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Chapter IX - Fallen
It was a bright Saturday morning and Kyo felt refreshed and renewed as he hopped out of his bed. He was so ready to start his new day as a new man. He smiled as he changed his clothes and showered, last night he had come to the conclusion of revealing his feelings for Tohru today.
Today was definitely the day.
The sun warmed his body when he swung open the grimy old door to his apartment. He stepped outside, sucking in the fresh air, and then he began to head to her house. On his way there he saw from a distance that she was walking towards him. His eyes widened and his breathing got heavier as she neared closer and closer to him. He clenched his teeth together and willed himself to gain back his cool and casual exterior. This was not how he had planned his confession in his mind the other night. He had planned on going to her house, ringing her doorbell, and then she would answer with her usual smile on her face. Then he would go into her house and tell her exactly how he felt about her. He even had a whole speech ready, and it was crumpled up in his pocket somewhere.
He gulped and lifted a sweaty palm in the air to wave casually at her.
I guess I'll just have to improvise the plan... dammit, stop being so nervous! You're being such a wuss...
She smiled and waved back energetically, stopping in front of him, and said cheerfully,
"Good morning Kyo-kun, where are you headed?"
Kyo felt embarrassed as his cheeks felt like they were on fire and his hands were drenched in sweat. He stuffed them in the pockets of his cargo pants and felt the crumpled ball of paper deep down in his pocket. He finally mumbled out quietly,
"Uh... I was gonna go to the.... park."
Tohru giggled softly while pointing in the direction that he was walking away from and said,
"The park is that way though."
Kyo's cheeks blazed and formed a deep shade of crimson. He squeezed his fists together and he looked to his side bashfully,
"Well...I... I was going this way because I was going to... take another route to the park.
Tohru nodded gullibly and nodded her head in the direction she was walking to and said,
"Well I was just going to get some groceries, so I guess I'll talk to you later Kyo-kun."
Kyo gulped and asked,
"Is it okay if I come with?"
Tohru gave him a questionable look and tilted her head to the right,
"But I thought you were going to the park."
Kyo shrugged and said with his most casual voice,
"Eh, I don't really feel like it too much..."
She smiled contently and they began to walk side by side to the grocery shop.
Tell her already!
Kyo gulped and felt himself getting extremely overheated, he was sure that she could see the large drops of sweat slipping down the sides of his face. He felt his throat get scratchy, but he knew he had to say it now or never,
"Tohru... I...I have to tell you something..."
Just when she looked his way he was interrupted by a girl that tapped Tohru on the shoulder. She had long dirty blonde hair and it was thouroughly side parted. Kyo shot her a dirty look since she had just ruined the entire moment and watched grouchily as Tohru's eyes widened. She said with surprise,
"Uo-san! Such a pleasant surprise to see you here, where are you going?"
Uo put her hands comfortable behind her head and said casually,
"Just goin' for a walk, what about you?"
Kyo felt himself boil and he muttered loudly,
"I was talkin' to her you know..."
Uo's eyes flicked to the left and she spotted Kyo standing in back of Tohru with his arms crossed angrily over his chest. He was tapping his foot impatiently against the pavement giving Uo death glare. Tohru whipped her head around and said apologetically to him,
"I'm so sorry! What were you going to say Kyo-kun?"
Kyo looked down at the ground and he let out a sigh of frustration,
"Nothing..."
Uo's pupils dilated and she asked incredulously,
"Sohma Kyo?!"
Kyo rolled his eyes and said with annoyance,
"Who else could I be?"
Uo smirked and just let out a snort before giving Tohru a little wave,
"Well... I don't want to be around some hot tempered carrot top...I gotta get goin' now, I'll see you at school later, bye."
She leaned down next to Tohru's ear and whispered with an admonishing voice,
"Be careful..."
and then she walked off into the distance smirking at what a weird couple Sohma Kyo and her were. Kyo said indignantly as she left,
"What did she call me?!"
Tohru turned back to Kyo happily and clasped her hands together,
"I'm sure she was just teasing Kyo-kun. Anyway, are you sure you didn't have something to say?"
Damn... I can't say it now, I've lost the moment, and needless to say I've lost the courage too...
Kyo scratched the back of his head and waved his hand in the air to dismiss the subject,
"Nah, it was nothing..."
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Attempt#2....
Kyo went into the bakery later that evening to try once again and found her placing a cake into the display case. When he entered she looked up from her spot and smiled at him,
"Hey Kyo-kun!"
Kyo smiled warmly back at her and leaned over the counter,
"Tohru? Um.. I kinda ha--"
The back door swung open and Hikaru swooped in swiftly. He had a chesire grin on as he stood next to Tohru.
"Hey sir, can I get you anything?"
Kyo gave him a dirty look and said haughtily,
"Who the hell are you?"
The guy was taken aback by the customer's rudeness and put up his hands in defense,
"Hey man, I work here... I just wanted to know if you needed any help."
