"I'm sorry for leaving so early in the morning but I HAVE to go home and sort everything out with Kyo..." Tohru apologized to Kagura. "No prob, maybe we can do this another time when things aren't so hectic..." The two girls smiled at each other and Tohru quickly picked up her things and left for home.
The walk home was dreary, despite the beautiful day. Tohru couldn't stop thinking about the fight and what might happen and how Kyo must feel. "Oh I'm such a baka!" she screamed at herself, on the verge of tears. "Heh, you sure are...and clumsy too..." an older teenager chuckled from behind her.
"Hiro, don't be mean!" a girl scolded. Recognizing the voices, Tohru wiped her eyes and turned around with a wonderful smile. "Hiro and Kisa, It's been so long! Imagine meeting you here!" Kisa smiled back at her warmly but Hiro gave a rude look. "We're on Sohma property goofy!"
The three began walking together down the road. "So what have you all been up to lately?" Tohru asked, curios to know what the couple had been doing in recent times. "Oh Sissy, Me and Hiro are thinking about getting married!" When the two girls squealed together Hiro decided things was getting ridiculous. "Don't call her sissy! You are frickin 19 years old woman!" Kisa just gave him a smug look and continued on with her silliness with Tohru.
After a short distance the couple bid her farewell and set out in their own direction, leaving Tohru alone with her thoughts, once again. She didn't have to walk far to get off the property and onto her own. She walked quietly through the yard and opened the door to see a quiet, dark house. 'Hmm, maybe I over reacted....'
The onigiri crept up the stairs and opened the door to her daughter's room. Chikara was adorably cuddled up to a body pillow with her soft, pink blanket up around her chin, drooling profusely over every article of bedding. She would probably be up soon.
Seeing that Chik was all right and settled nicely into bed, Tohru turned her attention to her husband in the other room. She walked only a little further down the hall and peeked into her own room. Kyo was just as he always slept, on his side facing her side of the bed. The only difference was he had her pillow cuddled up against his face and upper body.
Perked up by the scene, the onigiri stepped closer to the bed and sat down on it. When the neko stirred and softly moaned from the disturbance, she smiled and lay down with her head on the pillow against his body. Careful no to touch his torso too much, she gently draped her arm over him and began rubbing his back, making him purr in his sleep.
When Tohru thought nothing could get any better and that she could lie there forever, the alarm clock sounded fiercely. BEEEEP BEEEP BEEEEP BEEEP. Kyo slowly opened his eyes due to the annoying sound but snapped out of any possible dream state to see his wife curled up next to him.
"Tohru...." He whispered softly, but his gaze faltered from her and he tried to roll over but found he couldn't from her grasp. 'No! He is mad at me for last night...' was Tohru's only thought before balling up with tears. "I'm sorry Kyo! I shouldn't have done that! Please forgive me! Oh, I'm such a baka!" she cried, burying her face into his chest.
They both stayed like that for a few moments, unmoving except from slight shivers on Tohru's part. She only stopped when she felt a hand place itself on the top of her head and start rubbing her hair. "It's ok...ok? No harm done..."
The onigiri looked up into her husband's now soft and understanding eyes. "Kyo..." her sentence was abruptly ceased by the contact his lips made with hers. Tohru closed her eyes and drank in the sensation as she reached up and placed he arms firmly around his neck. They kissed for several minutes then decided to come up for some air. "I'm so glad your home...I missed you..." Kyo admitted softly, crawling as close to her as possible and wrapping himself around her.
"Aw crap! I'll never be able to sneak up on you daddy! You are really girly!" Chikara giggled sleepily from the master bedroom door. "Shut up." Kyo retaliated, letting go of Tohru and rolling out of bed. "Don't use those words young lady. I can't imagine where you got them..." Tohru scolded, eyeing Kyo.
"Mom, can I help daddy in the dojo again? It was really fun yesterday!" Chikara cried, nearly dropping the plate she was drying from breakfast. "No baby, you might bump into one of those boys and then what would we do?" Disappointed by the negative answer, Chikara looked back down at her plate and continued drying it off. From the door, Kyo looked at the two and turned away with a sigh.
'What's gotten into her? She has never been like this towards Chik...' he pondered as he went to the other end of the house where his dojo was located. 'I better talk to her at lunch...'
When Tohru and Chikara were done with dishes, they both sat down at the table and played a little Dai Hin Min and chatted. "Mommy, what did you do while you were gone last night?" "Kagura-kun and I went to the movies."
"Oh," Chikara grunted, and then looked down at her hand with extreme concentration. "Mommy...are you ever afraid of me?" Tohru's once smiling face looked up from her hand at her daughter with a frown. "Why would you say that? I love you."
"Last night me and daddy talked about his mommy. He said she never let him do anything and that we are both very lucky that you love us...He said you are afraid of him when...you know...but that you love him anyways. Are you afraid of me mommy...?" Chikara asked, voice faltering at the end.
Tohru dropped her hand of cards, got up, and went to her daughter, kneeling down in front of her so she could see her face and hugged her. "Don't you worry baby. I love you," she whispered into the girl's ear and squeezed her tighter to her.
"Hey, what did I miss?" Kyo asked, coming into the scene a little late and grabbing a sandwich from the fridge. Tohru stood up and eyed her husband. "Can we talk?" she asked stiffly. "Ok, I was going to suggest that anyways..." he replied calmly. Tohru walked into the next room to wait on Kyo. He, in turn, winked at his daughter and followed. "Wish me luck..."
This chapter had a little more....er...drama? If you could even call it that....I wanna put a lot more humor in the next chapter...