Chapter 18

AN: A lot of people have been letting me know which pairings they preferred. Thanks a lot you guys! I appreciate it very much! I've decided who Tohru will end up with and you'll find out soon. Until then! Oh and thanks you all for reading my story…and I want to give a special thank you to those who were kind enough to leave reviews. Thank you all! hugs Please leave reviews, I really love to hear from my readers! Thanks again!

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At the hospital one evening two days later after the incident… (She was unconscious for 2 whole days…)

I felt the sun's warm rays hit my eyes. I squinted. Once I gain consciousness, I opened my eyes completely to examine my surroundings. I was in a hospital room of some sort. It was a pretty big room with a patio. I could see the setting sun just outside of the patio doors. I then tried to sit up. When I tried to push my body up, I felt something on both of my hands. Both Yuki and Kyo were asleep on either side of my bed. Kyo was sitting on a chair to my right and he was holding onto my right hand tightly. His head was on top of his bent right arm which was resting on the bed. Yuki was on my left, also in a chair, he held my left hand tightly. His head was resting against the wall behind the head board of my bed. I gently released my hand from Yuki's grip and then I began to remove my other hand from Kyo's. I did so successfully without waking either of them. They're so adorable when they're asleep. Anyways, I sat up. Right when I did, I felt an aching pain around my waist. I lifted up my shirt to find that my entire waist area was covered in bandages. My head ached as I remembered what happened before.

Flashback…

"You wouldn't do it. Did he force you to do it?" he asked.

I didn't want to reply to this. Tears continued to flow down my cheeks. I just looked at him with my sad and wet eyes thinking, "Kyo, you are such an idiot." Then, he grabbed my right arm and pulled my entire body to his. He wrapped his arms around me tightly.

"I should've never let you go," Kyo said, "I'm so sorry. This is my fault."

My body was still in his arms. I couldn't budge. Tears continued to make their way down my red cheeks.

"I'm so sorry, Tohru. I need you. I don't know who I am without you. I love you with all of my heart. Come back to me and let me protect you," he said sadly.

I thought, "If only he had told me this before this Monday. Unfortunately, it's too late now."

I gently pulled his body away from mine. He looked at me surprised. Our bodies were completely apart now.

"Unfortunately, Kyo, it's too late now," I said simply.

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"Stay here Tohru. This is only going to take a second," Yuki said with an assuring smile.

I nodded. Before I knew it, Kyo swung a punch at Yuki. Yuki dodged it. Then Yuki tried to kick Kyo. He also dodged it. The two were fighting again. Yuki then punched Kyo out of the blue and knocked him into the air. Kyo flew up toward a branch of a tree. He landed safely on that branch like a cat would if it were to fall. Then he jumped and land in a cat like stance on the ground.

"Like the cat that has nine lives," Yuki said.

"And you're as sneaky as a rat," Kyo said, "Too bad, that won't do you any good anymore."

"And you're just about out of lives stupid cat," Yuki said.

Kyo swung another punch that missed. The two alternated between offense and defense. I hated the fighting. I tried to get up, but I couldn't. My knee refused to work.

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Without hesitating I gathered up my strength and ran between the two. Right when I ran up to them, they were both swinging a punch. I ran up and I was facing Kyo. He punched me in the stomach. As his punch dug into my body, I looked at him eye to eye. His eyes told me that he was sorry and that he didn't mean to hurt me. I know he tried to stop his attack, but he just couldn't do it in time. I don't blame him. Just the same with Yuki, he too punched me, but he punched me on my lower back. I know that Yuki also tried, but he just couldn't stop it in time. Their punches were strong.

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"Tohru! Talk to me, are you alright?" Yuki asked frantically.

"Tohru! I'm sorry," said Kyo also frantically.

I smiled with what's left of my strength. "I'm…I'm very hap…happy," I said weakly, "You two aren't fighting anymore. I'm so happ---"

…I fainted…

End of Flashback…

"Oh, I must be here because of that," I thought to myself.

