Tohru almost had dinner ready when Kyo walked into the kitchen. He quietly went to the fridge to get the milk.
"Oh you're up. How are you doing?" Tohru asked him. Kagura glanced at him from the side but that was only for a second. All her doubts and fears from before she forced to the back of her mind.
"I'm fine." He stated quietly. He didn't know how to tell Kagura that he had heard her earlier. All she had said. He just took his milk and headed for the door.
"Um, if you're hungry, dinner's almost ready." Tohru said before he had a chance to leave. He nodded back as he left the kitchen.
Shigure looked up as he got into the living room and took a seat.
"Finally awake I see, so what happened at school." He asked glancing over his glasses. Kyo was about to answer then realized Yuki was there also.
"Nothing important. I don't get why everyone's making such a big deal about it."
"Well that's what happens when you run away like that"
"Grr, I didn't just run away...and besides I said I DIDN'T want to talk about it. Sheesh." He turned away from the table.
"Oh look, dinner's ready." Shigure changed the subject.
Tohru brought their plates out and Kagura followed her out with the food. No one really said much for about twenty minutes until Tohru finally spoke up.
"So Yuki, are you coming back to school tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I don't think I should stay home. Otherwise Shigure's going to make me read his stories."
"You make it sound like a punishment." Shigure complained.
"Well if Yuki doesn't want to read your stories, I wouldn't mind reading them. I've never gotten to before. I think I would enjoy them." Tohru suggested.
"No you won't." Yuki and Kyo both answered before Shigure could take her up on the offer.
"Oh the abuse I have to put up with in my own home. I mean really, here I am putting a roof over these their heads. You would think that they could show a little appreciation instead of always criticizing my work."
None of them bothered to comment, knowing that if they did, the conversation would just go further if they did. After dinner, Kyo disappeared as always while Kagura and Tohru did the dishes. Yuki went to bed earlier then normal. Since this whole thing had started he was tired all the time. It would be awhile before things went back to the way they were.
Once Tohru and Kagura were done with the dishes they started to put them away.
"Hey Tohru, thanks for being there for me earlier. I'm glad that we're friends. No one else seems to realize how weird things are right now"
"You don't have to thank me, really." Kagura put the last plate away and glanced around the kitchen.
"So where did Kyo go? He didn't say much at dinner. What happened at school anyway"
"Well it's hard to explain but I thought he was going to transform right in the middle of class." Kagura's jaw practically dropped.
"But how, that's really weird"
"Yeah, but it was his true form that I'm talking about." Kagura quickly moved into the living room looking for Kyo.
"Where is he? He has to tell Hatori about this." She pointed out. Tohru followed her. Eventually after searching most of the house they went into the backyard, even if it was unlikely he'd be back there. it was now raining pretty hard now.
They both stopped short when he came into view. He was just standing there, getting drenched. He didn't even see them yet. Kagura glanced down at his one wrist and let out a gasp. His beads were off but he hadn't transformed. Part of her wanted to be happy but in the pit of her stomach she was sad.
"Kyo? Are you okay?" Tohru finally spoke up. He didn't look over at them right away.
"Yah know it's not so horrible." He stated and turned their way. "The rain's not so bad." He gave them a faint smile before falling forward.
"Ah, Kyo..." Tohru started and rushed over with Kagura.
"I don't know what he was thinking." Kagura said, pulling him up to take him inside. She picked up his beads on the way.
They reached the hallway when Shigure noticed that something was going on. Kagura carried Kyo up the stairs while Tohru explained to him what happened.
"So could you please call Hatori? I knew he's been busy and all but this is important"
"Yeah, he was just here today but I'll try to get a hold of him. He's gonna get tired of coming over here." He went over to the phone and dialed his number. Tohru thought about going upstairs but decided to wait for a minute for Shigure.
The phone rang several times before Hatori answered it.
"Hey, are you busy?" Shigure asked him quickly. He let out an annoyed sigh on the other end of the line.
"Now, what do you need?"
"Well, it's Kyo this time. Is there anyway you could come over tonight? Something pretty serious apparently happened today at school. I wished he had told me sooner but you know how he is. So do you think you could come over? If it's not too late anyway?" There was silence on the other end of the line. Finally he let out another sigh.
"I really wish I could but I can't. Sorry but Akito was by today"
"Oh I see. Guess even in all of this he's still determined to treat Kyo badly"
"If it were up to me I would come over but you know how he is and I can't go against him. Even if the curse might have been broken"
"Hey, it's not your fault. We'll just have to rough it here." Tohru waited for him to get off the phone before asking him was Hatori had said.
"He's too tired to come over, besides it's probably nothing too serious." They both headed upstairs. Kagura felt Kyo's forehead. He shouldn't have been out in this weather. Shigure and Tohru walked into the room.
"Uh Kagura, don't you think he'd be better off if you just let him sleep?" Shigure asked her. She seemed pretty determined to stay where she was so he didn't press this issue.
"Does he have a fever?" Tohru asked, coming closer to the bed.
"A slight one." Shigure walked over to see he was still in his wet clothes and shook his head.
"Why don't you two go get some ice. He needs to get into something dry." He told them. They both agreed and headed back down to the kitchen. After a couple of minutes, Yuki walked into the room.
"What's going on?" He asked Shigure.
"Kyo just collapsed, it's nothing you should be worried about though." Yuki let out an annoyed huff.
"Just because we don't get along, doesn't mean I don't care what goes on around here." He remarked.
"This kind of thing never bothered you before. I figured it wouldn't this time. But it's so cute how concerned you are." Shigure grinned at him. He rolled his eyes and turned to leave.
"So what haven't you just called Hatori like you always do"
"I know what I'm doing, I don't have to call him every time one of you does something bad for your health. If I did, he'd never leave." Yuki just stared at him in disbelief.
"He couldn't come could he?"
"No, he was told not to by Akito. I don't want to put him in a bad position. Besides this isn't anything serious, he was outside where he didn't belong." There was a minute of silence before Yuki commented.
"Stupid cat." He walked back to his room. Shigure just shook his head and smiled to himself.
Despite how much both of them tried to hide it, Kyo and Yuki were getting along better then they use to. Given enough time they would maybe be able to stand each other more. Kagura and Tohru came back in with some ice and handed it to him. Shigure placed it under his head and got to his feet slowly.
"I think we should let him rest for now, okay." He suggested. Kagura moved closer to Kyo, placing her arms around him.
"But I wanted to sta..." She wasn't able to finish her sentence as a cloud of smoke exploded through the room. Shigure scratched his head as the smoke cleared while Tohru was too shocked to say anything.
"Well that's interesting." Shigure commented seeing that Kagura had transformed. She started crying.
"I don't understand, both of us are cursed. Now I can't even hug my beloved Kyo." She wailed.
"Somehow, I don't think Kyo will be too upset." Shigure said under his breath. Kagura turned to him and had this urge to kick him but decided she wasn't up for it. Tohru went over and picked up her clothes. They all left and Shigure closed the door.