Crazychickie4life: Alright, as promised, I made this chapter longer. I thought it was pretty good....but towards the end I think I went sloppy. Eventually I have plans for heavy editing of all my stories, so don't worry, it will some day be fixed up! Thank you for all your reviews, it made me happy to see that more then 3 people reviewed this time! And for all of you who are wondering, I still am not certain as to where the pairings are going.....I want your opinion as to what you think it should be (but that doesn't mean I'll end up using that pairing in the end). I'm still working on making the story's plot go along with the summary...which could take a while (but I am getting there...slowly).

Chapter 3: Good morning sunshine

Tohru glanced at the two glaring boys as she entered Yuki's room.

"May I?" she asked quietly waiting for Yuki's approval. Yuki (still in his rat form), nodded, while glancing at Kyo for any signs of jealousy....which of course, the way Kyo's face constricted with anger gave Yuki that satisfaction.

Tohru seated herself beside him on the bed, and placed the tray in her lap. Carefully, she took the bottle of cold medicine, and put a small amount on a small spoon.

"Alright Yuki-kun, since your in this form, I tried to find the smallest spoon I could get a-hold of. But, that means that we're going to have to do a few rounds......"

Yuki grinned his best rat grin to assure her he was alright with it. But, deep down he was already cringing at the horrible taste the medicine only offered....and the best part was that he would then have to suffer the after taste as well.

"Open wide" Tohru gently put the spoon in his mouth and pulled back when she was certain he had it all in his mouth. Waiting, she saw him gulp down the horrible medicine, and then put some more onto the spoon.

She repeated the step once more, making a grand total of three small spoonfuls, and more suffering on Yuki's part.

"Now I want you to get some sleep, okay Yuki-kun?" She asked as she fluffed the pillow behind his head, gently, taking in consideration he was currently a small rodent and could be jostled around easily.

Yuki nodded and instantly closed his eyes, his sleepiness overcoming his need to stay awake. Smiling in his sleep, dreams of Tohru began to pop in his head.....

Tohru looked at him, carefully bringing the blankets up closer to his now slightly shivering form. She sighed once and then looked around the room, noticing Kyo for the first time.

"Kyo-kun? What are you doing here!" Kyo glared at her. "Not that I mind you being here or anything, it's just that....well you don't normally come near Yuki unless its to fight....I'm sorry I just assumed..... I don't mean to make you mad!" Tohru fumbled with her words, still seated on Yuki's bed, she looked down at her lap as she twiddled her hands uncomfortably. Kyo's glare softened slightly at the look of distress on the girls face, and decided it was about time to give her some sort of explanation to stop her from wringing her hands to death.

"I'm here because I wanted to fight Yuki. I'm finally going to beat the little she-man. I want to make sure that he isn't faking sick so that he doesn't back down. So I'm going to wait for a bit before his charade is over." Kyo said naturally.

Tohru tilted her head to the side in slight confusion. But, then she understood, Kyo was probably just worried about Yuki and didn't want to say it! Nodding to Kyo with a smile, she left the room. (A.N. If only poor naïve Tohru knew....it's not that at all! Hahaha...she's just too innocent...sigh ).

Kyo stared at her retreating figure, and when he was certain she had left the room and was a safe distance away, he slapped himself repeatedly on his forehead. What was he thinking? Why did he tell her that excuse? It wasn't like he couldn't come up with another...such as one that involved Shigure threatening him about going back to the main house, but he had to say that! Baka baka baka! But it was the quickest thing to come to his mind......Now he had to stay in the same room with the baka until he woke up, or else Tohru would think something was up.. He was a baka! And he'd have to stay there alone, probably thinking of what he saw earlier between Yuki and Tohru. Jealousy welled up in his chest as he clenched his fists together at his side, jaw clamped in a sneer towards 'sleeping beauty' on the bed. If only he could kill Yuki in his sleep....but that was utterly impossible. For some odd reason, the rat was even more powerful in his sleep. Letting out a huge sigh, he decided he'd think of all the things he should do when Ayame came, to make sure that the two had some brotherly bonding sessions, away from the house, so that he could be alone with Tohru....

