Chapter 7
Brother and Sister
Kyo jumped up and stormed off to the roof. He wouldn't believe it! Nothing would make him! That other woman had only been a dream. Yes, a dream because he hated being a Sohma.
But then how had Shigure known? Surely he had never told anyone about that dream...
Ayame stirred awake when Kyo had gone off. "Gure?"
"Come on Ayame, let's go to bed."
As the two adults left Yuki turned to look at Tohru.
She wasn't crying, just lost in thought. What was she thinking about? About how she didn't want to be apart of this family?
"Tohru?" Yuki asked taking her hand.
When she looked up at him there were a couple tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just can't believe she didn't tell me. And now I think Kyo really hates me."
"Tohru," Yuki whispered brushing away the tears, "She probably didn't even know herself. Most likely she had her memories erased."
A few more tears appeared, "But to forget your own child? How could they do that to Mother? She was only trying to help them!"
Yuki longed to pull her closer, but couldn't because of the curse. Instead he had to settle for wiping away her tears and touching her cheek. "I know Tohru. I'm sorry."
"I can't believe I didn't even notice. Uo-chan had said something about him looking like Mother, but I thought she was just joking."
"It's all right Tohru, I promise it will be all right. At least your with family now, right?"
Tohru finally smiled, "Yes, I'm with my real family now."
"Come on, let's go to bed. We have school in the morning."
Never letting go of her hand Yuki led the two of them upstairs to bed. Yuki slept next to her that night, never releasing her hand even once.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kyo sat up on the roof. As much as he hated Shigure, he hated him even more. Why hadn't he seen it? He slammed his fist against the roof. That stupid dog should have told him.
He rolled over on his side. When he was very little he had dreams of a woman with bright orange hair like his own. She was warm and happy. But he couldn't remember anything else about her. He had always thought it was just a dream.
Now he slightly hated her for leaving. How could his father have never told him?
Kyo spent the rest of the night going over everything in his mind. He wasn't sure whom he hated the most. But by the time the sun had started to rise he realized that the one person involved in this that he didn't hate, hadn't blamed once, was Tohru.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yuki got up early with Tohru and kept her company. He was sure that at a time like this she didn't want to be alone. She cleaned at lightening fast speeds, and cooked their morning meal.
When Tohru sent him to wake the others he wasn't sure if he should leave her. It would be like her to tell them that she was fine, but when they turned their backs she would break down. Just like on New Year's.
She finally pushed him out of the kitchen, and Yuki had no choice but to do as she asked. He woke Shigure and Ayame quickly, and only shouted for Kyo out the back door before dashing back into the kitchen.
There she stood over the rice cooker with a smile on her face. His heart almost broke. She must be in so much pain right now, he thought as he walked closer to her.
"Tohru-kun," he whispered.
"Hai?"
"It's okay, if you want to cry I mean. I would understand."
Before he had even finished tears started to appear in her eyes. "Gomen Yuki-kun!"
She quickly turned away from him not wanting him to see her cry, but he put and hand on her shoulder and turned her around. He never wanted her to feel ashamed about anything with him.
"Please Tohru-kun. Let me see your beautiful face in everyway. I love you no matter what," he whispered brushing away her tears again.
He held her as close as he could, hating every moment of it because he would never be able to comfort her completely.
"Tohru-kun!" Shigure called from the main room.
Tohru jumped away and quickly brushed away the rest of her tears. She had completely forgotten that they weren't alone.
"Hush," Yuki whispered to her again, "You clean yourself up and I'll take the food out. Okay?"
"Hai," Tohru whispered, smiling at him, before ducking quietly out of the kitchen to hurry to the bathroom.
Yuki picked out the plates of food and walked into the main room where Shigure and Ayame were talking about how many phone numbers they had gotten at the festival yesterday. He couldn't believe how rude those two were being! He dropped the plates onto the table, nearly breaking them, before turning to go back to the kitchen to get the last of the plates. He dropped those ones too before sitting down on the opposite side of the table from the two of them.
Shigure and Ayame had stopped talking and stared at Yuki.
"What's wrong dear brother?"
Yuki's eyes narrowed on the two of them, "You made her cry. You tainted her mother and made her a liar."
"Yuki-kun, I'm sure her mother didn't know. Do you really think they would let someone leave the family with any memories of the curse?"
They fell silent as Tohru entered and sat down next to Yuki. Kyo came in from the backdoor a few moments later and they all ate in silence.
After they had finished eating Yuki grabbed Tohru's hand, "Come on, let's go. They can clean up."
Before Tohru could protest Yuki had picked up her bag and herded them out the door. He held her hand as they walked to school in silence.
Tohru smiled at him, "Thanks Yuki-kun."
"What for?"
"Everything. Staying with me last night, talking with me, getting me out of there, loving me, and even letting me cry to you."
