I had been sprawled out on the couch one lazy afternoon, reading, thinking
I was alone in the house. Yuki suddenly came in from his "Secret Base" and
closed the door behind him as he entered and took off his shoes. He stopped
abruptly when he saw me, looking quite rude. I glanced up at him
expectingly, feeling a bit of anger mixed with bittersweetness fill me.
"What do you want you damn rat? I thought you were out back," I said, turning my gaze back to the book. I saw his blurred outline through the top of my eyes, while skimming the page.
"I finished planting the cabbage," Yuki replied haughtily. I looked up at him with distaste. "And what are you doing, cat? Rarely have I seen you actually read something; I wasn't sure if you could." I scowled.
"For your information, I can, probably better than you!" I shot back. Yuki smirked, but said nothing and his face eventually lowered to a thoughtful expression.
"What are you reading?" he suddenly asked, plopping down on the couch a foot beside me. I tensed up at such close quarters.
"What would you care?" I paused. "It's about philosophy," I answered with a pout.
"What kind of philosophy?" Yuki asked. I looked from the book to him for a moment. He stared at me expectingly.
"Greek and African philosophy," I replied curtly.
"Greek and African philosophy?"
"Yeah, it was just some old book laying around Master's dojo one day that I found when I was little, but I didn't have the vocabulary skills to read it then, but I kept it anyway. It's kinda interesting." I was actually surprised at how polite I was being with him; I was speaking with comity and being reasonably courteous like we were equals.
I felt his feminine hands reach over and unfold mine from the pages as he took the book into his own hands. My hands still held the feel of his hands on mine. I swallowed awkwardly. I watched his eyes follow the words on the page. Without thinking, I reached out and touched his hair falling by his eyes.
He stopped and turned to me with a surprised and questioning expression. Feeling my face burn up, I withdrew my hand immediately. Instead of being met with the expected "baka neko" and distasteful look, I was met with an almost kind and understanding gaze.
"Kyo, you're really not such a boring and irrational person after all." My mind drew blank after black as to what I should have said to that. I stared at him blankly for a moment.
"Oh, uh, thanks." After saying that, I immediately slapped myself mentally for saying such a stupid, idiotic thing. Damn it Kyo, what's your problem?!
"Well, if you're reading a book about philosophy, you must have something stored up there in that puny brain of yours." That just made my little oh- uh-thanks that much more miserable and pathetic.
Just then Tohru came in with a smile. Yuki's attention was automatically captivated. There was no time for anger or jealousy, just to simply watch and listen.
"Oh, hello Yuki, Kyo. Nice day, isn't it?" Tohru greeted. I nodded quickly and waited for Yuki's response.
"Yes, it is, Miss Honda," Yuki agreed. She gave us both a sincere smile and seemed to notice at what close quarters we were to each other. She must have figured that because she had heard no screaming and things being thrown, that we had not been fighting, and sitting together- which was exactly what we had been doing but she didn't have to know that. We noticed her looking at us strangely. Yuki cleared his throat and inched away from me. Seeming as if not to notice, Tohru took a book from a table and walked out of the room. We each sat in silence, the philosophy book still in Yuki's lap.
"Uh, Yuki," I said, making sure to add special maliciousness and irritation to his name. "Can I have the book back now?" Yuki dropped the book in my lap without looking at me and sighed nostalgically.
"What, you damn rat?" I said annoyingly. Yuki glanced at me with a condescending look.
"Nothing you'd be interested in, baka neko," Yuki said. I could tell he was trying to make me angry, but I wasn't going for it this time. I said nothing. Realizing this, Yuki sighed and leaned back.
"It's Tohru," he began. My throat tightened up. I waited apprehensively. "I- I love Tohru. But she doesn't love me that way. It's nothing though," Yuki said, trying to sound nonchalant. I was totally shocked Yuki even told me.
"Don't act like it's nothing. You know that it tears you up inside. You want her love so badly you can barely stand it," I told him. Yuki looked at me as if I had undergone some drastic change of character, but I had done that a long time ago when I started to like Yuki.
"Kyo, I think you're learning to sympathize with people," he said, not necessarily meaning it harshly. "Oh, by the way, if you ever tell a soul I said that I'll grind you to pulp," he added threateningly. I gave a bitter laugh. We each quieted. We said nothing for the longest time.
"Kyo," he suddenly said. I turned my head to see him.
"Yuki?" Yuki suddenly came closer, dangerously close, and reached up to touch my face, and stopped. He seemed to want to come closer, but had stopped dead in his tracks and suddenly withdrew his hand, and then slapped me.
"There was an insect on your face," Yuki said as an excuse for his behavior. My mind was totally lost, but I knew one thing- there definitely had not been an insect on my face. I tried to rationalize with myself that there was no way that that could ever have been intended as a kiss, could it? No! He just finished telling me he's in love with Tohru, and then trys to kiss ME- something's not right there!
"I'm sorry," he suddeny said shyly. Now he had made me angry, really angry.
"Shut up," I told him and grabbed his shirt. His eyes held a desperation and hesitation at the same time. Pulling him into me, I stopped for a moment and slowly gave him a gentle kiss. (A/N Okay, I'm just wondering if I actually wrote that? Did I?) Yuki pulled away immediately. He gave me a repulsive look.
