Yay! I managed to put up another chapter by borrowing a friend's computer. Keep the reviews coming please. Enjoy everyone!

Yuki walked into the kitchen with the groceries, to see Tohru already was starting on lunch.

She smiled, and waved, "Welcome back, Yuki. Thank you so much for picking up those for me." She took the bags from Yuki, and began putting away.

"Are you all right, Miss Honda? You look a little flushed. Do you have a fever?" Yuki asked in a concerned voice as he reached for her forehead.

"Oh, I'm fine, it's nothing. I was just a bit tired."

Yuki looked at her, slightly suspicious, he added, "Please don't allow yourself to be exhausted. If you need help with any work don't be afraid to ask, okay?"

Tohru smiled and nodded. Avoiding his eyes she turned back to fixing the meal. 'Oh, Mom. I've done it with Kyo, and next it will have to be Yuki. I feel so dirty, and like I'm lying to everyone. How will Yuki feel that I went to Kyo first?'

Yuki stood there for another moment looking at the silent Tohru, wondering what was wrong. This was not the usual cheerful Tohru. He shook his head, and went to go watch TV.

Kyo came in from outside, and saw Tohru bending over the sink washing up some dishes. He watched her, and realized that before today he had never really known what it was to be loved.

A piece of hair fell in front of her eyes, and Tohru stood up to push it back. While doing that, she noticed Kyo gazing fondly at her from the doorway. Tohru blushed and smiled shyly.

Tohru wasn't the only one who had noticed Kyo's loving face.

Yuki stood down the hall, and saw Kyo's unbroken stare at the figure of Tohru. 'So that's it. She and Kyo love each other, and she doesn't know how to tell me. I can't bear to see her unhappy, so I'll bring the subject up with her later. That way she can get it off her shoulders,' he thought to himself.

Lunch went very quietly. Yuki sat there in a very depressed state of mind, while Kyo stared constantly at Tohru, and Shigure smirked like an idiot at the whole thing. Poor Tohru was exceeding embarrassed, because she realized that she was the cause of the tension.

"Yuki! It's not what you think!" she burst out.

Looking up from his mulling, Yuki asked a startled, "What do you mean?"

"It's not just me and Kyo. I did the same with Shigure."

"Did what?" Yuki wondered, eyes growing large.

"Uh...you know...did it."

Recoiling with disgust, Yuki looked from Shigure to Tohru and to Kyo. "Both?"

Kyo and Shigure sat in there seats with somber looks, this was between Yuki and Tohru.

"I had to. It's through sex that I am able to bond myself with the Zodiac members, and thus lift the curse for this generation. Akito himself informed me of all this. I need to sleep with you too. Please don't hate me."

"You've become a whore for the Sohma family? You did that for us?" Yuki said stunned.

He pulled away, and rushed out of the room. Running through his mind was, 'Sweet, innocent Tohru. Gone. She gave her innocence away to the family. She was too strong to destroy with fear, but they are going to do it with love. I hate myself for being associated with such people.'

He reached his garden, and kneeled on the ground. Revolted by what he had just learned, Yuki collapsed and closed his eyes trying to block out the images. What did Akito do to her? Did he get a chance too?

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Yuki felt a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"Yuki? Yuki? Are you okay?" Tohru's trembling voice asked hesitantly.

He opened his eyes to see her tear-streaked visage hovering over him.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't know how to tell you. I was afraid...," she choked through her tears.

Yuki then realized that he was dead wrong. Tohru was still the Tohru that he met that day talking to Shigure, and eventually learned to love.

Reaching out a hand, he brushed away her tears. "Tohru, you have nothing to apologize for. It was me who handled it poorly." Leaning up, he placed a soft kiss on her lips. "Forgive me," he whispered in her ear.