Kyo lay on his back in his empty room, staring at the ceiling.
"Kyo, telephone!" Shigure yelled up the stairs.
"Okay!" He hopped up and trotted downstairs where he took the phone from the dog. "Hello?"
"Kyo, how nice to speak with you." Kyo froze with his mouth open. "I'm sorry I couldn't be there to watch you graduate but you can tell me all about it tonight." He gulped. Akito.
"W-why are you calling me?" he asked, shaking.
"Is it a crime to want to talk with one's favorite kitty cat? I hope you're ready to leave, Hatori should be there right…about…now." The doorbell rang making Kyo drop the phone. When he picked it up, Akito had hung up.
"Hatori! You're here already! I'll get everyone." Shigure bustled upstairs to get Yuki and Tohru from whatever they were doing. Kyo just slumped on the wall, shaking and breathing heavily. He was scared. Terrified of what Akito would do to him. Someone placed a hand on his shoulder and he spun around with a yelp.
"What's gotten you all shaken up?" Hatori asked. Kyo just shook his head, afraid that if he did try and talk, he'd vomit. Hatori understood and pulled him into a hug. As soon as Kyo felt the warmth emanating from the older doctor, he started to cry.
Yuki stepped around the corner and immediately backpedaled, shooing Tohru and Shigure into the other room. "He's not ready to say goodbye yet." Yuki felt a pang in his heart that was similar to jealousy and protectiveness but that couldn't be right, could it? Yuki loved Tohru. Yes. He did, he loved Tohru with all his heart.
After a while, Hatori led in a red-eyed cat. "We've brought your bags into Hatori-san's car for you, Kyo…" Tohru said, trying to be cheerful. Her lower lip wobbled and she burst out crying. Yuki made a move to comfort her, but Kyo was there first. She wrapped her arms around him and in a poof, Kyo became a cat. She hugged him a little more and set him down so he could transform back and say the rest of his goodbyes. Kyo gave Shigure a hug and slowly, eyes on the ground, he moved over to where Yuki stood awkwardly, waiting.
"Goodbye Kyo." Hatori pulled Tohru and Shigure out of the room, because while Kyo had been crying, he'd sobbed out what happened between him and Yuki.
"Yuki…could...could you kiss me just once? Just so I can think of it when I get really lonely?" Yuki hesitated, but, thinking about his time in Akito's company, he smiled gracefully.
Pulling his cousin's chin up with delicate fingers, the rat kissed the cat, in one of the most conflicted kisses ever. Kyo's heart soared and plummeted at the same time, and he'd take the feel of Yuki's soft pink lips on his to the grave. To Yuki, it was confusing. It felt too wrong, but at the same time, too right. It was also tender and loving and it was the best kiss he'd ever had or would ever have. He also, would carry the feeling of Kyo's rough lips with him forever. It seemed to last lifetimes, this small gesture that really only lasted a few seconds, but it left both teens bright-eyed and breathless.
"Thank you, Yuki." Kyo sniffled and Yuki pulled his cousin into a comforting embrace, letting the orange haired boy cry on his shoulder.
A/N: Thanks so much to loretta537! REVIEWS MAKE ME GET MY REAR IN GEAR! Short chapter though, I know (hey that rhymed!). But the next will be longer…I hope…I'll write fast!