Chapter 2: I Hate Him.
Kyou's Point Of View
A/N: Thanks for you all reading. This was by far the most amount of reviews I've ever gotten on a first chapter. I know, it's taking me a while to come out with the chapters but once summer hits I can come out with the new chapters more often. Oh and about the way I spell Kyou. This is the traditional Japanese way of spelling Kyou. See America likes to take off the 'u' at the end of alot of character's name. Like for instance, Shuichi Shindou of Gravitation, the people at Right Stuf (the people dubbing it) now spell it Shuichi Shindo. Why? I don't know, but I like spelling Kyo, Kyou.
It was hot. One of those sticky summer days where you don't want to touch anybody and even the wind is hot. Those days where you pray that a fan will just appear out of nowhere. I was sitting on the porch, eating milk flavored pocky, after all, I am a cat. I was probably the only one in the Sohma relations who liked milk flavored pocky, well besides Momiji. That brat eats anything. I heard footsteps behind me, my cat ears emerging from my head, the left one twitching slightly.
" Hey." I said, taking another stick out of my box and snapping it between my teeth.
" Good Morning Kyou. How'd you sleep?" She smiled, sitting next to me. She had put her hair up in a bun and was wearing a cute tank top and skirt. It was tasteful, and cute. Even in this heat, she finds ways to look as cute as possible, without trying.
" Pretty good." I said, shaking out my shirt. Damn it was hot.
" Mind if I have one?" She asked, looking at the box in my hand. I pulled one out for her. The frosting started to melt.
" It's milk-flavored. Just warning you."
" I like the milk favored. It's not my favorite. I like strawberry. It used to be chocolate until Kisa bought me a strawberry one and it's been my favorite ever since." She smiled.
" Hey, what're you doing today?" I asked.
" Oh, I'm going to the market, I need to get some more soy sauce, rice, and plenty more snacks. We still have about a week before school starts, right?" She asked, fixing one of my bangs.
" Thanks for fixing my hair, mom." I hissed.
" Sorry." She said, fixing her hands in her lap.
" It's alright. I'm just messing with you." I said, playfully pushing her over. " Want somebody come with you to the store?"
" Oh, you don't have to! It's hot, I don't want you to you know, catch heat stroke or anything."
" I know I won't. I am going to look after you. Plus, the store is air conditioned." I explained.
" I guess there's a good point."
" Mind if I come along?" A soft voice spoke up from behind. I nearly choked on my pocky stick. Damn that rat...
" Oh Yuki! You want to come along too?" Tohru asked.
" Of course, you might need help carrying your bags." Yuki offered.
" Well, Kyou's already going, but if you want to come, that's fine." Tohru explained, making Yuki's expression change from superiority to pure jealousy.
" Yeah, come along rat boy." I hissed.
" Don't flatter yourself." He hissed back as we started walking to the store. Mr.-Oh-I'm-So-Cool. He obviously thinks Tohru likes him but Tohru shows no affection to either one of us. Well, me more then him. I actually have enough guts to speak to her, but that's not how it used to be. I used to be the one who couldn't talk around her. I guess, we've all changed. Now I want to bash his face in even more. We reached the store fairly quickly, Tohru and I making small talk along the way about how hot it was while Yuki almost seemed like he wish he hadn't come, but still wasn't going to give up. This wasn't just another normal walk to the store, this was a pure competition.
" Let's see, we got rice, soy sauce and now it's time for snacks and other things we might need." Tohru said, as I heaved a bag of rice into the basket, making it clang and clatter under the weight.
" Too heavy for you, Kyou?" She asked.
" Nah, I got it. If it's too heavy for me, you sure as hell shouldn't help me." I warned.
" I'm sure couldn't do it myself, but you might've needed some help." She sighed.
" What're you looking so down for?" I said, putting my hand on her shoulder. " I'm not used to seeing you sad." I said, taking hold of her cheeks and pushing them up. " There, smile!"
" Kyou! Goodness, you've changed." She smiled.
" How so?"
" I remember how you used to be so anti-social. I'm glad to see you're more open with people." She said, taking a few packages of noodles off the shelf. I took place as the driver of the cart while Tohru stood on the bottom part of the cart facing me. " It's nice." She doesn't get it, I'm only like that way around her.
" I'm gonna run you into something." I threated playfully.
" Ah! Kyou! Don't!" She whined, hopping off the basket. I laughed.
" Oh god, you should've seen your face." I continued laughing. I felt her bop me playfully with a roll of paper towels.
" You scared me." She said, tossing the roll into the basket.
" Like I'd ever hurt you." I smiled, putting my head on her shoulder.
" I trust you, you just gave me a scare." She smiled, blushing a little bit.
" Where'd Yuki go?" I asked suspiciously.
" Hmmm, I wonder." Tohru said. " Oh right! He went over to the park. He told us to meet him there."
" Oh, let's go buy this stuff and we'll get Yuki and go home. Maybe we can cool off with the hose or something when we get back." I offered.
" That sounds fun." She smiled as we headed towards the register.
We headed over to the park and found Yuki sitting on a bench in the shade. I set the bags from the store next to him and sat on the other side and Tohru said next to me, the bags almost being a barrier between him and Tohru and I. Ah, how I love making the rat suffer. I grinned at my thoughs.
" Hey, cat, how about you go get us some ice cream." Yuki offered.
" Hey, rat, how about you get off your ass and get it yourself!" I growled.
" I'll even pay." He said, handing me 2000 yen. " That's enough for three right?"
" I guess." I said, leaving the two alone on the bench. I went to go buy ice cream. It took them a while to get my order right but on my walk back...
" So, Miss Honda, how are you getting along with Kyou? You like him?" Yuki asked, I kept my back to them, but kept my ears perked up to hear every breath.
" Oh, oh! Umm, I mean, not really. I think of him more as a brother to me." She blushed, flustering with her words.
" What would you say if I asked you to be my girlfriend, Miss Honda?" Yuki asked, looking at her. I felt something cold trickling down my hand. I had crushed the ice cream cones in my hand, more furious then ever.
" Oh! Yuki! Ummm, sure. I suppose that would be fun." She said. I felt something warm trickle down my cheek. Dispite the tear that had escaped from my eyes, I ran home, leaving the two alone in the park. Nothing is worst then the feeling of losing you one love most to the one you hate most.
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