Getting dressed
The
next morning, kyo woke up naked in tohru's bed. he looked at rika,
who was still sleeping of course. he didn't admit that he thought she
was really cute in the morning. as threateningly grumpy as she got,
it was adorable to see how her messy hair would be flopped, and how
her pajama set hugged her slim body. he almost considered starting
his morning training late, so that he could spend more time watching
her asleep. but that was unheard of. so he pushed the hair out of her
face, and leaned to kiss her forehead. he was greeted to a quick slap
on the side of the head.
"what the hell woman!?" he
looked down at rika. rika looked annoyed, with
eyes slightly
open.
"nnnn..." she mumbled, then fell asleep.
'damn'
he thought. tohru wasn't joking. she doesn't like to be disturbed for
anything when she's sleeping. so he gave up and got out of bed. he
found his clothes on the floor and put them on until he could walk
into his room and get fresh
clothes.
later
on in the day, rika was getting ready to leave for sound checks and
last minute rehearsal. she had just brushed her teeth and walked into
tohru's room to grab her guitar.
"are you going there by
yourself?" she spun around to see kyo standing at the doorway.
she nodded her head. kyo walked in and stood next to her, planting
akiss on the top of her head.
"i figure, you guys are coming
later anyways. no need for you all to wait around and get
bored."
"how long is it?" rika
shrugged.
"eh...maybe like 2 or 3 hours."
"i'll
walk you there. you shouldn't really walk by yourself anyways."
rika smiled.
"oooh. yeah. and i'm gonna need a big strong
man to protect me..." she teased. kyo smiled.
"damn
right you do."
they walked past the living room and out
the door. before leaving rika yelled behind her,
"hey guys
i'm heading to sound check and rehearsal! i'll be back later, kyo's
walkin me there!" tohru yuki and shigure looked up. shigure
smiled to himself.
once they were about a half mile away, kyo
had the courage to take rika's hand. it surprised rika, but she liked
it. she walked closer to him to rest her head on his shoulder.
finally, they started to reach downtown. kyo shuddered as they passed
by ayame's shop. what he ddin't know was that mine had seen kyo walk
by. she yelled to the backroom,
"ayame! i see your cousin
kyo outside! he's with some girl...." she said deviously. ayame
rushed out the backroom and looked out the window as well. kyo was
standing outside of the club a few doors down. he was holding a
girl's hand. ayame noticed that she had a fair sense of style, not
necessarily sexy, but still sexy. and it wasn't girly either, it
was... well it wasn't preppy. 'very nice choice, neko.' mine squealed
when kyo shyly decided to plant a kiss on the girl's lips. his cheeks
turned crimson, before rika decided to kiss him back.
"awww!
its so cute! i wish my brother was outgoing enough to get action like
that...i mean, what if my brother goes through life never getting
laid! oh...what a failure i would be as older
brother...."
'mmm'...
rika thought to herself.
"well um...did u want me to pick you
up in 2 hours then?"
"it works." rika flashed kyo a
genuine smile, making his ears turn red. kami, she loved when his
ears did that.
"alright then, i'll see you later!"
she waved as she walked in.
The clubhouse had two floors; the
ground level was a bar and such. there were small tables set up, and
a music system. below, in the basement, was where the stage was witha
large floor for dancing. and standing on a chair, looking out the
basement window, was mikki staring at the two outside the club. he
grinded his teeth in
jealousy.
kyo
happily sighed. he was really liking this,having a.....well... she
wasn't his girlfriend. but what was she then? he didn't know. he
decided it wasn't important anyways. whatever happens, happens. he
didn't wanna have to walk home and come back... he decided to walk
around downtown for a bit. however, he didn't get very far when the
hebi popped out of his shop and pulled him in.
"HEY! what
the hell!?" ayame laughed at his cousin.
"i saw kyo kyo
with a girl!!!" he jumped happily.
"well duh! did ya
think i was gay or something?"
