I DO NOT OWN FRUITS BASKET!
A/N: Heyall! how are you? oh ok, then read! (this chapter is a little slow, sorry about that. i'm trying......)
Chapter 11 – The Eclipse part 3
Tohru was about to run down the stairs, when the power went off. She tripped down instead, landing with a loud bang at the bottom. She groaned in pain. Stupid Kyo! But even as she thought it, she sighed to herself, sitting up in the dark. If he really didn't see her that way, who was she to try and force him to? If he wanted to hug lots of girls, she wasn't going to stop him, because that's what made him happy. She wiped tears from her eyes in the dark, suddenly becoming afraid.
"Tohru? Where are you? I heard you fall." It was Kyo's voice. It was coming from the top of the stairs. She heard him walking down. She didn't say anything, afraid of even facing Kyo after her show of running away in tears. She heard his footsteps close to her, and she sniffled. Kyo heard it, and reached around for her in the dark.
His hand caught her head, and he felt the soft hair of Tohru, and then trailed down to her face, to find it wet with tears. Dammit, why did he have to be an idiot! He bent down close to her as best he could, and found her face in his hands in the darkness. She was crying alright. She sucked in a breath, ragged and painful.
"Tohru, I'm sorry . . . for whatever I did or said. You know me, always doing and saying the wrong thing." He smiled, even though she couldn't see it. "I don't like you crying, especially over me. It's just not right." He said, and felt her nod in his hands, and he sighed. He wished he could see her face. His fingers felt for the tears and wiped them away. But then his fingers went lower and felt the soft protrusions of her lips. He caressed them with his thumb. She wasn't pulling away. Maybe it was because she couldn't see where to go to. Maybe she was too scared to move. Maybe she liked his touch. . . .
"K-Kyo . . . if you want to go hug other girls, I-I won't mind, I mean it's not like I'll have any problems with it or anything. I don't want you to myself, I want you to be happy, a-and—" She was cut off as Kyo pulled her to him in a rough, but sweet embrace. It was strange, hugging Kyo. It felt so natural and warm.
"Torhu, I said I'm sorry. Sometimes things come out of my mouth, and I don't realize what I said until after it affects someone. I didn't mean to hurt you. I really didn't mean that I wanted to hug a lot of other girls, but I was just sick of listening to Akito and his problems. Tohru, you're the only girl in this world I would want to hug. I'm yours . . . ." He said against her neck, and she felt like crying again. She wished she could see his face. But his arms around her was enough for now. She hugged him back.
A bright light cast down on them, and Kyo's eyes were blinded for a minute, not given time to adjst. Tohru was facing the other way. "Dammit!" Kyo exclaimed, and looked up to see Yuki and Hana at the top of the stairs, looking very –well, they looked ... . determined, almost. "Shut it off, it's hurting my brain!" Kyo yelled, and tried to turn away from the bright light.
"Is Miss Honda alright?" Yuki asked calmly.
"I-I'm fine, Yuki!" Tohru said shakily. Both she and Kyo stood and headed back up the stairs. "How is everyone else? I guess the power cut off from all the rain and wind." They got to the top and joined the others.
"Yeah, looks that way. We'll have to dig out the old candles and flashlights. I found this one in my room." Yuki said, and the four walked back to the room where Hatori, Akito, and Uo still were. "Well, what should we do now?" Yuki asked.
Several tummies rumbled.
"I guess we kinda skipped over breakfast, huh. But we can't make too much without cooking it. Let's see what we have in the fridge." Tohru said, and everyone headed downstairs.
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Meanwhile . . . Shigure and Mii were . . . . uh . . . . 'cough, cough'
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After the rummaging of the fridge, everyone retreated to separate parts of the house, with either candles or flashlights. Hatori had warned the kids not to do anything 'funny' while they were alone, and that even though their curse was broken for a little while, not to do anything 'foolish'.
Yuki and Hana went to Yuki's room, where they leaned against the wall to listen in on Kyo and Tohru's conversation in Kyo's room.Yuki realized how close he and Hana were, and suddenly thought of the day before when he had kissed her. It was at first just a panicked solution to get her to look away from Kyo transforming, but it had quickly turned to something else. And now she knew, and she didn't seem too phased by it.
Her back was to him as she listened closer to the wall. There was one candle in with them, as they had turned the flashlight off to save batteries. He found he wasn't listening to the muffled words at all, but transfixed on Hana's long and wavy hair. She had let it down, and it looked beautiful. He wanted to feel it against his skin. He suddenly remembered Hatori warning them. Even though they had told them with the 'real' Akito's permission, Hatori still had the power to erase people's memories. (a/n: yeah... why is that? How come Hatori's the only one with a special power? Oh, well) That meant no . . . . regular teen activities.
He had to behave, keep his otherwise controlled hormones in check. It was weird. Only a few days before, he thought he was madly in love with Tohru, but somehow everything was different. All he could see was Hana, and all he could feel is that electrifying kiss she had allowed him. his mouth still tingled from the kiss . . . and he wanted another one. But he couldn't. He sighed deeply in frustration, and leaned in to the wall more. It was getting muffled. What were they saying? He could barely hear.
