Chapter Four: Tohru Reveals the Truth
Tohru entered the sitting room with Kyo and Yuki still giving her perplexed looks. Yuki noticed the envelope in her hand and spoke up.
"Miss Honda. That's the letter we found in the box yesterday, isn't it?"
"Yes" Tohru nodded.
"What box?" Kyo demanded.
"Oh well, you see my grandparents sent me a box yesterday filled with all sorts of things that was in my mom's office when she died. This letter was amongst them. It was written to my mom by yours. I think if you read it" Tohru handed it to him, "What happened to your mom will become a lot more clearer."
Kyo held onto the letter with trembling fingers but noticed Yuki staring at him so he grimaced and tore it open. He read it out loud with a sigh.
"My dear friend Kyoko,
You don't know how much it has meant to me to have you as a friend at this time. When we each got married I thought that we would be apart forever and would never see each other again, but then you came back into my life. You even brought some joy into the life of my son Kyo. What we talked about the other day, helped but I'm sorry, I'm just not as strong as you are. I have told Rei and he refuses to accept it and he is angry with me for not telling him first. I don't know what else to do. I can't let my beloved child go through life without me but if I don't do this he will suffer even more."
Kyo paused for a moment then repeated the last sentence.
"He will suffer even more.Tonight I will spend some time with him after I send this letter to you. You tried to convince me not to do this but I have to. I can't let Kyo watch me suffer day after day and get worse and worse. This disease of mine will take a toll on him. I know it's selfish of me but I can't help it. It will be better in the long run if he didn't have to see me suffer. He will be all right. Rei will explain things to him. Plus I believe he will have you Kyoko. Forgive me for being such a coward. Goodbye my friend I shall never forget you.
Lots of love,
Sakura
Kyo folded the letter and looked directly at Tohru.
"I don't understand," he said.
"There's something at the bottom of the letter."
He reopened the letter and read the p.s.
"Here is the address and number of the doctor who examined me. He can give you more information. Again forgive me for doing this but I don't have much longer to live anyway. The doctor explained that the leukemia that is in my body has spread so far that there is nothing he can do. So in the long run I am sparing my child from any more suffering. At least that's what I believe."
"I don't understand" Kyo repeated.
"Don't you see Kyo" Tohru replied, "Your mother didn't commit suicide because of your curse, but because she was dying. Dying from leukemia."
"That's not what I mean" Kyo said angrily, "I mean my father knew about this and he still blamed me!" his voice began to rise, "That bastard had the gall to blame me an innocent bystander as the cause of her death!"
"Calm down Kyo" Yuki said.
"No! I will not calm down! I have to! I can't!" he was backing away from the table, "I can't deal with this right now!"
He dashed out the back door and ran into the rain that was falling very fast and cold. Tohru started to get up.
"Kyo!" she called.
"No Miss Honda" Yuki said, "Let him go."
"I can't" Tohru replied dashing to the front door, "He'll catch his death out there."
She flung open the door and almost bumped into Shigure as she ran out. Yuki came into the hall with his arms crossed.
"Did I miss something?" he asked Yuki.
"You always do Shigure" Yuki replied as he watched the door in which she had left from just moments ago.
Authors Note: Hey everyone! Well that's it until tomorrow. I hope you liked it and again I'm sorry if I made any of you sad!
Next Chapter: Tears at the Grave
Tohru finds Kyo and he breaks down.
Tohru entered the sitting room with Kyo and Yuki still giving her perplexed looks. Yuki noticed the envelope in her hand and spoke up.
"Miss Honda. That's the letter we found in the box yesterday, isn't it?"
"Yes" Tohru nodded.
"What box?" Kyo demanded.
"Oh well, you see my grandparents sent me a box yesterday filled with all sorts of things that was in my mom's office when she died. This letter was amongst them. It was written to my mom by yours. I think if you read it" Tohru handed it to him, "What happened to your mom will become a lot more clearer."
Kyo held onto the letter with trembling fingers but noticed Yuki staring at him so he grimaced and tore it open. He read it out loud with a sigh.
"My dear friend Kyoko,
You don't know how much it has meant to me to have you as a friend at this time. When we each got married I thought that we would be apart forever and would never see each other again, but then you came back into my life. You even brought some joy into the life of my son Kyo. What we talked about the other day, helped but I'm sorry, I'm just not as strong as you are. I have told Rei and he refuses to accept it and he is angry with me for not telling him first. I don't know what else to do. I can't let my beloved child go through life without me but if I don't do this he will suffer even more."
Kyo paused for a moment then repeated the last sentence.
"He will suffer even more.Tonight I will spend some time with him after I send this letter to you. You tried to convince me not to do this but I have to. I can't let Kyo watch me suffer day after day and get worse and worse. This disease of mine will take a toll on him. I know it's selfish of me but I can't help it. It will be better in the long run if he didn't have to see me suffer. He will be all right. Rei will explain things to him. Plus I believe he will have you Kyoko. Forgive me for being such a coward. Goodbye my friend I shall never forget you.
Lots of love,
Sakura
Kyo folded the letter and looked directly at Tohru.
"I don't understand," he said.
"There's something at the bottom of the letter."
He reopened the letter and read the p.s.
"Here is the address and number of the doctor who examined me. He can give you more information. Again forgive me for doing this but I don't have much longer to live anyway. The doctor explained that the leukemia that is in my body has spread so far that there is nothing he can do. So in the long run I am sparing my child from any more suffering. At least that's what I believe."
"I don't understand" Kyo repeated.
"Don't you see Kyo" Tohru replied, "Your mother didn't commit suicide because of your curse, but because she was dying. Dying from leukemia."
"That's not what I mean" Kyo said angrily, "I mean my father knew about this and he still blamed me!" his voice began to rise, "That bastard had the gall to blame me an innocent bystander as the cause of her death!"
"Calm down Kyo" Yuki said.
"No! I will not calm down! I have to! I can't!" he was backing away from the table, "I can't deal with this right now!"
He dashed out the back door and ran into the rain that was falling very fast and cold. Tohru started to get up.
"Kyo!" she called.
"No Miss Honda" Yuki said, "Let him go."
"I can't" Tohru replied dashing to the front door, "He'll catch his death out there."
She flung open the door and almost bumped into Shigure as she ran out. Yuki came into the hall with his arms crossed.
"Did I miss something?" he asked Yuki.
"You always do Shigure" Yuki replied as he watched the door in which she had left from just moments ago.
Authors Note: Hey everyone! Well that's it until tomorrow. I hope you liked it and again I'm sorry if I made any of you sad!
Next Chapter: Tears at the Grave
Tohru finds Kyo and he breaks down.