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Kyou watched from the roof as Tohru walked towards the house. She'd gone to do her Christmas shopping today. It was only early December, but she wanted to make sure she didn't forget anyone.
He noticed her look up and towards him. She smiled that heart warming smile of hers and walked inside. He smiled back even though she was already gone. After a moment, he jumped down from the roof, pocketed the finished metal band, and went inside.
The grocery bags Tohru had been carrying were sitting empty in the kitchen, beside the trashcan, and he could hear footsteps coming from upstairs. This was his chance. He dashed into his room, grabbed something he'd been storing under his pillow, which Tohru knew not to clean under, because he got mad every time she did.
He ran back down the stairs and into the laundry room. He looked in the closet for something he knew was there. "Aha." He stated quietly to himself, before pulling out a small used box, and some wrapping paper. He stuck his head out of the laundry room, and when he didn't see anyone, snuck out and to the door.
The door upstairs opened just as he walked outside, this happening caused him to jump into the nearest bush, looked around quietly to see if anyone had seen him. "Phew…" He whispered. He was about to stand up, when..
"And just what exactly are you doing with Tohru's wrapping paper, Kyou?" He heard Shigure's voice from behind him.
"Damn." He muttered then stood up and faced Shigure. "I'm wrapping something. Obviously." He stated, before walking in the direction of his own little haven. No one except himself knew about this place.
He walked through the woods for about fifteen minutes before reaching a small gazebo. It looked as if it was made of gold, and had greenery draping over the sides, as vines and trees surrounded it, this made sense to the normal person.
Kyou found his one and only haven here. Where he was away from the rest of the world, and could do anything her wanted. Today, he was going to wrap Tohru's Christmas gift.
He pulled the silver band out of his pocket, and gazed at his days and days of hard work. He hadn't made only this. He'd made a necklace and earrings to go with it. There were small sakura petals carved into all three things. He had also gone out to the nearest cliff on the property the other day and found a Rose Quarts, which he had carefully chipped it into six different pieces. One slightly larger than the others.
The necklace now had the larger stone on it, with a small one on either side. One stone on each earring, and one on the ring. Kyou sighed and smiled at the jewelry, and placed all of them except the ring into the small box, with a few pieces of dark red cloth.
After a few minutes, the gift was wrapped very carefully, the red and green wrapping paper very neat, and a gold ribbon around it.
He got up off the ground, picked up the scraps of paper and ribbon, stashed them in the nearest bush, then jogged through the trees until the house was in sight. He slowed to a walk before jumping up onto the roof, and going around to the window into his room.
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Tohru laughed slightly as Kyou ran into the kitchen just after dinner, huffing and puffing. He took a moment to breathe before asking her if there were any leftovers. She handed the dish she'd just been about to put in the fridge to him, then walked into the laundry room.
Oh crap! I didn't put the paper away! He thought to himself, then dashed up the stairs, into his room, grabbed the paper, and snuck out through the window. He looked around, and then jumped down beside the window into the laundry room. Tohru was standing beside the door, talking to Shigure.
"Phew." He whispered before letting himself in as quietly as possible. He placed the paper in the already open closet and then snuck back out. Shigure spotted him but didn't say anything. He just smiled to himself and replied to Tohru.
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When Kyou got back to his room, he noticed he was still holding the plastic dish with his dinner in it. He laughed and sat down on his bed. After only moments there was not even a crumb left in the dish.
He set it outside his door, and then lay across the bed. He was enjoying a moment of peace, in the house, for the first time in days. Yuki had been getting kinda…weird lately. He was always in a daze and has been visiting Tohru's room often. Kyou was almost jealous.
Then it hit him. Maybe Yuki and Tohru were together. He shook his head. It wasn't possible. They still had the curse on them. The Sohma's can't even hug woman. Least of all be with them.
He heard a door close quietly outside of his room, footsteps, then another door closing. Kyou heard muttering coming from the room next to his. He stepped out onto the roof, and scooted over close enough to hear words coming from Tohru's open window.
"I don't think she even notices me, miss Honda. Even though you've been helping..." He heard Yuki's voice.
"That's the way Uo is, Yuki. It'll take a while to get her to notice you like her. Seeing as you're always surrounded by ton of other girls." Tohru's voice was calm as she replied to Yuki.
"I guess you're right. Shigure's been trying to find a way to, you know…break the curse lately. If he doesn't, on his 18th birthday, Kyou is going to be locked in that cage on the Sohma estate, for the rest of his life. None of us want that to happen. Not even me…" Yuki muttered.
Kyou gasped and peeked in the window, thankfully it was too dark outside for anyone to be able to see him.
Yuki was leaning against the wall a few feet away from Tohru who was sitting on her bed, writing in her journal. Tohru looked up as Yuki said those words. She was suddenly very silent.
"No, we don't want that to happen." She had a thoughtful look on her face, which soon turned to sadness. "Especially me." She muttered very quietly to herself.
Kyou was the only one who heard her say this, seeing as his ears were very perceptive. He slowly lifted his head and stood up, walking over to his window and going back in.
"I don't get this…Yuki like Uo. And…I'm gonna be locked up?" He made up his mind then and there. "I won't be locked up. Even if I still have that damned curse."
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