Since I'm writing this chapter directly after I wrote the last, there are no review questions for me to answer. Well, since I talked so much in the last chapter I'll get right down to business. Warning: strong language.
Point of No Return
Kyo's POV
I had watched Haru rush up to the roof not minutes after that 'golden' boy had gone into Kyra's room. I assumed that he was what set Haru off, but you know the saying. When you assume, it makes an ass out of u and me. A bit of humor I had picked up from Tohru's Yankee friend (Uo? I can't remember her name).
"We are nice guys, we play by the rules. So why do the other guys win?" Haru mumbled out loud. I looked at him and saw pain as the strongest emotion on his face.
"The world is fucked." I stated matter-of-factly.
"I hear that," Haru replied mockingly raising his hand as if to toast the sky.
"So was that guy Christian?"
"Yeah it was, and he said 'hello' to Kyra with his lips. If I'm not mistaken, I think he is french." (A/N as in he french kissed her.) I cringed at the picture Haru painted in my head. My mind then changed the people in the picture in my mind to Tohru, Yuki, and I. I would have killed that rat so fast… "So what's on your mind Kyo?" I thought about telling him the truth, but I didn't want to.
"It's nothing'."
"Listen you stupid cat, I told you my problems now spill yours or I'll make you spill 'em." Haru threatened as he stood up. I could tell he didn't care about my problems he just wanted to fight.
"Why the hell would I tell you anything! You voluntarily told me your problems, I do not have to 'spill'." Haru swung at me but I dodged easy enough. A kick to the stomach sent me flying a second after that though.
Haru's anger made the hits harder than normal, but I used this as a chance to let out my rage too. For twenty minutes we just pounded each other repeatedly and by the time we were both exhausted I had a bloody nose and Haru had the beginnings of a black eye not to mention other cuts and scrapes.
"What a pair we are," I mumbled then spit some blood that had pooled in my mouth from one of Haru's punches. He winced when he touched his eye to check the damage. "Feel any better?" I asked him as we walked back towards the hospital's roof entrance. Haru nodded tiredly and we descended the stairs quickly.
When we got to Kyra's floor Tohru ran towards us. She quickly stopped when she saw our bloodied faces.
"What happened?" She asked grabbing our hands and pulling us to a nurse's station. There she got some bandages and hydrogen peroxide for our wounds. She treated us and we went to the cafeteria to get something to eat.
Haru went into the bathroom to wash any left over blood from his face while I got in line. In front of me there was a tall blonde guy about my age. He sent me a glance and turned all the way around.
"You were sitting near Kyra's door weren't you?" he asked. He seemed friendly enough and I recognized him as Christian.
"Yeah, I'm Kyo Sohma." I said and we shook hands. He didn't seem all that bad.
"Sohma? Are you related to Hatsuharu and Yuki?" At the sound of Yuki's name I cringed.
"Yeah, we're all cousins."
"Kyra is lucky to have met such nice people to help her. I was worried about her for the longest time since her father stopped my letters, so you can imagine how surprised I was to hear from one of her … acquaintances. I came here as quickly as I could."
I saw Haru over Christian's shoulder and felt fear from the look that Haru was shooting at Christian's back. I wouldn't have been surprised if Haru attacked Christian right there.
"Hey Haru, what do you want?" I asked and Christian turned towards Haru. Their hatred for each other was palpable in the air. People inline with us discreetly moved away in case there was a brawl.
"I think I'm going to have a chicken salad sandwich," he said never moving his eyes from Christian. I didn't want them to fight so I offered to buy Haru's sandwich if he would find us a table to sit at. He nodded slightly and went in search of a table. Every few seconds he would look back to see what Christian was doing.
We ate our meals in relative silence. Haru inhaled his sandwich quickly and tried to get away so he could talk to Kyra, but Christian had other plans. He to had eaten fast so he could get back to Kyra for another reason. I took my time, it didn't matter if I was there or not so I just watched as they excused themselves and discreetly raced to the staircase.
I sat back to enjoy my dinner a little more after they were out of sight, and then Tohru came around the corner. My sandwich was stuck in my throat and my mouth had gone dry at the sight of her. She spotted me and smiled and I felt my stomach do a back flip.
"Hi there Kyo, I was worried when you didn't come back with the other guys so I came down to see if you were all right," there was concern in her eyes and I fought so I didn't blush.
"Well, as you can see, I'm fine. I'm just enjoying my dinner." Tohru wrung her hands together and bit her lip. "Is there something wrong Tohru?"
"I'm just worried about Kyra's healing with those to buffoons fighting over her. I was there for five minutes and already I was exhausted. It was just 'Oh Kyra, let me fluff your pillows,' Christian would say, and then Haru would offer to do something else." I smirked at this. I could picture those guys fencing off to impress Kyra, but I had no motivation to watch.
"What's rat boy up to?"
"He was called by Shigure, and he had to go home." This was a golden opportunity for me to tell Tohru how I felt, because Yuki wasn't here. But now that I could, I felt scared. Rejection was always so close. All she had to say was yes or no and my world would change.
"Should we go chaperone those guys so Kyra isn't caught in an all out battle?" I asked Tohru offering her my arm. She looked at me weirdly. I hadn't realized I was acting like a gentleman, but I like it. Tohru seemed to like it to.
We walked up the stairs together and we were both breaking out in laughter when we saw Christian and Haru. Kyra must have asked for something because they were both racing to find it. I looked at the laughing Tohru and she at me. I smiled at her between outbursts and she blushed. I took this as a good sign, but I was still too nervous to say anything.
I peeked in on Kyra while Haru and Christian searched around for what ever she had asked for. She sat on her bed with her knees up reading a book. She look better now that she had take a bath and she wasn't strapped to the bed.
"Hey Kyra, how are you holding up with the stooge's constant watch?" She put down her book and leveled her gaze at me.
"Now don't go giving my slaves any idea's now." I started to laugh again and went back out to sit with Tohru.
I know this chapter was pretty short, but I just wanted to give all those Kyo fans out there a little quality time with the orange man. I made him slightly shy, but he is still the same. He was just nervous because there was no rat there to threaten if the conversation turned sour. I think that you guys are really lucky because I think I might write another chapter, because I can't fall asleep.
