A/N: Konichiwa!!!! Thanks to all of your reviews I'm at 50, I'm so happy!! I think that means I'm doing something right ! Yay me!! Anyway I'd like to thank Aqua once again and BRENDA for their reviews. I'd also like to thank everyone for their votes as well and the winners are……drum roll please…….KYOXTOHRU!!!!!

Now I want everyone who voted for different couples to know that I'm sorry they didn't win, it was really really close, actually KyoxYuki lost by one vote. But I'll have a little AyamexShigure action in here too so PLEASE don't stop reading or be disappointed.

Disclaimer: Nope, not mine (sigh)

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(Previously)

"There's not much a person who doesn't understand or can't relate to another person's problems can do…it's obvious that you're hurting right now, but I'm sure everything will turn out fine." Ayame put one hand on top of Mine's. She made him feel a million times better than he had felt in a while.

"Thank you Mine, thank you very much."

They smiled at each other, maybe this is one of the reason's he works so much, it relieves some of his stress. Most people would like to stay away from work because it builds stress, but not for Ayame, when Mine is around his worries seem to dissipate into thin air, even for a little while. She was one of his best friends, somehow if he didn't have the whole zodiac problem he would want to be with Mine, but Ayame understands how much pain those relationships can cause. Even though Hatori and Kana are a happy couple right now, who knows how long it will last with Akito watching their every move. So Ayame will just keep her as a dear friend and hope that she'll always be there to say kinds words to him. All of a sudden a customer walked into the store; Ayame stood up.

"Welcome! Please look around, this is a place where fantasies become reality!" The customer walked into the store smiling at his handsome host and hostess.

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(After School, Same Day)

Kyo and Tohru were walking home in silence. Kyo had his hands in his uniform pockets while Tohru held her bag in front of her. She looked sad; it was just as she had thought. Yuki was staying after school today and told Tohru not to worry about him eating dinner; he would eat with the secretary of the student council, Machi Kuragi.

(Flashback, Before Tohru Goes Home)

Tohru heard her name being called by a familiar voice while she was walking toward the exit of the school.

"Miss Honda!" It was Yuki who was calling out to her.

"Oh, hi Yuki, Kyo and I were just about to leave, are you ready?"

"No, that's what I came to tell you." Yuki panted slightly from the running, "I'm staying after today. I probably won't be home till late so eat dinner without me ok." Yuki looked at Tohru's confused face.

"Um ok, I'll make sure I put some away for you--"

"No. Don't worry about it, I'm going to eat with Miss Kuragi."

"Oh… alright, see you…later then…" Tohru gave Yuki a smile and he walked her outside to meet Kyo. He waved to her and then went back into the school.

(End of Flashback)

Tohru sighed; she knew that this was all to avoid Ayame, but there was nothing she could say to Yuki. Kyo sighed even louder.

"Damnit this is pissin' me off!" Kyo looked at Tohru and she jumped slightly at the noise breaking her out of her trance.

"Uh, what's wrong Kyo?"

"Why can't he just talk to that damn snake??!! I mean it's not that damn hard!!! WHAT THE HELL IS AVOIDING HIM GOING TO DAMN DO??!!!" Kyo yelled out in frustration. Even him, Yuki's rival, wanted to help in some kind of way. Tohru was always worried about this mess. Kyo wasn't even going to pay it any mind; it really wasn't his business so why does he feel like he has to get involved? Then again there are plenty of reasons, Tohru asking him to talk to Yuki, living in the same house with two quarreling brothers, seeing all of his cousins and Tohru worried about this situation. Goddamnit this was becoming annoying. Kyo hadn't been this frustrated in a long time; since he heard the news about Ayame moving in to be exact.

"Um…" Tohru was speechless. She agreed with Kyo sort of. He could've put it in a nicer way but he was right no matter what. Why can't Yuki just say how he feels? Why can't Ayame just say how he feels? Why? Why? Why? That was the only interrogative sentence in everyone's head. When they reached home Kyo kicked his shoes off and went upstairs to his room. Damn Yuki for making him care. Shigure watched Kyo walk upstairs.

