Chapter 9

AN: Thank you for reading my story! hugs….hehe…this chapter is sort of long, but most of it is all dialogue. I hope you won't mind…sorry…please leave me reviews…hehe… Thank you. .Cami.B.

I woke up to find myself in an unfamiliar room. The room was obviously not mine, so where was I? I sat up. My mind was not really functioning properly for everything I saw was somewhat blurry. I sat still for a few seconds to let my mind "recharge" itself and get back into "conscious mode". It was about 4 o'clock in the evening now. Afterward, I got out of bed to find myself in a beautiful night gown. It went down to mid-thigh and had lace trimming around the edges. It was a pink with spaghetti straps. The one thing I liked most was the pink ribbon that was sewed around the gown right under my chest. It ended on the right where a simple, bow completed it. It was adorable, but who changed me? And where are my clothes?

Then I remembered what had happened. Kyo took me into his car. Am I at his house? WAIT! Did he undress me? NO! OH NO! What if he saw everything? I panicked. I quickly left the room to search the house. When I was outside, I bumped (literally) into a young servant girl. She was in a maid's outfit and looked like she was only about 7 years old.

"Good evening Madam," she said.

"Oh! Hi. Are you alright? I'm so sorry," I replied.

"I'm the one that should be sorry. I walked into you," she insisted.

"But I ran into you. Why do insist on taking the blame?" I asked confused.

She bent down to pick up the towel and metal pan that she had dropped earlier. "Because Madam, I am the servant, everything is my fault," she answered softly.

"What? Who told you that just because you're a servant, everything is your fault?" I asked surprised.

"My mistress madam," she answered.

Could she be talking about Kyo's mother? Is she here? Oh, no! As a guess, I should have greeted her first. I'm such a rude idiot.

"Oh, I see," I said simply.

"Is there something that you needed Madam?" she asked after she picked up everything and stood straight up again.

"Oh! You don't have to call me Madam. You can call me Tohru," I replied.

She smiled sweetly, and said, "You remind me of my Master."

"I remind you of who?" I asked.

"My master," she repeated.

She…she has a master. Could it be that she is also a slave just like me? As I looked at her, I thought back to when I was her age. However, she has to serve her master already at such a young age. I was a lot more fortunate. When I was a young slave, all I had to do was play.

"Oh," I said almost sadly, "Excuse me, but is this Kyo's house?"

"Yes, Ma---" she paused and then smiled, "Tohru."

She was sooooooooo adorable! I loved her!

I smiled back and asked, "Can you please take me to him?"

"Sure," she answered cutely.

Her tone completely changed from a depressing monotone to an adorable little girl's voice. She led me to a door that led to a gigantic indoor pool. When I entered the room, the first thing that I noticed was of course the gigantic pool. It must have been over 2000 sq. ft! The second thing I noticed was the view. The pool was in a room with walls made out of clear glass. You can see the magnificent fields on the other side. There was a golf course that seemed almost endless and a pool twice as big as the one before me. It had a beautiful waterfall too.

I was so distracted by the soothing view that I had forgotten why I came there for. Fortunately, the little servant tugged on my gown and I looked at her. She didn't say a word, she just pointed to a spot in the pool. The spot that she pointed too was on the other end of the pool. There was a lot of splashing and some orange color. I knew right away that that was Kyo. I guess he noticed me to, because within a few minutes he exited the pool.

A butler that had been standing still by the exit handed him a robe and he putted it on. He then looked at me. I was nervous, but I don't why. He stopped right in front of me. I looked down. He then reached for my chin and lifted my head up to face his. I was now looking up at him and he was looking down at me with his damp right hand cupped around my right cheek. He gently brushed his right thumb on a cut on my face.

"Ow!" I yelled. It stung.

Then a sad look took over his face. "Are you ok?" he asked.

I stepped back. He moved his right hand back to his side.

"I'm fine," I said. I didn't want to be so close to him, because I still didn't know if he saw everything. There was a strange distance between us now.

He just looked at me as if he was saddened by the fact that I had distant myself from him.

"What's wrong?" he asked confused.

"Nothing," I lied.

He stepped up and got closer to me. "What's wrong?" he asked again.

I didn't answer him. I stepped back. He stepped forward again. This repeated until I walked into a glass wall behind me. Then he immediately stretched out both of his arms on either side of me and trapped me against the wall. I couldn't get away from him. He leaned in closer.

"What's wrong?" he asked again.

"Nothing," I murmured.

"You can tell me," he said.

"I said that it's nothing," I reminded him. I looked down because I felt tears coming.

My head was surrounded on both sides by my dangling brown hair. Then he bent down and looked up at my face. We stared at each other in a very awkward way for awhile. Then he suddenly pushed his face right in front mine. Our faces where about two inches apart and we were surrounded on both sides by my dangling hair.

"You'll sleep in my room tonight," he said.

WHAT? Kyo is a pervert! I was angry to hear this. I couldn't help it. I lifted my right hand and slapped him with all of my strength. It made a huge smack noise. Everyone was surprised, even I was. I just slapped Kyo!

