to face her again and walked as calmly as he could downstairs. He found her in the kitchen again, still working on dinner. She must have stopped for a while too. Feeling her eyes on him he looked down and tried to apologize.
"I'm sorry....I shouldn't of done that. I understand that you are hurt," then looking up at her he walked across the room and wiped the single tear away from her eyelash. "Eh, don't worry. You'll find a better guy...one that will be a thousand times better then him...."
It anguished him to say it like that. The better guy would never be him. He didn't deserve her. He had been wrong that day on the roof of the school. He wasn't special, just the stupid cat who didn't deserve happiness.
Tohru looked at him in shock. "Kyo-kun....why are you doing this? I thought you would be angry...I thought I had lost both of you....I'm such a baka. I don't deserve to live here..." Seeing the newly formed tears forming in her eyes made him want to yell at her, to tell her she was a baka for loving Yuki, but he didn't. He didn't know what he was doing. Truthfully, he too, was surprised in the lack of any feeling what-so-ever.
"Ehh, lets finish dinner..." he said and poked her in the forehead. She looked at him for the first time since they got home with a smile. "Hai!" With two people working on it, they managed to finish it in time. Needless to say there were no leeks on the table that night. Kyo wouldn't allow it.
When the dishes were cleared from the table, Kyo decided to take over dish duty for the night. "I'll do um'. You can have a break..." he insisted but Tohru wouldn't hear it. In the end, he was the dryer. "So...how long have you.......you know..." he stammered. "I never really thought about it until today..." she said without even looking up at him.
He couldn't stand it anymore. "Well why dammit?! What do you see in that damn rat?!" Tohru looked startled but she felt slightly better that Kyo was being more like himself. "I don't know what I was thinking Kyo-kun. We are just friends...I guess it was just jealousy getting in the way?" Kyo knew this was a lie. He knew she was just fooling herself.
He went straight to his room and rolled out his bed, then went straight to the roof and watched the stars for a while. He didn't want to live here anymore...not even for her. It just sucked. Everything sucked now. After he decided this he went back down to his room and laid down.
It wasn't long before long forgotten tears began streaming down his face in the darkness. Why? Why? Why? He just kept asking himself over and over. He had always thought that it would be great if Yuki got with some little skank but everything was backfired. What was he fooling...
An hour passed and still he had not fallen asleep. He decided to get up and check the house like he did often. All the lights were off and everything was quiet....except in Yuki's room. Kyo crept up to the door and put his ear up to it to listen. "Yea, so what was it like there...cool......ok I am sleepy too. Good night." Silence. Hmmmm...must have been on the phone, Kyo guessed. Who cared.
He decided to walk by Tohru's room. The door was cracked so he peeked in just for a second. She was already asleep, no doubt from crying over her damn rat. The thought made him scowl and he stomped back to his room and laid down. This time he finally fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
The rest of the day went by in an endless blur. Tohru had never heard Yuki sound so uneasy. Thoughts and guesses began pouring through her mind. Did it have to do with her? Did she do something wrong? By the time the final bell rang she was so out of it Hanajima had to wake her from her daze.
"I sense uneasy waves, Tohru-chan, what is wrong?" Tohru looked up at her and smiled. "Nothing! I just didn't get much sleep last night!" Tohru got up out of her desk and ran out of the room as quickly as possible. She didn't want Hana-chan to worry over her.
She made her way through the woods on the path she had taken many times to her adopted home, then to he secret base, where Yuki had asked to meet her just after school. As she sat on a nearby rock, she realized how silly she was being.
"Baka! Get a grip!" she giggled to herself, "You're acting like a silly girl with a crush..." The last word slipped out of her mouth and she felt a rush of newfound panic. What was this? Did she....."Miss Honda?" came Yuki's voice, seemingly in a far off place.
Tohru snapped back into reality. "Hai! What did you need to tell me Sohma- kun?" Yuki looked down at the vegetables and stammered around for a minute before speaking. "Well, I guess I'll just say it. Do you...." He paused. Tohru's heart fluttered. "What? I won't laugh...I promise..."
Hearing this encouragement Yuki decided to continue. "Do you know anything about our new transfer student? I think her name is Amy Hayes." This question confused Tohru. What does it matter? Is he just trying to be friendly? "Not much, all I know is she came from the U.S....why?"
If Tohru could have taken back the last word she muttered she would have for anything in the world, but there was no turning back time. As Shigure would say, Que Sera Sera! "Miss Honda....I think I like her... what do you think I should do?"
She couldn't comprehend this new information fast enough. She wanted to puke but kept her cool, although on the verge of tears. "Follow your heart....Sohma-kun..." Follow your heart, follow your heart. What a stupid thing to say. Did the last phrase not make her a hypocrite? Why was she so pained over this? She was his friend and only his friend.
Yuki smiled contently. "Thank you Miss Honda. Hearing you say it gives me new confidence. I'll do that." Then, before leaving he obliviously turned around and looked at the hurt girl. "Than you, Miss Honda...for being my friend..." He turned and walked smoothly down the path toward the city and back to school in time for his Student Council meeting.
