(A/N:I am very sorry for the delay. Ever since that damn thing called school has started up again I have been increasingly busy with work and extra-curricular activities. I will try my hardest to write two chapters a month and maybe write some one-shots in between. I will finish this chapter by early September and Chapter Four will hopefully be done near the end of September. Same goes for October with Chapters 5 and 6 and for November with 7 and 8. However in December I will be taking a nice break for 2 reasons. 1: It's the Christmas season. I will be working my ass off for money for gifts, 2: It's Lyall's birthday on the 27 and it will take me up that entire month to think of a good gift for him. So enough with my ramblings. WARNING: In this chapter you will find out why it's rated R. It talks a LOT about sex in this chapter, there is a lemon scene, and Kyo curses a lot. So if your young little eyes aren't ready for this...then stop reading the story...I should've driven you off in the last two chapters.)
Third Person (No longer Kyo's POV)
It was a silent ride back to Shigure's house. Yumiko was a much less reckless driver, despite what everyone else thought she would be. Considering her audacious and exuberant personality, they thought she might be more reckless than Shigure. But thankfully this was not the case.
As soon as they reached the novelists home Yumiko went upstairs and put her things into Shigure's room, and Makino did the same.
"Um...Makino, you couldn't possibly want to stay in my room. Why don't you stay with your cousin Yuki or something?" Shigure pleaded.
No one really wanted to know why him and Yumiko would want to be alone that night but they had a pretty good guess. Makino said nothing, but moved her things up to Yuki's room. Yuki gave Shigure an icy glare from across the room. Shigure whistled, pretending not to know what was going on.
"Idiot," Kyo muttered hastily making his way upstairs. He beckoned Tohru to follow him.
Tohru looked anxiously at everyone else and then with a puzzled look she followed Kyo upstairs and into her room. She saw him sitting on her large bed, staring at her intently.
"What is that cat up to?" Yuki asked to himself from downstairs.
"So what do you want for dinner and what movie do you wan to watch?" he asked in a voice that suggested he really didn't want to spend the evening with her.
But it was quite the contrary. There was no way in hell that he was giving up his plan. No one was going to get in the way of their evening together. Not Shigure, not Yumiko, not Makino, not even that damn rat.
Tohru looked up at Kyo with a cheerful smile on her face. She looked into his blood-red eyes. He may seem ungrateful, but deep down; Tohru knew that he was genuinely happy and thankful. She knew that he really cared for her, but what he really didn't know was how much she cared for him. It was a silly, school-girl crush for a while, but eventually her love for the cat blossomed into a thriving passion flower. A passion that she wanted to share with him.
She blushed at the thought of her and Kyo, together, holding hands, staring at each other with lovesick expressions, running her fingers through his hair, sending soft kisses down his neck. In the rain. She always had a secret desire to kiss in the rain.
It rained when her mom was married. As soon as the priest said 'You may now kiss the bride' it began to pour rain. Most brides would be upset if the were getting married outside and it began to rain heavily, but Kyoko didn't mind. She kissed Tohru's father more passionately then ever, and then danced down the aisle laughing, in the April shower. Kyoko said it was one of the most memorable moments in her life.
But Tohru knew that Kyo would never be able to open up enough to her to actually love her. She tried to shake these feelings away, but every time they came back they were more desperate than ever.
"You don't have to cook tonight Kyo, since Makino and Yumiko got here it's going to be harder to cook for more people. You don't need to do that. I promised I would take care of the cooking and cleaning anyway, remember?" she replied cheerfully.
"God gave them hands, and they can use those hands to make themselves some dinner. Shigure's 29 for heavens sake! He should make his own god damn food. Besides, you do too much around here. You deserve a break. And I want to watch a movie." Kyo declared, he wanted to kick himself for the last part for how stupid it must've sounded.
Tohru let out a suppressed giggle. She then put on a straight face and gave Kyo an 'are-you-sure?' sort of look.
"You really think that they'll be okay?"
"They're not gonna die; The worst that'll happen is they'll miss a meal. Too bad, so sad, boo friggity hoo."
