Author's Note: Yes, yes…I don't own Fruits Basket. Wow, it's been a LONG time! Ha! This is only going to be a short chapter since I have to get up annoyingly early tomorrow but I really wanted to write something again. Here you go! Please review!

Chapter Ten: (Tohru)

The Sohma estate was enormous. Tohru followed Momiji as he crept through the many houses. In what seemed the very back of the property lay a small house. Tiny, more like a shack. Momiji sighed.

"I think he's in there. I've never been this close before, Tohru. And I don't like it"

Tohru didn't look at him but she turned red from embarrassment.

"I'm sorry Momiji. I don't want to get you into trouble. I just needed to see him. You can go…I'll find my way out."

Momiji turned to run off but looked back at her one last time.

"Tohru? I just want you to know…I miss him too."

As Momiji walked away, Tohru approached the house at a run. She stopped a few feet away. The air was infectious. The atmosphere was so sad and grey that she wanted to choke. There was no window or door from that she could see. But as she walked around, she spotted the prison-like bars.

"Kyo!"

She ran to the bars. She nearly crashed into the side of the shack. She strained as far as she could to see the room. It was destroyed. Everything was broken, torn or smashed. But Tohru hardly noticed that as she saw the figure lying on the tiny cot. He was thin, pale and shivering in his sleep.

"Kyo!" Tohru whispered anxiously.

He jerked awake. Disoriented, he looked around before he spotted her. She looked like a goddess. Her face was shining with happiness and she seemed to glow with light from within.

"Are you real?" he asked. "Or have I finally gone mad?"

Tohru stretched out her small hand in response. He stood and grasped it tightly. He came close to the bars. There was only a wall between the now. Kyo began to sob quietly as he looked at his love. Through the bars, he and Tohru leaned their foreheads into each other. Never before had they been so close. She began to cry with him. They stayed like that for a long time. Finally he pulled back.

"You shouldn't be here. I'm not worth the risk. I love you too much for me to see you put yourself at risk."

She said nothing. But with fierceness in her eyes that he had never seen before, she pulled him back to her and kissed him on the lips. He didn't pull away. Instead, he deepened it as the tears began to flow again. At last, they broke it off.

"Kyo," she said. "I love you so much. I had to come and tell you that. I love you…forever. And you can't stop me from coming again."

He laughed slightly. After looking back around the room he said,

"I don't think there's much I can do. What happened to you Tohru? You're so stubborn now."

"Like you. You were gone…I had to get you back. I had to have some form of you in my life."

"I love you Tohru. As always, you are my salvation…but please, go now before you get caught."

She nodded slowly, and then pulled him back for one last kiss.

"Until next time," she promised.