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Chapter 6: Honest Hearts
Kyou and Tohru made their way to the living room, both knowing they had serious matters to discuss. Tohru fidgeted nervously, she knew what others seemed to sense between herself and Kyou, and she was apprehensive about telling him how she truly felt and possibly breaking his heart, which had already been broken far to many times.
Momiji was sitting on the couch, a sucker in his mouth as he hummed softly to himself. At a stern glare from the cat he bounced out of the room to leave his two friends alone. He skipped out to the porch where he found a very sad looking Kagura. He sat beside her, and looked at her in silence, thinking over what to say to her, he didn't want to upset her more than she already was after all.
"Kagura…" He finally ventured in a soft voice, placing a hand on her shoulder carefully.
The boar turned to look at him, her eyes red from tears. She sniffled a little and wiped the remaining salt water from her face, "Oh. Hi, Momiji."
The blond haired youngster gave her a comforting smile as he removed his lollipop from his mouth. He pulled out an extra candy and offered it to her. His older cousin gave him a weak smile and took the sucker, twirling the stick between her fingers and staring at the colorful wrapper, but not removing it. Momiji shifted his position, bending his leg up to his chest, "I'm glad your back."
"Thanks. Sorry if I worried everyone." She wasn't really sorry at all. No one else mattered much if Kyou didn't care for her. And now she was sitting there, unable to help her love as she knew his heart must be getting broken.
"It's ok, I understand why you left." Momiji popped his sucker back in his mouth and leaned back on his elbows, "You know, Kyou was really worried though. Before I left the main estate to come here, he showed up demanding to know where you were, and why he hadn't been told sooner you were missing."
Kagura blinked and turned to face the young boy. Her tone carried disbelief, "He was really that worried?"
"Mmhmm." He nodded with a smile, "He really does care. After all, you're one of the few people who genuinely act like they care about him. He may not know why you love him, but he knows you do."
Kagura sighed and looked up at the stars, "I guess, but he still doesn't feel about me the way I feel about him."
Momiji shrugged and sat upright again, "I dunno if he knows what he feels."
The boar gave him a curious glance, but her cousin just laughed and smiled at her, "Oops, I probably shouldn't have said that. It's not my place to talk about it! You'll just have to ask Kyou!"
With that the hyper bunny bounced off of the porch and headed back towards the main estate.
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"Now, why can't we go back home?" Yuki questioned Shigure, his arms crossed in front of him.
"Yuki, Yuki, Yuki." Shigure shook his head and sighed, "Do you really not understand? Kyou and Kagura have problems of the heart to work through. It would be quite difficult to do so with an audience."
"I suppose." Yuki uncrossed his arms as he looked around at the dispersing family members, most heading to their own homes within the compound. He and Shigure were walking with Hatori to his abode, and unfortunately for Yuki, Ayame was tagging along.
"Ah, Yuki!" his brother bubbled whimsically, "Just imagine! Once Kyounkitchi and Kagura get their lover's quarrel settled, Tohru will be all yours to woo and win!"
The young rat blushed at the snakes ramblings. Shigure let out a muffled laugh and Hatori rolled his eyes. The dragon turned to face the brothers who walked behind him, "Oh, Yuki. Since you're here anyway, I may as well give you your checkup once we get to my home. You skipped it again."
This attempt to stop the quarrel between the brothers from beginning only succeeded in switching Aya's loud topic, "Oh tsk tsk, dear brother! Skipping your examination! Why, it's awful! Imagine if you had fallen into poor health because of it! I simply won't settle for my beloved brother being so irresponsible! Ha'ri! From now on, you must tell me when his appointments are to be scheduled! I shall personally make certain he attends!"
Yuki muttered to the doctor, "If I don't miss anymore checkups, will you keep this idiot away from me?"
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Kyou watched Momiji head out to the porch, and then sat on the couch where the bunny had been. Tohru took a seat beside him. There was an awkward silence as both tried to determine how to approach the delicate subject.
Kyou cleared his throat, "Umm...d-did you know why Kagura ran away?"
Tohru nodded slowly looking at the floor, "Yes. Well, not at first, but…I... Momiji explained."
"Yeah, he explained it to me too. So…" Kyou ran a hand through his orange hair, he still didn't know what he felt towards Tohru, or towards Kagura for that matter.
"Umm…Kyou…I…well…I know what Kagura thinks is going on, but…" She didn't want to hurt his feelings, but she didn't know how to keep from doing so, "I mean, you know I care about you. You'll always be one of my dearest friends, but…I just don't feel…that way about you." Tohru bit her lip and waited for Kyou to get angry, but he never did, he just sat there in silence, "You…aren't upset?"
Kyou blinked, a little surprised that this hadn't hurt him, but it just seemed like he already knew they were just supposed to be friends, "Actually, no, I'm not."
Tohru blinked as well, then smiled at him, "So, you didn't feel that way either?"
"Guess I didn't…." The conversation was still awkward, but at least they had both discovered the truth about each other's feelings. There was once again a thick silence between them.
"We'd better let Kagura know." Tohru broke the silence softly, "She's still very upset."
"I'll talk to her." Kyou said with a sigh, as he got up and walked out to the porch. He looked around, Momiji was gone, and Kagura was sitting alone, twirling a brightly wrapped lollipop between her fingers. He walked over and sat cross-legged beside her, "Kagura."
She turned to face him, and blinked, surprised at the fact that he didn't seem upset after his talk with Tohru, "Yes, Kyou?"
Master of the evil cliffy strikes again! Well, I'm sure this chapter was full of OOC stuff, sorry. I really do try my best though! The conversation between Kyou and Tohru didn't go as well as I had hoped, but I couldn't come up with a better one.
Promise Keeper: You're welcome XD! I must say, I liked Kyou's Hatori comment too! I love writing Kyou, that's why I RP as him quite often when I can. Him, and Kagura. Yuki's fun too though…-rambles on and on and on-
Lucinda the Maid: Hmmm, you liked the running for Kyou instead of from Kyou comment, ne? I liked that too, but then again, that's how my mind works. Yay! I found another character I do well! –Adds write Momiji centered Fic to her to do list-
Haruko Sohma: Hahahahah! Left ya hanging again! Thanks for the reassurance that I was IC. I think that somewhere in the back of her mind, Kagura really feels embittered towards Tohru, the same way you might feel about your best friend if he/she attracted the girl/guy you liked.
Tsuki no Tenshi: Well, yeah, of course! Unless I change my mind on the pairing –laughs evilly- of course, who else would I pair up at this point?
Baka Neko: Well, Momiji does seem to have some sort of sixth sense regarding people's feelings. (For example in the Kisa episode when he knows exactly what Kisa's feeling, or in the episode where he tells the story about the foolish traveler.) And I like KxK all the way! The sadistic part is what makes it fun! Her devotion to Kyou is so sweet! –Giggles-
Prettypinkpeacock: It's more bittersweet than sad…but that's just my opinion, lol. I like Kagura better than Tohru too, but Tohru's good in her own way.
Nareda: Yay! You love me, you really love me! I feel so talented now!
JovianSheWolf: sorry I took so long to update.
