I'm back finally! I couldn't go on the computer for a while so I couldn't update like I had promised….so now this chapter is important so…don't skip anything…and this is the chapter when u find out why Tohru ran away…Enjoy!
Chapter 8: Here Comes The Truth
"Kyo," Tohru asked him, when she was sitting up in the hospital bed, on her last day there.
Kyo was half asleep sitting in the chair next to her. He was so worried the past couple of nights, and he couldn't fall asleep those nights. "Hm?" he mumbled eyes half closed.
"There's something…important I need to tell you."
"What is it?" Kyo snapped out of his trance instantly.
"It's about…why I ran away on graduation…" Tohru started, not looking up at Kyo.
"Just tell me, Tohru," now Kyo was really interested in what she had to tell him. Now he would hear the reason no one else had heard and no one else had figured out.
"Okay…it all started the night before graduation. I was terrified. Although I was happy about graduating and accomplishing my goal for mom, I was…I feared for you, because I knew, that…you would be locked up." Tohru finally looked up, revealing just one of her many secrets she had managed to keep hidden inside.
"How did you…?"
"Akito told me…about it. He told me that summer before," Tohru interrupted him, knowing ahead what he would say. She continued, "That night, I couldn't stop worrying, because in the past I had tried to break the curse for everyone, but hadn't succeeded. So, to calm my nerves and to get my thoughts straight, I went for a walk.
"While walking, I heard a strange sound behind me. I heard the footsteps slowly approaching me, dark and mysterious. I quickly turned around…and there I saw Akito standing there, glaring down at me…" Tohru paused, remembering the events, as they all flooded back to her. Her eye squeezed shut and she let out a pain filled sigh. "A-and he said awful things to me…mostly about you. He called you a monster that deserved to be locked up. He said he h-hated me and would make me suffer…" Tohru swallowed, becoming frightened and started to shiver. Cold chills ran down her spine.
"Alright. Take it easy now!" Tohru felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. It was Kyo's. "It's okay. You don't have to tell me now. I don't want you to put stress on yourself," Kyo's crimson eyes shined in concern.
"N-no!" she blurted out. "I have to tell you now! O-or I'll never be able to again…"
"I tried to talk to him, trying hard to calm him down. I didn't think it had been working and I knew it at the time. He grabbed my face in his hands and pulled it close to his. Ripping strands of my hair out, he told me if I left the Sohma's, he…he wouldn't put you in confinement…but…I wouldn't be able to see any of you again…especially you, Kyo. I started to cry, and agreed to his bargain, even though I knew he wouldn't let you free of the imprisonment. But I hoped…I wished he would…maybe even consider…setting you f-free. I h-had to leave a-after graduation, a-as soon as I had gotten my diploma. I t-thought, maybe…I could t-try and break the c-curse…while I was gone…" Tohru was sobbing and gasping out words between tears. It was the only time Kyo couldn't do anything to comfort her. "I felt A-Akito watching me the whole time…and I couldn't…I couldn't even spend my last day with all of you happily, k-knowing Akito would probably wring my throat, i-if I showed I was having a good t-time. I couldn't even tell you, Kyo. That I had loved you…it was too dangerous and would put b-both of us in danger. And when I ran away, I had wished I had left you a note or something, or some special thing to remember me by…so when I r-returned, we could still…be together…like w-we always wanted to be. Right? That is what I want, but is that what you still want, Kyo? Even after I ran away without saying anything? I'm so sorry if I caused you any pain…but…oh, Kyo!" Tohru was sobbing uncontrollably. She could barely see anything besides the tears flowing from her eyes.
Then she felt herself being pulled against Kyo's chest, and could feel his arms wrapped around her into a hug. A gentle, but loving hug.
"Those hormones really get to you when you're pregnant, huh?" Kyo teased sarcastically, but gently, as if he understood what pain she had been going through. "I still want us…Tohru…to be together…always…"
The tears running down Tohru's face began to disappear and Tohru clung onto Kyo, her comfort bearer. They sat there, silent, for a few minutes, until Tohru's eyes snapped open. But she smiled. She slowly took one of Kyo's hands from around her shoulders and placed it firmly on top of her stomach. Kyo looked from her smiling face, down to his hand, and back again, dumbfounded. Kyo felt a thump underneath his hand. Kohana was kicking!
"That's…" Tohru started to say.
"I know," Kyo interrupted. "That's our baby…" he smiled and squeezed one of Tohru's hands in encouragement and joy. "Heh. That's our Kohana."
Ok a lil mushy at the end but I don't care!I hope u liked it and I will update asap :) next chappie's a biggie! and sry if this was kinda short...
