Chapter 5: My Home

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"Tohru! Tohru! You wouldn't believe what just happened! Akito has finally agreed to let Kyo stay in Japan!" Shigure exclaimed as he dashed into Tohru's room, breathless.

Tohri's eyes dilated with joy and repeatedly thanked Shigure and Hatori.

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"Kyo! Mr. Akito has finally allowed you to stay in Japan!" Tohru pounced onto Kyo with her arms over his neck. *POOF*

"Really? Are you serious Tohru? You're not kidding me?" Kyo said in his cat form.

Tohru nodded in excitement.

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The trio walked to school as usual like it has always used to be. Except that since this morning, Kyo and Tohru acted as though they have been glued together. Even when they were on their way to school, their hands must be locked together.

Yuki however, did not seem to mind this at all. Instead, his mind was in whirls about the coming events in school and how he should plan his schedule to balance both schoolwork and responsibilities as a prefect councillor.

"I'll see you two in class." Yuki ran off the prefects' room.

"Sohma-san seems extremely busy these days. I wonder if he can cope." Tohru looked innocently at Kyo.

"Of course he can. He's the rat, remember? The most talented amongst us thirteen zodiacs." Kyo said gently, giving Tohru's nose a slight pinch.

Tohru nodded as they walked to class.

"I see you two have patched things up. It's even better than before!" Uo joked as she saw they hands together.

Tohru blushed as Kyo started his usual fight with Uo. This time however, his aim was to defend Tohru.

"Woo! Kyo and Tohru is an item!" Their classmates mocked.

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After school, the couple strolled to the part lovingly.

"Are you thirsty Tohru?"

"Mm."

"Alright." Kyo said as he walked towards the nearby vending machine.

He returned with a can of soda in his hand.

"What about you Kyo? Aren't you thirsty?" Tohru's eyes dilated with concern.

"Of course I am...are you going to be a nice girl and share your drink with me?" Kyo said teasingly.

They sat down under a tree in the park to rest their legs after walking for thirty minutes.

"Kyo..." Tohru sighed.

"Hmm?"

"How I wish we could be like this forever." She smiled.

"Silly girl. Of course we can." Kyo comforted her by placing her head on his left shoulder cautiously, for fear of transforming in public.

On their way home, Tohru seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.

"What's wrong Tohru?"

"Um...it just seems so perfect...I can't believe it is happening...I mean...I'm so afraid that this is all a dream and I would suddenly wake up from it..." Tohru mumbled, with tears welling up in her eyes.

"Come on! Let me bring you to a special place." Kyo gently held Tohru's hand.

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Tohru looked around and noticed the Sohma's main house.

"Isn't this the main house?" Tohru questioned.

"It is. But I'm not trying to show this house to you. It is THIS that I'm trying to show you." Kyo pointed at a small cosy house just opposite on the main house.

They crossed the road and Kyo removed a set of keys from his pocket and opened the gate.

"Here we are! My special place."

"Whose home is this? Is it yours? I never knew you could live away from the main house alone."

"I didn't live alone Tohru. This is my old house. The place I lived in while my dad and mum was still alive..." Kyo said with a tinge of sadness present in his voice.

Tohru tried to dispel away Kyo's agony by pecking him on his left cheek, causing him to feel stunned. Tohru blushed and bowed her head away.

"Thank you Tohru. I feel much better now." Kyo smiled at her.

He brought her around the house and showed her where his used to hide in when he was sad. Tohru also spotted a ladder at the side of the house.

"You have been climbing up roofs since you were young? That is so amazing!" Tohru exclaimed.

"Yeah. As a cat, I have instincts to climb onto high spots at times..."

"This place is so great. I feel just so comfortable in here..." Tohru said.

"You like?"

Tohru nodded enthusiastically.

"I'm sure it brings you good memories about the past when u were young, doesn't it?"

"Not exactly...My parents didn't really like me as I was cursed...my mum committed suicide because she could not longer stand the fact that I was cursed when I was only four and my dad deserted me as a result of that. Hence I have been sent to live with Shigure as I refused to return to the main house. (I'm unsure of certain facts like how Kyo's parents deserted him so I had to make those parts up)"

Tohru empathized with Kyo as she knew exactly how it felt to lose a loved one.

"Ahh well, enough of the sad past. Let's return home, shall we?" Kyo suggested.

Tohru nodded in agreement. On their way home, Tohru indulged herself in her thoughts again.

"Kyo has such a sad past. I MUST make it up to him by giving him all the love and attention he was deprived of since he was young."

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However, they failed to notice that someone had been spying on them since they entered Kyo's old home. Someone who has been planning for some "action" and "excitement" all these time.

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Author's Reviews:

How was this chapter? I found the last part a little scary, isn't it? I really want some reviews so ~please~ send some comments?