Chapter 6: Too Fast…

"Uncle Yuki!" Yuki said, and ran towards Yuki, who only opened the door to peek in, and wanted to surprise the little boy.

"Hey, hey, birthday boy!" Yuki said to him, and went down to his knees to hug him, and then gave him his birthday gift. "Guess what uncle brought you."

"Ah… Hmm…" the little Yuki thought, thinking hard. "Toy soldiers?"

Yuki grinned. "Well, you'll have to see later when you open it." Yuki looked up and saw someone came.

"Ah. There you are, Yuki," Tohru said, Kyo behind her. "And there you are, too, Yuki." Yuki ran to Tohru, his arms opening big, and hugged her.

"Mummy, daddy! Uncle Yuki bought me a gift!" he squealed happily, and jumped up and down.

"Really? Well, put it on your little table in your room, and change into something nice, or your party won't start if you don't put on something nice," Tohru said, and Yuki obeyed her and ran into the living room.

Yuki smiled and stood up. "Hey, you guys," he said, extending his hands to kiss Tohru's and shake Kyo's. "It's been so long, eh?"

Kyo smiled. "Yeah," he said. "About twelve hours." All three laughed.

"So, your baby's two years old already. And why did you guys have to name him after me, anyway? It's so confusing when you call one of us and the both of us appear."

"Aw, come on, Yuki," Tohru said, pouting. "It's cute. Anyway, we want someone to remind you of, and me and Kyo's son is the best person there is."

"Hey, look at me," Yuki said and flail his arms around. "I'm a ghost." They all laughed. "You guys made it sound like I'm already dead."

"Okay," Kyo said. "Just come in already." Yuki stepped into the living room. The whole place feels homey, and it feels like home to Yuki, because, ever since Kyo bought this house a few months before the birth of his baby, Yuki came to this house nearly every day. They insisted that Yuki move into their house, so that he doesn't have to pay rent for his apartment anymore. But Yuki refused, and after a lot of insisting and refusing, Yuki finally get to just stay at his apartment.

A knock came from the front door, and Tohru came to open it. A few seconds later, Jim walked in. "Hey," he said. Kyo and Yuki shook his hand, and they started talking. Kyo, Tohru and Yuki still worked under him in his fast growing restaurant, the only place they ever worked in since two years ago. That bit of the past was behind them now, but Kyo give Jim his death look just to be sure that he still remembers.

Jim was strongly built, bigger than the both of them, and stronger, but he is a kind and smooth man, the opposite of what his body tells people. Everybody knows that he is still in love with both Yuki and Kyo, and never had a relationship with anyone before, and that he hadn't made a move to a single human being in the world.

"Uncle Jim!" Yuki came running in, his orange hair and orange eyes shining, and Jim got up to hug him and picked him up to sit on his shoulders. They played for a little while, Yuki and Kyo watching over them. They knew that Jim wouldn't hurt little Yuki; they know that little Yuki comes right after Kyo and Yuki in his list.

Jim gave him a big wrapped box. "Wow!" Yuki exclaimed. "Another present! I'm so happy! Thank you, Uncle Jim!" He disappeared into his room to put his present.

"Ah, everyone," Tohru called from the kitchen. "Come in here. The cake's ready!" Everybody ran towards the kitchen like little boys. Tohru's cooking is to die for. Her cooking tastes a lot better than ever before, like it wasn't any tastier, after she gave birth.

They gathered around the table, which was already laden with their favourites Tohru's cooking. The cake was sitting in the middle of the table, with the name "Yuki Sohma" engraved on it. "Yay! Let me cut it!" Yuki said, and picked up the knife. Kyo playfully slapped his hand free of the knife.

"Nope. Sorry. Not you," he said. "There you are, Yuki! Oh, your Uncle Yuki was mean just now… He wanted to cut your cake."

Yuki pouted at him. "Uncle Yuki!" he scolded him. "It's not a good thing to destroy other people's stuff. Mummy and daddy said so!" Kyo turned around and stuck his tongue out to Yuki and laughed at him.