"Well...if you're sure..."
"Yes, I'm sure. Now what do you want for dinner?"
Tohru looked sheepishly at her feet, she could never tell Kyo that she was kind of scared of his cooking. She then got a mental picture of Kyo wearing a pink apron and holding a large black spatula. Never again. That was just too disturbing.
"Maybe, we should go out to eat...?" she suggested hopefully.
Kyo Contemplated these options for a few moments and then shot Tohru a suspicious look.
"I'm not gonna food poison you 'ya know." He spat at her.
Tohru shook her head and responded frantically,"Oh no no no! That what wasn't what I meant! I'm sorry if it came out that way! I swear I didn't mean it to! I think that you cook wonderfully! I mean...-"
He cut in rather annoyed, however, he couldn't help but smile at her spastic reaction, "Yeah yeah, whatever. We can go out to eat. To tell you the truth, I wasn't too thrilled about making you dinner anyway."
She had a hurt expression about her. But Kyo never really noticed it.
"So, where do you want to go?" he asked boredly.
"Um...how about 'Shang-lee's'? There meat pots are delicious!" she exclaimed.
Kyo shrugged. He had never heard about it, but if Tohru liked it, he might as well grin and bear it.
Dinner had gone a lot better than Kyo had expected, his dinner (for once) didn't include leeks. The meat pot had thoroughly pleased him. He also was quite delighted that he and Tohru had a pretty good conversation. Well, it was pretty good for a while. Then it got a little awkward...
"So how are your classes going Kyo?" Tohru asked intently.
Kyo shoved a spoonful of food in his mouth before answering, "Fine I guess, Health class is really boring though."
"Oh, well what are you learning about in Health Class?" She asked dabbing her mouth lightly with a napkin.
Kyo paused in between chews, as he felt the blood rush into his cheeks. Well, he was talking to Tohru, so maybe she wouldn't mind him telling her. After all, she always said it was best to tell the truth.
"Sex..." he said quickly then sheepishly went back to devouring his meat pot.
Tohru blushed furiously and then bit her lip, what the heck was she supposed to say to that. She pretended to look busy by stirring around her meat pot.
Kyo also, was feeling a bit hot around the collar. Ever since he had uttered the three-letter word, which could make anyone blush, he got mental images of Tohru and himself making passionate love to each other. At this he felt his loins tighten, and was very glad that they were sitting across from each other, so he could hide his erection well enough. He hated being a guy sometimes.
Every guy has fantasies and desires some type of pleasure. No matter how proper or un-perverted a guy may seem, he always wants sex. If not, then he's excluded from the rest of society of guys, or he's gay. But gay guys just want to fuck other guys, so really, no guy doesn't think about sex in his lifetime. Kyo had wet dreams, erections, fantasies, all that crap. Even Yuki had them. They just hid it a lot better than other men might.
But other than that, dinner was pleasant. After that they made their way to the nearest video-store and started looking for the perfect movie. Kyo was a little bit afraid that he would be forced to watch a chick flick. And for a while, he had the right idea.
They moved slowly in between the rows and rows of movies. The would occasionally stop and glance at something, but then after looking at the title and the picture on the box, lost interest.
Tohru stopped and then grinned as she picked up a movie from off of the middle shelf.
"What do you think Kyo? It's called 'While You Were Sleeping'. The girls at school used to talk about it a lot. They said it was really good." she explained handing the box to Kyo.
He looked as though he had swallowed a lemon. It had had a woman and a man hugging on the front. It was a chick flick. Anything that doesn't have a large vehicle, weapon, or random object on the cover, is a chick flick.
"I'm not a Sandra Bullock fan, pick something else." he said shortly.
Tohru put the movie back on the shelf with a slight feeling of disappointment. They looked a little bit longer before she had found another video that looked interesting.
"How about this one? It's called 'Sleepless in Seattle'." she said smiling.
This was unbelievable. Everything she picked out...chick flick. Every movie she saw...chick flick. Every video in the whole damn store...chick flick.
