A/N: WTAK stands for "Ways to annoy Kyou"
WTAK 1 – Make him carry luggage ALL the way to Arah's new home.
When Arah and Kyou walked to the main office. They have been silent throughout the whole walk. Kyou couldn't help but glance at Arah once more. He didn't want to admit it, but every time he saw that expression on her face, it pained him. She just seemed so sad and lonely, so distant from everything else surrounding her. But then she broke out in a wide smile and waved. He looked and saw Tohru and Yuki in front of the main office with a giant suitcase with them.
"Hey!" Arah waved and ran towards them leaving Kyou all by himself. He watched her from a distance and saw her chatting with Tohru and Yuki.
Who is she?
Arah mentioned him to come up to her. Surprisingly he did what she told him to and when he got there his jaw almost dropped.
Arah waved her hand over the suitcase, "Here's my luggage." It was huge. Almost three feet tall and two feet wide. He attempted to carry it but failed.
"What do you have in here?" Kyou broke out from his silent mood and immediately changed back into his usual self. "Do you have a 2 ton dumb bell in here or something?!"
"Nope, clothes." Arah grinned and patted his head. "Now be a good little kitty and walk with me."
Yuki and Tohru couldn't believe what she had just said. Did she just say 'kitty'?
Kyou groaned as he once again tried to pick it up but failed miserably. That's when he noticed the wheels on the bottom of the suitcase. I'm saved.
Arah smiled warmly at Kyou and pulled on the sleeve of his jacket. "Which direction is your house in?"
"To the right." Yuki answered for him, when he saw Arah walk out the door with confused Tohru right next to her. He put a hand on Kyou's shoulder and whispered in his ear. "Did she just call you a cat?"
"I don't know what's going on either,. I'm just as confused as you are so don't ask me any question rat. But one things for sure, she knows our secret." Kyou murmured to Yuki, so soft that no one else around them could hear.
"Kyou…" Yuki looked serious as he stopped Kyou from walked outside with the suitcase. "She hugged me today… and… I didn't change…" His eyes furrowed in confusion.
"You have got to be kidding me." Kyou grumbled to him and walked outside leaving Yuki behind. Yuki stood there confused for a second and ran after him. Once they got outside, they felt the smoldering hot sun started beating down on them.
"Man, it's burning out here!" Arah complained. She raised her hand to her eyes to cover the sunrays getting into her eyes. Tohru who was right next to her began to fan herself with her hand.
Yuki went right next to Kyou and whispered to him, "Why aren't you freaking out like how you usually do?" Yuki's blood started to warm up from all the heat around him.
Kyou glanced back at him and already noticed sweat starting to form on his forehead. He looked forward again while dragging along the suitcase. "Because that crazy girl already told me some things that others shouldn't know. So she decided to bribed me and said that if I carry her suitcase she'll tell us everything. It is shocking to know that you didn't transform, but I just have a feeling that there's going to be a lot more going on later."
Yuki looked at him. Sure Yuki was shocked with everything's thats happened today but what surprised Yuki the most was Kyou face expression. It was like looking at another Haru, you couldn't tell what he was thinking. While the usual calm Yuki always smiled and put on a nice face, he couldn't help but show bewilderment and shock. But however Kyou on the other hand looked composed and still, where has his usual nasty attitude gone?
After a couple minutes passed, Kyou started to struggle with Arah's suitcase. Not only was it heavy thing to carry but he also had to pull it across the streets in a 95-degree weather! Sure an occasional cool wind blew once and in a while, but man was it heavy! He did recall one time when his master forced him to carry a heavy sandbag on his back and jog around the woods under a steaming hot day. Somehow he lived through that training, but a tiny thought lingered in Kyou's mind today telling him that he's going to die.
"Well is my little kitty having a hard time? Arah glimpsed back and saw Kyou. His hair was stuck to his forehead as beads of sweat poured down one by one. "Well use the rollers man! That's what wheels were created for, easy transportation." She then gave him a slap on his back for support and walked again following behind Tohru.
Yuki couldn't help but laugh a little on the inside seeing Kyou suffer. But he too couldn't take the steaming heat anymore. He unzippered his jacket and took it off wrapping it around his torso. His white shirt stuck to his skin from all his sweat [making it see through… XD. Kyou soon copied him and wrapped his black jacket around his own waist.
And they walked... and walked... and walked.
"Just a couple more minutes and we're there…" Kyou heard himself mutter. He cursed as he almost tripped over a rock on the bumpy road. When he looked up he saw Tohru and Arah running and dead ahead. There was his house. Relieved he began to walked at a faster pace until he finally reached his home. He let go on the suitcase's handle and sat down on the back porch.
"So this is your house?" Arah asked Tohru, stretching out her arms. "You have air conditioning right?"
"Ah yes." Tohru laughed. "Come on in, would you like a drink Arah-chan?"
"Sure." Arah smiled. "Ah! You should probably give some to Kyou and Yuki to. They look dead." She pointed to two sweaty bodies lying down on the porch as she laughed.
Tohru giggled and nodded, "Ok." She opened the paper door and a rush of icy air touched Arah's skin giving her goose bumps. Kyou and Yuki also noticed this and rushed in, greeting the coldness with open arms.
Arah sighed and saw that Kyou forgot her suitcase on the floor. She picked it up with one hand and walked inside. Once she put it down she smiled.
This place seems like home. Just like how it looks like on TV.
She caught Kyou and Yuki sprawled all over the couchs and laughed. "Yo Kyou! Yuki!" she called out.
"Hmm?"
"Don't you think taking a shower first would be best?" Arah towered over Kyou and Yuki, she crossed her arms waiting for a response.
"Uhh…" Kyou groaned. "Let me rest for a couple minute."
