Chapter 14: Let The Day Slide By

Here's chapter 14! I hope you all enjoy. I'm sorry it took such a long time. But, as I've said, I don't get much reviews and I feel like I'm only typing this story for a few people. Annnyway, please enjoy, it may take me a little longer to type chapter 15 as I have limited time on the computer and because of school/hurricanes and my other fanfic (Hagaren No Baka).

The day passes on slowly, allowing Haru to find Yuki and bring him back to Shigure's house. Many hours pass before Shigure even arrives home with a face that was clearly masked in damp tears. "Sensei," Haru says as he spots him walking towards the steps from his position in the living room. Getting up from the couch that he was once comfortably sitting in, he walks over to Shigure quickly. "Where are you going? What happened at the funeral? Did everything go the way it was suppose to?" His questions came one after another leaving Shigure not one chance to answer any of them. Haru comes up for air and then looks down at the ground slightly embarrassed by the amount of questions he was asking.

Shigure rubs his face getting rid of the tears, and slightly smiles at Haru. "I was going upstairs actually…' he whispers as a response, rubbing his chin gently. "And…nothing interesting happened at the funeral, it was quite dead…" he slaps his forehead and sighs, "I'm sorry, that was a stupid joke." Shigure looks at the ground and sees specks of mud trailing from the point he was staring at, to the steps and up them. Sighing once more, he glances at Haru from the corner of his eyes. "Everything went fine. But… I suppose you can tell me why there is mud… through… my beautiful house!" even more tears fall from his eyes as he mourns the dirtiness of his home. He drops to his knees and tries wiping the dirt away but it only spreads all over the steps and wood. Shigure lets out a wail and throws his hands against his head, falling backwards as if in agony.

Haru blinks and covers his mouth as he chuckles and walks upstairs -around the dirt- saying, "Sensei, I'll find the culprit!" almost mockingly.

Arriving on the second floor, Haru knocks on Kyo's bedroom door and awaits the opening of it. A small sound reaches Haru's ears and he expects it means 'come in'. So, after hearing that, he opens the door and finds Tohru sitting on her knees with Kyo's head in her lap while he lies across the floor. Haru smiles and tilts his head to the side for a split second before walking over to them. Slowly, he drops down to his knees and sits in front of Tohru, looking back to make sure the door was completely shut. When seeing it was, he looks back at Miss Honda, and blinks for a short second. "I can't believe he actually let you do this," he whispers in almost complete disbelief. He couldn't believe his own eyes, and that was almost a first.

Tohru smiles cheerily, but she was unmistakably tired. "He fell asleep and I just lifted his head up and placed it on my lap. Kyo-kun didn't take one bit of notice. I can't begin to imagine how tired he was…" she says softly as an answer to Haru. She was stroking Kyo's head gently and comfortably so that he can continue to sleep in peace without worrying about waking up. His hair slowly flows through her fingers leaving it to be a little weird in some spots. Tohru glances at Haru with a small smile and says, "Where's Yuki-kun? Is he okay? I mean…he didn't reach the house at the same time as us, so I was-."

Covering her mouth, Haru laughs quietly, "Don't worry about it. He's fine, okay?" His voice showed how much he was holding back laughter.

"Maybe it would be better if you left the room before you explode in laughter," Tohru says, slightly giggling at the funny face Haru was making as he spoke and kept his chuckling encased.

Slowly, he gets to his feet and waves a short good-bye to Tohru before exiting the bedroom and shutting the door behind him as he spots Shigure making his way up the steps with Yuki trying to stall him. By standing in front of the door, he was bound to draw Shigure's suspicion, so he runs down the hallway, and carefully walks down it, seeing Shigure reach the top floor finally. "Oh, hey sensei," Haru says plainly, yawning a little, "I just came back from the bathroom. You need more soap in there, sensei," he adds almost blankly.

Shigure raises an eyebrow and places his hands at his hips. "I swear I put soap in there before I left yesterday," his voice drifts off into the air and he walks to the bathroom only to find it in a complete mess that was beginning to make it resemble a pigsty. His eyes were wide as he begins gapping at the dirt on the walls and shower. Even the towels were stained with muck and blood. "AHHHH!" he yells loudly and runs out of the bathroom in shock. "What did you do in their Haru-kun!" Shigure exclaims as loud as he can.

