;; Sorry for the strange ending last chapter. :D I had a bit of o.O writer's cramp? lol It wasn't exactly writer's block, 'cause I knew what I wanted to say, I just didn't know how to say it.

- Anyhow, please enjoy the third chapter.

Kyo stared after Yuki. "What?" He said to himself. How could have Yuki given up so easily? He smacked his forehead. He headed up the stairs thinking about what Yuki had just said. Passing Tohru's room, he saw that the light was off. "She must be asleep already." He slowly opened the door.

There she was. Except she wasn't sleeping. She was staring out the window. "Kyo-kun?"

Kyo stared at her. He slowly entered and stood next to her. "Hey, I thought you were asleep.

"Then why would you come into my room?" Through the darkness of her room, the moonlight had shown on her sparkling blue eyes. Kyo could tell that she had been crying.

"I was just checking on you." He stared at her lovingly. She turned to the window. "Are you alright, Tohru?"

The question caught her a bit off guard. She expected Kyo to say goodnight and go to his room. "I'm fine. I was just remembering Mom." This was half-true. She had eavesdropped on Kyo's conversation with Yuki. She was crying because she didn't know what to do. She had heard Yuki accuse Kyo of being in love with her. Tohru didn't want to replace the love of her mother with someone else, just yet. She wasn't ready.

"Oh. I'll leave you alone. G'night." He pat her head and smiled a bit. He then closed the door gently behind him and went on to his room for the night.

Tohru stared after him. "I'm so sorry, Kyo-kun." She said to herself. Quietly she got into bed and fell asleep.

The next morning Tohru awake refreshed from the night before. She pulled on her school uniform and headed down into the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Shigure and Yuki were already in there. "Ah, good morning, Shigure-san! Yuki-kun!" She smiled at them both.

"Good morning, Honda-san." Yuki's voice was a bit monotone. Of course, it was quite early in the morning for him to be up.

"Ah! Tohru-kun! I hope your rest was dreamless! You young people need to keep your squabbles down. I could barely hear myself think." Shigure drank some tea and glanced between Yuki and Tohru.

Yuki seemed unaffected by Shigure's comment. Tohru jumped a little though. "I'm sorry, Shigure-san." She smiled a bit. "Breakfast will be ready soon."

"Honda-san, I'm afraid I must miss breakfast. President Takei has scheduled yet another emergency meeting today." He bowed to her.

"Alright." She didn't really know what to say to Yuki. "Have a safe walk to school, Yuki-kun!" She smiled at him.

He waved and left out the backdoor. He bumped into Kyo who had just come in from morning training. "Sorry." The voice was Kyo's. He didn't feel like fighting with Yuki today. Yuki nodded at him and then went on his way.

Shigure stared at the two. "What's this? No fights? My, Kyon-kichi. Have you turned over a new leaf?" He laughed to himself. Kyo glared at him.

"I thought I told you not to call me Kyon-kichi." He sat down on the other side of Shigure. Tohru started to serve the food to them.

Tohru and Shigure chatted throughout breakfast. Kyo remained silent.

After breakfast, Kyo headed up to his room to get ready for school. Shigure stood next to Tohru while she did some of the dishes.

"Tohru-kun. Will you please tell me what's going on? I know there was a squabble! Maybe I could comfort you." He winked at her. She blushed.

"Oh, nothing important. Shigure-san." She finished drying the dishes. "Kyo-kun asked me to the dance yesterday. Then Yuki-kun asked me. I had to decline his invite." She smiled sadly at Shigure.

"Ah, Tohru-kun. Do not fret. I'm sure that Yuki-kun will find someone to go with. He does have a fan club! Don't worry, okay?" He patted her head. She nodded a bit. Then grabbed her book bag from the doorway and waited for Kyo to come down so that they could walk to school together.

Kyo came down a few minutes later. His eyebrows raised. "Why haven't you left yet?"

"I wanted to walk with Kyo-kun. If that was alright?" She stared at him questioningly as he came down the rest of the stairs.

"That's fine. I thought you would've wanted to go with that damn rat." He pulled on his shoes.

"No. He went too early for me. He had a student council meeting. I would like to go with you so we could discuss the dance." Her cheeks turned a light pink.

"Oh. Let's go then." He smiled awkwardly at her.

They walked in silence for a bit. Occasionally they would glance at each other and then look away quickly, their faces a bright red.

"So. What did you want to talk about?" Kyo finally said something. He couldn't take the silence anymore.

"Oh. I was wondering," She put a finger to her chin, as if she were in thought. "Are we going to match?" She glanced over at him.

"Match? Like with fire?" Kyo of course had never been to a dance. He had no idea what she was talking about.

She smiled at him. "Your tuxedo and my dress, of course! I heard from some of the girls in my class that we are supposed to match." They turned a corner.

"Oh. Well… how about…" His mind went back to when they had gone bathing suit shopping for Tohru. "A pink dress for you and red tie for me, or something like that."

"That's a wonderful idea, Kyo-kun!" Her face drained for a second. "How will I get a dress…" She mumbled to herself.

"Don't worry about it. We'll cross that bridge when we get there." He smiled at her. They had reached the school.

They headed to the classroom, entering together.

"'Oy! Tohru!" Arisa yelled from across the room. She waved her over. Kyo went to his desk and pulled out some books.

"Uo-chan! Where's Hana-chan?" She glanced around the room for her other friend. She wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"She's with the teacher. Something about her failing." Arisa shrugged. Saki was always failing at least one class. It wasn't unusual to not see her sometimes in the morning.

"Oh." Tohru set down her bag. She felt a bit worried about Saki.

"So, did anything exciting happen lately?" Arisa sat on Tohru's desk and nudged her gently.

Tohru blushed. "What made you think that?" She played with a strand of her hair.

"Oh, I don't know. You and Orangey coming in together. Usually he's a bit behind you. I notice things, Tohru." She grinned at her brown haired friend.

"Oh. Kyo-kun asked me to the dance." She stared at her desk, blushing furiously.

Arisa laughed. "I knew he would." She placed a comforting hand on Tohru's shoulder. "I hope you guys have fun."

Tohru smiled at her. "Aren't you going to go, Uo-chan?" Her head tilted to the side.

"Naw. I'll never get a date. Guys are scared of me y'know?" Arisa's mind went to Kureno. He hadn't been to the convenience store in over two months. Arisa laughed to reassure her friend.

"I do believe you are wrong, Arisa." Saki appeared next to her. "Guys are quite afraid of me."

"Hana-chan! How was the meeting with the teacher?" Tohru piped up.

"It was the same as last weeks. I'm failing physical education." She sat at her desk, which was next to Tohru's.

"Don't worry about it, Hanajima. We should be happy right now! Tohru's go herself a date!"

"A date? With whom?" She looked at Tohru.

"Orangey." Arisa pointed behind her at him while she said his name.

"I'm glad for you, Tohru-kun." Her smile was small. Tohru smiled a bit also.

The teacher came in and they began class. Each one of the girls was day dreaming about the dance.