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Kiss Goodnight, Part 3

Tohru's eyes fluttered as she felt the warmth of the sun slide across her face. She sat up, blinking her eyes and rubbing her hands across them. Once the remnants of sleep had been wiped away, she looked out the window. "I thought I had left that open last night," she murmured, but she shrugged as she hopped out of bed, ready to start her day. Once her morning rituals were finished, she bustled downstairs to start breakfast. The cool air on her legs made her shiver, but the heat from her cooking soon made the kitchen warm and toasty. As she leaned over, examining what was in the fridge, she noticed that the pie she had left for Kyou was gone. She smiled. "I hope he liked it," she said as she got what she was looking for and returned to her duties. While she waited for the rice to finish, she contemplated the dream she had. A soft pink color stained her cheeks. "I can't believe I had a dream like that! Someone was kissing me so softly that I barely felt it, but it felt so real. It really felt like someone kissed me, but that's silly, who would want to kiss me," she said as the timer on the rice finally went off. "…But it was a nice dream…" she said wistfully as she brought the food out to the table. Shigure was already there, yawning behind his hand and his paper. "Morning, Shigure, did you sleep well?"

"Like a baby, my dear Tohru," the older man replied with a smile as he looked at her from behind his paper. "Dreaming of the wonderful breakfast you would make and of your beautiful…" he was cut off with a smack on the back of the head.

"Morning, Miss Honda, " said Yuki as he gave his cousin a glare and treated her to one of his rare smiles. "Did you sleep well?"

"Very well. I hope you like what I made for breakfast this morning."

"There's nothing that you make that I wouldn't like."

Blushing from his praise and his smile, she wrung her hands. "I'll bring out the rest. Wait one minute," she said as she hurried back into the kitchen. She quickly brought out the rest of the food. "I wonder where Kyou is? He's always up before me. He'll miss breakfast."

"Then he should've gotten up on time," snorted Yuki as he felt a twinge of jealousy over her concern for the Cat.

"I'll go make sure he's all right," she said as she went back upstairs. She knocked on the door down the hall from hers. "Kyou?" There was no reply. Very concerned, she slid the door open, her eyes falling on the curled up ball in the middle of the bed. "Kyou, are you all right?" As she approached the bed, she noticed that he was shaking ever so slightly. Full-blown worry set in as she sat down on the edge of the bed and pressed her hand against his forehead. His skin was damp and hot. "You're sick," she said as his eyes slowly opened to look at her. Even when he was sick, his eyes didn't lose their brightness or their intensity.

Her touch felt so good against his overheated skin. He instinctively leaned into the palm of her hand. "Don't worry about me," he murmured as he shivered beneath the blankets. He had just come down with it. The feeling had hit him when he had come back to his room after leaving hers.

She pushed back his sweaty bangs. "You're not fine. You're sick."

Kyou could see the worry in her eyes. He slid his hand from under the covers and placed it on top of hers still resting on the covers. "I'm fine. Just let me sleep."

The simple act of him placing his hand on hers made a soft blush tint her cheeks. She knew he didn't like it if she got upset or worried, but she couldn't help it right now. "No, you're not. I'll have to get some ice and you should get into some dryer…clothes. I'll be right back," she said as she hurried out of the room and flew back down the stairs. She buzzed around the kitchen, getting an ice pack ready for her patient.

Yuki poked his head past the screen and watched as she walked back and forth in a rushed and worried manner. "Is there something wrong?"

"Kyou is sick. I'm getting this ready for him," she said as she started dropping the last of the ice inside the compress. "And hopefully the medication we have will bring down his fever."

He could hear the fretting note in her voice. She was like a mother hen who had kept close eyes on her chicks. Deep violet eyes followed the movements of her hands as she put the ice in the bag and replaced the tray in the freezer. The bow on the back of her apron bounced with each step she took and he followed her with his eyes as she went back up the stairs. "Stupid Cat, how did he get sick all of a sudden?" he muttered under his breath, infuriated that he was going to cause Miss Honda more work.

