Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba or anything that has to do with it. * sobs*
A/N So far, so good. I don't know exactly where I'm heading since I've modified the original plot a few thousand times. Please tell me if the story is moving too fast or too slow. Thx.
P.S. Thank you to Mia, Aiden Sadi, Pebbled Sky and Lunar Mirror who reviewed and special thanks to Pebbles for recommending me to Lunar Mirror. Luv ya!
" Fate is a bittersweet thing"
Chapter three: melting snow
Kyo woke up and was surprised to find that he was in his bed and that Haru and Shigure were in theirs as well. He could still remember falling asleep at the dinner table, but he supposed someone had carried him up in the night, or that he had gotten up by himself, crawled up here and simply forgotten about it.
He looked at his alarm clock and noted that it was already (!) 6:30 a.m. . He had slept in! He wondered if there would even be any breakfast left over. He went down, but found that he was the first one up and that there was no breakfast, just a set table and a note saying that breakfast would be brought to the chalet at 9 a.m. " Just great!" he said out loud to himself " I have to wait for those lazy westerners to bring me food that I don't even know I'll like."
" Talking to yourself now? You are strange, even Hana doesn't do that" Uo said from a chair by the fire. Kyo jumped. He hadn't even noticed her.
" Good morning to you too." He said. And then the beginnings of a grin touched his lips and he said.
" I see you get on well with Hatori. Was I dreaming or did you compliment him on his wonderful fingers, short clean nails and well kept cuticles last night?" He chuckled.
" YOU HEARD THAT!?!" She shrieked. " I thought that by then everyone was too drunk or in conversation to notice. Besides I was kinda drunk too, so it doesn't count. If you tell anyone ILL BEAT YOU TO PULP!!!"
" Keep it down." He half-grinned again " I won't tell anyone, besides they'll probably remember it themselves." He looked at the table. Why couldn't Tohru be the one to prepare his food? Not only would it be on time, and he would know that it would be delicious as usual.
'But then again' he thought ' It must be nice for her not to have to do the household chores.'
" Penny for your thoughts" Uo said. This surprised Kyo, since when did his thoughts interest anyone other than Tohru and perhaps Shigure?
"I was just wondering if Tohru liked not having to take care of us and cook. It seems like a nice beak to me." He said not looking at Uo .
"Hmm, I guess she probably does enjoy it, but she would never say it because she would be afraid of making you think that she doesn't like taking care of you guys." Uo looked over
" I wouldn't ever have chosen you and your family if I had to pick a new family, but it seems that she did and that you all care about her and would do anything to protect her and I must admit that I respect you for that. Last night Hatori talked about how she always paid attention to everyone and made sure that no one felt left out. He said that it made things look brighter and gave him new hope. Okay, I don't know what that ' hope' part was about, but I can tell that she is helping you like she helped Hana and myself and it seems that you are aware of that and that you appreciate her for who she is. That's good."
Kyo looked at her. While she was talking it seemed that her face had darkened a little and where her eyes had contained affection for her good friend at the beginning of her little speech, they now were filled with sorrow and even though she was smiling at the fire, he had the impression that there was something bitter in that smile.
" You know, we're not trying to steal Tohru from you." He was surprised that it had come out so easily.
She looked up at him from her chair and he saw straight into her eyes and found beauty there that he had never expected to see in this girl. She had tears in her eyes, but she was holding them back and she managed a wide, but very fake grin
"Sometimes, you have the gift of saying exactly what I want to hear, carrot top." she got up and said " I'm going out for a breath of fresh air. I'll be back by eight in case anyone asks." With that she pulled on a coat and went out.
Kyo blinked and sat down in the chair that she had just left and watched the flames. He could only think of that glimpse of Uotani's beauty. It wasn't something that was always there, it was like a shadow in the depths of her eyes, but he knew that he would never forget it. It was haunting and he couldn't quite tell for himself what it was. Was it because she had had tears in her eyes or because there was an even stronger emotion behind them, one that she was holding back even more than her sadness.
Outside, Arisa was walking around on a path in the woods. ' I got too carried away! I'm too soft, and in front of that idiot as well.' She sighed ' Idiot is a bit harsh. Besides, he's been making an effort to be polite and he does seem to understand how I feel about his situation Tohru's in.' She continued walking down the path, oblivious to her surroundings. ' But, it's not fair, why do the Sohmas get Tohru all to themselves. I know it's selfish of me to think this, but I just.' she stopped thinking and the tears she had forced back earlier ran down her cheek freely now. She wasn't a big crier, but it was just too much. She sat down on a tree stump and just let go.
Meanwhile, at the chalet, Tohru got up and went down to join Kyo in the denn.
