*I don't own Fruits Basket

Chapter 10

The Sun in Your Eyes

Tohru walked closer to Yuki.

She looked concerned and then smiled "Where are you going at this hour Yuki? I just stayed later to clean. Just finally got done. I'm heading back to the guest house."

"I...I...just needed a walk. Some fresh air." Yuki choked.

She looked concerned again "Yuki, you don't look well. You're flushed. Let's go back and I'll make you fresh ginger tea."

"No! No...You've done too much today. You need to sleep." Yuki said in a bewildered tone.

"I think you need to go to bed too. Get some rest. Let's walk back together!" Tohru said as she grabbed his hand.

Yuki was in total shock. He didn't know what to do. Should he tell her? Was he a bad friend if he didn't? Should he just walk back with her and be there for her when she found out?

It was better for her to see for herself, he decided.

"Uh-let's...let's run! Like we did when we where younger!" Yuki said, trying to sound playful. He wanted to get back in time for Tohru to catch Kyo in action. Then he felt bad. He didn't want to hurt her...he did want Kyo to get lost...but he didn't want to see any pain in her eyes.

But she HAD to find out. The last thing sweet little Tohru needed was some STD from whatever floosie Kyo was screwing.

"Oh...um I don't think that's such a good idea Yuki, you really don't look like you feel well."

"Hehe guess you're right" Yuki felt like an idiot. A very freaked out idiot.

Yuki was a little relieved he could walk her back. The last thing a cute girl like her should be doing is walking around in the dark at 3 in the morning.

Then he finally noticed she was holding his hand.

He felt his insides warm. Being alone with her in the dark, he felt a strange mix of emotions.

The five minute walk back felt like a haze. He tried to focus on the warmth of her hand and her sweet voice, but he felt incredibly nervous as to whether or not they would catch Kyo.

If not, he decided he would have to tell her. That scared him.

When they arrived back at the guest house, low and behold, the action was still happening. It sounded like Kyo was having quite a sex escapade with the mystery woman.

"Ahhh!...uuuuuhhhh!...oooh...unh!" a female voice crooned.

"FUCK...YEAH!" Kyo so clearly screamed.

Tohru's eyes looked blank.

It was obvious the noise was coming from behind her and Kyo's door. Yuki looked at her, tightening his grip on her hand.

Her palms became very sweaty, as did his.

Tohru broke her grasp from his hand.

"So Yuki, shall we go to the kitchen and make some tea? I have plenty of energy left, I think I would like some too." She had a very dispirited, false smile on her face. Her voice shook.

Yuki's mouth hung open, eyes wide.

She knew.

She kept her head turned from Yuki, as if she didn't want him to see her.

But she wasen't crying. He was almost sure of that.

That perhaps, was the worst part of all.

Yuki was speechless. He followed her to the kitchen without a word. He needed some time to think about what to say.

He watched her mince the ginger.

"This will help you so much Yuki. You will feel so much better, there is nothing more healing than fresh ginger tea." She started to hum.

"What the hell is she doing? How can she just ignore this?" Yuki thought frantically to himself.

She came over to the table where Yuki was sitting and set down the pot.

She started to pour him a cup.

Yuki stopped her hand with his own.

"Tohru...are you okay? Please, please if anything is wrong, I want you to talk to me about it. It may not be any of my business,
but if anyone...anyone is hurting you, I want to know. I only want to see you safe. Please don't deny any problems...I know there is a problem here...just please. Please I am so worried about you!" Yuki's voice was shaking.

He never felt so passionate and so angry in his life. He wanted to hold her so badly, stroke her hair and make her feel loved.

But it wasen't his place.

Because in her mind, she belonged to that fucking cat.

"Oh Yuki...you worry too much!" She said with that fake smile.

"Tohru! The noises...right now...I don't know how to go about this...I-" Yuki was cut off as a familiar woman walked into the kitchen.

"Oh! Tohru! Yuki!" said the female with a glowing face. She looked like she had just been running, or somthing. She was stuffing somthing frantically into her cat shaped purse.

"Oh Kagura. Hello." Tohru replied in a plastic tone.

Yuki just stared at her. No words.

"I-uh I was just getting some fresh air. I just got back, and uh, I thought I'd come in here and get somthing to drink. Hehe!"
Kagura marched to the water faucet as if she where on a mission.

"Where's Kyo!? She asked overly enthusiastically.

"Where did you last see him a minute ago?" Yuki replied angrily.