"Could it be that Yuki is jealous?"

The singsong taunt was enough to make him turn his head and glare at his older smirking cousin. "Shut up."

"She fussed over you when you were sick and you enjoyed every minute of it. I know I would love to be sick, just to have her soothe my weakened bo…" he didn't finished the statement as he was thrown out the door. A Shigure shaped hole now lined the door.

With a disdainful snort, he glared at the stairs that she had disappeared. He gritted his teeth. "That Cat is not worthy of her attentions," he muttered angrily as he went to throttle his orange haired cousin, but he paused. It would make her upset if he picked a fight with the Cat and he hated to do that. Still angry and with the fires of jealousy burning his veins, he stomped out of the house and down to his garden, passing the dazed Shigure in the yard.

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In the meantime, Kyou managed to sit up. There was a buzzing in his head and a ringing in his ears. His fingers fumbled with the zipper of his sweatshirt, but at the moment, he felt too miserable to do it. He heard her soft footsteps as she approached. He looked up at her as she entered the room again. She looked so pretty in the bright pink skirt and the simple white shirt, with the apron still tied around her trim waist. His face got even hotter as her eyes met his.

A soft expression came over her face as she put the cold compress on his desk. "You want help?" she asked quietly as she sat down next to him. "You need to get into something drier."

"I know," he breathed, aware of how good she smelled, remembering the softness of her lips against his. He felt her hands slide the zipper of his sweatshirt down, not waiting for his answer. Then she peeled it down his shoulders, dropping it onto the floor.  He was glad that she couldn't tell the difference between the hot color in his face due to his fever and the color highlighting his embarrassment at her being so close. When she came around and faced him again, he noticed the serious look on her face. It seemed to turn her from pretty and cute, to beautiful. He would never admit it that he liked her fussing over him like she was now.

She looked up and found his eyes on her. His eyes were so intriguing. She ran a hand over the sleeve of his black shirt. "This has to go too," she said, a blush lighting up her cheeks. Her eyes fell away from his.

That blush of hers was so endearing. He wished he had the energy to reach up and run his fingers across her cheek to feel the warmth. His heart raced and his head pounded as he managed to find the energy to tug the shirt off. He didn't know she had left the room and come back in the same amount of time, but he felt the gentle touch of a towel against his forehead and cheeks. Daring to look up at her at close proximity, he could still see a faint blush touching her cheeks. "I can do that myself, Tohru," he mumbled.

"Nonsense," she said as she continued to pat the towel against the side of his neck. The darkness of his skin, the smooth musculature, the heavier bone structure heightened the difference between the more slender, delicate boned, and pale skinned Yuki. Even though she was flustered at seeing him without his shirt, she wasn't going to let that deter her from taking care of him and making him comfortable. She put the towel down and placed her hand on his shoulder. His skin was warm and smooth. It made her palm tingle ever so slightly. "You have to stand for a moment so I can turn down the blankets. And I want you to take the medication I brought up for you."

Nodding mutely at her command, he stood and took the medicine. She had sounded so confident, so strong. It made a soft expression drop over his face. Her strength came from taking care of others and from making sure that they knew it. It was her talent, her gift to make others smile, and make them happy. He slid under the covers, pants still on, no shirt, but it didn't seem to matter as she tucked the covers around him and touched his forehead again. "Silly girl," he whispered up at her as she placed the compress on his forehead, "There's no need to fuss over me. You're only going to make yourself sick too."

"I want to fuss over you. I'll be fine. I want you to get better. I feel better when you're healthy and happy. I won't get sick, I'll be fine," she replied as she left his side and picked up the sweaty shirt and sweatshirt. She folded it over her arms. "I want you to sleep. I'll check on you in half an hour." She flashed him a sweet smile before leaving the room.

