To love the enemy
Last time on chapter 1
Cursing himself under his breath, he considered the option of running away. However, that would definitely cause Tohru to worry, which was not what he intended to be. Swiftly, he picked himself from the ground and headed to where Tohru and that kuso nezumi is waiting. Throughout the journey home, an awkward silence stung the air as both Yuki and Kyou were caught up in their thoughts, without noticing that Tohru was busy trying to get a hint from them as to their weird behaviour. Upon reaching home, Kyou headed for the roof and Yuki kept himself to his bedroom without a single word.
Thinking that there was nothing she could do until the both of them open up to her, Tohru occupied herself with the task of preparing dinner. Noticing the weird behaviour between the two cousins, Shigure kept quiet and went back to the task of tormenting his editor, knowing that if he bothered either one of them now, it would end up in a nasty predicament of either having his house destroyed or having himself knocked out by their fists.
Chapter 2- Lost memories
Tohru Honda stared at the two cousins as she watched them taking their dinner in silence. A part of her wanted to cry out in joy that finally, the two enemies are not quarrelling during dinner. Yet, she couldn't help but notice that something was indeed very wrong between the cousins. Yuki and Kyou have been avoiding each other ever since their return from school. They had avoided all eye contact even as they were eating.
Unable to take the tension any longer, Tohru Honda asked "Ano...Sohma-kun, Kyou-kun...did anything happen between the two of you"
"No!" Kyou Sohma was quick to answer, but his words came out with a sharp edge, and he took a moment to breathe in and out before addressing Tohru again. "No, nothing is wrong between us"
"Yeah...Honda-san, there's really nothing wrong between us." Yuki Sohma continue to explain, but not after throwing Shigure a death glare, as if telling him that if he dared to say anything, something nasty will happen.
However, not knowing the tension between the two cousins who'd been trying desperately to avoid the subject... Tohru asked yet again "Demo... if there's nothing wrong, why did the two of you avoid each other ever since we came back from school"
At this statement, Shigure could hold it in no longer and blurted out "yeah... and the two of you have been awfully quiet today...are you really sure that there's nothing wrong?" Shigure paused for a moment and stared at the two cousins before drawing out "unless... "
As Shigure stared at them, both cousins tensed up and became rigid, as if being seen through by Shigure's eyes. Finally, Kyou couldn't take the tension anymore and burst out "Of course, there's nothing between us... keep your perverted comments to yourself! Pervert Dog!" With that statement, Kyou Sohma stormed up the stairs and hid himself in his room under the covers as he tried to force himself to sleep.
Meanwhile, Tohru turned to Yuki for answers... "Why did Kyou-kun storm upstairs? Shigure-san didn't say anything anything offending right"
"Honda-san, please don't take it to heart... you know how he's like... come on, I'll help you clear the dishes." Yuki Sohma volunteered himself for the job since he'd desperately wanted to get out of Shigure's burning stare. Yuki, unlike Kyou, does not have a hot temper, and is thus unable to get out of this situation by throwing a tantrum. Luckily for him, Tohru isn't that sharp and hence proved to be a good distraction while he could get out of this tricky situation.
Judging from Kyou's outburst earlier on and the way Yuki is behaving now, Shigure came to his own conclusion that something has indeed happened to the two of them in school. The fact that both cousins don't want to talk about the subject just made the whole thing more suspicious. The way that the two of them had tensed up when he stared at them had proven his point. Deciding to leave the matter for later questioning, Shigure headed back to his room to start on his manuscript that's going to be due in a week's time.
Later that night, both Yuki and Kyou found themselves having difficulty sleeping.
Dream scenes
/Two boys were playing by the lake...and then the scene changes. Now, one of the boys was dragged away by someone and the other one was left crying at the site. The boy who's dragged away struggled as he tried to escape but in vain. Suddenly, the boy left crying alone at the site tensed up, turned around and looked... the boy found Akito staring at him./
At the sight of Akito, both Yuki and Kyou broke out in cold sweat and woke up in bed. They wondered why they had such a dream. Kyou Sohma glanced at the alarm clock by his futon and realised that it's 4a.m. in the morning, just an hour before his usual waking time... so he decided not to sleep anymore. He made his way down to the kitchen. Yuki, on the other hand, found himself unable to sleep with the haunting image of Akito fresh in his mind. He stood up and made his way towards the kitchen for a mug of coffee.