Yuki smiled now, "It was nothing, I couldn't let you stay there any longer. And thank you, for loving me."
Tohru clung to Yuki's arm as they walked to school talking about the fun they had had at the festival the other day.
Uo-chan and Hana-chan met them at the front gate, and smiled brightly waving hello to the pair.
Tohru quickly pulled away from Yuki, although she didn't let go of his hand.
Uo-chan laughed and patted Tohru on the back. "So you two finally told each other, huh?"
"Err... Umm..."
"Your waves seem most pleasant today," Hana-chan said.
Uo-chan grinned at Tohru, "Don't worry about it. We knew the whole time about you two. It was just a matter of time."
Tohru blushed and Yuki smiled sweetly, "So then you won't be telling my fan club anytime soon I hope."
"Nah, they'd be all over our poor Tohru then and I'd have to kick their asses."
As the four of them kept talking Kyo appeared in the distance. Tohru waved to him, but he only ignored her.
Yuki noticed that she seemed put out, she had said that she wanted a brother. "Just give him time," he whispered to her.
She nodded and smiled brightly. "We better get to class or we'll be late!"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tohru couldn't pay one bit of attention during class. She was either looking at Yuki or Kyo, unable to decide who should get her attention. She sighed internal waiting for the lunch bell to ring.
When it finally did Yuki walked over to her, "Meet me on the roof, okay?"
She smiled, nodding and watched him leave. Uo-chan and Hana-chan were getting ready to challenge a couple boys to a game of Rich Man, Poor Man. Tohru stopped over to tell them where she was going. Uotani grinned at her, "Okay. Be good."
Tohru blushed and headed out into the hall. However on her way to the stairs the Prince Yuki Fan Club stopped her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Outside, I just needed a bit of fresh air."
"Ha! You were heading to the roof."
"Yeah, Prince Yuki just went up there."
"But I—"Tohru started.
"How many times do we have to tell you that Prince Yuki doesn't like whores like you?"
The three girls pressed Tohru closer to the wall with their insults until they succeeding in making her cry.
"Stop it. Now."
Tohru looked up, it was Kyo.
"Oh! It's Prince Yuki's cousin!"
"Leave her alone," Kyo said coming closer. He looked pretty scary, Tohru thought.
"But she was stalking Prince Yuki!"
"No, you are the ones stalking that baka Yuki. Do you really think he likes you getting into his business?"
"Of course he does! We protect him!"
Kyo was standing face to face with the girls now.
"No. You don't. Leave Tohru alone or you'll have to deal with me."
The girls laughed now. "Why do you care about such a slutty girl anyway?"
Kyo pushed the one in the middle back. "Tohru is not a slut. You three are the sluts of this school. And why? Because she's my sister."
"Wha—what? How can that be!"
"Just get out of here before I really lose my temper."
The girl ran off and Kyo turned to Tohru. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah... Thanks Kyo."
"Don't worry about it. Hopefully they won't give you two anymore trouble. If they do, just let me know."
Tohru nodded and fell silent for a moment. "Kyo?"
"Hai?"
"Did you really mean that?"
"Mean what?"
"About being my brother?"
"Well we are, aren't we? That women with the orange hair was your mother, right?"
Tohru smiled now, "Hai!"
Kyo turned away for a moment. "Is something wrong, Kyo-kun?"
"What was she like? Our mother I mean. I use to have these dreams about a woman with hair like mine, but I can't remember her."
Tohru hugged Kyo's arm. "She was beautiful, and happy. She was always happy about everything. And all she wanted was for everyone to be themselves."
Kyo gave a slight smile at this, "Aren't you suppose to be meeting Yuki?"
Tohru blushed. "Hai..."
Kyo looked at her. "I already know Tohru. Kagura told me last night."
"You're not mad, are you?"
"No. I may not like it, but you're my little sister now and I have to look out for you, right?"
Tohru blushed.
"Just be careful, and don't let that dumb rat hurt you, okay? I would hate to have to beat him into a bloody pulp."
"Okay!" Tohru said before taking off for the roof.
** Author's Note ** Well, this was a kinda long chapter. I hope you're all happy about that and not mad at me. *sweat drop* Anyway, I think this chapter had a lot of cute moments, hopefully you agree. Also, I would like to thank everyone for reviewing. I was checking the reviews the other day while I was on the phone with one of my friends whom I got into Furuba. One of the reviews was about how if Yuki and Tohru got married then Yuki and Kyo would be brothers in law. We had a stupid moment, thinking how could that be, they're cousins, not brothers. Then of course as we're laughing about this, our other friend who lives with my friend and is also into furuba, asks what's so funny, so after telling her, she says we're the stupid ones and explains to us how this would work. ^_^ Then we spend the next five or so minutes laughing at our stupidity. LoL.
