Kyo ran to catch up with her and finally got her to sit down on a nearby
park bench. There, they sat down and Tohru sobbed, face in hands. "I told
you this was a bad idea," Kyo spat, "she is such a bitch!" He looked over
at Tohru who was still crying. "Hey...it's ok....please don't cry..."
Then an idea came to mind. "How bout you lay down. You look exhausted," Kyo suggested. "H...how?" Tohru sobbed. "J...just use my lap as a pillow...but don't worry! I won't do anything dirty or anything!" Tohru looked up at Kyo, who was bright red now, and smiled through her tears. "Thank you Kyo- kun..." and she laid down.
Unsure at first, Kyo just sat as still as possible. He relaxed greatly when she reached up and grabbed his knee for a more comfortable position. He began to stroke her silky beautiful hair gently. He couldn't believe he was doing this. What the hell was he thinking?
He sat therenhhhdhdfjfnfndsjdfjvndd He sat there with her in the dark silence until he could eel that his pant leg was damp from her tears. A new anger formed within him. "Doshite Tohru, doshite?" he demanded. She sat up quickly and looked at him. "What do you mean?" she sniffed.
"Why do you have to love him? You haven't been yourself sense the other day!" He was standing in front of her now, looking her straight in her eyes. "Why him?! Tohru...I can't stand to see you like this! I love you!!"
He stopped. Embarrassed from blurting it out and frustrated from her shocked look he stormed off. Was he so much of an asshole to her that she really had no idea? Ties was not the way he wanted to tell her.
Tohru sat on the bench for a while before she realized where she was. This was the same bench that she had put Hatori on when he transformed in front of her the first time. She finally got up and walked home alone. She had made a real mess of things all right. As she walked out of the park, Kyo jumped out of a nearby tree. He was still going to protect her at least.
"I'm home!" she called to Shigure a soon as she was in the door. "Ahh, Yuki is already in his room," Shigure informed then looked around for the neko, "Where's Kyo?" Tohru looked down. "I don't..." "Right here," Kyo said, just stepping in.
Tohru turned around and gazed at him sadly. "Kyo-kun...can I talk to..." "Good night." He didn't even glance at her as he walked by to go up to his room. There was no way he could face her now. All she would do is pity him like everyone else who had supposedly loved him in his life.
He dreamt of his mother that night. Images of her cooing and checking for his damned bracelet passed. Images of her tucking him in and kissing his forehead passed. At one time he thought she loved him, but he was wrong. All she felt was pity and terror. He couldn't stand it anymore. He wanted to wake up.
Beep Beep beep went his 5:00 am Sunday alarm. "Thank God, no school!" he sighed to himself. He walked sleepily into the kitchen for a bite to eat before morning training. "Good morning Kyo-kun..." He closed the paper door in reflex but opened it up again to see her face had gone from cheerful to gloomy.
"I'm sorry Kyo-kun...I deserve this," she whispered. He walked over and opened the fridge, grabbing the carton of milk and chugging it. He finished it and took a breath. "Just forget it..." he muttered and walked outside to begin warm-ups. Tohru followed him shortly after to see his shirtless figure sitting silently, Indian style in the grass, meditating.
When he found he couldn't concentrate he just got up and began practicing his forms, trying to ignore the one person he didn't want to ignore. He went on like this for about twenty minutes and when she didn't leave he finally got irritated enough to stop.
"What the hell do you want?" he screamed in her general direction. "Kyo- kun...I just want to talk to you..." Kyo sat down in the shade of a nearby tree. He was soaked in sweat by now. "Why? Haven't you had enough?!" He could feel tears forming in his eyes.
Tohru carefully walked over to the unsettled form and sat down beside him. "Kyo-kun...about last night... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have put you through that. I am such a baka!" She tried to rest her hand gently on his shoulder but he shoved the hand away. "I don't need your pity..."
Unknowing to what he was doing he got up and ran toward the woods. He didn't know where he was going. All he did know was he had to get away from there, away from her. "Damn Yuki!" He didn't stop until he had reached a faintly familiar source of water. There, he sat down on a rock and rested.
Back at the house, Tohru still sat under the shade of the tree, distressed. Over the last couple of days, she realized, how much Kyo had come to mean to her. He had been there every time she had a problem, even when it was about Yuki. She realized now how much it had to hurt him.
She got up and did the only thing she could think to do, go into the woods after him. What she would say or do when she found him, she didn't know, but after all the times he had been there for her and all the wonderful things they had shared, she wasn't going to lose him now.
Kyo sat on the rock until he was numb all over from weeping. It was happening all over again. The memories of his mother's false love flooded him. "Kyo-kun..." He whipped around to see Tohru, panting from the long trek, walking towards him slowly.
