Kyo walked home from his lesson with his Master.He was getting better and better each day.

Soon he'd be able to beat his master, or so he thought.

'I wonder what Tohru is making' Kyo thought as he came closer to the house.

'Whatever it is, it smells great!' And he ran the rest of the way home.

Kyo stumbled through the door and kicked his shoes off before running into the kitchen where the delicious smell was coming from.

'I hope Kyo likes this' Tohru thought as she took the pasta out of the oven.

"Hey!" Kyo yelled

"Eeekkk! Kyo you startled me!"She sighed a breath of relief when she realized who it was.

"Where's that damn rat and that stupid dog?" Kyo said not apologizing for scaring Tohru.

"Umm...well, Shigure had to go to a book signing" she paused "And Yuki had that student council trip..."

Kyo felt his heart beat faster

FLASHBACK

"Miss Honda, are you sure you don't need me to stay here?" a worried Yuki asked for the tenth time.

Tohru just smiled.

"Oh no that's okay. Please go and have fun! I can take care of the house. And Kyo will be here."

' That's what I'm afraid of ' Yuki thought. "Stupid Cat" he mumbled. "Well what if Shigure doesn't get back soon?" Yuki was now pacing back and forth.

Tohru sweat dropped

"Yuki, that's kind of you, but please don't worry about a thing" she put on what she thought was a serious face. "I will take care of everything!"

Yuki smiled ' How can I resist such a cute smile? '

"Well, okay" Yuki gave in "But here's the number to the Hotel that we'll be staying at, so don't hesitate to call if you need to talk, or if you're worried, or if that stupid cat does anything to upset you, and I'll be on the next flight home"

"Right" Tohru said, returning to her normal goofy grin.

END FLASHBACK

"So it's just you and me Kyo!" Tohru started panicking "That is unless you want me to call someone to come over, like Momiji, or Kagura..."

"NO!!" Kyo yelled and made Tohru jump."No, that's okay" he was calming down now.

"Okay!" Tohru said happily going back to cooking. Kyo walked out of the Kitchen and ran to his room and slammed the door shut behind him.

' Could she hear my heartbeat? ' he asked himself ' When she asked if it was okay that it would be just us, could she hear it? I should of said something! But what?'

"Whatever" 'No! That might hurt her feelings.'

"Are you kidding!" 'No that sounded to forward'

"Will you make love to me?" 'No! Well...wait! No!'

"Grrr!!" Kyo growled and punched the wall causing his knuckles to bleed, and left a hole in the wall. Why couldn't he control his anger!!

A moment later, Tohru knocked on his door, 'Oh great!' he thought 'She's going to see this and start worrying!'

"Umm...Kyo..." she said meekly " Can I come in?"

Kyo quickly hid his hand before he mumbled "Yeah"

"Umm... I heard a sound, and I thought that you might of hurt yourself."

"Hell no!" Kyo started screaming "I'm not klutzy like you! What do you take me for? A Ditz!?

Tohru felt deeply hurt, and Kyo was about to apologize, but she spoke first.

"I also wanted to tell you dinner's ready" she started walking out of the room " Oh and I'm sorry Kyo"

" Aww Hell, you don't have to apologize" he said rubbing his head.

"Kyo!" Tohru screamed, causing him to jump "You're hurt!"

'Damn' he thought 'I let my guard down! Hey where'd she go?' Tohru came back holding bandages, and alcohol to put on his cut, and before he knew it, she was pouring the alcohol over his skin where he busted his knuckles, and was carefully bandaging him up.

Kyo smiled down at her, and asked her something that had been on his mind a lot lately.

"Tohru" Kyo said

"Yes?" she said preoccupied

He took a deep breath and asked

"Why do you care so much about me?"

She looked up at the question and then smiled

"Because I love you Kyo!"