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Chapter 4 - It's Not What You Think... Really
This was bad. This was even worse than the time he had woken up with Ayame sleeping next to him. Well.. maybe not worse, but definitely on the same level. Ok, so he was exaggerating. It wasn't nearly as bad as when he had woken up with Ayame sleeping next to him; Kagura proved to be much cuter anyway. Point is that the situation he found himself in, upon waking up the next morning, was bad.
Kyou blinked his eyes a couple times and suddenly turned very pale. He sometimes wondered why he looked forward to the fights with Yuki so much, while being completely willing to run with his tail between his legs every time Kagura showed up.
Kyou sighed. He realized that getting out of bed this morning would be much harder than any other time. He slowly removed one arm from under the blanket, and was relieved to find that Kagura hadn't stirred at all. Holding his breath, he pealed the blanket off his side and folded it neatly on top of the girl. She still hadn't moved.
Finally, Kyou turned over to his other side, facing away from Kagura, in order to be able to step off the bed. Everything seemed fine for about a split moment.
"Kyou-kun.." came the prolonged whine from behind him, and a protective arm draped over his shoulder. All of his vital organs seemed to be currently residing in the pit of his stomach, along with several tons of nervous steel. No more movement.
After several seconds of complete silence, Kyou decided that Kagura was probably still asleep after all. With that in mind, he made a motion to escape. That didn't quite work out as planned when the arm over his shoulder pressed him roughly onto the bed. Was she being violent even in her sleep?
Kyou decided that it would be better to just stay put for the time being rather than risk angering a very sleepy and grumpy Kagura.
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Haru quickly sat up, which proved to be rather painful. He rubbed the back of his neck, and silently cursed himself for not waiting until Yuki fell asleep and THEN sneaking into his bed. It was now evident that he underestimated the cruelty of the hard floor.
Cracking his neck in hopes of getting rid of some of the discomfort, Haru pulled himself up to his feet. Aww, Yuki looked so cute when he slept. He sighed and smiled, resolving to get out of the room as quietly as possible. No need to disturb him.
Haru slyly slipped past the door and down the hall. He realized he wasn't the first one up as he heard a very excited shriek, emitted by Tohru, come from downstairs. The shriek was followed by several childish giggles and Shigure's voice saying, "Shh shh, don't let them hear you." Haru smiled to himself. He knew what was going on, but Yuki would definitely be shocked. The mouse was usually so observant. It seemed rather odd that he hasn't caught on to what those two have been doing.
Haru listened carefully to the voices downstairs. It was necessary for him to eavesdrop; Shigure and Tohru absolutely refused to tell him any details in fear that he'll immediately tell Yuki. Pfft, how absurd that they wouldn't trust him. He has more willpower than that!
Haru sighed and resolved that no more eavesdropping will be done that day. Besides, everything will be evident to Yuki soon, and he would be allowed in on the details. He looked around the hall and suddenly found himself very perplexed as to which bedroom was his. He decided that it shouldn't be so hard to figure out and began the process of trial and error.
Door number one: a bathroom. Haru sighed and slammed the door. Then he went up to the next one and swung it open. It proved to be a broom closet... with many brooms that all piled up on top of his head. Haru cursed profusely at the brooms and threw them back very violently. This early in the morning, even as trivial a thing as a broom could set him to Black mode.
Royally ticked off, Haru angrily swung open the third door in the row and smirked evilly at the sight before him.
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"Shigure-san, what was that?!" Tohru asked, very panicked as she heard the sound of brooms collapsing coming from upstairs.
"I don't know, but hide everything. If Yuki's up, we don't want him coming down to see any of this."
Tohru gasped. "You're right!" She grabbed a large bag and quickly packed all the fun things into it.
"Now let's go see what's going on." Shigure winked at her and began walking up the stairs.
"Hai!" She answered, and followed closely behind.
As the two looked down the main hallway, they realized that only one door was open. That happened to be the one to Kyou's bedroom.
Shigure stuck his head in and Tohru peaked out from behind him. Everyone went silent for about two seconds. Then, a large question mark appeared over Tohru's head, and Shigure barely managed to stifle his laugher.
