Chapter 7 – Confess Your Heart Out

Tohru smiled and kissed him softly on the lips. "Kyo... I've been waiting years to hear you say that. I love you, too."

Kyo sat up and held her hands. "Then why did you marry him?"

"I just didn't think you were ready to make a commitment," sighed Tohru, "I mean... Kyo, you've really matured. You used to have so much trouble trying to display any sort of affection... you were always so angry. You made me feel as if I was doing everything wrong. Sometimes when I made you food, you'd insult me and not eat it. You have no idea how that felt, Kyo."

Kyo frowned. "So why him? He treated you much worse. Tohru, I'm sorry for what I did in the past. I was horrible and mean, but things are different now. Yes, Yuki and I still argue – I know, but we don't really fight anymore. Why was I so mean to you? Because until you showed up into my life, Tohru, I had managed to keep everyone at a distance to avoid myself getting hurt."

"I was sick of having to tidy the house every time you two clashed..." she sighed, "I couldn't take it anymore. I just felt like I needed a fresh start."

"That did you a lot of good." Kyo mumbled sarcastically. "Ended up marrying some guy who really doesn't appreciate you."

"You may not have been as bad as he was, Kyo, but you still tore me down every single day. Yet I fell in love with you. How? I don't know. I guess I just knew that deep down inside, you were lonely."

"That night we were arguing about you." Sighed Kyo.

"Pardon?" Tohru was taken aback by the sudden change of topic.

"That night you left." Kyo replied. "Yuki and I had that huge fight. I told you it was a family secret, but I couldn't tell you how I really felt about you. How... Yuki and I both felt about you. I just got so angry sometimes when you spent so much time with him... and I knew how he felt about you. We all knew... he was always by your side. When you left, we were both crushed. Yuki and I talked things out – we'd finally put the curse and rivalry behind us. Yuki got a girlfriend – they broke up a year ago and he hasn't really been interested in anyone else. Shigure... Shigure has Nami, but I didn't let anyone else in. I stopped being so mean to people, but I still kept everyone at a distance."

"I didn't know..." whispered Tohru, "all this time... did I lead him on? I... told him about my feelings for you once." She sighed. "If I know... I wouldn't have... Yuki-kun..."

"Tohru," said Kyo, "Yuki doesn't feel that way any longer. I do."

Tohru kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sorry."

"You're sorry?" Asked Kyo, "I made you feel like shit every single day, and you're sorry? No, Tohru, I'm the one who's sorry. You are such a special person, and I could never bring myself to tell you this. Every time I tried, I just blurted out some nasty insult and ran up to that damn roof."

There was a gap in conversation.

"So... Nami-chan... and Shigure?" asked Tohru.

Kyo nodded. "Didn't you know?"

"I... sort of sensed it, but I didn't want to say in case I was wrong."

"They met a year after you left," he told her, "she works in the local library. Shigure went there a lot to write his novel... to get peace from Mit-chan," he chuckled, "After Shigure had finished his novel, he still visited the library. He eventually worked up the courage to ask her out. She moved in with us shortly after that... she cooked, cleaned, and basically kept our house together. I wasn't to keen on her at first... I felt like she was trying to take your place, but I warmed up to her after she asked me why I was so mean to her. I told her all about you, and how you left us... she helped me through it, but I never got over you."

"I'm so sorry, Kyo..."

"I told you not to be sorry... let's go home." Kyo replied, taking her hand

"But... Kyo, Ryu..."

Kyo grinned. "I dare him to come near you, Tohru, I really do."

After one hell of a lot of walking, they'd finally ended up back at the Sohma home. Kyo sat down on the sofa and Tohru sat next to him.

"So... what are we going to do about Ryu?" asked Kyo, "I mean... you'll need to get an annulment or something."

Tohru sighed, "But if I go see him he'll be angry."

Frowning, Kyo pulled her closer to him. "Don't worry about it... you'll be safe, I promise." He stroked her face softly and smiled. "Tohru..."

"Yes?"

"Will you marry me?"

Phew, okies. That's another chapter done. Also not as long as the others, but I thought I should give you guys something else since the other one was so short. Please keep reviewing, people. It makes me happy!