Sorry for the wait. I have just started writing a new story and I now have a big writers block on it so I decided to work on this story.Warning: Mii, Hana and Yuki MAY be a little OOC... but the rest of them will be right.. I think.. I had everyone else a little OOC in the last couple chapters... so... yeah... just so you know ...oh! Here is the Japanese in my story:

Kuso inu/nezumi: damn dog/rat

I don't own anyone/thing except for Ritzoko... she is mine.

Kyou's POV

This morning I woke up and looked over and saw Tohru lying next to me! Then I realized that I was in a bed. I looked around and saw that I was in Tohru's room. How did I get in here? I looked around questioningly.

"Stupid cat!" I heard from the doorway.

"Shut up you kuso nezumi." I said. I was getting angry because he was just standing in the doorway of her room. He hadn't even knocked. Or had he? I didn't care. He still shouldn't be standing in her doorway.

"Kyou? Why are you in my bed?" asked Tohru sleepily.

"Yeah, you stupid cat? Why are you in here?" asked Yuki. He looked and sounded really jealous.

"Shut up you damn rat!" said Kyou, still annoyed that Yuki had been invading his and Tohru's privacy.

"Oh Tohru-kun?" sang Shigure, walking, skipping rather, up the stairs and to her room.

"Oh great! Now that kuso inu is gonna be asking me." said Kyou under his breath.

"Then just tell me why you are in here, and I can tell him so he won't bother you and Miss Honda." said Yuki, desperate to get an answer from this stupid cat on way or another. Even if it meant being nice.

"Why should I tell you?" asked Kyou loudly. He didn't realize it, but his annoyed voice coming out of Tohru's room was attracting attention.

He tried to jump out of the bed, butduring the night, the blankets had been kicked to the foot of the bed, Kyou got his foot entangled in the blankets and he fell flat on his face!

"Oh, Kyou-kun. Why ever are you on the floor?" asked Ayame, walking into the doorway.

"Leave me alone!" shouted Kyou, forgetting that he was still in Tohru's room.

"Ooh, temper, temper!" said Ayame.

Kyou stood up from his position on the floor. He was really angry right now.

"I forgot to tell you, but I have made breakfast this morning!" announced Shigure proudly.

"Not again, Shigure." said Yuki, remembering just how disgusting his meals were.. actually, they weren't even considered meals.

"Oh, yes Yuki-kun, again!" he said happily. Yuki looked like he was about to 'lose his lunch' (although it was still morning.).

"Kyou's got the hots!" yelled Momiji, prancing around the upstairs hallway.

"Shut up you little runt!" said Kyou, going into the hallway and grabbing him. He whacked him on the head and Momiji started yelling:

"KYOU HIT ME!" he was crying.

"Kyou, don't be so mean." said Tohru, laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" he asked angrily.

"Does anyone want breakfast?" asked Shigure. He was walking down the stairs.

"Ok!" said Tohru, smiling.

"Miss Honda, you have no idea what you are saying 'yes' to." said Yuki, warning her about his awful cooking.

"I'm sure it's fine!" said Tohru. She followed Shigure down the stairs along with everybody else. Except for Riko, who had still been asleep on the couch. She woke up as they came down the stairs.

"What's for breakfast?" she asked. There was a wierd smell in the air.

"Oh, just a little something that I cooked up!" said Shigure, proud of himself for cooking something.

"You cook?" asked Riko. She looking puzzlingly at him.

"It should be illegal." said Yuki flatly.

"It's not thatbad." said Shigure, sounding hurt.

A while later, everyone was seated around the table, including Yuki, whoShigure had finally convinced to try his "meal".

Tohru took a bite. She made the funniest face. Kyou almost laughed at her, but then he tried it and made a very similar face. (I have no idea what Shigure made... just something really gross... considering even Tohru doesn't like it...)

"This is.. er... This is..." said Tohru, trying to think of something to say that wouldn't hurt his feelings.

