The Next morning
Kyo was up early as usual but everyone else was still asleep. He was fixing something for breakfast when he heard a small sound behind him. He turned and saw Ryu in the doorway.
"Kyo…" Ryuichi said nervously.
"What is it Ryuichi?" Kyo asked; Ryu was really starting to grow on him.
"I need you to take this…" Ryuichi said handing Kyo his knife. "To make sure I stop, I don't know if I really can…"
"I get it Ryuichi, you want me to make sure you don't cut. Nothing to be ashamed of." Kyo said ruffling Ryu's hair a little.
"I'm sorry, please don't tell Tohru-chan! I-I don't want her to know about anything… not my parents or me cutting…" Ryuichi begged.
"Ryuichi…I can't promise you I wont tell her, she has a right to know about this…" Kyo said. "I wont tell her for now, but if anything serious happens I will, got it." Kyo said sternly.
"Yep! Thank you Kyo-kun!" Ryuichi said hugging Kyo tightly.
"I get it, you're happy, but…I need to breathe!" Kyo gasped out.
"Sorry…again." Ryuichi said still smiling.
"Ya know, you look really cute when you smile and not one of those fake ones but when you really smile." Kyo said.
"Huh? You think I'm cute?" Ryuichi said blushing.
"Yeah, you are." Kyo said. He finished making the onigiri he had been fixing and sat down. He handed one to Ryuichi and they sat in silence to a few moments.
"Kyo-kun…Tohru-chan was telling me awhile ago that you do martial arts." Ryuichi said.
"Yeah, still can't beat that smart-ass rat though…" Kyo growled.
"I think it's cool Tohru-chan said you're really good, I do it too, I'm okay I guess." Ryuichi shrugged.
"Really, you'll have to fight me after breakfast then, and don't try to get out of it, you can't start this and back out." Kyo smirked. Ryuichi pouted lightly trying to talk Kyo out of it to no avail. Once they finished eating they walked outside. "Ready to get your ass whipped Ryu-chan?" Kyo asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be…" Ryu sighed. The two boys began fighting and to Kyo's surprise Ryuichi actually put up a very good fight. In the end they were both panting and Kyo was straddling Ryuichi and had his arms pinned above his head.
"You're pretty good, Koneko-chan." Kyo panted. Ryuichi blushed at the new nickname.
"You're still better…" Ryuichi said.
"Of course I am, I just didn't think you'd put up that much of a fight. You're a damn toothpick!" Kyo yelled looking down at Ryuichi's thin arms and waist. "You're too thin you know."
"I know." Ryuichi laughed. "Um…can you let me go now? You're starting to hurt me…"
"Ryu-chan? Kyo-kun? What are you doing?" Tohru asked from the porch.
"I made him fight me, why didn't you say he was so good?" Kyo asked getting off Ryuichi.
"I guess it slipped my mind, is Ryu-chan really good? He told me he liked doing martial arts but he said he was really bad." Tohru said.
"He's good, anything else he said he was bad at?" Kyo questioned. Tohru opened her mouth to say something but Ryuichi had appeared behind her and clamped his hand over her mouth.
"Nope! Nothing!" Ryuichi said quickly. "Come on Tohru-chan! We're going… somewhere else!" Ryuichi dragged Tohru inside and they started making lunch (it's around noon now) for everyone.
"Ryu-chan, why do you insist on keeping everything a secret?" Tohru asked sorrowfully.
"Because I'm messed up, and I like to surprise people. It's more fun to find out something while doing something than telling them right away. Plus something's telling me I'll be with Kyo-kun quite a lot while I'm here." Ryuichi said thoughtfully.
"Really? Kyo-kun really seems to like you then! He's been pretty distant lately…" Tohru said.
"I really like him, if he wasn't straight I'd totally ask him out…" Ryuichi sighed.
"Poor Ryu-chan…" Tohru said hugging Ryuichi.
"Tohru, what do you think Kyo would like to do? You know him better than I do…" Ryuichi said.
"I think he'd just want to be with you." Kyo said from the doorway. He had come in to find Ryuichi and to find out why he had run off, and had been listening in on them.
"Um… I should go start the laundry! See you two later." Tohru said leaving the room. Ryuichi blushed bright red and looked at the ground.
"I-I'm sorry! I shouldn't be saying that! You probably hate me even more now! I'm sorry!" Ryuichi stuttered.
"Ryuichi, don't apologize. I don't hate you for anything, I never did and who said I was straight? I'm not." Kyo chuckled. He walked over to Ryuichi and threw the boy over his shoulder. "You're coming with me, like it or not. I told Shishou I'd come by and I want him to meet my new boyfriend."
"What?" Ryuichi asked in surprised.
"You don't want to be my boyfriend?" Kyo asked.
"No…I'd love that but… you like me?" Ryuichi asked.
"Yeah, you're cute and you actually listen to me." Kyo said. "Shishou is my dad… foster father anyways. He's a martial arts instructor and taught the people in my family karate. He's cool, and he knows I'm gay so he won't be surprised when I tell him that you're my boyfriend. He'll probably say you're cute or something." Kyo laughed.
end Part 2