"so tell me, who is the
lucky lady?"
"lucky lady?"
"stupid kyo. the
girl with the blue hair! which by the way, she's pretty hot."
kyo was starting to feel really irritated.
"you were SPYING
on me?"
"well, if i recall, that looked like a public
display of affection. meaning out in public. where people can
see."
"shut up stupid hebi!" ayame ignored
kyo.
"so tell me, how's yuki?"
"how should i
know? i don't follow that damn nezumi around or nothin. only tohru
would want to." he grumbled.
"ah yes... you know... i'm
just waiting until the day that they get together." this time
kyo laughed. hard.
"HAHAHA! you TOTALLY missed that day!
they're already together!" kyo was really laughing...really
hard. ayame, however, had a face of shock mixed with delight.
"YUKI
AND TOHRU ARE TOGETHER???? AND GURE' NEVER BOTHERED TO CALL AND TELL
ME?!?!OOOOOHH..." he said excitedly yet upset.
"MINE!
CLOSE THE SHOP! I'M GOING TO SHIGURE'S!" and with that ayame
left kyo still laughing. kyo finally wiped a tear from his eye. he
didn't even know why that was so funny. 'sigh. ... that's kinda
awesome. boy, yuki will be so mad when he finds out i told his
brother about tohru and him.' kyo didn't care; it would be another
reason to start a fight.
while waiting for rika, kyo decided
he'd try for the first time....to buy a girl presents. he walked into
a flower shop. he looked around... wondering which one he should buy.
was there even a difference? roses. girls like roses, right? so he
bought a dozen of the red ones and walked out. he then walked next
door rinto the little toy shop. he knew what he wanted to
buy.
rika
started putting her guitar back in its case. she got up as a pair of
hands closed over her eyes.
"kyo?"
"what? no!
its mikki!" she spun around to see the 21 year old , looking
deadly serious.
"who's kyo?" rika
stammered,
"uh....my friend. i was just thinking he came in.
or something. he walked me here." then she added, with her usual
atitude,
"he lives at the house. i would THINK you'd remember
him, seeing as we introduced everyone."
"is that all? a
friend?" rika was feeling uncomfortable.
"um. no. he's
my boyfriend." she said this in hopes that mikki would finally
leave her alone. mikki stared back at her, oddly annoyed yet
intrigued. ' rika's moved on, eh? and with someone in that
household....'
"rika?" rika looked towards the
stairs. kyo was walking down, hands behind his back. she ran over to
him, giving him a kiss on the lips. kyo's eyes widened in surprise.
mikki stared at the two, more annoyed than before. who did this guy
think he was? rika, knowing that mikki was watching, continued.
"did
ya miss me hun?" kyo looked at her confused. she didn't wait for
an answer.
"whattaya got behind your back?" embarrassed,
kyo pulled out the roses from behind his back. rika squealed; this
was a good touch to her show.
"aww! roses! that's so
sweet!" she grabbed the roses and smelled them.
"mmm..."
kyo gave a sheepish smile. he really hated this. it was hard enough
trying to be affectionate in private, what was she doing tryin to be
all lovey dovey in public? then it hit him, she was tryin to make
mikki jealous or something. his face twitched as he tried not to make
himself blow up.
"look, rika, let's just go," he
tried to say without yelling. rika just nodded, grabbing her guitar
and practically running out the door with kyo.
"i'll see
the rest of you guys tonight!" she yelled behind
her.
they
walked silently home. rika clutched her roses and guitar case, while
kyo walked with his hands in his pockets. she looked at him.
"any
reason you're not being very talkative?" kyo's temper finally
got the best of him.
"I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO BACK
THERE! YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE MIKKI
JEALOUS!" his face was
red. rika stopped.
"no i didn't! i swear!"
"don't
give me that shit! you were trying to be all lovey with me,
specifically in front of mikki. don't even deny it. i can't believe
you'd use me like that!" rika sighed. kyo was practically
huffing.