"It was like that when I came in. It must have been Tohru. She fell on the way hear and had to take a shower to clean off…" he says quickly hoping that it would pass as a valid reply. Haru was able to see Shigure's eye twitching but after a couple seconds, it vanishes.

"So, Tohru-kun took a shower?" Shigure repeats almost unsure of Haru's words. Seeing Haru nod, he grins just barely, and walks to Tohru's bedroom. "Oh Tohruuuu," he says in a singing like tone as he knocks on the bedroom door.

Hearing her name being called, Tohru slowly rests Kyo's head on a pillow from the closet in his room and carefully creeps out of the bedroom trying to create the illusion that she was down stairs the entire time. She slips down the stairs to the middle step intentionally, and walks up them hesitantly. "Yes, Shigure-san?" she says quietly with a slightly confused intonation. It was almost as if she was frightened of what Shigure may say next or if he has found out about Kyo escaping and taking refuge here, where he once lived.

Shigure spins around and sees Tohru at the top of the steps, walking towards them. "Ah, Tohru-kun. I see you've taken a shower in this bathroom, like always." He says abnormally, stroking his chin as if he has a beard. Before she gets the chance to open her mouth, Shigure continues on, "Usually, you leave the bathroom clean and spotless. This time, however, it is extremely dirty. Did you roll around in mud before getting home? I mean, there is even dirt on the steps!" His voice was showing his accusation. Shigure was not one to kid around when it came to his 'dear home'. It was quite a sight and a rare occasion to see Shigure getting angry with Tohru.

Noticing this, Yuki steps in and looks at Shigure. "Calm down…. It's not her fault. I mean... she fell in the dirt because of an overgrown tree root. Apologize…. now!" He shouts after seeing his hesitation in saying anything.

"I'm sorry…" he mumbles loud enough for Tohru to hear.

She just bows sweetly and continues to walk towards them when out of nowhere; Kyo's bedroom door swings open with an incredible force. "Ah!" She gets hit in the forehead and falls backward, blinking rapidly and looking around completely dizzy. At the sight of Kyo, Shigure rubs his eyes in an instant but Kyo –instead- kneels down at Tohru's side, grabbing her hand just in hope that she is okay. "I'm so sorry Tohru…I didn't know you were there! I mean, what kind of idiot stands behind a door that swings outward?" he says in confusion, and then looks at her head to see a lump forming. "Ah…I'm not calling you an idiot though, you doofus. God dammit, just be okay… I didn't mean for you to get that …bump on your head…" he says all this and eventually runs out of breath. His hair was soaking wet and he shakes his head as a droplet of water runs down from his hair.

Shigure's eyes twitch and he falls backwards, passing out, upon realizing that it was none other then Kyo that utterly trashed his beloved bathroom. Everything within that room was going to soon be garbage because of Kyo.

Tohru massages her forehead a little, looks at Kyo with a soft smile, grips his hand lovingly, and pulls it towards her face rubbing it against her cheek. Her eyes close slowly, leaving Kyo to flip out and hope she's okay. "Open your eyes you stupid idiot!" he exclaims, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her a little.

Yuki walks over to Kyo and kneels down on the other side of Tohru. "Look, she's just fine. All it is is a nap. God…. you really are a stupid cat." He grunts tauntingly. "Let's bring her into her bedroom and rest her on the bed. Make yourself useful, Kyo, and get one of those blue bags of ice to stop it from swelling any more then it already has." He orders as if he knows they'll get right to it.

Kyo groans and gets to his feet, charging down the steps and into the kitchen, searching the freezer for the pack of ice. While he was stuck doing this, Haru and Yuki carried her into her bedroom and rested her on her bed, covering her with the bedspread. "Okay…she'll be just fine when Kyo comes back with the ice." Yuki says and almost seconds later, Kyo comes back with the ice and places it gently on her head where the lump is.

