Trail of Tears
-Two-
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match

(a.n. – Yay! I finally got around to updating this – sorry that it took so long. I have procrastination issues. ANYway, I hope that you people like this chapter. I appreciate all of your reviews, they mean a lot.)
Disclaimer: I own none of this. I merely use the characters for my own entertainment purposes. ^_^ I also stole the title from a song from "Fiddler on the Roof", a Broadway musical.

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            The Souma house is a very interesting house, especially on this day. It didn't seem like a very exciting day when it first began, however. Kyou was still in bed, being sick – much to his annoyance, Yuki and Tohru were out at the garden, Shigure was writing, and Haru was looking out the window.

            It was late-morning, around 11:00, so the sun was out, of course. This also, of course, annoyed Kyou, like most things do. The sun kept on getting in his eyes, so he got up to shut the window shade.    

            "Goddamn sun…" he muttered as he began to pull the shade down.

            He stopped pulling it halfway down when he saw Tohru and Yuki planting things in Yuki's stupid garden. He felt a pang of jealousy go through him, and he pulled the shade the rest of the way down and went back to bed.

            While he was laying in bed, he thought to himself, 'Why exactly does Tohru like that damn nezumi more than me? Urg, he annoys the hell out of me.'

            And so Kyou went on cursing Yuki to hell. What exactly is new?
***
            Shigure was writing in his office, when an idea popped into his head. Maybe he could get Yuki and Kyou together. It would be fun being a matchmaker for a little while.

            Letting his fingers take a break from the keyboard, he stood up after a couple of minutes; happy that he could get two enemies to actually get along.

            So Shigure went to the front door to begin his self-proclaimed "journey." As he walked by Haru, he looked up at him.

            "Where are you going?" He questioned curiously.

            "I am a man on a mission, Haru. I must go and bring Yuki to Kyou! They were made for each other!" Shigure replied over-dramatically, causing Haru to sweatdrop.

            "Have fun." Haru told him sadly, and Shigure continued to make his way to the front door, completely missing the sad look in Haru's eyes.
***
            When Shigure managed to make his way to the door, and then to where Yuki and Tohru were, he beamed; his mission was partly done.

            "Oh, hello there Shigure-san." Tohru greeted him cheerfully.

            Yuki just looked up at him, waiting for him to say what he wanted.

            "Yuki! I want you to go upstairs with Kyou!" Shigure stated very sergeant-like.

            "Why would I do that?" Yuki inquired coldly.

            "Because… I said so! And it doesn't even have to be for that long." Shigure thought that if he could get them in the same room – everything would go according to his plan.

            Yuki just stared at him blankly.

            'Why the hell does he want me to go to Kyou of all people? Is he asking for his house to be destroyed?' Yuki thought to himself, sighing, 'I would go and see him, but I know Kyou hates me… everything would just end up causing pain.'

            "C'mon! What are you waiting for?" Shigure persisted impatiently.

            Yuki rolled his eyes, "I'm not going, and I don't understand why you want me to."

            Shigure stopped being so insistent for a moment. He couldn't tell Yuki the real reason why, because then that would spoil everything. "Maybe I just feel like doing a good deed and having two enemies become friends."

            "Well, I'm still not going."

            "I'll invite Ayame over."

            Yuki's eyes went wide. That wasn't fair! He couldn't just force him to go up there.

            "FINE! I'll go. But don't expect it to be for long." Yuki finally gave in, and he stood up and headed for the house.

            When Yuki was out of earshot, Shigure danced around a bit, merrily chanting, "I'm the best matchmaker! I should go into business doing this!"

            Tohru, finally catching on to what his intentions were, sweatdropped.
***
            Yuki thudded up the stairs, not really wanting to go to Kyou's room. He figured that he could always not go, but then Shigure would only make him go later on. Standing in front of the wooden doorframe, Yuki hoped that Kyou was asleep, so then he'd have an excuse of not staying up there.

            He opened the door slightly, and peeked inside. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the orange-haired boy had his eyes closed.

            "Who's there?" Kyou asked, now opening his eyes. He had obviously just been resting. "Oh. It's you."

            Yuki glared at him. Sure, he might have some crazy, mixed-up feelings for him, but sometimes that damn neko just pushed him over the edge.

            "Yes. It's me." Yuki replied, matching Kyou's tone.

            "Why the hell are you here? Did Shigure send you up again?"

            "Yeah."

            "Sure, whatever," Kyou said, rolling his crimson eyes, "I think you just like to piss me off."

            "Yep – that's my sole purpose in life." Yuki replied sarcastically.

            "Go away."

            "Oh no! I couldn't do that if I like to piss you off!"

            Kyou picked up his halfway-filled water bottle from the bedside table and threw it at Yuki. Yuki, in turn, closed the door just in time to have the bottle it the back of the door instead of him.

            When he opened the door again, he said, "I don't appreciate that."

            "Yeah, that's great for you. We all know how much I care," Kyou replied sarcastically, "Why are you still here?"

            "I told you!"

            "Well, then you've accomplished your mission; you have officially pissed me off. Now leave."

            "What if I don't feel like it?" Yuki asked, only getting a glare as an answer.

            Kyou slowly got out of bed and then lunged at Yuki. The only thing he was successful in doing, however, was landing out in the carpeted hallway.

            Growling, he got back up and directed numerous punches and kicks at the smirking Yuki, who dodged them all. When Kyou had finally stopped for a moment, Yuki took the opportunity to throw him into his door, somehow managing to knock it off its hinges.
***
            Haru, behind right below where all of this commotion was happening, obviously heard when the door and Kyou came crashing to the ground.

            He sighed, and not knowing what exactly had been broken, mumbled, "I guess had better let Shigure know that we need a new something-or-other."

            Lesson number one: never let Shigure play matchmaker.