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Basket!
A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Thank you for the compliments on my writing Luna, although I must admit that I don't know what you mean by " zoloft". (I've never heard of it). And I also want to thank Aiden Sadi for the compliments and her (?) loooong review. I encourage anyone who reads this to check out her story (I enjoyed it a lot!)
In this chapter, the characters actually ski!!! (Just in case you haven't noticed, this is supposed to be a ski resort chalet type thing.)
" Fate is a bittersweet thing"
Chapter four: "Let's hit the slopes!"
It was 10 a.m. and the boys (and men) were all standing in front of the chalet in their snow proof clothing (pants, parkas, hats, gloves and all) waiting for the girls who seemed to be taking their time in changing. Finally Tohru stepped out of the front door dressed in a pink two-piece snowsuit followed by Hana who was wearing a black one. They both went over to the others and started commenting on how the weather was perfect and the snow seemed to glitter in the bright sunlight.
Their attention was directed at door however when they heard loud cursing:
" Damn clothes! What a stupid idea, how am I possibly supposed to get this thing on!" Everyone turned to Kyo and Shigure said: " Geez, if you weren't out here I could've sworn that was you cussing like a maniac!" " Kuso" Kyo muttered under his breath.
The person proffering those words was of course none other than Uotani herself, and everyone knew how little Kyo liked to be compared, or even associated to her. She came out the door and one was surprised to see that she was struggling with her overalls. Kyo looked at her, she was wearing a thick red wool jumper and black leggings and she has trying desperately to pull on a navy blue garment.
"Here, I'll help you" Tohru said going over to her friend. "See, it's easier to fasten the suspenders (is that what they're called?) if you close the zipper up first"
The men all sweatdropped: how could one possibly fail to put on a pair of overalls. Once Uo was safely strapped into the garment, they headed over to the wrack that held their borrowed skis.
A half an hour later they were at the top of a gentle "Bunny slope" and Hatori demonstrated the basics of skiing with the help of Momiji. Then he separated them into groups, each group containing at least one person who knew how to ski. Kyo had ended up with Hana and Haru.
'Just great' he thought ' Why couldn't I be with Tohru. At least she's not with Yuki.'
Tohru was in fact with Shigure and Hatori and he figured that she would be safe enough as long as she stayed with the doctor. ' And Uotani will be able to admire the Prince as much as she wants' (Uo, Yuki and Momiji formed the last group). Then he realised that there had been something bitter about that thought.
'Why?' He blamed it on hormones and reasoned that, well, he already liked Tohru anyway.
As he lead the way down the slope, closely followed by Hana and Haru (Hana was surprisingly good at this he thought) having to pause as Haru occasionally fell down, his thoughts kept wandering.
He was awakened from his reverie when he noticed that they had already made it to he bottom. He then noticed that Haru was smiling. 'That's odd' he thought and then to his much greater surprise saw Hana smiling as well! He went over to them both and asked them if they had had any trouble with the descent, but found that the two of them were too deep in conversation to notice him.
' Disgusting' he thought as he noticed the way Haru was looking at Saki (it was the look he normally only gave Yuki) and the way she almost blushed at one of his compliments. He decided to go off and look at the other groups making progress down the hill (They were the first group to have reached the bottom of the slope)
He saw Shigure sliding down, stiff as a board on his skis, followed by Hatori who was skiing slowly while shouting instructions to Tohru who kept falling over. 'Typical' he thought, but he couldn't help smiling, eventhough she was really quite clumsy, Tohru had a cute way of falling down. (A/N: see how smitten he is. good luck Uo.)
He then spotted Momiji who looked like he had been born on skis and Yuki who looked unsure of the safety of this sport. And finally he glimpsed Uo. She was sliding down the hill full speed, quite gracefully and it might have been admirable hadn't she been coming down the easyest slope there was at this resort.
* * * * * * * * *
At sundown, when everyone had had their fill of exercise, they all headed back down to the chalet. All of them were wet, tired and bruised from the falls except for Hana who didn't have a strand of hair out of place.
At dinner Tohru thanked them again for this wonderful present. They ate and talked and Tohru complimented Hatori on how well he skiied that it made the doctor blush slightly. Hana and Haru were sitting next to each other, sharing conversation and Tohru ( who sitting next to Kyo) made a comment on how cute they looked together . Kyo snorted and continued eating, he thought that they were both weird, so in that respect, yes, they did go together.
