10-hru C.5

Monday, the day where the majority of the people go back to work. As a maid, it wasn't easy for Tohru, even if the house was already clean. She started her day off by waking up early in the morning to cook breakfast for Kioshi and Kanna before leaving. Kioshi starts mixing instrumentals and vocals for someone else. Kanna starts her next year of primary school. Kioshi promised that he would be walking Kanna to school before leaving to work. Tohru gave Kanna her bento for her lunch before they both left. After their departure, Tohru starts on her chores by cleaning the morning dishes.

As she washes the dishes, Tohru leaves the plate aside so she can wash the other. Thanks to Kioshi for doing the dishes the night before, she doesn't have to wash as much. Now that the first phase was done, she has to dry the plates and utensils before placing them back where they belong.

Something strange happened midway. She received a sudden flashback of the night before. It was about the dress Kioshi got for her. Although she enjoyed the dress, she was still shy about it. By the end of the flashback, she heard his compliment again.

"Wow, you're so beautiful."

Tohru snaps out of her thoughts with a blush on her face, the plate she had in her hands slipped out and fell on the floor, shattering into pieces. Tohru felt more confused than ever. She sighs and uses her magic to fix the plate. She places the plate back to the cabinet and continues her work.

"Why do I have feelings for Kioshi too. Is it wrong to love Kobayashi and Kioshi at the same time?" She shakes her head. "I'm so confused. " She dries and puts away the remaining plates. "I should call in Lucoa, it's been three years since we've talked."

She leaves the kitchen and makes her way to the living room. Tohru takes her cellphone out and calls Lucoa.

"Hello?"

"Lucoa! It's me, Tohru!" Tohru introduces herself.

"Tohru? I've never heard of such a name. I think you have the wrong number." Lucoa said.

"Lucoa!"

"I'm only kidding Tohru!" Lucoa chuckles over the phone.

"Really Lucoa?" Tohru said in an annoyed tone. "Anyways, I need you to come over for a bit. There's something I need to talk to you about."

"Sure thing, same place?"

"Actually, I live somewhere else now. I'll text you the home address."

"Alright, see you in a sec." Then Lucoa ends the call.

In a matter of seconds, the door bell rang, Tohru goes to the entrance. She opens the door and finds the all too familiar dragon.

"Tohru!" Lucoa said.

"Lucoa!" Tohru said.

The two dragon reunite once again with a quick hug. Lucoa was still the big bosomed dragon that everyone knew and loved.

"It's been so long Tohru!"

"It has, sorry about that. I got so busy with Kobayashi back then, that I eventually forgot about you."

"Ah, so you're still trying your best to win that woman's heart?" Lucoa asked.

"Actually, that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Tohru's expression changed to a worried look.

That doesn't sound good. Lucoa thought.

"So it is about Kobayashi. I guess I can try doing what I can." Lucoa said. "But first, fill me in on what's been going on with your life! I have to catch up on things."

"If you say so. Follow me to the dining room." Tohru leads her guest to the table. "I'll make us some tea while you wait." Tohru prepares her tea for the guest and herself. Now that the tea was done, she brings the cups to the table and pours the tea into each other's cups. Just for something extra, she places a tray of pastry on the table as a little snack for the two.

"Ooh~!" Lucoa takes one, gives it a bite and then sips on the warm tea.

"Thank you Tohru, delicious as always." Lucoa thanked.

"You're welcome."

Lucoa sets her mind on the subject they were about to talk about.

"So, tell me everything."

From there on, Tohru explains her reason of moving here. She gives a recap of the first time she met her master and how Kanna arrived at the house a few days later.

"Kioshi, huh? He sounds like a sweet guy for letting you and Kanna stay over at his place. Come to think of it, this place isn't bad too. A two-story house, three bedrooms for the three of you, the two day break he gives you, you're so lucky to have a guy like him to be your master."

"I know right, he's so sweet." She blushes as she pictures Kioshi's smiling face in her mind. Lucoa smiles at the look on Tohru's face, now she has an idea on what was on her mind.

"Also, what happened with Iruru?"

