Gomen ne for taking so long. The last couple of months of school were complete and utter torture. Project after project and then exams. At least I'm done now. But after I finished school, I started working five days a week and once I came home, I would be SOO drained. Then on my days off, I would spend it with friends since I just graduated high school and am determined to not lose touch with people. I know I made a couple of promises on when I would update this fic. Well, the first time I think my muse was taking a vacation on Pluto and I just sat staring at a piece of paper. The second time, I go to put on the finishing touches to find out that my internet died and we had to take in my computer. Needless to say, I was mad. I PROMISE to update this story more often. I will keep that promise. Well, onto the long awaited chapter 4.

As for chapter 5, vote for what you'd like to see:

1) Milk

2) Sheets

3) Night singing (thanks to ultra-violet-catastrophie)

4) Bubbles

See chapter one for disclaimer

Chapter 4-Fish

Tohru trudged into the Sohma household with a look of utter disappointment painted across her face. As soon as she entered the family room, Yuki and Shigure confronted her. Kyo was still crouching in the corner just outside. From the bruise slowly appearing on his cheek, Tohru assumed he had lost another fight.

"Honda-san, is something the matter?" Yuki asked gently. "You don't seem like yourself."

Tohru let out a sigh and began to explain that she had won an essay writing contest in her class and, as a reward, wonfive tickets to the local festival that had recently come to town.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Shigure asked.

"Not when I have so many people that I would love to bring."

"You don't have to bring me, Honda-san. I have a lot of thing to do with the student council lately anyways," Yuki told her.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Is there room for me to come?" Shigure asked hopefully as his mind filled with young girls in short skirts. However the fantasy was interrupted by Micchan's threats of Shigure's deadline. Shigure cringed. "Maybe I should go farther away. She'll find me at the festival."

---

In the end, Tohru brought Uotani, Hanajima, Kyo, and Momiji. Tohru was with Momiji pointing excitedly at everything while Hanajima and Uotani didn't show that much excitement. Kyo hung back from all of them, muttering to himself. Just as Tohru and Momiji's excitement seemed to be diminishing, they noticed a kingyo-sukui (A/N goldfish scooping) stand.

"They're all so cute," Tohru exclaimed admiring the goldfish. She rummaged through her purse for the two hundred yen needed to try to win one. She found some with little trouble.

She handed the money to the vender and received the small scooper and the cup. She cautiously approached the tank, apparently afraid to scare the fish. She slowly lowered the scooper into the water and positioned it under the goldfish. She made a quick motion to scoop the goldfish, but slipped and missed completely. She blushed, obviously embarrassed but pulled another two hundred yen out of her pocket and passed it to the vender. She missed again.

This situation repeated itself many times and Tohru was swinging more wildly with each try. Amidst this, Momiji started to chant to cheer Tohru on. This did not go unnoticed by Kyo who smacked Momiji atop the head and Momiji started to cry. After Tohru had spent two thousand yen, Kyo sighed, handed the vender two hundred yen, yanked the scooper and cup out of the vender's hands and advanced upon the tank

"No. Don't spend your own money to get me a fish, Kyo-kun. I can do it," Tohru tried to tell him but he was deaf to her selfless pleas.

He spent a moment simply staring at the fish. Then, almost as if he wasn't even moving, he slowly let down the scooper under a fish. With lightning fast action, the goldfish flew into the air and landed gracefully into the cup. The fish was transferred into a plastic bag filled with water by the vender and Kyo held it in front of Tohru but he didn't look at her.

"Here. Take it," he said.

Tohru looked a bit awe-struck at first but then nodded her head and took the fish gently into her hands. She took a close look at the fish and then smiled widely. "Thank you. I'll call him Kyo."

Kyo turned his face so no one would see him blush.

They spent they next few hours admiring the handicrafts, playing a few more games, and getting into arguments (mainly between Kyo and Momiji). Shortly after dinner, they decided to make a bathroom break. Momiji tried to go into the girl's bathroom with Tohru, but Kyo grabbed him by the head and turning him in the right direction while yelling things to him about having no decency.

Kyo, whose bladder wasn't very full, waited outside, holding jackets, purses, and Tohru's fish. He tried not to look at it but it kept catching his eye.

---

Tohru was the first to emerge from the bathroom and recoiled in horror at what she saw. There was a small orange tail hanging from Kyo's mouth and a plastic bag filled with nothing but water. Her eyes darted back and forth between the bag and Kyo's mouth a few times. Kyo gasped, not realizing that the fins were visible. Kyo knew that the fish was already dead so instead of him taking the fish out of his mouth so Tohru would see the dead fish, he hurriedly tried to shove the rest of the fish into his mouth. It proved to not be the best decision.

"Kyo-kun, why?" Tohru asked as her eyes became wet.

"I-I-I-I'm sorry. Don't cry," he pleaded.

Tears started to fill Tohru's eyes and she ran away crying while Kyo still called to her to not cry just as Uotani, Hanajima, and Momiji came out from the bathrooms.

"Tohru?" Momiji called to her. "Where are you going?"

"What do you mean, don't cry?" Uotani asked Kyowith a threatening tone underlying in her voice

"Ummm" was all Kyo could muster.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO TOHRU?" Uotani demanded, running after Kyo. Kyo couldn't exactly fight because of all the items he was still carrying so all he could do was run.

Momiji had already started after Tohru but Hanajima stood staring at the situation before her making a mental note to ask Megumi to curse Kyo.

Well, there you go. I hope it was worth the wait. I do promise to update this fic more often. I think I just lost a lot of inspiration to write this fic and that's one of the reasons why it took me so long. Reviews will help. The more reviews I get, the quicker I'll update. Don't forget to vote for which you want to see. As always, there will be rewards in the form of sweets.