"Hm, I'm starting to think that I only exist to him when I make derogatory remarks. I can never get a 'Hi Shigure' from him, anyway, hello Tohru how was your day?" Shigure asked in sort of a sarcastic yet caring way. The way his younger cousin never speaks to him when he comes home gets on his nerves.

"It was fine. What about you Shigure?"

"Oh, it was pretty good, I finished my manuscript, went out to breakfast, and came up with another idea for a my upcoming novel."

"Really, all that?" Tohru asked in amazement.

"Nope, but it would be really nice if all that did happen wouldn't it? The truth is, I haven't finished my manuscript, which really isn't that big a deal to me, I have writer's block, and I'm soo hungry." Shigure cried as he whined to Tohru.

"Aw, I'll go make you something to eat right away." Shigure heard the hallelujah chorus.

"Thank you so much Tohru, you really are an angel." Tohru blushed and said you're welcome to Shigure. She cooked him something to eat and talked with him until Ayame came home. Ayame walked in and sat down at the table with Shigure and Tohru.

"(Sigh) I had a lot of customers at the store today, I'm starting to think I need more help." Ayame put his fingers through his long silver silky hair. Tohru got up and went to the kitchen to pour him some tea. She came back, gave him the hot tea and sat back down.

"Hmm, more help you say?" Tohru asked.

"Yes, Mine and I seem to be having an overwhelming amount of customers, and not being able to attend to each one of them is very troublesome for my business." Ayame explained sipping the nice tea, the one Mine made for him became cold and he couldn't drink it anymore. Tea is not tea when it's cold. "Ah, hits the spot." Tohru began to think about what Ayame said. If she took this job then maybe she'll have enough money to do what she's wanted since Ayame moved in. Her current job wouldn't be enough, but her current job plus another job would be perfect. Maybe this will help Yuki and Ayame.

"What if I take the job?" Tohru inquired. Ayame and Shigure looked at each other and then Tohru.

"But Tohru you already have a job, you don't want to over exert yourself, you know what happens when you do that." Shigure replied.

"I promise not to overwork myself, I'll make sure that the job doesn't require too much hard work, since I have school and stuff." Ayame put his hand on his chin.

"Well another angelic face would help the business a lot, and you would only have to measure customers when they need it, and work the cash register when Mine and I can't." Ayame said looking at Shigure for approval, he happened to like the idea himself.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem too hard…." Shigure said waiting to hear more before he expressed his full approval like a father trying to protect his child from danger.

"You wouldn't have to work that much either, five days out of a week would help me a lot but I can bring it down to three if its too much."

"No no, five days is fine." Tohru chimed.

"I'll pay you handsomely as well, ask Mine what her check looks like every week." Ayame said confidently.

"Yay, a well paying job." Tohru became excited

"Then its settled right Shigure?" Ayame looked at Shigure with hopeful eyes.

"Hmm, alright, but please don't over work yourself Tohru."

"Okay." Tohru smiled. It was obvious that she was very important to Shigure; the way he was always so concerned about her health; it makes her happy though.

"Is there a uniform for the job Ayame?" Tohru asked.

"Well there are a lot of costumes at the shop, so you'll be wearing one of those…WAIT…you can wear my newest creation. I can picture it beautifully already. I'm sure you'll look gorgeous in it Tohru." Ayame smiled and stood.

"The outfit is only drawn though so it should be ready in two days if I start right now." Ayame walked upstairs feeling pumped and ready to get to work even though he was officially off work. But Ayame has this way off thinking, a phrase he lives by and that phrase is "An Artist's job is never done." Ayame went back downstairs when he realized he forgot his tea. Once he gets that then he'll get to work.

(At 8:00)

Yuki walked into the house and took off his shoes. He went upstairs to his room and puts his book bag down on the floor next to his desk. He sighed and sat down on his bed when all of a sudden Kyo busted in through his door. Yuki was surprised and startled, what the heck was Kyo busting in here for Yuki wondered.

