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Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, I don't own Fruits Basket. 'Nuff said.
Hope you all enjoy!!
Reaching You
Chapter 7: You've Reached Me...Be With Me Forever
It's simple!! Just ask her you idiot!! ASK HER! Kyo cringed with the words that floated through his head. Two months...it had been two months since the anniversary Tohru had first saw Kyo as who he truthfully was. Now, he was battling inside himself of the toughest judgment of his life.
Whether or not he loved Tohru enough for her to be in his life forever.
Jumping off the roof, Kyo landed safely like a cat on his two feet...yet he wasn't a cat anymore. Tohru had done nearly the impossible: she broke the Zodiac curse. The night Kyo wanted to kill himself, that was the night she had saved him from the raging storm inside him. He was now a gentler person...except toward Yuki. Still, the rat and cat fought it out. Raging and rambling. Shigure was still in the middle, whistling a tune to tune them out. Tohru would be laughing, loving every minute of her time at the Sohma's.
Kyo walked inside, gulping down the knot in his throat. "T-tohru...?" He asked the now mature girl who had graduated out of college successfully. Her hair was a bit longer, and she was a few inches taller and her body was still slim. Her smile was the same as it was in high school, and her azure eyes still dazzled like none other, "Yes?" she asked, turning from the sink and smiling at him, holding up a dish, "Wh-what is it?"
"Can...I talk with you? Alone...outside...?" Kyo asked, stepping fully into the kitchen now, not realizing he was turning seven shades of red.
Tohru giggled, but nodded, "Sure! I'd be happy to; I love it when I get to talk to you Kyo...anytime." She interlaced her fingers with his, smiling at him. "Let's go out, near the sakura trees. They're in full bloom now, and it's nice and breezy outside."
Kyo nodded, melting into her smile and feeling warm at the touch of her skin. All the shades of red faded into his normal tan color, and his heart stopped fluttering. He'd ask her in the most beautiful spot in the whole world...at least to them. They've gone there every night, ending they're day with a peck on the lips and an embrace that showed she had truly broken the curse.
Kyo loved his life right now.
They arrived at the sakura trees, the fields rolling on behind them and some continuing ahead. Rays of sunlight fell through the trees, as blossoms danced in the air around them. It was beautiful
"What is it that you wanted to talk about?" Tohru asked, smiling still, gripping both of Kyo's hands in her own. "Are you okay? Is...anything troubling you?"
Kyo smiled, ruffling her hair, "You never changed...you've always been so selfless Tohru." He pecked her on the cheek slightly with his lips, smiling, "That's what I love about you, I guess...but now..." Kyo grabbed both her hands, cradling them in his own. He bent down on one knee, staring up at her. The sun was directly behind her head, acting as a halo. Light surrounded her as cherry blossoms continued their dance, flying around them in particular. Kyo closed his eyes
"Tohru...ever since the day that I met you, I thought you were some girl that was desperate that that damn rat had picked up off the streets. I was horrible to you, yelling and getting mad...you saw the devil's side of me...but then—I felt more and more comfortable around you...and you always gave me encouraging words, and consoling my spirit. Even though your life was so hard...you still smiled—dopily of course, but that's you—but...you help everyone as well. You saved my life though...you threw out your arms to catch me as I fell from that roof, exactly two months ago...you caught me—not only as I fell from the roof—but as I fell in life. You reached through my soul and guided me through with open arms..."
Tohru's eyes watered as she stared down at Kyo. "K-kyo...I..."
"...I'm not done...you reached through me, Tohru. That's what broke the Curse...reaching through the Cat of the Zodiac, the meanest and cruelest animal of the Zodiac...reaching through and holding me as if I were your own child. You've finally reached through to me, Tohru...you are a miracle worker. You're words can heal any wound...and you healed all of mine. Tohru love me...you admitted it...and I love you too... as I admitted it as well. So now...I'm asking you..." He opened his ginger eyes, as he stood up, "...asking you to marry me, and be in my life forever."
My Notes: I'm sorry again!! –bowing hysterically like Tohru always does- Pleeeease forgive me, but it would've gone on forever if I wrote more. I'm in a writing disease right now!! Anyways, review and tell me what you think she'll say. Next chapter will be the last, I sure hope you all enjoyed this story!! Till the last chapter!—Kiyoshi
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