Mockingly, Kyo says to Yuki, "There your majesty. The pack of ice is on her head." They glare at each other momentarily and then fight over the chair that was on the left side of Tohru's bed so that one of them can be at her side. Yuki wins by tripping Kyo to make him stumble. "You damn rat…I hate you!" Kyo shouts roughly, crossing his arms as he leans against a wall. He stands just beside the dresser that his childhood hat sat upon, and glares at Yuki from the short distance. He looks at the ground for a second, and then stares back at Yuki. "Don't you think Shigure's acting a little different? I mean…I was able to hear him from my bedroom when I woke up, ya know, when Tohru left my room…" His voice trails off and he rubs the back of his head, elbowing the dresser a little, but incidentally.

Almost in confusion, Yuki blinks as he listens to what Kyo has to say. "What do you mean? He's obsessive over his house as always, what's so different?" Yuki asks in return, not exactly positive about what he meant.

"I'm saying, he actually got somewhat mad at Tohru! Are you that dense you idiot!" he exclaims, pulling himself forward to stand flat on his feet. Walking over to the bed and Yuki he places his right hand behind his head as he looks down at Tohru weakly. "This is so dumb. She should've known I was going to open the door. Or at least pay attention!" Kyo groans even though he knew the first thing he said was impossible, but the second one –the paying attention part- was something that she could have done, but just didn't because she was in the middle of talking to Shigure and sort of with Yuki and Haru.

Yuki looks at Kyo and sighs, slightly smiling at what he was saying. "Go in your room and get some sleep. I'll stay in here with Miss Honda tonight; you go... rest or something," he says to Kyo quietly, placing his hand upon the blue ice pack that was resting on Tohru's forehead. "Just get out of here Kyo, we don't want Tohru getting hurt again because of you do we?" Yuki speaks and -with these almost accusing words-watches Kyo leave the bedroom.

Trudging down the hallway slowly, Kyo steps over Shigure's stunned body and enters his bedroom once more, locking the door behind him as he walks in. Slowly, he drops against the wall beside the closet and slips down it as if it were a slope. Sitting down now, Kyo rubs his forehead repeatedly, feeling an aggravating headache coming on. His brain felt like it was about to come pounding out of his skull. The exasperating pain was all too familiar to Kyo right about now. It was something that happened often when he was locked up. Over such a short period of time being imprisoned, so much had occurred.

Something doesn't want me trusting Shigure but… I've never had this much of a feeling, that's told me to go against him. Never have I thought of completely distrusting him, Kyo says this to himself in his mind as he thinks about what he could do before anything bad happens. If the guard that Haru knocked out has informed Akito of us leaving the compound, she'll surely come here in search of me… He covers his face and shouts into his hands, but only loud enough for him to hear. Dropping onto his side weakly, Kyo's head hits the closet door just barely, and he closes his eyes, drifting into a cool and very calm sleep.

XxX

The meeting was long over and everyone left Akito to stand by her window after it ended. Her hand was on the sill and she kept her chin in her palm. "That stupid, ignorant kitty doesn't know what's best for him… Why would people even want a thing like him loose? Not only that, why would he want to risk himself? As much as I hate him, he is regretfully a part of this 'family' and he must be at my side!" her voice grew angrier as she spoke each sentence. "Somehow… Kyo escaped his confines. He's like a stupid daredevil! How did that idiot get passed the guards?" She yells loudly, dropping her forehead against the window gently.

The door of the room opens, practically forcing her to spin around. She folds her arms over her chest when she sees Hiro and Momiji standing in the doorway. "A-Akito-san…" Momiji stutters quietly, looking around in sheer worry. "I was wondering, where did Kyo-kun go? The door…of his…um… house is down. You… you didn't do anything bad to him did you!" His fists close and he lunges his arms downward as he exclaims this, his eyes shutting at the same time. Clearly, he was afraid of what Akito may do or say to him.

Hiro sighs a little and looks at Momiji. "Why are you so sad? Do you think Akito-san killed Kyo? Harmed maybe? Get over it, I'm younger then you and I'm taking this better…" he grunts and crosses his arms almost identical to Akito's posture.

"Oh…killed?" She mutters under her breath and then allows a sharp grin to form across her lips. "Yes…. I killed Kyo. He was too much of a fuss…" she says, sighing as if it were a waste of time. It all sounded so true to them and within seconds, Momiji explodes with tears and runs out of the house wailing with Hiro. "Foolish…." Akito mumbles, turning around to look out her window again.

Chapter 14 comes to a close! R&R!