Chapter 11:
"Kyo-kun!" Tohru called, "We need your help!" Hana, Uo, and Tohru had dragged the unconscious body of Akito back to Shigure's.
"Coming," he replied and she heard him close the door to his room and run down the stairs, "What is-" He saw Akito and looked at her, "Are you nuts?"
"Uo punched him out," Tohru explained, "Kureno suggested that we bring him here."
"Right…" he said, "SHIGURE!"
"What?" someone moaned from the kitchen. Tohru walked in and saw Shigure sitting at the table with a bowl of soup in front of him.
"Shigure-san!" Tohru cried, she walked over and felt his forehead, "Why are you eating cold soup?"
"Cold? It was warm…" he said, "I must've dozed off…"
"Do you want me to heat it up for you?" Tohru asked.
"No, Shigure will eat it cold." Hana said, "Otherwise he will not be eating tonight."
"Since when were you in charge?" Kyo commented.
"I'm not." Hana said, "Shigure just listens to what I'm saying and he obeys."
"Right…" Kyo said.
"He's just like a well-trained dog." Hana told them.
Shigure choked on his soup and nearly spat it back out. He dribbled it down his chin and stared at her.
"Oh… right…" Tohru said, "They know about the curse."
"WHAT?" Kyo exploded.
"Aaaw! Gimme a hug!" Uo said hugging Kyo to prove the point. He turned into his cat form and ran away to his room.
"Now that I know Shigure's the dog, Kyo's the cat, Kureno's the rooster… I wonder what Yuki-kun is?" Hana whispered quietly to herself.
"Hana…" He said walking in and over Akito's body- maybe it was better off not knowing sometimes- he came over and they kissed.
"On second thought…I don't want to know." She smiled.
"Don't want to know what?" Yuki whispered into her ear.
"What animal you are." Hana said, blocking out all the other waves except for his. He jumped and looked at her.
"How do you know?"
"Your brother told me." She replied. He looked at her and smiled, then kissed her again.
"Sorry to break-up the lovely couple," Uo said. "But-"
"Like you have any right to talk Uo-chan." Hana told her friend smiling. Yuki grasped her hand and she felt a shiver go up her spine, Yuki was so sweet.
"Right…" she commented thinking back to the shop and blushing, "But what about that 'Akito' dude?"
"Eh? Akito-san is here?" Shigure asked rather alert.
"Yeah," Tohru said, "Uo-chan knocked him out because he was about to hurt Hana, but I was all like, 'No!' and he was all like, 'You're stupid!' so I was all worried and then Uo came in and she was like, 'You jackass!' and-"
"Tohru?" Kyo asked, he had come down at the start of her rampage and had slowly brought her away from the group into the living room.
"Eh?"
"You're not stupid, and you're not dumb," he told her, and then he kissed her forehead, "Just know that if anyone does anything to you, come to me. Tohru, I love you."
Tohru stood there, now she really felt dumb. Akito stirred and Kyo kicked him.
"Stupid Yankee," he muttered then called, "Yo' Uo! You didn't do such a hot job, he's starting to wake up."
"Well what did you want me to do? Kill him?" she yelled back.
"Yes." He said smiling. Tohru laughed and then sighed, they weren't killing each other; this was good.
"Why, what's he done to you?" Uo asked.
"A lot of things that I will never say, and there's no force in heaven or on earth that'll get me to tell you." He snapped and crossed his arms.
"Aaaw… cat got your tongue?" she asked spitefully.
"Damn woman!" he cried.
"Hey!" Shigure cried from the kitchen, "Women are wonderful!"
"So says the pervert." Yuki muttered. Hana giggled and Uo gave her a surprised look, Kyo and Tohru came back into the kitchen.
"See? At least one of the men in this house appreciates women!" Uo told him.
"More than you know." Kyo coughed. Tohru gave him a weird look and then glanced over at Yuki and Hana.
They were holding hands and looking into each other's eyes, they had small smiles on their faces. It was like they were communicating without having to speak, it seemed really romantic. She was going to try it with Kyo!
She looked long and hard at Kyo, he quirked an eyebrow and asked, "What's up with you?"
"Eh? I was trying to communicate without having to open my mouth." She said panicking.
"Tohru?"
"Mm?"
"You're really funny you know that?" he said wrapping a gentle arm around her shoulders.
"Aaaw!" Uo exclaimed, "slapping" him on the back. Kyo grumbled some foul words, but turned back to Tohru.
"Kyo-kun?"
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Why do you hate Akito-san?"
"…!" He looked at her and took a sharp intake of breath; "He's the only person that I know that'd hurt you."
"What's that got to do with it?"
"Everything." He said and he kissed her again.
"Awkward!" Shigure sung. He looked at all the couples and sighed, "If only Ayame could see you now…"
"Shut up before I make you." Yuki said darkly, and glaring at him. Hana detected some bitterness between them, but it quickly evaporated. Hana was still clutching the bag from Ayame's that was containing her dress, just like Uo was holding her own. They all had dresses, and Hana could sense that this dance was going to be important… very important.
"Hana?" Yuki was asking.
"Oh!" she realized blushing, he'd been talking to her and she'd completely zoned out! "I'm sorry! What?"
"Do you want to go out for supper?" he asked.
"Umm… sure!" She shrugged happily. A date! "Is anyone else coming?"
"If Tohru and Kyo want to come, that's okay," Yuki said, "Uo can even invite Kureno-san!"
"Yay!" Uo exclaimed, jumping up and diving for the phone. She picked up the earpiece and stood there frozen.
"What's wrong Uo-chan?" Tohru asked.
She cracked up and tears filled her eyes she was laughing so hard, "I don't even know his number!"
"Someone's lost it," Kyo muttered.
"Kyo-kun!" Tohru exclaimed.
He smiled weakly at her, "So! Which restaurant are we going to?"
Yuki pulled him aside and glared at him, "Don't forget so easily, Honda-san's illness! We need a place that goes easy on the calories!"
"Right… why not let Hana choose? I'm sure that she'll choose a nice, healthy, hopefully not gothic, place for us to eat." Kyo suggested.
"I hate to say it, but good idea."