CAUGHT IN THE RAIN

.::CHAPTER ONE::.

Kyo cursed at himself. He watched as dark clouds drifted across the sky. He already had a rough day and the weather was bad enough. Couldn't his life be normal for a change? Then he remembered; the curse. The damn curse that separates and isolates him from all humans and the fact that he's the cat from the Chinese zodiac pushes him farther away from everything.

Despite all of this, only one person came to his mind. Tohru Honda.

His heart skipped a million beats as the thought of her came up. Why was he suddenly thinking about her? When she smiled cheerfully, Kyo felt all warm inside. His world brightened like never before. For once, the world didn't seem dark and dreary like it is. With her, it was a better place.

Kyo sighed as memories from earlier that day flooded throughout his mind.

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Kyo walked through the hallways of the school. He was deep in thought when he was interrupted. He didn't bother to stop in his tracks and turn around. He kept on walking as if he didn't hear her at all.

"Wait up, Kyo!"

Kyo flinched and he paced up his speed a bit.

When she finally caught up to him, she was completely out of breath. She regained her breathing and walked beside Kyo.

"You probably didn't hear me back there."

He didn't face her. No words came out from his mouth, not even to tease or yell at her like he usually did. This was unusual.

'He must not be in a good mood,' thought Tohru.

As always.

Kyo stopped walking, but he still didn't look at her or say anything. Instead, he stared blankly at the floor.

"Kyo, I…"

But before Tohru could say anything, Kyo had already started walking away. Tohru watched in despair as he turned the corner of the hallway. This wasn't like Kyo. Tohru sighed and headed the opposite direction, to avoid any trouble with Kyo, as she already had caused.

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"Idiot…" he murmured to himself.

Tohru wasn't the problem; she was the reason. At the very moment when she was around him, Kyo felt his knees becoming weak and he didn't have the courage to confront Tohru. He felt butterflies inside him stomach; it was a feeling he couldn't describe. His cheeks flushed and he desperately tried his best to hide it from Tohru by looking at the ground. He had to walk away before humiliating himself in front of the girl who sent shivers up his spine whenever she talked; who brightened the world on a cloudy day when she flashed that lively smile of hers; she was the one who actually made Kyo feel like he was a part of this world.

Kyo felt something wet tickle his skin. Tiny drops of water fell from the sky. It was rain. He quickly stood up from the roof. He hated the rain and the rain hated him. He jumped off the roof and landed on the cement ground with both his feet and hands. He ran to the house without stopping as he cursed the rain all the way.

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As Kyo entered the house, he was handed a white towel to dry himself off. He looked up to lock eyes with Tohru.

"I thought you might need this," she said as she chuckled softly.

Kyo snatched the towel away from her and immediately looked away. His cheeks reddened and as he noticed this, he quickly started to walk away.

"Kyo, wait, please-"

Kyo stopped and turn around only to shoot angry eyes at Tohru.

"What is it with that goofy smile of yours? It's driving me insane!"

He started to stomp away, without another word being said.

"What about…" she flinched as she heard the door slam harshly, "…dinner?"

Tears started to form in Tohru's eyes. What had she done to make Kyo so angry? Earlier that day, she had tried to tell Kyo something, but failed as he walked away from her. She tried to make up for the actions that caused Kyo to act this way, but as always, she failed.

Tohru was too distracted to notice there was someone behind her. She jumped as that person rested his hand on her shoulder. She quickly spun around only to find Shigure smiling at her.

"Let me try," he said as he walked up to Kyo's room.

"Kyooo!! Don't miss out on one of Tohru's delicious cooked stew!!"

There was no response.

"Well, at least I tried."

He looked at Tohru with reassuring eyes.

"Don't worry, Tohru. Kyo always acts this way during rainy seasons. As soon as the rain goes away, he'll be back to normal. Well, at least the way he usually acts."

Tohru was not convinced. It wasn't the rain. The problem was her. She knew it and nothing could change that fact, not until she found out why.

"As far as I'm concerned, he'll never stop acting like an ass," Yuki said as he entered the house, dripping wet from head to toe.

Shattering glass was heard from Kyo's room. Shigure sighed and found a spot at the table, ready to eat.

Tohru ran to Yuki to hand him a dry towel. He gently grabbed the towel from her and smiled generously at Tohru.

"Thank you, Miss Honda," he said as he dried his hair with the towel.

Tohru forced a smile, but as much as she tried to, behind that smile, there was sorrow and sadness. She stared wondrously at Kyo's room. She sighed and headed to kitchen, ready to serve dinner.

A/N: I want to thank SweetStories11 with ALL my heart for revising this chapter! I truly appreciate it so much!! Thanks!! And I want to thank YOU for taking your sweet time to ready my story!! Thank you all!! This chapter seemed kind of dull, but I promise the next chapter will be better. Although, I don't know when I'll post it up. But eventually I will. Please leave a review before you leave!! Give me some feedback because I need it and any reviews are accepted!! Once again, thanks for reading and just wait for the next chapter to be up. :)