His violet eyes filtered out the bangs blocking the full of his vision and stared through the open window, curtains gently swaying in a breeze that otherwise wouldn't be noticed. He had been awake for a while, but the feeling in his stomach protested his moving from bed. Slowly he brushed the silver bangs from his pale forehead.
The sounds of Sunday filled the house while he finally lifted himself from the bed and stumbled downstairs. His eyes closed while he gently bounced down the steps, tiredly regretting getting up at all. He was so deep in his thoughts that he had hardly noticed his foot missing the step and the fall that ruffled his hair.
He was grabbed roughly at the shoulder and pulled up. At that moment his eyelids fluttered open and were peered into by a crimson stare.
"What the hell, rat?" Kyo growled making sure Yuki was sitting securely on a step before continuing to walk down the stares. While he disappeared around the corner, he heard the cat groan. "You're so annoying."
The boy took a moment to let his still sleepy brain register the event before slowly following the cat into the kitchen. Around the table his family huddled around the table, eating the sweat and blood of Tohru's meal.
As he sat he noticed everyone around him seemed as slow as he did. No one smiled or said anything, the mood weighing heavily on the boys heartstrings. They finished the meal quietly but no one moved when they were done eating. Finally Kyo growled and slammed his knuckles against the wooden table.
"What the hell is wrong with everyone? Why are you all acting so depressed?" The startled girl (Who happened to be seated directly beside the boy) waved her hands frantically and her tongue tripped over the words that came tumbling out.
"No! I'm not depressed, I mean I guess I feel a little sad but, well, I don't know! You know how it is, it's just one of those days!" Her rambunctious explanation ended with a nervous giggle.
Kyo sighed. "Whatever. It's annoying."
"I think Neko-san is wearing his grumpy pants!" Shigure sang, giggling behind his hands. The three teenagers took time from their glares (And frantic waving brought to us by Tohru) to give Shigure a blank stare.
The boy with orange hair clicked his tongue. He seemed as if he were struggling for a locked up reply but couldn't get it. Instead he clicked his tongue again and looked away from everyone.
"Ano…" Tohru mumbled, looking down at her half finished meal. "What are we going to do today?"
When no one made an effort to answer her, she looked up and around to the faces. Kyo still refused to look at them, so she studied the face of Shigure and Yuki instead. At first, they both seemed like they would remain silent until Yuki's head perked up.
Her chest fluttered with a momentary excitement as she thought about what Yuki would say, and then, the boys' head fell and smacked against the coffee table. The fluttering in her chest turned into a stabbing panic and a small scream left her throat.
Both the bang and the scream caused Kyo to look over. By now, Tohru was on her feet, peering down at the boy. The other male smiled in an amused fashion. This went on for a while until Kyo couldn't take it anymore.
"Relax, he's just sleeping."
Tohru stopped in mid arm-flap and looked at Kyo with a strange curiosity dancing in her eyes. The black haired male nodded happily.
"Kyo-kun is right!" And then, as if to demonstrate his point, Shigure gave Yuki a small finger jab to his ribs, which caused Yuki to promptly fall to his side. Again, the female member of the house looked ready to panic but refrained. Kyo got to his feet and sighed.
"This is stupid!"
As he lifted his socking-clad foot to stomp out of the room, Shigure leaped at the cat and knocked him to his feet. "Wait!" His brown eyes ran through a show of fleeting concern and fear, but as soon as he blinked it was gone. Kyo, who was too stunned to notice the play of emotion in the man's eyes, hissed at the novelist.
Shigure was too quick, and cut off the cats words. "We should all do something together!"
That confused almost all of them. It was a day, like any other. So why now would Shigure suddenly want to have a family day? Of course, this wasn't the first time he had suddenly announced a surprise event.
Kyo wanted to yell at Shigure for attacking him, yet upon hearing the mans words, and seeing the fleeting fear return to the dogs eyes, his tongue turned into knots and he couldn't bring himself to say anything. Stranger yet, the boy felt sorry, sad and guilty. He had almost felt like he was the one who made Shigure feel such sorrow.
Of course no one knew the feelings running rapid in Kyo's heart, causing them all a electric shock when they heard the words that slipped free from his tangled tongue.
"Sorry."
Next came the silence.
Yuki, awakened by the thump of Kyo hitting the floor, closed his eyes against a sudden attack of tears and forced a yawn for a excuse when he opened his glassy eyes. Shigure didn't say anything because somehow Kyo's words felt right and wrong at the same time.
Soon enough he shook his head. "It's not your fault."
Shockingly, everyone seemed to understand his words, and confuse them all in one thought process. The eldest shook his head again, this time harshly, flinging his black hair and depressed thoughts everywhere.
"Well! Shall we go?"
Oh man, this chapter was boring to write. Sorry for the delay, but I couldn't bring myself through this part. Anyhow, this will get more interesting…
Until then, have a good day!