Suddenly he realized Hana was leaned back slightly, and he was leaning forward, and they touched. Yuki instinctly tried to pull away, but stopped himself. He had nothing to fear. Yuki was never a man to really hesitate, and leaned in closer, against Hana's back. It truly felt so wonderful. Not transforming into a rat, the feel of her warm back against his chest. She leaned further back and into his chest, and he tilted his head away from the wall and put his face against hers. Her hair smelled really good. Like jasmine on a rainy day. He breathed her in, and couldn't help but lower his head to her shoulder and give it a light kiss. His kiss trailed up her neck, and then behind her ear, where she shivered. She leaned back more, and Yuki brought her into his lap and reached around to bring her face around so he could kiss her. That electric feeling was back, and he couldn't help but bring her closer, deepening the kiss.
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Kyo and Tohru had been listening against the wall to hear what Yuki and Hana were doing, but they hadn't heard anything, not even talking. There was some muffled movements, but that was all. Then it sounded like someone banged against the wall, and Tohru and Kyo pulled away, startled.
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Hana had become almost aggressive as she passionately kissed Yuki. She had spun around and was now practically ontop of him. his arms around her were surprisingly strong, though, and she felt weak against him. Strange, because Yuki didn't really look strong, and yet he was strong enough to hold her against him, and she wouldn't be able to struggle free. But she wasn't struggling free. She was kissing him back, her own arms locked tightly around him. He rolled her so he could be over her, but went the wrong way and hit wall. He grunted, but just rolled the other way and was ontop of her, almost losing breath because he was so absorbed in kissing her.
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"That bastard, I wonder what he's doing right now." Kyo grumbled under his breath. It was just like Yuki to not only beat him to a girl, but also to a make out session. Somehow, he always found a way to win. He sighed angrily, and then looked over at Tohru, who was blushing fiercely.
"I never knew Hana liked him." Torhu said sheepishly, and smiled at the thought that Yuki had found someone. That made it all the easier to tell Kyo how she felt. She knew Yuki had someone, and wouldn't be getting upset over her and Kyo. Her and Kyo . . . . she looked over at him, and saw that he was already staring at her. He blushed even more, suddenly feeling awkward. They were alone in Kyo's room together, with just the light of two candles reflecting shadows off their faces.
Kyo couldn't help but think how beautiful she was in the candle light. She was blushing a lot, and he wondered if it was from Yuki and his 'activities', or was it from himself? "Tohru?" He asked, his voice low and unsure. She looked at him, innocently. "I know this will sound weird, but I was wondering . . . . I don't want to rush you or anything, you know, to do something you're not used to, but I want . . ." He was trying to say, and Tohru felt nervous.
What was he going to ask her to do something? Something like . . . Yuki and Hana were obviously doing? Would he ask her to do something else? Could she do that? With Kyo, even? Was it too soon?
"I want . . . . I just want to . . . . hold you." He said, and his eyes looked into hers, and Tohru wasn't the least bit shocked.
That was something she could do.
Before Kyo could say anything more, she leaped forward and fell into his unprepared arms. He fell slightly back from her weight, but soon smiled, and laid down, wrapping her up in his arms. She felt so small against him, but he loved it. Why couldn't they stay like this? He wanted time to stop just for them. He never wanted this eclipse to be over.
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Meanwhile . . . Shigure and Mii . . . . were, uh . . . . 'finishing up', shall we say.
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Hatori heard some rustling up stairs above his head. He hoped those kids were behaving. He really should be watching them carefully, but then again, he understood that this was probably their only chance to be truly 'close' to a woman, so he had allowed it, since Akito had nothing to say about. Hatori wished he could leave and find . . . someone . . . . and hug them. He had never known the sensation truly, and was delighted at the feeling when just Tohru hugged him. he had really considered leaving, but once he looked outside, the rain and wind was getting worse, and the road looked pretty blocked from the rain and debris.
He wondered how Shigure was doing. He was the one who figured it out in the first place. Hatori picked up the phone he had dropped, and noticed the line was dead. He sighed, and wondered about the poor little dog. He had said he hugged someone and hadn't transformed. What was he doing hugging people anyway? He knew better than that.
Shigure was always the person Hatori figured the least to go and fall in love. He had always saw in Shigure a fear of commitment, and a fear of Akito, especially after Hatori and his love. Shigure was always the silly one, other than Ayame, and never seemed the type anyway to fall for a girl completely and totally. He always came off as lecherous and a bit of a pervert. He was always joking around and teasing everyone, never seemed truly interested in a relationship.
This all had Hatori pondering a lot.
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Akito sat with Uo in the living room, a set of three candles burning in the middle of the table. He looked over at her, to see she was looking into the fire of the candles, and he noticed her brow deep in thought. She was trying to remember something, perhaps?
She looked up to see Akito was staring at her, a bit of confusion in his eyes as well. Whenever she looked at him, that name . . . why did the name Aki keep running through her head?
Why did the name Asa suddenly run through his head?
A/N: Well, not so much of a cliffhanger. Some nice scenes huh? Okokok, the Kyoru thing wasn't as great as the others, but still, they had their 'moments'. Uh..... sorry it's been a little while..... I've been trying to get myself off this addiction --it's called the Sims 2. I used to be addicted to the first one, but now. . .. with this one. . . . I can make really nice houses and people .. . . I'm so crazy. I need to get away. (I even made a little shigure house –it's so damn cute) oh well . . .. hope to update soon. Everyone read my profile, and check out my favorites. (especially if you like yugioh and kaiba/tea pairings (I DO!)) I want to make a kaiba/tea fanfic, but im afraid all the scenarios have been done already, and sometimes more than once . . . okay, well, gotta go. It's very late, and I have class tomorrow. –oh, in case anyone is following these and actually reading this, I got a A- on both my reports –YAY! Now I need to see wha ti did on my exam... ;) okay, bye!