Hola! sry it took so long to post! i had all of the ideas in my mind and written in a lil book, and yesterday and today i spent typing it. i shouldnt be posting it, because i dont even have 10 reviews yet, (ok i have 9, so i'm a lil picky!) but i wanted to anyways. see how nice i am? happy reading and i beg of you...REVIEW!

Kyo: ok, ok! enough rambling...GET ON WITH THE FREEKIN STORY!

KKL: Why do you havta be so mean? -eyes start to water.-

Kyo: oh, god. dont cry!

KKL: IDIOT! -whacks Kyo with old softball bat.-

Kyo: OW! -clutches head- WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?

KKL: JUST SHUT UP AND READ!

Kyo: boy, it's amazing how we dont kill each other in the story!

KKL: ...-starts growling-

"Kyo-kun, I forgot to mention something," I stated as if it was no big deal.

"hn? What is it?" Kyo's toner was finally softer, seeming as if he had calmed down a bit.

"We…have a dog," I stated plainly, although I knew what was going to happen next. Kyo's face paled and his eyes turned cold and dull. "Buddy!" I beckoned and let out a loud whistle.

Buddy was an old dog; about 8 years of age, but he was still as lively as ever. The pit-bull mix scampered over to me from his usual place in his bed in the dining room. I greeted him with a scratch on an ear. Kyo, though, didn't greet him as nicely.

"CRAP! THAT THING IS HUGE!" Kyo jumped on top of the kitchen table, screaming and letting out a low hiss.

"Yea…I know." I rolled my eyes. "He won't hurt you, Kyo-kun! He just wants to meet you. I can't believe you're scared!" I put my hands on my hips.

"I-I'm not scared!" Kyo said through clenched teeth. Buddy got tired of standing around, and sat on the wooden floor in the kitchen, his chocolate brown eyes never leaving Kyo on top of the table, shaking.

"Come on, Kyo-kun, I'll help you down," I reached out my hand up to him and smiled warmly.

Kyo's face turned red; I don't know what from, if he was embarrassed or flustered. He sputtered out, "N-No! I don't wanna get down! Call the mutt off! Get it away from me!" he waved his arms up and down and leaned to one side. He realized he was falling off and his arms waved faster, until he was settled back on the table upright and balanced.

I sighed. "Fine. Buddy just wanted to say hello. And Buddy's a 'he', not an 'it'! Now, isn't that right?" I asked Buddy in baby talk, scratching behind his ears again. The unexpected thing was me catching a glimpse of Kyo on the table, looking forlorn, almost jealous as I was doing it. 'I bet he wants a scratch behind those cute cat ears of his!' "Okay, Buddy, go lay back down. Go to sleep or…whatever you do all day long," I pointed in the direction of his bed and Buddy obeyed, laying back down and falling to sleep. I let my arms drop to their sides and looked up at Kyo jumping down from the table.

Kyo folded his arms. "You didn't havta bring the damm dog in here. You coulda just told me!"

I sweat-dropped. "Well, so-rry! I didn't know you hated dogs that much!"

"You can thank Shigure for that."

I laughed. I had forgotten about Shigure being 'the dog.' No wonder Kyo and Shigure don't get along!

"So, what else is there around here?" Kyo started to walk towards my room.

"Ah! Kyo-kun, don't go in there!" I tackled Kyo from behind and landed on top of an orange cat, who was cursing at me under his breath. "Oh! Kyo-kun, I'm so sorry!" I wailed, putting my face in my hands.

"Just shut up! You don't need to apologize. What's in there that you don't want me to see?" Kyo asked mischievously.

"Uh…that's my room."

Kyo's little cat face turned pink. "Oh…well…I wont look then. I mean…um…I don't wanna see a girly room! I'm not gonna lose my dignity!"

"Aw! Kyo-kun! You're worrying about my privacy!"

"NO! I…I just don't know what could be in there! Traps, tricks, pranks, torturous weaponry, dooms-day devices…"

I smacked the side of his head lightly, as a joke. "I'm not weird!" he raised an eyebrow. "Well…I'm not THAT weird, at least! That's my brother's area of expertise."

Kyo gulped and I laughed. "Where, by any chance, is his room?"

I pointed across the hall to the room with the door closed. The door was painted black, and it had one of those signs that said, "Enter at your own risk." Beneath those words, my brother had drawn a skull with blood dripping from it.

"Don't worry. He's not home now, and I never go in his room. One time I tried and I turned the knob, and this computer voice once asked me for my fingerprints and voice identification." I reassured him.

"Is he a smart kid?"

"You mean like a genius? Nope…not even close. He just has a weird mind and weird gadgets he makes himself. Thirteen-year-olds!" I paused for a minute, and then scooped Kyo up in my arms. "Well…since you asked before…" I approached my door to my room.

Kyo protested, "No! No, it's okay! You're not weird! You're not! You're normal! I'm sorry! Don't…" the cat was backing away in my arms, squirming, as I was about to open the door. But as he said this, I stopped. I looked down at him, giving him a confused look.

