Mouse Trap

Chapter Two: Sunday Morning

Kyou's eyes flutter. His keen ears notice noise downstairs immediately. Horrible noises...

He covers his ears. There is a commotion going on downstairs and Kyou for one does not want to get involved or hear it, not in the morning, not today, not today which is currently Sunday morning!

But the noise is so terribly loud that Kyou cannot go back to sleep. Usually, he wouldn't mind getting up, being the morning person that Yuki isn't, but yesterday he was thinking so much that he couldn't sleep.

Yelling, yelling, yelling, so much yelling... Kyou finally goes on a rage. He throws the covers over him and stomps out of bed. Opening the door with brutal force as if the door is the cause of all the nerve-racking noise, Kyou walks out the door and rushes down the stairs.

"SHUT UP!" the neko growls from the last step of the staircase. All the noise ceases. Everyone looks at Kyou. The cat opens his eyes which he did not know when he closed. He sees four figures staring at him, one of which he never wants to see; the one being always able to irritate him. However, the dreadful figure is before him.

Long silver hair, golden eyes, and a long silk dress! Kyou sighs immediately and braces himself for the loud, loud noise that will indefinitely come out of the man's mouth. But no matter how much he prepares, he cannot deny the annoyance.

"KYOU!" Ayame seems to scream from the top of his lungs, but knowing him that may be half, no a fourth, no not even a fourth of his vocal strength. There it is...I wish I could kill him! "HOW ARE YOU TODAY! DID I WAKE YOU!"

Kyou's ears ring with unbeatable frustration. "Damn it! Shut up!" Kyou looks down right angry while Aya simply shows a most brilliant smile. Kyou makes a low growl and scoffs with disapproval, "What the hell are you doing here!"

Aya laughs, "HOHOHOHOHO!" (Why does he do that?) Evidently or just in plain delusion, the man seems to not know that Kyou dislikes him. "I CAME TO VISIT MY DEAR YOUNGER BROTHER! AND YOU, AND SHIGURE! AND OF COURSE, TOHRU-CHAN!" he says...

"Can't you for ONCE TALK NORMAL! Stop YELLING! We're right here! We can hear you!" Kyou snaps.

"YELLING?" Aya repeats, looking around, his head shifting from one side to another, looking at the wood of the house intently for the moment, which no one seems to appreciate. "WHO'S YELLING!" he asks Kyou, his volume still the same as before. "I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE YELLING, KYOU-CHAN!" he replies obliviously.

Meanwhile everyone stares at him, wondering if the beautiful man has a hearing deficiency. Tohru's mouth is wide open and her usual cute expression has transformed into that of surprise which can only be described as funny. Yuki's fist twitches as if itching to use his brother as a punching bag. Shigure just smiles at Aya, almost encouraging him. It is either that the dog has gotten used to the snake's unusual habits of talking or that he actually likes the way Aya talks.

"HOHOHO!" Aya begins to laugh. Is he trying to escape the truth or is it fun to see that he has the most amazing ability to annoy people?

Kyou finally sighs. Why is he wasting his time with that mindless hebi? I've had it with those two...I want to go back to sleep...

When Kyou opens his mouth to say something, the doorbell rings. He stops in mid-air.

"I'll get it," Tohru answers gleefully. With a drop of sweat upon her head, she cautiously opens the door, careful of what is on the other side. She feels slightly regretful of letting Ayame-san in. But when she opens the door finally, she can only smile at the smiling face in front of her.

"Tohru-kun!" comes a sweet high-pitched voice.

"Momiji-chan," the girl greets cheerfully but not as cheerful as the young boy.

"Tohru-kun, I want to go to the park with you!" Momiji says while spinning around the girl.

She laughs unsurely. And it is then that Tohru notices the other form in front of her. "Haru-kun," she says, "You're here too."

Haru has on his usual poker face (as I like to call it). "I came here with Momiji."

"Yes, hm..." Tohru begins, "I see." She doesn't know what to say. After a moment, with little Momiji still spinning around her, she said, "Come in."

When the second the two Sohmas come into view, Kyou's mind seems to have exploded. "Who invited you two!"

Momiji is the one who answers. "Momiji wanted to see Tohru! Momiji missed Tohru!" he exclaims so adorably. His only mistake is getting too close to Kyou, who punched him on the head. "Ouchie!" he whines, "Kyou hit me! Kyou hit me!"

"Ouch!" Kyou then cries, holding his own head like Momiji.

"Don't hit the poor child," Kyou hears the graceful comment of the Prince.

"Oh Yuki..." Momiji purrs affectionately while rubbing his head on Yuki's arm.

Kyou snarls. Brat! And don't touch him! However, the last part is a scare to Kyou. How the hell did he get that thought! No, Kyou...you must not...

"Ah, Yuki, you're so noble!" Kyou's thoughts are again disturbed. The next scene he sees though disturbs him even more. He sees the silver-haired man prance over Yuki and hug him. Dammit! Stop touching him! Kyou is thinking again. No, who cares? Not me...

And then to make it even worse, the black Haru comes out of nowhere, snatching Yuki from the other fawning two. "Don't touch! Mine!" He claims protectively.

No, he's not yours! He's mi...Kyou looks a bit red. No, Kyou...no...

"Yuki..." Haru says quietly while he pulls the other boy into a hug.

Unhand him! Kyou turns a bit redder at his own agitation at himself. NOOO!

But it is not only Kyou who becomes uncomfortable. Tohru feels misplaces, unsure of what to do but feeling as if she needs to do something because that just her nature and how she is. (I just got the idea that she is always budding in on other people's business. But that's ok, I guess, I don't dislike her.)

And while the three guests crowd over Yuki, Kyou fights his inner emotions, and Tohru smiles because she doesn't know what else to do. Shigure watches this with utmost amusement.

"Kyou," the inu says smiling, "It seems that if you don't get in there, Yuki will be taken."

Provoked immediately, Kyou puts up his fists and shouts, "Why would I care!"

Slightly chuckling, Shigure replies, "Oh, nothing," in a suspicious manner.

"And what does that mean!" the neko barks with one fang showing. Shigure just shakes his head, mocking Kyou with each turn to the right and teasing him with each turn to the left.

Kyou is just about read to pounce on his canine cousin and would have if not for Tohru's quickness, catching on to Kyou's looking-for-a-fight look. She stands before him smiling. "Shigure-san was only kidding...hehe..." she says nervously.

"I don't care!"

"Oh, did I step on your tail?" Shigure continues.

Kyou goes at him again. Shigure provokes him. Tohru tries to contain the two animals, wondering if a cat and a dog should ever live together or will ever live in harmony, but then again she could say the same for the rest.

Bursting out in laughter at the display, Shigure's noise added with Kyou's protests, Tohru's attempts, Aya's TALKING, Momiji's wails, Haru's claims, and Yuki's retorts, the whole house is shaking with the vibrations of the six people.

What a wonderful Sunday morning it is...