Tohru woke before Kyo, and looked down at his arms lightly holding her against him. She somehow felt different- like she was more mature for some reason. She knew some of her innocence had been lost when that man's spine had cracked beneath her foot, but now that she finally accepted what happened and that she had done it to protect Kyo, she knew that she had nothing to worry about. Kyo had already forgiven her for killing a man, and didn't see her as a murderer. She looked to his face, seeing how calm he appeared when he was asleep, like there wasn't a care in the world. Tohru smiled and put a hand to his cheek, making him hum happily in his sleep. She leaned up and with a blush kissed him softly on the lips. Kyo twitched and woke up, kissing her in return before leaning back.
"Tohru?" He asked, looking down at her in pleasant surprise.
"Thank you for taking such good care of me all the time." She whispered, looking down shyly.
"It's no problem." Kyo chuckled. "that's what you do for the woman you love." He smiled warmly and snaked a hand through her hair, bringing her head up for another kiss. This kiss was much more heated than the last, and Kyo gasped, breaking the kiss with a blush. He scooted a little ways away from her, and looked around the room nervously.
"Did I do something wrong?" Tohru whispered, blushing as well.
"N-no! No, you're fine. Kind of… the opposite." Kyo said, his cheeks reddening even more.
Tohru's eyes widened and she felt her heart racing inside her chest. "Really?"
Kyo looked at her and grumbled. "It's not that hard to believe. I think you're… well when you're close to me you… bah, forget it." Kyo looked away.
"What, you get turned on?" Tohru whispered shyly. Kyo looked at her with wide eyes, surprised that she would say something so bluntly.
"Come on Kyo, I was in high school too." She said, unable to look at his bright red eyes. He was looking at her in a way she had never seen before, almost looking like he wanted to eat her.
"Well, yes. For how shy you usually are, you're pretty hot."
Tohru smiled softly and rested her head against Kyo's chest again. "you're hot too, Kyo." She giggled.
Kyo closed his eyes tightly, wondering what he should do next. Should he keep going and hope she wouldn't be mad at him? Should he stop now and preserve her purity? His eyes shot open again when he felt her lips against the side of his neck, his blood pooling from his mind so that he could no longer think.
"Tohru?" He gasped, his hands subconsciously clenching at the back of her shirt.
"S-sorry, was that too much? You seemed like you liked it." she blushed, leaning up so that their faces were level with each other, laying on top of him. He smiled wryly and rolled them both over so that now he was laying on her, bracing himself on his elbows so he didn't crush her.
"It was fine." He said, his voice low as he bent down to kiss her neck and shoulders.
A loud knocking at the door made both of them jump and look up in surprise.
"Package for Tohru Honda and Kyo Sohma." A young voice called out through the door, and Kyo growled in anger against Tohru's neck.
"Of all the frickin horrible timing." He hissed, and rolled off Tohru, standing up. "Wait here." He said, smiling down at her flushed face, and walked quickly to the door.
A delivery boy stood on the other side, looking at the half dressed man in curiosity, but handed him the two packages, an envelope addressed to Kyo from Akito, and a rather large box addressed to Tohru from Shigure.
"What the hell?" Kyo looked at the large box and almost dropped it when something inside it moved around. He looked at the delivery boy, who only shrugged.
"I only deliver 'em." He said, his hand in front of him, palm up for the expected tip. Kyo grumbled more and handed him a rather large tip for a delivery package.
"This tip is so that you remember to never deliver a package to this apartment before noon." Kyo said, his red eyes fierce. The other man nodded nervously and quickly left before Kyo could change his mind. Kyo closed the door and turned around, looking at the box in his hands in confusion.
"What's that?" Tohru asked, finally calmed down. She hopped out of bed and walked over, taking the box out of Kyo's hands and looked at it in shock when it moved again. She looked through one of the holes as Kyo opened the envelope to find a large sum of money. Tohru let out a loud high pitched squeal, making Kyo jump in shock and look at her in confusion as she ripped into the box.
And pulled out a small orange kitten with a white tummy.
"OH MY GOSH! A KITTEN!" Tohru yelled, holding the small animal in her arms happily.
Kyo was at a loss for words as he stared at the cat. "Shigure." Kyo hissed, looking down into the box to find a note along with a bag of Meow Mix.
"'My dear Tohru'" Kyo read, rolling his eyes at the greeting. Tohru looked at him and read the note over his shoulder. "'I send you this kitten so that you can still have a cat to cuddle with, except this one doesn't scream at people when it's angry. Her name is Kyoko, which I thought you might like. She is already registered, and has a collar. I hope you like her!'
-Shigure + Akito'" Kyo looked at the small kitten as it stared up at him with green eyes. "Kyoko, huh?"
"Named after my mom." Tohru said, looking at the cat as it meowled sweetly at her. She squealed again at the small sound and held it out to Kyo. "Can we keep her?"
Kyo looked at the combined pleading stares of a small kitten and Tohru and sighed. "Yeah, we can keep her."
"YAY!" Tohru twirled with the cat, who hopped down from her arms and wobbled slightly on the floor. Kyo laughed and picked up the kitten, holding it under its front legs and looking it straight in the eyes.
"No funny business, got it Kyoko? And for the love of God no peeing on the carpet." Kyo stared at the cat in the eyes, and the cat licked him softly on the nose in greeting.
"God, that's too much. I can't be mean in the face of that." Kyo sighed, and put the adorable animal on the counter.
"What's wrong? Are you jealous?" Tohru giggled, smirking to Kyo. Kyo grumbled slightly and blushed.
"No." he said, but in a tone that was an obvious lie.
"Don't worry Kyo, you'll always be my cat." Tohru laughed, standing on her tip-toes to kiss his cheek. Kyo smiled and walked into the kitchen, stroking the cat as he walked by.
"Alright then, I'll start making breakfast. After that, we'll go to the store to get Kyoko some food, toys and a litter box." Kyo said, and leaned back into the doorway. "Or do you not want to go out yet?"
"No, that's fine. We should probably leave Kyoko here for now though." Tohru said, sitting on the ground in front of the small table. "We should call Shigure later on and thank him for Kyoko- I'm sure he'll be glad to hear from us."
"Sounds good." Kyo said, and opened the cupboards with a frown. "We should get some food while we're out too. Does cereal sound good to you?"
"Yep." Tohru said happily, glad that things were starting to turn back in the right direction.