You're cuter as a cat

whooo. its dannie again. yeah. maria puts me in charge of typing it up when she doesnt feel like. once again, we both wrote different parts of this story.

disclaimer: i love hatori. i wish he were mine. if only.

time passed by, and yuki accompanied tohru as she took down the clean sheets she had washed to dry.

"tohru?"
"yes, yuki?"

"you know, i've been thinking, we've never really been on a date yet, have me?"

"huh? oh well..." tohru stammered. "i guess you're right..."
"tohru," yuki dropped the basket of clean sheets and from behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist. he kissed her cheek and whispered in her ear,

"let's go on a date, just us."

tohru turned her head and looked up at him lovingly. she blushed to see him smiling back and kissed his chin.

"hmm... that's a great idea. i suppose we could, but when?"

"tonight."
"tonight? but what about every one else?" she looked up at him with concern. he gave her a devilish smirk.

"that inu and the neko can take care of themselves, and as for muyo-sam, i think she's proven to us all that she can handle herself." tohru smiled again,

"heh, that's true. well then, i guess its a date!" she said cheerily. yuki gave her another smile; he leaned down to kiss her, and tohru stood on her toes to return the kiss.

it had been ahile since shigure had heard anyone in the house. he got up from his computer and stretched. he decided to find the four youngsters.

he walked into the living room to find it empty. there were no smells in the kithen, so tohru wasn't cooking. he looked out the window to the backyard and saw tohru and yuki by the clothes line. at the moment, it didn't look like they were taking down linens. yuki was behind her, arms wrapped around her waist while whispering something into her ear. 'hmm..i COULD be mean and go outside. but i'm too lazy.'

he walked away and started up the stairs. 'two down, two more to go.' he couldn't hear any shower running, or any snoring in the bedrooms. 'i would hope muyo-san doesn't snore,' he chuckled to himself. he knew he should search the roof for the neko.

'ugh. i'm getting too old for this,' he thought as he finally reached the roof. he smiled, at what he found.

kyo had fallen asleep. but what had amused him was rika sleeping on top of him. she was curled up with her head on his stomach. her head was slightly cradled into one of kyo's arms. shigure turned to head back into the house.

'oh boo,' he mockingly thought to himself. 'kyo-kun beat me to her.'

rika opened her eyes only to see clouds in the sky. it was getting late, and the sky looked slightly darker than when she fell asleep earlier.

'how long have i been sleeping?' she lifted her arm so that her wrist was in view. she looked at her watch to read that it was a few minutes pass four. 'hmm..i 've been asleep for an hour? well, it was pretty comfy up here.' she turned her head to see the face of a sleeping kyo.

'oh that's right, i was reading and got comfortable.' she thought about how surprised he looked when she had nestled her self with him.

'hmm...he looks so cute sleeping.'

she scooted up closer and layed her head on his chest. she could hear his heartbeat; it made her smile for some reason. rika saw how the light wind had played with his hair. she propped herself up with her arm resting on his firm chest. with her free hand, she swept back his flying hair, resting her hand at the back of his head.

suddenly, rika felt something grab on to her wrist. she looked down to see it was kyo's hand.

"do you always touch people in their sleep?" rika quickly looked back to see kyo's face, his eyes were still closed. she leaned forward. 'did he just say something?'

"just wake up?"

kyo moved forward, colliding into a kiss with rika. she was taken by surprise, but didn't stop him. they continued kissing, until kyo opened his eyes and realized just what he was doing. he broke the kiss and sat up to face him. they just stared at each other. he looked into her confused green eyes, she looked into his also confused maroon eyes.

they didn't realize it, but they were so drawn to each other, unknowingly getting closer. they continued to stare in silence until they slowly closed the gap between them. they continued to lean forward, and soon their lips were touching again. when rika's mouth was slightly parted, kyo took it as an invitation to explore her mouth with his tongue. rika put her arms around his neck as she put his around her waist. he tried to keep his distance from her, but he desperately wanted to hold her, and had a feeling she wanted to do the same.

'who would've expected this? does he really like me? the other night i was just teasing, is this payback? no it can't be. i'm liking this too much. but...why is he holding back? its like..he doesn't want to hold me too close.'

without warning, rika broke the kiss and pulled him in. kyo didn't know what was going on until he felt her embrace.

'this feels nice!' she thought.

'she's so warm, wait.. why haven't i-'
POOF

a cloud of orange smoke scattered on the roof top and rika found herself holding an orange cat.

rika was wide eyed. she looked down at the cat in confusion. 'where was kyo? what's with this cat? his clothes are all over the place!'

"kyo?"

kyo looked up at her in his cat form, he saw a hurt and confused look in her eyes. he looked away yelling "dammit!"

rika gasped; she stood up and put the cat on the roof.

"kyo? is that you in there? wh-what happened?" she whispered, trying to remain calm. kyo let out a sigh.

"well, at lteast you're not too freaked out. tohru could've killed herself when SHE found out."
"huh? ok kinda confused here, what? how? why?" rika sat back down, and stared at the cat. kyo let out another sigh.

"ok, so-"
POOF
There kyo stood naked before rika. and because she was much less modest and very much more forward than her cousin, she looked him up and down and grinned.

"nice, VERY nice!"
kyo wasn't one to blush, at least not in front of people. he turned around; rika was now looking at him from behind. her smile widened. 'just as good,' she thought contentedly.

"uh, do you mind?"
"oh no! not at all!" she said sarcastically. still smiling, she leaned back onto the roof and propped herself up with her elbows. he turned to look at her again and found her smiling ear to ear.