"you're right." she said quietly. "i
did try being all lovey with you. in front of mikki. but it wasn't to
make him jealous. it was to make him leave me alone." kyo
stopped walking.
"he really really wants me still," she
continued. "i...well... i thought if i told him i was taken
already , then he'd finally leave me alone." kyo just looked at
her in surprise.
"so...you told her i was your
boyfriend?" rika nodded. the way she looked, so guilty, so sad,
it reminded kyo of tohru. he sighed.
"its ok. i'm
sorry."
"thank you!" she ran to him and planted a
kiss on his lips. he responded, deepening the kiss alittle.
"wow.
you told him i was your boyfriend eh?" rika looked at
him.
"don't let your head get all big. i might have to stab
it to deflate it."
"you know, you're really
violent."
"yes, that's what they say." she grinned,
and he leaned down to kiss her again. he then stood up and fumbled
for something in his pocket.
"um...here. i thought you
would like this." he handed her a box. she looked at him, truely
surprised.
"..you bought me a present?"
"do
you want it or not!? cuz i CAN get a refund..."
"no!
present! mine!" she pretended to whine childishly as she opened
the box. a gasp left her lips.
it was a kitty pendant. it was
tiny, but with lots of detail. it was on a delicate silver chain. kyo
held his breath, wondering what the girl thought about it.
"omg
kyo... you got this for me?" for once, rika had nothing smart to
say.
kyo shuffled uncomfortably, not knowing what to
say.
"um...well uh... do you at least like it?" she
wrapped her arms around his neck, accidentally turning him into a
cat.
"I LOVE IT!" she kissed the little cat on the top
of his head. even though he was a cat, it looked like kyo was
blushing.
"um...would you mind letting me go? i'd rather
talk to you when i'm not furry." rika set him down and put his
clothes behind a bush. he walked over to the bush, and got there
before POOF he was a human again. she waited until he got back into
his clothes. he walked out from the bush and walked over to her,
taking her hands.
"there's a bench somewhere a little
ahead. let's walk over there." she nodded, and they kept
walking. eventually, they reached the bench and say down. kyo shifted
nervously in the bench.
"dude. chill. spit it out."
she said bluntly.
"..uh..ok. well. um.. yeah. i got it for
ya, cuz like...i saw it and i just ... thought you'd like it. and so
that, when you leave, after um... i guess getting on your feet an
all, i guess its so you don't forget me. cuz... i really just wanna
say that. um. i'm...gonna miss you when you leave." rika looked
at him. there was a sincerity in his eyes. those eyes, so serious, so
concentrated, those eyes that she loved so much.
"i don't
see how i could ever forget you carrot top." she kissed his
nose, and leaned against his shoulder.
he felt her warmth next to
him, and felt so angry. angry at the curse. he wanted to hug her, and
hold her so badly. he wanted to enjoy the warmth for longer than a
second. it was nice when she held him as a cat, yeah. but he was just
a cuddly cat then. he wasn't strong manly kyo, the one he wanted to
be for her. someone who could protect her. all he could do as a cat
was cough up hairballs. rika held up the necklace for kyo to put
around her neck. she turned around , and he clasped it around her
neck. the flesh behind her neck looked so inviting. he had to lean
foward and plant a kiss in the corner where her neck met her chin.
rika tingled under his kiss, and then slightly jumped when kyo had
the instinct to nip it lightly. she jokingly turned around and tapped
kyo on the nose.
"bad kitty. didn't anyone ever teach you
no biting?" he looked at her with the cute grin that drove her
crazy.
"hmm. sorry. can't say i was ever really trained or
anything. no behavior school, nada." she laughed, and then
saying seductively,
"hmm... we may have to do a bit of
discipline then, won't
we?"
they
walked into the house, holding hands again with rika resting her head
on his shoulder. when they walked in, they heard the hebi's loud
voice in the living room.
