"Holding Onto Nothing" chapter two:
"Yuki-kun Kyo-kun We're going to be late!" Tohru called from downstairs.
Kyo groaned from the foot of his bed. His uniform had been impatiently put on, his books messily thrown into his bookbag, and his bright, orange hair uncombed. He hated Mondays, having to rush everything in order to get to that damn school on time.
He shoved on his shoes, shouted an "I'm coming!", and left his room. In the hallway, he could hear intense snoring from Shigure's room, and someone running around downstairs. Probably Tohru, Kyo thought with slight amusement. He noisily stomped down the stairs, dropping his bag at the door, and hurried into the kitchen where Yuki was already munching sleepily on a piece of toast.
"Good morning, Kyo-kun There's toast on the table for you, I sure hope it will be enough!" Tohru said as she hurriedly collected her own things for school.
Kyo mumbled a "thanks" and sat down next to Yuki. "'Morning," he greeted to the sleepy boy beside him.
He was greeted by a yawn, and a drowsy "G'morning..." from Yuki.
Kyo sighed and shoved the toast into his mouth. He glanced at the clock, which read "7: 45 , which meant only fifteen minutes to get to school. "C'mon, Love, finish your breakfast," Kyo said to Yuki, standing up and getting his jacket.
Yuki's head followed Kyo as he moved about the room, gathering his courage. "Um... Kyo...?" he said in a timid voice.
"Yeah?" Kyo answered, not turning around.
"Well... you said the other day that you wanted to be more... open... about us at school..." Yuki said nervously, remembering Kyo's spoken words the previous night.
"Yeah...?" Kyo said slowly, turning from the task of tying his shoes to look at his boyfriend seriously.
"It's just that... how will we do that? What if it stirs up trouble? I mean... what will we say?" Yuki asked, worry in his voice.
There was a moment of silence. Kyo wasn't sure how to answer that. Even he had to admit that he was nervous about coming out to his school. But he knew Yuki had it worse than him; Yuki had his entire fanclub, and probably the majority of the female population, that was going to be extremely disappointed when they found out. And Yuki was much more self-conscious than him when it came to his 'image'. Would he be able to simply shake off any insult thrown at him?
Kyo sighed and smiled somewhat sadly. He slowly walked over to the delicate boy sitting at the table and kneeled down in front of him. "Yuki..."
Yuki slowly turned his head up to look Kyo in the eye.
Kyo smiled. "Hey... nothing bad is going to happen, okay? It's not going to be a big deal. This just means that we don't have to be secretive about it. We're not going to be so obvious about us being together, but if someone asks, we answer truthfully. Y'know?" he explained in a tender voice. He smiled and touched Yuki's hand. "Is that okay?" he asked gently.
Yuki smiled, closing his own hand over Kyo's. "Yeah... we can do that..." he said, a little embarrassed to have been so scared in the first place. He could handle it, right?
"Alright," Kyo whispered, smiling. He leaned up and pecked Yuki on the lips.
"Yuki-kun! Kyo-kun! We have to leave right now!!" Tohru yelled from the doorway. Yuki and Kyo sighed and walked to the door.
Yuki found that he hadn't much time to worry about the issue as they made their way to school. Tohru, babbling along about how important it was to be on time, jogged along ahead of the two boys. Kyo and Yuki, worried about her getting too far ahead, ended up running along with her all the way to school. The bell rung as the trio arrived at the school, and they rushed up to their first class.
"Okay, solve these problems with a partner of your choosing. You have fifteen minutes," the math teacher announced when she had finished writing the equations on the board.
Kyo scooted his desk over a little closer to Yuki's. "Partner?" he asked with a grin.
"Partner," Yuki answered, returning the grin. They copied the questions down and started their work.
"Algebra is so boring..." Kyo complained, gazing at his notebook in disinterest.
"It's not that boring... I mean, these problems are easy. All you have to do... is..." Yuki stared at his paper, lost for words. "What the hell do you do...?"
Kyo snorted. "Exactly. Even this crap is too boring for the brilliant Prince Yuki," Kyo said playfully. Yuki stuck out his tongue, and Kyo straightened his back and inched closer to the silver-haired boy. "Wouldn't you rather be with me than doing this stuff?" he said in a joking voice.
"I'm already right next to you," Yuki said, smiling and raising his eyebrows.
"Yeah, but we're doing work..." Kyo replied in a pouting voice. They laughed, and Kyo reached over to touch Yuki's hand.
"Wow, you guys seem to be getting along great for a change!" said a cheerful girl in braids who was sitting across from them.
Yuki jerked his hand away. "Ah... really?" he said, laughing nervously. Kyo opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by the teacher.
"Gentlemen, let's get back to our work, eh?" she said in a scolding voice. The two boys mumbled apologies and focused their eyes on their work.
The rest of the morning classes went by slowly, Kyo sneaking glances at Yuki frequently. He wondered to himself if Yuki was really ready to come out to everyone. He had seemed uncomfortable when the girl had spotted them (even if she hadn't suspected anything).
"Finally, lunch!" Uo announced as the last morning bell rung. Students leapt up, gathering into their groups of friends. Tohru and Hana quickly came and stood beside Uo. Yuki was still at his desk, carefully putting all his books away.
"Kyo-kun, let's go eat!" Tohru said cheerily.
