Kuu: Wow guys. Hello! It's been a while, hasn't it? sorry! I've been busy... But here we are, forgive me for the long delay!
But, I hear there's a rumor going around that "ky0kichi isn't writing HaruxKyo fics anymore!" I've gotten a couple of emails from people saying that's what they heard. Who started that anyway? lol. Bleh. Oh well? lol. There isn't much more to this fic and the ending will probably be boring and unoriginal. But hey, I like fluffy haruxkyo-ness so you can all just deal with it until i get ideas for another fic? Ehehe.
Kaeleer: You...You little...How dare you review late! But it's okay, I forgive you since you're just a wonderful authoress and/or friend? lol. I absolutely love HaruxKyo arguments, what can I say? They're so amusing and full of life. They're in the spring time of their youth! -sighs dreamily- Gah. Sorry. Too much Naruto this weekend. I was hangin' out with a Gai-sensei cosplayer the whole time..Ahaha. Sorry though, this is way past monday isn't it?
Nikkler: Well, that's good to know. I would be pretty miffed if someone stole my tie! Man. The whole "I can't wait to see what happens next" thing kind of lowers my spirits since I dont have anything exciting or funny happening. I'm low on ideas.Ehraehfa. Oh well. If you don't like it, feel free to tell me so!
Kiersten: Well, poo on your computer! Well. I'm glad you liked the prequel and this story, no longer alone was my first fic ever so, hearing someone say they liked it makes me pretty happy since I know it's not good in comparison to "fading memories" Thanks for the compliments!
Sam I Am: Glad ya liked it, woman! For some reason, them fighting immediatley just seemed so..Right. Hmmm. I hadn't really planned on making anyone take the heads place, but I guess you're right. Ill have to add something in there for detail, shouldn't I? Rofl. And I do need to add Nuku, don't i? Thanks for reminding me!
Astria: Lol. This has to be the shortest review I've ever gotten from you! Glad you found the chapter amusing, that's what I was aimin' for.
Flyingdaggers: hahaha. Yeah, I know. They're like "You're not grounded..But..I'm disappointed in you." and you're just mentalliny screaming "WTF GROUND ME YOU BASTARD!" XD
Moonlit sonata: Koushi-chan! how are ya? Glad you were happeh about that chapter my dear. Hope ya like it, love ya!
Crimson-Ranger: Wow. Thanks. i love pocky. and all of those other things too. o.o
M.T.Dog: Rofl. Woo! I'm loved! Actually, she did wake up, but it's like she can't talk and she doesn't know what's goin' on, but she still really really sick. Thanks for asking though, I really appreciate it. Well. It's good to know that I didn't have a totally OOC Haru and Kyo in the last chapter then, Eh? lol. But you made it sound like that was the last chapter. it's not O.O! Rofl.
Windchapter90: AHAHAHAHA! Look at that! I mispelled your name. but I didn't correct it so we could read this and all laugh at my stupidness together. WINDCHASERnot windCHAPTER Rofl. The whole tie thing was to scare Hatori into thinking Haru was gonna beat him or something. But Haru knew that it wasn't Hatori's fault completely, so what would the point of inflicting pain and putting nasty marks on Hatori's pretty face? Wooo. Anywho. I need some humor is all?
Sess's bitch: You little assrab! -kidding- My power wasn't out for too long. Anyway. Thanks for the reviews.
01-FAD3D: Rofl. Yay! Badluck, go me! Muahaha lol. thanks for the luck though. that reminds me of that one comedian. "Take...luck!" xD Shutting up now.
Did I ever mention to you guys that Kaeleer is le awesome? She can always make my mood better. Not to mention that fact that she writes really well. Probably better then me. But it's not like I'm jealous and want to knock her out and stuff into my desk drawer or anything like that... -coughs-
Kaeleer: -smacks you with a thin little sheet of paper- No twitching! You'll go insane!
Kuu: AND SLAPPING ME WITH A SHEET OF PAPER MAKES THAT BETTER?
Kaeleer: YES!
Kuu:Where the hell did THAT philosophy come from!
Kaeleer: ... -turns around and scribbles it in a psy text book-
Kaeleer: -holds up the book- FROM HERE!
Kuu: You sly little...
