Two years had passed. Tohru and Kyo were living together, and Machi and Yuki had seemed to worked things out. Yuki and Machi were living at Shigure's, and Tohru and Kyo had found a house in town.
Shigure shook his head back and forth, his fingers on his temples, and his lips pursed. "It was just a feeling; don't get your panties in a bunch, Yuki-Kun."
"I don't care!" His hand slapped a glass cup onto the ground, watching it shatter. His teeth were clenched, as his hand figured into a fist. He took a deep breath, and then sat at the table with Shigure, closing his eyes and exhaling. "What happened again?"
"I figured no one's seen Kyo and Tohru-Kun in a couple months, so I drove into town." He sighed, putting his hands in the air, "And it could have been my eyes playing tricks on me, but I had watched a rather beautiful woman exiting the house during Tohru's work hours. But Yuki…"
"I warned that damned cat – I told him if he hurt Honda-san in any way, I'd kill him." Yuki spoke through his teeth, his eyes still closed, "Do you doubt me?"
Shigure laughed nervously, "That is… of course not Yuki-kun, but…" Yuki slammed his fist onto the table before storming out of the house, leaving Shigure with the guilt of saying just too much.
If he remembered correctly, Tohru worked mornings at her new job. Dear God, I'll kill him.
"Yuki-kun, what are you doing here?" Tohru smiled brightly, putting her hands together in excitement.
It had been Christmas the last time Yuki had seen Tohru. He and Machi had decided to visit Kyo and Tohru later in the evening to wish them a Merry Christmas, but they were heading out by the time they got there, so there wasn't much time to talk. Over the past two years, Kyo and Tohru had practically fallen off of the face of the earth. No one heard from them anymore, it was like they were happily in love in their own little bubble.
Yuki had found happiness in Machi, and he knew very well it was better to leave Tohru alone at this point – but look what happened! Look what that stupid cat has done now, just when he turned his head.
"I just came in to get a pack of cigarettes," He smiled at her, and watched her smile drop just a bit. Yuki always thought too deeply into things – overthought everything. A normal person would have not seen Tohru's light dim, but Yuki, he saw everything. "I'll take a pack of menthol 100's for myself, and…" He paused, "And that'll be all."
She handed him the pack. Yuki reached into his pocket for his wallet, and she put her hand up with a smile. "Don't worry about it." He smiled back at her, and turned his back to leave.
"Yuki-kun," Her voice seemed to call out to him a bit, and he turned quickly as if to expect something from her. When he turned, he saw her hand over her mouth, and her eyes wide. She quickly removed her hand from her mouth, and smiled sheepishly, "Um, Yuki-Kun, I'm getting married."
He wanted to scream – tell her No! You can't do that, please don't do that! But he nodded, smile still spread across his face.
"Honda-san, that's…"
"Yeah, it's wonderful." She smiled sadly, looking directly into his eyes. He could have sworn he saw it plastered across her face, come back and talk to me, I miss you so much.