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Standard disclaimers apply. (Yawn. I'm sleepy.)
Kass and Haru found the house quiet, for once. Kass went to put away the new cat food and found that the old cans had somehow reappeared. She angrily put the cans up and opened up a new one for Tsuki.
"Tsuki! Food's here!" Kass waited for a few minutes, and when Tsuki didn't come bounding out of the shadows towards the food, she began to worry. Tsuki hadn't missed a meal yet, and Kass didn't think the kitten would start now, considering she hadn't eaten all day.
They waited in the kitchen for a few more moments and when Tsuki didn't show up, they split up and searched the house with Yuki and Tohru. They could find hide nor hair of the missing kitty.
"Great! First the cat food, now the cat!" Kass said, frustrated and worried. "What if she got out when I left?! Oh no!"
"What?" Kyo asked, coming inside. "What's the matter?"
"Tsuki's missing! I have to go find her!" With that Kass bounded out the door, running down the street, calling Tsuki's name over and over. The others ran after her. After about an hour of wandering the city, screaming 'Tsuki! Tsuki!' at the top of their lungs, they began to loose hope of ever finding the kitten.
Kass slumped down on a bench, an expressionless look on her face. Tohru sat down beside her and put an arm around her friend. The boys just stood around.
"We should get home, Kass-chan," Tohru said. "It's really late."
"You guys can go home. I'm finding Tsuki. Even if I have to stay out all night, I'm gonna find her."
"But Kass-chan...," Tohru stopped herself. Kass was too stubborn. If she said she would stay out all night, she would stay out all night and that's that.
"Go home, you guys. I'll be fine by myself."
"C'mon. She says she'll be fine so let's go already." Kyo stood off to the side, ready to go. Tohru reluctantly stood and left with Yuki and Kyo. Haru stayed because Kass was heading in the direction of his house anyway.
They searched together as they neared his home and just when Kass had given up all hope, Haru reached into a bush by the sidewalk and pulled out a shivering kitten.
"Tsuki!" Kass plucked her from Haru's hands and held her tight. "How did you know she was there?"
"I heard her meowing. You were thinking too hard. Otherwise you would have heard it, too."
Kass smiled. "Thank you so much! I would have just passed right by her!" She looked down at her feet, suddenly finding her shoes very interesting.
"Um... I was gonna say this earlier but... um.... Well, I.... I think I.... Um.... That is.... Oh, the hell with it!" she said, lurching forward and pressed her lips to Haru's. Then she promptly blushed and ran away. Not ran, exactly, more like scurried. She disappeared and Haru stood there staring after her.
'Oh my God, I can not believe I actually did that! Why in the seven hells DID I do it? Why couldn't I just SAY it?! Curse my shyness to the seventh hell!' Kass plopped down on the bed with Tsuki still in her arms. The kitten meowed loudly and Kass jumped.
"I bet you want your food, huh?" She placed the small animal on the ground and watched her scurry downstairs towards her food dish.
Then she went back to thinking about how stupid she was. Then, about her favorite radio stations and how many good songs she was missing out on. Then she thought about monkeys and penguins. Then about countless other random things before finally falling asleep.
The next day of school passed without a word said between the two. When school was let out, Kass rushed off home without so much as a word to anyone. Haru walked to Shigure's with Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru, not really sure why he was doing it but doing it anyway.
He found Kass in the living room, in front of the TV. She was staring blankly at the screen. He sat down next to her. She kept staring at the screen.
"Um...," Kass started, but stopped. What the heck should she say?
"I feel the same," Haru said suddenly, making Kass jump. She stared, then smiled. He smiled back when suddenly-
"About time!" they heard Kyo shout. He was leaning against the doorframe, staring at them. "You guys were getting pathetic!"
"You should talk!" Kass snapped back. "What about Tohru? When are you planning on telling her, hm? Aww... did I make the kitty mad?"
Kyo glared at her and stomped off. Kass smiled to herself and rested her head on Haru's shoulder. "One more week."
"Hm?" Haru asked.
"One more week of paradise."
That Sunday
Kass sighed. She had three more days here. Three more days to spend with some of the best friends she'd ever had (even if they were a little... odd). She heard someone coming down the hall and glanced up. It was Haru (who else?), with Tsuki attached to his pants. She had been doing that a lot lately. Kass giggled and pulled her off as Haru sat down beside her.
"Hey."
"Hi, Haru," she said gloomily. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed. "I don't wanna leave."
Haru was about to say something when Tohru suddenly burst into the room, sobbing.
"Tohru? What's wrong?" Kass said, standing up.
"Nothing. I just realized you're leaving in three days. I'm okay." She sniffled. "I'd better get lunch started."
"Tohru, we just ate breakfast."
"I know, but I wanted to make something new today."
"Alright...," Kass said, unsure about what to do. So she sat back down and rested her head on Haru's shoulder while she petted Tsuki.
"Get a room!" Kyo shouted from down the hall.
"Go away, Kyo." Haru said.
"Yeah. Go away. You're annoying," Kass added.
"Why don't the two of you go away?!" Kyo snapped back.
"Because we're comfy here and we were here first," Kass said, turning her attention to Tsuki.
"That stupid American has actually gotten more annoying since you became a couple!" Kyo said to himself.
"You can't talk, Kyo." Haru grinned.
"Yeah. You've yet to say anything to Tohru and you've been living with her for how long now?" Kass smirked as well. It was fun to tease Kyo about Tohru. He went so ballistic.
"You shut up! That's none of your business!"
"Awe, poor Kyo. We made him mad." Kass smirked some more. She could swear she saw steam coming from Kyo's ears.
"He had it coming," Haru muttered.
"Yup."
THE ENDGuess what! I finally got the WHOLE second book! So now I know about Hatori! AND I got the fifth one! I'm so happy!
I apologize for suddenly ending it there without warning, but this was all my muse allowed me to write. Try as I might, she wouldn't let me write anymore! I will write an epilogue though, which I will make as long as I can.... Which probably won't be very long.... But anyway...
I have a very important announcement for all of you. I repeat, IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!! PAY ATTENTION!!! Ahem. When I finish the epilogue for this story, I will no longer be posting any true fanfictions on this site. I have realized that my constant creating of OC stories is because I enjoy creating new characters, and not because I'm just untalented and can't think of plots without throwing in someone new (though some anonymous people seem to think that...). And without OCs, I probably wouldn't have any stories (besides my tragedy one-shots) up on F-F-Net. I think I am just too creative to be bound by preset characters and plots. I also think that is why I suffer from a nearly constant writer's block. My muse (she has a name now, Xyl, pronounced Zill, like pill with a 'z') did not enjoy being trapped in other people's work. So this is my goodbye story.
I will be posting one more story after this, a Matrix inspired fiction that is only a fanfiction because it is based off of the Matrix. I created every character in that story, as well as the plot (obviously), and the original Matrix characters do not appear, so this is my final true fanfiction. I will only be posting my work on from now on, under the pen name Houseki, of course. I want to thank everyone that has read and reviewed my works here. Your praise and comments mean a lot to me, and I hope some of you will take the time to read my original work. Thank you again and, since there will be no author's notes in the epilogue, goodbye. ((bows and leaves))