He got up and felt a twinge of familiarity. "I don't want to..." "Please listen to me Kyo-kun!" He looked at her with wide, angry eyes. "Why? So I can hear your pity for me? No!" Tohru gave him a perplexing look. "I don't pity you Kyo-kun," but he got up and rushed away before he could hear her last few words. "I think I love you...."
Tohru returned to the house to fix breakfast just in time to see a sleepy Yuki walking into the kitchen. Tohru looked up at him and smiled. "Good morning Sohma-kun!" He sat down at the low table and looked at the food set before him.
"Miss Honda...I am sorry...about last night," He apologized, "I didn't want to do that...I wanted to run after you too." Tohru glanced at him but looked back down at her own breakfast. "I too am sorry, I don't know what came over me...I hope Amy isn't too angry with me. I would so like to make friends."
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about," Yuki continued, "Last night...when she kissed me...I didn't think of her, I thought of you. Miss Honda, we broke up..." Tohru dropped her plate that she was carrying to the sink and it broke. "Oh, I am such a klutz!" Yuki got up and tried to help her clean it up but kept talking. "Are you ok Miss Honda?" "Yep!" she said, thinking he was meaning the plate.
"About last night, you ran out and I didn't go after you..." Tohru looked over at him and smiled widely. "Yes. Kyo-kun stayed with me until I felt better and kind of let me vent..." then she broke off, remembering her new problems wit him.
"I'll make sure to think him later..." Yuki said grudgingly. "Miss Honda...I was wondering...how do you feel about me?" Tohru paused from what she was doing. "I don't know Sohma-kun...I loved you last night, but Kyo-kun..." "Ehh, so he went in for the kill huh? Stupid cat."
Hearing this made Tohru a little angry for the first time ever at Yuki. "No Sohma-kun, he didn't. He did tell me how he felt but I don't think he meant to..." Saying this brought her back to last night and the short conversation they had on the bench. She felt horrible and knew she had to find Kyo.
"Miss Honda..." These words brought her back to reality. "I love you. I was a fool to try to think I didn't." Yuki's words were so soft and refined and confident in a way, nothing like the neko's would be. Tohru gazed at him for a fraction of a moment but continued to do her chores with a bright blush, but not replying.
"I understand. You don't have to say anything Miss Honda, I am sorry to disturb you." The moment the last word left Yuki's lips Kyo stepped through the door and stomped up the stairs without a second glance. "He won't talk to me Sohma-kun; I don't know what to do..."
Yuki gave Tohru a gentle smile. He knew he was too late to win her affection. "Don't worry Miss Honda, leave everything to me." In a flash Yuki was gone. "Oh no..." Tohru moaned. She wasn't the smartest person but she knew Yuki wasn't the person to see Kyo at this moment.
Then an idea came to mind. "How bout you lay down. You look exhausted," Kyo suggested. "H...how?" Tohru sobbed. "J...just use my lap as a pillow...but don't worry! I won't do anything dirty or anything!" Tohru looked up at Kyo, who was bright red now, and smiled through her tears. "Thank you Kyo- kun..." and she laid down.
Unsure at first, Kyo just sat as still as possible. He relaxed greatly when she reached up and grabbed his knee for a more comfortable position. He began to stroke her silky beautiful hair gently. He couldn't believe he was doing this. What the hell was he thinking?
He sat therenhhhdhdfjfnfndsjdfjvndd He sat there with her in the dark silence until he could eel that his pant leg was damp from her tears. A new anger formed within him. "Doshite Tohru, doshite?" he demanded. She sat up quickly and looked at him. "What do you mean?" she sniffed.
"Why do you have to love him? You haven't been yourself sense the other day!" He was standing in front of her now, looking her straight in her eyes. "Why him?! Tohru...I can't stand to see you like this! I love you!!"
He stopped. Embarrassed from blurting it out and frustrated from her shocked look he stormed off. Was he so much of an asshole to her that she really had no idea? Ties was not the way he wanted to tell her.
Tohru sat on the bench for a while before she realized where she was. This was the same bench that she had put Hatori on when he transformed in front of her the first time. She finally got up and walked home alone. She had made a real mess of things all right. As she walked out of the park, Kyo jumped out of a nearby tree. He was still going to protect her at least.
"I'm home!" she called to Shigure a soon as she was in the door. "Ahh, Yuki is already in his room," Shigure informed then looked around for the neko, "Where's Kyo?" Tohru looked down. "I don't..." "Right here," Kyo said, just stepping in.
Tohru turned around and gazed at him sadly. "Kyo-kun...can I talk to..." "Good night." He didn't even glance at her as he walked by to go up to his room. There was no way he could face her now. All she would do is pity him like everyone else who had supposedly loved him in his life.
He dreamt of his mother that night. Images of her cooing and checking for his damned bracelet passed. Images of her tucking him in and kissing his forehead passed. At one time he thought she loved him, but he was wrong. All she felt was pity and terror. He couldn't stand it anymore. He wanted to wake up.