* * * * * * * *
After dinner they went outside again and Shigure decided that he would "accompany" Hatori for a walk. Hana and Haru said they would do the same and went off by themselves. The five people who were left stared at each other until Uo interrupted:
" How 'bout a snowball fight?"
" Oh yes! That's a great idea! What do you think Kyo-kun?" Tohru exclaimed
" Whatever" Kyo said.
" Be polite to Tohru, stupid c., uh, cousin!" Yuki said.
" I'm not taking orders from you, you stupid . Argh!"was all Kyo had time to reply before a giant snowball thrown his way by Momiji hit him in the face.
" You'll pay for that!" he yelled.
And so the fighting began. Everyone tried to hurl as much snow at each other as they possibly could without hurting Tohru. A few times Uo hit Kyo on the back of the head, but when he came up to seek revenge, she simply dropped the snow in her hands and stood there, daring him to attack an unarmed girl. The first two times, it worked, but the third, some of the snow ran into Kyo's collar, causing him to go into a fit and literally bury Uotani under a huge amount of snow.
Once he had finished covering her, he realized that in their fight (for she had resisted him) they had moved further and further away from the chalet.
" Okay, you win this round carrot head, now will you please help me get some of this snow off myself, it's starting to melt." Uo said.
Kyo looked at her warily. Was this a trick? Did she plan on getting him close enough to dunk him in the snow? But he actually wanted to help her; he wanted to run his fingers through her hair, to feel the warmth of her skin under his fingers. ' STOP!' he ordered his mind. He didn't know how he had let his train of thought stray that far, but what he was thinking was simply ridiculous, or was it?
" Are you frozen or something? Come and help me, or answer at least!" Uotani looked annoyed, 'what planet was he on?' she asked herself.
" Um, oh, yeah." he moved closer.
" Here, hold my hair up while I try to get some ice out of my collar" she said in a slightly bossy way.
He gathered he hair into a ponytail and held it up, his cheeks reddening. Her hair was damp and cold, stands of it stuck together by melted snow and sweat. The normally straw like colour gleamed slightly sliver in the moonlight. When she had fished out quite a few pieces of ice and even a little stone, she glared at him as if to say, " This is your fault, look!" Their eyes lingered on the each other for a moment and Kyo noticed again how much he liked Uo's eyes, now deep blue, with an added glint due to the moonlight. The gaze broke apart. Kyo mumbled something about how they should head back to the chalet. Uo nodded. She still had the image of Kyo's eyes in her head, how they had had an almost startled look in them and how they had grown softer after a while. Even though she and Kyo were basically the same height, she still had o look up slightly to see his crimson eyes and they had been shadowed somewhat because the moon had been shining slightly behind him. She shook her head. Why was she thinking about Kyo of all people like this? And yet it felt right. Had she suddenly seen him in a new light? (No pun intended)
They got back and were eyed curiously by Yuki. Kyo scowled at him. Just what was that damn rat thinking?
" I hope you didn't mind that we all came in. It's just you two were having so much fun that we thought it best to not disturb you" Tohru said. She looked quite pleased.
" Yeah, well, I've had enough fun for one night, I'm going to bed. See you all in the morning." Uo said and went upstairs.
" Oh Kyo, I'm so glad you're getting along with Uo! And have you seen how well Hana and Haru-kun get along? They're not even back from their walk, I bet they've got a lot to talk about!" Tohru exclaimed.
She was smiling her sweet smile and suddenly Kyo felt warm. Tohru's happiness made him happy, and that was worth having to put up with Yuki, Momiji and Shigure for longer that he normally would have.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Up in her room Uo was in bed. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Kyo in the moonlight. ' This is stupid' she told herself. Not in a million years would she admit to herself, or to anyone for that matter that she might possibly be interested in Kyo. ' It's just the light! I got carried away, and also because I got all emotional this morning.' She tried to convince herself, but somehow she knew it was pointless.
" Well, I'll just continue acting like I always do, and besides, tomorrow's a new day." She told the dark room. Ten minutes later, she was asleep.
End of chapter Four.
Sorry if the skiing part is boring, I got carried away. As usual, I would love suggestions on how to improve things and feedback, etc.