As if on cue, the final resident of the house sleepily waltzed into the room, looked around, and immediately wished he hadn't gotten up in the first place. The scene before him unfolded as follows: Shigure stood at the right of the door, suffocating himself as he tried to suppress a fit of the giggles. Tohru stood to the left of the door, the one giant question mark on top of her head giving rise to new question marks, as they all flooded around her. On the bed laid Kyou, frightened and completely at the mercy of Haru and Kagura. Kagura laid next to him, sleeping like a rock and utterly unaware of everything that has happened. She had one arm placed casually around Kyou's neck. Her leg was intertwined with his so that the tiniest pressure would lock him into her grasp with no way out. If Kagura awoke with Kyou in that position, it would surely mean a very bad morning for the kitty. Finally, Haru with a devilish look in his eyes, stood in the middle of the room and suggestively held a whistle in between his lips.
"Now that everyone has joined us.." Haru said slyly, and took a deep breath.
"Haru.. don't.." Kyou tried to whisper authoritatively.
Obviously not too concerned with Kyou's well-being, Haru blew on the whistle and an ear-shattering noise filled the room. Kagura's eyes popped open and the arm around Kyou's neck tightened decisively. Kyou's struggled underneath the pressure until small stars appeared in front of his eyes.
"Nani? What's happening?" Kagura looked around the room, half conscious. Shigure's knees have now given in as has his willpower. He knelt on the ground, holding his stomach and laughing insanely. Tohru, who now realized exactly what was happening, milled around nervously, unsure of what to do in the situation. Haru stood next to the bed and seemed rather amused with what has happened. Yuki crossed his arms, rolled his eyes, and decisively left the room.
"Ah, Kagura-san! Please let go of Kyou-kun!" Tohru called out, concern evident in her eyes. Kagura looked down on the half-unconscious boy next to her, and began apologizing madly.
"Gomen, Kyou-kun! I didn't even realize I was hurting you, don't be mad!" There goes her resolution not to torture him anymore.
Kyou evacuated the bed as quickly as possible and fell to the ground, heaving for air. "Get away from me," he said, only as loud as his air- starved lungs would allow him to. Kagura had nearly choked the life out of him.
Shigure had composed himself by now, Tohru's stress level was beginning to go down since she was sure Kyou could breathe, and Haru inconspicuously returned to his regular form.
"Who said you can come into my room anyway?" Kyou asked, sounding more cruel than usual.
"I-I.. I just wanted.." Kagura began, but Kyou interrupted her.
"To kill me?!?"
"Iie," she replied meekly and began crying to herself. She hadn't even realized she was hurting him until Tohru said something. It wasn't her fault; she couldn't help it.
On any normal given day, the following would happen: Kyou would run out of the room, pissed off, and hide on top of the roof for the rest of the day. Tohru would go to comfort Kagura, who would feel absolutely horrible about it all day and vow to somehow make it up to Kyou. Haru would question Shigure as to what happened, feel bad because it was technically his fault even though he was usually unaware of what his evil side did, and somehow guilt trip Kyou into forgiving Kagura.
That; however, could only happen on an average day. This wasn't an average day at all. In fact, to the Juunishi and to pretty much everyone other than Kyou and Yuki, this was a very important day.
Suddenly, a loud scream pierced through the house and drowned Kagura's soft crying and Kyou's angry growling. Everyone became completely silent as they realized that Yuki must be the one screaming. Shigure closed his eyes, silently bringing forth patience.
"Tohru-kun?" He said.
"Hai?" Was the response.
"Did you forget to put something away?"
"Hai."
"Ah well, I suppose he would have found out soon anyway. It just isn't nearly as fun this way," Shigure sighed and walked casually out of the room. Everyone silently followed him to see the effects of Yuki discovering the "surprise".
As they approached the bottom of the stairs, a rather ticked off Yuki went straight for Shigure. "What the hell is this?" He demanded and pointed to the banner hanging over the living room that read:
SURPRISE!!!
Happy Birthday Yuki!!
