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Part 2: The Fall

"I'm leaving! Everyone please take care of themselves, I made some extra stew for everyone, when you are hungry please heat it up! And the laundry has been recently done, and …"

"Tohru! It's fine, we're grown men, we can take care of ourselves fine!" Sohma Shigure laughingly scolded, and waved her away. "Go on, have fun for the next few days with Hanajima and Uotani-san."

Tohru reluctantly nodded and glanced at her two friends, bound to her on the wrist by a long thick rope. "Then please, Shigure-san, take care of Yuki and Kyou. These few days will be hard for them…." Tohru faded off, all too aware of the chaos that was bound to ensue as soon as she left the house.

The idea of Kyou and Yuki bound together for three days was just preposterous. She shuddered, she didn't want to imagine the wreckage of a house she would have to face when she came back home.

Right on cue, came Kyou bounding the stairs, ungracefully yanking Yuki along for the ride. They both scrambled and tripped down the stairs, obviously uncoordinated and highly displeased with the new arrangement.

"DAMN RAT! Move FASTER you slowpoke! Having you around my wrist is like having a huge weight dragging me down." Kyou yelled, rubbing his wrist as the rope scratched roughly against his already bruised skin.

"Shut up you idiot cat. Why can't you learn to move at a civilized pace? Always running madly everywhere, acting like a chicken with its head cut off." Yuki stated in his calm, icy voice.

"CHICKEN! Who are you calling a chicken? You're asking for it!" Kyou raised his fists, ready to attack, when Shigure suddenly cut in.

"Um, boys, didn't you come down to say goodbye to Tohru?"

The two boys turned toward the brown-haired girl standing meekly at the doorway, connected to her two friends. Both immediately softened their guard, and Yuki smiled at Tohru.

"Have a good time these next 3 days, Honda-san. Don't worry about anything; we will take care of it." She smiled slowly at Yuki, not really believing him but pleased that he was trying.

Kyou 'hmph'ed loudly and turned away, but his gut was gnawing at him. He knew he should've behaved better in front of Tohru, she was obviously worried about them getting along… or their lack thereof, but stupid Yuki had to beat him to it.

"Yeah…we're not that stupid. I can handle the damn rat for a few days." Kyou mumbled, scratching his head, embarrassed. Yuki smiled inwardly; he knew Kyou was trying to make Tohru feel better.

"Okay then! Please don't hesitate to call me if there are any problems! I will be staying at Hana-chan's." Tohru smiled, and with a wave, left with her two friends in tow.

As Shigure retreated to his study, Kyou and Yuki stood awkwardly, unsure of what to do next. The day had passed by with a blur earlier as people paired off and were each tied to one another. Yuki and Kyou had gone through the whole process in shock, without speaking, simply following directions like robots and allowing the teacher to tie them together.

It was not until they were walking home with Tohru, Hanajima and Uotani that they had become fully aware of their situation. Kyou tended to walk at a fast pace while Yuki liked to take his time; and so the cat and mouse bickered the whole way home as Kyou tried to get Yuki to hurry up while Yuki tried to slow him down. The only result was a lot of tug-o-war and two much bruised wrists.

"I'm going to my room." Yuki announced suddenly, tugging on Kyou's wrist forcefully.

"Wait a second, why do you get to go to your room? Why can't we go to my room?" Kyou argued angrily. Yuki ignored him and proceeded to start up the stairs, when Kyou yanked him back down.

"Don't just walk away from me you damn rat!" Kyou growled. Yuki turned around, purple eyes blazing, and lunged for Kyou. He had never been first to initiate their fights, but it had been a long day and he was tired of bickering. He wanted it to end. Now.

Kyou reacted quickly and jerked back, but being bound, he managed to heave Yuki towards him even more, sending Yuki flying towards him. With that, Yuki landed with a loud thump on top of Kyou, and they slammed backwards onto the hard wooden floor in a tangled heap.