Chapter 4
"You are always gonna be the one
In my life, so true
I believe I could never find somebody like you
My first love."
Utada Hikaru "First Love"
"So, you two are together now?" Hatori asked Tohru later. She nodded and smiled.
"Yeah… he asked me one he calmed down. " She replied, cleaning the dishes. She sighed and dried her hands, putting the dishes in the cabinet. She ventured upstairs and knocked on Kyou's door.
"Come in." He said. Tohru opened the door and entered. Kyou avoided her eyes and stared at a picture on his wall. "Oh, it's you."
"Yeah…" Her voice trailed. She sat in his desk chair beside his bed. Looking down, she began to speak, a hint of a smile on her face. "Kyou, are avoiding me?"
"No." He turned to her. "Not trying to. It just feels weird."
"So you're not mad or avoiding me?" He shook his head. "Thank goodness." She sighed. She looked up at him and smiled weakly. He smiled back and sat up.
"I couldn't avoid you." He explained. "It'd be like me holding my breath." She smiled a full smiled and he put his feet on the floor, leaning over to her. She leaned in also and kissed him, her whole body loosened, and she felt comfortable.
The next morning, Kyou trudged from his room, sleepily, and went downstairs. He fixed a bowl of cereal and sat at the table, watching rather enviously of Yuki.
Am I just now realized how happy he is? He thought. He watched Yuki playing with the kids and could see the difference that fatherhood placed on him. Kyou smiled and sighed so deep in thought the he didn't see the two teen parents staring back at him.
"Kyou? Are you OK?" Tabitha asked. Kyou came back to Earth and nodded his head nervously.
"I was just thinking." He stammered. Tabitha nodded her head slowly and turned to play with the kids. I'd give anything for that happiness.
"Hey Kyou!" Tohru's voice called as she danced down the stairs. He looked up at her and smiled. "By the way, I found this on your door." She handed him and envelope with the words: To the lovers of the heart: The three articles of love.
"It's in Shigure's handwriting." Kyou snarled, tossing it on the table. Yuki looked over and read the label.
"You'll need that." Yuki replied. Kyou looked up at him with a mess up expression.
"What?" The cat asked. "'I'll need it'?" Yuki nodded.
"All of it's true." The rat turned to Tabitha. "I don't think we'd have kids." Tabitha smiled at him and Kyou snatched the paper away from the table.
He opened the envelope to find a few pieces of paper. He read the papers and his eyes grew wide. Tohru looked at him.
"What is it?" She asked, Kyou handing her the first page as he finished it.
"It's the three articles of love." Yuki replied. "Shigure got them up and revised them. Each of them is true."
The Three Articles of Love
Article 1
Statement of Love
The kiss
1. A kiss on the hand means I adore you.
2. A kiss on the cheek means I just want to be friends.
3. A kiss on the neck means I want you.
4. A kiss on the lips means I love you.
5. A kiss on the ears means I am just playing.
6. A look of fullness in your eyes means kiss me.
7. A playful game with your hair means I can't live without you.
8. Hand on your waist means I love you too much to let you go.
Article 2
The Three Steps
1. Girls: If any guy gets fresh with you, slap him.
2. Guys: If any girl slaps you, kiss her.
3.Guys and Girl: close your eyes when kissing. It's rude to stare.
Article 3
The Commandments
1. Thou shall not squeeze too hard.
2. Thou shall not ask for a kiss, but take one gratefully.
3. Thou shall kiss at every opportunity.
25 Reasons Guys Like Girls
1. How good they smell.
2. How their heads always find the right spot on our shoulder.
3.How cute they look when they sleep.
4. How easy they feel in our arms.
5. How when they kiss you all is right with all the world.
6. How cute they are when they eat.
7. How their taking an hour to get dressed is always worth it.
8. How they're always warm.
9. How they look good regardless of what they wear.
10. How they want compliments, even though you both know what you're thinking and how you feel about her.
11. How cute they are when they argue.
12. How her hand always finds yours.
13. The way they smile.
14. How you feel when her name is on the caller ID after you just had a big fight.
15. How she says, "Let's not fight anymore." Even though you know that an hour later…
16. How they kiss you when you do something nice for them.
17. How they kiss you when you "I love you."
18. Just the way they kiss you.
19. The way they fall into your arms when they cry.
20. How they apologize for crying over something that silly.
21. How they hit you and expect it to hurt.
22. How they apologize when it does hurt.
23. The way they say, "I miss you."
24. How you miss them.
Kyou's eyes widened as his eyes skimmed number 25. Tohru was reading the papers as fast as she could and she read the last reason over his shoulder.
25. How their tears make you want to change the world so that it doesn't hurt her anymore. Yet, regardless, if you love her, hate her, wish she would die, or know that you would die without her… it doesn't matter. Because once in your life, whatever she was to the world, she became everything to you. When you look her in the eyes, reaching into the depths of her soul, you say a million things without a single trace of a sound; you know that your own life is inevitably consumed within the rhythmic beatings of her very heart. You love her for a million reasons, and no paper would do it justice. Because it is a thing not of the mind, but of the heart. It is only a feeling, only felt.
Kyou stared and blinked once it all sank in. "That is so true."