"OH! I STILL CAN' T BELIEVE MY
LITTLE BROTHER...IS IN LOVE!!!" yuki and tohru were sitting
there furiously blushing. shigure was just looking amused by it all.
kyo and rika entered the living room. yuki was glaring at kyo.
"oh!
and who is this gorgeous lady by the way? nobody's bothered to
introduce me to her!" immediately he was by rika's side. kyo was
glaring at him jealously.
"uh..hey. i'm muyo-rika.
tohru's my cousin." he picked up her hand and kissed it. his
golden eyes flickered at rika. rika smiled to herself. 'this cousin's
more flirty than shigure. and he's apparently better at it, too. its
prolly making carrot top green with envy.' she turned to her neko,
seeing him get red. she took it as her cue to make sure kyo didn't
blow up. luckily for her , shigure interuppted.
"our
beautiful aya has told us something interesting. have we got two more
lovebirds in my nest? aww.... its so cute..." shigure pretended
to weep. aya
rushed to his side,
"oh dear shigure! so not
weep! your sadness hurts me!"
"no, i could never feel
sorrow around you, precious aya!" rika had to laugh.
"please
tell me they're just joking."
"kami this is
embarassing." yuki shook his head.
"nezumi, you should
REALLY get your brother out of here...." yuki's eyes flashed
angrily at kyo.
"why don't you? you're the one who had to
tell him about tohru and i. otherwise he wouldn't have come rushing
over here!"
"but yuki! a budding love should be
something you should announce to the world!" ayame kept talking
loudly. yuki angrily left the room to go to his. shigure followed,
trying to bring him back. kyo and rika just looked at the hebi and
onigiri, and walked upstairs as well.
"i gotta start
getting ready for the show tonight!" and with that they left. it
left aya and tohru alone.
"so tohru! please, tell me details!
i wanna know all about my little
brother's lovelife. so, is he
good? did you like it? how big is it?" tohru blushed. instead,
she changed the topic.
"aya...actually, i've been
planning on talking to you about
something..."
kyo
and rika entered tohru's room. they saw shigure in the hallway,
begging yuki to come out of his room.
"cmon yuki!"
no answer. shigure had an idea.
"oh well...i guess since
kyo and rika have come upstairs as well, tohru will be ALL alone with
aya...." shigure smiled to himself as yuki bolted out his door.
rika and kyo, hearing all this from tohru's room, started laughing.
kyo leaned foward to get a kiss from rika.
"mmm..." he
heard. he smiled, pulling away.
"i'll leave ya alone
while you get ready. i'll be on the roof." he turned around and
left.
downstairs, yuki saw tohru in the kitchen putting things
away. ayame was nowhere is sight.
"where'd the hebi go?"
tohru looked at him as he approached her by the sink.
"he
went back to his shop. i told him about rika's concert tonight, so
he's dying to go. he was pretty excited." she didn't bother to
mention to yuki the real reason he had been excited. he leaned in and
kissed her.
"he's gone then? good." he kissed tohru
again. "so um... tohru...are we supposed to wear...uh..something
in particular there? and um... how exactly do we go to a tightly
packed place without transforming?" tohru dropped the platter
she was rinsing.
"oh! i hadn't even thought of it! i have
nothing to wear! and rika has no idea about you guys! oh....i don't
wanna tell her, but i also don't wanna tell her you all can't
go...maybe there's a way you guys won't transform...i'll talk to her
later! but don't worry," she added, seeing yuki start to
worry,
"i won't tell her." yuki smiled.
when
tohru was finished with dishes, she scurried to the phone. dialing
uo's, she asked her and hana to come over. then she walked upstairs
to her room, where rika was getting ready.
"rika?"
"hey
cuz! sup?"
"i had a question...um...uh..." she
didn't know how to ask without telling rika the family
secret.
"uh...well. so how are we gonna, get in the club?
like...through the front...with lots of people...?" rika
laughed. she knew tohru had been worried about the boys transforming.
luckily, rika had already thought about that while at sound
checks.
