Battle for a Riceball

Chapter 4: I think I'm in love

"That's none of your buisness." Kyo muttered.

"Kagura wouldn't just run off like that, I know her better than you think," Yuki said coldly, crossing his arms.

"Nothing happened. I just- I just told her my real feelings for her and she ran off," Kyo said truthfully.

"I'm guessing your real feelings were that you don't love her?"

"You guessed it rat boy, and why am I telling you this? Just leave me alone," Kyo said cooly as he walked away.

"Stupid cat," Yuki muttered to himself as he watched Kyo walk towards his room.

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Tohru finished up her breakfast as quickly as she could, she shoved her riceball into her mouth and raced up to her room.

She didn't even bother to help Momiji and Shigure straigthen up the books in his library like she had promised. Her heart felt

shattered into a million pieces as she kept playing the flashback of Kagura and Kyo kissing over and over again.

"It's not a big deal," she kept whispering to herself over and over again. She choked back a sob as she dug her head to her pillow.

Uncontrollable tears rolled down her cheeks, she felt her whole face melt into her pillow.

In that sudden instant, Kyo was walking past her bedroom. He couldn't help but hear the sobs coming from Tohru's room.

Without knocking, he slammed the door open and hurried towards Tohru.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" Kyo said in a worried voice, he started to panic once Tohru did not respond. She froze and let

more tears roll down her cheeks. Kyo started shaking her so she would respond, but she only shivered into more tears.

"Damn it! Tohru what happened?" Kyo tried to lift her up from her pillow, but Tohru hesitated. She didn't want Kyo to see her like that.

"Please, leave me alone. I just want to be alone," Tohru said in a soft, kind voice. Kyo couldn't take it anymore, he forced Tohru to sit up and

she couldn't resist. Kyo looked at her in the eyes in shock. Her eyes were swollen and red from crying. How long had she been like this? Kyo thought.

He put a hand around her chin and demmanded for her to tell him what was wrong. Suddenly, his voice soften.

"I'm sorry for acting like this, but I need to know what's wrong." Kyo demmanded. Tohru tried to smile to prove him wrong, that she was okay. She couldn't

tell him the truth. She couldn't tell him that she loved him and that she hated what Kagura did to him.

"That fake smile doesn't work."

"Really, Kyo. I'll be okay. I just need to be alone." Tohru mumbled softly.

"Dammit! Tell me what's wrong!"

"Nothing." Tohru replied, her voice emotionless. She felt like crying again.

"Come on, Tohru. I'm not leaving until you tell me," Kyo muttered coldly.

"Um..fine. I'll tell you, but I was just embrassed. I fell down the stairs and hurt myself again. silly me!" Tohru said jokingly, with a terrible attempt to laugh.

She sat up in her bed and looked at Kyo with bloodshot eyes. Even in this broken state, she looked beautiful.

"You can't keep your problems all locked up all the time, it's bad for you," Kyo tried to stay calm and not explode from madness since it was obvious that

Tohru was lying.

"K-K-Kyo. I can't-" she muttered quietly. "I can't- I can't tell you..It's to selfish of me," she admitted.

"Tohru, I don't care! Tell me what's wrong!" he repeated.

"B-But I can't Kyo. It's about you. I don't want to hurt you," she finally admitted.

"Well, that's a reason to tell me! Especially if its about me! What did I do?" Kyo asked nervously. He didn't want to be the one to bring Tohru so much sadness.

"No, not exactly you! More like, something you did." Tohru explained briefly.

"Tell me, or I'll leave. Because- Because I think this is my fault, so if you don't tell me I'll leave and run back to be with my master." Kyo muttered harshly.

"Don't!"

"Then tell me dammit!"

"I'm mad at Kagura!"

"What?" Kyo paused in amazement. Tohru could never be mad at anyone. She was sweet and caring all the time, it was hard to imagine that she would be angry at someone.

"I said, I'm mad at Kagura," Tohru repeated slowly. She choked back a sob and mumbled something Kyo couldn't understand.

"Why?" Kyo begged for an answer. He wondered what this had to do with him.

"Because I saw you two kissing! I just- just panicked, and I was being silly. I j-just don't know what to do, so I just went to my room to cry! These tears just

started flowing down, and I don't know why." Tohru laughed nervously. Kyo's eyes widen as he stared back at Tohru in amazment.

"She forced me to kiss her!" he said quickly. Tohru quickly turned back at Kyo with sparkling eyes.

"R-r-really? Where is she now?"

"She ran away because I got mad at her for making me kiss her," Kyo said in a disgusted tone.

"I'm a horrible person for getting mad at Kagura. I don't know what I was thinking, but if you love her, I'm not mad! Not at all! It just came at me so quickly, I guess I was surprised." Tohru said happily smiling.

"Tohru, but why would you be crying that Kagura and I were kissing?" Kyo hoped for the answer he was looking for.

Tohru couldn't think anymore, she looked at Kyo's angelic, perfect face. His sweet, innocent look on his face and his small smirk.

"Because-Because..I really don't know." she cried miserably.

Kyo panicked once she began crying, but before he could do anything he saw her dive towards him. She tackled him to the ground and gave him a hug. poof he

turned into a cat almost immeditley and Tohru snuggled beside the orange cat.

"I think it's because I love you," she admitted. At that moment, Yuki was going upstairs to see what all the noise was about.

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Tohru just admitted that she loves Kyo! What will Yuki and Kagura think? Does Tohru have feelings for Yuki too? Find out in the next chapter!