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Part Seven: Disaster

Kyo stood motionless, looking at Shigure, who was staring steadily back at him. The air around him suddenly felt choked, and his eyes faltered. It was almost like everything around him had gone completely dark, except for Shigure, even if the light was flickering light onto the room. "D-Did you just… say… Akito?"

Shigure nodded.

"Does… Akito… know?" Kyo seemed to find it rather hard to talk, and with good reason. If Akito ever found out about their relationship… just the very thought of what Akito might do to them, to him, was terrifying beyond all reason.

An unreadable expression passed over Shigure's face for a moment, before he nodded; "He… probably suspects something."

Kyo's reaction wasn't pretty, at least for Shigure it wasn't. He didn't actually say nor do anything, although Shigure noticed his hand shoot for the bracelet on his wrist as if something or someone was going to yank it off. No, he just stood there, clutching his bracelet, his hair shielding his eyes, which were aimed at the floor.

Shigure got up, and walked over the boy. He hesitated for a second, before wrapping his arms around his cat, pulling him close so that Kyo's head fell on his chest.

Kyo breathed in Shigure's scent deeply, but said nothing.

That night, they'd lied in the one bed and held one another, dreading what the morning was sure to bring.

"Kureno, get my bags." Akito snapped, directing the rooster to the back of the car that Hatori had drove to the Hot Springs. Kureno naturally obeyed, but gave a passing look to Shigure who was standing at the corner of the porch, just out of Akito's view.

Kureno had been enlightened with Akito's apparent 'suspicions' of a more than friendly relationship going on between Shigure and Kyo, and personally it made him feel very ill to think about it. He'd never thought of Shigure to be the kind of man to go after a boy 10 years younger than himself…

He glared at the older man, and Shigure turned and walked away.

The breakfast table was uncomfortably quiet. It was just Kyo, Yuki and Tohru, each with a bowl of cereal and two pieces of toast in front of them, although Kyo hadn't touched his. He was staring into the milk as his Corn Flakes steadily began to get soggier and soggier.

"Ano… Kyo-kun?" Tohru asked, rather concerned, "Are you okay?"

Kyo didn't reply. It wasn't that he was ignoring Tohru, but he was completely out of it. He didn't even notice she was waiting for a response until he was elbowed in the gut by Yuki, who gave a disapproving look that basically said; 'And you told him to grow brains? The last person you need to find out is Honda!'

So, after he broke his gaze with Yuki, and looked at Tohru, Tohru repeated her question. "Are you okay, Kyo-kun?"

"Yeah, just a bit… distracted."

"Why?" Tohru asked.

Shigure felt a pang of guilt as he stood at the doorway, about to open the door to alert everybody about Akito's arrival. He'd completely forgotten to tell everybody other then Kyo. But, it was a bit to late to do anything about that now, so, putting on the happiest face he could, he slammed open the door, just as Kyo was about to attempt to explain everything to Tohru.

"Our guest of honour has arrived!" He sang, ignoring the fact that Kyo clammed up. Tohru and Yuki sat completely confused.

"We have a guest of honour?" Yuki asked.

Shigure grinned and nodded, "The one and only Akito!"

This time Yuki and Tohru clammed up as well, and Yuki leapt up, grabbing the neck of Shigure's shirt, and he said darkly; "And you didn't bother to inform us about this small and insignificant," That was obviously said sarcastically, "fact?"

"Well," Shigure said, attempting to unhinge Yuki's hand, "I told Kyo at least."

"Ah-ha!" Tohru said, as if she'd just realised something, "That's why Kyo has been so down today!"

"Eh… not exactly, Honda-san." Yuki said, scratching the back of his neck. Tohru blinked, and looked confused.

"Well, in any case," Shigure continued, unhinging Yuki's hand, "Akito says he wants me to spend my entire holiday with him." He paused, pondering, "Which I suppose is good, because this way I can make sure he doesn't get his hands on my Kyo-chan!"

The hairs on Kyo's neck bristled, and before he could stop himself he screamed; "WHEN THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO GROW A BRAIN, SHIGURE?"

