Out of All People

Written By: RedFireHead41

"I'm back!" Tohru announced as she entered the front doorway and took off her shoes. Shigure was the first one to run up and greet the young girl with a smile, "Oh Tohru! I'm so glad you're back!"

His nervousness questionedthe teenand she looked at Shigure with a curious face, "Did something go wrong while I was gone?"

The dog with one swift movement,gently took her armand pulled her into the kitchen. When they entered, Tohru gasped at the sight. She didn't gasp at the entire room being covered in black smoke or the burn marks all over the counters and stove, but the sight of Kyou wearing an apron. An apron.

"This is what has become of our wonderful kitchen Tohru! I blame Kyou's poor education of cooking to be the source of it." Kyou's anger fumed within the black smoke rising from the cooking pot, "Shut up ass hole! You think I have a bad education for cooking! Look at yourself, you can't cook a damn thing!"

"That is true, but at least I'm cleaner at it than you."

"Oh shut up!"

Tohru stood there still in shock at Kyou's picture, saying nothing, and finally the two Sohma's noticed her silent behavior. Kyou sent his cat eyes towards her shouting, "What're you looking at!"

"Oh uh–" Tohru gasped, "I didn't mean to look at you the w-wrong way, I j-just–"

BANG

Kyou fell to the ground head first as the rat's fist contacted with his face. Yuki leaned against the counter proudly still rubbing his knuckles from the quick punch, "Don't talk to Ms Honda that way. She just returned home, you should be thankful."

Kyou jumped to his feet throwing his fists into the air, "What was that for!"

"Like I said, being rude," the rat answered simply.

Anger marks formed over the orange head, "Dammit! You could've said that before punching me!"

"And like I said a few days ago, don't let your guard down all the time."

"I DO NOT LET MY GUARD DOWN!"

"Yes you do."

"Um, K-kyou..?" Tohru stuttered pointing behind the pissed off teen, "The stove is on fire."

Kyou instantly stopped his barking and turned around only to be met by a fire burning under the cooking pot. Unnoticed by the three high schoolers, Shigure had left the room and just returned with a fire extinguisher in his hand, ready to shoot. But before he pulled back on the handle, Kyou grabbed the burning pot handlewith his bare hand and gasped as the hot metal burned intohis flesh. Instantly, he threw the pot to his right, spilling the boiling water into the sink.

"Kyou!" shouted Tohru running to his side. Shigure took that opportunity to spray the cold foam over the stove, killing the fire in five seconds. Luckily, he missed the other three.

After that event was done, Kyou dropped to his knee and held his hand tightly. His eyes were shut tight from the burning sensation that was piercing against his skin and in his mind he was cursing a thousand words. Yuki was next to him in a flash as he dropped his crutches and placed his hands upon the cat's shoulders. Kyou was shaking.

"Shigure call Hatori!" the rat ordered not letting his eyes leaving Kyou's face. Shigure was curious to Yuki's odd behavior, but ignored it and quickly made his way to the phone to call his old pal. Tohru's caring instincts finally came to her and she took hold of Kyou's arm, "We have to put your hand under cold water!"

Kyou didn't need to hear more. He wanted this pain gone. Using his own strength, he lifted himself against the sink(the pot is on the other side) and put his hand under the faucet. Tohru was up too and turned the cold water on so it poured against Kyou's red flesh.

"D-dammit..." Kyou muttered his eyes closing again from the pain. Yuki carefully got to his feet and made his way next to the cat. Worry struck his heart as he saw the pain coming from Kyou's face.

"Hatori's on his way over," Shigure announced as he walked back into the smokey kitchen. Tohru turned her head towards the older Sohma and said, "Shigure, go get something to wrap his hand in before Hatori get's here. Please?"

Shigure nodded and left the kitchen. She's so cute when she asked with worry!

"Just keep your hand under the water okay?" Tohru said in a loving tone. She placed her hand on Kyou's back, so he knew she was going to stay there with him. Kyou already knew that Yuki was at his side too. He could somehow see the worry in his amethyst eyes. Yuki...he thought lifting his hand up so it almost touched the end of the faucet, I wish you couldn't see me like this...

Yuki, unnoticed to Tohru(she was too fixed on Kyou's hand at the moment), touched his fingers against the cat's cheek, stroking against the soft flesh with kindness and love. The rat could see Kyou linger into his touch as he continued his movements and finally his orange eyes opened.

"For once...I-I'm admitting that it hurts..." Kyou said with a hint of sarcasm, "But only once..."

"You should watch what you're doing when something like that happens," Yuki said pulling back his hand. Tohru was looking at Kyou's face now.

"Feh," Kyou muttered.

"Here's some wrappings," said Shigure walking in for thefourth time back into the kitchen, "And a towel if you need it."

"Thank you Shigure," Tohru replied taking the wrappings and towel. Shigure smiled, and rubbed the back of his head, "But I do wish this could've been better for my house. Look at my kitchen!"

"You'll get over it," Kyou growled. He could feel some of the burning fade, but at a slow pace.