Tohru was worried about Yuki. His fever was running high, his face was pale, and he was shivering. Deciding right on the spot, she left the room only to change into her pajamas, grab a pillow and blanket, and a book to read. She would monitor Yuki all tonight, making sure he didn't get sicker then he already was. She had given him his medicine only fifteen minutes ago, at 8:30 p.m. And the medicine read that it needed to be distributed at 8 hour intervals, so she would only doze lightly off, and be sure to wake up at 4:30 a.m. to give him some more medicine. Putting a watch that she had received for Christmas from Hana-chan on her wrist, she left her room and went back to Yuki's. Kyo had a surprised look on his face, as if he didn't expect her to show up again, but soon changed it to a glare.

Tohru glanced around the room for a spot to set up, but only found one space left where she could lean against a wall....beside Kyo. Blushing slightly she walked over to where Kyo was seated, his eyes never leaving hers, watching her every movement attentively (like a cat).

"Kyo-kun? May I.....umm...sit beside you?" she asked quietly. He nodded in response.

Relieved that he allowed her to sit beside him, Tohru put her pillow behind her back, and the large blanket over her lap. Realizing that Kyo was planning on staying in the room all night, she took some of the blanket and brought it over his lap as well, so that they were now sharing the blanket.

Noticing Kyo blushed, Tohru mistook it as anger and instantly apologized.

"I'm sorry Kyo-kun, I should have asked first before I did that! I'm so sorry, please forgive me!" Tohru was about to take the blanket back because she thought he was upset, but Kyo instantly grabbed her hands before they reached his end of the blanket.

Shocked, she looked at him confused. "No Tohru, I don't mind. Thanks for thinking of me" Kyo assured her it was alright.

"So what are you doing in here anyway?" He asked out of curiosity.

"Well...I'm worried about Yuki-kun, and plus the medicine says that I have to give it to him every eight hours, so I figured I'd just rest my eyes until it's time.."

Kyo quickly understood. Although, the jealousy grew even more, and so did his over protectiveness of her.

"Tohru, you shouldn't worry so much about that damn rat"

"But Kyo-kun! I care about all the Sohma's and I want everyone to be happy! I just want to make sure that Yuki-kun is alright" Tohru said with a smile. "Besides, I don't mind!".

Kyo shook his head as the girl began to read some romance novel. She had gone to school that morning, went straight to work afterwards. Came home from work, cooked them dinner, cleaned up after them. And then after Shigure's 'Ayame comment', and Yuki's departure, she had gone to look for him. Then the stupid rat had to get sick (didn't help that he had asthma which quickened it), and she had to worry over him. She then proceeded to stay up late (he was certain that she wasn't going to let herself fall asleep until 4:30 after she safely gave Yuki the medicine, and then maybe go to sleep. Then, she'd end up waking up only 3 hours later so that she could cook them all breakfast, and then head off for work which started at nine. (The next day is Saturday.....no school). She worked too hard, and did so much. She exerted herself too much as well. And she did all this without complaining...Tohru was by far the most amazing person he had ever come across.

"Tohru, I'll stay up and wake you when Yuki needs his medicine." Kyo tried to convince her.

"No Kyo-kun! You need your sleep! Plus I don't want to burden you"

"No Tohru, don't worry about me, you need your sleep more than I do" Kyo tried.

"Please don't Kyo-kun! I'm going to take care of him, and you can go to sleep." Kyo knew it was useless to try and argue with her anymore, so he gave up completely, instead focusing a glare on Yuki. He was the reason why she was going to be a walking zombie tomorrow, and he would make sure to make Yuki feel guilty when he woke up.

Eventually time wore on, and Kyo watched Tohru intently in the corner of his eye as she made different faces with each line she read. Some of her expressions were in pure shock, sometimes her eyebrows were knitted together in a frown, and then there were other times where she would smile. But slowly as time went on, they both began to yawn more and more. Soon Kyo's eye lids became heavy and he fell asleep.

Tohru looked over to Kyo when she realized what time it was. (5 minutes until she had to give Yuki his medicine). She had given up reading about an hour ago, when the words had become blurry from her tiredness. She had closed her eyes, but she dared not go asleep in fear that she would miss the eight hour mark. Kyo was asleep, his mouth half open, and the blanket she had given him part of settled in a pool in his lap. He looked too kawaii for words! Taking the rest of the blanket (including her half), she pushed it around Kyo as much as she could without waking him to warm him up. He instantly nuzzled into the blanket, with a content smile on his face. Even though it was a big blanket, she had only left enough to cover her lap, but it was fine with her. As long as Kyo kun and Yuki kun were fine, then she was fine.