"I'm…not weird?"

Kyo blushed. "I've seen weirder…" he muttered.

"Pfft! Like I'm going to believe that! I'm gullible, Kyo-kun, I'll tell you that much!" I looked away from him. Even in his cat form, I was always eager to look into his eyes. They always contained the truth.

"No! I'm serious!"

"you just love that word!" my face brightened.

"What word?"

"No. You've said it like 5 or 6 times already! Okay, let's go in." we went into my room, and all of a sudden, Kyo went POOF! I felt a big weight in my arms and collapsed. I hit my head on the ground and saw Kyo's face, as the smoke was clearing up. I had this heavy load crushing my ribs. Then…

"AH!" I screamed and pushed the nude Kyo off of me. I huddled in a corner of my room, facing the wall. My arms hugged my knees and my eyes were shut tight.

"You can turn now…"

I turned to see Kyo staring at my walls. The same color as his bright orange hair. I felt my cheeks get hot, even though I realized Kyo didn't even know that I knew everything about him. He didn't know he was just a fictional character. He was from a book… part of someone's imagination…Takaya-sensei has a very good and very hot imagination and drawing ability. I really didn't remember her name at first. I only remembered because I read it from the side of the books on the bureau behind where Kyo was standing.

'Gah! The Fruits Basket books! They were right there! He couldn't see them! What would he think? What would I think if I had just found out I wasn't real? After living my whole life…and find out…it wasn't real? It never happened. I never existed…oh! I'd feel horrible!' I clasped my hands over my ears and shook my head like crazy. I stopped in mid-shake when I saw Kyo staring at me again. My hands flew back down to my sides and I looked at the floor, blushing again. 'What is wrong with me? I haven't blushed so much since my birthday incident! Oh, Kaylie! Don't think about that!' my face turned redder. I glanced up to see Kyo looking at my jewelry box, my tiger and dog posters, my painted door that I designed and drew myself, and lastly, my bed. He walked over to my bed and I stood up quickly and scrambled over to the bureau, colliding into it. Kyo was looking at everything so intensely; he didn't even notice me sprint over to my dresser and lean against it, my back facing the books. I held in my breath and prayed that I was covering the books enough for him not to see them. I let the breath out when I realized he was still mesmerized. My guess was he'd never seen a girl's room before. Maybe Tohru's or possibly Kagura's, if she had strangled him and dragged him inside.

Kyo sat down on my bed, adjusting himself as if he was checking it for softness. "All I got at home is a futon on the hard floor," he said, almost like a joke.

I ran my fingers through my frizzy hair, nervously, but smiling none-the-less. Silence lingered throughout the room and my heart pounded hard in my chest, hoping Kyo would start up a conversation. I was always bad at that stuff, and I hate silence! It's always easy for me to talk…I just can't start the conversation first. I didn't know if Kyo was good at that stuff. I had a feeling he wasn't.

"So…" Kyo started. Just hearing his voice made my heart skip a beat. "What are you hiding?" he tried to look around me to see. I moved in front of the books, covering them even more.

"Um…nothing!"

"Come on, you can tell me!"

"Ah…no…it's n-nothing!"

"You sure?"

I nodded my head.

Kyo's eyes narrowed. He leaned closer to me with one hand on the dresser next to me. His face was inches away from mine. He whispered softly, and his breath tickled my face. "What are you hiding from me?"

My cheeks turned bright red quickly, and I felt my knees buckle and my legs collapsing from under me. I found myself on the floor, and I heard Kyo laughing. He crouched down to my level and I gave him a glare. He snickered.

"S-sorry! I didn't think y-you'd…" he couldn't stifle his own laughter.

I folded my arms. "Hmph! Yea…sure! You're real sorry!"

"No, really. I didn't mean it. It was just…" Kyo looked up. He stood and reached for a book. The third one (a/n: the third manga book has a picture of Kyo on the front). He stared at it, flipping the pages. I stood up slowly and looked at the page he had stopped on. It was the picture of him and Tohru sitting in the forest, just after Shigure had asked Kyo if he was obligated to hate Yuki. Kyo had run away and Tohru followed. They sat together, talking a little, but Kyo didn't 'open his lid' just yet. They walked back to the house together in silence. I saw Kyo looking at the page that said, "I don't want to see…"

"Kyo-kun…" I said quietly.

He looked at me. "What…is this?"

KKL: What did you think? i kno i kno...cliffhangers. muhahaha! maybe more of you people will review! maybe...TT if i have any problems with grammer or OOC errors, plz let me kno!

Kyo: yea, like you ever care about that stuff!

KKL: i do! why would i lie?

Kyo:...

KKL: aha! can't think of anything, huh?

Kyo: Of course i can, stupid! I'm just thinking of a good way tosay all of the things you've lied about.

KKL: -sweat drop. whistles loudly, and Buddy comes into the room- don't make me say it.

Kyo: i dont care about the dumb dog.

KKL: Buddy, look! get the CAT! GET THE CAT, BUDDY!

Kyo: Shit!