Never Give Up
By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl
Disclaimer: Yo. So, I don't own Furuba. Not that I care…Oh, what am I saying, of course I care! But, maybe it's for the best. I'm sure that Natsuki Takaya has done a much better job with it than I ever would have. Hmmm…
A/N: So, I've nothing to say, other than I hoped that you all enjoyed the last four chapters that I posted.
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Previous Chapter:
"I brought you a list of items you'll need, if you want to register for them," Hatori said to Tohru, handing her a folded piece of paper. "Unfortunately, I can't stay, I have to get back to the Sohma estate. Akito is running another one of his fevers, presumably from too much stress."
Ayame scowled.
"Oh, of course he's stressed!" he said. "He's still seething over the fact that Shigure and my dear little brother didn't show up for New Year's; he's trying so hard to keep Lucky Kyo and our precious little Princess Tohru apart, and—"
"I told you to stop calling me that!" Kyo snapped; Tohru, Uo, Hana, and the Mabudachi Trio turned to see Kyo glaring at the Snake.
"K-Kyo!" Tohru said, shocked. "What are you doing here? I thought that—"
"It's a mall," Kyo said, "so I figured that it would be a lot less likely that Akito would find out about us being together."
"And I'll be making sure that Kureno is staying with Akito today," Hatori added, "so there's even less chance."
"Oh! Thank you so much!" Tohru exclaimed as Kyo grinned at the Dragon.
"I think that we'll leave you alone now," Hatori said, indicating himself, Shigure, and Ayame.
"What? Oh, come on, Ha'ri!" Shigure said, "This will be fun!"
"Yes, it'll be fun!" Ayame said, both he and the Dog protesting the Dragon as he led them from the store.
"Come on, Ayame," Hatori said.
"Okay!"
Kyo sighed.
"Thank God they're not gonna stay," he muttered, before realizing that Uo and Hana were both smiling at him. "What?"
"Oh, nothing."
"We should probably go as well," Hana said.
"Yeah, lots of homework," Uo said, grabbing Hana's hand and heading quickly towards the door.
Kyo raised an eyebrow at Tohru.
"You'd think they had planned this," he muttered; Tohru giggled.
Chapter Nineteen: The List
"Kyo?"
"Huh?" Kyo turned to face Kazuma.
"Keep your cell phone on."
"Okay." Kyo turned back to Tohru as Kazuma left. "C'mon," he said to her with a smile. "Let's see what Hatori wrote on his list."
"Okay." Tohru smiled and handed Kyo the list that Hatori had given her; Kyo glanced over it.
'Onsies, receiving blankets, socks…'
"Hey, Tohru?" Kyo asked, taking her hand.
"Mm?"
"What's a 'receiving' blanket?"
"Hmm? Oh, it's just a really lightweight baby blanket."
"Oh. Okay. Um…you want to start with the clothes, or the blankets?"
"Um…"
"And Hatori also wrote down that we should add diapers to the list."
"Really?"
"Yeah, see?" Kyo handed the list to Tohru and pointed. Sure enough, diapers were listed, near the bottom, along with quite a few more practical items, such as towels, bottles, and bathing supplies.
"Hmm…" Tohru sighed. "I guess we're going to be here for awhile, aren't we?"
"Yeah. You okay?" Kyo asked anxiously as Tohru sighed again, bringing a hand up to her temple.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a little overwhelming, all of this that we have to register for." Tohru let her hand fall to her stomach and looked up at Kyo to smile at him.
"Are you tired?" Kyo asked quickly. "Do you want me to take you home so that you can take a nap? We can do this this weekend if you're too tired to do it right now. If you want, I can take you home and then come back here and register for all the boring stuff, and then we can come back on Saturday and register for the clothes and everything else together, or--What's so funny?"
Kyo looked down at Tohru with a sweet, confused look on his face, which only made Tohru laugh harder.
"What? Why are you laughing?" Kyo scowled; Tohru covered her mouth with her hand in an attempt to stop her giggles.
"You're--" Tohru giggled again.
"I'm what?"
"You're-you're just--so cute…when you're concerned!" Tohru finally managed to get out between giggles.
Kyo must have stared at her for a full minute before a lush began to spread from his cheeks and across his nose; he had never heard Tohru say anything at all like what she just had, except to Kisa, of course.
"Tohru," he muttered, before pulling her to him and planting a soft little kiss on her lips. Pulling away, he said, "I am nowhere--nowhere--nearly as cute as you."
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Yeah, yeah, short, I know. But whatever. I'm not exactly in the caring mood. Just a lot of problems, and I'm not allowed to stress out or I'll get sick (Doctor's orders, not mine ). So, anyways, I'll try to have another chapter up soon. Man, this was only supposed to be twelve chapters long! I had an outline and everything! An outline, for crying out loud, so that I would be sure to finish it.
Anyways, bear with me, and I'll write as much as I can. I promise, alright guys?
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