"Nggh..." Kyou awoke softly. The sun shone in little stripes through the blinds on his window. He opened his eyes and looked around. His gray-painted room looked dull. He sat upright in his unmade bed, sighing. He ruffled his short, orange hair and looked at the door that was opened slightly. He could smell a wonderful aroma seeping through the crack in the door.
"Mmmm..." he said to himself, standing. He walked out of his room, wearing nothing but his gray and white boxers, and walked down the stairs.
"Mornin', Kyou-kun!" Shigure said, pinching Kyou's cheeks. Kyou growled and walked into the kitchen. Tohru was cooking breakfast. It was bacon and scrambled eggs. Shigure bounded along, stopping at the counter.
"Tohru-kun," he said in a sing-song voice. "you are a great co-ok!" Tohru looked at him.
"Arigatou, Shigure-Sama," she said, smiling as her blue eyes sparkled. He leaned against the counter as the girl began to cook once more. Kyou sat down at the small table and waited for Tohru to get done cooking. Yuki had just awoken and came downstairs, his eye on Kyou.
"Why wear such garb in front of Tohru?" he asked, his face serious. Kyou looked up at him.
"Why do you care if I wear my boxers around the house?" he asked gruffly. Yuki sighed and ignored him.
"Breakfast is ready!" Tohru exclaimed, trying to change the subject. Kyou stood and made his way to the food. Then the phone rang. Shigure skipped off to get it.
"Hello!" he said gleefully, placing the phone on his ear. His smile slowly faded.
"Al...alright... I'll... make sure she knows..." he said slowly, and quietly, hanging up the phone. He then walked into the kitchen.
"What's wrong, Shigure-kun?" Tohru asked. "Why the long face?"
"Tohru-chan..." Shigure said, his head hung low. "That was your aunt..." he said quietly. The whole room was silent as they leaned in to hear what Shigure was about to say.
"She said that... your grandfather... he... he had a heart attack last night and..." he swallowed. "It was fatal," he said, not wanting to say that he had died. Tohru just stood there. She said nothing. Her eyes were sparkling even more with tears. They didn't roll down her face. She held them in.
"Excuse me," she said walking, then running up the stairs. Kyou winced as she shut her door. He could hear her crying.
"I think she needs to be left alone for... a while..." Shigure said.
"I'm not hungry anymore..." Yuki said, walking into the living room. Shigure gave a sorrowful look towards Kyou and went the other way to do laundry.
"Pbbt..." Kyou sighed and walked up the stairs quietly. He swallowed hard as he gave a soft knock on the door. "May I enter?" A mumbled "hai" was Tohru's only response. He carefully opened the door to see Tohru sitting on her bed, holding her pillow. It was wet and soggy with tears. Kyou looked down at his feet as he sat down on Tohru's bed. Tohru was holding in her tears.
"Look..." the cat began, giving a heavy sigh. "I know that you were very close to your grandfather n' all..." His eyes sparkled as he looked into Tohru's. She looked down. Soon her head was lifted up by two hands, so that she would face Kyou.
"...but he was getting very old and..." He couldn't finish his sentence before Tohru hugged him, crying on his shoulder. He sighed and hesitated, then patted her back softly. "It's okay... Tohru-kun..." he whispered into her ear. She continued to cry into his shoulder.
"Look, Tohru, someone's gotta give you a pep talk and it might as well just be-" Shigure stopped, midway opening the door. Tohru and Kyou looked at him. "Nevermind..." he said, backing out of the room and closing the door. Tohru began to laugh softly. Kyou smiled and chuckled along with her. She hugged him again.
"Arigatou, Kyou-san..." Tohru whispered softly. Kyou smiled, knowing things would be just fine.
A/N: Okay, so that was an exceptionally short chapter... DON'T WORRY the others will be longer! I just wanted... sort of an introduction to this story! Please review!! you know you want to... And please no flames... unless it really sucked that bad...
