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A bloody hand pointed at his face.

"I will never forgive you."

Kyo's eyes opened wide, his body shaking slightly and beads of sweat pouring down from his forehead. The sweat on his body was making his clothes cling to him, making him feel as though he were suffocating. Throwing his covers off, he felt the rush of the cool air chilling him and taking the overbearing heat from his body. The sun was shining brightly onto his bed, making the temperature under the covers almost scalding. Kyo sat up and put his sweaty face in his hands. The memories were beginning to flood him in his sleep, the latest being about him running to Kazuma after…

"How long are you going to keep running?" Kazuma had asked Kyo not long after coming back from the mountains. Kyo felt his body tense up; today was Tuesday. He had four more days until commencement of high school. Four more days.

"I'm not running anymore."

Tohru looked out the window as she cleaned up the dishes she had used to make breakfast. She had four more days to figure out how to end the curse and save Kyo. Her heart began to beat fast and she felt her knees go weak.

How can I save him? I can barely do anything…

Tohru shook her head. Not true. I have to keep thinking positively. I promised Mom that I would save him.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Tohru jumped slightly and looked over her shoulder. Shigure was standing next to her, a soft smile on his face.

"Eh…" Tohru smiled sadly back.

Shigure put his hand on her head. "It's just that you seem to be fighting something, shaking your head this way and that. It's rather comical, really. I had to force myself to not say something. Ah, but you see that in the end I did. So, penny for your thoughts?"

Tohru was silent for a moment. As Shigure pulled his hand away, Tohru blurted, "What can I do?"

Shigure's hand stopped mid-motion. He could see Tohru's tears forming through her clenched eyes, and her body was shaking slightly.

"I'm just me. I don't have anything special. What can I do to save him?"

Shigure brought his hand down and wiped it through his hair. Crouching slightly, Shigure brought himself to Tohru's level. Watching as the tears slowly made their way down her cheek, he smiled at her.

"Tohru, just do what you've been doing all along. In the end, you really just need to be yourself," Shigure stated, putting his hand back on her head.

"Oy."

Tohru and Shigure both looked at the kitchen door. Kyo was standing there, pale, but staring angrily. "Why is it when I find you two together Tohru is always crying?"

Shigure stood straight and let his hand slowly fall off of Tohru's head. Tohru's face was red, and the tears had stopped but there were still wet lines on her cheeks.

"Did you hear what we were talking about?" Shigure asked, watching as Kyo's glare went soft at the tears being shed by Tohru again.

"No. I'm not an eavesdropper and you know it," Kyo stated, his face turning from pale to pink.

Shigure shrugged. "Well, Tohru will just have to tell you herself what we were talking about, and on her own time. So don't force her."

Shigure walked out from the kitchen. Kyo clenched his fist. "Now what the hell was that supposed to mean?"

Tohru looked down at the ground. Could I really tell him? I mean, I told him over New Years what my wish was… but he got mad and told me to stop talking about it. Could I really tell him?

A finger under her chin brought her face up from looking down at the ground. Kyo was staring gently down at her, and with his other hand he softly wiped away the tears that were falling down her cheeks.

"You can tell me anything, you know that, right?" Kyo said, a tiny smile playing on his lips. "I don't ever want it to feel as though I forced it from you." You're still here after all that we've put you through…

Tohru's eyes went wide and filled with tears. You're still here. I can still help.

"Th-thank you Kyo-kun. I was just—"

"I forgot allllllll about my breakfast!" Shigure sang, making his way into the kitchen. Stopping at the scene in front of him, he watched as Kyo's hand flew from Tohru's face, both of them beet red.

A devilish smile played on Shigure's lips. "Oh, young love. What I would give to be that—"

A fist knocked down on Shigure's head. Turning, Shigure felt crocodile tears forming as he looked at Yuki.

"What are you blabbering on about so early in the morning?" Yuki asked, his hair going every which-a-way, his eyes still half closed. Shigure began to blubber on about hitting people in the heads, and Tohru and Kyo turned awkwardly from each other.

The thought that echoed in both their heads: You're still here. And that's all that matters right now.