"Damn, Kyo, how could you be so disgusting?" he said and wiped his mouth on his sleeve and left the room. My head was busy spinning. Had I actually just done that? Had I actually just kissed Yuki? Apparently so. I probably wasn't thinking rationally- no, I was perfectly rational. Oh God, I need an asparin.
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"What do you want you damn rat? I thought you were out back," I said, turning my gaze back to the book. I saw his blurred outline through the top of my eyes, while skimming the page.
"I finished planting the cabbage," Yuki replied haughtily. I looked up at him with distaste. "And what are you doing, cat? Rarely have I seen you actually read something; I wasn't sure if you could." I scowled.
"For your information, I can, probably better than you!" I shot back. Yuki smirked, but said nothing and his face eventually lowered to a thoughtful expression.
"What are you reading?" he suddenly asked, plopping down on the couch a foot beside me. I tensed up at such close quarters.
"What would you care?" I paused. "It's about philosophy," I answered with a pout.
"What kind of philosophy?" Yuki asked. I looked from the book to him for a moment. He stared at me expectingly.
"Greek and African philosophy," I replied curtly.
"Greek and African philosophy?"
"Yeah, it was just some old book laying around Master's dojo one day that I found when I was little, but I didn't have the vocabulary skills to read it then, but I kept it anyway. It's kinda interesting." I was actually surprised at how polite I was being with him; I was speaking with comity and being reasonably courteous like we were equals.
I felt his feminine hands reach over and unfold mine from the pages as he took the book into his own hands. My hands still held the feel of his hands on mine. I swallowed awkwardly. I watched his eyes follow the words on the page. Without thinking, I reached out and touched his hair falling by his eyes.
He stopped and turned to me with a surprised and questioning expression. Feeling my face burn up, I withdrew my hand immediately. Instead of being met with the expected "baka neko" and distasteful look, I was met with an almost kind and understanding gaze.
"Kyo, you're really not such a boring and irrational person after all." My mind drew blank after black as to what I should have said to that. I stared at him blankly for a moment.
"Oh, uh, thanks." After saying that, I immediately slapped myself mentally for saying such a stupid, idiotic thing. Damn it Kyo, what's your problem?!
"Well, if you're reading a book about philosophy, you must have something stored up there in that puny brain of yours." That just made my little oh- uh-thanks that much more miserable and pathetic.
Just then Tohru came in with a smile. Yuki's attention was automatically captivated. There was no time for anger or jealousy, just to simply watch and listen.
"Oh, hello Yuki, Kyo. Nice day, isn't it?" Tohru greeted. I nodded quickly and waited for Yuki's response.
"Yes, it is, Miss Honda," Yuki agreed. She gave us both a sincere smile and seemed to notice at what close quarters we were to each other. She must have figured that because she had heard no screaming and things being thrown, that we had not been fighting, and sitting together- which was exactly what we had been doing but she didn't have to know that. We noticed her looking at us strangely. Yuki cleared his throat and inched away from me. Seeming as if not to notice, Tohru took a book from a table and walked out of the room. We each sat in silence, the philosophy book still in Yuki's lap.
"Uh, Yuki," I said, making sure to add special maliciousness and irritation to his name. "Can I have the book back now?" Yuki dropped the book in my lap without looking at me and sighed nostalgically.
"What, you damn rat?" I said annoyingly. Yuki glanced at me with a condescending look.
"Nothing you'd be interested in, baka neko," Yuki said. I could tell he was trying to make me angry, but I wasn't going for it this time. I said nothing. Realizing this, Yuki sighed and leaned back.
"It's Tohru," he began. My throat tightened up. I waited apprehensively. "I- I love Tohru. But she doesn't love me that way. It's nothing though," Yuki said, trying to sound nonchalant. I was totally shocked Yuki even told me.
"Don't act like it's nothing. You know that it tears you up inside. You want her love so badly you can barely stand it," I told him. Yuki looked at me as if I had undergone some drastic change of character, but I had done that a long time ago when I started to like Yuki.
"Kyo, I think you're learning to sympathize with people," he said, not necessarily meaning it harshly. "Oh, by the way, if you ever tell a soul I said that I'll grind you to pulp," he added threateningly. I gave a bitter laugh. We each quieted. We said nothing for the longest time.
"Kyo," he suddenly said. I turned my head to see him.
"Yuki?" Yuki suddenly came closer, dangerously close, and reached up to touch my face, and stopped. He seemed to want to come closer, but had stopped dead in his tracks and suddenly withdrew his hand, and then slapped me.
"There was an insect on your face," Yuki said as an excuse for his behavior. My mind was totally lost, but I knew one thing- there definitely had not been an insect on my face. I tried to rationalize with myself that there was no way that that could ever have been intended as a kiss, could it? No! He just finished telling me he's in love with Tohru, and then trys to kiss ME- something's not right there!
"I'm sorry," he suddeny said shyly. Now he had made me angry, really angry.
"Shut up," I told him and grabbed his shirt. His eyes held a desperation and hesitation at the same time. Pulling him into me, I stopped for a moment and slowly gave him a gentle kiss. (A/N Okay, I'm just wondering if I actually wrote that? Did I?) Yuki pulled away immediately. He gave me a repulsive look.
"Damn, Kyo, how could you be so disgusting?" he said and wiped his mouth on his sleeve and left the room. My head was busy spinning. Had I actually just done that? Had I actually just kissed Yuki? Apparently so. I probably wasn't thinking rationally- no, I was perfectly rational. Oh God, I need an asparin.
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