Kyo jumped up and stormed off to the roof. He wouldn't believe it! Nothing would make him! That other woman had only been a dream. Yes, a dream because he hated being a Sohma.
But then how had Shigure known? Surely he had never told anyone about that dream...
Ayame stirred awake when Kyo had gone off. "Gure?"
"Come on Ayame, let's go to bed."
As the two adults left Yuki turned to look at Tohru.
She wasn't crying, just lost in thought. What was she thinking about? About how she didn't want to be apart of this family?
"Tohru?" Yuki asked taking her hand.
When she looked up at him there were a couple tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just can't believe she didn't tell me. And now I think Kyo really hates me."
"Tohru," Yuki whispered brushing away the tears, "She probably didn't even know herself. Most likely she had her memories erased."
A few more tears appeared, "But to forget your own child? How could they do that to Mother? She was only trying to help them!"
Yuki longed to pull her closer, but couldn't because of the curse. Instead he had to settle for wiping away her tears and touching her cheek. "I know Tohru. I'm sorry."
"I can't believe I didn't even notice. Uo-chan had said something about him looking like Mother, but I thought she was just joking."
"It's all right Tohru, I promise it will be all right. At least your with family now, right?"
Tohru finally smiled, "Yes, I'm with my real family now."
"Come on, let's go to bed. We have school in the morning."
Never letting go of her hand Yuki led the two of them upstairs to bed. Yuki slept next to her that night, never releasing her hand even once.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kyo sat up on the roof. As much as he hated Shigure, he hated him even more. Why hadn't he seen it? He slammed his fist against the roof. That stupid dog should have told him.
He rolled over on his side. When he was very little he had dreams of a woman with bright orange hair like his own. She was warm and happy. But he couldn't remember anything else about her. He had always thought it was just a dream.
Now he slightly hated her for leaving. How could his father have never told him?
Kyo spent the rest of the night going over everything in his mind. He wasn't sure whom he hated the most. But by the time the sun had started to rise he realized that the one person involved in this that he didn't hate, hadn't blamed once, was Tohru.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yuki got up early with Tohru and kept her company. He was sure that at a time like this she didn't want to be alone. She cleaned at lightening fast speeds, and cooked their morning meal.
When Tohru sent him to wake the others he wasn't sure if he should leave her. It would be like her to tell them that she was fine, but when they turned their backs she would break down. Just like on New Year's.
She finally pushed him out of the kitchen, and Yuki had no choice but to do as she asked. He woke Shigure and Ayame quickly, and only shouted for Kyo out the back door before dashing back into the kitchen.
There she stood over the rice cooker with a smile on her face. His heart almost broke. She must be in so much pain right now, he thought as he walked closer to her.
"Tohru-kun," he whispered.
"Hai?"
"It's okay, if you want to cry I mean. I would understand."
Before he had even finished tears started to appear in her eyes. "Gomen Yuki-kun!"
She quickly turned away from him not wanting him to see her cry, but he put and hand on her shoulder and turned her around. He never wanted her to feel ashamed about anything with him.
"Please Tohru-kun. Let me see your beautiful face in everyway. I love you no matter what," he whispered brushing away her tears again.
He held her as close as he could, hating every moment of it because he would never be able to comfort her completely.
"Tohru-kun!" Shigure called from the main room.
Tohru jumped away and quickly brushed away the rest of her tears. She had completely forgotten that they weren't alone.
"Hush," Yuki whispered to her again, "You clean yourself up and I'll take the food out. Okay?"
"Hai," Tohru whispered, smiling at him, before ducking quietly out of the kitchen to hurry to the bathroom.
Yuki picked out the plates of food and walked into the main room where Shigure and Ayame were talking about how many phone numbers they had gotten at the festival yesterday. He couldn't believe how rude those two were being! He dropped the plates onto the table, nearly breaking them, before turning to go back to the kitchen to get the last of the plates. He dropped those ones too before sitting down on the opposite side of the table from the two of them.
Shigure and Ayame had stopped talking and stared at Yuki.
"What's wrong dear brother?"
Yuki's eyes narrowed on the two of them, "You made her cry. You tainted her mother and made her a liar."
"Yuki-kun, I'm sure her mother didn't know. Do you really think they would let someone leave the family with any memories of the curse?"
They fell silent as Tohru entered and sat down next to Yuki. Kyo came in from the backdoor a few moments later and they all ate in silence.
After they had finished eating Yuki grabbed Tohru's hand, "Come on, let's go. They can clean up."
Before Tohru could protest Yuki had picked up her bag and herded them out the door. He held her hand as they walked to school in silence.
Tohru smiled at him, "Thanks Yuki-kun."
"What for?"
"Everything. Staying with me last night, talking with me, getting me out of there, loving me, and even letting me cry to you."
