"Miss Honda, would you like any help?" Yuki asked as he entered the kitchen. Tohru had her back to him, and by the looks of it was cutting up the vegetables for dinner.
"Oh hello Yuki-kun!" Tohru squealed, spinning around. She had a huge vegetable knife in her left hand and some other lethal looking kitchen utensil in the other! Yuki took a step back in surprise. "What the…"
Tohru frowned and looked from hand to hand. "Oh, ops I'm sorry Yuki-kun!" She quickly turned around and put the knifes down on the side by the chopped vegetables and looked at Yuki again. "I'll be more careful next time! I could have hurt you!"
Yuki smiled. As ditsy as ever… "Um… yes, as I was saying… would you like me to help with anything?"
"Erm… let me think…," she said, looking around the kitchen for something that Yuki could help her with. "Oh, I know! Do you think that you could make the pastry for the spring rolls' I'm making? I need to go and see what Kyo-kun wants to eat for dinner, are you Ok here for a moment?"
"Of course Miss Honda." Yuki walked over to the other side of the kitchen and set to work gathering all the utensils he needed to make pastry. He heard the door open behind him then close again telling him she had gone off to find that stupid cat…
But… this was the thing he loved about Tohru living under the safe roof as him. He treasures every moment he has like this with her, just the normal everyday things… nothing special. He didn't know what he would do if she had never come to live with the Sohma family! He would have never been saved… nobody else knew… but Yuki Sohma, loved her…
Up on the roof, a red haired boy sighed as he flopped silently against the roof tiles. His brown eyes gazed over the stars twinkling above him like scattered diamonds against velvet. A feeling burned in his chest again… it always happened when he was alone with his thoughts. Well… he was never alone; she was always there with him. Always in his heart, always in his thoughts… always. But this feelings… what was it about this feeling? He knew that it was something that he had never felt before, he knew that he wouldn't feel like this for anyone else but her. Something told him, whenever she looked up to him with kindness filling her eyes… he knew that he…
No! Kyo Sohma rolled over on his side and rested his head in the crook of his arm. He burred his face… he burred his eyes. They started to sting, burn. No… he couldn't cry, crying is weak, he must never show any sign of weakness… he had to be strong he… he… he had, to… be… strong! But it was too late; tears built up over years of pain, over years of rejection. They spilled out his scrunched up eyes and down his cold cheeks. They weren't tears of sadness; sorrow… they were tears of… of anger. He was angry being any word of description. He was angry at anyone… everyone.
More tears began to come but he held them back. He had no one to comfort him, he had no one to tell him that it was all right to cry, it was all right to be weak…
Small feet on the ladder leading up to the roof told him someone was coming. He quickly sniffed and rubbed his eyes of the sleeve of his hoody, getting rid of any sign that he had been crying.
"Um… Kyo-kun…"
That same timid, sweet voice floated on the air to his ears. It immediately soothed his heart… he no longer felt alone.
Kyo rolled over and say Tohru crawling clumsily toward him. She never liked standing up when she was on the roof – she always thought she would fall! The slightest smile crinkled the side of his mouth.
"Hello Kyo-kun," she said once she had reached his side and sat herself comfortably on the roof tiles. She gasped as she looked up into the late night sky. It took her breath away at what she saw. Each star shone brightly from millions of miles away. She had always found it amazing how, even though they are so far away, people can still view how beautiful they were from earth…
Then she suddenly remembered what she had come up here for. "Oh yeah! Um… what would you like to eat for dinner Kyo-kun?" She looked to her side and saw that he had sat up and was now gazing into the depths of the sky. The stars reflected in his eyes, the moon gave his skin a slight hint of silver glow. He looked somehow…
"Huh…?" Kyo broke her train of thought. "What did you say?"
"Um…" What was she going to say! Tohru had completely forgot what she had come up here for! She was so stupid.
"Stupid…" Kyo muttered as he gave her a slight 'donk' of the top of her head with his fist. Tohru giggled in reply.
They both fell silent, and looked up into the heavens once more. A slight shiver travelled down Tohru's back. "Brrrrrr!" She rubbed the side of her arms in hope to keep herself warm. "It really has got cold now huh?"
"Yeah…" She right it has. Kyo looked at Tohru. No wonder she cold! All she wearing is a skirt and blouse. Stupid…
He took off his thick, fleecy hoodie, and chucked it to her. "Wear it." He said bluntly not looking at her.
Tohru looked down at Kyo's jumper lying in her lap. It was still warm…
"I can't wear this Kyo-kun! You'll catch a cold if you just wear that!" She flustered, looking at his baggy, black top.
"Just put it, don't argue."
"Um… ok, if you're sure." Tohru found the opening and put it over her head. It went down to her knees but she didn't care. Kyo had been so kind to her. She pulled the collar up so that it covered her the bottom half of her face. Tohru took a deep breath in… it smelt like him. She let the smell fill her mind… it smelt so nice. She didn't know how to explain it, but it somehow… relaxed her.
"Thank you Kyo-kun…" she whispered to the stars above her.
Kyo looked at her without saying a word. The sweater looked far to big on her… but at least it kept her warm. She had it pulled right up her face, her eyes were closed. What was she thinking…?