Chapter IV

I will try to make this chapter longer. I noticed my first ones were really short.

We left the couple in the middle of the woods on the way home…What is Kyo up too…

He pushed her up against a near by tree and started to kiss her neck and shoulders, ignoring her protests. She always protested, and he never listened. He would steal kisses from her anytime they were alone, which wasn't often with Shigure snickering around the house. Kyo took full advantage of the emptiness of the woods around them and slipped his hand up her shirt, rubbing her stomach and nuzzling her neck. Tohru's protests had stopped and the only noise she made now was a slight moaning. His hand went up and fondled her breasts through the thin lace bra, and lifting his head to kiss her lips. He decided to push it a little further. He slid his hand down her side stopping to caress her hip. Then he ventured further.

"Wait" Tohru said sternly. "I'm not ready… I can't" He scowled and nodded backing away from her. She started back toward the road. Damn, it's the same thing every time, can't believe I did that. I should have known, doesn't mean I am not disappointed. I should have never gotten my hopes up. He walked the rest of the way home in a bad mood. Tohru knew this and kept behind, with her head hanging down; Kyo was always in a bad mood after…after she made him stop.

I can't stand upsetting Kyo, especially when they had such little time together. Why couldn't I let Kyo touch me? What makes me fell so uneasy? I hope I didn't make Kyo too mad at me. She didn't know that it wasn't her actions that would upset Kyo; it was his own. He was afraid if he pushed her too hard, she would leave him.

They arrived at home to find Shigure gone and a note on the table stating that Ayame, Hatori and he would be staying at the lake house for the week. Kyo turned to Tohru and showed her the note. After she read it, she looked up at him to find a mischievous grin on his face. He quickly kissed her and bounded up the stairs. Tohru followed to put her bag in her room, and then went back down stairs to start dinner. Yuki came home shortly after.

"Is there anything I can help you with Miss Honda?" He politely asked.

"Um…sure, you could chop the vegetables, if you don't mind?"

"Not at all."

"How was your meeting Yuki?"

"Better then expected…" He started talking about all the problems they had while Tohru listened intently, looking up at him to assure him she wasn't being bored. At that moment Kyo walked into the kitchen from the roof.

"What the hell are you doing here, you damn rat!"

"What does it look like I'm doing, stupid cat. I am chopping vegetables and having a conversation with Miss Honda. Something you probably aren't capable of." He pompously smirked.

"I can chop vegetables!" Kyo yelled in frustration

"I meant keeping a civil conversation, stupid cat."

"Don't call me stupid!" He was fuming now

"I would, if you stopped acting stupid."

"Please stop fighting…" Tohru's voice came through, her usual smile still on her face, but her eyes showed angst.

"I'm sorry Miss Honda; I didn't mean to upset you." At that moment the phone rang, and Yuki left to answer it. Kyo continued to glare at his back.

"Kyo…"

He didn't answer

"Kyo…"

"Kyo?" He looked back at her

"Huh?"

"I was going to ask you to set the table, please; if it's no problem?"

"Sure, whatever." He was still trying to cool off from his fight with Yuki.

Dinner that night was quiet. Kyo would glare at Yuki and Yuki would glare at Kyo. Tohru shifted uncomfortably in her set. Dinner was tense with out Shigure's perverse humor to lighten the mood. Then Tohru remembered the phone call Yuki had answered.

"Um…Yuki, who called before dinner?" He looked up at her, as if he hadn't knows she was sitting there all along.

"Oh, I'm sorry I meat to tell you earlier. This Sunday the Student Counsel is having an all day fund raiser, so I will probably leave early and get home late. Will you be ok here with Shigure and that stupid cat?" He smiled at her. Kyo was going to blow a fuse over the stupid cat remark, but then realized something else.

"Shigure isn't going to be here, ya damn rat" Kyo retorted, a smile hidden in his lips. Yuki looked at him in shock, then anger.

"Oh, that's right, he let a note by the phone, or at least I think it was by the phone; anyways he is spending spring break with Hatori and Ayame at the lake house. I'm sorry, I meant to tell you. It must have slipped my mind…"

A full day alone with Tohru, the thought ran through his head over and over again, till he found himself smiling down at his food. Yuki was trying to calm a frustrated yammering Tohru.

"It's ok, I just won't go. I don't have to be there." At this statement both Kyo and Tohru's heads snapped up to attention, but for very different reasons.

"Oh no! Yuki! Please don't stay because of me. I'd never for give myself. Besides Kyo will be here, I'm sure I'll be fine."

"Ok, If you trust him…" he stole a glace in Kyo's direction "Then I will go," He beamed a smile at her, she returned it. Kyo smiled also, but no one was looking.

That night Kyo was the one that was unable to sleep; thoughts of being alone with Tohru, truly alone clouded his mind. Near dawn he got up and went to the roof, peeking in Tohru's room on the way. She lay on her stomach deep in slumber. He brown locks sprawled around her face, and one arm hung off the edge of the bed. He crept in, careful not to wake her. He placed her hand next to her body and pushed her hair away from her face. He placed a soft kiss on her cheek before leaving.

Tohru woke up, sensing a presence in her room. See searched the room whit her eyes, to mo avail, who ever it was had left.

Kyo sat on the roof for a few hours staring at the starry sky, slowly drifting off to sleep.

