PrayForTheFallen: Greetings, I see you have returned for another installment of All In One Week. This chapter is a few sentences shorter then the others, I'm sorry I had to cut the chapter off for updating purposes. Anyways, enjoy!
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DreamBeamz: Yeah I decided to stay up and work extra hard on the update. Thank you for all the good comments and compliments, I really do appreciate it. And my day off wasn't that great but it was nice to get one. Anyways, have fun in class, if that's possible. (x) Laugh (x)
ayrishima: First off that is a very creative pen name, I must say. And this chapter is about her so you'll have to read to see if she gets better.
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Disclaimer: I don't own the characters.
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Realization, one of the worst feelings someone can have. It's even worse when you realize something that you've always known just never admitted. It's funny though, each time someone realizes something the more they don't want to tell someone. And the more then keep it to them selves the worse it becomes.
Tohru laid there, looking up at the worried faces of everyone, but it was like she couldn't see them. She just looked past them at the ceiling.
Her world had changed in those few minutes. Her love for a certain someone finally could be exposed but it hurt, physically it hurt. It could be just for the first few days but she couldn't even think about him. It was as if her emotions were against her, or was she against them? Everything was complicated and she didn't like that.
"Tohru, are you alright?" Hatori asked her, waking her from her daze.
"Y-Yeah I-I'm fine." Tohru told him shakily.
Hatori didn't believe her, he never believed her when she said she was fine, probably because she was lying the majority of the time. He felt her head again; she still had a raging fever.
"You're not fine. Your fever is high and I'm sure you don't feel fine internally. I want you to rest all tomorrow, don't get out of bed. If you want something ask one of the boys to get it." Hatori instructed.
Tohru just nodded, she didn't want to argue.
In fact, the idea of being in her room all day was fine with her, for a change. She really could use the time to think. And she knew she wouldn't be alone. Kyo, Yuki, Haru, Shigure and Ayame would come visit her, they always did regardless if she was sick or not.
Hatori nodded, he wasn't used to her not arguing either.
He ushered everyone out, well everyone but Yuki, who had rights to be in there.
"I'm sorry, this is my fault." Yuki told her, sitting down on the bed.
"No it's not Yuki. It's no ones fault." Tohru replied.
Tohru sat up.
"Please miss Honda, you should rest." Yuki told her, pushing her back against the bed by her shoulders.
They were locked in each others gaze. Yuki's feeling of guilt caused him to turn away.
"Perhaps it would be best if you slept alone tonight." Yuki told her.
"No, Yuki, please don't go." Tohru replied.
He looked back at her. She was in pain. He knew it, she knew it, everyone knew it. Yet, hearing her ask him to stay made him want to stay.
His head was battling itself. His heart and his irrational mind told him to stay while his rational mind told him to get out of there, regardless of what she said.
He smiled lightly at her and nodded. His heart usually wasn't victorious but with her, it never lost.
Tohru smiled back at him. No matter how much pain she felt, no matter how many emotions she had to overcome she would, nothing would stop her. The pain would fade, she just had to wait, and her emotions were a problem she had to deal with and she would, with time.
Yuki watched her as she laid there. Yet again she was deep in thought, spacing out as usual.
He almost laughed. Last time she spaced out she ended up turning Kyo into a cat when he had to keep her from falling down the stairs, funny but bad.
"Are you tired?" He asked her.
She yawned slightly at the question and blushed while she shook her head yes.
Yuki leaned over and shut off the light. The room was instantly engulfed in darkness.
Yuki crept into bed with Tohru. He was surprised when, in spite of earlier happenings, she rolled into him instantly.
He smiled and caressed her hair.
Tohru had fallen back asleep almost instantly.
Yuki laid there thinking. He had been the cause for her pain. He knew that. Yet here she was willing to do it all over again by being near to him. She truly was an amazing individual. From living in a tent by herself to overcoming everything she was faced with. The Sohma family was blessed to have her in their lives, she was an inspiration. No one liked what was going on with them, who really wants to turn into an animal whenever you're hugged by a member of the opposite sex? And who really wants to be told that they're meant to be with someone who has the curse as well or live a life of solitude and loneliness? Who really wants to be an outsider looking in?
All his life he had tried to escape the curse. All he wanted was to be accepted, to have a meaningful relationship with someone he loved and to rid himself of the family. It was useless trying though. He would never be accepted for who he really was. No one would ever love him the way he loved them and he would never escape Akito's grasp. So, what should he do? Accept the fact that he was doomed or continue trying.