"Iruru? She moved out, she lives with her boyfriend now." Tohru informed.

"Boyfriend? What's his name?"

"Taketo Aida. He's the grandson of that one candy shop owner. Remember? We went there with Kanna, Kobayashi, Masanori, Makoto, Fafnir, Shouta, Riko, Elma and Kano."

"Oh! Now I remember. Is he aware of Iruru being a dragon though?" Lucoa asked.

"He's well aware. To be honest, I don't get of what he sees in that brat. It's probably those oversized boobs that won the best of him. If only mine worked with Kobayashi." Tohru said.

"You're in love with Kioshi and Kobayashi, aren't you?" Lucoa figured out Tohru's problem.

Silence occurs.

"How did you know?"

"The way you looked when you mentioned Kioshi. You had that dazed expression."

"Oh, I did? I didn't know it was that obvious." She giggles with a blushing face while playing with her own hair.

"Tell me what's wrong." Lucoa asked.

Tohru's sighs. "I'm...confused. Ever since I moved here, I started developing the same feelings I had with Kobayashi. It was yesterday night that fell deeply in love with Kioshi. But then there's Kobayashi, she's the person who gave me a home to live in."

"Isn't Kobayashi married to Masanori?" Lucoa asked.

"Yes she is, it's just that I always get hostile towards Masanori. I know she's happy with him." She looks at the ground. "I just can't accept that."

"You care about Kobayashi, right?" Lucoa asked.

"Absolutely! With my life!"

"Then think about of how she would feel if one of her best friends fights with the love of her life?"

Tohru thought about it for a bit,

"She would feel awful and sad. She would also feel confused on which side she would pick. Not everything is about you." Lucoa said.

Tohru was ashamed of herself, for only caring about her own feelings and not think about the feelings of others.

"There's a reason for everything. You have to be resilient Tohru. She loves Masanori, it is what it is." She went silent for a moment.

"I should have thought about that."

"I'm sorry Tohru."

"I-It's fine." Tohru turns depressed.

"Not everyone has a chance to fall in love with someone who loves them back." Tohru looks back up to Lucoa. "But you still have a chance. There's Kioshi." Tohru's eyes open wide. "I think that things between the two of you will go well. I'm sure that he likes you back. So don't give up just yet." Lucoa smiled.

"Thank you!" Then Tohru receives a call. She takes out her phone and finds out that it was Kioshi calling her.

"Hello?" Kioshi said through the phone.

"Kioshi?"

"Hey Tohru, something came up during work. So I think I'll be coming home late."

"Oh no, you are?" She asks.

"Yeah. What time does Kanna get out of school?" Kioshi asked, who was willing to pick up Kanna from school.

"Don't worry about that! I'll pick her up myself. Just continue on what you're doing, I'll take care of things from here."

"Thank you Tohru! You're a life saver! I'll see you later. Bye!"

"Bye." They both hang up.

...

"Tohru? I think I've heard that name before." Mr. Yana said to Kioshi.

"Really? You should tell me about it after this." Kioshi said before continuing his work.

...

Tohru looks up at Lucoa and sighs. "Well, he's definitely not coming home soon."

"Aww, how come?"

"Something came up during work." Tohru said.

"Who knew that you can be that busy with music?" Lucoa commented.

"That's what I thought when Masanori first told me about it!"

Soon, they both share a laugh about the subject. Their bond was still intact, even after three years.

"I should get going now. Shouta's going to get worried if I don't return when lunch starts!"

"Oh, has Shouta finally take a liking for you?"

"In a way, he sees me as his big sister. Although, I still tease him either way." Lucoa says.

"Oh, I guess that's good for the two of you. See you later Lucoa!" Tohru waves goodbye to her.

"Later!" She lifts her hand up before teleporting back to Shouta's house.

Time-Skip→

It was now midnight, everyone in the house was now in bed. Kanna being the only child in the house slept soundly in her comfy bed. Tohru on the other hand was still wide awake. She was looking at the ceiling, hoping that this would get her bored to help her fall asleep.