Kyo glanced at Yuki, then at the three girls. "Um... I'm gonna wait here for Yuki," he said.
"Oh, I'll wait for him, too!" Tohru replied, smiling hugely.
"Ah... no, if we wait anymore all the good spots will be taken. You guys go and save us one, okay?" Kyo offered.
"Um... okay! That makes sense!" Tohru said. "We'll see you soon!" she said, waving back to Kyo as she joined her friends at the doorway.
Once the room was vacant, Kyo started walking toward Yuki. "Hey."
Yuki looked up at him. "Hi. Ready for lunch?" he asked, swinging his book bag over his shoulder. "Let's go."
Kyo shrugged. "Alright, then. So, walking there, should be hold hands or stand twenty meters apart?"
"Eh?!" Yuki exclaimed. "What are you talking about?"
"'Cause... you don't seem to be very comfortable hanging around me during the school day," Kyo remarked.
Yuki's face went from surprised to guilty. "I'm... comfortable..." he said in a small voice.
"No, you're not! You've been all weird!" Kyo stated bluntly.
"I'm comfortable, I swear..."
"Then how come you wouldn't hold my hand, or smile, or touch me at all even when we were next to each other and no one was looking?" Kyo demanded. Ever since that stupid girl, when he jerked away my hand...
"Kyo..."
"You said you were okay with coming out, right? Isn't that what you said? Or did I misunderstand? Should we just go back to living lies, keeping secrets? And that won't even work, because that Yankee and goth girl already know! What do you...?!"
"I'm sorry..." Yuki mumbled.
Kyo stared at him. He had expected him to make an excuse or say 'whatever', not apologize. He suddenly felt guilty about yelling at him.
"I'm sorry, Kyo, I was nervous at first, but you weren't the only one who was bothered by it. Yeah, I was a bit distant... but I can get over it. I already have, in fact! I swear to you, I can be completely comfortable with this! So, sorry if I hurt your feelings," Yuki said.
Kyo stared at him, amazed by his confession. "Oh... ok. Sorry, too."
Yuki smiled and took a step closer to him. "So now you won't have to wait the entire day to kiss me..." he whispered, warm breath tickling Kyo's face. "Isn't that great?"
"Hell yes," Kyo said, even quieter. He closed the space in between them and started kissing Yuki on his closed lips.
He held his arms around Yuki's waist and pulled him in closer. He allowed his tongue to touch Yuki's bottom lip in a series of short licks, until they opened and let him inside his mouth. Yuki hugged Kyo tightly as he entered his own tongue and started exploring Kyo's mouth. Yuki knew that they had been going out for a month already, but he still got as excited for these kisses as a preteen going on a first date would. Kyo's mouth was so incredibly hot, he almost felt intoxicated by it.
When Yuki felt Kyo's mouth leave his own, he opened his eyes like in a daze, not quite sure why the warmth on his mouth was gone.
Kyo smiled apologetically. "Sorry... but I feel guilty lying to Tohru so I can make out with you," he explained, giving Yuki's hand a small squeeze. "Let's go have lunch," he said.
"Okay," Yuki replied quietly, the happiest he had been all morning.
As they exited the room, they heard a squeal and footsteps. Yuki turned his head to see a dark-haired girl running down the hall. He frowned suspiciously, but shrugged the feeling off and followed Kyo in the opposite direction.
Kyo felt a lot better after his talk with Yuki. He enjoyed his lunch immensely, sharing a few pecks with Yuki along the side, and breezed through his afternoon classes. He was relieved when the last bell of the day had rung. Now he could go home with Yuki and kiss him some more.
However, Yuki did not seem to be as excited as he was walking beside Kyo and Tohru on the way home. He appeared to be thinking about something deeply. When Kyo asked him what was wrong, Yuki just shook his head and replied "Nothing, I'm fine." And he did seem to be fine after that. He shared jokes with Tohru, did his homework efficiently, and still spent most of the afternoon alone with Kyo.
Later that night, as Kyo was taking a shower, Yuki sat on his bed and thought about what had happened that day right after school.
"Y-Yuki-sama... I'm sorry, but... it's not true, is it?" the girl asked with a wavering voice.
Yuki recognized her as the girl who had ran down the hall, and had a gist of what she was talking about. "What is not true, senpai?"he asked politely.
"You... you and him... it's not true, is it?" she repeated shakily, tears forming in her eyes. "You and Kyo Sohma aren't together, are you?!" she exclaimed.
Yuki looked at her sadly. What should he say? This girl was so upset, and he hadn't told anyone about Kyo outside of his friends.
No... I have to answer truthfully, like Kyo said, Yuki thought.
"I'm sorry, senpai, it is true," he answered quietly. "Me and Kyo are together."
The girl looked shocked, and she opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. Instead, she buried her face in her hands and started crying loudly. Yuki wanted to comfort her, but he knew it would do no good. Before he knew it, the girl was running away from him.
Yuki sighed. Well, this is what Kyo and I agreed to. And, cruel as it is, Kyo is more important than some silly girl, he thought. He smiled, happy that he had been strong at that moment, and started to get ready for bed.
I'll be as brave tomorrow, too.
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A/N: Okay, so the school drama is leaving some hints now. However, things will be very soon getting much more intense... mwahaha.