"We'll keep your hand under the water until Hatori get's here," the young girl said setting the supplies on the counter, "He'll know what to do then."

Kyou nodded and leaned heavily against the edge of the sink. He better hurry up, my hand is killing me!

Hatori had arrived about ten minutes later. He was silent at the sight of Shigure's kitchen when he first walked in, but remembered that this always happens when Tohru leaves. Kyou's hand wasn't burned severely, but still he treated it and wrapped it up in the bandages and wrappings Shigure had brought down. They were all sitting around the table now, Yuki and Kyou sitting next to each other, Hatori and Shigure on the other side, and Tohru at the end. Since the kitchen was unusable at the time, Shigure had ordered take out and all five of them were eating peacefully.All except for Kyou, he was having difficulty holding his chop sticks in his left hand. In the corner of the cat's mind, he was wishing Yuki would feed him right there. Course, that wouldn't happen in front of everyone.

"Dammit I give up!" Kyou hollered throwing his chopsticks across the table. Tohru gasped as usual, but the other three men ignored it. Yuki didn't want to though, he felt helpless as he ate his food.

"This is hopeless!"Kyou quickly got up from his seat and dashed up the stairs. Roof, he need to be on his roof!

"Kyou!" Tohru called after him, but Shigure tapped her hand gently and said with a smile, "Don't worry about him Tohru, he'll come back down later to eat his food."

Yuki narrowed his eyes and surprisingly set down his chopsticks, signaling that he was finished eating his meal. "I'm not hungry for take out anymore."

"Wha–Yuki!" Tohru said, her eyes worried.

"It's fine Ms. Honda," Yuki said smiling at her, "I'll wait for your wonderful cooking tomorrow."

The young girl let a smile form on her face and nodded, "Okay. But if your getting hungry later please tell me!"

"I will," he replied picking up his crutches and lifting himself onto his healthy foot. He bowed to everyone and exited the room, heading outside from the front door.

Hatori looked at Shigure with an odd expression, "Is something different going on between those two?"

Shigure shrugged, "You never know."

Hatori narrowed his eyes, "You wouldn't think that they..."

The dog smiled mischievously, "It's possible for everyone."

Hatori turned his attention back to his food, "It's not suppose to be possible for them."

"Hm?"

Both zodiac members looked up at Tohru who gave them curious stares. They smiled and Shigure spoke up, "No need to worry Tohru. We're just discussing things that should pass quickly in time."

"Is that the best excuse you can give?" the dragon asked, annoyed already.

Shigure laughed, "Of course!"

"Yuki!"

Said-rat looked up from where he was walking and watched as Kyou leaped from the roof and landed a ways from him. He walked up to the prince and grinned, "Where are you going?"

Yuki lookedat the ground with his eyes and then back up towards Kyou's orange ones, "Out for a walk."

"But you shouldn't!" the cat quickly snapped, "Look what happened last time!"

"Don't worry Kyou," Yuki said soothingly taking his hand upwardsand pressing the palm against hischeek, "Besides, aren't you going to come with me?"

Kyou leaned intohistouch and smirked, "Course I am rat boy."

"Still like insulting me?"Yuki questioned.

"It's not meant in a bad way, it's just been my nature to call you that ever since I met you."

Yuki laughed, "Come on before anyone sees us."

With Kyou right at his side, both boys made their way down the dirt path. After the house seemed to be out of view, Kyou eagerly interlocked his hand with Yuki's whichthe ratdidn't mind at all. He was also eager to be able to touch the cat without anyone seeing.

Yukisighed, "Kyou I'm sorry."

Said-cat looked at Yuki confusingly, "What do you mean? Why are you sorry?"

Yuki stopped and carefully lifted the cat's injured hand into his palm, "I caused this to happen..."

Kyou was taken aback for a second before answering back, "Wha–No you didn't! It was my fault for not thinking straight."

"No Kyou, I was the one who caused you to get angry with me."

The orange headed boy sighed, "Yuki...let's get something straight."

The rat looked into Kyou's eyes and already felt his own fixed to the beautiful orbs. The smirk onthe cat'sface was too adorable to look away from.

"What?" he asked quietly.

"...It's just acting okay? When we fight...we're just acting...and I have to be serious–" Kyou lifted his good hand up to his left cheek, "Your punch really hurts even if you are pretending."

"Eh, I'm sorry!" Yuki gasped lifted his hand to clasp over Kyou's. Kyou smirked and leaned again into Yuki's touch, "You sound like Tohru."

The rat blinked, but smiled, "Heh, I guess."

"You get soft easily now too," Kyou chuckled, "Why's that?"

Yuki sort-of glared at the cat, "Just because I get soft doesn't mean I'm weak."

"I never said that," Kyou replied instantly.

Yuki smiled again and let his hand pull down on the cat's chin. He quickly captured Kyou's soft lips hungrily and began to devour inside his hot mouth. Kyou moaned from Yuki's move, but leaned in and pulled the rat closer to his body, using his better hand to hold the small waist against him. Yuki gripped onto the cat's green shirt tightly as the taller boy began to become more forceful with his tongue. After a battle, and Kyou of course being the victor, both broke apart for air. Yuki for some reason was struggling to regain his breathing.