Quietly getting up from her spot on the floor, she realized when looking at the tray, that she had forgotten to feed him his now cold soup, and give him his tea! But it was too early in the morning to give him now, so she made a mental note to make a big breakfast in the morning. Taking the bottle and spoon in her hands, she decided not to wake him. He would gulp down whatever was his mouth anyway, subconsciously. Giving him his spoonfuls, he was so sick that he did not even open his eyes once. Sighing contently, she set her mental clock for 7:00 so that she had enough time to get to work and cook the boys breakfast. Re-settling herself beside Kyo, she fell asleep, for the next few hours she had to sleep, unconsciously shivering.

Kyo awoke to find Tohru's head resting on his shoulder, he blushed immensely, but loved the feel of her against him. Looking down, he noticed just why he felt so warm and comfortable....Tohru must have given him most of her share of blankets, because she was now barely covered, while he was wrapped in a cocoon. Glaring at her angrily, he saw her body shivering from the cold. It hadn't been too warm in the house to begin with. Why did she always have to do stuff like this? Why did she suffer so that everyone else could be happy? Glancing at her watch, he noticed the time was now 8:00. She had only slept for 3 and a half hours...how was she going to manage work today? And as much as he hated too, he knew he had to wake her up, or else she would be angry with herself later for not getting up early enough.

"Tohru?" Kyo gently prodded at her, shaking her gently.

"hmm?" Tohru asked behind sleepy eyes.

"Time to get up, it's 8"

"Oh no!" Tohru rubbed her eyes sleepily, and jumped up, quickly checking up on Yuki (who was still asleep), and then ran out of the room to get changed.

Tohru quickly ran into her room, got changed into some clothes, and brushed out her hair, putting them into braids. She then hurried down to the kitchen and began preparing breakfast. She was so tired....only three and a half hours worth of sleep, but she would be fine for the day. She decided that tonight she would just go to bed early.

Tossing some toast into the toaster, and quickly making bacon and eggs in the frying pans, she worked to make it just right. Setting the table as fast as she could (while glancing at the clock), she realized that she had just over 15 minutes to get to work. Filling the boys plates, she ran to grab her purse.

"Breakfast is ready! I'm off to work!" she shouted through the house. She felt bad for yelling when any of the boys could have been asleep still, but she needed to go, she already knew she'd be a few minutes late, and reprimanded...rightfully so. (A.N. Technically if you read the manga, she does literally all the work at the motel...or is it a hotel? Doesn't matter....without her, the other maids wouldn't survive.). She had been in such a hurry, that she hadn't even had a bite to eat, her tummy was growling, but she ignored it. Running the whole way, out of breath, she arrived to work only 5 minutes late.

Kyo stared off into oblivion, the hurricane that was Tohru had rushed around the house and had finally called up that breakfast was ready. Kyo had frequently checked his watch, and decided it would be best if he did not get in her way, seeing as how she would now be late for work and was in a hurry.

Yuki stirred in his sleep, causing Kyo to narrow his angry eyes at his sleeping form. The little princess didn't know what Tohru had done for him all night, and this morning. Kyo would make sure that Yuki felt guilty as hell when he woke up.

Not wanting to be in the same room as Yuki when he woke up, Kyo left the room to change into some fresh clothes. After he was dressed he made his way downstairs to find Shigure sitting at the table, a cup of coffee in his hands, a newspaper in front of him on the table. Kyo walked past him and headed straight for the fridge, grabbing a milk carton and gulping some milk right out of the jug, down. His stomach then chose that moment to growl in its hunger pain, so he took his place at the table, not saying a word to Shigure, and started eating his food.

Yuki appeared in the doorway minutes later, rubbing his eyes tiredly. Sitting down he began to eat.

"How are you feeling?" Shigure asked.

"Much better" Yuki said cheerfully.

"Baka nazoumi" Kyo glared at Yuki.

"Baka neko" he responded.

"Where's Tohru?" Yuki asked Shigure.

"She left a few minutes ago for work".

"Oh...."

