Tohru woke up the next morning. Kyo was asleep next to her and had his arm draped over her, keeping her close. She was glad that he wasn't up like yesterday.
Kyo stirred, slowly opening his eyes.
"Good morning." She said. He smiled.
"Good morning." He said, his voice still heavy with sleep.
"I thought you were mad at me." Tohru said gesturing to his arm still wrapped securely around her.
"I can't stay mad at you. But that cat. She's another story." Kyo said. Tohru frowned.
"Where is she anyway?" Tohru asked looking around her. Kyo pointed to a pile of towels in the corner of the room. Calli was curled up in a bundle.
"See? She's fine by herself", Kyo said looking back at Tohru's face. She smiled.
"How many times did you have to get up to move her?" Tohru asked. She noticed the dark circles under his eyes. He shrugged.
"I lost count after fifty. Why?" He asked. Tohru's mouth hung open.
"Fifty? But, that means you hardly got any sleep." Tohru said concerned. Kyo laughed and gave her a kiss.
"Honestly I'm fine. I don't go into work again today anyway." He said. With that he let his head fall back on his pillow and he closed his eyes again.
"Well. I think I'll go make breakfast. What do you want?" She asked as she stood up and walked to the front of the room.
"Oatmeal. I don't know why, though." He said sleepily. She laughed at his response and left the room.
She went downstairs and started cooking the oatmeal. She thought about Calli for a minute and realized that she hadn't followed her downstairs. This worried Tohru, as Calli was usually right on her heels.
"Kyo!" She called up the stairs. He sleepily replied.
"What?" He sounded really tired and she immediately felt bad for waking him.
"Is Calli okay?" She called up to him. She heard him groan and get out of bed.
"She's fine, why?" He asked coming down the stairs.
"Oh, well, she didn't follow me this morning. I was worried, that's all." She said. He entered the kitchen and walked over to where she was standing making breakfast.
"That's a good thing. It means that she's learning her place. Watch. I bet she'll be down in less than five minutes." Kyo said watching her slowly stir the oatmeal.
"It'll be done in a minute. Watching it won't make it cook faster, Kyo. You ever heard that a watched pot boils slower than an unwatched pot?" Tohru asked with a smile. Kyo shook his head.
"I wasn't watching the oatmeal." He said shaking her head. Tohru faced him and gave him a confused look.
"Then what were you staring at?" She asked. He smirked and moved behind her. She watched as he took his right hand and placed it over hers. He made her drop the stirring spoon in the pot. He lightly touched the promise ring he'd given her almost a month ago.
"Oh." She said slowly. He let her hand go and she picked the spoon back up and continued stirring. She was blushing like mad after that.
"What? You didn't think I'd forgotten did you?" He asked, a smile playing across his lips.
"I didn't think you'd forgotten. I just assumed it wasn't an important thing at the moment." She said quietly. She turned off the stove and poured the steaming oatmeal into two bowls.
"Wait. You didn't think it was important?" He asked. She nervously ducked her head, thinking she'd upset him. She placed the bowls on the kitchen table and took a seat.
"I know it's important, I just assumed it wasn't as high on the list as other things." She said. Kyo looked at her confused before taking a seat.
"What 'other things'?" He asked. He blew the steam off of his oatmeal before taking a bite.
"The house, your job, my paintings, Calli. You know, the immediate." She said taking a small bite of her breakfast.
"You've got to be joking. The others are immediate, or they were. We've got them straightened out. This is an immediate now. Are you saying you don't want to marry me?" Kyo asked. He hated the fact that he was being so blunt. It made him feel more uncomfortable than Tohru looked.
"No… I'm not saying that. I do." She said. She had a huge blush that was spreading like a wildfire across her face and neck.
"Is it important to you?" He asked. Tohru nodded slowly.
"It's very important, Kyo." She said. The blush was darkening, if that's even possible.
"Good. It's important to me too." Kyo said. He knew this conversation was only getting awkward, so when Calli bounded down the steps and into the kitchen, it was like a return of oxygen to the lungs of someone who'd been holding their breath for a long, long, long time.
"I guess she's hungry." Tohru said quietly standing and getting her some food. Kyo smiled at the scene of Tohru giving Calli her breakfast. She was so devoted to that cat.
"I told you. Less than five minutes. It was four minutes and fifty five seconds when she ran in." Kyo noted that just to talk. He really had no other reason.
"I never doubted you." Tohru said placing Calli's food in front of her. She smiled as Calli meowed happily and started to eat it.
She went back to the table and took her seat across from Kyo. He shoved the last bit of oatmeal in his mouth and stood to put his bowl in the sink.
"You know. We still have to celebrate." He said as he washed his bowl.
"Oh, right! Your first off day! I'll start working on it right away." She said standing and putting her bowl in the sink.
"Haha. Whatever makes you happy, just don't go overboard." He said.
Yep. Really small update. I have writers block again. I have no clue how they should celebrate or anything. I need ideas, suggestions, or whatever. (Remember, the majority of you vote for a lemon, so I gotta add one, if I can. I said I'd try.) Anyway, anything you can think of to use as a celebration, would be much appreciated.
Thanks in Advanced-
Vixen-Fire-Fox