"This is disgusting! That's what it is!" yelled Kyou, spitting it out. Luckily, it didn't hit anyone.

"I could make something else if you would like." she said. Then she looked around andsaw everyone's disgusted faces. "Or.. not. I just remembered! It's time for school!"

"Tohru, can I walk with you guys again?" asked Momiji.

"Sure!" Replied Tohru.

They got their things together and Momiji had brought his school things because he had wanted to stay the night with Tohru anyways.

On the way to school, Tohru and Kyou walked a little closer together and Momiji kept giggling at them.

"Tohru and Kyou, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-" sang Momiji, prancing around in front of them.

Kyou cut him off by hitting him on the head.

"WAAAAAAH! SOMEBODY! KYOU HIT ME!" yelled Momiji.

"You need to learn to keep your mouth shut!" said Kyou, walking over to him.

"Momiji, you really should be more careful!" said Tohru. She didn't want to know the consequences of everybody finding out about them. What would Uotani-chan do to Kyou-kun? She didn't really like him all that much as it was.

"I'm sorry Tohru! I promise to not tell anyone about you and Kyou!" said Momiji.

"Don't even tell Haru!" said Kyou.

"Oh fine." said Momiji, hanging his head. He had wanted to tell at least Haru. But it looked like he couldn't do that. Well, it was probably for the best anyway. There is no telling what would happen if Haru turned "black". Kyou wouldn't have to worry, but Tohru might.

They got to school a little early considering their late start. Inside the classroom, Kyou and Tohru had started talking in the corner. They weren't exactly hiding the fact that they were datingthat well.

"I sense that the Prince is jealous..." said Hanajima, looking at him from across the room.

"So now you can sense people's feelings, Hanajima?" asked Uotani.

"No, I see it on his face." said Hanajima.

"Oh. Hey, I'm going to go see if it has anything to do with Orange-top talking to Tohru." said Uotani walking over to Yuki. "Hey."

"Huh?" asked the Prince turning to face Uotani.

"You look jealous. Does it have anything to do with Orange-top and Tohru-chan?" she asked him.

Yuki and Uo then looked over their shoulders at the two talking in the corner.

"Stupid Kyou. He doesn't understand the consequences of stuff like this." said Yuki.

"What do you mean?"

"Nevermind." he replied. He didn't want to say anything else because he was sure he was going to give something away.

"I'm gonna go check it out." said Uo walking to Kyou and Tohru.

"Hey!" she said.

"What do you want you damn yankee?" asked Kyou.

"I wanna know why you two are talking. Are you going out? Because if you are, Tohru, you could have done better than this." she said pointing at Kyou.

"Hey!"

"Heh. (sigh) Yes, Uo-chan we are dating... but we didn't want to tell anybody because I didn't want you to be mad at me." she said, looking down.

"Tohru! I'm not mad! I just would have liked to know as soon as possible." she said reassuringly.

"I'm sorry." said Tohru.

"Did I overhear you say that Kyonkichi has a girlfriend? And Tohru Honda no less." said another classmate.

"What is that supposed to mean? And don't call me Kyonkichi!" yelled Kyou.

The rest of the school day, people teased poor Kyonkichi about him actually finding a girlfriend. Not to mention, they kept telling her that she could have done better.

Walking home after school. Tohru's POV and Momiji had been picked up by Ha'ri after school... and Yuki was at a student council meeting...

I feel so bad about telling everyone about me and Kyou. He is probably mad at me.

"I'm sorry about today Kyou." I apologized.

"Don't worry about it. They were going to find out anyway." said Kyou.

We walked for a while in silence. After a minute, Kyou broke the silence.

"Where is that damn rat?" he asked.

"You didn't know? He had a student council meeting today." I said.

We walked the rest of the way home quietly. We didn't talk until we got home which was about four or five minutes.

"You're back!" Ayame greeted them at the door.

"I didn't know you were still here." I said.

