Chapter 3

Slippery Water

Yuki, Tohru, and Shigure had just made it into the hardware store when it had started getting very windy and snowing so thick you couldn't see. They came up to the counter, but before they could ask where the door paper was, the news came on the television that was on the wall. "We urge each and every one of you…"

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Kyo stood by the broken door, armed with what looked like duct tape and a blanket. An anxious Kagura was hovering by him, just a few feet away, looking expectantly at him. Kyo turned his head. "What are you looking at!" He seemed rather surprised to see Kagura there, although he shouldn't have been. She shrugged.

"What's the duct tape for?" She took a step closer and looked at him for an answer. Kyo seemed rather befuddled, and left. About 30 seconds later, he returned with a hammer and 4 nails. He put the blanket up against the doorframe, and put a nail in each top corner. When he was sure they were secure, he put nails in the bottom two corners, so the blanket was covering the hole and snow wasn't coming in anymore. He started tearing off large strips of the tape, and taped the edges to the door.

"There. No more wind or snow." He seemed satisfied with his patch job, and strolled off into the living room.

"Kyo… It's cold…" Kagura had spoken up.

"So turn on the heater." He shrugged.

"I did. I'm still cold." She had crossed her arms, and was standing against the stairs, rubbing her palms across her elbows.

"Oh… for crying out loud…" Kyo got up and ran upstairs. He came back down with one of hiss sweaters, and tossed it at her. "Put that on."

Kagura silently agreed, and pulled the sweater over her head. "Thank you, Kyo."

"Yeah… Whatever… Did you make dinner yet?"

"Um... no... I'll go get it started!" She smiled and ran off into the kitchen, but as she was making her way to the stove, she slipped on the melted snow and started falling forward.

In what seemed like one fluid movement, Kyo (who was behind her) lunged forward and grabbed Kagura around the waist, with her outstretched fingers just a few inches from the floor. He grabbed her left hand with his, and helped her to stand up.

Kagura didn't seem to realize what happened until a few seconds later. They were both standing next to each other now, and Kyo still had her hand in his. He looked at her, and let go of her hand with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.

She was looking at the ground, along with Kyo.

"I should probably get a mop for that…" Kagura said slowly.

"Uhh… yeah…" Kyo replied.

After Kagura left the room, Kyo was thinking to himself, and confusing himself. What had he just done? What if Kagura thinks he likes her now? He doesn't like her… does he? No, no… he shook his head at himself. Kyo Sohma and Kagura Sohma? Together? Ha. That was a laugh. He didn't like her… He would never like her… He kept telling himself… over and over again, as if he needed reassurance.

When Kagura walked out the door, she started thinking to herself. She hadn't felt this way in a long time. He had stopped her from falling… That was so sweet. Could he like her? Nah… he probably doesn't like her… But what if he did? She grabbed the mop out of the cupboard, with a smile on her face. A smile that would be very hard to erase…

A/N: Woohoo! Chapter 3's up! I'm going to try and put up a chapter a week, but I might ot be able to because of school. I'll try.