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A/N: Alright people, I know I said that I wouldn't beg for reviews… but c'mon, I didn't mean not to review! I mean us writers feed off of reviews, it gives us ideas, and gives us motivation to continue writing… Ah well, if you don't want to review, I understand… but you'll make me very happy if you do decide to review, 'kay?

Chapter 7- Lithium (Nirvana)

(Kyo's POV)

Waking up in Haru's arms is probably one of the most comforting sensations I have ever felt. It is warm and I feel safe, as if anything that could ever cause me pain is being banished in his embrace. This along with other feelings is slightly confusing to me.

All my life I have been told that I am the cat, the outcast, the monster, not worthy of giving, nor receiving love. I was told that even my own mother, the person who was suppose to have loved me more than anyone else in this world, killed herself in shame of giving birth to such a social calamity.

So I ask myself, could these strange feelings I get around Haru be the beginnings of love?

I do not know what love feels like, so this is why I suppose such foreign feelings around another person is to be love. But if it is love, what should I do to act on it?

Though may seem guarded in all ways of contending, I am still human, and above all else, I have flaws, and like most humans, I fear rejection. Though I have been rejected all my life, I am still not used to it. Honestly I don't believe anyone can get used to rejection, those who say they are, are either sociopaths, having no emotions to begin with, or they just lie to themselves so profusely that they believe in their lie, and live as if it is truth, even though deep inside they harbor such deceit as an open sore. These people who lie to themselves eventually reach a point at which they cannot believe in their lie anymore, a breaking point so critical that it can even destroy their whole lives, making them into lifeless shells, or even worse, a rotting corpse, their own life disposed of by their own hand.

My nights spent shivering in a flimsy 2-ply cardboard box made me realize this truth. And upon this realization I vowed never to become like that, and to accept my flaws as they are, for like everyone else I am imperfect.

Though I feel I am jumping to conclusions at this point because it is way to early to determine love at this stage in our relationship, since I have only spent the last three days with him, so for now I shall wait and see how this plays out. For you know even Romeo and Juliet fell in love and were married in less time than we've been together.

I was deep in thought when Haru awoke and jostle me from my mind's wanderings. I looked up at him startled for I did not expect such movement.

"What were you thinking about?"

"Hmm? Oh, everything and nothing all at the same time. It happens. Did I wake you?"

"No, I woke up on my own when I realized that I was holding you and I looked at your face, and you had a look of deep contemplation… Sorry I disturbed your train of thought…"

"Oh, don't worry, I wasn't thinking about anything important, it was more of just a jumble of thoughts put into one."

"Oh, I understand. So what say you we get something to eat?"

"That sounds good, I'll cook this time, you get the privilege of showering first this morning, you're the guest after all."

"I feel honored… I suppose."

I then got up and started breakfast while Haru got ready. I tried not to think of Haru in the shower, for with my strange feelings also came a strong insistence from my libido. When Haru was through, we ate.

"So what do you want to do today? I have no plans, so it's your choice today."

"You want to spend the day with me?"

"Why yes, silly! You've been with me through all of my little adventures, so I think it only logical that I spend time with you, unless you don't want to spend time with-"

"NO, no, no, no! Of course I want to spend time with you! I was just surprised that you wanted to spend time with me, that's all, I'm not used to people wanting to be around me, since as the cow I'm always seen as slow, and my horrible sense of direction tends well, get people lost, and well there's my Black side…"

"Ah I understand fully where you are coming from, you have to remember, I'm the cat, most people would prefer to gnaw their own hand off before spending time with me."

"I don't think so…"

"Well you are an exception. I didn't say there weren't exceptions, just that people tend not to prefer my company due to their views on social status."

"Are people really that shallow?"

"Haru, people are worse than shallow, people are mindless, judgmental, and biased, except for the rare few, such as Tohru, which only come along about every ten thousand years."

"Kyo, How do you go outside knowing this?"

"Because I know if I hide away and become a hermit then I've let the system beat me, and I could never let that happen."

"You learned a lot living on the streets, didn't you?"

"Yes, I really did. Alright, now on to what it is you wanted to do today."

"Well, how long has it been since you've gotten new clothes?"

"Umm…. Honestly, I don't know…."

"Well then I have the perfect thing for us to do! Let's go shopping!"

"Shopping? That's actually a good idea, alright, let's!"

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A/N: Oh dear, I have them going on a shopping trip, this should be interesting. And no, the Romeo and Juliet reference is not a sign of what's to come, I just thought of it in the since that all the events that occurred to them happened in four days. Till next time, TKY : )