Beep Beep beep went his 5:00 am Sunday alarm. "Thank God, no school!" he sighed to himself. He walked sleepily into the kitchen for a bite to eat before morning training. "Good morning Kyo-kun..." He closed the paper door in reflex but opened it up again to see her face had gone from cheerful to gloomy.
"I'm sorry Kyo-kun...I deserve this," she whispered. He walked over and opened the fridge, grabbing the carton of milk and chugging it. He finished it and took a breath. "Just forget it..." he muttered and walked outside to begin warm-ups. Tohru followed him shortly after to see his shirtless figure sitting silently, Indian style in the grass, meditating.
When he found he couldn't concentrate he just got up and began practicing his forms, trying to ignore the one person he didn't want to ignore. He went on like this for about twenty minutes and when she didn't leave he finally got irritated enough to stop.
"What the hell do you want?" he screamed in her general direction. "Kyo- kun...I just want to talk to you..." Kyo sat down in the shade of a nearby tree. He was soaked in sweat by now. "Why? Haven't you had enough?!" He could feel tears forming in his eyes.
Tohru carefully walked over to the unsettled form and sat down beside him. "Kyo-kun...about last night... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have put you through that. I am such a baka!" She tried to rest her hand gently on his shoulder but he shoved the hand away. "I don't need your pity..."
Unknowing to what he was doing he got up and ran toward the woods. He didn't know where he was going. All he did know was he had to get away from there, away from her. "Damn Yuki!" He didn't stop until he had reached a faintly familiar source of water. There, he sat down on a rock and rested.
Back at the house, Tohru still sat under the shade of the tree, distressed. Over the last couple of days, she realized, how much Kyo had come to mean to her. He had been there every time she had a problem, even when it was about Yuki. She realized now how much it had to hurt him.
She got up and did the only thing she could think to do, go into the woods after him. What she would say or do when she found him, she didn't know, but after all the times he had been there for her and all the wonderful things they had shared, she wasn't going to lose him now.
Kyo sat on the rock until he was numb all over from weeping. It was happening all over again. The memories of his mother's false love flooded him. "Kyo-kun..." He whipped around to see Tohru, panting from the long trek, walking towards him slowly.
He got up and felt a twinge of familiarity. "I don't want to..." "Please listen to me Kyo-kun!" He looked at her with wide, angry eyes. "Why? So I can hear your pity for me? No!" Tohru gave him a perplexing look. "I don't pity you Kyo-kun," but he got up and rushed away before he could hear her last few words. "I think I love you...."
Tohru returned to the house to fix breakfast just in time to see a sleepy Yuki walking into the kitchen. Tohru looked up at him and smiled. "Good morning Sohma-kun!" He sat down at the low table and looked at the food set before him.
"Miss Honda...I am sorry...about last night," He apologized, "I didn't want to do that...I wanted to run after you too." Tohru glanced at him but looked back down at her own breakfast. "I too am sorry, I don't know what came over me...I hope Amy isn't too angry with me. I would so like to make friends."
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about," Yuki continued, "Last night...when she kissed me...I didn't think of her, I thought of you. Miss Honda, we broke up..." Tohru dropped her plate that she was carrying to the sink and it broke. "Oh, I am such a klutz!" Yuki got up and tried to help her clean it up but kept talking. "Are you ok Miss Honda?" "Yep!" she said, thinking he was meaning the plate.
"About last night, you ran out and I didn't go after you..." Tohru looked over at him and smiled widely. "Yes. Kyo-kun stayed with me until I felt better and kind of let me vent..." then she broke off, remembering her new problems wit him.
"I'll make sure to think him later..." Yuki said grudgingly. "Miss Honda...I was wondering...how do you feel about me?" Tohru paused from what she was doing. "I don't know Sohma-kun...I loved you last night, but Kyo-kun..." "Ehh, so he went in for the kill huh? Stupid cat."
Hearing this made Tohru a little angry for the first time ever at Yuki. "No Sohma-kun, he didn't. He did tell me how he felt but I don't think he meant to..." Saying this brought her back to last night and the short conversation they had on the bench. She felt horrible and knew she had to find Kyo.
"Miss Honda..." These words brought her back to reality. "I love you. I was a fool to try to think I didn't." Yuki's words were so soft and refined and confident in a way, nothing like the neko's would be. Tohru gazed at him for a fraction of a moment but continued to do her chores with a bright blush, but not replying.
"I understand. You don't have to say anything Miss Honda, I am sorry to disturb you." The moment the last word left Yuki's lips Kyo stepped through the door and stomped up the stairs without a second glance. "He won't talk to me Sohma-kun; I don't know what to do..."
Yuki gave Tohru a gentle smile. He knew he was too late to win her affection. "Don't worry Miss Honda, leave everything to me." In a flash Yuki was gone. "Oh no..." Tohru moaned. She wasn't the smartest person but she knew Yuki wasn't the person to see Kyo at this moment.