Hey! Lexie-chan here, begging for forgiveness. I'M VERY SORRY!! grovels I'm so sorry it took so long to post this, and now I think I'm going to be in trouble because of J-san…. This chapter has mucho Yuki fluff, but I tried to add enough Kyo fluff to balance it out…. However, I feel bad for Tohru….. Any ways, I hope you enjoy this chapter. (and please don't try to kill me because J-san is evil and had Yuki con-)(never mind, you're going to read it anywho) PS I don't own Furuba, and if I did, things would be turning out differently….
Choices : Chapter Ten
Neither Tohru nor Yuki talked on their way to the base. Tohru kept wondering what Yuki wanted to tell her. Yuki kept thinking about how to tell her he loved her.
They finally arrived at the base, but Yuki still didn't know how to start.
"Oh look! Yuki, the strawberries are in season!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Tohru, would you like to pick some?" he asked, while picking up a basket.
"Oh yes!" she nodded excitedly as she knelt down and began to pick, Yuki copying her actions. After a period of silence, Yuki couldn't bear it anymore.
"Tohru."
"Yes Yuki-kun?"
"There's been something I've been wanting to tell you for a while now." He paused, gathering his courage. Who knew three words could be so hard to say? "I-I love you." Tohru suddenly stopped, dropping the strawberry she had been holding.
"Yuki, I-I-I-…"
"It's okay, you don't have to answer me back yet. Just let me do this." He said as he pulled Tohru to her feet and ever so careful not to hug her, gently kissed her.
She tastes like strawberries…..and something else. Yuki thought, reveling in this moment. But poor Tohru was so upset and flustered she could barely think.
What do I do, Mom? What about Kyo? Oh, I don't know anything! Tohru thought, confused. They broke apart and stood there in the twilight.
"Kyonkichi! Have some tea!" Aaya offered, pushing a glass toward the sullen and brooding cat, which was watching Yuki and Tohru leave through a window.
"I don't want any damn tea!" Kyo shouted, glaring at Aaya and Shigure. "I'm going after them."
"Oh no, Kyo-kun, spying is bad, You'll end up a pervert like me!" Shigure said, attempting to distract him.
"I don't care!" he said, standing up and running for the door. If I ever beat the rat in anything, let it be this. Kyo silently prayed, running out the door and following the path Tohru had taken.
(Back at the base….)
Tohru and Yuki had broken apart because they had heard a huge tree branch snap.
"Wh-what was that?" Tohru asked, frightened. Suddenly, Kyo walked into the clearing. "Kyo-kun?" Tohru asked, confused.
"What are you doing?" Yuki asked, as angry as Kyo.
"I"LL NEVER LET YOU BEAT ME AGAIN!" Kyo said, lunging for Yuki who pulled Tohru behind him and threw Kyo into a tree.
But Kyo had scored on Yuki's cheek. Kyo was battered and bruised from the tree.
"O-oh no." Tohru said, "Yuki-kun, are you okay?" she asked him. He smiled and nodded, and she ran to the bleeding Kyo-kun. "Kyo-kun, are you okay?" she grabbed his face gently and examined it.
"What're you doing?" Kyo snapped, pan shining in his eyes.
"Making sure you're okay." Tohru said, worried.
"Oh, just go back to his highness the rat over there." Kyo shouted at her, and Tohru flinched back, tearing up at his sharpness.
"B-b-but…." Tohru drifted off as Kyo stormed away, back toward the house.
Tohru sat down bewildered and hurt. Her tears were spilling over. I don't know how to love Yuki, because if I love one I hurt the other, but Kyo….Kyo… Tohru just sat and cried.
"Tohru-kun?" Yuki asked, bewildered.
"K-Kyo-kun…." she managed to get out.
"Go to him." Yuki said, sighing. She may not know it, but I do. She's made her choice. Kyo's won after all. Tohru ran back to the house as Yuki picked up the basket of strawberries.
"Kyo-kun?" Tohru called softly, afraid he would yell at her again.
"Tohru." Kyo said flatly, unable to conjure up any more anger, only sadness.
"What's wrong?" she asked him.
"Isn't it-" he broke off. Is it obvious? Kyo wondered, maybe the rat didn't win after all. Maybe she doesn't know. She is a ditz… he thought fondly, hope stirring within him.
"Tohru." Kyo leaned over and whispered in her ear, "I love you." And then as her eyes shone, as he gently grabbed her face and kissed her, Tohru made her choice and realized it wouldn't matter anyway.