"Why would I leave without saying goodbye to my dearest little brother?" he asked me.

He looked around questioningly. "Where is he anyway?"

"He is at a student council meeting."

"I am so glad to see him following in my footsteps!" said Ayame proudly.

"Whywould I follow in the footsteps of amoron?" said Yuki from behind me.

"Sohma-kun! I thought you were at a council meeting!" I said, surprised by his presence.

"I was Honda-san." he said. "It ended earlier than expected."

"That means I will leave you sooner!" said Ayame.

"Good! The sooner the better!" said Yuki.

"Oh, little brother, you're not that eager for me to go!" said Ayame.

"Why not?" asked Yuki. He looked like he was angry.

Quick authors note...

I don't like Shigure anymore... due to a disturbing fact I heard about him... I really don't want to explain... I now like Momiji... and I am coming up with a character that is just for him... but I will still let Shigure and Ritzoko be together.. grr.. though I really don't want to... I want to keep readers.. Ok I am done being angry at Shigure...

Nobody's POV

"I should start heading home too." said Riko.

"Can I join you?" asked Shigure, walking off the porch to accompany her.

"Ok but it is quite a walk. Are you sure you won't get lost?"

"Oh, don't worry! I'm not Ha-kun!" he replied.

"Um.. who is Ha-kun?" she asked him.

"Just another cousin." he replied.

"Okay then, let's go!" she said grabbing his hand.

"Wait just a minute! Where do you think you are going?" asked Micchan, walking up to him. "You have a manuscript due today."

"Oh, I will get it to you when I return."

"Sensei! Don't do this to me again!"

"I promise I will finish it when I get back." he said, a smile on his face.

"FINISH IT? I THOUGHT IT WAS DONE!"

"Well, I'm off!" he said, grabbing Riko's hand and running off. He wanted to get out of there as fast as he could.

After about ten minutes of walking, Shigure finally stopped and asked,

"Where are we going anyway?"

"Oh! Oops! I guess I wasn't paying attention. We are supposed to go this way." she said pointing in the right direction. "I guess I was just so surprised by that women! Who was she?"

"That was Micchan! My editor! She can get so impatient sometimes."

"By the way she was talking, it would seem like you do this to her a lot." said Riko.

"Well, we had better hurry or else Mii will probably have tried to hang herself. She can't stand it when I'm away." he said dramatically.

They continued walking in the direction Riko had pointed. (The only reason I am not saying which way they are going, is because I don't know which way I should have made it...)

Back at Sensei's house..

"Where is he going?" asked Mii with tears in her eyes.

"Micchan, don't worry, he'll be back!" said Tohru, smiling to try to cheer the crying Micchan.

They all went inside, along with Mii who Tohru had invited in. Ayame had left right after Shigure and Riko. Kyou disappeared to the roof as always.

"Does anyone want a snack?" asked Tohru.

"No, we are fine." said Yuki.

Mii wondered down the hall to Shigure's office.

"Where is that manuscript? I know he is playing another trick on me!" she said, starting to search around. After she searched for a while, she came across something very interesting. It was called "Cursed but Loved"... (Oooh... somewhat of a mystery...but not really..)

Back in the living room...

"I wonder why Mii went into Shigure-san's office?" wondered Tohru out loud.

"She is probably just looking for the manuscript that he said wasn't done. Why is he always so mean to her?" Yuki replied.

Tohru and Yuki continued talking until she noticed that Kyou was missing.

"Where is Kyou?" she asked.

"That stupid cat is probably on the roof." he said.

"Oh, right! Silly me! I should have known that!" she said, gently hitting herself on top of the head.

She went upstairs to find him and left Yuki alone downstairs to do his homework.

She popped her head up over the side of the roof.

"Hi Kyou!" she said, startling him.

"Oh. Hi." he said looking down in embarrassment for being scared so easily by her.

"Why are you up here?"

"I dunno. I was just thinking.. I guess." he replied.

"About what?" asked Tohru.