Yuki smiled now, "It was nothing, I couldn't let you stay there any longer. And thank you, for loving me."
Tohru clung to Yuki's arm as they walked to school talking about the fun they had had at the festival the other day.
Uo-chan and Hana-chan met them at the front gate, and smiled brightly waving hello to the pair.
Tohru quickly pulled away from Yuki, although she didn't let go of his hand.
Uo-chan laughed and patted Tohru on the back. "So you two finally told each other, huh?"
"Err... Umm..."
"Your waves seem most pleasant today," Hana-chan said.
Uo-chan grinned at Tohru, "Don't worry about it. We knew the whole time about you two. It was just a matter of time."
Tohru blushed and Yuki smiled sweetly, "So then you won't be telling my fan club anytime soon I hope."
"Nah, they'd be all over our poor Tohru then and I'd have to kick their asses."
As the four of them kept talking Kyo appeared in the distance. Tohru waved to him, but he only ignored her.
Yuki noticed that she seemed put out, she had said that she wanted a brother. "Just give him time," he whispered to her.
She nodded and smiled brightly. "We better get to class or we'll be late!"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tohru couldn't pay one bit of attention during class. She was either looking at Yuki or Kyo, unable to decide who should get her attention. She sighed internal waiting for the lunch bell to ring.
When it finally did Yuki walked over to her, "Meet me on the roof, okay?"
She smiled, nodding and watched him leave. Uo-chan and Hana-chan were getting ready to challenge a couple boys to a game of Rich Man, Poor Man. Tohru stopped over to tell them where she was going. Uotani grinned at her, "Okay. Be good."
Tohru blushed and headed out into the hall. However on her way to the stairs the Prince Yuki Fan Club stopped her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Outside, I just needed a bit of fresh air."
"Ha! You were heading to the roof."
"Yeah, Prince Yuki just went up there."
"But I—"Tohru started.
"How many times do we have to tell you that Prince Yuki doesn't like whores like you?"
The three girls pressed Tohru closer to the wall with their insults until they succeeding in making her cry.
"Stop it. Now."
Tohru looked up, it was Kyo.
"Oh! It's Prince Yuki's cousin!"
"Leave her alone," Kyo said coming closer. He looked pretty scary, Tohru thought.
"But she was stalking Prince Yuki!"
"No, you are the ones stalking that baka Yuki. Do you really think he likes you getting into his business?"
"Of course he does! We protect him!"
Kyo was standing face to face with the girls now.
"No. You don't. Leave Tohru alone or you'll have to deal with me."
The girls laughed now. "Why do you care about such a slutty girl anyway?"
Kyo pushed the one in the middle back. "Tohru is not a slut. You three are the sluts of this school. And why? Because she's my sister."
"Wha—what? How can that be!"
"Just get out of here before I really lose my temper."
The girl ran off and Kyo turned to Tohru. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah... Thanks Kyo."
"Don't worry about it. Hopefully they won't give you two anymore trouble. If they do, just let me know."
Tohru nodded and fell silent for a moment. "Kyo?"
"Hai?"
"Did you really mean that?"
"Mean what?"
"About being my brother?"
"Well we are, aren't we? That women with the orange hair was your mother, right?"
Tohru smiled now, "Hai!"
Kyo turned away for a moment. "Is something wrong, Kyo-kun?"
"What was she like? Our mother I mean. I use to have these dreams about a woman with hair like mine, but I can't remember her."
Tohru hugged Kyo's arm. "She was beautiful, and happy. She was always happy about everything. And all she wanted was for everyone to be themselves."
Kyo gave a slight smile at this, "Aren't you suppose to be meeting Yuki?"
Tohru blushed. "Hai..."
Kyo looked at her. "I already know Tohru. Kagura told me last night."
"You're not mad, are you?"
"No. I may not like it, but you're my little sister now and I have to look out for you, right?"
Tohru blushed.
"Just be careful, and don't let that dumb rat hurt you, okay? I would hate to have to beat him into a bloody pulp."
"Okay!" Tohru said before taking off for the roof.
** Author's Note ** Well, this was a kinda long chapter. I hope you're all happy about that and not mad at me. *sweat drop* Anyway, I think this chapter had a lot of cute moments, hopefully you agree. Also, I would like to thank everyone for reviewing. I was checking the reviews the other day while I was on the phone with one of my friends whom I got into Furuba. One of the reviews was about how if Yuki and Tohru got married then Yuki and Kyo would be brothers in law. We had a stupid moment, thinking how could that be, they're cousins, not brothers. Then of course as we're laughing about this, our other friend who lives with my friend and is also into furuba, asks what's so funny, so after telling her, she says we're the stupid ones and explains to us how this would work. ^_^ Then we spend the next five or so minutes laughing at our stupidity. LoL.