As the Rain Falls
"Kyou," The orange haired youth turned to look at a smiling high school girl. Tohru Honda to be exact. "Thank you."
"…" Kyou didn't reply, he simply held her as she cried. How could she let her 'family' treat her this way? He sighed with exasperation. 'She's too kind.'
"Please." His attention was snapped back to the girl crying lightly against him. She turned to look at him. "Take me home."
He would have smiled but simply closed his eyes, scolding her lightly, "Well? Do I have to drag you there myself?"
Her eyes sparkled with amusement and she blinked when he took her hand and began to drag her there. Her cheeks were slightly red with a blush when she thought about the brash Kyou.
"Damn you." Kyou snarled, "Leave me alone." He shouted out to the wind, which howled back at him in response. The open window to his room blew the cold air in, filling it and blowing out all the warm air.
He closed his eyes, not willing to succumb to the tears that tried to break loose from his barriers. His body shook, from the cold or as his body was wracked with silent sobs remained unknown.
"Leave me alone." He whispered, lips trembling slightly as he fell on all fours, begging for the cruel, bittersweet memories to stop.
"I'm sorry I hit you. I just thought you were some old pervert in the woods and-ack!" Kyou flushed and gaped at her assumption. Luckily he could blame the mark the bag left on his cheek for the sudden flush in them.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry—" She stopped and nibbled on her lower lip. Something hit him inwardly when he saw her berate herself for her stupidity.
"It's all right…" He mumbled. Since when had he become so forgiving?
A gently knock shattered the memories presence as Kyou jerked his head up, glaring at the door. There was no way that someone was going to enter his sanctuary.
"…Kyou?" Tohru questioned as she didn't even bother to open the door. He wouldn't allow her to come in anyway. She turned around and leaned against the door, sliding down as she closed her eyes and lowered her head.
His eyes narrowed, angry at her for daring to approach him still. Wasn't she supposed to hate him? Wasn't she supposed to think of him as lower than dirt? His eyes lost the intensity of fury for which they held against her. His vision was slightly blur and he tentatively lifted a hand to feel something warm and wet make it's way down his cheek.
"…What's this…?" He questioned himself silent, "They're…my tears…" He frowned, confused.
'Why am I crying?' He questioned himself, jumping a little bit when a choked sound from outside the door made it's way to his keen and sensitive ears.
Outside in the hall, Tohru curled up against the door, hating herself for ever letting this happen. She was so stupid, allowing him to run off. Everything was always her fault, because of what she didn't do.
'Oh mom,' She pleaded in her thoughts, 'I didn't say "come home safely" and look where it got you.' She felt numb and cold all of the sudden, 'I didn't tell Kyou that it was all right. Now…now…' Another sob mad it's way out of her throat as she desperately tried to wipe them away.
She never told him, she never said those two words that could fix everything. When he first came back she said them over and over again, like a mantra but she didn't know what she was saying. He seemed to know she couldn't have meant it after she said it so many times.
She really needed to say them, before she died knowing that she kept those words in. It was strangling her and she tried to breathe, to tell him. To scream it out to the world—and to him.
Kyou got to his feet, shaking slightly at the sudden weight as he made his way over to the door. Why was she crying…? What did he do now? All he ever did was bring her pain. A new wave of self-hate hit him hard as she took a retreating step back.
Then two words hit him between her sobs. "…I'm sorry…"
TBC
Author's note:
Sorry for the long wait on the update. U.U Took me long enough, eh? The final chapter will be out soon (hopefully). Thanks everyone for reading and bearing through all the slow updates!
Red Tail