Tohru looked back and forth from Hikaru to Kyo nervously and explained,
"A-Ano, this is Aito Hikaru! He was just hired to work here."
Kyo looked at Hikaru and scowled angrily at him for ruining the moment. Kyo just muttered unfer his breath,
"Look, I'm gonna go now... talk to you later Tohru,"
Tohru looked dissappointed as she watched his retreating back,
"See ya..."
Kyo stormed down the streets with frustration, and decided that he would have to confess when walking her home or he would definitely lose his mind.
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After a long hard day of work Tohru sighed and wiped down the last few circular tables with a washcloth. In a few moments a hand suddenly clasped onto her shoulder, making her jump back and into someone's strong arms. She turned around quickly to see that she was face to face with Hikaru and hew cheeks flushed to a rosy pink color as she squeaked out,
"Sorry,"
she tried to move away from his view but he continued to block her and he said with a grin,
"Honda-san? DId you know you're really beautiful?"
She blushed a deeper shade of red and moved her head lower to avoid eye contact. He lifted up her chin and then before she could even think, he put his lips on top of hers.
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It was eight o' clock and Kyo let out a deep breath as he reached into his pocket which held his confession speech in it.
Alright Kyo... you can do this!
He walked up to the doorway and he stopped in his tracks and his heart stopped functioning when he saw the sight of Tohru and Hikaru kissing through the giant glass window.
Kyo's jaw dropped open and he tore his eyes away before he could see another second of that horrific scene. He raced away from the bakery as fast as he could and stormed through the lighted streets of Tokyo angrily. He couldn't believe what he had just seen... was this fate's way of saying that there was absolutely no more hope for him to find love? He felt hot tears sting his eyes but he blinked them back and gulped as he raced down the streets.
...Why does everything have to be so fucked up? I'm always screwing things up…
He needed a place to blow off some steam and he knew just the place. The club. He walked inside of the place where he worked at and wormed his way through the gyrating bodies. He reached the bartender and said bitterly,
"Give me some beer..."
The bartender nodded and slid a mug of beer into his direction. Kyo took the mug by the handle and downed it in a second. After a couple of drinks he was wobbling around like an idiot on the dancefloor. He stumbled out of the double doors of the club and staggered through the streets, feeling very very nauseous. He could barely see straight as he crossed a busy street... before he knew it everything blacked out.
Ambulance sirens began to ring and people began to crowd...
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Tohru pushed Hikaru away from her after a second from the kiss and shook her head,
"I'm sorry... but I just want us to be friends."
Hikaru pouted and crossed his arms over his chest, obviously not used to rejection, and said with a disgusted voice,
"Yeah... whatever."
Hikaru stormed out of the bakery, leaving Tohru standing by herself alone in the bakery. She sighed and wiped down the last table clean before closing up and leaving the bakery. Once she left she found that the streets were empty and she looked to her left and then to her right to make sure. Her eyebrows creased together and she bit her lower lip as she looked around frantically for Kyo.
I wonder where he went?
Tohru waited a few more minutes outside, but he didn't arrive. She bit her lower lip again and looked at her watch one last time and felt a sense of worried feelings wash over he body
...is he hurt?
Tohru finally gave up after five more minutes of waiting and decided on going to his house to check on him. She walked across the street to his apartment building and climbed up the flight of stairs to room 218. She knocked lightly on the door and waited a while before knocking three more times, but louder. She waited a while outside of the door, hoping that it would fling open, but it stayed closed. She felt dissappointed and sad as she slumped down the two flights of stairs. She stepped outside and began to walk back to her house, but along cherry lane she saw a large crowd forming around in the middle of the street. They were all huddled around a wailing ambulance truck and murmuring about the tragedy. Tohru felt her concern get the best of her as she walked up to the large crowd. As she neared closer to the crowd her heart began to speed up in her chest and she felt the atmosphere get darker and darker. She squeezed her way through the crowd and held her breath when she reached the front of the crowd. She put her hands over her mouth and and gasped when she saw Kyo with a white face and covered in blood on top of a stretcher. She rushed to his side but the emergency men told her to stand back as they hoisted up the stretcher and pushed him into the back of the truck. Tohru yelled,
"Wait! Please, let me be with him!"
They saw her pained and shocked expression and let her in the ambulance truck so that she could sit with him along the ride. She felt the tears soak her skin as she watched his unmoving body. She felt sick to her stomach all of the sudden and felt like barfing. When they finally reached the hospital she ran with the doctors through the corridors of the hospital, but when she tried to follow them into the emergency room a doctor stood in her way and said with sorrow,
"Excuse me miss, but you're not allowed in the emergency room, you will have to wait in the waiting room... I'm sorry."
Tohru bowed her head down and nodded sadly, letting the the tears stream down her face as she walked slowly into the waiting room, hoping to hear the good news.
to be continued...
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