Hello again! Chapter 3 of When the Knight met his Squire. I hope you have enjoyed this story so far and I'm gonna keep trying to write as much as possible! And thank you everyone who has reviewed my story, I'm sooooo happy that people have enjoyed this fic so far! Special thanks to RinHaru4Ever for reviewing each chapter! YAY!

Disclaimer: -Sigh- Still doesn't own Fruits Basket…

When the Knight me his Squire

Tohru blushed immediately after the door opened. The man in front of her was probably the most handsome man she had ever seen in her whole life. She knew that the Sohmas were all beauties, but this man was just completely gorgeous. There was something about him...

He was tall and he had tan skin. He was wearing all black, with gold rim on the collar of his shirt; he looked absolutely hot. He had the perfect sized body, and Tohru could tell that he was strong because of the muscles he had. The guy's hair was an odd color as well, it was a bright orange. Though his eyes were what intrigued Tohru the most. His eyes were a deep red, maroon-ish color.

Tohru suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she realized the guy was just staring at her. He had an almost confused expression. Tohru then started to introduce herself,

"Hello, I'm Tohru Honda and I uh…am supposed to be living here now…."

The man was still just staring at her, maybe she was too forward? Maybe he didn't know what that meant! Maybe it was the wrong guy! Tohru started getting worried until Kyo spoke up.

"I'm Kyo….you're my squire I'm guessing?"

She nodded, a little too nervous to speak. Why did his voice, his words, this man in general, get her so nervous? She had never gotten nervous talking to a male before, yet this guy made her a complete nervous wreck.

Kyo just left the door to the room opened and walked away from Tohru, expecting her to just let herself in. She walked in the room slowly, looking around. It was HUGE. Her room was so different from this one, much smaller and filled with many servants.

She looked around the room, and couldn't help but gasp when she seen this boy Kyo sitting on his bed (which was a king sized bed) polishing some of his weapons. He looked up at her again, that questioning look back on his face, except this time it was also mixed with annoyance.

"Sorry Sir…" Tohru said. She felt as if she was already messing up. She was staring at this boy so much already, he was probably freaked out.

"Yea whatever, just go put away your stuff or something." He answered.

Tohru did as she was told and went to the bed across the room, which she guessed was hers. It was no bigger than a twin size bed, which was fine for Tohru. She unpacked her clothes (which there wasn't much), mostly because she wore a castle uniform and rarely wore regular clothes.

Once done unpacking the little of items she had, Tohru didn't know what to do. She stood up with her hands together and politely waited for Kyo to give her something to do.

He didn't say anything; Tohru didn't even think Kyo noticed her standing there. He was too busy polishing his weapons but, wasn't that her job?

"Umm, excuse me. Sir Kyo?"

He heard her voice again, this girl's soft, gentle voice.

Honestly, Kyo hated the thought of someone living with him in such a small bedroom. He had no clue who this person would be, and he didn't care. He planned on giving them a very hard time until he could get out of having some damn squire.

That was until he seen this girl at his door. Her cream colored skin and her long brown locks of hair made her very appealing. Her eyes were big and tea, they made Kyo practically melt, but why? He wasn't sure, but he knew he never felt as good as he did then, just looking at her. She was wearing some plain uniform dress, but she looked wonderful in it. Her figure was small, but curvy in just the right places, and this was the girl he would be living with?

So maybe this wasn't going to be as bad as he originally thought it would be, at least he had some pretty girl to stare at all the time…even if that sounded perverted.

Tohru Honda was her name apparently, and after Kyo told the girl his name, he just walked back to his bed to finish what he was doing.

An excuse was all it was.

He really didn't want to polish his weapons, this was boring to him, but he'd rather do that than stand at the doorway in front of a girl very uncomfortably. He just figured she could let herself in and un-pack her stuff. She could do whatever she wanted for all he cared.

She walked in and then gasped at his weapons he supposed, since she was staring at the sword in his hand. After she apologized to him for some stupid reason, he told her to go unpack. For some reason Kyo just hoped that she wouldn't bother him for the rest of the day, he didn't want to talk with this girl, he hated having conversations with anyone.

He hoped she would leave the room and clean the castle or something, but that wasn't going to happen, she was devoted to him only now.

"Umm, excuse me. Sir Kyo?"

He looked up at the girl standing across the room with her hands clasped together. Her voice made him feel happy, but he didn't want to feel this way. He was afraid to look her in her eyes, so he looked back down at the weapon in his hand while replying,

"What?"