We were talking about that rumor..So we were trying to figure out who it was that started it, you know, out of curiousity. Of course the anticipation makes me twitchy. x.x' Bleh.
Woo. Now that that's over with.. xD
(Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits basket or the characters!)
...Chapter 19...
Kyo jerked into a sitting position from where he was laying with a gasp, then frantically looked around the room. The lights were off, but he knew he was in his bed. And by the amount of light coming in the window, it must've been sometime in the middle of the night.
He was attempting to bring his erratic breathing down a notch, but it wasn't helping much. He swiped the bangs out of his eyes, which had been stuck to his forehead by the cold sweat that had formed on his brow in his sleep. He couldn't remember what he'd dreamt about, but whatever it was..It scared the shit out of him. His heart was racing a mile a minute and his stomach felt as if it had been turned completely inside out. He felt like he was going to be sick.
With trembling hands, Kyo pushed the sheets off his body and hoisted himself off the bed without a sound. He quickly made his way out of his room as quietly as he could. He crossed the hall and made it into the bathroom just in time to fall to his knees and empty the contents of his stomach into the toilet. His body racked with coughs as he continued to heave.
He felt a warm hand rubbing circles on his back comfortingly. He could see Haru kneeling beside him with a worried expression marring his usually stoic features. He hadn't even seen the boy enter the bathroom after him.
Haru had awoken earlier when Kyo began tossing and turning in his sleep. Then the redhead had began mumbling incoherent things and whimpering, and by the expression on his face, it wasn't a good thing. It kept getting worse and worse, but when Haru decided he should wake the neko up, he couldn't. He shook him a couple times, and tried to speak to him, but the older teen was pretty much unreachable.
And so, Haru just sat there, indian-style, in the middle of the bed and watched the redhead sleep, occasionally swiping the fiery strands of hair out of his face. He'd practically jumped out of his pants when Kyo shot straight up in the bed. He even looked around for a moment, but it seemed like he hadn't really seen anything, because he hadn't even noticed Haru sitting right beside him. Then Kyo shuffled out of the room, and being the worried little cow he was, he followed. So that was how he'd ended up with Kyo in the bathroom.
Of course, there was nothing he could do but watch as his kitten hacked and coughed and rub his back to make him feel at least a little better. Haru looked over his shoulder when he heard someone at the doorway of the bathroom. Yuki stood there rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Is he okay?" He asked, looking from Haru to Kyo.
"Yeah, he just had a nightmare." The cow said, leaving it at that.
"Does he need anything?" The rat asked.
"No, I got it. You can go." Haru told him, turning his attention away from the rat and back to the redhead. Yuki frowned but nodded and left the two in the bathroom.
"Are you done?" Haru asked, noticing the sudden silence. Kyo nodded and stood up, with uneeded help from Haru.
"Do you need anything?"
"Yeah, a toothbrush." Kyo retorted, his expression voicing his distaste. He put the toilet seat down and flushed it, then proceeded to walk over to the sink and brush his teeth quite thoroughly.
"That must've been a pretty bad dream." Haru said nonchalantly, leaning against the counter beside the neko.
"Che." The redhead snorted around his toothbrush and shrugged, not really wanting to talk about it.
"What happened?"
Kyo bent down and spit the toothpaste in the sink then cupped his hands under the running water so he could rinse his mouth out. Once he was done he stood up straight and wiped his hands and mouth with a small towel and looked over at the ox, who was watching him intently.
"I don't remember."
Haru arched a brow. "Ah. But you're okay now?"
"Yeah." He nodded, stifling a yawn. Haru couldn't help but smile at the cuteness and pulled the neko into a gentle hug.
"Good, then let's get some sleep, ne? It's still the middle of the night." Haru murmured. Kyo nodded lazily. He was tired, yes, but he was just as content to stand there in Haru's arms all night too. But then again..Cuddling in bed was always comforting..He got to lay down and be close the Haru at the same time, it was like a win win situation..
"Yeah..Lets go to bed."
"Is Kyo alright?" Yuki asked. Everyone was sitting at the table eating, save for Kyo, who was still upstairs asleep. Haru glanced up from his food and quirked a brow at the rat, having forgotten that Yuki had seen them last night in the bathroom.