"You really are an idiot." Kyo said in a dangerously low voice as Shigure left the room.

"You are, outcast" Yuki stated.

"Do you know what Tohru did last night for you?" Kyo asked angrily. "After you fell asleep, she brought a pillow and a blanket into the room, and set herself up against your wall. Then she read that you needed your medicine every 8 hours, so she waited up until 4:30 this morning and gave you it. Then she went to sleep and woke up three and a half hours later, just to make us all food, and she left the house late for work! And it's all your fault!"

Yuki looked shocked. "she stayed up all night for me?"

"And you'll be lucky if she hasn't made herself sick because of that". Yuki raised an eyebrow over the fact that Kyo was openly displaying his concern for Tohru. Kyo noticing what he had done quickly covered it up. "If she gets sick, then whose going to do all the chores around here?"

"Selfish neko" Yuki yelled at him

"It's your fault if she gets sick! You're the selfish one" Kyo reminded him.

Kyo finally was somewhat satisfied with the fact that Yuki now looked angered with himself. Kyo was beginning to make his way out the door to leave the rat to his thoughts, when Shigure entered, pushing Kyo back full force, Kyo landing on his bottom.

"I have great news! Hatori is bringing Ayame today! We'll have so much fun together!" Shigure had stars in his eyes.

"Where in this house is he staying?" Yuki's voice asked calmly, but everyone could hear the anger behind his voice.

"In Tohru's room of course!"

Yuki and Kyo looked at him as if waiting for him to say it was a joke. When Shigure turned around to leave, both boys reached for his shoulders and pulled him back around to face them.

"She is not staying in the same room as that pervert!" Yuki shouted.

"I won't let her do that either" Kyo said dangerously.

"But Yuki, Kyo! Ayame's so pretty, and Tohru-kun's room is just too pretty! It's a perfect match! Plus, she does have the biggest bed in the whole house!" Shigure said with a big grin on his face.

This only angered the boys more.

"You want my brother to share the same bed as innocent Tohru? Are you insane!?" Yuki looked about ready to punch something

"Find him somewhere else to sleep" Kyo said angrily.

"hmmm I guess that could be arranged. Kyo you have the least amount of stuff in your room am I correct?" Yuki didn't like where this was going, and Kyo wasn't sure what to think.

"I guess so...I'm not a pack rat like the nazoumi" But the comment slipped by unnoticed as the two boys awaited what Shigure had to say.

"Well then, I guess it's settled, Kyo move your stuff out of your room and into Tohru's!"

"I won't allow that!" Yuki said, his arms folded in front of him.

"Fine, then I guess you two will have to share a room, Tohru can be by herself, and Ayame gets the available bedroom.

The boys exchanged looks of horror at the thought of having to be in the same room together...

"But I'm not getting the impression that you two like that idea...so.....I know!" Shigure stuck his finger in the air for attention. "My little flower can stay in my room!" Shigure had a very perverted look on his face that made both boys shiver. "It's all settled then.." Again Shigure made to leave, but both boys stopped him.

"I don't think so" both boys yelled at once.

Shigure sweat dropped. "I don't know what's wrong with you two! You don't agree with anything I come up with"

Yuki finally took this as an opportunity to step in....as much as he hated suggesting it, he knew it was the only thing that he and Kyo were going to agree on. "Kyo and I will share a room with Tohru, Ayame can have his own room and you can stay in your own room as well."

Shigure contemplated this for a moment, disappointed that he wouldn't have his flower stay with him, and finally nodded in agreement, leaving the room.

"What'd you do that for?" Kyo asked confused/angry.

"It was the only way it was going to work. I won't let you sleep in the same room as Tohru by yourselves, and you wouldn't have allowed me to be alone with Tohru in the same room. I'm sure as hell not letting Ayame sleep in the same room as Tohru and the same goes for Shigure. I know you'd agree with me. And of course, I do not plan on sharing the same room as you, so it had to be this way."

For once, Yuki actually made sense to Kyo.

"Whose room?"

"Tohru's, it has the biggest bed, and plenty of space. I don't want her to have to sleep on the floor or anything. We'll roll out some mats and she'll have her bed." Kyo fully agreed with Yuki. Both boys sensed their civil conversation was over, and so they left the room to go their own ways......

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