Heaven Shines Its Light chapter 3
Kyo and Tohru sat down on the curb of the sidewalk. Each held an ice cream cone in an attempt to beat the heat and Kyo hoped it would help get Tohru's mind off of her mother for a little while. He sat watching her smile while trying to lick up the ice cream before it had the chance to drip. She laughed as if it were a game and switched the cone from hand to hand each time it felt sticky and wet or when her hand got too cold to hold it any longer. Kyo couldn't help but smile at her innocence.
She looked up from her game to meet Kyo's eyes. "Thank you so much, Kyo-kun! I feel much better!" Tohru said as she took yet another lick of her pink ice cream. She stopped again and gave Kyo one of her "angel smiles" once she realized he was staring at her with his own. He snapped out of his daze. With eyes wide with surprise, he blushed and turned his head away. He began to lick the white ice cream in his hand.
"Oh! No!" Tohru gasped as she looked at the ground. Kyo turned his gaze back to Tohru to find she had dropped her ice cream. "Ooooh...!" she sighed. Kyo looked down at his own ice cream and, without hesitation, offered it to Tohru. Tohru smiled once again.
Kyo stood and held out his hand for Tohru who took it as soon as it was offered. She was lifted to her feet effortlessly as Kyo realized just how light she was. "Let's go back to the house." he didn't say anything more knowing Tohru would understand why.
"I already prepared food. Did you pack yet?"
"No. Did you?"
"Not yet. What do we tell Shigure-san and Yuki-kun?"
"Nothing. We don't say anything." Kyo said plainly without looking at Tohru. "We just disappear."
"We're ghosts." Tohru's eyes met the ground but there was a strange smile on her lips. She seemed to understand Kyo's words at the same time she felt great sorrow because of them. She knew they were leaving, maybe for good, but she couldn't help but watch herself being torn from everyone around her.
As they walked, the ground became splattered with light rain as storm clouds rolled closer. The sunlight dimmed and people began running for cover as rumbling was heard in the distance. It was long before the rain grew heavy and the sunlight was replaced with a different kind of light from the sky.
"Where will we go?" Rin asked with watery eyes.
"I don't know. Does it matter?" Haru spoke from his spot beside her. They looked out the window at the pouring rain and flashes of lightning that fed light into the dark room. Rin let her eyelids slide closed as she leaned on Haru.
"No. It doesn't." Her breath washed over the cold window and frosted the surface.
Haru's fingers curled around Rin's hand and Rin did the same for Haru. Haru leaned in close to the glass and let out a long breath. Once the surface was white, he took his other hand, extended his index finger and wrote the word "good-bye." He let his hand fall back to his side and the word slowly disappeared. "Get your things." Haru spoke. "We're leaving."
Rin hurried to her closet to grab a bag and began to stuff it with clothes. Haru was going back to his room to do the same. Rin's heart was pounding in her chest and she was unable to calm herself down. She feared they would be caught by Akito and if they were, they'd be punished. Punishment from Akito was a kind of punishment not even wished on enemies.
She only packed what she needed and did it as fast as she could. When her bag was full, she zipped it shut and swung it over her shoulder. It wasn't heavy at all nor was it uncomfortable to hand from her shoulders. Now all she had to do was wait for Haru to come back but she found herself pacing around the room impatiently and out of nervousness. Rin began to bite her nails. "Where are you Haru?"
Haru was walking back to Rin now with his bag hoping he wouldn't run into anyone. One step at a time he made it down the gloomy hallway. If only luck could be on his side this once he would be eternally grateful but his prayers were clearly unanswered once he saw the dragon. Hatori was coming out of one of the doors along the hallway and unfortunately looked towards Haru. "Haru?" Haru stopped. He wished he wouldn't have to lie to Hatori right now.
"Hey, Hatori."
"Where are you going?" Haru froze trying to come up with a good explanation. "Well?"
"Me and Rin are going to watch a movie. I'm bringing food." He hoped he'd buy this excuse.
"Can I have something?" Haru was dumbfounded.
"What?" he said. Hatori walked closer to Haru.
"I haven't had a chance to eat all day. Akito's sick again and all. Could I?" Haru took off his bag and put it down then opened it to reveal all sorts of junk food.
"Here." Haru took out a bag of potato chips and gave them to Hatori.
"You really should eat better." the doctor lectured.
"It's for a movie."
"Well, thank you." Hatori began to walk away. "Don't eat too much of this stuff." he said. Soon he turned a corner and was gone.
Hatsuharu sighed a sigh of relief. Now was not the time to rest though. He needed to get back to Isuzu. Thankfully the rest of the walk was short and went smoothly without interruption. Although, no matter how far he walked he couldn't walk off the sour feeling he got from lying to Hatori...but he had no regrets.
"Haru!" Rin called in happiness as soon as he walked through the door.
"We have to hurry."
Kyo ruffled his hair with a towel in an attempt to dry it. He looked at Tohru who was trying to do the same only she was delicate about it. They had both gotten soaked in the sudden rain and trying to dry off. "I wonder where those two are." Tohru knew exactly who "those two" were.
"Yuki-kun went to meet with some friends from the student council and Shigure-san went to meet his editor."
"He actually went?" Kyo peeled off his wet shirt. Tohru blushed and turned her head away. Kyo didn't notice and continued to dry his hair.
"Kyo-kun!!" her face was bright red.
"What?" Kyo smiled at her cute reaction once he realized it. "Don't tell me my own girlfriend's afraid to look at me like this!" Her face became even redder.
"Girlfriend?" the label hadn't occurred to her until now. She smiled. "Of course we are! I mean...of course I'm not afraid to look!" She still didn't turn to him.
"Then turn around." Kyo laughed.
"N-no, I wouldn't want to-to take away your privacy!" she panicked and said anything that came to her mind. Kyo came up behind her and touched her head with his shirt.
"So we have the whole place to ourselves."
"Y-yes!"
By now the sky outside was almost completely darkened by rain clouds. The only light was that of the lightning. The living room where Kyo stood and Tohru sat on the floor was bright with lights turned on but a few moments later the lights began to flicker and soon went out completely. Kyo walked over to Tohru in the dark as she got up. They stood face to face in the flashing light. Kyo looked into her beautiful, clear eyes and felt himself moving closer to her. Tohru was still blushing although not as much.
"Kyo-kun..."
"I love you, Tohru."
"I love you too." Kyo's lips moved closer to Tohru's until they were touching. Then there was a puff of smoke as a cat sat looking up at Tohru. "I'm so sorry, Kyo-kun!!" Kyo sighed.
"This curse..." Kyo hung his head. "I can't take it..." Tohru got down on her knees and pulled the cat into an embrace. For a moment they were silent taken in by the rhythm of the rain and each other's heartbeat. It wasn't until Tohru spoke that the silence was broken.
"I'll break the curse."
"No. We'll break it together. And I'll save you too."
"Save me?"
"I've seen the way you look at that picture to carry around. I saw you today too at your mom's grave." Tohru's eyes grew wide as they swelled with tears. "I could see your pain. I keep wondering how you say you'll save me before yourself."
"But-"
"Tohru! Don't loose yourself! Don't you get it? I don't love you because I think you can save me. I love you for you!" he yelled almost angry at her but it was more accurately described as fear. A tear slid down Tohru's cheek.
"I'm sorry." She smiled. "Thank you. I won't." She pulled the cat closer.
TBC-
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