After her shower was finished, Tohru turned off the water and got into her pajamas. She then walked downstairs to see that the boys had cleaned everything up and were now sitting down in front of the TV. Yuki was going through the movies and then he looked up to see Tohru.
"Oh Miss Honda, would you like to watch a movie with us?" Yuki asked politely.
"I'd love to!" Tohru said happily walking to sit in the middle seat of the couch next to Kyou.
"Since you're the birthday girl, you should pick." Kyou said looking at sweet Tohru.
"I think that sounds like a great idea." Shigure agreed.
"Yes, what would you like to watch, Miss Honda?" Yuki asked surprising Tohru by agreeing with Kyou.
"Oh, whatever is fine with me." Tohru replied sweetly.
"Just pick something. It will be a lot easier than me fighting with that rat, Yuki." Kyou said a little huffy.
"Um… oh this one looks good." Tohru said picking up a random movie. Unfortunately for poor sweet Tohru it was a horror flick.
"O…kay." Yuki said putting the movie in the DVD player and then taking his seat on the other side of Tohru.
The boys sat through the movie unflenching, while poor Tohru sat hugging a pillow and hiding her face in it every time the bad guy jumped out of nowhere. For Tohru, the movie seemed to last forever. After what seemed like hours the movie was finally over. The gang decided to go to bed.
Tohru fell asleep quickly that night, much to her surprise. She dreamed that she was walking in the woods and it was a very peaceful and beautiful day. She looked to her right and noticed that Kyou was walking beside her holding her hand. She smiled as she saw their fingers laced together and then she looked up to see his red eyes smiling into her blue ones. It wasn't long before her peaceful dream was interrupted. All of a sudden the clouds turned dark and so did the forest around her and Kyou. Then a man in a mask jumped out from behind a bush and Kyou instantly pulled Tohru behind him to protect her. The man in a mask pulled out a sword and started to bring it straight down on Kyou. Touhru screamed out, "No! Kyou!" Then she found herself awake in her room.
Kyou burst into her room and turned the on the lights. He had a ball bat in his hand ready to fight whatever scared Tohru. "What is it what's wrong?" He asked panicked. Just then yuki and Shigure burst into the room. "What's happeneing?" they asked in alarm.
"I…I…just had a bad dream." Tohru spoke before she burst into tears.
Kyou put the bat down and walked over to Tohru's bed. E sat on the bed beside her and took her hand. "What happened?" He asked reaching his hand over to wipe away her tears.
She told him all about it. "Nobody is ever gonna hurt you. I won't let them." Kyou told her.
"Neither will I, Miss Honda." Yuki said.
"I'm useless, but I will do my best to protect you." Shigure chimed in.
"No, that wasn't what scared me." Tohru said wiping at more tears.
"Then what did?" Kyou asked concern filling his voice.
"When he came after you. I thought he was going to…" She couldn't finish her sentence.
"You shouldn't worry about me. Nobody will ever hurt me." Kyou said reaching to wipe more of Tohru's tears away. "Nothing is ever going to happen to any of us."
"Okay." Tohru said with a little sniffle.
Kyou ruffled Tohru's hair a little and then he said, "Now let's all try to get some sleep." Then he got up and walked out the door along with Shigure and Yuki. Kyou turned the lights off told Tohru, "Sweet dreams," and walked out the door and went to his room.
Kyou dozed off quickly hoping that Tohru would be alright. He did have a smile on his face as he thought of what had really disturbed her. She had been worried about him. A few hours later, he heard Tohru crying out once again. Kyou immediately jumped out of bed and rushed into Tohru's room, ready to attack whatever it was hurting her.
"What's going on?" Kyou asked as he turned on the lights to see Tohru crying once again.
"I had that dream again, only the man ripped off his mask and it was Akito." Tohru said as she fought back the tears. "He said that he was going to take you away from me and that I would be left all alone."
