Disclaimer: I don't own anything... leave me alone... **slams door to room**

Her voice is soft, like the whisper of a summer breeze. Her heart is true, like the first breath of air. She steels my heart with the greatest of ease. She lives through life without a care.

A/N: I'm just starting every ch. with a poem... ^_^; just to let you know...

Kyo lifted his pencil up and placed it on his desk. He leaned back into his chair and sighed.

The sweet sent of cheery blossoms floated through the open window. The warm summer breeze was following it. It was peaceful.

He looked down at his paper. He reviewed his work and sighed again.

Poetry was his new secret hobby. Every poem he wrote he hide in a folder under his bed. If anyone found it they'd never let him hear the end of it.

Especially since they've lately been involved around one person. The words he wrote down were coming from his heart, though Kyo rarely expressed it. 'Hm... Toh-'

Before he could finish his thoughts, there was a loud bang coming from the kitchen. He awoke from his trance. Kyo hopped out of his chair and made his way to the kitchen.

He found Tohru on the floor, picking up pots and pans that fell out of the open cupboards. When she saw him come in, she stood up quickly, getting really flustered.

"Anou... Ohio gozaimas Kyo-kun... Gomen ne... did I wake you up?..." she said, lowering her head in a shameful manner.

Kyo shook his head. "Iie... I've been up for a while..."

Tohru gave him a quick smile, then resumed picking up the pots and pans. Kyo knelt in front of her and helped. Tohru looked up at him.

"I-It's okay Kyo-kun... you don't have to help me," she said, stuttering a bit. Kyo simply remained silent and put the rest of the pots into the cupboard.

"A-Arigato Kyo-kun," was all she could think of to say. Kyo hardly ever did this sort of thing.

Kyo checked the clock. It was only 7:00. Still had an hour before school started.

Just then Shigure walked into the kitchen. He looked around curiously.

"Tohru-kun... do you know what caused that loud noise? I hope we don't have an unwanted invader..." he started, but a thought crossed his mind. "Look at you two... so alone..." he ducked when a flying pot can towards his head.

"You pervert..." Kyo muttered, looking down at him, his face full of disgust.

"Kyo-kun!-" Tohru started. Kyo stopped and turned around. She never quite finished the statement, she couldn't think of anything to say.

She finally found her words and said, "Kyo, would you like to help me with breakfast? I mean... you don't have to if you don't want to... It's just nice to have someone around... to talk to..."

Kyo didn't know quite what to say. 'She's asking me to cook with her because she likes having someone to talk to? Why me? Why not someone who's not socially impaired?'

"Well, you two have fun cooking!" he said, winking as he left the room. Kyo clenched his fists. 'One of these days Shigure... I'm going to get you... when you least expect it...' (does anyone else get those kind of speeches from their siblings?)

Tohru handed him some eggs. "Could you make some omelets? That would be great!"

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Kyo sat in desk, waiting for English class to start (because this is being written from a North American POV and I'm just being lazy). The teacher came up in front of the class.

"Today we're starting our poetry unit," Kyo's heart gave a leap. "I'm going to hand you all a few poems and your going to identify 5 personifications, 5 similes, 5 metaphors, 5 oxymorons-" The class groaned.

Of course all poetry units start out this way. Little did the teacher know he could expect great pieces of work from Kyo.

A/N: ^_^; ok that was a bit short... but it's the opening chapter so cut me some slack! R+R ^_^ it's very appreciated!