"Waah! You're up!" Tohru held her hands to her face. Kyo was leaning on a pair of crutches, grinning. Tohru set her coat down on a chair and moved further into the room, making room for Yuki. Yuki raised his eyebrows at Kyo, who shrugged, but in the process nearly dropped the crutches.
"You can leave now?" Yuki asked. Kyo tilted his head.
"I don't know. Go get the lady and ask her." Kyo referred to the nurse. Yuki nodded and left to go find her. Tohru put her arms in the air.
"You can come home soon! That's wonderful!" She sat on his hospital bed. "I'd almost gotten used to coming here to see Kyo." She smiled up at him, and he returned it warmly. He sat down next to her. "Everything is back to normal at the house, except for you not being there." She held Kyos hand.
"Yeah, well, hopefully I'll be back soon. If not today, tomorrow, or the next day. I promise." Kyo smiled again. He had been waiting to leave this hellhole since he'd woken up the first time. The nurses gossiped about the orange haired boy, who was always grumpy and complaining, asking when he could leave, when he could eat. The truth was, he was only sociable around Tohru and Yuki. Whenever those two visited, he was more lively, and happier.
"As long as you come back."
"Didn't I just say I would?"
"Well... yes! Oh, I'll make a big dinner for you when you come home."
"With real food?"
"Yes, with real food!" Tohru giggled. The food at the hospital wasn't exactly appetizing, but Kyo hadn't been able to eat anything else.
Everything back at the house was back to normal. All the windows had been replaced, doors reattached. The damage to the roof was fixed. The bed had been properly fixed. The yards looked better than they ever had, thanks to Momiji and Kisa, who'd finally found out. Tohru didn't feel so alone when she was at the house, seeing as there was almost always someone there with her. A silent agreement had been formed that someone was to be at the house at all times, no matter what. Shigure had the shifts most often, for some odd reason. He spent days at a time at the house, insisting that he stay so Tohru could be with Kyo (he was really trying to avoid his editor).
"Good. Help me?" Kyo made to stand again. Tohru stood, not sure how to help, so she held out her hands. Kyo steadied himself, holding her hand after he'd stood. "Thanks." He smiled, even though Tohru had done nothing. She knew it, but smiled anyways.
Yuki and the nurse came in then, and the nurse gasped. "Why didn't you tell me he was up! Oh, sit down!" She started fussing around him, fluffing the pillow and adjusting the back of the bed. She looked exasperated. Kyo turned, stubborn.
"You told me that when I was walking around this room I could leave."
"I guess I did, huh? Fine, I'll go talk to doctor Ung. We'll probably need to do a few x-rays, but since you are up..." She smiled. "I've almost gotten used to your temper, Mr. Sohma." She laughed, and Kyo clenched his jaw. He watched her leave angrily.
"I don't have a temper!" He yelled after her, though she was out of hearing range. Tohru laughed.
"This is great!" She put a hand on Kyo's chest. "Now we know you'll most likely be coming home!" Kyo touched her head with his knuckles.
"We already knew that."
"Oh, I guess so!"
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There was a crowd waiting for them when they got home.
"I thought we agreed no one other than Yuki."
"I thought we did too! I didn't know!"
"Well, did you tell them I was coming home today?"
"Yes... but it wasn't me who invited them." Tohru looked terrified. Shigure appeared next to them.
"No, I did! It was me!" He sounded like a child that had just gotten caught after he'd pulled a bad prank. Kyo glared at him. Yuki grabbed Shigures ear, pulling him away to scold him. If he was going to act like a child, he was going to be treated like one.
"Sissy!" Kisa leapt onto Tohru, wrapping her arms and legs around her in a hug. Tohru held her up, stunned.
"Kisa- hi!" Hostess mode was suddenly turned on in Tohrus body. She walked off, leaving Kyo at the edge of the yard. He stood in silence for a moment before swinging after her on his crutches.
Kyo just wanted to sleep in his own bed, eat real food, and talk to Tohru all day. He was stuck socializing though, even if it was just the Sohma's and company (company being Hana, Uo, and Machi). He didn't appreciate it at all, not this time. During the time everyone was there, he often found himself alone in a corner, sitting, even though they were supposedly all there to see him home. Kyo hadn't seen the house in disarray, but had heard about it, and now, sitting in the dining room of his own house, he could see little details that had been left out. There were spots along the trims of the walls that had paint splattered on them, a nail or two laid on the ground, the stairs were looser. It made him feel uneasy. He didn't like it.
"Kyo, you are being so antisocial!" Shigure came to pester him every few minutes. "Tell me Kyo, how is Tohru. She's so busy with everyone else, I didn't want to bother her." He smiled slyly. Kyo glared at him.
"Go ask someone else, dammit. I don't wanna' talk to you right now, Shigure." Kyo turned away, resting his head in his hands. Shigure gasped.
"You didn't have alternative plans for today did you?"
"No, not really."
"I'm sorry to have ruined your day then." Shigure stood from his chair and walked away, probably to find Ayame. Kyo gazed at Tohru across the room, chatting with Akito. She turned, and caught Kyo's eye. She winked, smiling, and went back to talking to Akito, who noticed their eye contact but said nothing. She and Tohru were friendly, but not quite friends.
As it became dark, everyone filtered out. The last people there were Shigure and Yuki, and Tohru laughed. "Almost like old times! Almost like the beginning again." The four thought for a moment of the beginning. It was so long ago.
"Not really." Kyo said, and they laughed. Shigure left, then Yuki, and for the first time in a long time, Kyo and Tohru were left alone, in their own home. Kyo finally turned to Tohru.
"I'll start cooking!" Tohru smiled, scurrying off, having read his mind before he even opened his mouth. He looked down at his leg, still in a cast. He was useless now, at least for a little while. He hated it. "Oh, Kyo, come talk with me while I cook!" Kyo hobbled into the kitchen. He sat on a counter, watching Tohru move around with such ease. "I asked you once before, but I think you were asleep! How do you think your injuries will affect working at the Dojo?" She paused, tilting her head at him. The color drained from his face.
"I guess I really am useless for now. Dammit." He rubbed the back of his neck. Tohru put her hands on his knees and looked up at him.
"It's alright, I can work! I will support the household!" She had that determined look on her face. Kyo kissed her forehead.
"As soon as I'm out of this thing I'll take over again, got it?" He watched her move around again.
"Got it!" She squeaked, moving something into the oven. Good smells wafted around the house.
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After Kyo ate (Tohru wasn't hungry, and only made enough for him anyways), Tohru helped him up the stairs and into bed. She crawled in next to him after changing, and he immediately wrapped his arms around her. They'd been living together in that house for about five months now. They'd been living together for over three years though. Kyo really only trusted her. It was her who'd been there everyday, her who'd read his mind and made real food for him. Her who'd volunteered to help support them without hesitation. She was his world. He wanted to make sure that she stayed his forever. He'd ask her the second his leg was out of the cast.