THANKS to everyone that reviewed, and I'm sorry for not updating sooner, but I was having a bit of writers block and I was also on vacation :D Anyway… ENJOY ;]
Just in case you all need a little memory refresh, here's a little recap. If you don't need to be refreshed, then just skip this little recap
RECAP from chapter THREE-
"Hey Kyo-kun! Umm, what are you doing out here?"
Kyo didn't answer, he just simply held out his hand and she saw that there was a chocolate cupcake with a solitary lighted candle sitting in the middle of his palm. Tohru looked at the flame that burned brightly at the top of the candle and asked with awe,
"Wh-what is this for?"
Kyo held it out further so that it was right under her nose and said gruffly,
"It's your birthday today."
Tohru's eyes widened to the size of saucers and she whispered out,
"But..."
Kyo interrupted her with a rare and gentler tone than usual,
"Look... I saw that survey thing you had on your desk and you left the birthday part blank... so...um... now you can fill that question in..."
Tohru felt a few tears soaking her cheeks and she said with a breaking voice,
"This is... so amazing. Thank you so much Kyo-kun, I don't know how I'm going to repay you for all that you've done for me."
Kyo rolled his eyes at her and just ordered with a smirk,
"Just shut up and make a wish will ya?"
Tohru smiled and closed her eyes, thinking hard about what to wish for, and when she finally thought of one, she took a deep breath and blew out the bright flame, leaving a long trail of swirling smoke coming from the melting candle.
COMPLETE
Chapter FOUR - Burden
It was a sunny Monday evening and it was the day of the school camping trip that was only held for the juniors of Kaibara high school. Tohru was excited when everyone arrived at the campgrounds and began to set up their tents while the chaperones watched with observant eyes. Tohru put down her luggage for the overnight trip and rummaged through her bag for her sleeping bag and tent. When she found them after a while of searching, she took them out and walked over to a clear area, with a smile from ear to ear. She flapped out the tent, and then without knowing what the next step was, she watched the other students as they propped their tents up with long poles. She frowned and looked at her tent, not knowing how to set it up at all. She heard snickering from behind her and she turned around, her face reddening when she saw Kyo standing behind her with a huge smirk on his face.
"H-Hey! I didn't see you there, um… so you set up your tent already?"
Kyo nodded and pointed about a yard away to where his tent was propped up perfectly and she blushed when she glanced back at her unmade tent. Kyo rolled his eyes and shook his head, crossing to the other side of her, taking the tent into his hands.
"Here, let a man show you how it's done."He flapped it out and amazingly in a few minutes or so, the tent was perfectly set up, just like his. He smirked triumphantly at her and she smiled gratefully at him,
"Thank you so much! I don't know how I would have done it myself."
Kyo just chuckled and lifted his hand as if it were no big deal before walking away to go back to his tent. She watched him as he was walked away and then she kept her eyes glued on him when she saw his friends stop him.
Kyo was walking towards his tent and his chest tightened when he saw his friends coming right at him. He thought about walking away, but decided on just sucking it in and waiting for them to approach. He really wasn't in the mood to talk to them, but there was no way to avoid them either. One of his friends went up to him and said,
"Hey man, you've been hanging around that girl a lot lately, what's up with that?"
"What's it to you?"
His friend's brown eyes clouded to a darker shade and he asked menacingly,
"What, we aren't good enough now or something?"
Kyo let out an audible sigh and glanced Tohru's way, wondering if he really was getting too close with her… but he couldn't help himself sometimes. He just stared hard at his friend and said icily,
"Stop acting like such babies."
His friends looked at each other angrily and then said to him,
"What, so now you're not gonna talk to us anymore?"
Kyo just continued to hold their stares and they finally spat out,
"Tch. Fine… whatever. You can hang out with that loser, doesn't matter to us."
They all stormed away and Kyo felt like punching each and every one of them in the nose, but he restrained himself and just released his anger by punching a nearby tree, walking in the opposite direction of his so called friends. Tohru tore her eyes away from the scene and wished that she had never heard any of the words that had just been said, she wished that she hadn't listened to any of it. She sighed and saw that the chaperones were calling out for the students to group up for a hike. She was about to follow the crowd but she froze when she saw those three girls that had threatened her before coming right in her direction. When they reached a few feet in front of her, they stood there with their hands on their hips with phony smiles pasted on their faces. The supposed leader that was in front of the trio spoke up in a syrupy sweet voice,
"Oh, hi Tohru!"Tohru smiled at them cheerfully and waved tentatively replying back warmly,
"Hello."
The girl continued with the overly perky voice,
"We want you to be our friend!"
Tohru was taken aback at the sudden declaration and gullibly believed that what they said was completely true,
"Really?"
The three of them nodded in unison and the girl in the front kept the smile on her face, but there was now a mischievous glint in her eyes as she continued,
"Only if you go into the lake and find this bracelet for me though."
She put her arm around Tohru's shoulders and pointed forward,
"That's where the lake is, so be a doll and find it for me? It's made of red ruby, and it's oh so special to me… and don't worry about the hike, I'll totally cover for you with the chaperones. So…you'll do it right? It'd mean so much to me, and all of us."