"He's fine." Came the bored reply.
"Is something wrong with Kyo?" Tohru asked on the verge of panic.
"He was sick last night." Yuki stated, not letting the white haired teen answer the question, even though it was directed at him.
"Oh, he's sick? I didn't know! Should I make him some soup? But Kyo doesn't like leeks..Mayb-"
"He's wasn't sick, he just had a bad dream. And he didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night, so try not to wake him up, alright?" Haru interrupted, giving them all serious and slightly annoyed looks. Tohru nodded obediently and returned to her food without another word.
"Have you heard from Hatori?" Yuki asked the dog, deciding it was time to change the subject. Shigure looked up and blinked, realizing that he was being spoken to.
"He called this morning." He answered cheerfully then began stuffing his face again. Yuki quirked a brow in confusion, he should of known the dog hadn't really heard a word he'd said..
"And...?" He urged.
"Oh.." The dog chuckled. "Well, most of the older members of the family convened to work out the situation, and since there was no one to take Akito's place as head of the family, they're leaving the responsibilty of it all to Hatori, at least until another is born in Akito's place. So, everything should be pretty peaceful for a while.."
Yuki looked at the dog in astonishment. Hatori, huh? Well, that was good. It looked like things were shaping up.
"And they're holding Akito's funeral at the main house tomorrow at around noon. We're all expected to be there." Shigure explained seriously. Yuki and Tohru both nodded and glanced at the cow, who'de yet to say anything about the situation. Haru pushed his plate away from him and stood from the table.
"I'm not going." He said over his shoulder and walked out of the room. Shigure sighed, having expected the reaction from the ox. He flinched and tried to keep from pouting when he heard the front door slam shut. Sure, he could understand the boy being mad, but that didn't mean he had to take it out on the house...
Yuki sighed. Maybe he shouldn't have changed the subject after all?
Haru sat down on the edge of the porch with a huff.
"'Go to the main house' my ass.." he mumbled under his breath. The last thing he planned to do was go and even pretend to mourn the former heads so called "tragic" death. He wouldn't go even if they payed him to.
And that was that.
Kyo groaned and pulled the blanket over his head as sunlight attacked his sleep hazed eyes. He waited for a few moments for his eyes to adjust , then poked his head out to glance at the clock beside the bed.
He frowned, realizing how late he slept.
It was past one.
He never slept that late! (Well...Occasionally, but that doesn't count!)
Lazily, he pulled himself out of bed and stretched contentedly. He felt really good. It had been a while since he'd felt this energized, probably because he hadn't really eaten or slept a full night in the past week or two.
But, he wouldn't dare tell anyone that he was somewhat glad he'd gotten to sleep the day away. That would just go against his own little set of rules.
After he was done with his little round of stretching, he threw on some clothes and made his way downstairs. It was a wonder that he hadn't woken up when Haru did. The ox was always louder when he was trying to be quiet! He hadn't really been that tired, had he?
Everyone at the table was speaking in hushed voices, which abruptly stopped when Kyo entered the room. They all looked up when he stopped in front of the table with a scowl on his face.
"Kyo! You're awake!" Tohru beamed.
"Yeah. Tell me, what time is it?" The neko asked, crossing his arms over his chest. Tohru blinked and glanced at the clock on the wall, while Yuki glanced curiously at his watch.
"Ano, it's 1:42." She answered,
"1:42 in the afternoon!" Kyo exclaimed. "Why didn't one of you wake me up?"
"W-well...you see.." Tohru started, remembering her conversation with Kyo not long after she moved in. He'd told her he was always up really early, and ever since then she'd always checked up on him to see if he was up.
"Haru said not to, since you were up most of the night." Yuki cut in thoughtfully. He could have sworn the neko was trying to keep from twitching.
"Just because that lazy ass sleeps all day, doesn't meant I need to!" He told them, rolling his eyes. "Where is that dumb cow, anyway?" He asked, noticing the that ox wasn't in the room. Shigure pointed toward the back door.
"We were talking about the funeral tommorrow and he said he wasn't going and slammed my poor poor door with his monstrous strength!" The dog whined.
"Wait, tomorrow?" Kyo asked, ignoring the dogs over exxagerated pouting.