Then I heard my stomach growling. I was starving, so I decided to go find something to eat. Carefully and quietly, I sneaked off the bed and out of the room. I wandered the halls following the signs that read "Cafeteria" with arrows pointing in different direction. I was lost instantly. I wandered the halls aimlessly. I didn't know where I was exactly but I knew that I was still on the same floor because I couldn't find the elevator. I wanted to ask the people around me but there weren't much people around. It was actually pretty quiet for a hospital. After who knows how long, I eventually heard two people arguing. Their voices sounded very familiar, so I followed their voices.

"IT ALL YOUR FAULT YOU DAMN RAT BOY!" one of the voices yelled.

"Well, if someone wasn't sleeping like a PIG maybe this wouldn't have happen!" the other voice said back, "Stupid cat."

"SHUT UP!" yelled the first voice.

"I'm going to go find her and be useful unlike someone," the second voice said.

I turned into a familiar hall and saw who the two arguing people were. It was Yuki and Kyo. Yuki was walking toward the other direction and Kyo was standing with his back facing me. Before I could call after Yuki, he had turned down the hall and disappeared. Kyo then turned around. Our eyes met and he immediately came running toward me. He hugged me tightly.

"Where were you?" he asked.

"I…I was just hungry, so I went to look for the cafeteria," I said in pain.

"Why didn't you just ask me to go get it for you?" Kyo asked still hugging me.

"You were sleeping so peacefully and…I…um, Kyo…" I said in even more pain.

"Hm?" he said.

"You're…you're hurting me…" I struggled to say.

"Oh!" he said loudly as he let go, "Sorry, I was so worried."

I smiled at him as the pain slowly disappeared. He then picked me up, holding me above his two strong arms.

"Let's get you back," he said.

I smiled. "You didn't change a bit. You're still so caring," I said softly.

"What?" he said. He didn't hear what I said.

"Never mind," I replied.

When we were back in that same hospital room, Kyo set me on the bed and then he pulled the sheets half way over my body. I was sitting up with my legs under the sheets. He then sat in the chair that he was in earlier right beside me. He held my hand in his.

"I'm glad that you're ok," he said with a gentle smile, "I'm sorry, Tohru."

I smiled back. "Its ok Kyo, I know you would never hurt me on purpose," I said.

He smiled. I looked at him for a second and then decided to ask him about what he and Haru had said that weekend.

"Kyo," I called.

He looked at me.

"I…I have something to ask you," I said.

"What?" he asked.

"I overheard one of your conversations," I began.

He looked at me with a confused expression on his face.

"I overheard you and Haru talking that weekend before…well, it happened," I told him.

His eyes instantly widened, but before I could continue the door burst open.

"I can't find her anywhere!" yelled the frustrated Yuki, "Where can she---" He paused once he saw me and Kyo. He looked at our hands. I immediate jerked mine away.

Yuki walked over to the other side of my bed. He sat down. Then he held both of my hands with his left hand. He brushed my bangs aside and cupped my left cheek with his right hand. Then he gently rubbed my cheek with his thumb.

"Are you feeling better Tohru?" he asked.

I smiled and nodded.

"Good," he said and leaned in to kiss me on the forehead, "I was so worried."

I looked at Kyo. The anger inside of him could be seen though his red eyes. I wanted to distract him, so another fight won't occur.

"Um, Kyo," I said.

His angry eyes turned into concerned eyes. "Hm?" he replied.

"Can you please get me something to eat?" I asked.

He looked at Yuki and then back at me. "Sure," he said as he got up, "What do you want?"

"Anything is fine," I answered.

"K, I'll be right back," he said looking at Yuki.

Kyo left the room. I turned my attention back to Yuki.

"Tohru, I was so afraid," Yuki said.

"Why?" I asked curiously.

"I thought that I would never see those beautiful eyes of yours again," he said.