"Um, is there something you need?" Yuki asked in his regular calm voice even though he was surprised.

"We need to…to--"

"To what?"

"Wait Damnit let me finish before you cut me off!!" Yuki stared at Kyo. "We need to, to…talk." Yuki was starting to become annoyed, why the hell was this cat coming into his room and yelling him like this? Yuki was puzzled yet intrigued.

"Talk about what exactly?" Yuki asked.

"Um…A-Ay-Ayame."

"Ayame? What?" Yuki was definitely confused now, was Kyo actually trying to help him? No way, it's a trick; he must've lost a bet. Kyo looked down at the floor, he was ready to run out of the room any second now. For some odd reason he would rather shove razors in his eyes than do this but he couldn't really back down now.

"Okay, who'd you lose a bet to?" Yuki asked in an I-Knew-It tone of voice.

"What?" That struck a nerve.

"It's obvious you lost a bet to someone and now you're paying the price, so who was it, Miss Uotani perhaps?" Yuki smiled a sly smile. A vein popped and Kyo walked over to Yuki and grabbed his collar roughly. He pulled Yuki so close that he could feel Yuki's minty fresh breath. Yuki ate some mints after he ate dinner with Machi. (I'm sure you guys were thinking something else.)

"Listen you damn rat! I wouldn't do this if I lost a bet, because there's not a lose in this damn world that can make me do this." Kyo said barely yelling. His voice was low and rough, and angry all at once there was no need to yell right now, the way he talked was good enough, he could tell he actually put a tiny bit of fear in Yuki, of course it didn't last long.

"Alright then, why are you doing this?"

"Because!!! Y-you're acting…differently." Kyo let go of Yuki's shirt.

"Huh?" Yuki has never seen Kyo like this before. He actually seemed like a totally different person himself, normally he would've tried to smash Yuki's face in, of course he would fail but that never stopped him before. Yuki realized at that very moment that Kyo actually might care about something other than just beating him.

"You're acting different okay!! And…you're worrying Tohru too." Kyo's tone became soft, and a bit shy.

"Miss Honda? But why, I'm not doing anything." Yuki couldn't understand.

"That's exactly what she's worried about. You don't tell anyone what's wrong with you, and your stupid brother is actually trying to get to know you and you don't even want to give him a chance. All you try to do is avoid him. Everyone can see it and goddamnit it's annoying."

"I hope this isn't supposed to make me feel better..." Yuki said in a sarcastic tone.

"RRRR YOU DAMN RAT!!!!"

"Will you shut up for one second…?" Kyo stopped yelling for that moment and listened to Yuki.

"It-its just that…I…I don't feel like he should be here." Yuki looked down and Kyo plopped down on the floor and crossed his legs. This is very different for Kyo, to tell the truth he's never actually been in Yuki's room and sat down before. He looked around a bit, the rat was so damn organized it was sickening. There wasn't a single piece of paper on the floor, or a sock out of place, but Kyo likes space, he actually felt like sprawling out on Yuki's floor; but that wasn't going to happen in this lifetime, maybe the next. Yuki felt a bit weird himself, his rival in every single thing, was trying to talk to him. What the hell? That was the only question going through his mind. It was weird and yet comforting to know that Kyo actually had the guts to come and say something to him. He hasn't really talked to Shigure in a long time, but Yuki knows how Shigure is about his house and after he broke half the stuff in the house and didn't bother to clean it up; Shigure would be ticked for quite sometime. There was no way he would talk to Ayame and he was too shy to talk to Tohru. He looked at the cat gaze around the room; apparently this was fascinating him, but then they met each other's gaze.

