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Chapter 2- Tears Fall Down
"Did you guys have a fun time at the beach?" Shigure asks as they sit at the dinning table back home. The car ride was loud with tension, but silent with words.
Yuki sits across from him, and Tohru was by Yuki. Kyo had gone up to the roof as soon as they arrived back, which was only five minutes previous.
"Oh! It was fun!" Tohru says but hesitates a moment. "What, did something happen?" Shigure asks curiously. Yuki gets up form the table and head up the stairs. "My, what is wrong with our young friend?" Shigure asks. "Yuki and Kyo got in a little fight, well, Yuki got in a fight with Kyo." Tohru says thinking.
"Kyo didn't start it? This is strange. Let me guess, Kyo lost his temper and was hurt?" He asks. "Kyo didn't fight back. After Kyo and Yuki were done with their swimming race, Yuki hit Kyo and sent him flying back into the water. Kyo came back and didn't fight." Tohru says getting concerned.
It wasn't like Kyo to just not fight back. "I'm going to check on Kyo." Tohru says getting up and walking to the ladder that went up to the roof. 'What if he's sick?' Tohru thought as she climbed the ladder. 'oh no! I hope he is alright!' She thought franticly.
Her eyes lay upon Kyo as he lays on the roof. His hands supported his head as he looked to the soft colors of the sky as the sun went down. Tohru walked carefully on the roof as to not fall down and sat next to him.
His eyes glanced at her for a moment and went back to the pinks and blues that the sun had brought to the sky. "Kyo, are you ok?" She asks not wanting to make him angry by to many questions.
He didn't answer for a while. "I'm fine." He says after a long pause of silence. A light breeze goes past Tohru's face and the sound of the breeze hitting the tops to the trees softly made her smile.
"I love that sound, when the wind hit's the trees. It reminds me of my mom, like her whispering something to me." A warm smile came to her face as she remembered her mother.
"I remember my mom, not as much as you, but I do remember her." Kyo says not looking at Tohru. 'He's only mentioned his mom once, maybe he's finally opening up to me!' Tohru thought and focused all her attention to Kyo.
"You were young when she passed away…" Tohru says. Kyo gives a slight nod. "I was blamed for her death, it was a suicide. My father, he even wanted me locked up." Tohru's eyes fought back tears, she wanted to hear more.
"My mom loved me, she loved me more then my father did. She would always be there when I was scared or confused about something, but she never wanted me without my beads. I think in a way she was a little scared of me, at times I saw fear in her eyes. A mother who feared her own son." Kyo says softly.
"After she died, my father wanted nothing to do with me, he couldn't bare to call me his son, he couldn't ever look at me, I was only a monster to him." Kyo says and looks to Tohru.
"It hurt me at times." He says. "You have something special Tohru, you have good memories of your mom." He says. Tears began to fall from her cheeks.
"I wanted someone to love me, to hold and embrace me, I wanted them to be the parents I saw from other kids. But, that's not how things worked out." He took her hand lovingly, his eyes deep with longing.
"You helped me Tohru. You helped ease the hurt I felt, the pain I felt when I saw the fear in my mothers eyes. Pain is still with me, it wont leave, but Toru, you helped me ease some of that pain, the love I thought I could never have, ever felt." With his other hand he caught a tear running down her cheek, he sat up half way, sitting next to her, holding her hand, she squeezed it tight.
"Kyo." She says and embraces him with love. For a brief moment he felt her body touching his and it was like bliss to him, he wanted to hold her in his arms forever, but in a puff of orange smoke, he transformed into his cat form.
"Where is Miss. Honda?" Yuki asks while coming down the stairs to see Shigure reading the paper that he did not get to read earlier in the morning.
"She went to find Kyo." Shigure says barley looking up. Yuki went tense.
"What is it Yuki? Why so tense…OH! I SEE!" Shigure says with a huge smile on his face. Yuki hits him.
"Shigure, don't even think about it." Yuki says and goes to the roof. "You are so cruel Yuki!" Shigure says while lying on the floor, tears falling down his face.
"Miss Honda?" Yuki calls before climbing the ladder.
Tohru didn't want to let go of Kyo, she never wanted to let go. Kyo felt the same way with her, he never wanted the moment to end. He had to free himself from the curse, so he could hold Tohru in his arms, forever.
"Miss. Honda?" Yuki calls again. He didn't really like heights so he tried to stay down on the ground as long as he could. "Yuki!" Tohru yells as his voice finally comes to her ears. She reluctantly let go of Kyo, who transformed back into his normal self.
Tohru turns around quickly as Kyo dresses. "Go ahead, I'll be down in a minute." He says to her. She turns back around when she knows he is done, and gives him a smile that was only meant for him. He blushes a deep shade of red, and she does to.
"Miss. Honda?" Yuki calls franticly now getting worried. "Oh! Coming!" Tohru yells and climbs down the ladder. Yuki helps her down as she reaches the ground.
"Miss Honda are you alright?" He asks looking at her rosy cheeks. "Oh I'm fine! Don't worry about me!" She says franticly. He smiles at her.
"Tomorrow, would you like to have a picnic, just you and me?" He asks her. She thinks a moment.
"I would like to tell you something." He says. "I would love to go on a picnic!" She says happily.
Yuki smiles at her and goes inside. Kyo comes down from the roof. He and Tohru exchange a smile and walk inside.