If he did try, he might fail, he knew he'd fail. Kagura was obsessed with Kyo, one down. Kisa was to young, two down. He would never love Ritsu, three down. There were no other females in the family. And he would never go the route that Shigure and Ayame did. No, that was defiantly not an option. So, that was that. The only people he could touch were his family and Tohru.
That's when it hit him.
Tohru.
He could touch her. She could touch him. They were touching right now. There had always been a connection but he never thought much of it the ways of love. The possibility of Tohru ever loving him was preposterous. Or was it? She had wanted him to sleep with her, to share a room and she didn't want him to leave, even after every thing.
No his imagination was getting the better of him. Every guy in school had said, or once said, that they would date Tohru. And, seeing as she was associated to him, her 'want' level had increased. Why would she choose him over everyone else? His family was screwed and everything was always a battle. She knew the feelings of everyone and she knew them all very well. He had nothing to offer her; many other guys could offer her better things then just themselves.
He sighed and closed his eyes. He fell asleep with Tohru on his mind and longing in his heart.
The morning let its rays pour into Tohru's room. She lay there, in Yuki's arms, doing nothing; well she was breathing and thinking so that is something.
It was just after sunrise and no one was up in the house. No one would be up for a while. She remembered when she went away for the night and she ended up coming back early. Seeing as she wasn't there to cook no one got up. She remembered how pathetic she thought they were.
She laughed quietly remembering. She ended up going upstairs and running into Yuki. He looked dead until he seen her and then he seemed to glow. After that it was like the whole house had woken up within a moment.
She didn't know that Yuki was up listening to her laugh. Again he wasn't a morning person. He grumbled something, notifying Tohru that he was up.
She jumped slightly. Yuki just pushed his face into her neck and kept mumbling.
She only caught a few words.
"Tohru. Stupid. Fool. Damn cat. Never."
There wasn't even a sentence in there.
She laughed a little louder; he really wasn't a morning person.
She, again, heard some grumbling from Yuki, but didn't try to decipher it.
She relaxed in his arms and rested her head against his shoulder. It felt good to be able to do this. To touch him, to have him touch her. Now, if only she could get a firm grasp on what to say to him to tell him her feelings. That wasn't going to happen. Shyness and the fear of rejection kept her from doing it.
She could feel Yuki's breath on her neck now, he must have shifted. It was hot and exhilarating. She knew he was slowly waking up.
"Yuki, are you awake?" Tohru whispered.
"No." Yuki replied.
She rolled her eyes. She knew that she was supposed to stay in bed but she felt a lot better and she was sure her fever had gone down. Now she felt like arguing.
Yuki slowly, very slowly, started to wake up completely. He yawned a few times before opening his eyes and looking down at Tohru who have him a happy smile in return.
"How are you feeling?" Yuki asked her.
"I'm feeling better." Tohru told him.
He smiled a small smile at her but there was something behind it. Something Tohru couldn't decipher.
Yuki sighed and closed his eyes, intending to get more sleep.
Tohru let him and just laid there. She wasn't tired but just doing nothing seemed to be an option.
The house was calm and quiet again. It seemed that their breathing was the only sound made.
Well that and someone's footsteps, which seemed to be making their way towards Tohru's room.
As if on cue the person opened the door and looked in. She smiled at Kyo and he came in.
Yuki opened one eye and looked at him.
"How are you feeling?" Kyo asked her, ignoring the glare Yuki gave him, who had opened both eyes.
"Oh, I'm fine." Tohru replied.
"That's good. Just be sure to stay in bed today so you can get up tomorrow." Kyo told her, sitting on the bed.
Tohru nodded and smiled at him, shifting so that her head was off Yuki and on the pillow, trying to avoid an oncoming jealousy conflict.
Too late.
Kyo and Yuki were glaring at each other. Obviously the site of Tohru and Yuki had upset Kyo.
"You know there is a sleeping mat you could be on." Kyo told him.
"There is but I don't want to use it when I have a perfectly good bed I can use." Yuki replied.
The glaring continued and the random insults. Tohru blocked them out which was rare seeing as she would usually try and stop them. The arguing got louder and woke up the rest of the house, who all seemed to congregate in Tohru's room instead of moving somewhere else.
"Now Kyo you can't get jealous over everything." Shigure announced.
