Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. I can't think of anything witty to say, so I'll say something next time.

Kyo woke with the morning sun shining brightly on his face. Frowning sleepily, Kyo rolled over and his face slowly cooled off from the sun beating heavily down on him. Staring at his clock, he thought about what had happened yesterday: he had felt ill towards Yuki in longer than he could remember.

He hadn't really thought about the change towards Yuki. It had just happened as his feelings for Tohru had deepened. Ever since last summer, he had not really had a fight with Yuki, and it had been a long time before he had really wanted to take Akito up on his bet. He just didn't care any more. Unlike in the past…

"What are you trying to say…? Don't even think that we're just gonna be best friends just 'cuz you guys have some dumb ideas. 'Get to know each other better'? What a load of crap! It sucks hanging out with him all the time! I hate Yuki! And I like hating him!"

Shigure had just looked at him and replied icily, "I wonder why? You speak as if you're obligated to hate him. But your eyes… your eyes tell a different story. They tell me…that you're afraid to find out."

Kyo knew then that Shigure had been right, and after thinking about her, he had run into the woods until Tohru had calmed him down enough to go back.

"You know, you don't have to get along…it's okay…even if you hate him…it's okay."

He had refused to admit it to himself for the longest time. Maybe I am still afraid to find out. Or maybe I just don't care any more. Either way, in a few days I'm done with Yuki all together.

There's no point in fighting him any more. My future is set. I'm not going to run from it this time.

Stretching, he rolled out of bed and began to prepare for his early morning routine.

Yuki was annoyed. Staring out his window, he watched Kyo punch and kick at the air, intensity coiling with each movement. Without realizing it, he began to size up every punch with one that he could counter with, every kick with a dodge and a parry.

"The cat is a fool."

Glancing with agitated disgust, Yuki turned from the cat's routine. The window shade filled the void in which he had just been standing.

Setting the table for breakfast, Tohru looked up when Yuki entered the room.

"Good morning!" Tohru said cheerily, smiling brightly. "How did you sleep?"

Yuki hid his annoyed feelings and filed them away in the proverbial box that she had helped to open. "I slept fine, thank you for asking Honda-san."

"I'm glad!" Tohru replied, handing him a plate of food.

Hearing the paper door slide open, Tohru turned and smiled at Kyo as he walked into the room. Right away she felt the tension between Yuki and Kyo; it was something she hadn't felt in so long that she had actually forgotten the way it consumed the room's atmosphere, like a cloud of fog making it too dense to see.

Kyo sat, dabbing away the sweat his workout had produced with a towel. Tohru tried to elicit a smile from him as she handed him a plate of breakfast, but Kyo wouldn't look at her or Yuki.

"Thanks, Tohru," Kyo stated, putting the towel around his neck and taking a long drink of the water that had been set by his plate.

Tohru stole a glance at Yuki, but he was determinedly not looking in Kyo's direction just as much as Kyo was avoiding his.

This is terrible! Tohru screamed in her head. She felt as if a giant dark cloud had descended upon the room, obscuring the truth between the two. The spirits within them were once friends… why can't they just see beyond the past and forgive each other?

"Um," Tohru spoke, slicing through the thick silence. "Kyo-kun are you going to the dojo again today?"

Kyo looked at Tohru, surprised. "Yeah. I normally do."

"Perhaps I could come and visit you?" Tohru asked, her face turning red.

Kyo cocked his head to the side, smiling slightly. "You don't have to ask, you know. You could just come."

Tohru nodded, her face still red. "P-perhaps Yuki-kun would like to join us at the dojo?"

Both Yuki and Kyo glanced at Tohru, surprise etched into both their features. Tohru felt the thickness of the cloud disappear.

Yuki glanced briefly at Kyo and then down at his half-finished breakfast before saying, "I have a meeting after school. I have to show the new president what he's going to have to do for next year and—"

"Oh pipe-down. Don't come then," Kyo stated, looking tiredly at Yuki. "She just wanted you to come. You could just say no."

Yuki glared at Kyo. "I was going to say that I would come after the meeting was over. I've been meaning to say hello to Shishou, anyhow."

Kyo shrugged.

The cloud descended again and grew darker.