Angel: This chapter will be short. I am sorry, but this was my original intention. but There my be only one or two of these short ones.
Yuki: She gets brainstorms on rainy days.
Kyo: Its not raining.
Chapter 3
Never to late
Tohru watched as Yuki sat on the back porch. He was staring into the trees and had a look of exhaustion on his face. She poured two cups of tea and went to sit beside him.
" Are you alright?"
He took the cup from her and took a sip. " I'm fine. Just tired." His eyes looked up at the sky. " It'll probally rain tonight."
She nodded, then watched as his eyes drifted over the trees again. "You've been here for nearly an hour..."
" Have I now?" the prince forced a smile. " I lost track of time."
Tohru looked to the side, then bakc at Yuki. " Did something happen when you got home?"
Yuki turned his head to face her. " Yes...but it's alright now. Kyo will be in a bad mood for a while." he was about to stand up, but her hand caught his sleeve.
" Yuki?"
" Yes Honda-san?"
" What happened? I want to help." The pleading in her voice made Yuki faulter for a moment. He closed his eyes, sat down and picked up his tea again.
Then, for the next few miniutes Yuki told Tohru what had happened after Akito's scary visit. She didn't interupt, just nodded and encouraged him to go on.
Afterwards, the he set his cup on the wood and opened his eyes. " I shouldn't have called him a creature."
Tohru looked down. " you were angry...Kyo does the same thing."
Yuki shook his head. " No...that's what Akito calls him...hearing it from me...only doubles the pain."
Her blue eyes widened slowly. Is that why Yuki had been sitting her for so long? He was regretting something...that he didn't have the courage to admit to anyone else. And he told her...he was opening up.
It made her both happy and sad.
This ment...that things were getting worse.
Not better.
It ment...that both Yuki and Kyo were battling things inside...that she could never feel. or understand.
" Mabye if you..." She began, but Yuki shook his head.
" He won't listen. And how...after years of hating him...fighting him and mocking him...can I just say sorry?" The boy put his face in his hands. " How?"
Tohru felt tears rising. " How long..."
" Longer than you can imagine. Our hate was set the moment we were born."
She snifled. " Hate is such a strong word...using it so freeely...is both dangerous and foolish. What you two don't understand is...it's easier to hate one and other..than to admit you want to get along."
Yuki laughed drily. " Don't you think we tried? We tried, but failed. It's too late to take back the words we've spoken."
Tohru took his hand and put it between her own. " You're right, it is too late to take back what you've said...and what you've done." A tear slipped down her cheek on onto his hand, making him look up.
" but it is Never to late to start over...to try again...to Hope."
Yuki shook his head, a small smile drifting over his face. he wiped a tear away from her eye and squeezed her hand. " Thank you Tohru." He looked out to the trees again. " I can not promise..that I'll be able to change what I've done...But I will try."
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Kyo kept his eyes glued to the sky as he sat on the roof of the house. Some things took time to heal, but he knew..this time Yuki had gone too far.
This time...the coldness in Yuki voice as he called him a 'Creature' had been real. No faking...no lieing.
The cat narrowed his eyes, then waited for the sun to set.
This time.
It was unforgetable...and unforgivable.
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TBC
Angel: I told you it would be short, I'm so sorry! .
Yuki: -staring at the story-
Kyo: There wasn't much of me...
Max: (from Mission Max, check my profile) It was kinnda intense.
Angel: -stares at the girl- Where did you come from?
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