Never Give Up

By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl

Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba.

A/N: Okay, um, sorries that it's taken me so long (two weeks) to post anything, but, um, you're all getting three new chapters, maybe even four, and that's just for this fic. So, um, no flames for the lateness, okay-kay???

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Chapter Seventeen: Solution

Tohru sighed.

'Why does it have to be this way?' she thought.

Kyo hadn't been home in a week. He was with Kazuma. And that was where he said he was going to stay. At least, that was where he would stay until the baby was born.

He wouldn't even look at her during school, and he especially wouldn't talk to her. And even though Kyo had explained it all to her, Tohru still couldn't help but feel a little more than hurt. Not to mention that this whole situation, coupled with the exams that were coming up, was putting a lot of strain on her.

And Hatori told her that that was bad for the baby.

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Kyo sighed. He hated this.

"Kyo?"

"What?" he snapped turning around in his chair where he sat hunched over his homework; Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "Oh, sorry Dad."

Kazuma sighed.

"You're not having an easy time of this, are you?" he asked.

"No," Kyo muttered bitterly, turning back to his math problems; Kazuma sighed again.

"I'm sorry about all of this, Kyo," he said.

"Damn it!" Kyo jumped to his feet. "I can't take this, Dad!"

"Kyo--"

"Dad, that's my baby inside of Tohru!"

"I know that--"

"And I missed the first half of her pregnancy because I was so stupid and selfish, I just had to get out of that damned house--"

"Kyo--"

"--And I feel bad enough about that already, but now I can't even be anywhere near her! And--"

"Yes, I know--"

"--Now I have to see everybody else swarming around her and feeling the baby kick through Tohru's stomach, and I've only gotten to do that once! And right after that, I couldn't even kiss her, because Kagura had to show up, just because it was Valentine's Day, and then Akito of all people had to show up--"

"Yes, I realize that, but Kyo, you have to come to terms with this arrange--"

"And now I can't be with Tohru, and I've explained all of this to her, and so has Shigure and that damned Rat, and you and everybody else, but it still hurts! It's killing me, just knowing how bad Tohru's feeling right now!"

"Ky--"

"And about the baby's kicking! You'd think by now that they'd all stop crowding around Tohru, even Momiji has noticed that Tohru is starting to get really stressed out! So why can't they all just see that they're just making her stress out even more?!? And--"

"KYO!!!" Kazuma yelled; Kyo jumped.

"What?!?" Kyo snapped.

"Calm down."

"Oh, right. Sorry."

"I know that this is hard on you, Kyo, but right now, it's just best that you and Tohru stay away from each other for now."

"'For now?'" Kyo repeated, laughing inanely. "Don't you mean forever? Do you honestly think that Akito will calm down after Tohru has our baby?!?"

Kazuma sighed.

"I know that it's hard right now, Kyo, but you have to realize that Akito will eventually come around."

"Yeah. Sure."

Kazuma sighed again.

"Kyo, you yourself decided that it would be better if you and Tohru had as little to do with each other at school and that you come to live here. And Tohru agreed with you, didn't she?"

"Yeah…" Kyo admitted. "Hey, Dad?"

"Mmm?"

"Um…I know that I help you out with the dojo anyway, but, um…"

"What is it?"

"Um, would you hire me for a part-time job? I kind of need the money. It's for something important."

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Hey all. So, no flames for the shortness. Um, reviews, lalalala…you know the drill.

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