What time did you get home?

Next morning came. Tohru woke up first, slowly lifting her head up. yuki was peacefully sleeping next to her. she quietly got out of the bed, as not to awaken him. although he looked so beautiful in his sleep,she knew how cranky Yuki got in the morning.

she put on some clean clothes and brushed her hair. feeling it appropriate, she pulled out the ribbons that yuki had given her for white day. she remembered, with a pinkish hue slowly creeping up to her cheeks, how he had kissed them, saying that she looked like a princess. the prince and princess, finally together at last, she thought to herself. she picked up all the clothes off the floor, including Yuki's, and put them in the hamper.

That's when she realized it, Yuki still had no clothes! so she looked out the window and saw Kyo doing his morning training in front of the house. she knew shigure would be in his office probably contemplating the next time he could torment his poor editor, so she opened her door and quietly went down the hallway into Yuki's room. she looked around and went to his drawers. she pulled out one of his
chinese style shirts that he likes to wear and some dark green pants. socks and underwear... and she closed the drawers, left his room and went back to hers. When she came back, Yuki was practicly on the floor. sleeping on his stomach, left side hanging off the bed, and silvery hair flown over his face. she giggled girlishly, she loved seeing him like this, so relaxed...almost child-like. it was different from his normal more mature stance. (a/n:not saying that it was hatori-like, but it wastn' exactly momiji like either.)

She neatly placed the clothes she had got from his room in a chair next to her bed. she Kneeld in front of him and pushed back hair that fell in front of his face with her hand. she was gazing at him lovingly, taking in his beauty as he slept undisturbed. she kissed the top of his Forehead lightly. "Good morning Tohru," Yuki said in a calm voice, startling tohru out of her trance.

"oh i'm sorry, did i wake you?" she said apologetically.

"yeah, just a little, but its alright..." he smiled.

"oh ok, that's good.... um, well good morning yuki. i put out some clean clothes for you, they're right here, on the chair." she pointed to the chair . she continued,"Well... i'm going down to make breakfast ok? I bet Kyo's hungry after his training right now, and Shigure's always ready for a meal." she smiled again.

Yuki nodded, "ok, i'll be down soon, i'm just going to change. thank you for bringing me clean clothes," he added gratefully.

"ok, and it was no problem!" she said with a huge grin.

When Tohru left the room and closed the door, Yuki sat up and slouched, hanging slightly over the edge of the bed. sighing deeply 'ehhhh... i hate getting up this early. but i guess it was worth it, to see her when i opened my eyes. its like opening my eyes, and seeing an angel watching me. a great alternative to waking up to that baka neko making some sort of ruckus downstairs every morning' he thought to himself. He sat up and streched his back as he yawned. he stood up and put on the clothes Tohru had put out for him. before he left the room, he checked tohru's room for any signs he might have left behind that he was in there last night, in case the boys walked in there for some reason. he would've went to the kitchen directly, but he REALLY had to pee...(a/n: you know... cause they just did it...) so he went to the toilet room. after a minute or two he started for the kitchen; the smell of tohru's wonderful cooking lured him. it was a pleasant thing for anyone to wake up to; he could smell her food, and wasn't as sleepy. the aroma made his eyes open up more, and his stomach beg for a taste.

he came to the table to see that Kyo, Shigure, and Tohru were already seated. he sat down as well.

"morning Tohru," he said politely, as if nothing the previous night had happened.

"morning Yuki!" she said cheerfuly. Kyo and Shigure paused before taking their next bite.

'hmm... what going on here? Yuki's never called her by her first name before... have i missed something?i mean, i DID hear something coming from Tohru's room! such a naughty little flower of mine! haha, what a nice thing to dwell upon...but really, she probably just tripped again...' Shigure thought. 'maybe i should tease her about it any way! that sounds like fun! its always a great way to start the morning, aggravating one of the boys" he mentally smiled to himself.

Shigure smiled as he began to tease, "So.. Tohru, what time did you get home? your usually here by 11:30, ne? i don't think i even saw you come in."

Tohru froze, she was late because Yuki told her that he loved her... but how would she tell him that?

"um...well..."

"She had to work a little later because one of the
other workers didn't show up. when i came to pick her up, i just waited around a little longer until she was done. would you say we came home, at around say, 12:45 tohru?" Yuki covered.

"huh? oh! um..uh huh! that's right, i had to work a little
longer since she didn't show. but that's okay! i didn't mindworking a little more. i just feel bad that yuki had to wait for me a little longer." that was close, if Yuki didn't say anything, Tohru might of fainted.

"oh, its nothing Tohru." yuki added.

"oh i see, Well did you get much sleep? i thought i heard a few bumping noises coming from your room..." Tohru and Yuki blushed. Shigure continued, not noticing,
"...but i assumed you tripped again." '

THAT WAS SO CLOSE!!!!!' she thought before she spoke, "um yeah... i tripped when i stepped into my room, then again on my way to bed...i guess i was so sleepy that i stumbled when i headed to my bed... haha, silly me...i'm sorry if you worried about me, but i was fine, really, just not paying much attention, you know."
Yuki was Surprised that she had just lied, but it was beliveable... she DID trip alot...

"oh i see. I hadn't heard yuki go into his room either, so I was begining to think maybe yuki stayed the night in YOUR room or something... oh, imagine, if our Yuki had plucked the petals off our little flower... " he said dramatically, giggled. (a/n:and yes, i mean he giggled!) the two boys rolled their eyes.

"OH SHUT UP! WHY THE HELL DOES YOUR MIND HAVE TO BE SO PERVERTED ALL THE TIME?" Kyo yelled. although he had to admit as well, it was rather odd that yuki had called tohru by her first name. but the thought of what shigure saying actually happening....with that damn nezumi? he couldn't think about it.

"oh calm down now Kyo, Tohru knows i'm just teasing, isn't that right Tohru??" Shigure said playfully. Tohru had a goofy smile on her face, scared that the two other males could read her uneasiness.

"uh yeah Kyo, besides, i'm used to this from shigure-san. ok, gotta go, bye now!" she said hurredly. "i think there's a lot of cleaning to be done in the kitchen!" as she hurredly got up and walked to the kitchen.

"YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GOTTA TAKE THAT CRAP FROM THAT DAMN INU!! whatever! i'm taking a bath..." Kyo left the room. Shigure smiled cautiously, as he was trying not to get killed by either of the boys and left. That left only Yuki at the breakfast table. Tohru popped her head out from the kitchen and spoke up, "um Yuki, will you help me with these dishes?"

"ok" he said.

Since Yuki and Tohru were the only ones in the room now, it felt safe for him to kiss her, so he did, she did kiss him back, but then she slowly pulled away, despite the disappointed look on yuki's face. she turned on the faucet and spoke to him softly, "You know we'll have
to tell them soon..."

yuki frowned."I know... but when?"

"how about after these dishes?" she looked up at him, asking him with her beautiful eyes staring up at him. how could he say no? he sighed.

"ok Tohru..."

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