"what the hell are you staring at!"
"the birds and the bees. you, stupid! i'm enjoying the show!"
"what show?!?!"
"you know, this cute little show you've been putting on. kissing me in your sleep, turning into a cat, and of course this little naked tease thing you're giving me. i must say, you really know how to entertain your guests!" kyo put his pants on; his shirt had fallen off the roof.
'lucky for me,' rika thought.

kyo took a deep breath and sat by her side. he didn't look her in the eye until she put her hand on his knee and rested her head on his shoulder. she looked up at him, and he returned the stare. he couldn't help it, he looked down at her neck and went for it. she smiled, but pulled away.

"so, how'd you do it? you know, that little cat trick. i must say, it was really cute. can you do it again?" he looked at her like she was crazy.

"what the hell for?" she kissed him and whispered,
"you know, foul language really isn't neccessary." kyo frowned. she pulled away and pouted her lip.

"please???"

she was so cute, even he couldn't resist. he smiled and hugged her. soon there was a cat in rika's lap purring away.

"aww! so cute!"
"yeah yeah. bitch." she picked him up and flicked the cat's nose.

"what did i saw about the language eh?" she grinned. kyo gave a kitty looking grin. she hugged the cat and scratched behind his ears. kyo began purring again. rika liked the sound of his purring against her chest; it made her happy.

"tell anyone i purr, and you die."
"gee, that sounds so threatening coming from a little kitty cat."

after awhile, she felt a drop on her head, and again on her leg. she looked up as it began to rain. kyo groaned.

"the rain makes me really weak." she stood up holding the cat in her arms, and bent down to get her book and his pants. she went down the ladder with everything under one arm. kyo made it easier for her by sitting on her shoulders.

shigure began to hear raindrops pattering on the roof. 'i wonder if they got down,' he thought. he already heard tohru and yuki enter before it began to rain. they were in the living room. he could hear them contemplating something.

"yuki! its raining! oh no, i don't think we can go on out date now." she sounded disappointed.

"nonsense. we'll bring umbrella. we're going to a restarant anyways. besides, maybe it'll stop raining by the time we leave the restaurant. cmon' tohru..." shigure heard a kiss. he smiled.

"pleeeeease tohru?" he heard tohru sigh.
"ok yuki."

'sigh...lovebirds.' shigure smirked to himself.

rika carried the kitty into his room and set his pants on the bed.

"thanks."
"you are SO cute as a cat!" she squealed. "how long do you stay as a cat?"
"for as long as you hug me? i dunno. it only happens when a girl hugs me. yuki and shigure too. look, you can't say anything... i mean, you really shouldn't know and stuff..."

"shh...carrot top, don't worry." she rubbed his back as she set him on his bed. his back arched into her hand. she stopped and looked at the little kitty.

POOF
to rika's delight was another naked kyo.

"you know, its not polite to stare." rika didn't care.

"you know, i think i like you better as a cat," she teased.

"really now? could a cat do this..." he leaned forward and kissed her.
"well i guess a cat could, but i wouldn't enjoy it as much." he grinned, and kissed her again.

"oh, keep your pants on."
"can't keep em on if i'm not wearing them to begin with." it was her turn to giggle. she handed him his clothes.

"sorry about your shirt. we'll get it after it stops raining." kyo had his pants back on, and got up from the bed. he fumbled for a shirt in his dresser. he found another black one and threw it on.

"you know, no one's seen us in a good 2 or 3 hours. we might wanna make an appearance downstairs." kyo nodded.

"let's go then." he grabbed her hand and pulled her off the bed. they dragged themselves downstairs. it was quiet, with the exception of shigure's computer clacking. he heard his study door open, and saw kyo and rika standing there.

"where's yuki and tohru?"
"ah. our lovebirds went on their first date. its...so..cute!"

"a date, eh?" rika smiled.
"so,i guess carrot top should cook then."
"what! why the hell do I have to cook?"
"cuz i lack any cooking ability whatsoever."

"some woman you are." that earned him a smack on the head.

"oh kyo, WOULD you be a dear and cook? you wouldn't want your cousin to perish?" kyo walked away.
"i'm not gonna answer that."

in the kitchen, kyo was making riceballs. rika just watched him. she started smiling.

"what the hell you smiling about?" he looked at her. the teasing smile was secretly driving him nuts.
"oh nothing. just thinking about how our first kiss was here." kyo blushed.

"yeah...what the hell was with that? you didn't even give me time to react!"
"not my fault if you're slow." he pretended to get mad. he put down the riceball and kissed her.

"my turn." he pulled her close and nibbled her lip, before she parted her lips to allow his tongue to enter. their tongue danced, and rika instinctively began to move closer. kyo broke the kiss, pushing her back.

"oops. sorry about that. i forgot."

soon the riceballs were finished and kyo and rika headed to tohru's room. they left some cold riceballs for shigure to eat.

upstairs in tohru's room, they sat on the bed.

"soo... you graduate from college...and...you're in a band?"
"yeah. it was the parentals idea to go to college. it was fun though. i mean, you make friends...and the college parties wwere wild..." kyo looked at her. she nervously chuckled.

"well...the parties made great band gigs." kyo relaxed. rika continued.

"so yeah. i decided... i'm gonna try to find a job i guess. but i'm not giving up my band. i love it too much. and...i came to tohru because i figured she'd take me in no matter what. my parents aren't exactly thrilled i'm gonna continue with my band. i never meant to intrude on your family though. sorry about that..." she paused before going on.
"...and sorry about giving you a hard time especially. you just have that thing about you that makes you so easy to mess with. its cuz you get so angry everytime...its adorable." she hung her head down slightly... actually embarassed for once. kyo lifted her chin and looked into her eyes.

"its ok."

more cuteness. i'm beginning to feel proud of myself. anyways, i think next chapter maria will FINALLY write. but never fear, i'll still be editing! and yeah. stuff.

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