I feel special…the last chappie was extremely short. But this one shall be long! I decree it! Yeah so anyway…better get on with it. Just to remind you, we're leaving Kyo on the roof and switching over to Yuki and Tohru…so yeah.

Disclaimer that I must repeat over and over: I DON'T OWN FRUITS BASKET! GOD, PEOPLE! SMASHES COMPUTER SCREEN WITH CROWBAR

Loverly Chapter 6 It's Ok to cry

Yuki smiled gently down at Tohru; right after she said the words he had been dying to hear for so long. "I feel the same," he replied, voice calm and cool. Like it always would be. Confident, calm, and nerved. Perfect, you could say.

"You DO?" Tohru sighed, breathless and relieved. "Oh I'm so glad!"

Yuki chuckled. "That's my little Tohru. Always so shy." He kissed her gently on the forehead. "Get some sleep."

Tohru nodded and watched him go. Once the door to her room shut, she sighed contentedly and lay back into her pillow.

Mom, the prince loves me! Yuki loves me! I'm so happy. Maybe I'm in a fairy tale after all… I wish you were here…and he even KISSED me! But then why…. Another thought came to her, causing her to frown in confusion.

Then why do I not like this? Could I love Kyo in that way instead? No, he feels more like… oh I don't know. I'll sort it out later.

She fell asleep feeling awfully confused.

The next day, Kyo overcame his sorrow and brought breakfast up to her.

She saw him walk shyly in and smiled. "Kyo-kun! Omigosh! You didn't need to bring me breakfast! I can make it! You and Shigure and Yuki must be hun—"

"Shut up," Kyo said with a playful (but not a whole hearted) grin, acting like yesterday never happened, and that the pain of even getting CLOSE to her was eating him away. "Its fine. Shigure ordered take-out."

"For every meal!" Tohru cried. "I need to get out of bed, then!"

Kyo set the tray on the nightstand and sat down on her. "No. You're not going anywhere."

"Kyo-kun!" she laughed, feeling herself being squished into the mattress from his weight. "Stop it!"

Yuki, who so happened to be passing Tohru's room at that time, heard giggling. He peeked in and saw Tohru and Kyo.

Kyo was laughing down at her as he got up off of her, and she had already snapped into helpless giggles.

Don't worry, Yuki told himself as the jealousy built inside him. She loves you, not that baka neko. Feeling reassured, he walked off.

Kyo and Tohru's laughter finally died down, and an uncomfortable silence grew between them. Tohru was still wondering why Kyo was so playful all of a sudden.

Breaking the silence, Kyo pushed the tray at her. "Eat," he said firmly, sour all over again.

Tohru sighed. "All right…" Still on the verge of breaking out into giggles again, she shoved some food into her mouth, and smiled. "Its wonderful! Who made it?"

"Yuki," Kyo said stiffly. He couldn't stop thinking about what Tohru said to Yuki. That made his faint smile disappear from his face. Rising, he left the room without so much of a 'goodbye' or anything.

Tohru nearly dropped her chopsticks in surprise. Why did Kyo-kun all of a sudden get so upset? Its almost unhealthy how much I worry about him…

Tohru's raging fever got worse. Once school started running back on track, Yuki and Kyo went back, but not Tohru, no matter how much she protested. She was too weak to even stand steadily.

Uo-chan and Hanajima kept asking about her, even visiting her when ever they could, but all the time they realized the same thing: She's getting worse.

Yuki sat with Tohru everyday and helped her catch up on missing homework, but after a while he refused to let her worry herself with school.

After a whole 2 weeks, Hatori confirmed that there was truly something wrong with her. Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, and Hatori were all in the Sohma house kitchen when he announced it.

"Then what is it!" Kyo shouted, slamming his fist against the wall. "What's WRONG with her?"

"I've never seen anything like it," Hatori admitted, shaking his head.

"You have to know!" Yuki yelled, shaking Hatori by the collar. "If she dies, I swear you'll—"

"Yuki, we all know that you have feelings for her," Hatori said, calmly shaking him off. "But there's nothing I can do."

Feelings for her… Kyo stiffened, fists clenched. He stomped up the stairs, making it fairly obvious that he was leaving the room. Retreating to Tohru's room instead of his faithful roof, he kneeled by her side. She lay on the bed, pale and trembling.

Kyo buried his face into the covers, clenching her hand, the only thing he could really do. Maybe if he held onto her tight enough, he could save her from death…

"I wanna help you, Tohru…I really do…but I feel so damn helpless!" He felt the tears come again, but forced them back. "Lemme help you, although I'm not as strong and brave as Yuki. God, let me help her. Please!"

Shigure leaned against the doorway, arms folded over his broad chest. He grinned—though sadly—at Kyo, face unseen, and Tohru, who lay lifeless in the bed, her hand being held by Kyo. Kyo, the one who was cursed into becoming the cat.

Kyo, whose life was hell and Tohru helped none of that.

"Poor Kyo," Shigure sighed, but softly enough so the cat wouldn't hear him. "All he wanted was love, but he never got it… say, that's a good line for my novel…" he added, running down the stairs to add it.

(Switching back to Kyo now.) Kyo looked up again at Tohru's face, eyes dry. He refused to cry over nothing. Not now.

C'mon, Kyo, you can handle this, he told himself. You've had much more pain than this.

He gritted his teeth, squeezing Tohru's hand tighter. The Tohru he loves. "I'll be strong, Tohru," he whispered. "For you. I'll be strong! I can promise you that."

Tohru's eyes suddenly flickered open, nearly on cue. She then saw Kyo's face. He seemed on the verge of sobbing his eyes out.

They made eye contact, and her smile and gaze told him one thing: Its ok to cry, Kyo. Its ok.

Given that invitation, he lay his head down on the bed once again and let the tears flow steadily. He didn't want her to die from something he couldn't fight off for her. Not now. Not ever.

I'll be strong, Tohru. For you I'll be strong….

Sniff…Poor Kyo! I know! Who's crying? Probably nobody...Hehe. Well you guys might be crying, but only from my hideous and detested writing, right? And since none of you are reviewing I'm getting that This chapter had lots of romantic dribble, so just bear with stupid old me. I didn't have my daily medicine (sour skittles) so I am not hyper. Gasp! It cannot be! No hyperness!NOOO! Ok, I'm done now.
And wasn't this chapter long? And the holding hand thing was kinda like Tsubasa…Sorry, CLAMP. R/R please! Love you all!

Sammie-chan