"I'm sorry, Yuki," he said, dropping his head. "I'll make it up to you. Come on, everyone! Sing!" Tohru, Kyo, Yuki and Jim sang a happy birthday song for him, and little Yuki looked at all the adults surrounding him, grinning from ear to ear and singing at the top of their voices, and Yuki joined in, smiling wide and singing at the top of his voice. "Cut the cake!" Yuki demanded, and little Yuki pressed the knife on top of the cake and slowly pushed it down. He cut it into a triangle, put it onto a plate, and then handed it to Tohru.

"For mummy," he said in the cutest voice ever. Tohru looked at it, and then cried happily.

"Oh, thank you, baby!" she said and hugged him. "You're so cute!" Everybody came over to hug him, and squealing, "You're so cute!" like little girls to him.

Kyo cut the rest of the cake for everyone to eat, and they drooled when the cake melted in their mouth. "This is heaven!" all the men drooled.

"Mummy's homemade cake is so delicious!" Yuki said in his already cute voice. Everyone eyed Tohru, and they dived on her and hugged her tightly, saying, "You're cooking's the best in the world!" to her.

They played games and ate throughout the day and the afternoon, and Yuki slept in Tohru's arms early that evening, feeling very exhausted. Everyone kissed him on both of his cheek before he was brought to his bedroom to be tucked in.

When Tohru came back to the kitchen, a few bottles of wine and beer were on the kitchen table, unopened. "Come, Tohru," Kyo said, motioning her to the empty seat next to him. "Sit down and drink the night away."

Tohru sat down happily next to her beloved husband, and Kyo filled their glasses with wine. He raised his glass. "To us, for being twenty!" he said.

"And thirty," Jim reminded him, and their glasses clinked together. They all shuddered when the cold, hard liquid went down their throat. Tohru, Yuki and Kyo only had a few glasses for the past two years, celebrating important events, so in short, they're not drinkers.

"But Jim," Yuki said. "Have you never drink before?"

Jim looked at him. "Oh, yeah, a couple of times only. I don't drink, actually. I know I'm old already, and that my most glasses of wine in a year is ten, so it's quiet embarrassing. My friends got drunk nearly every night, and got laid nearly every time they got drunk… Ah." Yuki and Kyo glared at him, Kyo the most deadly of all, but Tohru just looked around, shivering at the atmosphere that suddenly appeared. Jim panicked a bit and shook his head. "I didn't mean it like that, guys! I'm just saying that… um… I'll shut up now." He looked down at his feet, shifting in his seat uncomfortably.

"Well," Kyo said, making the cold atmosphere disappear like it never happened. He raised his glass again. "To the first time that we all will get drunk: tonight!" Everybody agreed, and they gulped down their drinks, which was burning their throat.

Five hours later, they were laughing like hyenas. The chairs were lying upside down on the floor, and all the adults were flying like hens. Yuki fell down to the floor, and the rest followed. "Oh drunk, I'm fuck!" he moaned, and the others moaned too. A few minutes later, all of them fell asleep on the kitchen floor.

"Nngh…" Yuki moaned. "What happened?" Yuki slowly opened his eyes, ignoring the headache that was killing him. He propped up on his elbows and looked around. First he saw chairs and bottles of beers and wines all over the floor, and then he saw the bodies. He quickly sat up; his eyes sharp like an eagle. "Guys!" All of them moaned, turned to their sides and went back to sleep. Yuki breathed a sigh of relief. "They're not dead."

He saw Kyo laying his head on Tohru's stomach not far from him, and Jim was sleeping sprawled down in between chairs. Yuki hit his head. "Stupid headache," he mumbled, and then remembered the event of last night. "Oh my God… We were drunk!" He gaped to himself, and replayed everything that happened. He hit his head. "What an idiot we look like."

He stood up and walked over to the sleeping couple. He softly shook Tohru's shoulders, and slapped Kyo repeatedly. "You guys. Wake up."

"Get your hands away from me," Kyo mumbled sleepily, and then slowly opened his eyes. He shot up straight. "Where the fuck are we?" he said, panicking. The sudden movement made his head nearly exploding. He hit his head repeatedly. "Ow! Get away from me, stupid headache!" He looked around. "Wait. Is this our kitchen? What happened to it?" He looked at Yuki, and Yuki nodded at him. "We were drunk last night!"