Kyou laid his head back on the pillow under his head. The icy feel of the compress on his forehead felt good against his hot skin. He closed his eyes, the image of the caring and loving smile that had graced her lips before she had left the room were superimposed on the back of his eyelids. As the medication began to work its magic on him, he thought of the kiss he placed upon her lips that morning. They were petal soft and had tasted like strawberries when he had ran his tongue over his lip. "If you only knew, Tohru. If you only knew how much I cared about you. The day I really looked into your eyes and saw your loving heart and soul," he thought as he finally drifted off to sleep.

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Downstairs, Tohru bustled about the kitchen, cleaning up the mess from breakfast. As she did laundry, she thought about Kyou lying upstairs in bed. Part of her knew that behind the rough shield he put up, he had a soft heart. She went through her task automatically, folding Kyou's shirts and pants into a pile separate from Yuki's, Shigure's, and her own. Walking back up the stairs with her arms full of laundry, she deposited them in the correct bedroom before going to Kyou's. Sliding the door open her eyes fell on the bed's occupant. He was sleeping. A smile touched her lips as she put his clothes away. She sat down on the edge of his bed and removed the compress from his forehead. He was still warm. It was then she realized his eyes were open and he was looking up at her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I disturbed your rest, didn't I?"

"No, you didn't," he reassured her as he looked up into her eyes. "Stop apologizing, you silly girl."

His gruff tone didn't bother her; instead she shook her head, sending her braids over her shoulders. "How are you feeling?" she asked as she folded the compress between her hands. She would get the other one in the fridge to replace it later. "You feel any better?"

"Better," he replied as he felt her place her hand on his forehead again. He felt his face grow warm from the innocent touch. He closed his eyes and let himself enjoy the simple touch of her hand on his skin. Tiny shockwaves raced through him when she brushed back his bangs with her fingertips. He got even more shocked as she leaned down and placed a kiss on his forehead. He was sure that she could see his flush.

"I'll be right back with another compress," she said as she gave him another smile and stood up. As she walked down the steps, she pondered on why she had kissed him. Her own face pinked, but she smiled again. "He needs the affection," she told herself as she went back to the kitchen.

His pulse was racing. He felt like he had gone through his morning exercises. He felt like he could hardly breathe. Her lips. So warm. So soft. Just thinking about it, made his body feel hotter. Closing his eyes, he imagined what it would be like for her to kiss him back, to feel her lips against his, for her to stand close enough to feel the warmth of her skin as he kissed her. He opened his eyes again. "What the hell am I doing, thinking about her like that? It makes me as bad as the dog?" he muttered as he rolled to his side. It was then he saw a pair of cool violet eyes glaring at him from the doorway. "What the hell are you looking at?"

Yuki glared at his cousin. "You're making extra work for her. She doesn't need taking care of you to add to her list."

"You should just mind your own damn business."

"You better not get any ideas."

Kyou sat up, his eyes wide, a vein twitching at his temple. "WHAT?"

Crossing his arms, he raked his eyes over the Cat. "You heard me. You better not try anything, stupid Cat," he threatened before he walked away.

Clenching his fists, the Cat forced himself to calm down. He lay back down again and faced the wall. "Damn Rat. What the hell does he know? I haven't, I wouldn't," he mumbled as he huddled under the blankets again. "But you were thinking of kissing her and holding her close. That's the same as. And you did steal a kiss from her last night too," he thought, hunching his shoulders. He let out a frustrated angry growl. He had no right to think of her like that. To imagine what it would be like to have her in his arms and feel her mouth under his. "I have no right. She's too good for me." Then the feel of her lips touching his forehead moments ago, flickered through his mind. She had done it unconsciously, so gently. It showed him that she cared even though he knew he didn't deserve that from someone like her. But remembering the way the sun had cast a golden haze about her earlier in the morning, how it shined in her hair, radiated her cheeks, and kissed her lips, made her look like an angel. She was an angel. His eyes were drifting closed again. And maybe…just maybe…she was sent to be my angel…to wash away my loneliness and sins."

A/N: I'm being really sappy, I know, but I can't help it. I love Kyou. He's such a cutie. Anyways, hoped you enjoyed it! XOXO!!