"Yuki what's wrong?" Kyou asked after catching his breath. Yuki suddenly began to cough harshly and he fell against Kyou's chest, one hand still gripping tightly to his shirt and the other over his pale neck.

"Yuki, come on! What's wrong?" the cat asked more loudly letting his arms hang loosely around the boy. Wait...is it his asthma!

"I-I'm...fine..." Yuki muttered his voice hoarse. After a few more minutes of fierce coughing, he slowly began to breath regularly. Kyou sighed with relief, "Yuki...don't scare me like that."

Yuki hazily looked into his orange eyes, "Sorry...guess we shouldn't kiss for so long..."

"Even though I really like too, you're right." Kyou pulled away from the rat and kissed him deeply, but this time for only a few seconds. He pulled back to make sure his new love was alright and after Yuki reassured him with a smile, he let the rat get back onto his crutches.

"Let's get back to the house, you shouldn't be out here for so long."

"I think fifteen minutes of walking won't exhaust me that easily, Kyou..."

Kyou shot him a worried glance, "Come on Yuki, please?"

Yuki chuckled He's so cute when he pleads...

Suddenly, a bright light skimmed over their bodies and Kyou quickly pulled Yuki to the side of the road, out of the beam's rays. Both of them looked up to see Hatori's car pulling forward, and stopping where the two stood.

"It's odd enough seeing you both not argue, "Hatori said as he rolled down the window, "But seeing you together is just down right disturbing."

Kyou growled, "Be quiet Hatori!"

Yuki looked at his older relative Does he know about us?

"Yuki, don't stay on your foot for too much longer, it just began to heal. And Kyou," he looked at the cat with a your-such-a-goof face, "Don't try to burn yourself again."

"Shut up!" Kyou hollered holding his fist up to his face, "Say that again like that and I'll pound you into the ground!"

"How childish," Hatori replied calmy.

Kyou was about to punch Hatori's lights out(like he could...lol), but Yuki held down the cat's arm and eyed his older relative, "Is there anything else?"

The dragon looked at him very seriously, ignoring the comments Kyou was muttering under his breath, and shook his head, "Not anymore. Take care." With that, Hatori rolled up his window automatically and drove off down the path out of view. Yuki sighed and turned around, "Come on Kyou let's head back."

Kyou looked at the rat curiously, "Didn't you say that we should keep going?"

"Yes, that was until I changed my mind. Now let's go." Yuki moved his crutches forward and began hopping back towards their house. Kyou grinned, "Is there something wrong?"

"No," Yuki snapped.

Kyou caught up next to him and placed his uninjured hand upon the rat's shoulder, "Yuki tell me."

Yuki stopped and kept his eyes fixed to the ground, "Tell you what?"

The orange headed boy stepped in front of the other's path and gently touched the tips of his fingers against his cheek, using this time his injured hand. Yuki quickly clasped his own hand carefully over the cat's and leaned into the clothed flesh, still afraid that he might hurt his lover.

"What's wrong?" Kyou asked again, this time more lovingly. How these two became to close to one another in just two days was a mystery to them, but they didn't care. As long as they understood each other, everything should be fine.

Yuki narrowed his eyes in frustration and Kyou noticed that he looked as if he was going to cry.

"I'm afraid that...our secret will get out. Or that, Shigure or the others will discover it." Yuki clenched his fingers around the pipe holding his one crutch together and kept his eyes glued to the earth. "If Akito ever found out...he could do something horrible...to us..."

"Yuki, I would never let that bastard touch you."

Yuki shot his eyes up at Kyou's remark and saw the serious and protective stare fix to his face.

"I would kill anyone that tries to hurt you, even if it's Akito. I hate seeing you in pain."

"Tell anyone, and I'll move you back here with me, and make you suffer for every ounce of pain you caused me. You'll be mine forever."

Yuki felt his eyes wince from remembering the Sohma head's words. He shivered in an instant, but ceased when he felt Kyou's strong arms pull him into a loving embrace.

"It shouldn't matter if word got out about us..." Kyou whispered soothingly into his ear, "But, it if I need to keep it a secret just to keep you safe, then I won't tell a soul."

Yuki buried his face into the crook of the cat's warm neck, "Kyou..."

Pulling away, Kyou passionately captured Yuki's lips with his own and both dissolved into the other's sweet taste. Yuki could already feel some of his past fear leaving him, and that was just in one hungry kiss. When they finallybroke away, Kyou leaned his forehead against Yuki's and said.

"I'll protect you...always..."

Yuki smiled.

"I promise..."

Though we wish for darkness' embrace

And would rather see nothing,

The moon illuminates our scars

And we are afraid.

Said by, Cho Hakkai and Sha Gojyo

A/N: Sorry for the late entry. This chapter didn't come to my mind that great, but I hope you liked it. I'm sorry, but I thought the whole Kyou burning his hand thing was the most random idea I've ever got. Next chapter should be up in a matter of days hopefully, so please review! Thx guys!

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