Chapter 5

"I wanna be the one to make you happy.

I wanna be the one who gives you hope.

But in these days of conscious living

We've got to take it slow."

Celine Dion "Make You Happy"

Later in the morning, the whole house set off. Well, everyone except Shigure. On the way to school, the group stopped by the daycare to drop the twins off. Kyou leaned against the wall, waiting on the two teen parents to come out.

"What's wrong?" Hatsuharu asked him, leaning against the wall as well.

"Nothing." Kyou spat, looking up at the ox, who wore his usual nonchalant expression. "Just waiting on them."

"Oh. " He looked at the ground and Kyou turned his head. He sighed, not a trace of a smile on his face, when Tohru came bounding up.

"Hello, Kyou!" She sang. His face picked up a grin and he leaned off of the wall.

"Hey." He replied, lacing his fingers with hers. She giggled and the two continued to school alone.

"Ah… so you're with orangey now?" Arisa Uotani asked, a shocked look on her face. Tohru nodded.

"Yup!" She chirped. "He was very hesitant at first, but he confessed yesterday." Arisa nodded, grabbing Saki Hanajima's arm.

"I just remembered something…" Arisa said, pulling Saki in the hall.

"What is it, Uo?" She monotonically asked. Arisa ran her fingers through her blonde hair and sighed.

"Tohru." She replied, looking uo at Saki. "Hana…"

"You're confused because Tohru's with Kyou?" Arisa nodded. "But you've got Kureno."

"I know." She lowered her head and wiped her eyes. "I so know… and I wanna be with Kyou too…"

What the two girls didn't know was that Kyou was fixing to round the corner and he stopped, eavesdropping on them.

"You have to choose." Arisa looked at her angrily.

"I don't want to choose!"

Kyou's eyes grew wide. Arisa looks unusually.. serious… I wonder what –

"It's either stay with Kureno or steal Kyou from Tohru."

'Steal me from Tohru'?1

"I can't… he hates me."

I don't… Arisa, I don't hate you! His thoughts screamed. He walked up to her. She stared at him as his hand found her shoulder. She stayed silent and he spoke. "You're damn right. I do hate you with every fiber of my being."

That was all that came out of his mouth. Her mouth fell open as he wandered into the classroom. Where the hell did that come from?

"Kyou!" Tohru exclaimed, throwing her arms around him. He hugged her back and then took his seat.