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After I'd carried Yuki back into the house and up the stairs to his room, I laid him on the bed and stood staring at the limp being, untroubled by the thoughts of this world. How could I learn to love a being that I've hated for my entire existence? I wondered for a little while about this before I had to leave. After my whole day of curiosity eating at me I realised maybe it wasn't a good idea to find out the truth, as they say curiosity killed the cat. I smiled to myself at the stupid saying, though there was a tiny bit of truth in it.

I wrapped myself up in a duvet from my room and climbed the stairs to the roof where I laid down, quietly and stared up at the shining stars in the middle of the midnight sky and saw each one gleam down on me as if to convey a message. Such was a silly idea, but it helped me into my slumber. I imagined them telling me I was not cursed after all and was finally free and that I did have the ability to love deep down inside and all I needed was someone to bring it out…

Someone…

The morning sun burst through my non-existence dreams and awoke me as it rose from the other side of the world, to start a new day and as it was summer it burned into my hair and kept me warm, so warm that I kicked my duvet off of me and heard it fall to the patio with a thud.

"Errr…" I groaned as I awoke and my eyes peeled back from their closed state and found myself face to face with the dawn and I hissed at the brightness of it before closing my eyes once again and letting out a strangled yawn and stretching my whole body out. I turned over and crawled back to the door and let myself back into the dark house where I could run and get the cream that I had left in the fridge two days ago to drink.

I clambered down the stairs clumsily and came to a halt as I heard raised voices in the kitchen, obviously someone was assuming the rest of us were still in bed and didn't think their conservation would be overheard. I was glad to prove them wrong.

"Why not?" I heard Tohru's voice beg someone. "We used to all the time until the other day… I have already apologized a million times over, Gure-san, why won't you forgive me?" She demanded defiantly. I'd never heard Tohru talk like that to anyone, let alone Shigure-san. I moved closer to the door eager to listen and pressed my body up against the cement wall.

"You slept with my cousin, Tohru-san. If they didn't like you so much I would have kicked you out yesterday morning." Shigure replied with a sharp edge to his voice like I'd never heard before. He's such a happy person normally, never with a bad word to say about anyone. He just annoys them to their face.

"Bit harsh isn't that Shigure?" I asked, emerging from my hiding place behind the wall and entering the kitchen. "I mean, come on, a young girl in a house full of men, she's bound to succumb to one of us. I thought you'd be glad it was Yuki and not me." I ended with a smiled taped on my lips and staring at Shigure's panicky face.

"Kyo-kun!" Tohru shouted in surprise. "I did not know you were awake yet. Would you like me to fix you breakfast? Maybe get you some cream?" She asked graciously, trying to change the subject, but I kept my eyes fixed on Shigure, though, gauging his expression as I saw him search for his words.

"She has brought shame and dishonour onto this house Kyo-Kun and that may not mean much to you, but this is my house and I will not tolerate it!" He ended before leaving the room and storming off into his study. I smiled to myself and headed over to the fridge where I pulled out my cream and leaned against the side to drink it.

"Hey, Tohru-san." She turned her head towards me cautiously and I smiled gently to her. "Yuki was having a really bad day yesterday; maybe you should make him a cup of tea and take it to him." I knew how she would react and I was counting on what she would say.

"Well, Kyo-kun, I'll gladly make him some tea, but I'm afraid I'm too busy in order to take it up to him, maybe you should do it." She replied, curtly, turning to the teapot and starting to boil some water.

"Of course Tohru-san, you do so much for us; I can only hope to repay you for them." I smiled at her with a conniving grin; in a way that I was sure looked a bit like that Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. I hovered around behind her while she brewed her tea and took it from her thankfully, before retreating back up the stairs to Yuki's bedroom and entering it after I knocked. I found him flat on his back, but conscious as I saw him staring up at the ceiling tiles. He looked up at me and I smiled uneasily, holding the tea up in front of me, gesturing with it to show it was his.

He smiled at me and took it gratefully then sipped from it and looked back up at me. "Tohru?" He asked smiling.

"Of course." I told him, flicking my hair away from my eyes and looking back down at him. "I told her you had a bit of a… bad day yesterday and she made it for you."

"That was very kind of her; tell her that I thank her."

"I will, but first I have something of my own agenda. I wanted to ask you a question." I asked gently, taking in his expression and smiling reassuringly.

"Anything." He returned the smile with curiosity and stared up at me.

"What were you upset about when you slept with Tohru?"

Dun Dun Dun!

Sorry for the cliffie!

Will update soon!

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