Title: Once a Cat...
Written For: xgrenade
Published: December 23, 2008
Pairings: Kyo/Tohru
Genre: Fluff
Rating: G
Word Count: 278
Prompt: Kyo/Tohru fluff
Summary: Tohru had wondered if Kyo would change once he wasn't "the cat" anymore.
Kyo didn't change all that much after the curse was lifted from the Sohmas. His hair still bristled wildly when he was angry. His temper still flared every now and again, especially when he felt like he was being pressured, and people would swear that he was growling no matter how vehemently he denied it.
He was still able to leap from the third floor of the school and land on his feet unharmed. It was because he'd been trained in martial arts, he claimed, but there were those who did not believe him.
Cats were often seen following him around on the street. They didn't show up in abundance like they had in the past—one or two at most. He'd given up trying to escape them long ago, and sometimes he even stopped to play with them.
And, of course Tohru thought, smiling down at Kyo's head resting on her knee, he still loves taking naps while soaking up the sunlight. He leaned into her hand while she stroked his head, a happy purring sound resonating from his throat. She couldn't help but giggle at how adorable he was.
Kyo cracked an eye open and peered up at her, looking for all the world like a cat that had just been disturbed from its nap. "What's up?"
"Just thinking that I'm glad you're still you," she told him, mussing about with his hair.
"Of course I am," he said lazily, nuzzling his head against her instinctivly as his eye closed shut again. "Who else would I be?"
She beamed down at him, her heart swelling with warmth, and wondered why she had ever worried he would change.