"That is never going to happen, Tohru." Kyou said taking a seat on the bed next to her. "Nobody is ever going to leave you alone." Kyou reached to wipe away the tears from Tohru's face once again. Unfortunately, Tohru wouldn't stop crying. Kyou did the only thing he could think of to comfort her. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her. The few brief seconds before Kyou transformed were amazing. He loved how it felt to hold Tohru in his arms.
When Tohru realized what was happening Kyou had already transformed. She pulled the orange cat into her arms and held him close. "Thank you, Kyou." She said as she stroked his soft fur.
"No Tohru, thank you." Kyou said nuzzling Tohru's neck. It didn't take long for the two to fall asleep snuggled up together.
Shigure and Yuki woke up to find that Tohru had not yet made breakfast. "Hmm, that's strange she's always awake by this time and breakfast is always on the table. Even yesterday when she'd left early and had the day off." Shigure stated befuddled.
"Well perhaps she had a hard time sleeping after that nightmare. I still don't understand why the loss of that stupid cat would upset her, though." Yuki said a little miffed by Shigure's attitude. "Or perhaps she has overworked herself again."
"Do you think she could have another fever?" Shigure asked.
"Maybe we should go check on her." Yuki said. "But I have to go to the store and pick up a few things."
"You go to the store and I'll check on Tohru." Shigure replied, his voice holding a hint of mischief.
"No, I'll go check on her. I don't trust you." Yuki retorted glaring at Shigure.
"Kyou is still here. He'll kill me if I try anything. Besides you know I wouldn't ever do anything to Tohru." Shigure stated.
"Fine, I'll go to the store." Yuki said going to grab his shoes and leaving.
As soon as Yuki was out the door Shigure went to look in Kyou's room really quick. Kyou wasn't there. So Shigure got an idea. He went downstairs to grab a camera. Then he went to check on Tohru. He found her curled up with an orange cat and Kyou's clothes on the floor. Shigure snapped a quick picture and went downstairs. He couldn't help but think how cute the girl and the cat looked cuddled up together.
Tohru woke up later than her usual time. Kyou woke up just a few minutes later still wrapped in Tohru's arms. "Good morning Kyou." Tohru greeted the cat brightly.
"Good morning, Tohru." Kyou greeted.
Tohru sat up, sat Kyou on the bed next to her, and stretched her arms and back. While she was stretching, Tohru heard a poof and then looked over at a now human and naked Kyou. Her face turned red as she turned away so that she wasn't looking at him. She tried to get up so that she could let him get dressed, but Kyou decided to try and get up at the same time and they were both still tangled up in the covers. They tumbled to the ground and before they knew it, Kyou was a cute and cuddly orange cat again.
They both laughed. Tohru looked up at the time and realized that she was late getting up and starting breakfast. "Oh no! I have to get dressed and then make breakfast!"
"Tohru, you don't have to do anything." The annoyed little cat spoke.
"Yes, I do. Part of the agreement of me staying here was that I would be the housekeeper." Tohru said sweetly.
"Okay, fine." Kyou said right before he transformed back into a human.
Tohru quickly turned around her face turning a bright red. "You can look now." Kyou spoke and Tohru could hear the false annoyance trying to cover the smile in his voice.
Tohru slowly turned around and smiled, her face flushing slightly. Kyou's face matched her's. They both just stood there smiling and blushing just looking at the other. Then Tohru once again realized that she needed to be dressed and making breakfast. "Um, Kyou?"
"Yes, Tohru?"
"I…um…need to get dressed." Tohru replied shyly, her face growing pinker by the second.
"Oh yea, um… I'll see you downstairs." Kyou answered heading to the door, his face also turning the color of a sunburn.
Tohru went through her closet and found her very simple blue jean skirt and a pink sleevless top. She then went into the bathroom and brushed out her hair. She decided to put on the necklace Kyou gave her, her bracelet, and she pulled her hair back into braids with the pink ribbons from Yuki. She smiled at her reflection as she took in all the wonderful presents that were given to her. Tohru took a closer look at the charm bracelet and noticed how th cat had been included. Her smile grew even wider. Perhaps Kyou was accpted by more of his family than he thought.