"I don't like movies with the word 'sleep' in the title, it bugs me. Don't ask." Kyo explained, rather annoyed.
Tohru looked at him questioningly, but then shrugged and placed the cassette back on the cluttered shelf. And their search continued. After a few more rows of chick flicks, she picked up another movie and handed it to Kyo for his approval.
" 'Titanic' eh? That was like a ship or something right? All I remember was a bunch of people like, died...I think...well if someone dies, I'll rent it." he replied shrugging.
He then saw that it was rated PG-13 for nudity. Without another word, he shoved it back onto the shelf and dragged Tohru to another section. This was the 'Special Entertainment' section. He wondered what that meant at first, then to his horror, Tohru picked up one of the movies and showed him. As soon as he saw Jenna Jameson on the front, he knew it was porn.
"This one is 'Babes in Toyland'. Hey! I watched that as a cartoon when I was a little. I never knew they made a version with people on it. Wait...why does it have an 'Adults Only' sticker on the side...?" Tohru began, scrutinizing the cover.
His eyes widened as she read the back of cover. Once again, he had an erection. Her eyes got wider and wider as she read on. Kyo decided to stop her at 'a land of exotic and erotic toys'. He grabbed her by the arm and then pulled her over to the Family section.
Family section, good, clean, not sexual, healthy movies. Finally. This was becoming insane. Tohru was, once again, the first to pick up a video.
"How about 'Free Willy'?" she suggested.
Kyo was so pissed off, steam practically poured from his ears.
"THAT'S IT! I DRAW THE LINE AT 'FREE WILLY'!" he exclaimed, throwing the video back onto the shelf.
He drug her over to the horror section and picked a random movie off of the shelf. He didn't care what it was, as long as it wasn't 'Free Willy'. He hated that movie with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns.
Kyo slammed the movie onto the counter and pulled out 1000 yen. After the employee had scanned the movie and put it in a bag, Kyo and Tohru made their way out the door.
They had barely got into the door before Yumiko and Shigure bombarded them with questions.
"Where'd you go?" Shigure asked eagerly.
"What did you do?" Yumiko interrogated, bouncing up and down.
"Did you make us some dinner?"
"Did you go out to eat?"
"Was it a date?
"Are you going to watch a movie?"
"Tohruuuuuuuu can I have some of your delicious beef stew??"
"Are you wearing green socks?!"
Shigure immediately looked at Yumiko with a perplexed expression. She shrugged.
"Well, I'm wearing pink socks, and needed some green socks to match my new outfit and I thought I'd borrow some," she explained.
Yuki looked over from the table. He was reading a book called 'Great Gardening Tips'. He shot Shigure and Yumiko a stern look.
"Stop. Apparently Ms. Honda and Kyo want to be alone." he hissed at them.
Before Tohru even put her foot on the first step, she caught Yuki's icy stare. She felt herself shrink under his glare. What was so wrong with being with Kyo alone? She knew that Kyo and Yuki really hated each other, but her and Kyo barely spent time alone together. Maybe Yuki was afraid that Kyo would do something to hurt her, or that he felt left out.
She turned to Yuki and hung her head shamefully, "You can come and watch the movie with us Yuki, I don't mind at all."
Yuki looked as though he had snapped out of a trance. He stared at Tohru for a few moments and then chuckled lightly to himself. He shook his head as his face cracked into a sweet smile.
"Oh no Miss Honda. It's getting late, I need to catch up on some sleep. Maybe we can watch it tomorrow." He told her, still smiling.
He did indeed look tired. Tohru put her foot back on the step, but took one more glance at Yuki. She gave him a look that said 'are you sure?'. He nodded and then waved his hand, telling her to go upstairs and enjoy the movie, whatever one they were watching.
After a while, Shigure had put a TV and VCR in Tohru's room. She never really used it, but now she was rather thankful that she had it. She'd rather be alone with Kyo in her room. After this thought she blushed at how wrong it must've sounded.
They made their way up to Tohru's room. She sat silently on her large bed, watching Kyo take the video out of the bag and show her the cover. She squinted her eyes to read the title.