He said it in a cold manner, but he didn't mean it that way. It was just the way he spoke to people and he could tell he intimidated this girl. She waited a minute before answering.

"Is there a-a-anything I can do for you?" she was stuttering, so nervous to speak.

Kyo didn't say anything, just kept polishing. Tohru kept going,

"I….I don't mean to intrude or anything Sir Kyo, but, I am supposed to help you, am I not?"

Again Kyo said nothing.

Tohru watched as the boy sighed, then turned and faced her. There was that feeling again in Tohru's heart as he looked her in her eyes. She could tell that her face was turning red because she could feel the heat rise in her cheeks.

"Do you know how to polish weapons?" Kyo then asked her.

"Yes Sir." Tohru said, and Kyo was now getting annoyed. Sir. It really annoyed him to be called that by anyone, it was just too formal for him.

"Would you stop using the formalities already? Sheesh. It's just Kyo, no Sir Kyo, or Sir, just Kyo." He didn't mean to attack her so suddenly, it just kinda happened.

"Yes Sir. Oops! I mean, Kyo. I'm sorry."

Kyo just sighed at the girl, "Just get over here and help me with this will ya?"

Tohru did as she was told and walked over to Kyo and sat down on the floor with an axe in her hand, ready to polish. For a boy who only just turned 20, he had many weapons, a collection already. They both felt very awkward, just sitting they're saying nothing and polishing weapons. Why was it so hard to talk with one another? Kyo really hated this awkwardness but he didn't really know what to say to this girl. He wasn't the best at talking with girls, as much as Kyo hated to admit this, his cousin Yuki was better at smooth talking the ladies.

Tohru couldn't take the silence anymore; she wanted to know more about Kyo.

"So um, K- Kyo, w-w-what made you decide you wanted to become a knight?"

This caught him off guard; what happened to not talking? Now he would have to talk with this girl, he just hoped he wouldn't make a fool of himself. Before he could answer, the girl started apologizing to him….again.

"I'm sorry! That was probably very nosy of me! I should have waited for you to speak … I'm so sorry!" She just met him and already had apologized to him 2 or 3 times for absolutely nothing, did she always do this?

"You really do apologize a lot. And for nothing too… You shouldn't though, you haven't done anything to me and yet you've apologized to me a few times now…it bothers me." Kyo said. Tohru didn't know what to say to this. So she just kept on working, but to her surprise Kyo invited her to actually join him on his bed.

"You can sit up here instead of on the cold floor, you know." Kyo turned away hiding his blush.

With that said, Tohru got up and sat next to him. Now that it felt less tense for Kyo, he decided to answer Tohru's question from before. "I've always loved fighting and battles. It's always been something that I've loved to do; fighting with my cousins, watching knights' battle… the whole idea is just so thrilling!" Kyo started getting hyped up just thinking about it, Tohru could tell.

Kyo then realized he had stood up with his fist in the air. He sat back down embarrassed.

"You probably find this un- interesting though."

"No, no! Honestly, I think that's amazing Kyo! Being so interested in battle, you'll be a great knight! You'll be a hero….and I'm very honored that I can help you with whatever you need." This girl knew exactly what to say to make Kyo not only blush, but feel good about himself.

Surprisingly, the whole time they worked on his weapons, the two kept a steady conversation going. This was different for Kyo considering he usually couldn't keep a conversation going for more than 5 minutes. He would either just tell the person to shut up eventually, or he would just stop talking, or just walk away from them without saying a word at all. (Which is pretty rude…)

After finishing the polishing, Kyo went out on the huge balcony attached to the bedroom and practiced his stances, his sword moves, and other fighting techniques. Tohru made the beds and cleaned the room. (Though there wasn't much to clean, but she wanted something to do)

It was during this time that there was a knock on the door. Tohru went to answer it and found a guard on the other side of the door.

"Sir Kyo must be informed that dinner is served and he is expected in the dining room."

"Okay, thank you Sir." Tohru said and closed the door and started walking towards Kyo. "Um, excuse me Kyo."

He stopped practicing with the sword and gave all his attention to Tohru.

"Dinner is served, you are needed down in the dining room."

So Kyo freshened up and was walking out of the door to his room but suddenly turned around. He wanted to see her face one more time before leaving. Why did he feel the need to do this? He didn't know, but he just did. And there she was, standing there with her loving eyes and hands clasped at her heart.

He gave her a little smile,

"See you later"

It was so unlike him, and he just met this girl!

