The day had carried on as usually for them at school. Yuki had his student council meetings where he hid form the girls attempting to give him chocolates, Kyo wandered off somewhere during their free time and Tohru had spent the majority of her free time chatting with Arisa and Hana. Yes it had all been a very normal day, but then why did it feel so tense now? Yuki looked over at Tohru who seemed to be a bit more nervous than she normally was, and Kyo was walking in the center where Tohru normally did. It seemed too odd.
"Miss Honda how was your day? Where you able to give out the chocolates I saw you wrapping?"Yuki attempted to make conversation in hopes of lightening her mood. But it was hard to talk to her with Kyo in the way. Why was he even in the way?
"Oh yes! Arisa and Hana really liked their chocolates"Tohru responded as politely as ever, she had felt been so nervous thinking about what her and Kyos date would be like today, she had completely forgotten she'd given out gifts.
"That's wonderful"Yuki still smiled but couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed now as noticed Kyo was very slowly moving Tohru away from him.
"I have one for you too Yuki, if you can even handle anymore chocolate"Tohru let out a slight giggle as she pointed to the handful of chocolate he was already holding from today's events. It was at that moment Tohru felt Kyo gently brush her hand, she was sure Yuki hadn't noticed but it got her to look at him. He seemed mildly annoyed.
'Oh no, what did I do?'Tohru thought as they continued their walk in silence.
It didn't take long for them to reach the house where Yuki excused himself to put the chocolates away, leaving Kyo and Tohru alone in the sitting room.
"K-kyo, are you okay?"Tohru felt like she was approaching a dangerous animal, she had just confessed her love to him and already they were having their first fight!
"Yeah, I just hate that dam Yuki"Kyo could feel the jealousy burning him. He knew Yuki had feelings for Tohru, he could just feel it whenever he'd see the way he looked at her. But Tohru was his, well, she wasn't really his. But he wanted her to be.
"You should get dressed, I still want to take you out before it gets to dark"Kyo didn't want something like Yuki to ruin the mood, he'd finally gotten the nerve up to ask Tohru on a date. But with his sudden mood change Tohru felt a huge relief. He wasn't angry with her at all.
"Yes I'll go get dressed right now!"Tohru chimed happily as she made her way to the staircase but stopped when she heard a very familiar sound
"Tohru! Welcome home!"It was Shigure voice greeting her as he walked down the hall way. He had a hot pack in his hand and what looked like a small pillow under his arm as he made his way down the hall.
"Thank you Shigure, are you feeling alright?"Tohru took immediate notice of the odd things he was carrying, he didn't look sick but the things he was carrying certainly said sick to her. She was always concerned when someone got sick, especially someone she cared about.
"Oh Tohru I'm so sick, do you think you could make me some soup?"Shigura asked as he made the best fake cough he could and tried to ignore the death glares that Kyo was giving him. Oh how he loved to mess with Kyo and Yuki.
"She's busy"Kyo asked for her as he stepped in between them, if there was one thing that Kyo knew, it's when Shigure was faking it. He had pulled this same trick last year on Valentine's day so that Tohru would stay with him and make him cookies and things. It was very fatherly of him to try and keep Tohru from going out on Valentines day, and before Kyo never minded, but this year he had plans with Tohru.
"An with who does my sweet flower have plans with?"Shigure almost couldn't keep up his fake sick voice as he looked over at Tohru, a sad look in his eyes that only a lonely man who loved young high school girls would know.
"She-she.."Kyo didn't know how to get the words out. Was it even safe to tell Shigure?
"I was going to go out with Kyo for a little while"Tohru never lied, and obviously wasn't getting the tension of the situation as Shigures smile turned into a frown and he looked over at Kyo. He had never looked so serious.
"Is this a date?"
"Is what a date?"Yuki asked as he appeared from the staircase, freshly dressed and with a pair of books in his hand and some paper for studying. Shigures eyes didn't leave Kyo who was now looking at Tohru, however Tohru was looking at Yuki due to his sudden appearance and Yuki was watching them all. It was a very confusing situation
"Nothing! Just let her make your damn soup!"An with that Kyo stormed off and Yuki went back to his studies, leaving Tohru to cook Shigures soup.
It didn't take long for Shigure to magically get better once the sun had gone down and for Tohru to prepare dinner for them all. Kyo had disappeared for the rest of the time but didn't make a fuss about coming down the stairs when Tohru called for him.
Dinner—
"What's with the extra places?"Kyo entered in after everyone had already taken their seats. But as he looked around there was an extra one next to Shigure and Yuki. It wasn't unusual for them to have guests over now since Tohru had moved in, however it seemed odd that he didn't hear someone yelling around the house if they did have a guest.
"About that, well you see.."Shigure began as the loud of wooden doors being pushed open echoed through the house followed by footsteps and someone calling for Yuki
"HELLO MY DEAR BROTHER HOW WAS YOUR DAY! Hatori, come, come, my darling brother is going to tell me about his day"Ayami said coming into the room and sitting down next to Yuki but then quickly moved over to the spot Kyo normally sat in as Hatori recommended.
"Fine"Yuki said as the sound of cracking wood echoed in the room, only to be followed by the sound of his broken shop sticks hitting the floor. He wasn't in the mood for this.
"You two are insufferable"Hatori commented as he placed his bag down and picked up the chop sticks, thanking Tohru for preparing dinner for him and Ayame.