Chapter 4 - It's Not What You Think... Really
This was bad. This was even worse than the time he had woken up with Ayame sleeping next to him. Well.. maybe not worse, but definitely on the same level. Ok, so he was exaggerating. It wasn't nearly as bad as when he had woken up with Ayame sleeping next to him; Kagura proved to be much cuter anyway. Point is that the situation he found himself in, upon waking up the next morning, was bad.
Kyou blinked his eyes a couple times and suddenly turned very pale. He sometimes wondered why he looked forward to the fights with Yuki so much, while being completely willing to run with his tail between his legs every time Kagura showed up.
Kyou sighed. He realized that getting out of bed this morning would be much harder than any other time. He slowly removed one arm from under the blanket, and was relieved to find that Kagura hadn't stirred at all. Holding his breath, he pealed the blanket off his side and folded it neatly on top of the girl. She still hadn't moved.
Finally, Kyou turned over to his other side, facing away from Kagura, in order to be able to step off the bed. Everything seemed fine for about a split moment.
"Kyou-kun.." came the prolonged whine from behind him, and a protective arm draped over his shoulder. All of his vital organs seemed to be currently residing in the pit of his stomach, along with several tons of nervous steel. No more movement.
After several seconds of complete silence, Kyou decided that Kagura was probably still asleep after all. With that in mind, he made a motion to escape. That didn't quite work out as planned when the arm over his shoulder pressed him roughly onto the bed. Was she being violent even in her sleep?
Kyou decided that it would be better to just stay put for the time being rather than risk angering a very sleepy and grumpy Kagura.
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Haru quickly sat up, which proved to be rather painful. He rubbed the back of his neck, and silently cursed himself for not waiting until Yuki fell asleep and THEN sneaking into his bed. It was now evident that he underestimated the cruelty of the hard floor.
Cracking his neck in hopes of getting rid of some of the discomfort, Haru pulled himself up to his feet. Aww, Yuki looked so cute when he slept. He sighed and smiled, resolving to get out of the room as quietly as possible. No need to disturb him.
Haru slyly slipped past the door and down the hall. He realized he wasn't the first one up as he heard a very excited shriek, emitted by Tohru, come from downstairs. The shriek was followed by several childish giggles and Shigure's voice saying, "Shh shh, don't let them hear you." Haru smiled to himself. He knew what was going on, but Yuki would definitely be shocked. The mouse was usually so observant. It seemed rather odd that he hasn't caught on to what those two have been doing.
Haru listened carefully to the voices downstairs. It was necessary for him to eavesdrop; Shigure and Tohru absolutely refused to tell him any details in fear that he'll immediately tell Yuki. Pfft, how absurd that they wouldn't trust him. He has more willpower than that!
Haru sighed and resolved that no more eavesdropping will be done that day. Besides, everything will be evident to Yuki soon, and he would be allowed in on the details. He looked around the hall and suddenly found himself very perplexed as to which bedroom was his. He decided that it shouldn't be so hard to figure out and began the process of trial and error.
Door number one: a bathroom. Haru sighed and slammed the door. Then he went up to the next one and swung it open. It proved to be a broom closet... with many brooms that all piled up on top of his head. Haru cursed profusely at the brooms and threw them back very violently. This early in the morning, even as trivial a thing as a broom could set him to Black mode.
Royally ticked off, Haru angrily swung open the third door in the row and smirked evilly at the sight before him.
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"Shigure-san, what was that?!" Tohru asked, very panicked as she heard the sound of brooms collapsing coming from upstairs.
"I don't know, but hide everything. If Yuki's up, we don't want him coming down to see any of this."
Tohru gasped. "You're right!" She grabbed a large bag and quickly packed all the fun things into it.
"Now let's go see what's going on." Shigure winked at her and began walking up the stairs.
"Hai!" She answered, and followed closely behind.
As the two looked down the main hallway, they realized that only one door was open. That happened to be the one to Kyou's bedroom.
Shigure stuck his head in and Tohru peaked out from behind him. Everyone went silent for about two seconds. Then, a large question mark appeared over Tohru's head, and Shigure barely managed to stifle his laugher.