" 'The Ring'. Hm. I wonder what it's about..." she said thoughtfully.
"Well, we're gonna find out I guess," Kyo replied bluntly, shoving the videotape into the VCR.
He shut off the lights and flopped down onto the bed next to Tohru. Both their eyes were glued to the television screen. After the first five minutes, Kyo had a feeling Tohru wouldn't be able to sleep that night.
The scene was basically this after the movie ended. Tohru sat upright, hugging her pillow to her chest with one arm and squeezing Kyo's hand with the other. Her eyes were so wide, she looked like a deer in the headlights. Kyo was trying to wriggle his hand away from Tohru's grasp, he didn't look scared at all, in fact he looked as though he was bored.
"T-that was...scary..." Tohru whispered, her voice trembling.
Kyo looked around the room then got up from her bed, "Well, g'night."
Tohru frantically wrapped her arms around Kyo's middle to stop him from leaving. At this point he transformed into a orange cat as his clothes laid down next to him. Tohru clasped her hands to her mouth as she looked at the cat in dismay.
"I am so sorry....But please don't leave! I'm really really scared! Please stay with me for a little bit. Only a little while..I promise!" she cried.
Kyo let out an exasperated sigh. He really did want to stay with Tohru, but he was so damn tired!
"Fine, I will," he said after a few moments.
Tohru let out a sigh of relief, "Well, I'm going to put on my pajamas..."
Kyo began to walk out of the room, but then Tohru stopped him again.
"I told you I wanted you to stay with me!" she whined.
"But you're going to change! I can't just sit and watch!" Kyo replied you...turn around...maybe..." she suggested quietly.
Kyo glared at her and then turned his body away from her and closed his eyes. She faced his back and then looked around the room in a circumspect manner, as though someone were about to jump out from inside of the closet. After realizing that there was probably no one there besides her and Kyo (who was still a cat), she knew that she was safe enough to strip down.
She began by unbuttoning her sweater, and then taking off her skirt. She was then left in her undergarments when Kyo changed back. She had accidentally gotten a good look at his bare backside (which was in fact, nicely toned. He had to work them out, it was impossible for a butt to look that good!) She blushed and covered her eyes. Although in her mind she had to admit, she was secretly glad she had gotten a tiny peek. After that perverse thought she hit herself in the head.
Kyo was unaware of the free peep show he had just given.
"I just changed back, I'm gonna turn around and get my clothes, so just close your eyes. I promise I won't look at you either." he admonished her, although Tohru was not oblivious to the fact that he had changed back.
He turned around and snatched his clothes off of the ground. As he was getting up from crouching on he floor, he caught a glimpse of Tohru. It was an accident! He swore it was an accident! Except for the whole staring thing...yeah, that he did on purpose. But he was innocent for the glimpse! He gazed dreamily at Tohru's perfect body. Her flat pale stomach, her long beautiful legs, and perfect breasts. He flushed deeply as his eyes moved to her bra and rested in between her breasts.
Kyo turned back around quickly and began to put on his boxers. Tohru waited for a few moments before grabbing a long button-down t-shirt off of the top of her dresser. She slid it over her head and pulled up the sleeves a little bit. It barely grazed the tip of her upper thigh. If she had raised her arms, she would have the danger of showing her underwear.
"You done?" Kyo asked, his voice cracking. The picture of Tohru still lingered in his mind. He shouldn't have stared like that. He really did hate being a teenage boy sometimes.
"Yes," Tohru replied quietly. She was feeling guilty for staring at Kyo in his nakedness.
Kyo turned back around to face Tohru. She was dismayed to see him only wearing a pair of black boxers. It must be what he slept in. She observed him from head to toe. She loved his body. She loved how he could be so built, yet slender ad beautiful at the same time. Her mind lingered away from Kyo and back to her fright over 'The Ring'.
"Thank you for staying with me tonight Kyo, I really appreciate it..." she thanked him, sliding into bed an under the covers.
Kyo shrugged which meant 'your welcome'. He walked over and sat on the bed next to her. He stared down at her crystal-blue eyes. They were gorgeous. To cover for his gawking, he came back with a jeering remark.
