A love unspoken

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Thank you all so much for the positive reviews! They made me feel great. Oh, to the reviewer who commented about the three years thing, you are so right! Thank you for the heads up. That really didn't make much sense, but I just wanted to progress the story more so we can get to the good stuff! I'm sorry this chapter is so late. My updating is really erratic, so please bear with me. I really enjoy writing for you guys and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Ch.12: Till we meet again

Tohru silently folded up her laundry as the rain fell outside her window. It seemed the weather reflected her feelings, her pain. When she finished, she placed each item of clothing in its respected place, then went to stand by the window.

The rain was endless. London was very wet and gloomy this time of the year. But she didn't mind because it reflected her mood perfectly. Sometimes she swore she was going crazy. There were so many times that she had mistaken someone else for Kyo. He was all she thought about. Any and everything reminded her of him. Sometimes just looking at a milk carton reduced her to a crying mess. Kyoumi-san was certainly worried about her state of mind.

Tohru smiled slightly in reflection of the woman. Kyoumi Sohma was the woman she was living with in London. She was a very kind lady, and tried to make Tohru's stay with her as comfortable as possible. Were she here under different circumstances, she might have been happy. She was in a beautiful, luxurious home, in a beautiful country, living with a kind person. But it wasn't the same. She wanted to be with her friends, the other Sohmas, her mother, Kyo.............

She wiped at the stray tears that fell down her face, and turned away from the window. Now was not the time to start feeling sorry for herself. She had to be strong for her and Kyo. She knew her mother wouldn't want to see her despairing like this.

She knew cooking would keep her mind off things. She would make a cake, with strawberries! Strawberries are the best thing when someone's feeling down.

Tohru went downstairs to the kitchen, and set out her equipment and ingredients. Then she put on her favorite apron, the yellow one she used to wear at Shigure's house.

She began to put the mix together, while snacking on a couple of strawberries, when the doorbell rang. She wiped her hands on the apron, and went to open the door.

'I wonder who it could be,' she thought. 'Kyoumi and I rarely get any visitors.' She opened the door and she stared in disbelief.

Kyo was standing in the doorway, also staring in disbelief.

(Didn't expect that, did ya?)

4 days earlier

"Kyo, the phone's ringing!" Momji called.

"Well, why don't you answer it?" he responded irritably.

Kyo was lounging about Shigure's with his cousins on a Saturday. Momji was playing a video game; Kyou was lounging on the couch reading a magazine; Kagura was playing checkers with Yuki; Haru was sleeping; Ayame and Hatori were upstairs with Shigure; and Kisa and Hiro were playing outside.

Kyo had the hardest time going to his cousins for forgiveness. Especially Shigure. Kyo was still kinda mad at him, but the more rational part of his mind told him there really wasn't much Shigure could do. When Akito gave an order, there really was no going against it.

But the strangest thing was, when he came over, and Shigure opened the door and said:

"It's about time you came over, I've been expecting you. There's some riceballs in the kitchen, but they may not be very good. Yuki made them." He ruffled Kyo's hair, and went back into his office.

"I heard that," Yuki called from the kotatsu.

Kyo was dumbfounded. He was all apprehensive for nothing. If he knew it was going to be that easy, he would have asked for their forgiveness earlier.

No words were exchanged between Kyo and Yuki, but they nodded their heads toward each other in understanding.

Kyo tried a riceball, and wasn't suprised to find Shigure was right. It did taste pretty bad. ()

"Wahh!!!! Kyo is picking on me !"

"Oi, shut up! I'll get the darn phone!" Kyo rolled his eyes as he reached for the phone. He still couldn't believe that Momji was 18 yrs. old, since he still acted like a whiny brat all the time.

"Hello?" he said.

"Hi Kyo. It's me, Kazuma."

"Sensei! How are you? Where are you right now?"

"Well Kyo, I'm in London. And I want you to join me. I think you could use a vacation. You've made me proud with the man you have become. Also I have a suprise for you." (Wink! Wink! )

"A suprise? Oh, well okay. When do you want me to fly out?" 'I wonder why he's in London?' he thought.

"Tonight would be nice. I purchased your ticket online, so all you have to do is go to the airport and pick it up. Call me about an hour before your flight lands, and I'll be there to pick you up."

"I'll see you then. Goodbye Sensei." After Kyo hung up, he saw Momji staring at him expectantly.

"Was that Kazuma? Where is he? When is he coming back?"

"He's in London right now, and he wants me to come with him," Kyo replied

Back to present

They just stood there, frozen in time, staring at each other. Tohru shivered slightly as a gust of cold, wet air blew through the open door.

Finally Kyo took slow steps toward her till he was standing right in front of her. Tears were streaking down her face and her bottom lip trembled.

He raised his left hand to cup her right cheek, wiping her tears away with his thumb.

Suddenly she wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her face in his chest, the scent of Old Spice registering in her nose. "Kyo," she sobbed, weeping into his chest.

Kyo also wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her hair, the smell of strawberries overwhelming him.......

There ya go people. It was so hard to get this chapter done. Writer's block seemed to have struck me again. They're back together now, so I hope that makes you all happy. Sorry if the story seems kinda rushed. I wanted to get things moving before I start to lose interest in this story.

No flames please, only constructive criticism. You'll be wasting your time writing them b/c I'm not going to waste my time reading them. Thanks for reading, and hopefully the next chapter will be out soon!