"Where the hell am I supposed to sit now?!"Ayame always annoyed the hell out of Kyo. It was something about how friendly and yet so demanding he was all the time, especially towards Tohru.
"You can come sit next to me Kyo, we wouldn't want you bothering our precious flower"Shigure patted the empty spot next to him
"Shigure how could you! I thought you only saved room for me besides you, am I too old Shigure? Do you want a younger fresher boy"Ayame exclaimed dramatically as him and Shigure burst into a borderline porno graphic conversation about their hidden love making sessions.
"Please excuse me I've lost my appetite"Yuki excused himself from the table, not able to take any more of his brother's antics
"Hey"Kyo whispered softly as he sat next to Tohru. He knew their conversation would be muffled over Ayames and Shigures never ending love bit, and Hatori was much to use to this to even care. While they sat next to each other, Kyo let his hand wander to cover hers. A flustered look quickly consumed Tohrus face but she tried her best to hide it.
"Tohru are you not feeling well?"Hatori commented as Ayame and Shigure stopped their overly blathering to look at Tohru whose face was pink. Kyo quickly removed his hand from hers.
"No, no I'm fine really, let's enjoy our meal"
The rest of their night went on to be rather uneventful. Yuki came down to grab a snack and returned to his room; locking the door of course, Shigure saw Ayame and Hatori off to bed and Kyo had retreated to his room a few hours ago. However it was only now that Tohru was creeping up the stairs to bed, but a she passed Kyos room she thought maybe, they could talk.
"Kyo, are you awake?"Tohru whispered very softly as she knocked on his door, not wanting to wake Yuki who was across the hall
"Tohru? What's wrong why you are still up?"Kyo opened his door slightly at first then when he confirmed it was Tohru he opened it further.
'It's 11 already, has she been up all night?'Kyo thought as he saw Tohru standing there in her pajamas with her hair falling softly around her. Tohru had sometimes climbed up onto the roof to see him at this hour, but he had always assumed it was by chance, not that she had actually been awake this whole time.
"I was coming to bed now and I just, wanted to apologize for today"Tohru bowed her head in apology, she had really been excited to go on a date with Kyo today but wasn't able to.
"Why do you always worry so much"Kyo reached out and patted her head as she looked up at him.
"It's fine"Kyo said as he reassured her that everything was alright.
"So um, what are you doing up?"Tohru said trying to strike up small talk now, she had come to just apologize to him but now she didn't know what to say
"Just thinking about somethings… do you want to come in?"Kyo asked awkwardly then immediately regretted it when he realized how that must have sounded.
'I'm inviting her into my room at night, how could that not sound terrible?!'Kyo thought as he watched Tohru lips curl up into a smile
"Sure, I'm not tired yet"Tohru didn't really think anything of it, Kyo was her best friend and now her boyfriend? Maybe? She wasn't sure, she knew he loved her, and she loved him. But they weren't exactly together right now.
Kyo didn't know what to say so he stepped aside and let Tohru come into his room before closing the door behind him. It's not like Tohru hadn't been in his room before, she normally hung laundry in here on Sundays since Kyos room had the best balcony and would regularly come in here to drop off laundry.
"You can come sit here"Kyo took a seat back on his bed where he had been sitting not long ago, contemplating his thoughts. Tohru followed him and sat down beside him.
'Kyo's bed is so soft'Tohru thought as she felt how soft the covers were, then again, cats loved soft things so Kyo would be no exception. She suddenly kept Kyos hand cover hers, as he moved his fingers to lace between her own smaller ones.
"You can tell me if you don't like what I'm doing,"Kyo assured her as he sat there holding her hand, had he ever done this before? Not since he was a child playing with his cousins, had he ever held someone's hand. An Tohrus hands were so soft and warm.
"Kyo"Tohru could feel her face heating up nervously as she looked over at him. He straightened up in response waiting for her to continue
"D-Do you want to play a game?"Tohru asked as she gestured to the desk of cards Kyo had placed on top of his desk. Tohru could feel her teeth chatter a bit at how cold it was getting, had it always been this cold in his room? No wonder he always wore long pants to sleep!
"Are you cold?"Kyo had gotten so used to the temperature here he hadn't even noticed the goose bumps on Tohrus wrist, that was about all of her he could actually see since her pajamas covered everything. Stood up and rolled the comforted over her legs and shoulders, the cold barely fazed him now.
"No Kyo really I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me!"Tohru couldn't help but feel terrible that she was using his only blanket, not that they didn't have others in the house, it was just that this seemed to be Kyos favorite one.
'But it is really cozy.. so cozy'Tohru thought as she snuggled into the blanket and could feel herself drifting off to sleep, she really hadn't been tired but something about Kyos bed just made her sleepy. It was so soft and warm now that she was all wrapped up. In the few moments it had taken Kyo to stand up and get the cards she was already laying on his bed curled up into a ball
'She's so dam cute!'Kyo couldn't help his thoughts as he placed the cards back down and turned the lights out.
'I'll just wake her up before dawn'Kyo thought as he sat there at the foot of his bed, contemplating if it'd really be okay for him to crawl under the covers with her. He wasn't at risk of transforming now but still… would that really be okay.
"I've only confessed to her today.. would this be too pushy"Kyo whispered to himself as he pulled the covers up and slowly slipped in.
'Tohru.. how could someone like you love someone like me?'Kyo was still dumbstruck by this, he had expected her rejection today, but instead received her love in return. It all seemed to unreal to him, that Tohru was lying next to him, sleeping peacefully.
"Goodnight, Tohru"
