sry for the wait! I've been so busy with track and school and stuff! chapter3 here!
Chapter 3: What Did I Miss?
Tohru managed to get off the roof herself, without pain. She decided the house/dojo needed some desperate cleaning. So Tohru started right away. She found an old rag to use as an apron, and started tidying up the kitchen.
"Hello, Tohru-san. Welcome back," a voice came from behind her where she was cleaning dirty dishes.
"Eh!" she spun around to find Kazuma, her old shishou friend. "Ohayo, Kazuma! How have you been?"
"I have been fine. Thank you. So, I see your cleaning my messy, messy dojo!" Kazuma smiled.
"Eh? Oh, yes! Oh, I'm sorry! Gomen Nasai! I didn't mean to just barge in and start cleaning! Gomen nas…"Tohru started to panic but was cut off, when a toddler not even the age of 4 sauntered into the kitchen. "Oh! Moshi-moshi, little one! Can I get you anything?" Tohru placed her hands on her knees and leaned forward, her head just a little above the boy's soft hair, the color of dark cinnamon. The boy extended his little arm out and clung onto Tohru's sleeve. He looked up at her with big eyes filled with wonder and curiosity. He tugged on her sleeve gently, motioning her to come with him. He pulled and Tohru stumbled behind him. "Kazuma-san, I'll be right back," Tohru giggled, and waved to Kazuma who just smiled in the opposite kitchen doorway.
The boy led her outside. He tugged at her sleeve and pointed to an open field, where Tohru saw small figures in the distance practicing martial arts, with a much taller figure that had to be Kyo.
The boy inhaled a deep breath. "SHI-SHOU! I GOT 'ER!" the boy screeched at the top of his little lungs. Tohru had covered her ears at the piercing loud noise coming from a tiny 3 year old. The figures in the distance stopped practicing and started running towards the two. The taller figure, or Kyo, just walked, and showed he was not in a rush. Little children were soon gathered around Tohru, smiling at her and asking her so many questions at once she couldn't possibly make out what they were trying to say. Kyo came up to her, and then at the waist, he lowered himself into a bow, clapping his hands together like a prayer. The children looked up at their constructor and did the same.
"Oi, Tohru," Kyo said, blushing slightly.
"Hello, Kyo," Tohru smiled, eyes sparkling, "I was brought here because….?"
"Oh, yea. I asked Kiyoshi to bring you here," Kyo paused, "so you can watch the children train."
"Oh, really?" Tohru squealed.
"I thought you would like it," Kyo smiled one of his rare smiles, one of which showed his true self, and motioned to a fallen tree just a few feet away. The tree had been cleared of bugs and branches and there was even a pale pink blanket spread across the top. Tohru sat on the blanket and told the children to go back and practice. That was the reason why they were there.
She watched them train for hours or so it seemed. Tohru laughed when some of the children made jokes out of one of the things they were doing, behind Kyo's back. They were doing silly imitations and mocking stupid things Kyo had said. Tohru knew it was disrespectful, but they were young and it was still very funny.
Kyo turned around, while one of the children named Taro was doing a famous imitation of Kyo blushing and yelling at the same time. "He's not going to yell at him is he?" Tohru worried that Kyo's patience would reach its peak for sure, remembering what used to happen in the past. But Kyo, doing the unexpected, placed one hand on the Taro's head and said to him, "What's so funny? Is that all you guys ever do? You always make fun of me! Maybe that's why you'll never be real martial art fighters!" Kyo straightened up and teased, "You guys will never amount to me! Never!" he lifted his hands in the air and looked down in a playful smile towards the children.
"Oh yea?" Taro taunted. "Come on! Dog pile on shishou!" he jumped onto Kyo's chest and clung on while others grabbed his legs and pulled him down.
"Aaaaagh!" Kyo laughed and played along. They were jumping up and down on top of him and some were running round and round in circles around him. Kyo laughed on the ground with the children and ruffled Taro's hair. Tohru focused on Kyo's face. He was just so happy at that moment, being surrounded by children, loving their company.
"Tohru!" she snapped out of her thoughts. "Tohru, help me!" Kyo laughed loudly as the children began to tickle him. Tohru smiled and ran towards them. She joined the children and jumped on top of Kyo. "Oh, great!" Kyo cried out loudly, when Tohru thumped onto his stomach. Tohru laughed whole-heartedly and some of the kids pushed her. Soon, her face was just above Kyo's and she looked into his ruby eyes. They glistened in the bright sun and she felt her hand reach towards his hair. She ran her hand through it, soft as velvet. Kyo smiled and in all of the commotion, he lip locked with her, just for a few seconds. When they pulled away, Tohru's eyes brightened.
Kyo sighed. "Okay, everyone. Time to finish practicing."
"Awwww…" the children moaned.
"Don't 'aw' me! We have to finish. We'll have more fun tomorrow," Kyo said, gently pushing everyone off and straightening up.
"Will she be back tomorrow?" Taro asked.
The children glanced up at the two adults. Tohru and Kyo looked at each other.
"Actually, I plan on staying for quite a while! That is if Shishou Kyo here will allow me to stay," Tohru grinned and looked at Kyo with pleading eyes.
Kyo was a little shocked by her wanting to stay, but she had been the one to kiss him first. He smiled and nodded. "I would be honored for you to stay here, Tohru," Kyo bowed slightly which made Tohru feel like a princess. She giggled and Kyo took Tohru's hand and led her to the fallen tree again, where she sat. "You're welcome to stay as long as you please," Kyo told her in a very formal manner.
Once all the children had left, Tohru had decided she would stay, maybe a week or so, and that night she started making dinner a bit late. Tohru had showed Kyo where she was keeping her things, at a hotel, and in the early evening, they had gone together to retrieve her stuff.
"Kyo, Kazuma," Tohru called from the kitchen, "what would you two like for dinner tonight?"
"I'm going out tonight, Tohru, and I won't be back until very late," Kazuma told her from the kitchen doorway. "It will only be Kyo and you for dinner."
"Oh. Alright, then, Kyo what would you like?" Tohru called.
"Anything's alright with me, except…"Kyo started.
"LEEKS! I know! You hate leeks," Tohru basically read Kyo's mind. "How's fish?"
"You know me too well," Kyo teased walking into the kitchen.
