Chapter 10: I Think He's Right
Kyou's Point Of View.
A/N: SORRY!! The HTML wasn't working. SORRY!! Anyway...buah Ha! 10th chapter up already. I'm sad, Origami Koshi is slowly heading to a stop...only a few more chapters less, more then 10 but less then 20. Awww. But I have other stories you all can read and who knows, maybe I'll write another Fruits Basket fic later on in my life. I am mostly writing Saiyuki at the moment. If you like Saiyuki go read Anything But Ordinary. Or face my wrath, beotch. Okay, this chapter has Ayame, maybe a bit of Shigure & Hatori. Probably not. Onward!!!
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" Come on Kyou. We have to hurry. Ayame is closing his store an hour longer so we can look for dresses."
" But why do we have to go to Ayame's shop? Damn it..." I sighed, rubbing my hand on my forehead.
" You said you'd help me find a dress because you weren't going." She smiled, sticking her tongue out at me.
" Getting more assertive, eh?" I smiled, nudging her shoulder.
" I heard it, last night. About how Yuki told you to stop talking to me." She smiled, turning to face me and walking backwards.
" Oh, you did? It's not that--"
" None of it's your fault Kyou. Yuki is just over protective of me."
" Over protective!? I'm the one who saved you from those fan-girls and you call YUKI over-protective?"
" I guess I used the wrong choice of words. He doesn't want to see me with anybody else."
" So you think that him telling me I can't talk to you is alright?"
" That's not what I'm saying either. Just, I understand where Yuki is coming from. But what I wanted to tell you, is that Yuki can't stop me from talking to you. Nobody can! You're one of my bestest friends Kyou! No force on this earth could keep me from talking to you, Hana or Uo or anybody who takes care of me. Because I know they'd do the same thing. You talked to me dispite the fact what Yuki said. And that's what I wanted to thank you for." She smiled, winking at me. I blushed a little but hit it under the hood of my jacket.
" Now, let's go to Ayame's shop!" Tohru smiled, grabbing my hand.
" Remember, I don't wanna be there long. That damn snake gets on my nerves." I hissed.
" I know." She smiled again. We made small chat on the way there. I had never been there before, she had, with that damn rat. " Now, I want you to see me looking cute." She whispered before we walked in. I looked at her confused.
" What?" I asked. Tohru turned around and shook her head.
" Nothing." She said, opening the door. There was a loud crash and Ayame came running to the main part of the store.
" Ah! Good morning Ayame!" Tohru smiled.
" Ah! Tohru, good morning to you. You're here to pick out dresses for your school dance, am I right? I know this because your friends, oh dear, I forgot their names, ah, now I remember, Hana and Uo, they got their dresses her. I just adore Hana's dress. Black with lots of lace and ribbons and Uo's was blue and sporty. Now, anyway, enough of my talking, what kind of dress do you want?"
Tohru paused for a while, taking in the rest of what he said. " Oh, I was hoping for something elegant, but not to expensive."
" Expensive? Oh Tohru, dear, I wasn't planning on making you pay! Just think of it as a gift from me." Ayame insisted.
" Are you sure?" Tohru asked, incertainty in her tone.
" Of course Tohru! Now, Lucky-Kyou, what are you doing here?"
" Don't call me that!" I yelled.
" Escorting Miss Tohru. How polite, especally for you Kyou. But, Tohru aren't you dating Yuki?"
" Mmm, yeah." Tohru nodded.
" Ah, Haru told me the other day. Came quite a shock to me, and for some reason all this time I was rooting for you Kyou. How funny." Ayame laughed, causing an awkward silence between Tohru and I. " So anyway Tohru, what color did you want for your dress?"
" Ah! Something pastel, nothing too--"
" I see, I think we'll go with a pastel pink corset on the top, with straps that cross in the back, lots of pink silk and ribbons to die you around with, I'm thinking the back of the skirt will go onto the floor, no gloves, let's go with a pink nailed manicure and pink sandal heels with the same peticure. I'm thinking a curled look for your hair and a pink ribbon tying around your head with a little bangs over your eyes. Mine! Did you get all that?" Ayame said.
" Yes, sir! I'm looking for the fabric now! Come on Tohru, I need to measure you!" Mine shouted from the backroom.
" Oh, alright!" Tohru said, quite flustered that her dress had been chosen so fast. I was just as surprised as she was. She waved by to me as she was led by Mine into the backroom, leaving Ayame and I in the main room.
" So, you like her?" Ayame said. I shivered and glared at him.
" What makes you think I'd like her?" I perked an eyebrow.
" It's so obvious Kyou. I told you, I was hoping you'd be the first to tell her. I love my brother dearly, but I never thought he'd be the one for her. I thought he was a little to, well bland for her. You, you have much more incommon with her, even more now then Yuki does." He explained.
" I am planning...on telling her, soon."
" Tell her at the dance, a perfect opportunity." Ayame suggested, giving me a soft glare.
" Mmm?" I perked up. " I'm not going."
Ayame gasped. " And why not?"
" She'll be with Yuki. I just don't want to go. She's been trying to convince me, but I figure I'll just be in the way." I explained. Ayame looked at me. I looked up at him and blushed. " And why am I telling you all this anyway!?" I yelled.
" Oh hush Kyou, you just needed to vent. I believe you should go."
" And why should I listen to you?" I hissed.
" Because you know I'm right, deep inside, don't you?" Ayame teased.
" Shut up." I said, quite flustered over this whole conversation. What was he getting at anyway? I mean, I know I'm supposed to tell Tohru how I feel, but I think he was trying to get me to understand that I want to tell her.
" Got to you?" Ayame smiled.
" In your dreams." I hissed again.
" Being so cold again. You're not like that around her. Then, you're different. You smile more. Shigure and Ha'ri said it once before, she's like a tranquilizer to you, and Yuki alike."
" When were you guys talking about us?" I said, quite confused.
" Secret." Ayame said.
" Ah! Measurements are done!" Mine cheered, handing the clipboard with a small post-it note on it to Ayame.
" Thank you Mine, my dear. Shall we get to work on the dress then?" Ayame asked, looking at Tohru.
" I don't mean to put you in a rush but I need it by Friday." Tohru smiled, brushing some of her hair behind her ears.
" No problem Tohru! I swear, your dress will be beautiful. When you come in on Friday, I'll gladly do your hair and nails. You'll look gorgeous." Mine smiled.
" Ah! Thank you." Tohru blushed.
" I agree with Mine. You'll look splended." Ayame smiled as well. " Well, you both had better go. We need to start working on the corset. You two have fun!"
" Bye Tohru! You too Kyou!" Mine smiled as she waved.
" Goodbye." Tohru smiled. I glanced at them and started walking home.
" Your dress sounds cute." I said, brushing some of my hair back.
" It is, Mine made a quick sketch, it should be really cute." Tohru smiled.
" Hey, I don't know if you really care or not anymore, but, my star jar is finished."
" Ah! That's great! Did you make your wish yet?" Tohru said, clamping her hands together.
" Yeah, I did." I nodded.
" I made mine too." She said, looking up at the sky.
We didn't say anything, we just looked at each other and smiled.
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A/N: Oh god, I am so sorry everybody, this chapter sucked so bad, I am sorry, I've had writer's block the past few days, I've had summer school and I have read pretty much every Gojyo X Hakkai story on the internet and those are my inspirartions and it's just not going so good. Heh....>