It has been two years ever since that day, and even still, poor Tohru cries about it every night.
The one person that she loved, as far as she knew, was gone. Akito could've done anything to him. Anything. And she couldn't have done anything about it, even if she wanted to. As a last request, Kyo had told her to run, which she did. She would do any and everything for him. She loved him that much.
She loved absolutely everything about him. His tan, sweaty skin that gleamed in the sun after a hard workout in the dojo. His soft, crimson eyes that glowed whenever he spoke to her. His baritone voice that aged slightly over the years, but still had their squeak when he got embarrassed or whenever he shouted (which was never directed towards her). And the way he would say "I love you so much… Tohru…" gave her goose bumps. His amber head of hair, which fell perfectly against his soft, angled face. His muscles that rippled under his usual t-shirt. His smile, which was hardly ever seen, except around her. His rosy red face when he blushed in embarrassment. His laugh. Oh, how she wished she could hear it again.
The snapping of a pencil brought her back to reality. She was in her English class. English wasn't that hard for her to learn, since pretty much every human being speaks the same words. The difference is that people speak it in different tongues. She just needs to translate it. That's all there is to it.
She looked to her left, shaking her head as she saw Uo give her a look of worry. She didn't need to have her best friends fret over her wellbeing. She was twenty; she could take care of herself.
But, as usual, her unnecessary guilt stabbed her in the pit of her stomach, which made her go sit with Uo and Hana at lunch to try and talk about it.
"What was eating you in class?" Uo asked her urgently. "Did someone say something mean to you? Ya know I'll ruff 'em up for ya if they try ta mess with you again!" Uo proved her point by holding up a fist.
Tohru shook her head slowly. "No," she whispered, "that's not it…"
Hana rested a hand on Tohru's. "You can tell us, Tohru…" she said in her raspy voice. "We won't judge you…"
"Yeah, really," Uo agreed.
Tohru closed her eyes tightly. "I… I've been thinking about…"
"Kyo… Right?" Uo finished for her. She smiled in sympathy. "You've been thinking a lot about him lately, haven't you? Ever since ol' 'Orange-Top' asked you out in the first place. Didn't you say he wanted to marry you-?" Uo looked on in concern as Tohru began crying to herself. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Tohru looked up abruptly. "Everything!" she cried. She covered her face with her hands. "Kyo-kun is gone…! I don't know where he is… So, what can I do…?"
Uo put a hand on her friend's back. "It's okay. Just… try to move on…" Those were the worst possible words to escape her mouth.
"NO!" Tohru screamed, causing some teens in the lunchroom to look over. "I can't! I just can't… I love Kyo-kun! I want him! I want to see him again… I want to hear his voice again… I can't live without him! I'm lucky to still be alive…!"
"No, no…" Uo soothed. "You don't mean that…"
Tohru looked at her as if she was crazy and then started to cry hysterically into her hands, which caused more teenagers to look over in a mix of worry and anger.
Uo and Hana led their friend out into the halls, leaning her against the lockers, which just so happened to be theirs.
Tohru sniffed a few times, trying to calm down her ever racing heart rate. "Thank you," she murmured.
Uo rested a hand on her head, messing with a few strands of the newly cut brown hair, which she had gotten done due to the fact that both Uo and Hana begged her to.
"No problem, kiddo. Just don't freak out like that again in school, okay?" Uo smiled. "If you do, people will just think you're weirder than usual…!" When Tohru's eyes began widen, she laughed, saying, "I was just joking, silly! No need to look like a kicked puppy…!"
Hana shook her head at Uo.
"What?" Uo wondered.
Hana pointed to Tohru, who was not looking at Uo. She was, in fact, looking behind her. Uo followed her friend's gaze and stared as well.
Tohru's large blue eyes then started to get watery as she stared at the person who stood a few feet away from Uo. She gasped. It was Kyo.
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