Kyou was standing in front of the fridge trying to think of what to make for breakfast when a wide-awake Yuki strolled in. Kyou watched as Yuki headed towards a cabinet where all the instant coffee and tea was stored, grabbing a mug on the way. He decided not to say anything as Yuki fixed himself a mug of coffee. After all, he knew that Yuki must have been having a nightmare, otherwise the latter would still be sleeping at this time. People who lived with Yuki or know him enough would know that Yuki was not an early riser. The only time Yuki had been so awake before dawn would be the time when he woke up from a nightmare. However, not many of them know about Yuki's habit of drinking coffee right after a nightmare to prevent himself from going back to sleep. Kyou, however, knew and understood the reason behind it since he had caught Yuki drinking coffee quite a few times whenever Akito made it a point to visit Shigure.
The kitchen was silent as Kyou occupied himself with the ingredients for breakfast and Yuki with his coffee. Somehow, Yuki felt himself staring at Kyou's movement. If Kyou was stunned by Yuki staring at him, he didn't express it out. The house was silent as Kyou made breakfast. It was not until Tohru's alarm clock ring at 5a.m. that broke the deafening silence in the house. At 6a.m., Tohru hurried down the stairs to the kitchen when she realised that she had forgotten to make breakfast. However, she was shocked to find both Yuki and Kyou in the kitchen. Yuki occupied himself with the morning coffee and Kyou brought the pot of porridge to the dining table.
Tohru Honda was shocked as she took in the scene in front of her, Kyou making breakfast was a shock to her as it has always been done by her. However, she knew that Kyou is an early riser and hence it is not surprising to find him in the kitchen and he will help with the breakfast if he decided to. But what actually thrown her off-guard was the fact that Yuki was sitting at the dining table at 6a.m. in the morning, which meant that Yuki woke up before her... Yuki had never been into the kitchen before 7a.m. before, so she was gaping at the sight of Yuki fully awake and helping Kyou with breakfast preparation.
Realising the fact that she was catching flies in her mouth, she closes her mouth and composed herself before plastering a bright cheerful smile and joining the two in the kitchen. Clearing her throat, she greeted them hesitantly, "Good morning Sohma-kun, Kyou-kun"
"Aa... good morning, Honda-san" Yuki greeted back with a smile which could make any girls swoon at the sight of it. The magic broke when Kyou started "I hope you don't mind the fact that I make breakfast for the day, Tohru-chan" "Sure, I don't mind... in fact I was so worried that I was late in making breakfast. Thank you Kyou-kun!" Tohru answered back. As they settled themselves at the dining table, Shigure entered the scene with his favorite line in the morning. "Aa... good morning, everyone! I wonder what my little flower made for breakfast today..." Shigure's words faded off as he took in the appearance of Yuki, Kyou and Tohru. Then his eyes flickered over to the dining table. He blinked twice before Tohru greeted back in response "Good morning Shigure-san! I hope you don't mind having porridge for breakfast today, since I was delayed with doing the laundry, Kyou-kun took care of the making of breakfast this morning."
"Oh, of course I wouldn't mind..." Shigure answered cheerfully as he settled himself in front of his seat and poured himself a cup of coffee from the coffee pot in the center of the table. As he adjusted his sitting position to make himself comfortable, he caught sight of the kitchen clock and frowned 'Since when did Yuki woke up before seven in the morning?'
"Ano... Shigure-san, is anything the matter?" Tohru asked as she noticed the frown marring his face. "Huh? Nothing's wrong, I'm just wondering why Yuki woke up so early today... that's all." Shigure smiled as he tried to flirt with Tohru again. After breakfast, Yuki headed to his secret garden and Kyou headed to the roof to brood yet again.
to be continued
date completed: 19/02/05