He held his injured left cheek that was turning redder by the second in his hand and looked at me. He backed up now and I was free from his trap.

"What the heck was that for!" he asked very loudly.

"How can you say something like that? You're a perv---" I was interrupted.

"WHAT! YOU THOUGHT THAT I MEANT---" Kyo paused and calmed down.

"OH, Kyo's a pervert. Kyo's a pervert!" chanted the little servant girl.

"Momo, what are you doing here?" Kyo asked the servant girl because he didn't noticed that she was here all along.

"I took Tohru here," she answered innocently and then continued to chant, "Kyo's a pervert…"

"YOU ARE SUCH A BRAT! I SWEAR I'M GONNA SEND YOU TO AFRICA AND FEED YOU TO THE LIONS!" Kyo threatened the little servant girl angrily.

The little servant girl ran behind me with her little hands on my gown. She looked up at me and said cutely, "Tohru! Kyo wants to feed me to lions! You won't let him right?"

I bent down so that we were face to face. "Of course not, Momo," I said after I realized what her name was.

"DON'T GO RUNNING TO HER! SHE CAN'T SAVE YOU! YOU'RE GONNA BE LION FOOD TOMORROW!" Kyo yelled annoyed.

Momo looked at me with puppy dog eyes. "Tohru. Kyo's really going to feed me to lions!" she said sadly.

"No he's not. Don't worry," I assured her and stood up again.

Kyo started walked toward me and Momo angrily. "COME HERE YOU LITTLE---" he paused when he caught me looking at him.

We were looking at each other eye to eye. His eyes were filled with annoyance and mine were filled with sadness.

"Go to your room Momo," he said in a calmer tone.

"Ok," Momo answered sweetly, "Bye Tohru! By…PERVERT!" She skipped off while chanting, "Kyo is a pervert."

The butler left right after Momo did when Kyo ordered him to. We were left there alone. Kyo looking at me and I was looking at him. He stepped up to me and grabbed my arm around my elbow and pulled me closer to him.

I struggled to get loose, but it was no use. He was too strong.

"Do you really think that I'm---" he paused, "That I'm that kind of person?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" I yelled as I continued to struggle to get loose.

"Do you?" he asked again in a sad tone.

"YES!" I yelled, but I didn't really mean it. It was like a spur of the moment thing to say.

He let go disappointed. I stood still staring at him while he turned to look at the view on the other side of the glass walls.

"But you did tell me to sleep with you," I added. I felt bad about what I said now.

He turned back to me and said loudly, "I told you to sleep in my room tonight!"

"If you didn't want that, then why did you want me to sleep in your room?" I yelled back.

"Because the biggest and most comfortable bed in this whole damn place is in my room you idiot!" he yelled back.

"Well, how am I suppose to know that! You should've said something!" I yelled back even louder.

"If you would've let me, I would've!" he yelled back at me.

"Fine, forget that. You still---" I paused and looked down at my gown embarrassed.

He noticed.

"WHAT! YOU THOUGHT THAT I UNDRESSED YOU! ARE YOU CRAZY?" he yelled.

"If you didn't then who did?" I asked clueless.

"You're such an idiot! There's at least 200 other people that live in this damn place! I'm not the only that could've did it! Besides, I asked a maid to help you change!" he yelled.

Oops, I am such an idiot. I completely didn't even consider the fact that he might have told the servants to undress me. I'm such an idiot. I was very embarrassed. I didn't know what to say. Should I apologize? I should, but it's so embarrassing.

Lucky, right when I was undecided, the butler returned and interrupted the awkwardness.

"Sir, the room is ready for Miss Honda," he said.

"James, take her to my room," he said simply.

"Yes, sir," he said to Kyo and turned to me, "This way Madam."

The butler guided me out of the pool room and up the stairs to a gigantic pair of doors. He pushed it open to reveal a magnificent and luxurious room. The bed was in the center of the room. It was bigger than a King sized bed. Behind the bed and on most of the walls were gigantic windows that allowed the warm sun's rays into the room. There were a lot of other details, but if I were to list them all, it would take forever. I walked up to the bed and sat down. It was so soft.

"Madam, Mister Kyo said that you are to stay here for the night," the butler said.

"Oh! I forgot. I can't stay here tonight! I have to go home!" I told the butler.

"But Mister Kyo said that you are to stay here," he repeated.

"No, you don't understand. I have to go. My Ma---my family must be worried," I said.

"Oh, don't worry Madam. Mister Kyo had already contacted your housekeeper, Mrs. Hamasaki. She assured him that it would fine if you stayed here," he said and then exited.

How could Mrs. Hamasaki make such an important decision without consulting Master? I called Mrs. Hamasaki immediately. She assured me that it was ok that I stayed at Kyo's place for a couple of days. She said that she had asked Master and to my surprise he didn't mind. So I decided to stay that night.

I was up reading one of the books on Kyo's shelf when Momo came in.

"HI MOMO!" I was excited to see her.

She seemed excited to see me too. She ran from the door and jumped onto the bed.

"Hi Tohru, can I sleep with you tonight?" she asked and smiled hopefully.

