27 reviews last time I checked! Thanks so much everyone. And no negatives. I think I answered most people, but to everyone who I couldn't manage to reply to: Thanks for reviewing! Anyway, here's another chapter. This chapter isn't so much tohru/haru. The reason is in the chapter.

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Italics: flashback(s)

'thinking'

"speaking"

This story set before Tohru sees Kyo's true form, a little while after she meets Haru. So the idea in part of this story is a mild spoiler for late in the anime/manga.

Tohru lay down flat on her stomach on her bed. She rested her chin on her hands. She thought back to what had happened this week. She thought back to the fight.

"Shut up, you stupid cow!" The cat snarled. Kyo never saw it coming. A large fist smashed into his right upper cheekbone, the side of his nose and his eye. Kyo was knocked backwards from the impact and fell over.

"Don't ever call me stupid again." Black Haru said quietly. He glared at Kyo. "Or I'll kill you." he was now standing right beside him, Kyo still on the ground.

"You call me stupid yet you're the one who foolishly tries to get into a family that despises you. Why can't you take the hint? The cat has always been shunned. We hate you!" With his last sentence he raised his foot up to kick him in the head.

"Don't!" Haru was shoved to the side. Tohru gripped his sleeves slightly and buried her head in his chest, but not hugging him.

"Please…No more fighting…" She shut her eyes tight trying not to cry. She felt something on the top of her head. She opened her eyes without lifting her head.

White Haru had lowered his head to hers, so his mouth was level with her ear.

"Okay. Enough's enough." he whispered.

She gripped her quilt. She had gotten so worried when the fight started. It could have ended so much worse..

'Why were they fighting? I think I had something to do with it. I can't just lie around thinking about this. I… I need to talk to them all again.' Tohru got up and walked to the hallway. Picking up the phone she dialled a number.

"Eh, hello? Is this Hatori?"

A male voice answered.

"Yes, it is. Tohru, what can I do for you?"

"I need to speak to Hatsuharu. Can you please ask him to come over to Shigure's today? As soon as he can."

"Yes, I'll pass the message on. Please take care of yourself, you sound so worried these days."

"I will. thank you."

She hung up, then stared at the phone for a little while. Slowly, she moved on to the living room.

Yuki and Kyo were there, Yuki was sitting revising for a test for school and Kyo was, well, just sitting doing nothing. When she walked in they both looked to see who it was. She came and sat down. After ten minutes of silence Someone spoke up.

"Ms, Honda." Yuki said smiling. He said it calmly but he was nervous. He had told her about Kyo's feelings for her.

"So what is it?" Kyo grumbled.

"Um, we all need to talk about some things. And, eh, Haru's coming over to."

"WHAT? That stupid cow? Why the hell is he coming!" Kyo snapped.

A large slapping sound echoed around the room. There was a sunned silence.

"Why can't you understand you're upsetting Tohru. She's done so much for you and can't help it if it someone else she likes. You're a jealous idiot." Shigure was at the backdoor to the garden and had been listening in. he had his hand hovering beside Kyo, who had a large red mark on his cheek.

"This is gone on long enough." Yuki closed his textbook and stood up from where he was sitting.

"We wait for Haru. Then we end this." Everyone was looking away. They couldn't seem to stare at each other.

"What is this?" Haru had somehow managed to find Shigure's. He stared at the awkward scene in front of his eyes.

"We need to talk." Tohru said.

"Now." Yuki added.

"Okay." Haru sat cross legged on the floor.

"Tell me how the fight broke out." Tohru wasn't asking a question.

"I don't need this." Kyo got up to go but was forced back down to sit.

Shigure held a grip on his arm.

"You're staying here. We're sorting this out."

The cat clenched his fists and narrowed his eyes.

"It was because of that damn cow." he muttered.

"Why? What did he do?"

Silence.

"What did he do?" As much as he disliked him at this point, Yuki couldn't help but feel sorry for Kyo.

Kyo unclenched his fist and looked down. Then he looked at Tohru.

"I just got something. To want someone to like you so much, just as you do to them...but never see it happen. That's like me and Kagura. I…I always shun her, and tell her to go away. And I've never realised how much that must hurt."

"I don't get it. What does that have to do with haru? Kyo.. Right now I don't know what's wrong. But I want you to be able to talk to me. I want to know what's wrong, and I want to be able to at least try to help. But Kyo… More than anything I want you to know that I'm always going to be here for you. As your friend. I can't be anything more than that. Right now Kyo, I want to be more than friends with Haru. I'm… I'm sorry."

Haru looked at her wide eyed.

"No.. It's okay. Even if you don't like me that way. I'm happy to just be a friend. But what I really wanted at the start… I just wanted us to be together." A tear noticeably slid down his face.

Tohru looked away.

"We can be… but as friends. Only friends."

"That's fine. Even if it's just as a friend it's enough. Thank you." He slowly got up Shigure loosened his grip until he released him. Haru looked up to say something but Yuki raised his hand and shook his head.

Once Kyo was gone Yuki looked at Haru.

"He needs to be alone."

Tohru sat in front of haru.

"Tohru?.."

She made a small choking noise then burst into tears. She grabbed Haru into a hug. A large poof noise was heard and Haru's cow form was being hugged again by Tohru. He nuzzled his head into her neck.

"It's okay…" he couldn't think of what else to say. He just let her cry it out. That was what she maybe needed. To let everything out.

It was a few hours later, and haru was still in his cow form. This was because Tohru had fallen asleep and had fallen asleep whilst having her arms wrapped round his neck. She had cuddled into him, and was tired out a little. He didn't blame her.

If it was possible for cows, he gave a small smile.

'Is that why you called me over? To be here for you?'

He relaxed and leaned into her.

'You know… this is the second time this kind of thing's happened.'

A.N.: The second time they fell asleep together, just in case that isn't clear.

Any questions about any of the chapters just ask.

Next chapter is the finisher. Or i might leave it here. Probably not.