Chapter 7

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Kyou opened the car bonnet. Chika leaned against the car, looking around. From their chat the other time, he mentioned Tohru's hazel brown shoulder-length hair (it has grown since 5 years.) and her big bright turquoise eyes. He described her rather literally from head to toe. He really was a sentimental man…or maybe…Chika snapped out of her thoughts and made a mental note to look out for a brown-haired, big freaky-eyed woman in her late twenties with a rather worried face.

"Ah," Kyou started and this made Chika jumped. "Yes?"

"Your batteries gone, do you have some battery water or something?" Kyou asked. Chika nodded and headed to take the battery water out. Any minute and she'll be here… Chika thought and smiled. Kyou finished pouring in the water and turned to look at Chika. He smiled, "There, your car should be working right now," Chika smiled back at him and noticed a hint of brown at the back, her heart raced, not knowing what to do… but her immediate reaction to that was to lung forward to Kyou and kiss him. She fell into his arms and he caught her, tossing down the bottle of battery water. It fell and spilt its contents all over the floor. And so did Tohru's heart when she saw the couple.

Hot tears sprang immediately to action as her heart pumped faster and faster, somehow a little too fast that it actually hurt. She turned away immediately. The physical hurt not so much as the emotional one. Tohru clutched her chest tightly, trying to breathe. 5 years… don't 5 years mean anything to you, Kyou? She thought as tears streaked her face.

She had lost.

Lost her dearest Kyou to someone else. Someone she hardly knew. Someone… who could be really incredible – perhaps even more so than Tohru.

She lifted up her legs and began to run away. Oka-san… Tohru thought of her and sobbed. If her mother was here, she could think of the right things to say and console her. If her mother was here, she would hug Tohru so tightly that Tohru would not be able to frown. She lost all the people she ever loved dearly. First her mother… and now…

She ran faster and faster, her heart throbbed with pain. They say tears are cathartic, as you cry, the salt and water shed from your eyes and drag misery along the way, but as she felt hot tears streaming down her face, the crying only escalates the emotions that it expresses, and the more she cried, the more upset she got. She was scared of the way she felt as she ran, knowing that if she stopped, she might have to confront the reason why she was running. Finally, exhaustion took over her and she stopped – I am all alone again. She thought. She decided to head over to Uo and Saki, she could ask the Main House if they left an address or a number. She would go there for a while and hope things died down.

However, she did not see that Kyou had already pushed Chika away from her. "What the hell are you trying to do?!" He said in exasperation. Chika was surprised. How could Kyou and Tohru have a relationship that is infallible? Chika grew angry at the thought and gripped hard on her skirt. "You…" Chika fought hard to keep the words back in her, but she spat out in anger, "An attractive and smart woman is right in front of you but you still chose to be with that… that…BITCH?" Kyou gasped and grew angry, "You do not call Tohru that," He clenched his hands into fists and gripped on tightly as he gritted his teeth.

"What did she have that I don't!? I am every bit better than her in every ways!" She screamed and looked away, "If I can't have you, no one can," She said finally. Kyou resisted the urge to slap her. Instead, he walked away from her. Insulted by the act, she spat, "You'll regret this,"

Kyou paused in his tracks. "Oh yes I will," Chika smiled at the sentence, "I regretted ever knowing you." Chika stared hard at the ground, startled by what Kyou had said. She had lost. Chika looked at Kyou driving away, but she smiled. Seeing the look on that woman's face, it had to be her. Chika smirked.

Kyou ain't never gonna get Tohru back.