"Sure, if that ok with your Master," I answered.

"My master?" she replied seeming to be confused.

"Isn't Kyo your master?" I asked.

She giggled and replied, "Oh, Tohru, you're so funny. Kyo is my evil brother and I'm his adorable little sister."

I was shocked! "What? But you said that you were a servant," I reminded her about what she had said the first time we met.

"I just wanted to test you," she said.

"Test me?" I repeated confused.

"Uh-huh. I wanted to see if you're nice or not. And you pass. Hehe," she said.

"Oh," I replied, still somewhat confused.

"So what are you reading? Is it Kyo's diary? I want to read it too!" she hoped right beside me and started to peak at what I was reading.

"It's a book about a forbidden love," I said.

"What's that?" she asked curiously.

"A forbidden love is when two people are in love, but they can't be together," I answered.

"Really? That's so sad," she said sadly.

"Yeah, it is. Do you want me to read it to you?" I offered.

"Would you? Really?" she asked excitedly.

"Of course," I answered and smiled.

She tucked her little body into the sheets and sat within my arms. I had my right arm around her while I was holding up the book.

"Once upon a time, there lived a girl that was a slave and she fell in love with her master…" I began to read.

30 minutes later…

I finished the book and Momo fell asleep. I gently laid her down on the pillow and tried to get up to put the book back. Then she grabbed onto my gown. I was forced to stay put. I brushed my fingers through her short blond hair. She was even more adorable when she is sleeping. I loved this girl. Kyo is so lucky; I wish I had a sibling.

I was trying to put the book on the side table when I noticed Kyo at the door. He was standing at the door staring at us. He had a very gentle smile. I looked at him confused.

"What are you doing here?" I asked somewhat suspicious.

"I'm here to do anything to you. I just came to get my book," he answered.

"What book?" I asked.

He looked at the book that was in my hand.

"Oh," I said.

He walked to the right side of the bed where I was sitting and I handed him the book. He looked at the sleeping Momo and then at me. But he didn't say anything. He just smiled and turned around.

"Kyo," I called to halt him.

He turned around. "Hm?" he answered.

"I'm sorry," I said.

He didn't answer me. He just smiled, but his smile was more than enough to tell me that he forgave me. He left.

"Kyo likes you," a voice from beside said suddenly.

I jumped! It was Momo. She had suddenly woken up.

"Momo, you scared me," I said while my heart was still pounding from the shock.

"Sorry. But yeah. I know he likes you," she said.

"What makes you think that he likes me? There's a lot of other girls that at prettier, smarter, and better than me at school," I told her.

"It doesn't matter. In fact, I'm pretty sure that my brother loves you," she said, "That's the only reason why he loves that book so much. Its story is so much like what he's going through right now. A forbidden love."

I was surprised. The Momo that I knew earlier was the complete opposite of the one that I'm talking to right now. She seemed so much more mature during this moment than at the pool. But what does she mean? I was completely confused.

"Whelps, good night Tohru!" she said suddenly back to her cute original self. She tucked herself back under the warm sheets and fell asleep.

Of course, I couldn't sleep. I decided to go for a walk. I was lost and eventually wandered into an outdoor garden by a field. I sat down on the grass and gazed at the stars. It was a cold night and I had forgotten to grab a jacket. I sneezed a few times. Then I felt a soft fabric on my shoulder. I turned around and looked up. It was Kyo. He handed me a coat that I wrapped around my shivering body. He sat down right beside me.

"What are you doing out so late?" he asked as he gazed at the stars.

"I couldn't sleep," I answered.

"Oh," he said simply.

"Kyo?" I called.

"What?" he answered.

"Why did you help me?" I asked.

He looked down from the stars and focused his eyes on me now. "I don't know. I just did," he said.

"Oh?" I replied.

"But I'm glad that did, because now I know what I'm going to do from now on," he continued.

"What's that?" I asked out of curiosity.

"Take care of you," he said.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Tohru, I want to be with you forever," he said.

"What do you mean?" I asked surprised.

He leaned in closer to me. His face was in front of mine. His lips were right in front of mine. He was going to kiss me, but I moved backward. He smiled and kissed me on my forehead instead.

"You'll see," he answered, "Now, go to sleep before you catch a cold. Besides, you won't want to miss school tomorrow."

He left before I was able to reply to this. I stayed out for about 10 minutes after Kyo left wondering what he meant by "You'll see". I gazed at the stars as they twinkled and shined beautifully. Kyo is so mysterious and unpredictable sometimes. He can be so harsh, but he can also be so gentle. With him I feel so…comfortable... WAIT! WHAT AM I DOING? WHY AM I THINKING OF HIM? STOP! I HAVE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM!

Its so weird. Within less than a week, I've met both Princes. Just a few days ago, I was a normal girl at school. Now, I've became the most hated girl at school. Yet, I've also became the most loved. If Momo is right and Kyo does confess his love for me one day. What would happen? And if he were to ask me if I loved him in return, what will I say? I know it seems like I do, but do I really love this person that I've only known technically for a week? Honestly, I don't even know the answer to these question. I got up and went inside...