Battle for the Riceball

Chapter 6: A starry night

Yuki just stared blankly at Tohru for a moment before turning away.

"I just want you to think about it okay? Please Miss Honda," he whispered before he left the room. Tohru found herself reaching out to grab Yuki's shoulder before he turned away.

"Yuk-"something in her mind screamed so suddenly that she froze instantly. This wasn't the best time to tell Yuki what she really felt. He was already upset enough.

I'll just tell him..later..

She turned away and continued making the stew for Kyo. A exploding sound was heard from the kitchen. It seemed like Kyo had transformed back to his normal form.

"Nnng…" Kyo stumbled down the stairs. He leaned his forehead on the wall and moaned. He started to feel the whole world shake.

"Kyo! No, please don't get up, you'll only feel worse!" Tohru panicked as she ran towards him, grabbing his hand.

"N-No, I'm alright…really," he muttered slowly. His vision began to blur.

"Here sit down," Tohru let him sit on the chair closest to them. Kyo stumbled to the chair and quickly sat down.

"Does the rain always do this to you?" Tohru asked worriedly, putting a hand on Kyo's forehead. Kyo blushed furiously, before nodding.

"Yah..but Tohru, really I'm okay." Kyo muttered, pulling her hand away.

"Are you sure? Here, I made you some stew," Tohru handed Kyo the bowl of soup. There hands brushed against each other making Kyo blush again.

"You look a bit red. I think you have a fever!" Tohru panicked, not realizing that Kyo was actually blushing.

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From the other side of the house, Yuki was watching Tohru happily care for Kyo. He felt so upset seeing Tohru so happy when she was around Kyo. '

Does Tohru enjoy doing this to me? Always making me feel so lonely….I really like her, but I don't think she realizes how much I love her. She's to busy paying attention to that stupid cat.

"What are we doing here? Eavesdropping?" Shigure popped out of nowhere with a smirk on his face. His head was inches away from Yuki's

"Go away you stupid dog," Yuki snapped, slapping him away in the process.

"You know Yuki, if you like Tohru that much you don't have to eavesdrop on her conversations, you should just go talk to her!" Shigure grinned.

"I said go away you stupid dog!!" Yuki was a bit louder the second time, making Tohru turn towards the sound of his voice.

"Oh! Shigure, you're home. I'm so happy. You see Kyo is sick and I think it's because of the rain," Tohru began rambling.

Yuki and Kyo's eyes meant and there was a malicious glare between the two.

"Well Kyo, I think you should sleep. My poor little flower is probably tired from taking care of you all night," Shigure rambled on.

"Oh no! I'm not tired from taking care of Kyo! I'm actually more than happy to help him out! He's sick and I wouldn't care to stay up all night for him, so don't worry about me!" Tohru declared happily.

Shigure sweat dropped. "Right, but I think Kyo could take care of himself tonight, it's only a small cold," he admitted.

"Right, I guess I'll go to bed now then" Tohru smiled, she turned to look at Yuki and Kyo one last time before heading off to her room.

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Tohru blinked a few times before opening her eyes. She sleepily looked at the clock in her bedroom it was late at night and she couldn't go back to sleep. Perhaps it was all the stress about Kyo that made her like that. All the stress about Yuki as well. Her feelings were all mixed up and she didn't know what to do.

I think I'll go see if we have some sleep medicine.

Tohru slowly made her way downstairs. She was wearing a lime green pajama gown with bright lime green slippers. Her sleek brown hair was tied into a messy bun, and strands of auburn curls were brushing against her face slightly.

She opened the cabinet and glanced at the piles of medication and food. There were no sleeping medicines. Tohru sighed in frustration. She glanced at the window and saw small kitten jumping around outside. She quickly made her way outside and caught the snow colored kitten in her arms.

"aww you're so cute!" Tohru nuzzled the cat.

She peeked upwards, and saw the bright white moon accompanied with the glimmering stars.

She decided to go up onto the roof and was greeted by a familiar sight; there lay Kyo, hands behind his head, with a relaxing, yet happy look plastered on his face. He hadn't noticed Tohru was up there. She warmly approached him putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Kyo-"

"dammit Tohru! Don't do that! You're gonna give me a flippin heart attack!" Kyo said with a surprised look on his face, he flinched when he looked at her.

"I'm so sorry Kyo! I couldn't sleep and I wanted to check on you to see if you were doing better!" Tohru rambled on with apologies.

"No, it's okay. You just surprised me, and yes. I feel so much better…thanks to you" Kyo muttered softly. He blushed at the sight of her. She looked so beautiful with the night sky. Her eyes were sparkling bright and her face seemed so angelic and mystical.

"Look Kyo! The stars are so bright tonight! Now I know why you come up here all the time!" she said excitedly. She seemed like a little girl pointing at the stars.

Kyo just nodded in agreement. She tugged on to Kyo's sleeve and pointed to another star.

After gazing at the stars for awhile the two laid back and sleepily sighed.

"Hey Tohru?"

"Yeah!?" Tohru opened her eyes again and looked at Kyo curiously.

"What were- what were you and Yuki talking about? He said he wanted to tell you something in private." Kyo muttered shyly.

"Oh yes-right. Umm.." Tohru nervously looked away. "He asked me to the school dance this weekend." she muttered quickly.

"That damn rat did what!?" Kyo spat out loudly. Tohru bounced in surprise at his outraged voice.

"Why are you so upset? He just asked me to the school dance," she repeated calmly.

Kyo blushed in shock at what he had just gotten upset about.

"It's just because…I don't know. I kind of wish that…I wished that damn rat wouldn't ask you," Kyo admitted.

"Why not?"

"Because…you deserve someone….better." Kyo mused.

"Like who?" Tohru asked, hoping to get the answer she expected.

Kyo blinked a few times, he put his head down in embarrassment.

"I don't know…just not that damn rat." Kyo replied.

"I still don't know- I still don't know what to tell him. I haven't said yes or no quite yet. I don't want to hurt his feelings in any way. I think I'll say yes. It's just a school dance, it doesn't mean anything." Tohru sauntered on.

"You can say no if you really don't want to go with him." Kyo admitted.

"I still don't know." Tohru said sleepily. She yawned and felt her head drop on Kyo's chest. He blushed furiously when Tohru sighed tiredly.

"I'm sleepy," Tohru yawned.

"Yeah-me too…We should go inside," Kyo replied nervously. He felt warmness fill his whole body was Tohru cuddled up next to Kyo. Her soft brown hair had the scent of fresh strawberries.

"T-Tohru.." Kyo feared that he would do something stupid like capture Tohru's lips in a kiss or something like that.

"Yeah?" she sat up to look at Kyo's ruby colored eyes.

"I just wanted to know…do you like that damn rat?" he asked.

Tohru's eyes widen. She actually did not know the answer to the question. Her face turned bright red.

"Well, I don't know Kyo. I don't know Yuki that well yet. I can't just say that I love him…I don't know," Tohru admitted lamely.

"I was just curious," Kyo replied quickly, he found his hand out of control when he started caressing Tohru's hair. She blushed furiously and let out a small girlish squeal.

"The stars are so pretty Kyo-" she yawned.

"Yeah," Kyo smiled, not even looking at the stars he was looking at Tohru's, bright turquoise colored eyes. He leaned back along with Tohru, her head laid on his chest. She was careful to not hug him so he wouldn't transform. He felt himself flinch in nervousness, but he slowly got used to it and smiled.

"Goodnight," he whispered. Tohru gently yawned and closed her eyes.

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