"Huh? Yeah. Tomorrow around noon or so. Everyone's supposed to go."
"Okay, thanks." Kyo told him and walked out the back door, not seeing the white haired teen anywhere.
"Argh. If he's out front then why did he point at the back door? That stupid mutt.." Kyo grumbled to himself as he stalked around the side of the house. Once he turned the last corner, he spotted the younger teen laying on his back with his head hanging off the edge of the porch, staring straight ahead. Kyo blinked at the boys odd position as he approached.
Haru blinked and quirked a brow when an upside down Kyo appeared in his line of vision, giving him a weird look. Sighing, he rolled over and sat up.
"Heya." He greeted.
"What were you doing?" Kyo asked, reaching forward and picking out a leaf that had gotten stuck in the boys hair.
"I dunno, everything just looks different when you're upside down." The ox shrugged. "It's like getting a new perspective of everything." He explained, standing up and heading toward the door.
"Okay.." Kyo drawled as he followed the ox into the living room. "We should go." He announced, assuming it was the best opportunity he had at that moment. Haru paused in the middle of the living room and turned around, giving him a blank look.
"Go..?"
"To the funeral tomorrow."
Haru's expression turned into one of anger when he heard the redheads words. "What?"
"You heard me." Kyo retorted, meeting the ox's glare evenly.
"No. I'm not going."
"And why the hell not, we're obligated to go!"
"We're not 'obligated' to do shit!" Haru exclaimed angrily. "Akito was 'obligated' to be the head of this family, and what did he do? He tried to kill us!"
"That's not the point, Haru." Kyo explained, unusually calm.
"Then what's the point, enlighten me, Kyo." Haru growled, and tapped his foot impatiently.
"If I died, he would have gone to my funeral, even if he liked me or not." The cat replied, trying to make his point. Haru's scowl deepened, obviously unfazed.
"Yeah. He would have gone just to laugh and roll around on your grave, that's what." Haru glowered. "Are you stupid, or what? After all that bastard put you through, you want to go and recognize his death? Is that it? Humor him? Nothing good will happen if you go there tomorrow, Kyo, Nothing."
"Haru.."
"No. I won't. I'de rather kill myself then be anywhere near that bastard." Haru told him and stalked up the stairs. Kyo sighed and closely followed.
"Damnit Haru, wait! Don't walk away!" Kyo growled, getting frustrated. Once they were in their room, Haru stopped walking and plopped down heavily on the bed and glared at the redhead standing before him. Kyo fidgetted uneasily under the cows hard gaze, but pushed it aside as sighed and sat down on the floor in front of the bed, not meeting the cows eyes.
"Look. You don't have to go if you don't want to.." Kyo murmured. "I mean, I don't even want to..But..Argh, it's hard to explain. I guess I just want to make sure it's really him, and it's over, ya know? I just..Wanted you to be there with me..Because..I'm.. Kinda scared to go alone." He explained, feeling incredibly stupid and weak at the confession.
There was a long silence then. Kyo continued to stare blankly at the floor in front of him, until the silence was finally broken.
"Fine." Came the defeated reply. Kyo looked up curiously at the ox, who was now laying on his stomach, resting his chin on his forearms as he watched the redhead on the floor.
"Fine?" Kyo asked.
"Fine, I'll go. But only because you're a cute little scaredy cat." He grinned. "I'll even hold your hand if you want." He said jokingly.
"Who knows, I might hold ya to that, baka ushi." Kyo muttered, ignoring the 'scaredy cat' comment. He stood and opened the door and looked over his shoulder, his frown no longer in place.
"Thanks, Haru.." Haru only smiled and blew him a kiss from across the room as he rolled back onto his back. Kyo snorted at the action and shut the door behind him, with a silly grin on his face.
"Hey! And don't think this means I'm dressing up! I know how much you'de like that, but NO!" Haru yelled from their room as Kyo walked down the hall. Kyo couldn't help but chuckle at the cows arrogant stupidity.
As long as Haru was with him tomorrow, everything would be okay..
To be continued...
eeep! Rofl. Anywho! So there's that chapter! Mauahaha! There was some fluffy-ness in there, kinda! hehehe. So review and all that good stuff!