As soon as he was safely out of sight, Tohru got up and rushed as fast as she ever had to the house, blurry eyed. Soon she was in her room and on her bed, weeping. It wasn't fair. She was the luckiest person in the world for being able to stay in this house with all these great men. It was an extraordinary privilege, and yet she was crying selfishly.
"Hey, what time will you start dinner? I'm starv......" Kyo stopped in mid- sentence. He darted into her room and kneeled down beside her bed. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?" he asked frantically. Tohru just answered with more sobs.
Kyo stayed with her and tried his best at comforting her until she finally ceased from shear exhaustion. "Look, if you don't wanna fix dinner I can take over tonight..." he tried to soothe, then reached out to dry her tears. "Geeze," he said softly, "You should know I can't stand you crying..."
Then he considered of something. "Did I do something?" he asked worriedly. Tohru slowly looked up at him, red and swollen from so much crying. "No Kyo- kun....it's ok...I can fix dinner....I'm just a silly girl..." Then she smiled at him lightly.
She immediately got up and went downstairs to begin on dinner. Kyo sat on her bed for a moment trying to figure out what just happened until Shigure walked by and looked at him slyly. "Ah, bad boy, Kyo!" he giggled and walked on.
After giving Shigure a nice beating Kyo walked downstairs to assist Tohru in fixing dinner. She seemed to need it tonight. They hadn't been working long before Yuki burst into the house happily. "Miss Honda!" he called and headed straight to the kitchen on instinct, "She said yes!" and with this trotted happily up to his room.
Both Kyo and Tohru stood there. Tohru started to tear up again and Kyo was downright confused. He looked at Tohru quizzically. "What is he talking about?" She looked up at him teary eyed and took a step toward him. "He asked a girl out today because I told him to follow his heart..." she squeaked, then started to cry just a little.
"Well then why are you...." He cut himself off again in realization. He wanted to leave, wanted to die. Just as he was turning around to go out of the room Tohru grabbed the edge of his shirt. "P...please don't leave me Kyo-kun..." she whispered.
In his anger and hurt he yanked his shirt away from her and left. He stormed through the house to the ladder and climbed up to the roof. There he lay and pondered. So she had wanted Yuki the whole time, but why was this such a shock? He was the stupid cat and Yuki.....Just thinking about that made him angrier. All he could think to do was go down and try to comfort her because...even though she just shattered his heart into a million pieces....he still loved her.
He mustered up the courage to face her again and walked as calmly as he could downstairs. He found her in the kitchen again, still working on dinner. She must have stopped for a while too. Feeling her eyes on him he looked down and tried to apologize.
"I'm sorry....I shouldn't of done that. I understand that you are hurt," then looking up at her he walked across the room and wiped the single tear away from her eyelash. "Eh, don't worry. You'll find a better guy...one that will be a thousand times better then him...."
It anguished him to say it like that. The better guy would never be him. He didn't deserve her. He had been wrong that day on the roof of the school. He wasn't special, just the stupid cat who didn't deserve happiness.
Tohru looked at him in shock. "Kyo-kun....why are you doing this? I thought you would be angry...I thought I had lost both of you....I'm such a baka. I don't deserve to live here..." Seeing the newly formed tears forming in her eyes made him want to yell at her, to tell her she was a baka for loving Yuki, but he didn't. He didn't know what he was doing. Truthfully, he too, was surprised in the lack of any feeling what-so-ever.
"Ehh, lets finish dinner..." he said and poked her in the forehead. She looked at him for the first time since they got home with a smile. "Hai!" With two people working on it, they managed to finish it in time. Needless to say there were no leeks on the table that night. Kyo wouldn't allow it.
When the dishes were cleared from the table, Kyo decided to take over dish duty for the night. "I'll do um'. You can have a break..." he insisted but Tohru wouldn't hear it. In the end, he was the dryer. "So...how long have you.......you know..." he stammered. "I never really thought about it until today..." she said without even looking up at him.
He couldn't stand it anymore. "Well why dammit?! What do you see in that damn rat?!" Tohru looked startled but she felt slightly better that Kyo was being more like himself. "I don't know what I was thinking Kyo-kun. We are just friends...I guess it was just jealousy getting in the way?" Kyo knew this was a lie. He knew she was just fooling herself.
He went straight to his room and rolled out his bed, then went straight to the roof and watched the stars for a while. He didn't want to live here anymore...not even for her. It just sucked. Everything sucked now. After he decided this he went back down to his room and laid down.
It wasn't long before long forgotten tears began streaming down his face in the darkness. Why? Why? Why? He just kept asking himself over and over. He had always thought that it would be great if Yuki got with some little skank but everything was backfired. What was he fooling...
An hour passed and still he had not fallen asleep. He decided to get up and check the house like he did often. All the lights were off and everything was quiet....except in Yuki's room. Kyo crept up to the door and put his ear up to it to listen. "Yea, so what was it like there...cool......ok I am sleepy too. Good night." Silence. Hmmmm...must have been on the phone, Kyo guessed. Who cared.
He decided to walk by Tohru's room. The door was cracked so he peeked in just for a second. She was already asleep, no doubt from crying over her damn rat. The thought made him scowl and he stomped back to his room and laid down. This time he finally fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
