-1Sorry for the long wait for another chapter- exam finals and such made me too busy to write XD But now is Christmas break, so I'll be able to write a lot more a lot faster :D

Ayame is SO fun to write about XD I hope you like this new chapter!

Kyo woke early in the morning as usual. He yawned loudly and froze, feeling something stirring against him. He looked down to see Tohru snuggled against his chest, her arms wrapped tightly around him and her leg hiked up over his waist. He stayed completely still, wondering if he should get up, or stay in bed and savor the moment.
"Mmm, Kyo." Tohru whispered against his collar bone, her face flushed in her sleep as she tightened her grip around him. He smiled down at her, wondering what it was that she was dreaming about. He turned onto his side and wrapped his arms around her lovingly, setting his forehead against hers gently. He looked at the soft features of her face and knew that he had to be one of the luckiest men in the world to have her all to himself.

He moved a stray piece of her long hair from her cheek and kissed her lips softly while she slept, wondering if he was moving too fast in their relationship. He had loved her for so long, always worrying about his past and his future, but now that things were finally quiet and peaceful, he wanted to hold her and never let go- as if this whole thing was a dream he would wake up from and find himself right back where he had started, scared, unsure and angry. She stirred against him, moving her leg over him and making him groan in frustration. This was getting out of hand now, he wasn't sure if he could stop himself if he was provoked any further. He had the strong urge to kiss her senseless, to make her experience what it really felt like to love someone unconditionally.

He felt her stir again and looked down to see her long eyelashes starting to flutter open.
"Please don't freak out, Tohru. We're going to have to get used to this." Kyo said, putting a palm to her cheek gently.

She looked up at him with a blush, feeling his arms around her but nodding silently.
"What were you dreaming about, Tohru?" Kyo smirked when she looked up at him in shock and blushed deeper. "What, were you having a dirty dream or something?" He chuckled.
Tohru blushed again, looking away shyly.
"It's nothing to be ashamed of, Tohru." Kyo said softly, turning her head back to look at him. "Everyone has dreams like that. I know I do."
"You do?" She said softly, her eyes wide.
"Oh man, you poor woman. Did you think you were the only one who had them? Of course I do, most of them are of you too." He grinned down at her, his brown eyes flashing. Tohru looked down nervously, not really knowing how to reply to that comment, but closed her eyes in content when his fingers started trailing through her hair soothingly.
"So what were we doing in your dream?" Kyo asked, sighing when she looked up with wide eyes and shook her head in embarrassment.

"You know that even if you have raunchy dreams I'll still love you. You don't have to be polite and proper around me."
"We were…were…" Tohru glanced up at him and buried her face in his chest in embarrassment.
"Is that so?" Kyo grinned happily with an eyebrow raised. He calmed and moved closer to her so that his mouth was next to her ear "Someday, we will. Only when you're ready though, I don't want to scare you." He said, kissing her cheek and dared to move down and kiss her neck softly. Tohru inhaled sharply in surprise, but relaxed when he put a hand to her waist to calm her. She closed her eyes tightly in pain, tears beading at the edges of her eyelashes as she looked back up at him. His smile faded and he wrapped his arms around her again.
"What's wrong? Did I say something to upset you?"
"No… I just have to… tell you something." She said, trying her best not to cry. She didn't want to ruin this morning, but it had to be said before they went any further in their relationship. She just hoped with all her heart that he wouldn't abandon her for it.

"You can tell me anything, Tohru. I'm here for you, no matter what." He said, starting to get worried when his words only made her let out a small sob.

"I'm… not what you think, Kyo. I'm not whole." She said, not able to look at his eyes as she spoke.
"What are you talking about, Tohru? Of course you're whole." He lifted her chin so that she was looking at him.
"No- I… I can't be a real wife, I can't be a real woman." She said, closing her eyes in pain. "I can't have kids at all- the doctor said something's wrong with the process." She opened her eyes, which were overflowing with tears. "I had to tell you, I was afraid that you would think I was broken and you wouldn't want me anymore."

Kyo sighed deeply and hugged her tightly. "I don't think you're broken Tohru. You're perfect. You saved me from the curse, and from being locked up. I don't know why you can't see that you're perfect, too."

She looked up at him, her eyes wide as tears streamed down her face and hugged him back. "I don't know what I'd do without you, Kyo. Thank you." she whispered into his bare shoulder.