"I'm not jealous you're so full of it!" Kyo yelled.
"Kyo, keep you voice down can't you see that miss. Honda is trying to rest?" Yuki asked him, standing up.
Haru moved around the four fighting males and sat on the bed beside Tohru.
"How are you feeling? I'm sure the fighting isn't doing much to make you feel better." Haru asked her.
"I'm fine and yes the fighting isn't helping, it's just giving me a headache." Tohru told him.
"Perhaps you should just…" Haru started but was cut off by the new arrivals.
"What do you think you're doing?" Hatori asked the four bickering males.
Kyo and Yuki were still glaring at each other.
"Sissy?" Kisa asked, walking over to the bed.
"Hello Kisa." Tohru replied.
Kisa sat on the bed in Haru's lap, who switched to a cross-legged position. Hatori ushered the four males out and gave them all a look that made them feel like idiots.
"Good morning Tohru, how are you feeling?" Hatori asked her, walking over to the bed.
Tohru was getting really annoyed with that question.
"I'm fine." She told him.
Hatori felt her forehead, her fever was gone.
"Well your fever is gone so, perhaps, you might be able to get out of bed by the afternoon. I wouldn't recommend it though, I have a feeling there will be a lot of arguing and fighting today." Hatori announced.
Tohru nodded.
"If you don't mind Kisa would like to stay with you today." Hatori told her.
"That's fine." Tohru replied, smiling at Kisa who had come into her lap seeing as she was sitting.
Hatori nodded and exited, intending to go speak with Ayame and Shigure.
Haru, Kisa and Tohru sat there in silence for a moment.
"I suppose I should go." Haru announced.
"You don't have to. They probably don't even notice that you're not there. Besides, I'm sure Hatori is right about there being a lot of fighting and arguing today." Tohru told him.
Haru smiled at her.
He decided to leave but promised to return, he really did want to see Kyo get laid out by Hatori, or anybody for that matter.
"So Kisa what…" Tohru started but stopped.
Kisa had fallen asleep in her lap. She smiled. She really did love Kisa and she thought of her as a younger sister.
She slowly moved Kisa off her lap and onto the bed, where she could lay beside her.
Drifting off to a light peaceful sleep she dreamt of a princess and prince once again.
By the time Tohru woke up it was evening.
Looking at the clock it read six pm. Kisa was still asleep so Tohru gently shook her awake.
"It's late Kisa you should go get something to eat." Tohru told her.
Kisa yawned and did as she said, hugging her before she left.
Tohru relaxed. Her room was palely lit and it made it look so peaceful and mysterious.
The door to her room opened and Yuki walked in.
He sat down on the bed and sighed, not knowing that Tohru was up.
"What's wrong Yuki?" Tohru asked him, sitting up and startling him somewhat.
"Oh, I didn't know you were awake. How are you feeling?" Yuki asked her.
"I'm fine, how are you?" Tohru replied.
"I'm fine as well." Yuki told her.
"Well, it seems that something is bothering you." Tohru replied.
"No, it's just that damn cat. He's been picking fights with me all day and I have been trying to keep my temper but my patience and tolerance is wearing thin." Yuki told her.
"Well, perhaps you should've just told him that I wanted you to sleep in the bed with me. Maybe that would have prevented the fights." Tohru replied.
"No, I don't think it would have. Kyo's just naturally jealous." Yuki told her.
Tohru nodded, she knew it was true. Kyo would get jealous about everything. He would also get mad about everything.
"But, don't worry, I don't think there will be much more fighting tonight." Yuki announced.
"Why's that?" Tohru asked him.
"Hatori told us that if we kept bickering when you were sick then every time you were ill he would make you go to Sohma house until you got better." Yuki replied.
Tohru was slightly shocked. She didn't know if Hatori cared about her but that was a sure sign of something. She knew the threat of Sohma house didn't mean a lot for Shigure but it did mean a lot to Kyo and Yuki.
Tohru smiled and rested her head on Yuki shoulder, once again startling him somewhat. He slowly put his arm around her and looked down.
Their eyes met and they seemed to become entranced with each other.
He shifted so that she was in his arms and beside him.
He dipped down closer to her.
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PrayForTheFallen: Okay before you kill me I just wanted to let you know that it's a cliff hanger for a reason. Just wait for the update and I swear you'll know why I cut it off there. Well, I'm off. (x) Flies away (x)…okay so I can't fly. (x) Exits stage left (x)