"ah! well, you all are my V.I.P's! you guys go
through the back entrance. its less crowded and stuff...so that you
all won't be disturbed. and i placed you guys in a taped off VIP
section...its got a table for all of you, and its actually on like..a
mini platform. there's another mini platform on the opposite side of
the basement, that's for other vip's." tohru's face showed her
relaxing.
"VIP's? that sounds wonderful! thank you!"
rika looked at her cousin.
"no prob cuz. so yeah, go get
ready!" just then the doorbell rang. hana and uo were already
there.
a couple minutes later, the psychic and the yankee
appeared.
Uo and Hana examined the girl with blue hair. She
was wearing a SUPER blue strapless top that showd a little of her
stomach, over it, a white, fishnet, zip-up hoodie, a black hat with a
visor, and black, slightly baggy pant's with bondages and white
trimming, she also had on blue street shoes, just as
blue as her
top, she was also wearing a cute little pendant with a kitty on
it.
"rika, i'd like you two meet my two best friends!
this is Outani-Arisa, and Hanajima-Saki"
Rika examined
the two as well, the one with blonde hair had on a black wrap shirt
that had quarter cut sleeves and white cuffs, it bared most of her
stomach; she had on white capri pants with black pin stripes, a
sliver chain belt, black high heeled shoes. she also had on silver
hoop earings, and many thin silver bracelets.
the othe girl
was obviously goth. her hair was very long, black and wavy. she wore
a black dress with straps that dropped on her shoulders, it was
trimmed with purple lace. the skirt of it went out, she had a purple
peticoat underneath it, she had on fishnet stockings, and black ankle
boots.
"hey."
"hey," replied Uo.
"yes,
hello." Hana followed.
"that's a hot outfit!"
Uo complemented
"hey thanks! you two are lookin pretty good
yourselves!" Rika went back.the three then looked at tohru, she
looked back. she folded her arms then stared at the ground...' i hope
i can find something cool to wear.... other wise i'll feel so much
more out of place....' tohru thought.
"we gotta dress you
like that... i'm thinking red..." rika looked up and
smiled.
"serious? i was thinkin the same thing!" and
with that, they started working on tohru's outfit.
later on, kyo
stretched and hopped off the roof. he had spent awhile up there
thinking about him n rika. tonight was her night, he thought....
'but...it also means her days here are numbered...' he couldn't
believe it, but for the first time, he hurt thinking about having to
leave someone he loved so much. love? did he really think that? that
he loved her? i mean...he liked her no doubt...but love? they barely
knew each other, and yet, it seemed as though they were meant for
each other. like tohru, she was able to keep his temper under control
for the most part. he felt like it was ok to be a mushy sap around
her...and that it was ok to be intimate. he had never been able to
know intimacy before, his curse wouldn't allow that. then again, she
had never seen his other form. what would she think? he shuddered,
but then reminded himself that she'd never find out anyways, she 'd
be leaving any day now. all this thinking was giving him a headache,
so he went to check on rika. there was a bunch of giggles coming from
tohru's room.
"what's goin on here?" he said, looking
in. he was stopped by rika, who stood in front of him with her outfit
on, minus the white mesh hoodie. he was pleased to see the kitty
necklace across her bare neck and shoulders. she looked sexy.
"uh
uh no peeking. we're making tohru over!" kyo tried to peer past
her, but with no luck.
"stop being nosy carrot top."
kyo's face turned red, hearing the yankee.
"aww man, i can't
believe SHE'S here."
"SHE is a pretty cool chick."
rika argued.
"why thanks rika!"
"no prob."
kyo looked at her. rika smugly smiled back, and kissed his
nose.
"just give us a little longer, ok? you should go wait
with the guys or something. we're almost done with tohru..."
"was
that a smooch i heard?!?!" rika ignored uo. the girls behind her
giggled. it made kyo's ear turn red again. he began to walk away, and
then stopped and turned around.