"What was so scary about it? You get scared too easily. I thought the movie was stupid..." he scoffed at her.
Tohru knew better than to listen to is hateful words. In 'Kyo Language', as she would call it, it meant 'Are you okay? I hope you didn't get scared too much. Is there anything I can do? I wasn't scared of it...' .
"The poor little girl, I do feel bad that she died in the well...but I don't want to be killed for just watching a video! Did you see those people after she had killed them, Kyo? It was terrible!" she replied softly, her voice weak with fright.
Kyo looked down at his love. He smiled warmly down at her. Usually he would've said something to mock her last remark, but he was done being a fool in front of her. He didn't want to drive her away from him anymore. He wanted her to be closer. Kyo laid his head on the pillow beside hers.
"If any little girl comes out of the TV I'll kick her ass. How does that sound?" he whispered to her grinning.
Tohru nodded and then closed her eyes. Kyo promised that he would only stay until she fell asleep. But he couldn't help but remain a few more minutes with his precious love. He simply stared at her. Just stared. He laid his hand on top of hers, Tohru wrapped her legs around Kyo's waist and Kyo put his arm underneath her head. He began to stroke through her hair, they weren't exactly hugging. Yay for loopholes. He then brushed her forehead with his lips. He closed his eyes in bliss as he let soft kisses fall onto her forehead. And it was that way that he fell asleep.
((WARNING: THIS SECTION HAS A LEMON IN IT. Is the lemon really nessacerry? PROBABLY NOT! But I'm writing it because I can! HA! ))
Third person, Same Night.
Yumiko slipped an emerald-green nightdress over her head. It fight loosely around her curves and showed off her strong legs. Being the Horse of the Chinese Zodiac she had very strong legs, and the white streaks in her brown hair was explained from the white mane, tail, and patch on her nose when she turned into a horse.
"All right Shigure, you can turn around, I'm finished now." She called back to Shigure.
"It really doesn't matter Yumiko, I saw your reflection in the computer screen the entire time..." Shigure pointed out.
He let out a few barks of laughter as Yumiko slapped him playfully across the arm. They really did have strong feelings for each other. They had never dated before, although they have been quite tempted to. Yumiko and Shigure were VERY distant relatives, so it wouldn't be considered incest if they got married and had children. She was his Aunt's (by marriage) cousin's, nephew's, daughter. So he really doubted that she was even part of the Soma family, but nonetheless she had gotten the Zodiac curse. So she had to be blood-related somehow.
"You are just as perverted now as you were in high school, if not worse." Yumiko replied sternly.
She sat down on the floor Indian-style and began to take out her braided hair (She had it braided up while she was at Soma estate). Shigure watched her idly, as she let the curls and waves from the the braid fall down to her shoulders. She was beautiful. Down to the last curl. He smiled to himself as he sat down behind her and began taking out the second braid.
"No, I had quite the creative mind when I was in highschol." Shigure said as-a-matter-of-factly.
Yumiko snorted, she highly doubted that. Shigure, Hotori, and Ayame all went to the same high school as her. She had skipped her last year of middle school because her grades were through the roof. She was a year younger than everyone when she started 9th grade. Shigure and the others were all seniors. It was awkward enough being the youngest girl there, but Shigure tried to make the year even more memorable by flipping her skirt, lifting up her shirt, snapping her bra, and groping her in the hallways. She had never really forgave him for making her freshman year Hell.
However she did get back at him at his graduation by pantsing him in the middle of his speech. She took everything down, boxers and all. Shigure begged Hotori to erase all of the people's memories, but Hari said that he wanted people to remember that event for years and years to come.
Yumiko helped Shigure a lot with his novels, he had based many characters off of her, and tiny idea's and conflicts were credited to her creative mind.
The reason that they could never date, was because of Akito. Akito had favored both Yumiko and Shigure, they didn't want to sully their perfect record. They had no idea of why Akito did not take any sort of liking in their relationship, but he didn't like any of the Zodiac's to find love. Maybe it was because he had lost love...