"About why that damn curse is finally gone!" he answered.

Tohru heard a door open below them, and a moment later, she saw Yuki walking along the driveway.

"Sohma-kun? Where are you going?" she asked.

"I'm going out Miss Honda."

"Ok!"

Tohru watched him walk down the path. All of a sudden she heard a

"Mreeoooow!"

"Kyou! Why did you just meow?" she asked him.

"I didn't! It was these cats!" he said. "Why are they here? I thought the curse was brok-" (she had been turned around watching Yuki leave to go to his garden... so she hadn't seen the cats..)

(POOF)

"Kyou! Yo-you changed into a, into a cat!" she said, confused.

"I know! Why the hell did I turn into a cat?" he yelled.

"M-maybe the curse was almost half-broken. You know, maybe it came back." she said. He hoped that wasn't it. Then he wouldn't be able to hug her anymore.

"I guess... but why didn't you have to hug me?" he asked. He was also confused. If she hadn't hugged him when he transformed, then why had he done it?

They waited a while for him to change back, but he never did! He just stayed a cat. This was very strange. He had not stayed a cat this long before. Maybe he had if he was under a lot of stress or maybe during the rain. But right now neither of those things were true. He had actually been quite happy when he had transformed.

"Let's go downstairs." she said. "I need to cook dinner!"

She gently picked him up and slowly made her way down the ladder. He held his clothes in his mouth.

When they got downstairs, she sat down on the couch and put him down beside her.

"I wonder why you haven't changed back yet." said Tohru, staring down at him confused. She smiled at him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked.

"I don't know. You're just so cute!" she said and reached over to scratch him behind the ears. He started purring again.

"I just wish I would change back!" he said, starting to get annoyed that he was purring...again.At least it was her that was doing it and not someone else.

As soon as he said that, he changed back!

"Dammit!" he said.

"EEEEEK!" screeched Tohru. She turned around on the couch so as not to see anything unwanted...

He had gotten half-way dressed when Yuki came in. Seeing Kyou in nothing but his pants, and Tohru turned away from him with a red face, Yuki said,

"What were doing to her?"

"I wasn't doing anything kuso nezumi!" he yelled.

"Really he-he wasn't! We were just, um, we were just talking!" said Tohru. She was a horrible liar sometimes.

"With his shirt off?" said Yuki, eyeing the shirt still in Kyou's hand.

"Why should it matter to you whether I wear a shirt around her or not? I'm the one she chose! Me!" he said and he grabbed her hand. He made it look a little rough, but was very careful about it and made sure he didn't hurt her. She blushed at this and smiled at him.

"Oh, it is so good to see young lovers starting to get serious!" said Shigure, walking in the open door. It was still opened from where Yuki had walked in and not closed it. (duh!)

"Shut up Shigure!" said Kyou, letting go of her hand to put his shirt back on. Then he decided that he had rather liked holding her hand so he grabbed it again. She blushed an even deeper shade of red.

"Did I hear your voice Sensei?" asked Mii coming down the hall. She held a book in her hand. Shigure was curious about this and tried to look at the cover, but it was facing the floor. "Mii what do you have there?"

She said the one thing he had been dreading: "Oh, it is called Cursed, but Loved."

"Maybe you shouldn't read that!" he said a sweatdrop falling from his head.

"But this is one of your best works! You should get this one published instead! It is amazing!"

"Mii! That wasn't the one I was going to use! I just wrote that to, uh, to get me out of a writers block! You know how those things are!" he said, trying to pull it away from her. She pulled it out of his reach. He could see she wasn't going to give up without a fight.

"You should read this Tohru-san!" she said, handing it to Tohru. Shigure sat down and started crying because he knew he had lost.

"Quit crying!" said Kyou whacking him on the head.

"This even has you two as main characters!" she said, pointing at Kyou and Tohru.

Kyou grabbed it out of Mii's hands before Shigure could say anything against it. He went to the roof for the second time that afternoon and Tohru... of course.. followed him up there to read it with him.

