a/n: i no, u all hate me, ne? no update for like, ever? well, fear not, this is not the end... yet. so plz, if u like, keep reviewing! it helps inspire me, ya no...

Disclaimer: did u no, me and my friend act just like ayame and shigure...?

Chapter 3: Confessions

Kagura hadn't moved for three days. Three days had passed since that fateful day. Three days she'd stayed in her room and mourned. And now she was ready. Ready to beat that son of a bitch up. Every woman is required a period of mourning before they get so mad they just want to kill the guy that had broke them. It was a feminine thing.

She stood up, got dressed and cracked her knuckles, brown eyes flashing. She slid open her shoji door a little rougher than was absolutely necessary before striding out and towards the door. She was ready. What she wasn't ready for was Kyo standing at the door, waiting for her. Maybe she wasn't as ready as she thought. Because she broke down and cried.

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Kyo had no idea what he was going to say, but he was going to go. He headed towards the main house early that Sunday morning, ready to see her again. He didn't want to do it, but he knew it was right. He knew it would make her happy. That alone made it right. Shoving his hands in his pockets he tried to figure out what to say.

A simple, "I'm sorry, please forgive me," seemed a little to heartless for his liking. He played the words around in his head and tried to make it sound good. He attempted to say it out loud, but failed miserably so instead decided to just wait until he saw her. He knew he'd have to knock and go in eventually. but he was enjoying stalling as long as he could.

That is, until Kagura stormed out the door and nearly plowed him down. He gaped at her as she burst into tears and sunk to her knees in front of him. He hated it when girls cried. It really pissed him off and to see Kagura cry, really cry, it tore him apart. He sat down beside her and whispered consoling words to make her stop crying. She threw her arms around his neck, willing to accept any kind of comfort at this point, even if it was from the one who had caused her such pain.

"I hate you," she mumbled through her tears.

"I'm sorry," he murmured back. "I'm sorry…"

"For what!" she demanded, her demeanour changing suddenly.

"For everything. I was stupid."

She hugged him to her again, crying, this time with relief. He never meant it. He never meant any of it. It was as if the rain had cleared, leaving only bright sunshine. She loved the feeling of relief. All her worrying that she would live the rest of her life by herself had vanished, leaving a feeling of contentment. It had all been a heat of the moment thing and he never meant to hurt her the way he had. And he felt bad.

When her tears dried, she flashed him a bright smiling, her eyes sparkling with happiness. He was taken aback at the hope he saw in those eyes. Those beautiful brown eyes…

"I'm going to go home now, okay?" he said, pulling away from her.

"What? You just got here! We could do something! We could do lunch!"

"Tomorrow," was all he had to say, turning from her and walking away.

It was a start, she thought. She supposed that she was doing good for getting him to even apologize. She smiled happily and danced back into the house, shutting the shoji behind her. Momiji watched her go by and grinned. He knew that Kyo would come around…

"Hatori!"

"Hai?" the doctor asked, coming out of Akito's room.

"Kagura's all better! Kyo came!"

Hatori smiled, a rare occurrence, and pat Momiji on the head as he passed by. "That's good."

He would have to thank Shigure later.

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Kyo threw himself onto his futon after he returned. He hadn't slept much last night, worrying about what today would bring. Apparently everything was fine. He yawned deeply and settled into a deep sleep. Tohru slipped into his room to deliver some fresh laundry and smiled; obviously he'd patched things up with Kagura. She'd have to tell Shigure. She skipped out of his room and to where Shigure was eating lunch at the table while reading the paper.

"Shigure-san!"

"Yes?"

"Kyo-kun talked to Kagura-san. Everything's all right," she assured him, sitting down to join him in lunch.

"Great! I'll have to tell Hatori, but he probably already knows," he answered, grinning.

"What happened?" Yuki asked, coming in.

"Kyo-chan and Kagura are back together!"

"Oh. Is that all?"

"Yes," Tohru replied happily, munching. "Yes."

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Kyo tossed on his futon before opening his hazy eyes. It was around dusk and he was hungry. Grumbling the whole way, he stumbled into the kitchen just as Tohru was getting ready to put dinner on the table. She smiled at him and politely asked him to set the table, which he did. Yuki stared in amazement watching the cat set the table just as he was asked to.

"What's for dinner anyway?"

"Leeks!" Shigure teased.

"Liar!" Kyo accused.

"I do not! Aren't we eating leeks, Tohru-kun?"

"Sorry, Kyo-kun… I haven't been able to go shopping lately…"

"Whatever…"

The phone rang and Shigure answered it. "Kyo!"

"What!"

"You have a phone call."

"Hello?"

"Kyo-kun! Do you want to do dinner?"

Kyo stared at the table with leeks on and decided to take her up on her offer. "Sure. I'll meet you there in ten minutes."

"I'll see you then!" Kagura said happily before hanging up.

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