Disclaimer: I don't need to say this all the time, right? You know what I'm gonna say, anyway.

Chapter 2: Study!

"Kyo, the exam's next month," Tohru said, a hint of sadness clearly heard in her voice. Kyo and Yuki haven't been talking to each other since the kiddie fight.

"It's too embarrassing to fight with him now," Kyo thought. "Yeah, so what?" he shot at Tohru.

Yuki glared at him. "What does he think he's doing!" he thought angrily. "Does he think that I won't kill him for talking like that to Tohru?" "Tonight. After dinner. My room. Bring your History books," Yuki said out loud.

Kyo didn't turn to him. He just sat eating his lunch. "I'm not studying with you."

"Yes, you are," Yuki growled.

"Since when do we agree to stuff like this?"

"We don't want Honda to cry again, don't we?"

Tohru just sat there, trying to make them stop fighting. "Um… Guys…"

"She can bawl her guts out for all I care! I'm not studying with you and that's final!" He stood up, went out of the living room, and soon Yuki and Tohru felt the house shake when Kyo slammed his door.

Yuki sighed, rubbing his forehead, while Tohru just sat there, shocked. "I'm very sorry about that, Honda," he said, smiling at her.

Tohru shook her head. "It's okay. He… He doesn't mean that." "Does he?"

Yuki smiled and stood up. "Well, as always, lunch was great. Let me help you with the dishes."

"Oh, okay." They cleaned the table and washed the dishes. "I wish Shigure was here instead of at Ayame's, and then he'll be able to stop them fighting just now," Tohru said quietly to herself.

Yuki looked across to Tohru. "Honda, are you okay?" he asked, looking a bit worried.

Tohru returned back to the real world. "Ah! Yes, yes. I'm fine. Thank you for asking," she said, smiling at him.

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"Baka neko," Yuki said out loud in his room that night. In front of him was an opened and unread History book. "He nearly made Honda cry this afternoon."

Suddenly, the door slammed open and a grumbling fiery haired teen stormed in and sat down on Yuki's bed. "Okay, let's start this studying thin," he grumbled.

Yuki furrowed his eyebrows together, stood up to close the door, and then sat back down at his chair. He looked at Kyo, wanting to ask something.

"I already apologized to her, okay? Now let's start studying."

Ah, that answers his question.

Yuki nodded, and they studied until about 11 o'clock. Kyo trudged out of the room, slamming the door behind him. "Um… You're welcome?" Yuki said to the door, and sighed. "Not even a word of thanks. Baka."

They studied together every night for the next few weeks.

"No, no. Your working is all wrong, you baka." Yuki took the pencil from Kyo's hand, brushing their hands against each other while doing so, but they didn't take full notice of it. Yuki scribbled down the right working, explaining it to Kyo at the same time.

"Whatever," Kyo mumbled, and tried to get his pencil back, but… The next thing he knew, his fingers were entangled with Yuki's, not knowing how.

They stared at it, trying to see what was displayed in front of them, and then they realized and snatched back their hands, faces burning red.

They were silent after that, their faces blushing. They were looking at the walls, but their minds were somewhere else.

At last, Yuki was the first to break the silence. "And… Well, if…" he stuttered, picking up the dropped pencil. "If you… you use this, then you'll be able to solve the equation easily."

A few minutes later, Kyo left. "Oh my God! What just happened?" both of them thought, hitting their heads. "My… My hand touched his filthy skin!"

"My fingers just… Gah! I don't wanna think about this anymore!" Kyo dropped his book and buried himself in his bed.

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I'm sorry it's so short! But most of my stories are long, and I wanna feel how it is to have short stories.

And I know how.

It annoys me! Short stories annoy me. This story annoys me. –blabs more-

But I couldn't help it. I don't have anything else to put in here… But I just want to write something!