"Oh…" Tohru moaned, and sat up. "My head hurts!"

"Oh, Tohru. Lay your head here. Come on," Kyo said, and slowly pushing Tohru down to his lap. Yuki heard Jim from the other side of the room, and hurried to help him up. He sat up one of the chairs, and helped Jim sat down on it.

Jim rubbed his head. "I wonder how the guys could take this pain everyday, anyway? I feel like I'm already dead." They lay down moaning about their headaches for a few minutes.

"Who suggested we should be drunk last night, anyway?" Kyo half shouted. Everyone sat down quietly, deep in thinking. And then suddenly Yuki, Tohru and Jim went out of the kitchen. "Hey! Where're you guys going?"

"Clean the kitchen, you asshole," Yuki said.

"Why me?" Kyo whined. "It's only… 2:48 am!"

"You suggested we get drunk," Jim said, grabbing his coat.

"Clean the kitchen, please, Kyo?" Tohru begged. "I'm feeling dizzy."

Kyo sighed, defeated. "Alright…" If the request is from other people, including Yuki, he can easily just ignore it, but if it comes from his wife's mouth, he'll do anything for her. "Goodnight, guys," he said to Jim and Yuki, who were ready to go home. "Thanks for coming for Yuki's birthday."

"Yeah, happy cleaning, Kyo," Yuki said, and Jim just grunted at Kyo. Yuki sang "happy birthday to me" to himself before closing the door behind him.

Kyo took out a broom from the closet and started sweeping the floor and making his kitchen look beautiful for his wife. Two hours later, after dying of cleaning the kitchen, Kyo went to his bedroom. "Thank God there's no work for three days," he said before his head hit his pillow, instantly falling asleep.

"Yuki, Maki, what flavour would you guys like?" Yuki asked.

The brown haired and browned eyed girl looked at Yuki, smiled happily, and then jumped around with her big brother. "Yay yay… Uncle Yuki's treating us to ice cream!" they chanted and ran to their bedroom to change their clothes.

Someone sighed from behind Yuki. He turned around and saw Kyo standing there, with Tohru at his heels. "Yuki, you're spoiling my kids," he said, crossing his arms.

"And I'm going to spoil that one too," Yuki said, pointing to Tohru's nearly nine months pregnant belly. "You guys sure are working very hard." Kyo hit him on the head.

"Say that again, will you?" he threatened him, and Yuki backed away. Both Maki and Yuki came running into the room and hugged Yuki's legs.

"Chocolate!" a four year old Yuki shouted.

"Strawberry!" a two year old Maki shouted.

"Wait," Yuki said, and turned to their parents. "If your mummy and daddy and little brother or sister aren't coming, we won't eat that ice cream."

"What!" they screamed, and then turned to their parents, making puppy dog and teary eyes. Kyo sighed and rubbed his temples.

"All right, all right," he said, sighing, and the children jumped. "We'll come. You'll be okay, right, Tohru?"

"Oh, yes. Of course. The time isn't until two weeks, anyway, and walking will be a good exercise for me." She smiled happily and went to their bedroom to get a few things.

"Let's work hard, let's work hard…" Kyo heard Yuki sang, and he hit him again. "Ow… Maki, Yuki! Your daddy is hitting me!"

"Daddy!" both of his kids scolded him. "You said it yourself that hurting people is bad!" Kyo just chuckled and scratched the back of his head, and mumbled 'kids' before going to the bedroom.

They walked down the path leading to the park, and, of course, the ice cream truck was the first thing they saw. "Ice cream!" Yuki and Maki shouted and ran towards the truck. Yuki had to run after them to catch up. He bought five cones of ice creams, two for each of the cute little kids, two more for the happy couple sitting at the bench not far from the truck, and one for himself.

After the light 'meal', Yuki and Maki dragged Yuki to the small playground, and Kyo and Tohru followed happily behind. They played there for hours, not planning to go back home, until suddenly Yuki heard a sharp gasp near to him.