"Kyo, Yuki, breakfast is ready!" Kyo jumped, forgetting he was on the roof and nearly fell off. He was usually awake before Tohru had called for breakfast, already through exercises. He would have to make up for them later. He jumped down and headed in the house; right into Yuki.

Yuki was stumbling down the stairs in his usual morning state, and ran into a warm wall that was never there before. He raised his hand to feel it better, right into Kyo's face.

"Get of you damn rat!" Kyo shrieked, his skin crawling. "What the hell is wrong with you why can't you just get up like everyone else?"

Yuki hit him in the stomach, causing him Kyo to double over, out of breath. "Why do you always wake me with that annoying voice of yours?"

"You're the one that leaned on me, damn it!"

"Ok the table is set." Tohru's cheerful voice floated in the air.

Breakfast was just as tense as dinner last night, possibly worse. There was no sound other than the movement of chopsticks and the wind in the trees outside the open windows.

Kyo rushed through his meal, glared at Yuki and left to start his stretches. Yuki cleared of the table, while Tohru did the dishes. Yuki came up next to her.

"Mind if I help Miss Honda?" He asked

"No thank you, I'm fine."

"Please, I want to help. You can wash and I'll dry; ok?" Tohru nodded.

They worked together in comfortable silence for a while. Yuki finally spoke.

"Kyo seems to be a bit distracted lately. Do you know why?" She blushed and turned away so Yuki wouldn't see.

"No! I don't know anything. I haven't noticed anything strange at all. I have no idea what you're talking about!" She suddenly rambled. Yuki looked at her questionably.

"I didn't mean to upset you Miss Honda. I meant he seemed distracted because he hasn't tried to fight me in a while."

"Oh…You didn't upset me. I'm fine." She flashed a smile at him. They finished the dishes deep in their own thoughts and went their separate ways; Yuki to his secret base and Tohru to her room, finishing up homework.

Up in her room Tohru had trouble concentrating on her work and her attention drifted out the window. Kyo was out there practicing, facing away from her window. His hair was damp with sweat against the back of his neck, and his wiry muscles flexing through his tight fitting black tee. After a while he could feel someone watching him from the house. He turned to face the house, searching all the windows for the watcher; he spotted her in her room and smiled up at her.

Tohru didn't even know she had been staring till he smiled; she blushed, embarrassed, and pulled herself away from the window. Kyo picked up his towel and walked back into the house, headed toward Tohru's room. He didn't bother to knock before entering. What could she be doing now, other then sitting on her bed still blushing? He thought, and he was right.

Her door opened; it was Kyo with a smug look on his face. He walked over and sat on the end of the bed, opposite of her.

"So…" he said casually looking out the window, the smug look gone from his face. Tohru couldn't think of any thing to say. He looked around her room, a lot had changed since he first broke in the roof and she fell on him.

"What were you working on?" he finally said, noticing the open school books on the desk.

"Oh…Well, I…" She went on about her classes and work and ever little thing that came to mind. This time instead of yelling for her to shut up, Kyo listened intently; well, he tried to, after a while he got bored and curled up on the bottom of her bed.

"I'm sorry Kyo. I didn't mean to bore you, I…"

"Stop apologizing will ya. It gets annoying. Besides I was fine with your talking, it's relaxing." He grumbled stifling a yawn. Tohru giggled

There was no Kyo outside when Yuki came up from his secret base and no sound inside the house. Then, giggling…Tohru's giggling. Yuki walked up the stairs and knocked on her door.

"Come in," called a polite voice from behind the door. He opened the door tentatively. Tohru was sitting cross-legged on her bed smiling up at him as usual. But on the other end…Kyo…Kyo was curled up…sleeping.

"What…" Yuki started to say, but was stopped by a shushing sound from Tohru, as she got off the bed. She walked out of the room, pushing Yuki ahead of her, and then shutting the door behind them.

"What is he doing?" Yuki started again.

"Napping… He fell of while I was chatting away, silly me." She said rubbing her knuckles against her temple. "Let's go make lunch!" She went skipping down the stairs to the kitchen. Yuki laughed faintly, I'll deal with that stupid cat later; he thought, following Tohru's happy form.

It was a while later before Yuki was finally able to confront Kyo. After lunch, Kyo went up to the roof and didn't come down till dinner. After dinner it was Kyo that helped Tohru clean up. Finally, after Tohru had gone to bed, Yuki went to Kyo's room. He opened the door roughly, not bothering to waste his polite attitude on the cat. Kyo jumped out of bed with the intrusion.

"What the hell do you want!" He sneered through clenched teeth, not wanting to wake Tohru if she was sleeping.

"I have some questions." Yuki kept his calm tone

"Why couldn't they wait till tomorrow, ya damn rat!" Yuki ignored the comment

"What is going on between you and Miss Honda?" A look of shock passed over Kyo's face; it then became cool; content.

"Why would you think something was "going on" between us?" The look on his face was not one of innocence. Yuki growled at the thought, but still managed to keep his voice level.

"Why were you in Miss Honda's room then?" Yuki crossed his arms over his chest. Kyo walked toward him, stopping in the door way.

"You really want to know…"

I love leaving the chapter's with cliff hangers! I heard it keeps people reading. Is it working? R & R