"Um, I'm not really good with this stuff ok, I don't know how to be gentle when it comes to telling people the truth…but I don't have any siblings so I don't really know what you're going through and neither does Tohru. She thinks that the gap or whatever will get wider between you two and then you'll stop talking to him and other people completely. I don't care about these things but if you change…Tohru will be sad and then I'll beat you back into your senses if that's what it takes." Kyo looked at Yuki with serious eyes. That was the first time Yuki and him actually had a real conversation. Kyo was sort of proud of himself for being so calm. A bit forceful and mean but effective.

"We both know that's not gonna happen but…I don't want to make Tohru sad…what…should I do?" Yuki was surprised at his own question and he really wasn't expecting a serious answer.

"You know what you should do. I mean would you really listen to me if I told you to go talk to Ayame?" Kyo asked.

"I probably wouldn't." Yuki answered straightforwardly.

"Of course not, I have another question though, would you really take any advice from me?" Kyo asked.

"I don't know; you've never given me advice before." Yuki replied. Kyo rested against Yuki's door with his arms behind his head.

"Well, I think you should stop being a baby and confront your fears."

"What fears?"

"Everyone's afraid of something, no matter who they are. Its obvious what you're afraid of."

"Is that so, and what am I afraid of, and don't say you or I'm kicking you out."

"You're afraid of wrecking the relationship that you have with your stupid brother…" Yuki's eyes widened. Is that what it is? Kyo continued to talk, "You think that, if you start talking to him, you'll despise him more so than love him and no one wants to really hate someone they're related to, its just something that some families have to live with." What. The. Hell. The stupid cat wasn't so stupid when it came down to it. Yuki realized that Kyo couldn't be more right. That was exactly what he was afraid of; he doesn't want to hate Ayame so he tries to stay away from him. Yuki knew that was the feeling but there was no way he could put it into his own words and here comes Kyo with the exact words, why did it have to be him? Why not…SOMEBODY else, this was all too weird. Kyo looked confidently at Yuki.

"I knew it." Kyo said.

"B-but, how?"

"I don't know, call it instinct I guess, besides I don't even wanna know why the hell I understand you." Kyo turned his head.

"K-Kyo, am I stupid for not knowing this myself?" There was a pause, "Never mind don't answer that, of course your answer would be 'yes'." Kyo sighed and blushed a bit.

"You're not stupid…just confused. It happens to everyone that's normal ya know." Kyo couldn't believe that he was making that rat feel better. This was weird but Yuki doesn't seem like a bad guy if you think about it. Kyo's head was starting to spin, Yuki even called him by his name!! Maybe it was time to leave, you should never over stay your welcome. Kyo stood up and turned to face the door.

"You'll do what you think is right I guess…it might not work out but it should be a risk that a damn rat like you is willing to take." Kyo opened the door.

"Stupid cat…" Kyo was about to yell before he heard Yuki's last words, "Thanks…" Yuki smiled a small smile since he knew Kyo wouldn't see.

"Yea well this doesn't make us friends or anything, I still hate you…" Kyo blushed again; curse him and his shyness.

"Fine." Yuki watched Kyo walk out of his room. Yuki lied down on his bed and began to think about so much. He heard Kyo yelling in the hallway for some reason.

"YOU WERE LISTENING?!!" Kyo yelled to the nosy novelist.

"I didn't know it was private conversation and it is my house... You know Kyo, you're such a nice guy." Kyo growled and punched Shigure in the head. A bump grew the size of a tomato and Shigure cried.

"Most people would've taken that as a compliment." Kyo stomped downstairs and into the kitchen, he was starving. Yuki drifted off into dreamland still trying to comprehend his situation, maybe he does know what to do, but it would take some time to actually do it, but he was almost sure of what he should do.

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Holy crap that was WAY way longer than I intended, but it was necessary. Um I'm sorry though, if the whole talk was too much OOC, I really did do my best with this and I enjoyed writing it very much. Yuki and Kyo getting along for that long, ah thank goodness for fanfics. Yeah so this'll probably be the longest chapter you read in this so if it bothers you I'm sorry, please review and let me know whatcha think ok, Sayonara till the next chappy.