After a few pages, Tohru gently raised her head off his shoulder.

"Why would Shigure make a book about us? Doesn't he already have enough to write about?" she asked, remembering that Mii had said that he had a manuscript due that evening.

"He's just a perverted dog." said Kyou, smiling down at her. He wanted to hug her but he didn't want to change again. He still wasn't sure why he had changed, he had just.. changed.

She laid her head back on his shoulder and continued reading the book.

(It is just a small little work of Shigure's that he completely made up. He even puts a small little kissing scene in his book.. but that is all.. he has no idea that they had kissed...)

Kyou kissed her on top of the head then continued reading himself. She blushed.

They finished the book about ten minutes later. Tohru stood up and stretched.

"That was a pretty interesting book... and it was accurate too.." said Tohru, a questioning look on her face.

"I know. It is like he was following us around." said Kyou.

"How did he know that we kissed?" she asked, blushing.

"I don't know."

They went downstairs to see Mii waiting for them to finish so that she could take and edit it. (Shigure had finally agreed to it in the end. Though he did want the characters names changed.)

The first thingthat came out of Tohru's sweet little mouth was:

"Shigure-san? How did you know that we kissed?"

"What? I d-didn't know! Oh this is sooo sweet! How adorable!" sang Shigure a wide grin on his face.

Tohru turned bright red at having just revealed their secret.

"I am so sorry Kyou! I didn't mean to tell them!"

"Don't apologize! It's ok! I don't mind if they know. It's actually kind of good to have it out in the open." he said. He was actually a little pink himself. He didn't want that rat to know that he had kissed her. But maybe it would let him know how serious they were.

"So you lied? You were doing something to her earlier." said Yuki. He was starting to think that the cat had kissed her against her will then told her to lie about it. This made him really mad at Kyou.

"No you kuso nezumi. We weren't lying earlier. We actually kissed last night." Kyou said. He was getting angry because Yuki was misunderstanding.

Yuki looked at Tohru questioningly. She was getting nervous.

"Sohma-kun! We did kiss last night! The reason he had his shirt off earlier is because he had just changed back into a person... He had tranformed while we were up on the roof." she said. She didn't want them to start fighting.

"So that's why you were in her room this morning?" Yuki asked. Kyou decided to ignore this.

"But, I thought... your curse is bro.. broken..." said Shigure getting confused.

"I know! It confused me too! Dammit! I thought I was free from that curse and now it came back." said Kyou angrily.

"But..." started Tohru.

"What is it Miss Honda?" asked Yuki.

"He changed without me hugging him. It was very... er.. weird. I didn't know what had happened. He justed turned into a cat!" she said hesitantly.

"Is that so?" asked Shigure. He was very amused by this conversation. He was trying not to laugh to avoid being hit by Kyou.

"Yes! That is really what happened!" said Tohru.

"That does seem very strange." said Shigure.

"Oh! I need to make dinner!" said Tohru, she had just remembered. She went into the kitchen to begin preparing.

After dinner, (which turned out to be nothing more than Shigure making rude comments, Kyou trying to ignore him, Tohru laughing, and Yuki just staring at them like they were stupid) Kyou went up to the roof. Tohru followed, but took her school things with her. (She never did her homework that afternoon..)

"Kyou-chan?" she asked, "Is it alright ifI do my homework up here?" she asked. She still wasn't used to calling him 'chan' and she didn't think he was used to it either.

"Yeah. Don't let me stop you... But why are you doing it up here?" he asked.

"Oh, uh, um, I don't know.." she stammered. She wasn't exactly sure why she wanted to do her homework on the roof. Maybe it was the cool breeze to clear her head.. or maybe it was the presence of Kyou. Or maybe both.

She started her homework but it looked like she was having a little bit of trouble.

"Are you having trouble Tohru.. er.. Tohru-chan?" asked Kyou. He had wanted to see how she would react to the name. She just blushed.

