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Chapter THIRTEEN - Complete
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...he completely stopped functioning when he saw a girl hidden in the shadows with a wedding dress on. She was standing at the entrance of the alleyway with tear filled eyes.
It was that girl.
His first love.
And that's when he felt, for the first time, a genuine tear slip down the side of his face...
They just stood there, a few feet apart, staring at each other with mirrored faces of awe. Silence was all that was heard until Kyo's choked up voice echoed through the dark alleyway,
"Tohru..?"
She stepped into the streetlight so that he could see her glittering face shining under the orange glow of the light; it was so sweet...so familiar. She stepped closer and closer, gradually as she whispered out,
"It's so nice... to hear your voice again Kyo-kun."
They both met up half way and now they were only a half a foot apart from each other as he asked in a soft voice,
"You came back... why?"
She looked down at the ground with a small smile appearing on her face as she admitted softly to him,
"Because I missed you, and Mrs. Sohma..."
She looked up at him, her smile wavering as she whispered out,
'I'm so sorry to have put you through any pain... so sorry..."
Kyo felt his chest tighten up, and within seconds, he filled in the rift between them, pulling her into a suffocating grasp.
"Kyo-kun..."
He closed his eyes and felt some tears spill out from beneath his eyes as he stroked her chestnut hair with his fingers, croaking out,
"I'm so glad... to hear you calling out my name again. You know... I missed your dumb smile and even your stupid questions...? I missed everything...it drove me insane..."
Tohru shut her eyes gently and wrapped her arms around his body, letting herself relax into his arms, feeling safe and warm.
There were small pieces of white fluff dancing gently down from the heavens, attaching themselves onto the cement ground. There was laughter heard in the Sohma house as the three of them were seated nicely around the dinner table with a huge variety of all kinds of dishes. Tohru was so overwhelmed with all the food choices and smiled secretly across the table at Kyo who smirked back at her with a mouthful of rice, making her giggle uncontrollably. Mrs. Sohma smiled warmly at the both of them and said softly,
"I'm glad we're all together again...we missed you Tohru."
She gave Mrs. Sohma a everlasting smile, and chirped out,
"I'm glad too. Thank you!"
I didn't know that I could ever feel this way before...
It was after dinner, and Tohru was sitting outside on the front steps, hugging her knees closer to her chest as she watched the swirling snowflakes glide down gracefully on top of the layer of fresh white snow covering the blades of green grass. A voice called out from the doorway,
"Amazed?"
A smile lifted up her pink lips and she looked to her side, to see Kyo settling himself down beside her with his legs splayed out in front of him. She nodded at him, and then looked back up at the snow with a breathless sigh,
"Yea, I've never seen such a beautiful sight before... it's so enchanting."
Kyo rolled his eyes and thought about how she was the only one that would be so astonished by snow,
"You're such a wierdo."
"E-Eh? Wierdo?"
Kyo grinned at her and replied,
"Yup, you heard me."
She felt her face flush and she let the wind howl endlessly in their ears before she looked down at her frosty boots, admitting in a soft spoken tone,
"Kyo, you don't know how happy I am to be sitting out here with you... back at home. I mean, this whole year has been amazing, and I don't know how to thank you for that."
Kyo held up a bare finger to his pursed lips and said in a deep voice,
"Yeah, yeah, don't worry about it."
She assumed the rest of the night to be blissful silence, but he surprised her by asking,
"So... what was it like? Up there?"
She chuckled, and then stared up at the gentle snow, her eyes softening a bit, admitting,
"It's not all that great up there... not half as great and amazing as it is down here."
"No green people?"
She let out another laugh and then shook her head at him, a wide grin on her face. Kyo's eyes danced with laughter as he teased her,
"How do I know that you're not wearing a mask right now and under that pretty face you're really a scaly green monster?"
She froze, and he did as well, after he caught what he had just said to her. Her face was filled with tenderness and her voice tinged with surprise, as she repeated quietly,
"You think I'm pretty?"
Kyo's face turned scarlet, and his face twisted with mock anger as he denied hastily,
"NO WAY! You heard wrong..."
She silently nodded at him with her cheerful smile and then placed her hands to her side,
"Okay... let's just watch the snow then Kyo-kun."
After a while of snow gazing, a strange warmth dispersed from her frozen fingers to all over her shivering body. She glanced down to her right, and saw his larger hand covering hers. It was so gentle and so subtle, but it was still the sweetest moment that she had ever endeared. She felt her heart skip a few beats as she gulped quietly to herself, hoping that he didn't hear that. She blushed and then said with a slight chuckle,
"I thought you didn't like mushy things."
Kyo pretended to look mad at her, but then his scowl turned into a grin when he saw her silly grin. He just rolled his eyes and held on tighter to her delicate fingers, barking out in mock anger,
"Ahh, shut up, you're ruining the moment..."
She smiled secretly to herself and then took a deep breath, watching the snow fall down with the only person that she had ever wanted to be with.
I didn't know that I could ever feel like I belonged, but now that I finally do, it's a feeling that is indescribable to me. I can't even begin to comprehend all the emotions that are swarming around in my heart at this very moment of realization. All I know, is that there's no room for any sadness or doubt in my heart, because now it's overflowing with love and companionship.
I finally feel... complete.
THE END.
Alright... I have to admit that I'm not so good with endings; endings always seem to not go so well with me because near the end of stories I just start to get tired and wrap it up sloppily, or just get stumped on finding a memorable way to end it. But I am determined to one day come up with the perfect ending to a story! You'll see! :P Well anyway, read up on my new story Cross!
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