Mouton
A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Thank you for the compliments on my writing Luna, although I must admit that I don't know what you mean by " zoloft". (I've never heard of it). And I also want to thank Aiden Sadi for the compliments and her (?) loooong review. I encourage anyone who reads this to check out her story (I enjoyed it a lot!)
In this chapter, the characters actually ski!!! (Just in case you haven't noticed, this is supposed to be a ski resort chalet type thing.)
" Fate is a bittersweet thing"
Chapter four: "Let's hit the slopes!"
It was 10 a.m. and the boys (and men) were all standing in front of the chalet in their snow proof clothing (pants, parkas, hats, gloves and all) waiting for the girls who seemed to be taking their time in changing. Finally Tohru stepped out of the front door dressed in a pink two-piece snowsuit followed by Hana who was wearing a black one. They both went over to the others and started commenting on how the weather was perfect and the snow seemed to glitter in the bright sunlight.
Their attention was directed at door however when they heard loud cursing:
" Damn clothes! What a stupid idea, how am I possibly supposed to get this thing on!" Everyone turned to Kyo and Shigure said: " Geez, if you weren't out here I could've sworn that was you cussing like a maniac!" " Kuso" Kyo muttered under his breath.
The person proffering those words was of course none other than Uotani herself, and everyone knew how little Kyo liked to be compared, or even associated to her. She came out the door and one was surprised to see that she was struggling with her overalls. Kyo looked at her, she was wearing a thick red wool jumper and black leggings and she has trying desperately to pull on a navy blue garment.
"Here, I'll help you" Tohru said going over to her friend. "See, it's easier to fasten the suspenders (is that what they're called?) if you close the zipper up first"
The men all sweatdropped: how could one possibly fail to put on a pair of overalls. Once Uo was safely strapped into the garment, they headed over to the wrack that held their borrowed skis.
A half an hour later they were at the top of a gentle "Bunny slope" and Hatori demonstrated the basics of skiing with the help of Momiji. Then he separated them into groups, each group containing at least one person who knew how to ski. Kyo had ended up with Hana and Haru.
'Just great' he thought ' Why couldn't I be with Tohru. At least she's not with Yuki.'
Tohru was in fact with Shigure and Hatori and he figured that she would be safe enough as long as she stayed with the doctor. ' And Uotani will be able to admire the Prince as much as she wants' (Uo, Yuki and Momiji formed the last group). Then he realised that there had been something bitter about that thought.
'Why?' He blamed it on hormones and reasoned that, well, he already liked Tohru anyway.
As he lead the way down the slope, closely followed by Hana and Haru (Hana was surprisingly good at this he thought) having to pause as Haru occasionally fell down, his thoughts kept wandering.
He was awakened from his reverie when he noticed that they had already made it to he bottom. He then noticed that Haru was smiling. 'That's odd' he thought and then to his much greater surprise saw Hana smiling as well! He went over to them both and asked them if they had had any trouble with the descent, but found that the two of them were too deep in conversation to notice him.
' Disgusting' he thought as he noticed the way Haru was looking at Saki (it was the look he normally only gave Yuki) and the way she almost blushed at one of his compliments. He decided to go off and look at the other groups making progress down the hill (They were the first group to have reached the bottom of the slope)
He saw Shigure sliding down, stiff as a board on his skis, followed by Hatori who was skiing slowly while shouting instructions to Tohru who kept falling over. 'Typical' he thought, but he couldn't help smiling, eventhough she was really quite clumsy, Tohru had a cute way of falling down. (A/N: see how smitten he is. good luck Uo.)
He then spotted Momiji who looked like he had been born on skis and Yuki who looked unsure of the safety of this sport. And finally he glimpsed Uo. She was sliding down the hill full speed, quite gracefully and it might have been admirable hadn't she been coming down the easyest slope there was at this resort.
* * * * * * * * *
At sundown, when everyone had had their fill of exercise, they all headed back down to the chalet. All of them were wet, tired and bruised from the falls except for Hana who didn't have a strand of hair out of place.
At dinner Tohru thanked them again for this wonderful present. They ate and talked and Tohru complimented Hatori on how well he skiied that it made the doctor blush slightly. Hana and Haru were sitting next to each other, sharing conversation and Tohru ( who sitting next to Kyo) made a comment on how cute they looked together . Kyo snorted and continued eating, he thought that they were both weird, so in that respect, yes, they did go together.