"you... you look really
great."
"cmon jus say it carrot top! i look SEXY!"
kyo's ears turned another shade of red while rika laughed.
"you
don't gotta say it like that!"
"yes i do, cuz apparently
you're not gonna have the balls to say it yourself!"
"i
swear...sometimes...you're so ... woman...i don't understand you
sometimes..." he smiled , regardless, and walked away again,
calling over his shoulder,
"you look good. and that' sall i'm
gonna
say."
it
was already 7:20, the gig was at 8:00. they were all ready, ou had
finished up tohru. Arisa and Saki came down the steps and met yuki,
kyo, and shigure at the bottom.
Shigure was wearing a
suit(a/n: shigure looks so hot in a suit btw!)
Kyo in black
cargos, a black and dark-green fitted t-shirt and black
chucks...(a/n: so hot....)
Yuki wore long black slacks.
and a black chinese style shirt that had no arm
sleeves, so you
see his bare toned arms...(a/n: this is hott too....)
Arisa
spoke, " they'll be down in a minute, Tohru just HAS to make an
entrance... and she looks GOOD man... brace yourself yuki!" she
smiled, Yuki blushed.
soon rika came to the top of the steps,
Kyo looked at stared at her... she was looking really hott... Rika
looked at him and giggled...
"hah, you can stop drooling now
you idiot! besides, you haven't seen anything yet!" she said
grabbing tohrus hand, tohru still hiding behind her. she was
nervous
of what everyone would think. Rika led her down the steps and let go
of her hand, moving out of the way so everyone could see...
Tohru
in a black tanktop with very thin straps, a cherry red mini skirt
with a studded belt, and black knee high boots. she had on a red
scarf on her head, tied on so that her could fall out loosly; which i
did in soft waves. she had on a red necklace and a chunky red jewled
braclet to match it.
(a/n: so sexy! lol)
Tohru was
blushing and looking at the ground, her arms crossed in insecurity.
all the men stared in shock; even shigure couldn't joke about it.
Yuki eyed her up and down. Still looking at the floor, she
spoke,
"so Yuki... how- how does it look?"
"....."
Tohru
looked up to see his face, he looked so flustered.
"Tohru,
you look so beautiful," he finally answerd.
he walked
over and kissed her.
"HOLD IT!!!! WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!
since when the hell are you too all kissy kissy???" Arisa
spat.
"huh? ah! that's right!" tohru blushed furiously.
"
"so um.. me and Yuki are together now... i guess i
never told you two..."
"well why not? i'm mean really,
me and Hana have been waiting forever for this to happen, then it
finally does and you don't even tell us???"
"well, it
was recently and all. that and i haven't seen you since school
ended..."
"oh well... " she sighed, "but like
i said... it's about time dammit...."
they all began to
laugh..
"well i guess its about time we get going... just
let me grab my guitar
and we'll go ok?" Rika said.
"ok,
"they all answered watching as she went back up the stairs. Kyo
raced up the stairs after her.
"lemme get that for you,"
offered kyo as he grabbed her guitar case.
"hmm...i should
dress sexy more often. it makes u chivalrous" she
flirted.
"trust me, you look hot all the time," he said
in contentment as rika linked her arm with his.
"i'm glad
you like my outfit," she sighed. kyo's other hand quickly
brushed the necklace around her neck. they both smiled and rika
returned to her position on kyo's shoulder.they headed back
downstairs, with eyes staring at their linked arms and rika's head on
his shoulder, smiles on the inside.
they all went out the door
and headed down town.
ahh.... so lazy... sob sob.... i don't feel like writing much... but i will... i seriously don't feel like ending the story anytime soon ) so i hope that makes you all happy too! i'm going for at least... 23 chapters... that sound good? well it better be! besides! you don't get a say! i'm the writer dammit! lol sike sike... imma go now... need a nap... sleepy...
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