Disclaimer: I. DON'T. OWN. FRUITS. BASKET. PERIOD.

A/N: I'm at it again, folks. Although my mom will come down any second now to tell me to get off the computer and come eat dinner…

Anyway, Chapter 6! And like I had warned before, IT'S REALLY FLUFFY!

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Tohru was sitting outside of Shigure's house. The cool breeze of the spring evening blew through her hair. So much had happened today. It was probably the best and worst birthday she had ever had all at once.

She sighed and looked down. This curse really hurt. It hurt her so much, and she could only imagine how the fourteen people most involved feel.

After a few minutes she became aware that there was someone sitting next to her. "Oh! Kyo-kun!"

"Hey. Look, there was something I've wanted to say for a long time." He blushed. "I've been thinking of telling you now, but then I thought again." He looked so deeply into Tohru's eyes that her heart almost stopped beating.

"H-Here…" He broke his thought and took something out of his pocket. "Close your eyes."

Tohru obeyed and felt Kyo's hands wrapping around her neck. Her heart thudded a mile a minute now. Something cold slipped on her neck and collarbone. "You can open them now." Kyo told her.

She opened her eyes to find a necklace with a crystal heart on it. She gasped. "Kyo-kun… It's beautiful…"

Kyo was blushing again. "Like I was saying…" He looked intensely into her eyes again. "I've been wanting to tell you something… But I've decided, I'm not ready to say it yet. I'm afraid of what you'll say." He leaned even closer to Tohru.

Time stood still. Tohru could feel Kyo's hand on her cheek, his thumb stroking it gently. Kyo could smell Tohru's scent, lingering in the air around him. Their breath mingled. The trees rustled and the wind swirled around them. They unconsciously linked hands, their fingers entwining. Their breath mingled together. For a long time they just looked into each other's eyes. Kyo closed his eyes, and Tohru did the same. For a long moment, Tohru thought Kyo was going to kiss her on the lips. But instead, he leaned past her lips. Tohru felt his breath on her ear as he softly brushed his lips on her cheek as he marked it with a kiss. "I'm not ready to tell you yet…" he whispered into her ear.

Kyo leaned back and blushed. I've said too much… "I—I should go." He said suddenly, breaking the moment. He quickly stood up. Their eyes locked one more time before he went inside.

Tohru gazed at the closed door. Her face was red and she was gasping, her heart racing and her stomach feeling like it was floating away. Her knees felt week and she knew if she tried to stand she would fall. She just sat and numbly touched the spot where Kyo had left his kiss. Tears flowed freely from her eyes as she could no longer deny what she had been denying for so long. Even after all that they had been through, Tohru could have easily denied it then. But now, she knew she couldn't. Now she knew for sure.

She loved Kyo.

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Kyo closed the door and leaned on it, sighing. He looked up to see Yuki standing in front of him.

"I saw everything through the window." Yuki put right out. "You coward, running from your feelings like that. You're tormenting her."

"I… I'm scared, Yuki… I'm really scared." Kyo whispered.

"Kyo, don't do this!" Yuki said as Kyo started walking away. "Don't do this!"

Kyo ignored him.

"SHE LOVES YOU, DAMN IT!" Yuki called after him.

Kyo heard him, but he couldn't believe it. He ran into his room and slammed the door shut, tears running down his cheeks. He wouldn't believe it.

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Tohru was curled up in her bed, hugging her picture of her mother.

She looked back and forth from the photo in her arms to the necklace she had carefully placed on her desk.

She knew she loved Kyo, but she couldn't accept it. Her mother was the only thing that was dear to her, right? Tears were falling from her eyes again.

"Mother, I promised you I would love only you! I can't break it now! I PROMISED YOU!" with one last anguished cry she broke into sobs.

That night she cried herself to sleep.

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Well folks, that was chapter six. I warned ya. (How ironic, I'm listening to "Warning", by Green Day) That was FLUFFY.

Funny thing, when I was writing the whole Tohru/Kyo moment paragraph, the song "Breathing" by Yellowcard came on my iPod (it was on shuffle). I wrote a whole Kyoru songfic with that song! Isn't that ironic?

And another ironic thing: Right now, Warning just ended, and this song came on. "Lost At Sea" by Eisley, the song that my friend and I had agreed just GOES with Fruits Basket. For a while, when we couldn't remember Eisley's name (we can now, trust me), we had called it "The Fruits Basket Band". Ha ha, what a funny world we live in. Oh look, Kyo's here!

Kyo: THERE. WAS. WAY. TOO. MUCH. GODDAMN. FLUFF!

Neko-chan: AWW Kyo, in my world, it's all about the fluff!

Kyo: You hopless romantic.

Neko-chan: SHHH! Nobody's supposed to know about that!

Kyo: FREAK.