Yuki however refused to think of his own sweat soaking into the sofa leaving a nasty stink. So he forced himself up and look straight at Arah. "I'm going to take a shower first, but after that would you mind telling us about what happened at school today?"
"Not at all." Arah smiled sweetly." Kyou almost gagged looking at her smile like that. Girls have crazy mood swings...
"I'm go outside and wash up with the hose…" Kyou grumbled and got up.
"Hose?" Arah face twisted up in disgust. "You're going to take a shower outside?"
"No, retard." Kyou scoffed. "I'm just going to wash off all my sweat with the water since I know Rat-boy upstairs is going to take a while in the shower."
"Oh…" Arah thought for a moment and decided to tease him. "I thought my little kitty was afraid of water." She just loved to play around with him.
"STOP CALLING ME A KITTY! I'M NOT YOUR GODDAMN CAT AL'RIGHT?" Kyou burst out with anger. He stormed off, once again meeting the burning hot sun ray.
"Not yet, but you will be." Arah smirked as she watched Kyou march outside. Tohru then came in with a dish in her hand. Atop it were 3 tall glasses of orange juice.
"Yum. Orange juice?" Arah reached for a cup. Tohru nodded with a smile. "Thanks Tohru."
"Your welcome Arah-chan." Tohru set the dish on the glass coffee table [I know the house is in a Japanese style, but in my story it's going to like an American household –smiles-.
Arah gulped down half of her drink before gently putting it down on the table, she glanced up at Tohru knowing that she has a question for her. But instead Arah interuppted her train of thought and asked her a question, "So, Uo told me that you lived me three guys? Where's the other one? I'm assuming that he's also in the Sohma family?"
"Um yes…" said Tohru. "He's upstairs in his office actually, should I call him down for you?"
Arah nodded and took another sip. She watched as Tohru ran upstairs and called him out. Soon and black haired man came down wearing a navy blue yutaka.
"Oh? Who's this?" he said with a charming smile. He walked up to her and took her hand, giving it a gentle kiss.
"Shigure right?" Arah beamed as she bowed to him. "Nice to meet you."
"Ahh well what might you be doing here?" Shigure put on his biggest smile. "Are You Tohru-chan's friend?"
"Ah yes i am, but actually I'm not here for a visit." Arah gave him a wide smile, knowing that he'll like the news. "I'm here to stay."
"Pardon?"
"I'm going to live here from now on." Arah almost laughed out loud at his expression, priceless. "My name is Kim Arah. Nice to meet you."
"Oh..." Shigure said with a hint of disappointment in her voice. "I'm sorry Arah-chan, but it's just not that easy for me to let you stay here with us."
"Don't worry about that." Arah grinned.
"What do you mean?"
"If it's about Akito, then I'll just go talk to him myself."
"A-Akito?" Shigure studdered. "How do you know him?"
"Yep, we're not close friends or anything." Arah whispered to him as if she was telling a secret. "But he helps me out when I'm in trouble." Arah almost said proudly.
"But-!"
"Shigure!" Kyou walked in the room with a towel draped over his neck. "Soory to interupt you but we need to talk with this she-witch right here."
Arah pouted and walked over to him. "Now, now kitty. You shouldn't be calling me names." She draped her arms around his neck and purred.
Kyou eyes went wide and immediately threw her arms away. "What the hell do you think your doing?!"
"Yuki's here." Arah completly ignored him and looked to the stairway along with everyone else. He walked down the stairs wearing a gray shirt and black sweatpants.
"Ok now that Yuki's here why don't you sit down and start talking?" Kyou snapped at Arah. Arah did as she was told and sat down. She mentioned everyone else to sit with her. One by one they plopped down on the sofa and waited for her to start talking. But the only thing she did was take a golden necklace out from under her shirt.
"What's that?" Kyou growled.
"A necklace." Arah told him simply.
"I know that! Mind telling us why you're showing this to us?"
"I would tell you but instead of telling you all what this excatly is." Arah took her necklace off and gave it to Tohru." Tohru took it her eyes showing confusion. "I'll demonstrate it. Tohru-chan put on the necklace please."
Tohru did as she was told and slipped it on her neck. Arah then told Tohru what to do.
"Go hug one of the boys."
Everyone's eyes went big as they all turned to her. She can not be serious...
"W-wait!" Tohru put her hands up in protest. "I can't do that!"
"Why not?" Arah raised her eyebrow.
"Be-because, I'm allergic to boys!" Tohru quickly thought of a lie. She can't know the Sohma's family's curse. I promised to keep it a secret!
"Look if it's about the curse or whatever I already know. That's why I'm giving you the necklace." Arah sighed and pushed her into Yuki who just happened to sit next to her. Tohru came in direct contact with Yuki, chest-to-chest. She waited for a POOF! But nothing happened. She thought for an instant that maybe the curse has been lifted off but remembered Arah's necklace. Her hopes went down and her eyes saddened, but when she looked up her nose clashed with Yuki's. Both of them started to grow red at the sudden contact.
"Umm… Honda-san…" Yuki tried not to make his voice all shaky. And as much as Yuki enjoyed this feeling from being so close to Tohru he gently pushed her away.
Kyou however couldn't take all this lovey dovey mush going on between Yuki and Tohru.
"WHAT THE HELL?! HOW'D YOU DO THAT?!"
Arah asked for her necklace back and Tohru took it off and handed it to her. "It's all in this necklace."
"What?" this time Shigure decided to talk, and as much as he wanted to tease both Tohru and Yuki his mind was set on Arah's necklace. "What excatly is going on here?"
"Why don't you guys shush and let me tell you the whole story?" Arah questioned the group, when she saw every one of them nod she began her story.