Kyoko is Alive
By
Dragondolphin1990
Chapter 9-The Mabudachi Trio
A/N-I have writer's block. I don't actually want to write, but since I love this story and since I don't want to make all of you guys sad, I will write. Only, I don't know what to write… I know! I'll write about everyone's favorite… Mabudachi Trio! (that's Ha'ri, Aaya, and Shigure)
When Tohru got home from the carnival, she snuggled her stuffed animal and sat in on the table so the others would see it when they came in. Shigure was the first to notice it, "Hm… what's this?"
"It's my new stuffed animal!" Tohru explained, "Hiro won it for me at the carnival!"
"Hiro and carnival don't belong in the same sentence. That child never did like things like that. How'd you get him to go?"
"Kisa wanted to go."
"Ahhh… that explains everything."
Kyo chose that moment to walk in, "Hey, what kind of crap is this thing?"
"Don't call it that! It's my stuffed animal. Hiro won it for me. Isn't it cute?"
Kyo raised an eyebrow, "I don't see how it's cute, but whatever."
Yuki was the last to enter, "What's tha-"
"It's a stuffed animal, deal with it," Kyo answered.
"I see."
"Isn't it cute?" Tohru asked.
"Um…" Yuki and Kyo both said.
"Well, I like it," Shigure told Tohru.
Tohru smiled at Shigure.
Ding, dong.
Yuki walked over to answer the door. The others could hear the door open and then slam again. Yuki sulked back to the room where the others were, "Shigure, what are they doing at this house?"
"Ahhh, I see that Aaya and Ha'ri must have arrived!"
"Really? That's wonderful!" Tohru started bustling around to make everything be perfect for the two guests.
Shigure pranced over to the door, "Hello, Aaya! Hello, Ha'ri! I'm so sorry about Yuki. He isn't very good at answering the door."
"I know!" Ayame exclaimed, "We can have some brotherly bonding while I teach him to greet guests properly!"
"Not on my life, brother."
"Oh, Yuki. You make me hurt right here!" Ayame pointed melodramatically toward his own heart.
Hatori sighed, "I don't know why I put up with this day in and day out. I think I'll go find Kyo; he's much calmer and more normal than the rest of you."
Leaving Ayame to his own devices, the doctor went of to find Kyo. He finally located the redhead on the roof. "Hello, Kyo."
"Hatori, what're you doing up here?"
"Ayame is being… well, himself. It gets annoying after a while."
"Wow, the great doctor finally admits he isn't perfect."
"None of us are perfect, Kyo."
"Don't try to get all deep, like Shishou."
"I'm not trying to be deep or anything, Kyo; I'm just stating the truth."
"Who cares about the stinkin' truth?"
"A lot of people. You just have to open your eyes and you can see it."
"What are you even talking about?"
"…"
"Shouldn't you be making sure that Shigure and Ayame don't totally make a mess out of anything?"
"You're right about that. Maybe we can talk again."
"Whatever."
Hatori left Kyo to his solitude once more. The doctor sighed to himself, thinking, 'Kyo has changed so much. He usually looses his temper by then. I'm glad he's met Tohru… sama… I'll never get used to that, but it's not like she even wants us to call her that. She's strange, but she's definitely doing good for the family. I guess that is what she's supposed to do, being the head and all.'
Meanwhile, Tohru hurried around the kitchen, preparing more food than she had originally planned, since she now had two guests to feed. Hopefully nobody else would show up because she needed to go shopping for some food. Surely, Yuki would walk her to the store later.
Looking around the cabinets, all Tohru could find were some leeks and rice. Kyo wouldn't be too happy with diner tonight. Whose idea was it to buy leeks anyway? Oh, yeah, it was Yuki's idea. He is always striving to make Kyo's life that much more miserable.
When the time for diner finally came, Kyo ran into the kitchen, grabbed a few rice balls, and ran out, all in one breath. Tohru had tried to make it not smell like leek in the kitchen, but had failed miserably. The remaining Sohmas enjoyed their meal, talking happily and thanking Tohru the whole time.
"I'll say grace!" Shigure decided, "Um… Let us thank Tohru for preparing these lovely riceballs and leeks-"
"-and getting rid of Kyo-" Yuki added.
"-and making us a wonderful meal," Shigure finished.
Ayame sat as close as he could to Tohru, "Oh, this is wonderful, Tohru. I should come over more often. I get fed a nice, home cooked meal, and I get to bond with my brother! What more could I want?"
"Don't come over, don't bond," Yuki warned his older brother.
Ayame pouted. Hatori tried to ignore his cousin, "So, Shigure, how is your current manuscript going?"
"… Don't ask… She'll be here soon to bother me about it… I don't want to talk about it."
"Oookay…"
When Tohru was finished eating, she excused herself and went to visit Kyo, "Hey, Kyo, how're you doing?"
"Feh."
"I'm sorry about the leeks. I need to go to the store."
"It's okay. I just didn't want to sit at the same table as Ayame."
Tohru could tell he was lying; it was definitely the leeks. She put an arm around his shoulders, "It's okay, really. If you want, there's some more riceballs in the kitchen."
"Maybe after Ayame is asleep, because he'll probably stay, or if he leaves, and we get lucky."
"Hatori will probably stay, too."
"Who cares? He's actually calm and collected. That isn't a common trait in our stupid family."
Tohru would tell that Kyo wanted to be alone, like always, so she left him alone. Later that night, when Tohru went to bed, she made sure that her door was locked. With Ayame in the house, you could never be too careful. Unfortunately, she could here sounds coming from Yuki's room. Poor Yuki, his brother must have gotten in to his room.
A/N-Oh, my goodness, I'm almost to 100 reviews. 93 wonderful reviews from all of you wonderful people. I'm so happy! I'm trying to update quicker, but that won't be easy over the summer. I'll be on vacation with no internet access, busy with summer homework, and at band camp. I'll do my best to get updates for you guys, but if it's not as fast as usual over these next few months, I'm really sorry!