I smiled.

"Or that smile. I thought that you'll be gone forever. The doctor said that you could be unconscious for a while," he said, "You were unconscious for so long that I almost lost hope. Tohru, I'm sorry."

"Oh, Yuki, I'm fine now. Please don't worry," I said.

"No, I'm sorry for many things Tohru," he said.

"What?" I replied confused.

"Never mind," he said, "It'll all be fixed soon." He smiled gently.

What did he mean by "It'll all be fixed soon"? What will be fixed? Anyways, as I thought to myself, the door suddenly opened. I had expected it to be Kyo, but to my surprise, no one was there. I was confused, but Yuki seemed calm. Then I saw some blonde hair poking out from the side. Before I knew it, Momiji's head peaked in.

"Tohru?" he called. He saw me and then yelled, "Yay! We found it! We found Tohru, Momo!"

Then Momo and Hiro appeared at the door. Momo and Momiji ran in while Hiro walked in slowly behind them.

"Momo, Momiji, Hiro, what a surprise! I didn't expect to see you all," I said.

"We visited you today at your house and Mrs. Hamasaki said that you were at the hospital so we came here! Are you happy to see us Tohru?" Momiji asked.

"Yes, I'm very happy to see you all," I said with a cheerful smile.

"I was wondering why you weren't at school for so long," Momiji said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You were gone for two whole days Tohru," he said.

"I was gone for so long?" I asked Yuki.

"Yes, Tohru, you have been unconscious for two days now. It's Thursday," Yuki explained.

"Oh, Tohru, get well soon so we can play with each other again. Ok?" Momo said.

"Of course, Momo," I replied.

A huge smile spread across her face. I looked at her and then saw Hiro right behind her.

"Hello there, Hiro," I said.

He didn't reply to this.

"You shouldn't be so rude Hiro," Momiji said.

"Shut up," Hiro said to Momiji.

"Well, anyways, how was everyone's day?" I asked.

"It was horrible Tohru, a mean old lady threw her food at us earlier and she was yelling too," Momiji said.

"What?" I said confused and concerned.

"We went into the wrong room and that stupid old women thought that we were thieves so she threw her dinner and a vase at us," Hiro explained.

"Oh," I said in disbelief.

"We went into a lot of wrong rooms," Momo added.

Yuki and I laughed. Then Kyo entered the room with Mrs. Hamasaki. He had a lot of bags in his hands.

"I didn't know what to get so I got everything," Kyo said. Then he looked at Momo and Hiro. "Why are you brats here?"

"I was forced to come here," Hiro replied in annoyance.

"We heard that Tohru was hurt so we came to visit her," Momo explained.

Kyo set the bags on the coffee table in the seating area near by. Mrs. Hamasaki walked over to me.

"How are you feeling dear?" she asked.

"I'm feeling a lot better," I answered.

"Good," she said. Then her eyes met with Yuki's. They looked at each other eye to eye for quite a while. It was awkward because their eyes seemed to have so much depression and darkness when they looked at each other. "Hello Mr. Yuki," she said.

"Nice to see you again Mrs. Hamasaki," Yuki replied with a smile.

Mrs. Hamasaki too smiled back. Then Kyo unloaded the bags. Before I knew it, there were all kinds of food on the coffee table.

"Yay, ice-cream!" yelled Momo. She ran over to the table and grabbed three small cartons of ice-cream.

"GIVE THAT BACK YOU LITTLE BRAT, IT'S NOT FOR YOU!" Kyo yelled instantly.

"Tohru won't mind," Momo said.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER!" he yelled.

"It's ok, Kyo, I don't mind. She can have it," I said.

Kyo gave up in annoyance as Momo shared the ice cream with Momiji and Hiro.

"So what do you want?" Kyo asked still a little annoyed.

"Um…" I examined the table, "I want the rice balls!"

I loved rice balls. Kyo looked at me in an awkward way.