As if on cue, the final resident of the house sleepily waltzed into the room, looked around, and immediately wished he hadn't gotten up in the first place. The scene before him unfolded as follows: Shigure stood at the right of the door, suffocating himself as he tried to suppress a fit of the giggles. Tohru stood to the left of the door, the one giant question mark on top of her head giving rise to new question marks, as they all flooded around her. On the bed laid Kyou, frightened and completely at the mercy of Haru and Kagura. Kagura laid next to him, sleeping like a rock and utterly unaware of everything that has happened. She had one arm placed casually around Kyou's neck. Her leg was intertwined with his so that the tiniest pressure would lock him into her grasp with no way out. If Kagura awoke with Kyou in that position, it would surely mean a very bad morning for the kitty. Finally, Haru with a devilish look in his eyes, stood in the middle of the room and suggestively held a whistle in between his lips.
"Now that everyone has joined us.." Haru said slyly, and took a deep breath.
"Haru.. don't.." Kyou tried to whisper authoritatively.
Obviously not too concerned with Kyou's well-being, Haru blew on the whistle and an ear-shattering noise filled the room. Kagura's eyes popped open and the arm around Kyou's neck tightened decisively. Kyou's struggled underneath the pressure until small stars appeared in front of his eyes.
"Nani? What's happening?" Kagura looked around the room, half conscious. Shigure's knees have now given in as has his willpower. He knelt on the ground, holding his stomach and laughing insanely. Tohru, who now realized exactly what was happening, milled around nervously, unsure of what to do in the situation. Haru stood next to the bed and seemed rather amused with what has happened. Yuki crossed his arms, rolled his eyes, and decisively left the room.
"Ah, Kagura-san! Please let go of Kyou-kun!" Tohru called out, concern evident in her eyes. Kagura looked down on the half-unconscious boy next to her, and began apologizing madly.
"Gomen, Kyou-kun! I didn't even realize I was hurting you, don't be mad!" There goes her resolution not to torture him anymore.
Kyou evacuated the bed as quickly as possible and fell to the ground, heaving for air. "Get away from me," he said, only as loud as his air- starved lungs would allow him to. Kagura had nearly choked the life out of him.
Shigure had composed himself by now, Tohru's stress level was beginning to go down since she was sure Kyou could breathe, and Haru inconspicuously returned to his regular form.
"Who said you can come into my room anyway?" Kyou asked, sounding more cruel than usual.
"I-I.. I just wanted.." Kagura began, but Kyou interrupted her.
"To kill me?!?"
"Iie," she replied meekly and began crying to herself. She hadn't even realized she was hurting him until Tohru said something. It wasn't her fault; she couldn't help it.
On any normal given day, the following would happen: Kyou would run out of the room, pissed off, and hide on top of the roof for the rest of the day. Tohru would go to comfort Kagura, who would feel absolutely horrible about it all day and vow to somehow make it up to Kyou. Haru would question Shigure as to what happened, feel bad because it was technically his fault even though he was usually unaware of what his evil side did, and somehow guilt trip Kyou into forgiving Kagura.
That; however, could only happen on an average day. This wasn't an average day at all. In fact, to the Juunishi and to pretty much everyone other than Kyou and Yuki, this was a very important day.
Suddenly, a loud scream pierced through the house and drowned Kagura's soft crying and Kyou's angry growling. Everyone became completely silent as they realized that Yuki must be the one screaming. Shigure closed his eyes, silently bringing forth patience.
"Tohru-kun?" He said.
"Hai?" Was the response.
"Did you forget to put something away?"
"Hai."
"Ah well, I suppose he would have found out soon anyway. It just isn't nearly as fun this way," Shigure sighed and walked casually out of the room. Everyone silently followed him to see the effects of Yuki discovering the "surprise".
As they approached the bottom of the stairs, a rather ticked off Yuki went straight for Shigure. "What the hell is this?" He demanded and pointed to the banner hanging over the living room that read:
SURPRISE!!!
Happy Birthday Yuki!!