That night as she put her pants on, Kyo knocked on her door and she yelled,

"It's open!" He entered slowly, poking his head in through the door, and instantly saw that she still had not put on her top. He blushed and tried to avert his eyes but they would not move from her bare back.

"Ready." She said turning around revealing her still bare front. Kyo quickly looked down and said,

"Honda-San you don't have a blouse on." She looked down and gasped blushing horribly.

"I um... forgot to... uh, put it on." She looked around for a bra but she couldn't find one in her drawers.

"Kyo-Kun will you go and get a bra for me from the laundry room." He nodded and hurried off to the linen closet. He returned moments later with her bra and entered after he knocked.

"Thanks." She said covering herself with a shirt as she turned around to take it from him. As she turned around and dropped the shirt, Kyo-Kun walked over to her and stroked her shoulder with the back off his fingers. He grabbed both of her shoulders and leaned forward putting his cheek on hers from behind. He tilted his head and softly kissed her neck as he eyed her revealed bosom. As he came closer to her and ran one of his hands through her hair Yuki walked in through the door reading a magazine out loud.

"Tohru this magazine says the annual Fall Sushi Festival is coming up next week!" He starts to look up, "Isn't that com... plete... ly." His eyes widened and he dropped his magazine.

"Tohr..." He choked back a tear. "Why would you... go to this level with that son of a bitch, and keep leading me on like I had a chance?" He bent over picking up his magazine and stormed out. Tohru pushed Kyo off and put on the rest of her clothes running out after Yuki. Kyo kicked a chair and said,

"She was almost mine..."

In the fall the summer fades away and all the plants start to die leaving the land with a different kind of beauty that many do come to appreciate. However the changing from hot to cold can cause problems...

She ran out of the Sohma house trying to figure out where Yuki would go. It was raining and the wind was starting to pick up.

"YUKI!" She called. Knowing he would not reply she went to the only place she could think of that he might go. Coming up to the garden she spotted Yuki tearing up the already dying strawberry bushes.

"Yuki please come inside you'll get sick and..."

"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" He yelled as he stood up and stormed off into the woods.

"Yuki please come in please." He stopped and turned to face her.

"Once a while ago I would have said you loved me and I probably would have said the same about you, but god I was wrong. You led me on like a love struck jack-ass and then once you were done with me you kicked me right in the ego with all of your might!" The rain started to pour down harder and now both their shirts were stuck onto their bodies.

"Yuki do you know why I was going on a date with Kyo tonight? No. It was to tell him that I chose you. Not him you and..."

"Then why didn't you turn around and kick him in the nuts when he touched you like that! Because frankly, you seemed to be enjoying yourself quite thoroughly."

"I didn't know what to do. He just came up behind me and," she stomped her foot, "I just... I was scared Yuki. Mom told me that one day something like what happened back there would happen, and she told me to just let it. She said that I should love that person with all my heart and soul and that I should never let go once I had them. So... I can't let you go. If I have to spend the rest of my life trying to convince you that I love you more than anything else in the world then I will gladly do so, as long as I am next to you." Yuki was quiet for a moment and he looked up towards the rain that was now falling from the trees above them.

"Honda-San, I know that you try to preserve what I thought we had..."

"Still do." She interrupted. He sighed and continued,

"Honda-San I love you but I don't know that I can trust you right now. You were just half naked with my cousin and arch rival. I can't help but doubt every word you just said to me." Yuki glanced at her hair and noticed the bow that he had given her at the Inn.

"I see you still wear that."

"I wear it everywhere I go to remind me of your face." Yuki shook his head and said,

"You were just half-naked with another man! I can't just forget that with some persuasi..." He was cut off as Tohru ran to him and wrapped her arms around him passionately kissing him. Yuki wrapped his arms around her and returned the kiss ten fold. When the kiss ended Yuki looked down at his sopping body entwined in hers.

"Why am I not a rat?" No sooner did the words get out of his mouth before he transformed into a rat. Honda-San looked down at him and said,

"Well we have now officially hugged each other once." Yuki looked up at her and said,

"We should probably get back."

"Yes we should I'll get your clothes." She bent over collecting his clothing and as she picked up his shirt Yuki transformed back into his human form.

"That didn't take long." Tohru not knowing he had transformed yet picked up his underwear and asked,

"What didn't take long?" She turned, now having all his clothes in hand, and she dropped the clothes, closed her eyes and turned back around in one fluid motion.

"Never mind." She said. Yuki walked over so that he was in front of her. He grabbed her chin and lifted it up saying.

"Open your eyes I don't care if you see any of me. Because soon enough you will get up close and personal with," He put his mouth next to her ear, "every square inch of it, and I will use every bit of it to learn about every single perfection of your body." He nibbled at her ear and smiled as she opened her eyes instantly looking down at his abs and what was directly beneath his abs. She blushed and said,

"I can't wait for that." Smiling as she looked back up.

"You'll have to because we have to decide how we can hug." She ran her finger from his hair up over his abs and to his lips.

"We might not have to."

"Well for now," He said stepping back from her, "I'll settle for you telling Kyo to get lost and us deciding which way we will chose." Yuki started to dress, with Tohru's help, and they headed back to the Sohma house.