He turned around and saw Kyo on the ground, holding on to a pained Tohru. "But it's supposed to be in two more weeks!" Yuki said, coming to them.

"The baby's eager to see the world, I guess," Kyo said, shrugging.

Tohru hit him on his chest. "Don't joke around! Get me to the hospital!" she said, clenching her teeth. Yuki called to the kids, who came immediately, and they walked the short distance to the hospital.

"Say cheese!" Yuki said, and clicked on the button. A blinding flash filled the room, and then it settled down.

"Wow!" Toshiki and Kiyumi exclaimed. "That hurt! But it felt really good!"

"Our first family picture together," Tohru sighed happily. "And on my baby twins second birthday!"

Toshiki, the older brother to his twin sister Kiyumi, has neck length brown hair and dark brown eyes, like his older sister, and his twin sister has shoulder length orange hair and orange eyes, just like her father and elder brother, but she and her twin brother doesn't look the same.

They hurried home, and started the simple party. The twins cut their cake, and their brother and sister sang them the birthday song. "Mummy! Feed me the cake!" Toshiki whined.

"No! Me! Me!" Maki squealed.

"Daddy! Play with me!" Yuki said, tugging at Kyo's hand.

"No! I want to play with him!" Kiyumi whined, pulling at Kyo's other hand.

Yuki was at the end of the table, grinning happily at the family while eating his cake. Kyo saw him and gave him a death glare. "Yuki! Help us!"

Yuki grinned more and cocked his head. "They're your children, Kyo." Yuki saw Tohru gave him a begging look. Yuki sighed. "All right." He cleared his throat. "Ice cream," he simply said. The children's ears perked up, and they ran to Yuki.

"I want mint! Chocolate! All of the flavours!" each of them made their requests.

Yuki quietened them down first. "Be quiet or we won't go," he said, and the kitchen was suddenly eerily quiet. "First, finish your cakes." The kids rushed to their seat and cleaned their plates, and then looked at Yuki to tell they can go now. "And then put your plates and cups away nicely into the sink." They moved in unison, carefully placing their plates in the sink. Kyo and Tohru looked shocked but happy at what Yuki could make them do with just two words. "And then kiss Mummy and Daddy." They ran to Kyo and Tohru and kissed them everywhere on their face, said "We'll be back soon, mummy, daddy." and then they clasped their hands with Yuki's.

Tohru held her happy tears back, and waved goodbye at her little babies. "Thanks, man," Kyo said, smiling at him. Yuki smiled back.

"It's alright," Yuki said, and told the kids to wave to their parents. "I'll take care of them."

Yuki took the kids to the playground to give some time alone for Kyo and Tohru, and bought the kids two ice creams each if they behaved. He brought them back home two hours later. "Heya," Kyo greeted them at the door.

"Daddy!" they all squealed and ran to Kyo to hug him.

"Shh… Be quiet. Mummy's sleeping. She's tired, so please be good tonight, okay?" His kids nodded, kissed Kyo, and then went to their room, which all four of them shared, to change into night clothes.

"They weren't a bother, were they?" Kyo asked when they disappeared out of the room.

"Oh, no, they weren't," Yuki said and sat down next to Kyo. "I bought them two ice creams."

Kyo raised his eyebrow, confused. "You didn't spoil them? Wow, two ice creams shared between four little kids."

"Each." Kyo looked at Yuki, not believing it.

"You bought two ice creams for each of them? Man, we owe you hundreds of dollars for wasting your money on my kids buying them ice creams nearly everyday."

"Oh, no, no. It's okay. I can always change to giving them chocolates everyday, right?"

Kyo glared at him. "What? You gonna make the kids fat and the parents starving to death?" They laughed.

Yuki sighed. "They're angels, Kyo…"

"So why won't you have some?" The question spilled out before Kyo could stop himself. Yuki looked at him, but then turned his head away. "I'm so sorry, Yuki."

"You know I can't have any," came Yuki's voice. Kyo touched Yuki's cheek and made him turn to him.

