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Part three... whooo!

Part Three: Realisation

"Oh! Aya! What a pleasure to see you!" Shigure sang, bounding towards the doorway where the tall silver haired snake stood fixing his collar. Aya, seeing Shigure, forgot all about his collar and flung his arms wide to receive the novelist, who basically threw himself at him. Neither noticed a sour faced looking Kyo at the foot of the stairs, who promptly moved back upstairs.

"What brings you here?" Shigure asked, his arm now wrapped around Ayame's shoulder. "It's been such a long time!"

"Yes, such a long time!" Aya said, grinning, his arm around Shigure. "But I shall want to discuss it over a cup of tea, Gure-san, it isn't good news, I'm afraid."

Shigure blinked. Aya, bring bad news? That was new. Surprised, and a little concerned, Shigure lead Aya to the kotatsu, where they sat opposite of each other, completely ignoring Kyo, who had decided at that moment to stroll past them and to sit on the veranda.

"Oh, Gure-san, Kyo seems to be jealous of us spending time together!" Aya whined, indicating towards Kyo with a strange provoking look in his eye.

Kyo twirled around and screamed; "I AM NOT!" He was ignored.

"Oh, I hope you haven't been cheating on me while I've been away, Gure." Aya cooed, surprised when Shigure lifted his left arm, using that hand to scratch the back of his head.

"Well, uh, not exactly."

This was said to get Kyo's reaction.

Kyo blinked. Was Shigure hinting at what he thought he was hinting at? Did Shigure feel the same way? Kyo resisted the urge to shake his head clear of the thought. He did /not/ feel that way about Shigure. Not in a long shot. Then why… did he feel so… No. He didn't feel that way. He didn't. He wasn't going to give in. Cats and Dogs don't mix.

Shigure blinked. The look on Kyo's face was almost unreadable, but there was a slight pinkish tinge to his cheeks, and he was obviously deep in an argument with his conscience. Perhaps, Kyo felt the same way as he did? Over the two days beforehand, Shigure had accepted his feelings for Kyo. If Kyo felt the same way, he was obviously still denying it.

Deciding to leave Kyo with his thoughts that he'd confront him with later, Shigure turned back to Aya. "So, what's the bad news?"

Kyo listened to the bad news even if he didn't want to. Aya was insisting on talking as loud as possible, and then he started crying for no reason. Apparently Mine had come down with a serious cold, and she'd been sent to hospital. Aya had only come this way for support.

So, the entire time, while he'd been forced to listen to the racket going on in the background, Kyo's thoughts often turned back to the sinking feeling in his gut. It wasn't so much a bad feeling, but it made him feel, over all, unsure of what to think.

"DAMN IT ALL!" He suddenly exploded, getting up, and storming out of the door, heading up to his room.

Shigure, looking a bit concerned, excused himself from the table and followed, leaving a disgruntled Aya behind. (Whom Tohru had to amuse.)

Luckily, Shigure caught Kyo with his hand on his open door.

"Kyo."

Kyo, it appeared, had been so lost up in his own thought that he hadn't notice Shigure get so close. The moment he realised that Shigure was almost breathing down his neck, Kyo attempted to move into his room, but his wrist was not surprisingly grabbed in the process.

"I caught you."

Kyo looked down at the dogs hand and blushed, but surprisingly, he didn't try to resist. He was so caught up in the motion that he only noticed Shigure only pressed up against him until it was too late.

Shigure used his other hand to prop up Kyo's chin, the whole while backing the cat into his room. Once both bodies were in, Shigure slid the door shut behind him.

"Now then, Kyo-chan, where do we start?"

And, that is the end of the series... the thought pathetic series. However, if you want more, I'll try and write it. I guess watching Shigure and Kyo trying to keep their relationship a secret with Shigure's pervertedness would be funny... xD

But, no, seriously, for now this fiction is complete. I uploaded it all at once... yay!