Tohru nodded thoughtfully and ate up all of their lies, smiling happily back at them,
"I'll definitely come back with the bracelet!"
The three girls giggled at her and said,
"Thanks!"
They all waved happily at Tohru as she turned her back and ran to the direction that they had pointed out before. When she was far enough from them, they all rolled their eyes at each other and cackled maliciously while jogging up to catch up with the rest of the group on the hiking trip.
Kyo was one of the last people in the group and was befuddled when he found that Tohru was nowhere in sight.
Oh great… don't tell me she's lost.
He was about to scan the crowd once more and try to find her, but then his ears perked up when he heard those three girls talking pretty loudly to his ex-friends about what they had done,
"I can't believe she actually went to look for a fake bracelet! Seriously, I think she's like retarded or something."
Kyo's eyes widened and without thinking, he rushed up to one of the three girls, demanding,
"What did you say?!"
The girl's eyes widened with fear, but her eyes softened when she saw that it was Kyo that was talking to her. She put on a saccharine smile and said flirtatiously,
"Oh, hi Kyo-kun!"
Kyo's eyes darkened and he turned his head to glare at all of his friends, asking dangerously,
"Where the fuck is she?"
His friends stepped forward bravely and stuck their chins up,
"Why the hell should we tell you?"
Kyo boiled with anger as he lunged forward and threw a punch at one of his friends, making him fall backwards. There were many gasps heard and the injured guy yelled out with anguish,
"All you care about is that fucking loser! You don't even care about your friends!!"
Kyo glanced at the chaperones up ahead and before they could catch on with what had just happened he ran away from the crowd to find Tohru. He just had to…
Tohru shivered as the sky seemed to darken and there was still no sign of any lake at all, she was determined to find it though, because she had told them that she would find it and she always kept her promises. Tohru's heart stopped when she heard rustling in the bushes and she felt the beads of sweat slip down the sides of her face. She thought to herself in panic,
Face it, you're lost Tohru!
Tohru backed away from the rustling and screamed when a large figure emerged from behind a tree. She squeezed her eyes shut and screamed again, with a more high pitch, and then she felt two familiar strong hands shaking her shoulders yelling out,
"It's just me!!"
She opened her eyes, her heart still pounding wildly, and blew out a breath of relief when she saw that it was just Kyo. He slapped her on the head lightly and asked with exasperation,
"What the hell are you doing out here?"
Tohru turned beet red and she babbled out,
"I was just looking for this lake that those girls asked me to find… but… there seems to be no lake."
Kyo groaned out loud and told her earnestly,
"There is no lake here...they were lying to you."
Tohru felt the tears trying to break through, but she blinked them back as she whispered out,
"They… lied to me?"
Kyo stared at her, not knowing what to say next, but she filled in the silence,
"I just… wanted them to be my friend."
"You don't need those three idiots to be your friends, they were all bitches anyway."
Tohru shook her head and just looked into his eyes,
"I'm sorry…you didn't have to come here for me…"
Kyo raised an eyebrow at her and said indignantly as if it were common sense,
"Stop talking crazy, how could I leave a person lost and alone in the woods? Geez, you're so damn crazy…"
Instead of smiling like he thought she woule, her face seemed to get even sadder after he that last comment. He crossed his arms over his chest and pointed out,
"Hey, now what's wrong? I mean your face is all weepy looking, like this."
Kyo scrunched up his face and stuck out his lower lip all the way with overly exaggerated sad eyebrows. She couldn't help but let out a small laugh at his ridiculous facial expression and finally found the courage to ask out in a tiny voice,
"Kyo-kun… I just wanted to know… if I was a… burden to you."
Kyo leaned his head all the way back and then looked back down at her, locking his intense eyes with hers, while telling her in a low voice,
"That's so stupid, don't even think about that…"
Tohru shook her head and lowered her head a little, confessing,
"No! But... today I saw how you and your friends were fighting with each other, and I couldn't help but think that it was my fault..."
Kyo let out an exasperated sigh and he said strongly after a short pause,
"Look! They aren't even my friends if they can't handle me hanging out with you, so stop your damn thinking about this, okay?"
He pointed at his lips and said in a slow and distinct voice,
"Read my lips, I. don't. care. about. them."
"Are you sur—"
Kyo poked her forehead with a grin on his face and ordered teasingly,
"Ahh… shut up."
Kyo then glared at her and said,
"Dammit! And stop looking at me like that!"
Tohru stared at him innocently and asked,
"Like what?"
"Like this."
He widened his eyes so that all the whites were surrounding his eyes, and he puckered up his lips a little while leaning in real close to stare at her with his silly face. Tohru laughed out loud and slapped him lightly on the shoulder exclaiming with embarrassment,
"Do I really look like that?"
Kyo put his normal smirk back on his face and replied simply,
"Nah, you look a little better."
Hmm, to me this chapter seemed kind of not so great… but I hope that you guys think its better than what I think. :] well please review okay? THANK YOU SO MUCH :D
