Warning: Nothing. Just wanted to write that word… looks pretty, doesn't it? W-a-r-n-i-n-g

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SO I WILL ALSO FORGET…

Kyo's ears perked (like a cat's) when he heard his cousin stand, but he stayed still. He had expected that his cousin would do something funny… call it cousinly instinct or whatever. He watched as Yuki packed a few things in his bag and removed his pajamas, revealing his shirt and pants.

So he's been planning to escape all along, thought Kyo, he's so damn predictable— that mouse.

After Yuki left, Kyo stood up and sneaked into his room, grabbing his clothes and his bag. He could hear Shigure's typewriter and decided that he should talk to inu before he did anything else.

Shigure stopped writing, when he heard footsteps somewhere outside. (He was doggy-like, remember?) An intruder? No…the footsteps are moving away from the house… Then that must mean what Hatori was saying was true…

"Hey," came Kyo's voice, "Can I talk to you?"

"Come in," said Shigure.

"Yuki's left…" was all the cat could say.

"I know…"

"Do you know where he's going?"

"I'm guessing Hatori's clinic… or the Main House… whichever comes first."

"Why?" asked Kyo, clenching his fists, "that coward… he's running away…"

"Running away. Yes, that would be a good term," said Shigure, "he's running away from his feelings for Tohru… Hatori told me that Yuki has been asking him to do something…"

Kyo's eyes narrowed. That could only mean one thing…

Without any second thoughts, Kyo bolted out of the room.

Bad move.

Tohru abruptly woke up upon hearing the crashing noise Kyo created.

"Kyo-kun?" she asked worriedly, "what's going on?"

Kyo skidded to a halt and turned around to face the concerned girl. He could feel his throat constrict.

"Yuki. He… ran away," he muttered. And he wants to have his memories of you completely deleted from his brain…

"Why?" was all Tohru could say, as tears flowed freely down her face, "does he hate me that much that he can't stand to be in the same house as I am?"

Something in Kyo's mind clicked. Yuki's in love with Tohru—and Tohru's in love with Yuki… but why are they being stupid and running the opposite ways? He leaned in and kissed Tohru on the lips— it was soft, quick and utterly brotherly.

"I'll help you. I promise," muttered Kyo. And with that, he bolted out of the house in breakneck speed, ignoring the tears that were threatening to fall.

He was hurt. But it didn't matter. He had been hurting all his life… so it wouldn't make the slightest difference.

(tsuzuku…) A bit short but the long wait has finally ended!

yey! Now we're going to proceed to the regular timeline! Aren't you happy for yourselves!

Jwei Lih (04/16/05)