"You have seemed to calm down a lot," Shigure stated, interrupting her train of thought.
She looked back at her lover, he was running his fingers through her chestut hair.
"This is how my mood always is. I'm extremely hyper in the morning and throughout the day I gradually slow down. I guess I just get tired." She stated, leaning her head back onto his shoulder.
He smiled and hummed a tuneless song as he continued to stroke through her hair. She sat back in sweet bliss. This was how she always wanted it to be. She loved Shigure with every drop of blood in her body. And she knew that he felt the same way she did. But why hadn't he tried anything yet? Akito was dying, his rules didn't matter anymore, so why didn't he take her in his arms? Why didn't Shigure claim her as his own?
"How can Tohru choose between Yuki and Kyo?" She blurted out suddenly.
"Where did this come from?" Shigure laughed.
Yumiko blushed and quieted down a bit more, "Well, Yuki and Kyo both love that girl so much. Both of them are so good to her. So how can she possibly choose between them? Everyone knows that if she chose Yuki over Kyo, Kyo'd probably kill Yuki or kill himself. And if she chose Kyo over Yuki, Yuki'd go into a deep depression. It's a lose/lose situation."
Shigure sighed as his face screwed up into a confused stare. After a few moments he spoke, "Well, don't tell Yuki this, but I really think that Kyo needs her a lot more than Yuki does. Yuki can really find someone he loves as much as Tohru. But Kyo would continue to push people away. "
"But...Yuki is so good to Tohru, and...well....they look so cute as a couple!" she whined.
Shigure sent her a disarming smile, "Don't we look like a cute couple?"
Yumiko snorted in disbelief, "Who decided that we were a couple?"
"I did."
"Oh, and when did you come up with this bull?"
"Just now."
"I don't remember agreeing to this..."
Shigure gave her a playful smile before jumping in front of her and kissing her softly on the lips. She accepted the kiss, as though it was something she had been expecting. They then scooted backwards, still kissing, until Yumiko was pinned up a against a wall.
Shigure put his body weight on her so she couldn't get away. He forced his tongue into her mouth. As their tongues mated he thought that this was how he wanted their love to be, his bold and hers timid. He slowly brought his lips away from hers and slid his hands inside of her night-dress. He looked at her hopefully, seeing if she was unwilling to go this far.
To his relief she had her eyes closed and her head up against the wall. Her breath was sharp and rapid. He could tell she wanted more. He slid her nightgown over her head and stared began raining kisses up and down her stomach and around her breasts.
She slid his kimono off of his shoulders with ease. They worked away from the wall, Yumiko didn't want to have sex against a wall. It wasn't on the top of her list. Shigure positioned himself on top of Yumiko, it was then she realized that she had 150 pounds of hungry male on top of her. She might as well feed him.
She reached her hands down and slid his boxers off of his hips. She could feel his erection going in between her legs. She had her fun. Now it was Shigure's turn.
He looked down a her, just staring at her face made him more and more aroused. He felt her chest up against his and bit his lip to stop from ejaculating right there. He reached his hands behind her back and unsnapped her bra. He carelessly threw it to the side as he gazed at her bare chest. Her breasts were perfectly rounded and he couldn't wait to run his tongue over them.
All that was left was a piece of cloth separating him and her from Paradise. Yumiko's breath quickened as he stuck his hand down the front of her underwear and lightly fingered her. A moan of pleasure escaped from her lips. Her sexy little moans just made him even more horny as he practically ripped off her panties and stuck his finger once again in her wet entrance.
She rolled over so she was on top this time, as she slowly slid herself down his body and had her hands wrapped around his manhood. She slowly ran her tongue over the smooth surface. He had to control himself from spilling his seeds right into her mouth at that point.
She continued to run her tongue around his loins as he moaned with lustful pleasure. He practically ripped her away from his lower body and positioned himself on top of her. White-hot passion and desire swelled in his chest and was released as he thrust his manhood in and out of her wet entrance.
Passionate love erupted uncontrollably through their bodies as they made love.