"Yuki, come on. Move on. Meet a girl. Marry her. Have kids with her," Kyo pleaded.

"I told you I can't."

Kyo sighed and moved closer to Yuki. "Still very much in love with a certain someone since six years ago?" Yuki looked into his eyes and smiled. Kyo smiled back and brushed his lips against Yuki's. This was the closest they've been together after nearly six years of not touching and kissing each other.

They heard the kids coming back into the living room and broke apart. "Try to move on, okay, Yuki?" Kyo said, before ushering his kids into the kitchen to make them some hot chocolate.

"Sir, I'm sorry to say this, but we just found out that your wife have breast cancer." Kyo looked at the doctor, his eyes wide, shocked, but he didn't say anything. "It's already in its second stage, but if she has surgery to remove it, she'll be okay. She's doing great now, don't worry."

Kyo clenched his fists. "How… long, sir?" he said through gritted teeth.

The doctor understood what Kyo was saying. "If we don't perform surgery, I say she'll live to only one and a half year, or maybe more."

Kyo looked up, wanting to punch the doctor, wanting to blame him for… everything! But he knew this wasn't the doctor's fault. Nothing is. "Thank you," he mumbled, and the doctor left him, saying that his wife will be out soon.

Kyo sat down on a chair, feeling dizzy. Thoughts ran through his head. Negative ones. "What if she died, and then I'll be left alone all my life, with our kids…?" "What if… What if I go crazy without her by my side…?" More 'what if's" went through his head, and he jumped when someone called him. He looked up and saw Tohru. Tears formed in his eyes and he ran towards her and hugged her tight.

"Tohru…" he sobbed. Tohru laid her head on Kyo's chest.

"Kyo, it's okay, I'm still here," she said softly, as if she wasn't going to die.

"But…"

"Kyo, I know that we can't afford to pay for the surgery, but I heard that people can fight this cancer, and they lived. So, I'm going to fight it, and live with you for the rest of my life." Kyo closed his eyes and hugged her closer.

"Alright," he said, and let her go. "Come on. We need to go shopping for Maki's tenth birthday tomorrow. She's getting as prettier as her mother by the year."

Tohru smiled, and they walked out of the hospital hand in hand.

"… May she rest in peace."

Kyo dropped to his knees and cried on top of Tohru's grave. His children clung to his hands and cried along with him. Yuki and Jim cried quietly on the side, not wanting to disturb them. The priest excused himself, and went back to the church.

Tohru Honda

1895-1927

The beloved wife of Kyo Sohma

The wonderful mother to Yuki, Maki, Toshiki and Kiyumi

The best of friend to Yuki Sohma and Jim Twist

May she live a happy, wonderful life up in Heaven,

watching over her beloved ones.

The words written on her tombstone made Yuki smile, but remembering that this was the tombstone on her grave, remembering that she already died, made Yuki cried harder.

They stayed there until the sun set, and there was a light drizzle. Kyo didn't want to leave her, but thinking about his children, he finally stood up, took all of their hands, and they all walked to his house, the house that will never be set foot on by Tohru again.

Sorry it was confusing! And sorry if my "theory" or stuff about breast cancer was wrong. I really didn't know. I just wanted to kill Tohru, you know, that's why everything happened so fast, and I also didn't want any woman in my fanfic… I'm so mean…

Confused? Explanation!

Kyo, Tohru and Yuki were 18 and Jim was 28 years old when little Yuki was born. They got drunk on the night after celebrating his 2nd birthday. So that time they're 20 and 30 respectively. At that time Tohru was one month pregnant with Maki, and the twins Toshiki and Kiyumi came two years after Maki's birth. So, basically, the children's age difference are two years between each other, and the twins and Yuki are four years apart.

Kyo, Yuki and Tohru were 20 when Maki was born, and 22 years old when the twins came. Jim's ten years older than them. When Tohru died, she was 32, little Yuki 14, Maki 12, and the twins 10. And the first part of this chapter, when Yuki said happy birthday to little Yuki, he was 20 years old.

All numbers are their age, okay? Still confused? Well, keep thinking! And if you're still unclear with something in this chapter, you can ask me!