* * * * * * * *
After dinner they went outside again and Shigure decided that he would "accompany" Hatori for a walk. Hana and Haru said they would do the same and went off by themselves. The five people who were left stared at each other until Uo interrupted:
" How 'bout a snowball fight?"
" Oh yes! That's a great idea! What do you think Kyo-kun?" Tohru exclaimed
" Whatever" Kyo said.
" Be polite to Tohru, stupid c., uh, cousin!" Yuki said.
" I'm not taking orders from you, you stupid . Argh!"was all Kyo had time to reply before a giant snowball thrown his way by Momiji hit him in the face.
" You'll pay for that!" he yelled.
And so the fighting began. Everyone tried to hurl as much snow at each other as they possibly could without hurting Tohru. A few times Uo hit Kyo on the back of the head, but when he came up to seek revenge, she simply dropped the snow in her hands and stood there, daring him to attack an unarmed girl. The first two times, it worked, but the third, some of the snow ran into Kyo's collar, causing him to go into a fit and literally bury Uotani under a huge amount of snow.
Once he had finished covering her, he realized that in their fight (for she had resisted him) they had moved further and further away from the chalet.
" Okay, you win this round carrot head, now will you please help me get some of this snow off myself, it's starting to melt." Uo said.
Kyo looked at her warily. Was this a trick? Did she plan on getting him close enough to dunk him in the snow? But he actually wanted to help her; he wanted to run his fingers through her hair, to feel the warmth of her skin under his fingers. ' STOP!' he ordered his mind. He didn't know how he had let his train of thought stray that far, but what he was thinking was simply ridiculous, or was it?
" Are you frozen or something? Come and help me, or answer at least!" Uotani looked annoyed, 'what planet was he on?' she asked herself.
" Um, oh, yeah." he moved closer.
" Here, hold my hair up while I try to get some ice out of my collar" she said in a slightly bossy way.
He gathered he hair into a ponytail and held it up, his cheeks reddening. Her hair was damp and cold, stands of it stuck together by melted snow and sweat. The normally straw like colour gleamed slightly sliver in the moonlight. When she had fished out quite a few pieces of ice and even a little stone, she glared at him as if to say, " This is your fault, look!" Their eyes lingered on the each other for a moment and Kyo noticed again how much he liked Uo's eyes, now deep blue, with an added glint due to the moonlight. The gaze broke apart. Kyo mumbled something about how they should head back to the chalet. Uo nodded. She still had the image of Kyo's eyes in her head, how they had had an almost startled look in them and how they had grown softer after a while. Even though she and Kyo were basically the same height, she still had o look up slightly to see his crimson eyes and they had been shadowed somewhat because the moon had been shining slightly behind him. She shook her head. Why was she thinking about Kyo of all people like this? And yet it felt right. Had she suddenly seen him in a new light? (No pun intended)
They got back and were eyed curiously by Yuki. Kyo scowled at him. Just what was that damn rat thinking?
" I hope you didn't mind that we all came in. It's just you two were having so much fun that we thought it best to not disturb you" Tohru said. She looked quite pleased.
" Yeah, well, I've had enough fun for one night, I'm going to bed. See you all in the morning." Uo said and went upstairs.
" Oh Kyo, I'm so glad you're getting along with Uo! And have you seen how well Hana and Haru-kun get along? They're not even back from their walk, I bet they've got a lot to talk about!" Tohru exclaimed.
She was smiling her sweet smile and suddenly Kyo felt warm. Tohru's happiness made him happy, and that was worth having to put up with Yuki, Momiji and Shigure for longer that he normally would have.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Up in her room Uo was in bed. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Kyo in the moonlight. ' This is stupid' she told herself. Not in a million years would she admit to herself, or to anyone for that matter that she might possibly be interested in Kyo. ' It's just the light! I got carried away, and also because I got all emotional this morning.' She tried to convince herself, but somehow she knew it was pointless.
" Well, I'll just continue acting like I always do, and besides, tomorrow's a new day." She told the dark room. Ten minutes later, she was asleep.
End of chapter Four.
Sorry if the skiing part is boring, I got carried away. As usual, I would love suggestions on how to improve things and feedback, etc.
Mouton