Kioshi finally came back. He quietly opens the door and then closes it.

"As expected, they're asleep." He says.

Kioshi walks to the stairs on the right, then he takes another right to soon arrive at his work room.

"Maybe a little piano will tire me out." He cracks his fingers before approaching the grand piano. Kioshi sits on the bench, prepares himself and then starts playing a peaceful piano piece. Tohru who was on the other side of the house, heard the piano playing.

"That piano! Kioshi?" She quietly said.

Tohru gets up from her bed, leaves her room to make her way towards Kioshi's workroom. The more she got closer to the room, the more soothing the piano playing sounded. Upon arriving by the door, she finds him playing the piano under a dim light. Tohru continues observing Kioshi from a distance without disturbing the session. As he stopped playing, she finally decided to reveal herself.

"Hey." Tohru said, surprising Kioshi for a bit.

"Tohru! You're still awake?"

"Yeah, couldn't sleep."

"Why is that?"

"Well first of all, my master arrived late. Then second, I was thinking about some stuff."

"I'm so sorry! I had to do some mixing with this lead singer."

"Who's the lead singer?"

"Oh yeah! I forgot to mention, Yana told me that he has met you before."

"Wait! Mr. Yana? What's he doing there with you?" Asked the baffled Tohru.

"He's lead singer for his band. They're very well known in the rock genre."

"Wow, last time I heard him sing, it sounded more like Hades was crushing Hercules to me!" Tohru commented which caused Kioshi to laugh.

"What? Hahaha!" He kept laughing which soon caused Tohru to share a laugh with him. The two finally stopped laughing, now in a silence.

Kioshi attempted to break the silence. "Hey Toh-." He was then interrupted by a kiss from the lovely dragon herself. Kioshi was so surprised by the fact that his own maid was kissing him. Tohru separated her lips for a bit to breathe in some fresh air before she started kissing her master again. This time, Kioshi focused on the kiss this time, following her lead. Tohru's tongue entered his mouth without his permission, this proved her to be the dominant one of the two. Kioshi didn't mind however as he entered his tongue inside Tohru's mouth as well. This gave him a sweet, wet taste of her saliva. Thankfully, none of them were bothered by their breaths since they were so focused on the kiss rather than their surroundings too. As they part, Tohru licks her lips and swallows the saliva. She looks at Kioshi in a seductive manner.

"I never knew that such as a simple kiss...would be so arousing!" Tohru said.

"That was no where near as simple! Where did you learn to do that?"

"I learned that move from one of those adult websites!"

I'm going to have to block those sites. Kioshi thought.

"Tohru, I thought you were in love with Kobayashi."

"Who told you?" Tohru asked.

"My brother." Kioshi answered.

"That human!" She clenches her fist. Tohru sighs. "I did, but I realized that it's not all about me. I have to be aware other people's feelings as well. Plus, she's married too. It's too late anyways. So instead, I chose you." She smiled with a slight blush on her face.

"I see. I have to confess too. I...kind of fell in love with you the first time I saw you. I was too shy to even ask you to be honest. So...I'm really happy that you chose me!" Kioshi's smile caused Tohru's heart to flutter. They both stand up from the bench and then leave the workroom while holding hands.

"You think I can sleep with you for tonight?"

"Um..if you want." He blushed.

"Yes! In return, I'll let you do whatever you want with my body!" This made Kioshi blush beet red.

"Sorry Tohru, I think it's best if we wait."

"Oh come on!" She complained a bit.

Upon arriving at Kioshi's bedroom, Tohru waits for him to finish showering. She had the choice to sleep while he was in the shower, but she chose to wait until he crawled into bed with her.

Now that he was all finished and dried up, he goes under the sheets of the bed to prepare sleeping. As he laid there, he was shortly wrapped around by a pair of feminine arms. He exactly knew of who's arms they were from, they belonged to his lovely dragon maid, Tohru.

"I love you so much Kioshi." Tohru said.

Kioshi wraps one arm around Tohru. "I love you as well."

Tohru and Kioshi officially became a couple. All they have to do next is tell Kanna the news the next morning.