She nodded then said, "Enjoy yourself".

Kyo left and walked down the hall, smiling and blushing. He couldn't help it; he knew he would enjoy Tohru's company too much. It was crazy; he knew he was already starting to like a girl he had just met! He was also a little upset at the fact he had to leave Tohru all by herself while he went to have a feast with his damn family. He didn't even like doing this, he just had to.

Being stuck with annoying people such as his cousins, Yuki, Shigure, and Momiji just angered him. He wouldn't even get started on his psycho cousin, Kagura, who was apparently in love with him, claiming they would be married. Kyo didn't even understand why he had to go to these family dinners; he was the outcast of his family anyways. None of the members truly understood him, likewise wanted to understand him. Akito absolutely hated him but he still forced him to be around the family. Another reason Kyo was glad he was now a knight, he would be sent away to fight, away from his crazy family.

As Kyo sat down in his seat in the dining room, he scowled at everyone else who was there, just staring at him.

"You're always late, is it that hard for you to be on time just once in your life?" Yuki asked. He was always messing with Kyo.

"You just shut your mouth damnit!" Kyo replied.

Shigure just sat there laughing at the two, so did Ayame. Hatori sat there trying to ignore the two, Kagura was shouting from across the table nonsense such as,

"KYOOOO MY DARLING! I'VE MISSED YOU SO!" or " KYOOO! WHEN WILL WE BE MARRIED DARLING!"

Kyo couldn't say anything though, or else she would switch to devil mode. Devil mode resulted in Kagura getting very angry and hurting poor Kyo. Ritsu, another cousin of his, was freaking out over nothing, per usual, and his younger cousins Hiro and Kisa were having some stupid conversation about a funny magician or something. Hatsuharu and Rin (More cousins…) were sitting next to each other saying absolutely nothing, and Momiji wouldn't stop talking to Kyo about crap. How was Kyo related to such idiots? He asked this to himself almost every day of his life practically; they were to blame for his attitude and his problems in life.

It was then, that Akito and Kureno walked in the dining room; the two were very close. They all began to ate once Akito sat down, no one said a word. Whenever Akito sat down the family only spoke when spoken to by Akito.

They feared him, for Akito had done much damage to all the Sohmas in sort of way. Whether mentally or physically abusing them.

The dinner lasted longer than everyone planned, for Akito had some important crap to talk to them about (though Kyo barely listened to it). Once dinner was dismissed, everyone walked to their rooms to go to bed. Haru, Momiji, and Kyo were all walking together (even though Kyo didn't want to) when Haru started to bother Kyo.

"So now you're a knight?" Haru asked.

Momiji butted in.

"Really Kyo! You're a knight? That's wonderful! Wonderful!"

… They were so annoying to him.

"Yea, I am." Kyo said.

"Did you get a boy squire or a girl?" Haru asked.

"Girl…" Kyo replied, and started to blush just thinking about the fact that Tohru was in his room at that moment.

"REALLY? WHAT'S HER NAME KYO! COME ON! TELL ME! TELL ME!"

Ugh, Momiji was so annoying!

"Damnit you're annoying!"

"Just tell us Kyo" Haru then said.

"Her name is Tohru Honda! There, I said it! Happy?"

Momiji freaked once he heard this; he knew Tohru already. He told Kyo he planned to visit her, which Kyo said wasn't going to happen. By the time Kyo got to his door, Haru and Momiji had already gone to their rooms.

He was in front of his room, a little nervous to open it.

She was in there.

Kyo wondered what she was doing while he was gone. There was only one way to find out. He opened the door to find the room sparkling clean, and Tohru sleeping in her bed. Why so early though? Well, it had been a long day for the both of them...

He walked up to see her sleeping face, it was so nice. He found her smiling face very cute and this again made Kyo blush. He smiled and then went to get ready for bed, and call it a night.

Both slept peacefully that night, waiting for the next day to arrive. Both Tohru and Kyo wanted to learn more about each other the next day.

Maybe this whole "squire" thing wouldn't be so bad after all, maybe it would really change both Kyo's and Tohru's lives.

Finally done with chapter 3! I brought up every single Sohma family member in this one….wow. I didn't really want to explain them in detail, I mean, if you're reading this you probably know their personalities already so why explain it? I didn't want Kyo and Tohru to "fall in love" right away so I decided "hey! Why don't I just make them really interested in each other!" and so I did. Thanks again for the reviews. Until next time,

Sarah.