Are you mad?

Now done with the dishes, Yuki took Her hand and they headed to Shigures study. She could sense his nervousness, and gently squeezed his hand as reassurance. Still holding her hand, he opened the door. Shigure was typing
away. Kyo was already out of the bath and was on the floor reading one of his books on martial arts. When the door opened, they stopped and looked up at Tohru and Yuki.

"yes?" Shigure asked, they didn't answer. That's when he and Kyo noticed that they were holding hands... unexpectedly, Kyo got up and dropped his book, leaving the room while glaring at Yuki.

"Kyo!" Tohru said worriedly as he walked away. She almost left to chase after him, but Yuki held her grip. she stayed.

"Sooo..." they moved their eyes to Shigures direction as he stared back at them with a knowing smirk. "I guess i was right wasn't i? i was only teasing, but it's true isn't
it?" They both nodded.

"I love her, and last night i told her," Yuki said confidently.
"it-it's true, I love him too..." Tohru quietly said.

"I see," Shigure said, "well, i have no problem with that, but i think i know someone who does..." Tohru looked at the floor, "i feel so bad...i mean...i didn't mean to make him upset."
"Well, when these things happen, you're bound to upset someone, even if you didn't mean to. although, i personally saw this coming... maybe kyo did too, and just didn't wanna say it, fearing it may be true."
"i feel so bad now! i'll go talk to him!" she left the room, leaving yuki alone with the inu. Shigure smiled at Yuki.

"soooooo! how was she? eh??? any good?"
Yuki smacked him and glared at him as Shigure mockingly whimpered, "Yuki, your scaring me! why must you be so abusive?"

"pervert..." he said under his breath as he shook his head angrily and left the room. Shigure was now alone in the room. he chuckled to himself, "hmm.. i wonder what aya will say when he finds out that his little brother is now a man..."

Tohru knew Kyo wouldn't be in his room, so she went to the only place he could be: the roof. she stuck out her head from where she stood on the ladder, and sure enough, there
he was. his body stretched out on the middle section of the roof, hands behind his head. A gentle breeze played with his firey hair as he stared at the sky. He hadn't noticed her, until she spoke.

She hesitated to speak, "Ky-Kyo?" he didn't bother to move or look at her.

"yeah? ...wattaya want?" she finished climbing and sat at the edge of the roof. Cautiously, she looked at him.

"I-I wanted to see how you were, i mean, you looked so
mad when you left earlier... so i.." he cut her off, "well you see me now right? do i look mad or something? i'm fine!"

"Are you sure? You-You sound mad..." her eyes slowly started to fill up with tears. he still didn't move, of course he was mad, he really liked her. he didn't quite love her, but that didn't change the facts. once again, that damn rat had to won. he moved his eyes reluctantly to her direction. he saw the the sincerity in her eyes, and the tears that were about to run down her cheeks. he wanted to hate her, he really did, he felt so jaded, but he couldn't. he still really liked her, and he could tell his atitude right now was really hurting her. he couldn't take looking at her face, so sad and innocent, any more. he shot his eyes away and said coldy,

"what the hell do you care? you're with him now, you don't need to pretend that you feel bad! if i was mad, i wouldn't say that i wasn't!"

He knew what he just said wasn't true, and that Tohru really did feel bad, but he said it anyway , he knew she would never even think like that, but he wanted her to leave him alone. he wasn't good at these kinds of things, it always made him uncomfortable. and he wanted to stay mad at her, even for just a little longer. meanwhile, Tohru's jaw dropped.

'what? he can't possibly think that...that i wouldn't care about him. even if me and Yuki are together, i'll never forget kyo-kun. he's one of my best friends! he knows...he has to know that I-' she stopped thinking about it, she craweld over closer until she was right next to him. She looked down at him and made sure he could see her clearly. he wanted to look away, but he couldn't look away and not appear cruel. She looked at him straight in the eye and spoke.

"What are you trying to say Kyo-kun? i do care, how can i not? your one of my closest friends, i'm not pretending like anything. i care about you , just like i care about all the sohmas. just because, i may see Yuki as a little more of a friend.." she blushed, but continued, "it doesn't mean i'll forget about you, or stop caring about you. you'll always be as important to me as you are now. and that's really important!" she said with a serious face. "i'm really sorry if i hurt your feelings...i really didn't mean to...i'm still your friend right?" she said this very firmly. she didn't cry, she held it back for the sake of proving to kyo just how serious she was. This shocked Kyo, he never heard her sound so serious before, EVER, it scared him a little... he had given up trying to remain resentful to the sweet onigiri. he sat up and said, " Ah! of course we're still friends... and yeah i kno you would never do anything like that, just stop caring i mean. it's just that, i dunno, i was mad...and, well, you know how i am when i'm mad... i have a short temper and stuff...and i don't think before i say something..." Tohru continued to listen,

"i'm fine, really, my opinion doesn't really matter, and if you wanna be with Yuki, i'm fine with it..." She smiled.

"oh Kyo! thank you!" She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck for a hug, but since their chests were apart, he didn't transform. she did nearly choked him to death though.

"T-TOH--RU!!!!I-I--I CAN'T BREATHE!!!!!!!" she let go instantly, and rapidly apologized.

"AH!!! GOMEN! GOMEN! SORRY! i'm just so happy!" Kyo was gasping for air as he rubbed his neck, it was sore from her tight hug. he yelled,
"DANM WOMAN! YOU COULDA KILLED ME! HAVE YOU BEEN HANGING AROUND KAGURA OR SOMETHING?!?!?"
"I-I said i was sorry..." those tears began to fill her eyes again. he sighed.

" yeah, i know, it's ok... you were just really happy. you can go now, i'm just gonna stay up hear for a while." he smiled at her.

"Arigato kyo, well, i guess you wana be alone then, so... i guess i should go back inside and plan what i'm making for dinner! you all are gonna have a great meal this afternoon! and don't worry, i won't make anything with leeks!" she turned around to start heading back torwards the ladder.

"and one more thing!" he yelled after her. she stopped at the edge of the roof.

"i swear, if that damn nezunmi does ANYTHING to you, i'll-" she cut him off, and smiling reassuredly, "heh, don't worry! he won't!" "i-i know... i'm just sayin...if you ever need anything, just, don't be afraid to ask me. i am here for ya, you kno." she smiled, "thank you for thinking about me, kyo-kun." as she went down, he stared back at the sky. 'sigh at least she's happy, and i guess that's all that really matters to me...i shouldn't be so selfish with Tohru. just because i hate that damn Yuki, it shouldn't get in the way of what Tohru wants. i mean, if she wants to be with that rat...i shouldn't stop her.'

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