Sorry it took longer to update than I had promised. A lot of important things went on during this weekend :/

Thank You's and Mentions

Osseo Fan 7713: I know, last chapter was not that good! _ It's updated now though! And I think this one will be better.

the sakura trees (for chapter 20): It does. Tohru really does help him feel better which is sweet! Thank you!

the sakura trees (for chapter 21): Sorry for the wait. I know how hard it is to wait for the next chapter. And don't worry about it, I appreciate the review now though! Thanks again!

Cupcakekitty0415: Thank you so much! Momiji's pairing will be a surprise so I don't want to give away when it will come up. Just wait and see! :3

Alrighty, hopefully I did this chapter justice

"...well we leave tomorrow. We'll stop by the main house to visit with everyone before we go home." ,Tohru said into the phone.

"Really?! That's great! We've missed you guys so much!" ,Momiji exclaimed.

"We've missed you too, I know I have." She couldn't stop smiling. She was so glad that Momiji had called her. Even if now wasn't a good time. "And we can't wait to see all of you...ow!"

She heard him gasp. She even felt Kyo's eyes placed on her in alarm.

"What's wrong, Tohru?! Did you hurt yourself?!" ,Momiji said extremely worried.

"Oh, I'm fine. It was just my stomach. It must be because I'm hungry but I've already prepared a sandwich."

"Well, in that case, I'll let you go so you can eat. And sorry if I woke you up. I hadn't even thought about the time difference."

"It's no problem at all! I was already up. Bye, Momiji! See you soon!"

"Bye!" ,he said and then hung up.

Kyo was lying on the bed and seemed deep in thought. He had already told her about his dream but she didn't have the time to process all that he had said since Momiji called right when he had finished.

But when she got off the phone, she only stood still. Not moving, but finally thinking about all that he had told her. Had he actually thought that she would be ashamed of being with him before this dream happened? But that didn't make any sense. She knew that she would always love him. She wasn't even the tiniest bit ashamed of him. Why would she be? The curse was over. There was no need for him to feel shame for himself. But she wondered, why does he still think that way?

She finally regained her focus and turned around and sat beside him on the bed. Before she could even reply to him, he had to worry for her first.

"Are you really okay? You're not sick, right?" ,he said.

"Yes! I'm positive it's just because I'm hungry!"

He sighed. "Then just eat already."

"Right! Well no, it can wait. Right, now I really need to talk with you." ,she said.

He sat up, prepared to listen to her. But not knowing what she was going to say exactly.

At first she seemed to hesitate, almost as if she was nervous. "I...I know I don't completely understand what it was like for you when you were young. But I do know what it's like to loose your mother since...I lost mine too." She wanted to cry. She wanted to every time that she mentioned her mother.

Kyo remembered Kyoko. He missed her too. Almost as much as Tohru did. Her explanation wasn't really valid to him though.

"But Tohru, it's not the same." He started. "Your mom died loving you. My mom killed herself because she hated me. There's a big difference. Your mother actually cared about you."

"And so did yours." ,she said bluntly. "Why can't you see that? Why can't you look at the positive qualities your mother had. Everyone's mother must care for their children because that's what they're for. I know she loved you. She only died because of the curse. She was ashamed of what the curse did to you not because you alone were a disgrace because you weren't. That's all it was!" She was nearly yelling but kept her voice low so that she would be able to set him at ease. She kept her hands on his and he never moved. The feeling of her warmth gave him comfort in every aspect that he never thought was possible. But that's just what love does.

The problem was she was always right. He couldn't argue against her or it may have been because he didn't want to. Overall, he really didn't know what to say. He contemplated on his thoughts, thinking all about what she had said until she spoke again.

"What really gets to me" ,she said. "Is why you would think that I would be ashamed of you."

He forgot about that. That part in his dream where Tohru killed himself out of hatred for him. At some point, he must have wondered if Tohru had ever wanted to run away from him before the dream. She was probably thinking the same thing since she brought up that statement.

He remained silent but she didn't care. She got up and started to tuck herself into bed. "You don't have to say anything. Just know this; I swear I will never leave you under any circumstances." She layed down and was now looking up at him, she smiled at last. "Don't ever think that I will. I am not ashamed of you at all and I never will be. The curse is broken. You don't have to think that everyone will still hate you because they no longer have a reason to." She felt her tears finally fall and his started to form just at the sight of hers. "I still loved you even when you were under the curse. Your mother must have felt the same. And even if she didn't, I'm here to make up for it."

All at once, he felt like a weight had been lifted off of him after all these years. This girl could do wonders. He remembered why he fell in love with her in the first place. It was because when she talked to him like this, these were times when he felt like he was accepted. The time when he felt loved by the person he loved the most and it just blew him away.

He wiped her tears away and gave her a kiss, feeling persuaded by her when he thought it wouldn't even happen.

Then he layed down with her and grinned. "Wow, you're amazing."

She smiled back. She was so happy that she had made him feel better. She finished her sandwich before turning off the lights

The family was ecstatic when they returned. Momiji was the most. He wouldn't stop hugging Tohru which almost set Kyo off. But he tried to not punch the bunny boy through the wall.

"Tohru we missed you and Kyo!" ,Momiji squealed.

"Yes, welcome back!" Shigure said.

"Well isn't this a surprise! You two all came back in one piece. We all thought that you would get lost out there!" ,Ayame announced. Kyo's mood just went from worse at the sound of that voice. "Now, Kyo you must tell us all about you're romantic vacation with Tohru!"

"Yeah, let's hear it!" ,Shigure agreed.

"It's none of you guys' buisness!" ,Kyo spat at them.

"But we have to tell them!" ,Tohru mentioned. "I'm sure everyone wants to hear all about the trip."

"Yeah, but we shouldn't tell those two because they're going to be asking the weird questions." ,Kyo explained.

She was confused. "But I don't understand."

He sighed, not wanting to explain it to her. "Just take a minute to think about it."

"Okay?" So she did for a minute. "Oh!" ,she gasped and sunk back a little while blushing. Everyone was staring at her so she tried to start a conversation quick.

"So ummm...how about we tell you about our trip now?!" ,she said. She knew what Kyo meant now and she definitely would never mention that.

"Okay! First we have a surprise for you, Tohru! Arisa has somtheing to tell you!" ,Momiji said with excitement.

Tohru glanced next to her at her friend who seemed happy but nervous. Kureno was behind her and urged her to tell Tohru. "We're going to have a baby." ,Arisa said with a smile.

Tohru showed a face of shock but then jumped in complete happiness then hugged her friend. "Uo, that's wonderful news! Oh my goodness, I'm so excited! Aren't you Kyo?!"

Kyo looked like he was going to faint. He couldn't believe there would be another Arisa Uotani running around. Trouble was just about to escalate.

"...thrilled." ,he groaned, sarcastically.

Tohru rolled her eyes. "Well I'm happy for you!"

Tohru felt like the happiest girl in the world. She knew her and her family would all have great joy in the future. Or so she thought...

End of Part 2

I would like to thank everyone for stinking with this story with me up until now. Writing is something that makes me so happy and I've enjoyed sharing this story with all of you!

As I said before, I will be taking a short break from here to work on a short story. It will be an Ouran High School Host Club story so while you're waiting for this one to get updated, you're free to check out that one in the meantime! It will probably have about only three chapters so it will be short!

I look forward to getting back to this story!

Bye, for now!

~Mady~