Kagura pretended to look confused. She grabbed her phone out of her cat purse and exclaimed "Oh! I'm late for somthing, I gotta go great to see you guys! Bye!"

So that would explain the womanly moaning, Yuki said under his breath.

How could Kyo do this? He pushed Kagura away for so long, claiming he didn't love her. Didn't want anything to do with her.
And now that he had Tohru, he had to go and stick his dick in Kagura.

Guess he got bored, Yuki thought to himself.

Yuki put his hand on Tohru's.

Words where not needed. Yuki knew she knew.

"Tohru. I am here for you. Don't ever think that you can't come to me for help. You deserve better. You deserve everything in life. Don't throw your life away on him" Yuki put his forhead to hers and closed his eyes.

She didn't say a word. She kept looking down at her cup.

Screw the rules of her being taken. He started to stroke her hair.

"This tea is very good, drink it while it's hot Yuki." She said, her eyes now closed.

They sat in the kitchen for an hour, not saying a word. It was 4:30 in the morning when they both fell alseep with their heads down on the table.

8:00 AM

Yuki stirred and lifted his very, very sore neck.

Tohru was still sleeping, most definitely uncomfortably at the table.

He picked her up, luckily without waking her.

He noticed only Kureno was in the kitchen, watching them with big eyes.

"Uh, hey Kureno. We where visiting last night and we fell alseep. No big deal. I'm gonna put her somewhere more comfortable." Yuki walked away as quick as he could without waking her.

That was typical of the Rooster. Even if Kureno was no longer possessed with the spirit of the Rooster, he still held on to some of the traits of the bird.

One of them being an early riser. He had probably been up since 6. Watching them.

Yuki hoped Kureno wouldn't be as loud as a rooster when it came to blabbing to everybody about seeing the two of them together.

Yuki decided not to worry much about it. The only one who needed to worry was Kyo.

Yuki didn't know what he was going to do to him.

He decided to take her to his room. Put her on his bed.

Then he was going to have a talk with Kyo, alone.

Yuki put her to bed, then walked across to Kyo's room.

He didn't want to wake Tohru, so he texted Kyo, "Get your piece of shit ass up and meet me in the backyard. I wanna see if you can kick my ass yet. For old time's sake."

Yuki walked out to the backyard and waited.

It didn't take longer than 5 minutes for Kyo to show up.

"What's this? You want me to kick your ass? The curse is over, I don't really care about whomping your girly ass much anymore. Your pretty pointless now. Besides, in the end, I think we both know that I won." Kyo said snarkily.

Yuki stared at him. That's all he felt like he was doing lately, staring at people.

"What? You wanna go or what? Let's get this over with!?" Kyo snapped.

"What I want to know, is why you would cheat on that goddess of a girlfriend you have" Yuki said in his calm, level voice.

Kyo narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"It's only cheating if you get caught, fucking rat."

"You've been caught" Yuki said quietly.

"She knows Kyo. She knows. She just won't say it. We heard you last night. And I have a feeling that wasen't the first time she heard you. You are such a piece of shit."

"Ah, your just jealous. I know you've got a little crush on her, rat fuck!"

Kyo lunged at him, and as usual, he missed.

Yuki resurrected his rat like reflexes and hit Kyo sharply in the stomach.

Kyo lay on the ground, rolled up in a ball, wincing from the pain.

"That didn't take long." Yuki said once more calm. "You can train, and train. I still beat you. Kyo, I eat fried crab rangoons, I drink sugary coffee. I don't train at all anymore. I STILL beat you."

"Yes, you did win Tohru. But until the day she can stand up for herself and leave your cheating ass, only then will you see that you never really won. Neither of us have."

Yuki looked up and seen Kureno watching them with big eyes, eating out of a bag of chips.

Yuki sighed. "Kureno...don't you have anything better to do?"

"No this is pretty much the best thing to be doing right now." Kureno said with little emotion.

"Uh huh. Why don't you go get Kyo here an ice pack or somthing. He won't be moving around much for a while. His cock needs a rest anyway." Yuki walked away.

Kureno went over by Kyo's side. "Ya okay man? What's this about your cock? I used to be a cock, huhuhuh."

Kureno made a joke.

He chomped on his chips over Kyo's face, getting crumbs all over his eyes.

"Fucking!...bird!...get the...hell...out of here!" Kyo choked through the pain in his stomach.

*That's all I have energy for today. That was fun. It's always fun to write. What will happen next? I have yet to think about it. I'll think about it at work tonight. Chow!*