"It's alright." He said, smiling against her hair. "Now, we should probably get up and going. We have a long day ahead of us. I'll start making pancakes for breakfast while you get dressed." He said softly, sitting up to untangle himself from her. They both stood, ready to start the day in their new lives together.

"have you had any luck yet, Momiji?" Yuki asked, walking down the street to his apartment from his first day of university.

"No, and I've asked everyone I can think of. I just can't believe no one thought to ask them for their number."
"We were all pretty emotional with Kyo, Tohru and I leaving all on the same day. Don't worry about it, we'll find it somehow."

"Yeah, I know, Kisa's not very happy though. She wanted so badly to talk with Tohru. Oh- and someone else is here to talk with you."
Yuki raised an eyebrow curiously as the phone went silent while it was being handed over.

"BROTHER!" Ayame's voice yelled over the phone, making Yuki flinch and hold the cell further from his ear. "What a travesty! We will do everything we can to find them, we cannot let Kyo take Tohru away unattented- who knows what he'll do to her!" Ayame hissed in pain dramatically, "At this rate Tohru will lose her innocence in the next week! What a horrible turn of events!"

"Kyo's not like that, Ayame." Yuki said, knowing that Kyo was just as shy about that kind of thing as Tohru was. Not that he himself was any different.

"Oh but you never know with men like Kyo- they can be as shy as a dove while single but if they get a girlfriend they turn into a testosterone factory- we must find her and save her before it's too late!"

"Honestly Ayame, it's their business what they do together." Yuki said, trying not tot hink of them doing that kind of thing- it made his skin crawl.
"If you say so…Ah, your girlfriend asked about you, by the way. I don't know how you could leave such a sweet creature behind. She's gotten very quiet now." Ayame said, his voice sounding amused. "And is it true you got her a Mogata figurine? You must be very sweet on her."

Yuki blushed and gritted his teeth in frustration. "why didn't you call me sooner if Machi asked about me?" he grumbled.

"I was right! I will send word to her right away of your phone number. I'm sure she will call you soon." Ayame was silent for a minute, while another voice talked to him. "Well, I must go Yuki- my public is demanding my presence. Be a good little brother and study hard for school."

Yuki looked at the phone as it beeped the signal that told the end of the call, and shook his head. His older brother was always so dramatic and excited, it made him tired just talking with him. He turned up the walk to his apartment and fell into the mattress on one side of the room. He glanced over at the textbooks beside his bed and groaned in complaint, picking up the first book from the pile and opening it to read the first chapter.

Shigure sat on one of the walkways of the Sohma main house, his feet dangling above a perfectly made Japanese sand garden. He was deep in thought, worried about both Kyo and Tohru and about the strange message Akito had gotten just the other day in the mail.

"It's different to see you so quiet, Shigure. You must really be at wit's end." Akito said quietly, the constant edge to her voice softened slightly as she sat down next to him, her black kimono flowing around her. "Is it about the letter, or Tohru?"
"Both." Shigure said, not bothering to lie. Akito was the only one in the world who was as smart and conniving as he was, and he loved her for it- he wouldn't have it any other way. Even if she did have a tendency toward tantrums.
"The letter is of no importance. 'Novelty will die'? I don't know what it's supposed to warn us against." She said with a sarcastic smile.

"Well the newest event I can think of is the curse breaking, but we know that can't come back. I'm not sure what the warning means, but it still makes me nervous."
"You need to relax more, Shigure" Akito said, leaning over to kiss his neck gently. He made no reaction, other than soft sigh.
"I just hope this doesn't foreshadow anything bad coming. As I writer I notice these tendencies you know."

"Just… relax with me." Akito said softly, pushing him so he was laying back against the wood below her. She kissed him softly and sighed happily when he kissed her back, rolling her over and looking down on her from above with a sultry smile.

Tohru bit her lip nervously as she watched the interviewer look over her resume, occasionally nodding and frowning.
"Well Miss Honda, it looks like you meet the qualifications for the job." He older man set the papers down in front of him with a smile. "Welcome to the team, I'm sure you'll enjoy working with us."
"Tohru smiled happily and bowed politely in gratitude. "Thank you sir, I'll work hard, I promise."
"From what your last employer said about you, I'm sure you will." He smiled back and filed the papers in the cabinet behind him and stood. "Come with me, and we'll get your work uniform."
Tohru nodded happily and stood as well, following him into the back room of the hotel management offices for fittings.

Oh dear, it seems events are starting to turn sour :o what will happen??

Please review how it's going so far to get more!