A short while later, that same day.

Hisu was walking the streets of the nameless town the two had stumbled upon the night previous. She was trying to figure out exactly what part of the plan went wrong...Kyou was way too stubborn, with just about everything. She knew in her heart it would all turn out the way it should, but her mind told her there was something else she needed to do...

Back in the hotel room, Kyou had already finished redressing himself (a/n: I'm sure to many a kyou fan's disappointment) and sat slumped in a chair in the corner lost in his own little world of thoughts. Surely Hisu wasn't right? There was no way he could love Yuki, or care about him at all, let alone in that way...right? He had been positive about that fact until that stupid girl tried to convince him otherwise. And much to his displeasure, she was succeeding.

He was questioning himself.

Maybe if he took a walk to clear his head? Maybe if he...

He got up from his place on the chair and headed towards the door and through it, never looking back. Maybe if I...went to see him...I could sort it out...

Hisu came to a stop in front of a little nameless coffee shop in the little nameless town, which just happened to be across the street from the little nameless hotel where she'd started from. A full circle.

She sighed and, about to go into the coffee shop, took one last glance at the hotel just in time to spot Kyou fly through the glass double doors and down the opposing sidewalk. Now where is he going...?

She decides to follow him (heck, why not?), of course keeping a distance between him and herself to ensure he would not notice her presence. The chase through people, alleyways, and forest-y areas soon became quite interesting as she came to realize he was heading the direction they had come the night previous. He was going home.

But what could this mean? Did he find himself during the hour or two she was gone? Was he going to confess a love that even his heart knew but mind refused to accept?

As her own mind raced with possible explanations, it was becoming increasingly evident that following him through thick brush was much more difficult than a crowded city street. In fact, she was greatly surprised that he still didn't know she was there. At least, she assumed so since she could no longer see him.

"Hey!"

"ACK!" Hisu fell backwards as Kyou appeared in front of her. He scoffed, "Why are you following me?"

"Ah, I, uh..." she racked her brain for an excuse, "...mm, I want to?"

He tossed her a weird look. "Well, don't!" And then with the grace of a cat he sprinted off, too fast for her to follow. That is, if she could.

Hisu grabbed onto the bark of a nearby tree to help herself up, and drew in a sharp breath as a sudden pain shot up her leg. "Oww...I must've twisted something when I fell over..." Ever so slowly she rose herself up onto her feet and started to walk, ignoring the pain and leaning against trees for support along the way.

It was trying to get the Sohma house this way, the long way, that made her realize Kyou didn't really know where he was going, just trying to retrace his steps from when he ran away. And that she, in her new slow and weakened state, needed to take a shortcut. Which, of course, there was one she knew.

With a newfound determination to beat him there, Hisu began to limp off down a slightly more southern route, and she knew she would soon be able to spot the road that led to the Sohma's. But on that road, she was surprised to find Yuki.

"Kyou! Kyou, if you can hear me, answer me!" Yuki shouted, walking the length of the old road alone. Was this because he was worried about the cat, or was everyone in the household looking for him, she mildly wondered. But that didn't really matter right now. "Yuki!"

Yuki turned at the voice, a bit disappointed that it was only the sneak. Nevertheless he stalked right up to her, "Where is Kyou? What did you do?"

She winced and shifted the full of her weight to her good leg, as there was nothing to hang onto or lean against at the moment. "On his way back to the house, which you should be too, I think he's looking for you!"

He paused a moment, "Why would he be looking for me?"

Oh...right... "I um, told him. Everything."

Yuki looked like he was about to strangle her, "You WHAT?" Then his gaze moved to the ground and his face changed to a 'the world is crumbling around me and there's nothing I can do' kind of expression. "Whyyy would you dooo thaaat?" he softly whined. He really looked like he was going to cry.

"I-it's not, um..." Hisu bit her lip. She felt so guilty! But for no reason! If anything, telling Kyou the truth might help instead of keeping him in the dark. "Everything's okay! Really..." she said, to assure herself just as much as the boy next to her.

"How do you figure that?" he asked quietly.

"Well, just...the talk we had earlier...I think he just wants to talk it out with you. You can't very well avoid him for long, so get it over with. It might not...be as bad as you think..." she offered a small uncertain smile.

He gave a defeated sigh and wordlessly started in the direction of which he came. She was about to just follow him when it occurred to her that she still couldn't walk very well on her own. "Hey- wait!"