Chapter 7: Secrecy
Princess Sango
Yuki and Tohru were cautious about their relationship with each other. They hid it fairly well with much of their outings centering around Kyon. Yet sometimes they stole away time for just the two of them.
Working out plans seemed to become a past time along with a survival in some ways. Keeping themselves safe was the highest priority above all. Akito had found out shortly after Kyon was born about Kyo and Tohru. She wasn't too happy and had ended up hurting Tohru physically but other than that let her go.
Tohru never let that hinder her though, because she thought of it as getting off easy compared to what Akito's done in the past. Fearing though, she made sure that her and Yuki were only seen as friends on the surface. She came to the conclusion how it's one thing to fall in love with the cat, another to also fall in love with the rat.
Yuki seemed to understand why she was cautious. He remembered picking her up from Hatori's, a bruise on her cheek, the hand mark on her throat, a series of small cuts on her arms. His own heart broke as he lead her away that day, promising that Akito wouldn't be able to hurt her like that again.
Now, as Tohru walked into Kyon's room, which was once Yuki's, looked upon the small boy. He was deep in sleep and looked so much like his father already. Tohru let her hand trace his face gently before leaning in a kissing his forehead.
She felt arms wrap slowly around her and didn't even question who it was. She already knew, and stayed still, not wanting to evoke the curse. "You don't need to worry Tohru…we're all safe."
He looked at her, seeing the now fading marks, fading into her skin. He turned her towards himself and kissed her gently. Some words weren't needed for them to talk about their fears. Kyon, Kyo, Yuki, Akito and so much more made them both very afraid.
Tohru pulled away first, and smiled at him half-heartedly, "I just had to check."
Yuki smiled back, "Don't worry. I was worried because you weren't there when I woke up."
"Sorry to worry you."
Shaking his head he pulled her inches away from his chest. Resisting pulling her any closer, they stood there in silence. Yuki was the one to pull her out of the room after the silence and out the door of the house, heading towards Yuki's secret base.
The air was warm against them. They quietly embraced the woods, how they were concealed and weren't being watched. They doubted Shigure cared what they did, he said as much but since the curse allowed minimum defiance they kept it from him too.
Sitting under the moon at the secret base, they watched the sunrise. Softly they spoke, talking just to talk. About dreams and wants, staying away from unsafe topics. Enjoying the bliss of just being together right now.
TBC…