"Seriously?" he asked.

"Tohru love rice balls," Momiji said and then turned back to his conversation over ice-cream with Momo.

Kyo grabbed the rice balls that were on the table and handed them to me. Then he sat down. I handed one to Yuki and then another to Kyo. They both looked at the rice ball and then at me. I smiled at them. Then, I freed the rice ball of its plastic covering and bit it. We soon ate everything else that Kyo bought. For the rest of the evening, I rested in the hospital room accompanied by Kyo and Yuki. Mrs. Hamasaki eventually left with Momo, Momiji, and Hiro later that night.

"Kyo, Yuki, you should both go. I'll be fine," I said.

They both looked at me and then at each other. "I'm not leaving you here with him," they both said in unison.

I giggled lightly. The two looked at me confused. That must have been what happened while I was unconscious. They must have not wanted me to be alone with the other so they both stayed with me together for the past two days. As the night went by, there were a lot of awkward silences between us.

"Yuki, Kyo, who are you guys going to the formal with?" I asked out of the blue.

Without hesitating, they both said in unison, "Nobody."

I was shocked. "Why?" I asked.

Kyo answered first, "There's no one that I want to go with."

Yuki then answered, "The only person that I want to go with is you."

"Oh," I replied, "I see. I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize. I'm sure you'll have a great time with Akito," Yuki said.

Kyo didn't know about this arrangement so he instantly jumped from shock. "What? You're going to the formal with him?" he asked.

I nodded.

"I didn't think that you'll go with anyone but the damn rat," Kyo said, "Why Akito?"

"She has her reason you stupid cat, shut up," Yuki answered for me.

"You shut up!" Kyo yelled back.

As the conversation proceeded, we started to talk about random things. Kyo and Yuki continued to argue every once in while, but I was just glad that they didn't fist fight again. Eventually, I fell asleep. I wasn't sure if Yuki and Kyo did so too, but as I drifted slowly into slumber, I heard their voices. They were arguing, but their voices were so pleasant to hear. I smiled and fell asleep.

Saturday morning…at the hospital…

It's Saturday, the day of the formal. Luckily, the doctor said that I was ok and I can go home today. I was so excited and nervous about the formal. I am still in the hospital room and both Kyo and Yuki were with me. Mrs. Hamasaki and Mr. Hamasaki were there too. They were packing my things for me while Kyo, Yuki, and I talked for a little bit.

"I have to go get ready for the formal soon. I still have to get my dress from the tailor," I said.

"Yeah, I have to get ready soon too," Kyo said.

"Will Akito be coming to get you later?" Yuki asked.

"Yes, he said that he'll pick me up at 8," I answered cheerfully.

"Very well then, I'll see you there," Yuki said and he kissed me on the cheek.

"Ok," I replied and blushed.

Yuki and Kyo exchanged glances before Yuki exited the room.

"I'll see you later too then, bye," Kyo said awkwardly. He too exited the room.

"Are you ready dear?" Mrs. Hamasaki asked.

"Oh, yes," I replied and followed them out the door moments later.

I came home to find Akito's car and another car parked outside of the gate and she was leaning against her car with her hands in her pockets.

"Akito, I thought that you were going to come tonight," I said.

"Yes, but I have something for you," she said.

"Really?" I asked confused.

"Yes, Miss Honda, why don't we head inside so I can show you?" he suggested.

"Oh! Sure, please, come in," I said gesturing Mr. Hamasaki to open the gates.

I wonder what Akito's surprise was. I really didn't know what to expect, but I guess I'll find out soon. Anyways, we both decided to walk to the house as the cars drove in. Once all of the cars parked, 4 people exited from Akito's car and another 5 from the other car. I was surprised. Who were these people? Why are they here? Actually, why did Akito bring them here? What's going to happen now? Akito and I enter the house as the 9 people and Mr. / Mrs. Hamasaki followed right behind us…