In response to that wonderful comment, Shigure simply grinned, and walked away, his song about Kyo being his territory could be heard until Shigure had gone out of ear shot.

"Why is… Kyo Shigure-san's territory?" Tohru asked, twiddling her fingers. Shigure had confused her beyond all reason.

"Because he's a dog." Kyo said offhandedly, now picking the crusts off his toast.

Yuki sighed, looking at Kyo, and Kyo looked at him. It was obvious that Kyo couldn't – or wouldn't – just divulge everything that had gone on without her knowledge. He gave a small motion of his hand to tell Tohru for him.

Kyo hadn't been planning to tell Tohru at all. He'd wanted to keep it a secret for, well, forever, but he knew that that was never going to happen, but with Akito around, he was sure that he'd would find some way to hint about their relationship – if he knew it was going on, which Shigure suspected he did.

Shigure had been his usual self all morning, trying to divert everybody's attention from Kyo who couldn't help but brood. Kyo had woken up that morning slightly later than usual, having been awake half the night – despite how comfortable it had been in Shigure's arms – dreading what was going to happen the next day, even hearing the steady beat of Shigure's heart hadn't calmed him down. When Kyo had woken up, he'd found himself alone, but had heard the door of a car slam. He gave himself three guesses to try to guess who it was, but only needed one. Akito.

But, now, he had to explain it all to Tohru. The thing was, he didn't know how to. How do you tell the girl that accepted you for being a monster that you're gay and going out with an older man? So, he'd motioned for Yuki to tell her in the subtlest manner he could think of.

"Ah… Honda-san… let's just say that, Shigure and Kyo are… more than friends." Yuki said, feeling rather uncomfortable.

Tohru was silent for a moment, the words processing through her mind. It took about a minute for it to sink in, before she erupted with; "Ah! You're telling me that Shigure is Kyo's… boyfriend?" Then, when she realised what she said, her face flushed with pink, the same way Yuki's did when he had found out.

"There, happy you stupid cat?" Yuki asked, turning around to where Kyo had been sitting, only to find it empty, the toast that Kyo had been picking at sprawled over the table. Yuki sighed. It seemed that Kyo couldn't bare to see Tohru's reaction – being Mr. Negative, he'd automatically thought it would be a bad one – and had snuck out when Tohru had been processing the information through her head. "God that cat… Miss Honda?" Yuki blinked, "Where'd you go… oh dear."

Tohru had fainted from the shock.

Kyo sighed, leaning on the lower railing of the pathway that connected the baths to the rooms. He had his legs hung over the metre drop to the ground, and was looking at a small ladybug without much interest.

He couldn't have stayed to see Tohru's reaction – she'd already accepted him enough as it was, and it hurt too much to think about how negative it probably was, and being the Kyo we all know and love, he was brooding over it. Shigure probably wouldn't have given it a passing glance, and he realised he envied that bit of the dogs personality a bit. Just… a bit. It was around that time that he heard a loud crash from one of the rooms. Shigure…

Akito sat on his cushion, smiling the same predatory smile that he always did, which told Shigure that something was up. Not only that, Kureno was with him – which meant that he really did suspect something. To top that off, Kureno was glaring at him, while Hatori sat in the corner of the room, looking like he pitied Shigure. Yep, Shigure thought a little to optimistically, they know.

"Shigure."

"Akito-sama."

The pair acknowledged each others presence as if nothing was wrong, but Shigure was wary. Normally, Akito would have been much more touchy feely with the dog, but today it seemed he wanted Shigure as far away from him as possible.

"Shigure, did you honestly think I wouldn't notice?" Akito asked in his sickly sweet voice. He stood, walking towards a table on far side of the room, and picked up the vase – complete with flowers – that sat on it, looking at the floral design.

And then, he snapped, pegging it as hard as he could against the opposite wall, shattering it with a loud crash!, and spilling dirty water and pottery shards on Shigure. "DID YOU HONESTLY THINK I WOULDN'T NOTICE?"

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