" Good morning Kyo-kun. How are you today? Last night you fell asleep at the table, so Hatsuharu-san and Shigure-san had to carry you up to your room. Are you rested?" She had such a nice smile and Kyo was yet again amazed at how pretty Tohru was, but he still couldn't help thinking abut Uo, wondering what she would look like if she smiled like that.
" I'm fine, but I think Uotani's not" he blurted out before he could help himself.
" Really, is she ill? Where is she? Did something happen?" Tohru questioned him in rapid fire
" No, as far as I could tell she's not ill, she went out for a walk. Probably, in those woods behind the chalet. I think you should go after her." He couldn't believe what he was saying.
" Oh Kyo-kun, I hope she's alright. I'll go out right now. Tell the others that we'll be back soon. If only Hana was up."
" Yes, Tohru, what is it?" Hana said and both Tohru and Kyo jumped. "Shall I get my coat on?"
And the two girls went out to look for their friend. In the denn Kyo was still puzzled. Why did he care about what happened to Uotani, after all she was just a good-for-nothing Yankee, and just because he had noticed something about her others hadn't didn't mean he liked her as a person. Or did he?
" This is too much, I'm going to the roof." he said to the fire and went up to what would be his sanctuary for the next two days.
Uo had finished crying, not because she felt better, but because she didn't have the strength to cry more. She now decided that even if she was a little fonder of the Sohmas (especially of one red head in particular) she would pretend that nothing had happened, that she had never been here and that she hadn't talked to Kyo. As she made her way back to the chalet, she was joined by Tohru and Hana who without any explanation came up and hugged her and Tohru said
" I'm glad we found you Uo." " Whatever happened, we're here now" Hana added
Uo closed her eyes, and thought ' I'm blessed with the best two friends I could possibly imagine' and the three of them headed back to the house.
From the roof, Kyo saw the three approaching figures and half-smiled to himself. And then, when they came closer was surprised to see tears on Uotani's face. ' She is a real girl after all.' He thought before swinging himself down onto the balcony of his room where Haru and Shigure were getting dressed.
" Ooooh, you should be ashamed of coming in while we are changing!" Shigure said in a would-be feminine voice.
" Urusai baka inu" Kyo said, but there was no venom in it.
Haru and Shigure looked at each other with raised eyebrows as Kyo left the room. End of chapter three
Sorry, this was extremely angsty. I just couldn't resist. Please tell me what you think. And don't worry, in the next chapter I'll try to make charas a little less OOC. -Mouton
A/N So far, so good. I don't know exactly where I'm heading since I've modified the original plot a few thousand times. Please tell me if the story is moving too fast or too slow. Thx.
P.S. Thank you to Mia, Aiden Sadi, Pebbled Sky and Lunar Mirror who reviewed and special thanks to Pebbles for recommending me to Lunar Mirror. Luv ya!
" Fate is a bittersweet thing"
Chapter three: melting snow
Kyo woke up and was surprised to find that he was in his bed and that Haru and Shigure were in theirs as well. He could still remember falling asleep at the dinner table, but he supposed someone had carried him up in the night, or that he had gotten up by himself, crawled up here and simply forgotten about it.
He looked at his alarm clock and noted that it was already (!) 6:30 a.m. . He had slept in! He wondered if there would even be any breakfast left over. He went down, but found that he was the first one up and that there was no breakfast, just a set table and a note saying that breakfast would be brought to the chalet at 9 a.m. " Just great!" he said out loud to himself " I have to wait for those lazy westerners to bring me food that I don't even know I'll like."
" Talking to yourself now? You are strange, even Hana doesn't do that" Uo said from a chair by the fire. Kyo jumped. He hadn't even noticed her.
" Good morning to you too." He said. And then the beginnings of a grin touched his lips and he said.
" I see you get on well with Hatori. Was I dreaming or did you compliment him on his wonderful fingers, short clean nails and well kept cuticles last night?" He chuckled.
" YOU HEARD THAT!?!" She shrieked. " I thought that by then everyone was too drunk or in conversation to notice. Besides I was kinda drunk too, so it doesn't count. If you tell anyone ILL BEAT YOU TO PULP!!!"
" Keep it down." He half-grinned again " I won't tell anyone, besides they'll probably remember it themselves." He looked at the table. Why couldn't Tohru be the one to prepare his food? Not only would it be on time, and he would know that it would be delicious as usual.
'But then again' he thought ' It must be nice for her not to have to do the household chores.'
" Penny for your thoughts" Uo said. This surprised Kyo, since when did his thoughts interest anyone other than Tohru and perhaps Shigure?
"I was just wondering if Tohru liked not having to take care of us and cook. It seems like a nice beak to me." He said not looking at Uo .