"I'm fine. Just a little tired that's all." she replied.

"You know, you cold finish it tomorrow. We don't have school." he said. He was right though. It was Saturday.

"Oh! That's right! Oh, Kyou-chan? I was just wondering..." she started.

"Yeah Tohru?" he asked.

"Would you mind if Uo-chan and Hana-chan came over tomorrow?" she asked him.

"Why would I? They're your friends. I don't care if they come over or not. As long as that Uotani girl doesn't try to beat me up."

"Kyou-chan! That reminds me! What is Kagura going to do? When she finds out about us I mean?"

He suddenly looked worried. What would she do to him? She definitely wouldn't take this lightly! He knew that for sure. How could he avoid this?

"I am going to go put my stuff up." said Tohru. She had seen his horrified face and wanted to change the subject.

"Ok." he said relieved that she was trying to get his mind off of Kagura...

She came back in her pajamas just in case something else like last night happened. ('something like last night' is refering to when she fell asleep on accident..)

She sat really close to him and wondered if she could hug him. At the same time, Kyou was thinking, more or less, the same thing. He wanted to hug her without transforming. He wasn't sure if she wanted to but he was itching to be hugged again. He had enjoyed the warmth of it. She looked over at him.

"Kyou is something wrong?" she asked.

"I was just thinking about this damn curse! Why the hell did it come back? And why didn't you have to hug me for me to change?"

"I don't know... I wonder if... no... I don't think I would be able to.." she said hesitantly.

"Be able to what?" he asked, hoping it was the same thing he wanted.

"I wonder if I could still hug you.." she said slowly.

"I don't know.. let's see" he said, hugging her tightly. To his (and her) amazement, he didn't change! He continued hugging her. She was so surprised at first, she didn't know what to do, but she soon started hugging him back.

"Tohru?" he asked softly, not wanting to ruin the moment.

She didn't answer! He looked down to find that she had fallen asleep! She was so cute. Her hair was just beginning to fall over her face. He smiled and let her sleep for a while.

"Kyou? Where are we?" she asked softly. She had just woken up. "I'm cold."

"We are on the roof and you just fell asleep." he answered.

"We're on the roof?" she asked, standing up suddenly. She hadn't remembered falling asleep.

"Yes. That's why you're so cold." he said. She sat back down.

"Kyou. Why didn't you change when we hugged?" she asked.

"I don't know. I just change whenever I talk about cats.. or transforming.. except now for some reason.." (that isn't actually why he is changing.. you will find out later in my story..)

"I am going to bed! I'm really tired!"

"Ok... Hey, Tohru-ch.. chan."

"Huh?" she asked, stopping right the ladder.

"Come here for a second." he said.

"What is it Kyou-chan?" She suddenly noticed that he had a hand behind his back.

"I wanted to give this to you." he said bringing his hand around into Tohru's view. She blushed.

"Oh, Kyou! You didn't have to do that!" she said. She took it from him and put it in her hair. It was a ribbon with a little cat on it. (so cute.. and OOC but oh well..)

He gave her a little good night kiss. She blushed, then returned it. She went downstairs with the ribbon in her hair and Yuki and Shigure looked at her quizzically. Yuki was a little upset because it had taken the place of the ribbon he had given her at the onsen.

"Did Kyou give you that ribbon?" asked Shigure.

"Heh, yes he did! Isn't it wonderful?" she asked holdingthe end that was dangling out of her hair up for them to see. That was the end with cat on it. (The cat on her ribbon is, of course, orange..)

She went to bed after showing them her new ribbon. She couldn't wait to show Hana and Uo tomorrow. (She has already asked Shigure if they could come over..)

Yuki and Shigure went to bed shortly after. Kyou stayed on the roof for a while longer to think about what was happening to him.

Well... there it is... chapter 7.. I hope you liked it! It took forever for me to write... and I also kept getting stuck on some parts... but anyways... please review!