"Hmm, I guess she probably does enjoy it, but she would never say it because she would be afraid of making you think that she doesn't like taking care of you guys." Uo looked over
" I wouldn't ever have chosen you and your family if I had to pick a new family, but it seems that she did and that you all care about her and would do anything to protect her and I must admit that I respect you for that. Last night Hatori talked about how she always paid attention to everyone and made sure that no one felt left out. He said that it made things look brighter and gave him new hope. Okay, I don't know what that ' hope' part was about, but I can tell that she is helping you like she helped Hana and myself and it seems that you are aware of that and that you appreciate her for who she is. That's good."
Kyo looked at her. While she was talking it seemed that her face had darkened a little and where her eyes had contained affection for her good friend at the beginning of her little speech, they now were filled with sorrow and even though she was smiling at the fire, he had the impression that there was something bitter in that smile.
" You know, we're not trying to steal Tohru from you." He was surprised that it had come out so easily.
She looked up at him from her chair and he saw straight into her eyes and found beauty there that he had never expected to see in this girl. She had tears in her eyes, but she was holding them back and she managed a wide, but very fake grin
"Sometimes, you have the gift of saying exactly what I want to hear, carrot top." she got up and said " I'm going out for a breath of fresh air. I'll be back by eight in case anyone asks." With that she pulled on a coat and went out.
Kyo blinked and sat down in the chair that she had just left and watched the flames. He could only think of that glimpse of Uotani's beauty. It wasn't something that was always there, it was like a shadow in the depths of her eyes, but he knew that he would never forget it. It was haunting and he couldn't quite tell for himself what it was. Was it because she had had tears in her eyes or because there was an even stronger emotion behind them, one that she was holding back even more than her sadness.
Outside, Arisa was walking around on a path in the woods. ' I got too carried away! I'm too soft, and in front of that idiot as well.' She sighed ' Idiot is a bit harsh. Besides, he's been making an effort to be polite and he does seem to understand how I feel about his situation Tohru's in.' She continued walking down the path, oblivious to her surroundings. ' But, it's not fair, why do the Sohmas get Tohru all to themselves. I know it's selfish of me to think this, but I just.' she stopped thinking and the tears she had forced back earlier ran down her cheek freely now. She wasn't a big crier, but it was just too much. She sat down on a tree stump and just let go.
Meanwhile, at the chalet, Tohru got up and went down to join Kyo in the denn.
" Good morning Kyo-kun. How are you today? Last night you fell asleep at the table, so Hatsuharu-san and Shigure-san had to carry you up to your room. Are you rested?" She had such a nice smile and Kyo was yet again amazed at how pretty Tohru was, but he still couldn't help thinking abut Uo, wondering what she would look like if she smiled like that.
" I'm fine, but I think Uotani's not" he blurted out before he could help himself.
" Really, is she ill? Where is she? Did something happen?" Tohru questioned him in rapid fire
" No, as far as I could tell she's not ill, she went out for a walk. Probably, in those woods behind the chalet. I think you should go after her." He couldn't believe what he was saying.
" Oh Kyo-kun, I hope she's alright. I'll go out right now. Tell the others that we'll be back soon. If only Hana was up."
" Yes, Tohru, what is it?" Hana said and both Tohru and Kyo jumped. "Shall I get my coat on?"
And the two girls went out to look for their friend. In the denn Kyo was still puzzled. Why did he care about what happened to Uotani, after all she was just a good-for-nothing Yankee, and just because he had noticed something about her others hadn't didn't mean he liked her as a person. Or did he?
" This is too much, I'm going to the roof." he said to the fire and went up to what would be his sanctuary for the next two days.
Uo had finished crying, not because she felt better, but because she didn't have the strength to cry more. She now decided that even if she was a little fonder of the Sohmas (especially of one red head in particular) she would pretend that nothing had happened, that she had never been here and that she hadn't talked to Kyo. As she made her way back to the chalet, she was joined by Tohru and Hana who without any explanation came up and hugged her and Tohru said
" I'm glad we found you Uo." " Whatever happened, we're here now" Hana added
Uo closed her eyes, and thought ' I'm blessed with the best two friends I could possibly imagine' and the three of them headed back to the house.
From the roof, Kyo saw the three approaching figures and half-smiled to himself. And then, when they came closer was surprised to see tears on Uotani's face. ' She is a real girl after all.' He thought before swinging himself down onto the balcony of his room where Haru and Shigure were getting dressed.
" Ooooh, you should be ashamed of coming in while we are changing!" Shigure said in a would-be feminine voice.
" Urusai baka inu" Kyo said, but there was no venom in it.
Haru and Shigure looked at each other with raised eyebrows as Kyo left the room. End of chapter three
Sorry, this was extremely angsty. I just couldn't resist. Please tell me what you think. And don't worry, in the next chapter I'll try to make charas a little less OOC. -Mouton