Ta Da!

Chapter 7.

Started writing this after I sent in chapter 6 for feeling so bad about delaying chapter 6 so long…

I have to give shout-outs to my homies (who might not know are my homies yet)

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Ahem, since I got that out…

Dislaimer: I. Don't. Own. These. Characters. But. I. Like. Them.

On with the chapter!

When the Knight met his Squire

Kyo was now ignoring the roaring applauds, he was ignoring everything around him; he just wanted to get to Tohru.

He was staring right at her and he wasn't smiling. If anything, his face showed an expression of eagerness… but that was crazy. Kyo was staring right at her… why would he be so eager to see her?

Kyo walked up to the table; Tohru was still standing on the other side of it, smiling to him. There were so many things Kyo could've said right then, like a complement, or even a simple greeting, but no words could come out. He just stared at the girl in front of him.

"Hello Kyo, Congratulations again on winning the tournament and I hope you enjoy your banquet!" Tohru said and bowed.

The applause from everyone was starting to die down and the boy's three older cousins were telling him to sit down. Once he sat down he turned to Tohru who was just smiling at him; she was always smiling around him.

Kyo then remembered that he needed to talk to Tohru about the events from earlier and thank her for so much support, as stupid as that sounded. As Kyo was about to speak to her, Momiji got up from his seat near the end of the table and ran up to Tohru.

Great…Momiji was there now, interrupting Kyo from talking with Tohru. Momiji had done this a lot lately, knocking on their door wanting to see Tohru; it bugged Kyo.

It wasn't that he was jealous, Momiji was no threat to Kyo or anything like that, but he was just really annoying.

"Hey Tohru! Before we start eating will you dance with me? Other people are doing it! PLEASE?"

Of course Tohru could not refuse, Momiji was so cute and Tohru loved dancing with him. He was, after all, the one who taught her how to dance; servants didn't normally learn how to do such things.

She learned to dance as a surprise for Kyo! Well, she wanted him to be impressed that is.

…Not that he would ask her to dance with him or anything, because he probably wouldn't.

There were much prettier and nicer girls who were at this banquet for him to dance with, according to Tohru. But snapping back into reality, she turned to Momiji with a big smile on her face, as usual.

"Of course Momiji, I would love to!"

Momiji then took her hand and Tohru stood up and walked away from Kyo with Momiji, heading to the dancing area. Of course Kyo was pissed off, Momiji always FRIGGIN INTERRUPTED HIM! Even though technically Kyo hadn't even been talking to Tohru, technically he had been just sitting there thinking about her. (Pervert)

Actually, Kyo supposed it was a good thing Momiji took her to dance because then he wouldn't sit there awkwardly. Plus, Kyo didn't even know Tohru could dance; servants weren't supposed to know how to dance, right? Not that Kyo was suggesting Tohru shouldn't know how to dance, because she definitely should.

He watched the girl, and so did a lot of his other relatives. She was good; her and Momiji were definitely on synch with each other and moved very gracefully.

Okay, now Kyo was starting to get a little jealous of Momiji. He was able to dance with Tohru and Kyo wasn't able to...

Tohru was just smiling and laughing with Momiji, sometimes giving him a quick hug for some reason that Kyo didn't know.

Tohru didn't know what she was doing to him…

The song Tohru and Momiji were dancing to was now over and even though they wanted continue dancing, they couldn't. Food was sitting on their table and their tummies were rumbling. And of course, Tohru was amazed by the food! She was eating food that she had never tasted before and, of course, it tasted wonderful! She was always used to making her own meals, which were just average. She enjoyed every bite she took off her plate, and by the looks of it, everyone else was enjoying their meals as well.

As everyone was eating, Tohru heard her name being called from someone sitting at the long table she was at. She looked around, and then moved her head forward and turned her head to the left. There she saw Yuki, whose head was also moved forward and turning to his right, staring at her. Of course Kyo noticed this.

"Uh… yes Sir Yuki?" Tohru said.

"Well Miss Honda, I was just seeing how you were doing, and if you liked the food and such."

Tohru found it very sweet that even when she just met Yuki, and even when she had kinda distracted him earlier, he was still nice enough to ask her that.

"Oh, It's all so wonderful! I've never been to something like this and the food is excellent! I couldn't be any better Sir Yuki!" Tohru smiled at him, and he smiled back,

"Well Miss Honda, after dinner or dessert, doesn't really matter to me but anyways, would you care to dance with me?" Yuki asked her this, but he just hoped that she didn't take it in the wrong way.

He didn't believe in the whole "love at first sight" thing plus he was interested in another woman. He just figured asking Tohru to dance would annoy Kyo because he obviously really liked this woman.

…Not that Yuki was using Tohru either, she just seemed really nice and he wanted to talk to her a little more.

Tohru turned beat red (another thing Kyo noticed).

"Um, Y-Yes Sir Yuki, I-I would be honored." Yuki smiled and turned back to his plate. They both resumed to eating their meals.

Kyo thought he was never going to be able to talk to Tohru because everyone else seemed to be fascinated with her too, including Yuki! What was up with that?

'Once she's done eating, before dessert…I'll have to talk with her.' Kyo thought to himself.

So yes, Tohru was now done eating and just sitting and chatting with Hatsuharu, who was sitting on the left of her. Tohru thought he was the most random person she ever met. He would bring up the most random things such as "The cow is the most fascinating creature, is it not?" or "I've always wanted my ears pierced, what do you think about that?"

His friend Isuzu wasn't saying anything, she just sitting there listening to their conversation. Tohru found the whole thing a little strange, but it was very interesting none the less.

Suddenly, Kyo tapped her on her shoulder and for the first time in the whole night he was about to talk to her. Before this moment Tohru had been initiating small conversations the whole night.

"Um, yes Kyo?" She looked at him; his head was facing the other way,

"Can you come with me outside?"

Tohru tilted her head to the side, confused, but she certainly would not deny going.

"Of course!" She said and smiled to him; once she agreed Kyo turned to her and seen her smiling at him. He took her hand and walked out of banquet. Kyo was ignored anyone who was staring at him. He never cared before about what people thought, why start now?

He was taking her to the castle's garden area. Tohru never really went there much. She didn't know how to garden, but she loved the flowers! And such a beautiful night it was, Tohru couldn't help but feel giddy at how romantic this whole thing seemed even though Kyo probably didn't intend on a romantic journey to the garden.

They stopped near a bench and sat down; Kyo never understood why someone put a bench in the garden… Just to watch flowers? He was in thought about the whole bench-flower connection when Tohru stopped his thoughts.

"Kyo?"

Kyo snapped out of his dumb thoughts and looked at the girl who again had a questioning look on her face, 'Oh yea, I brought her here for a reason…'

"Yeah… Tohru, I asked you to come here because I didn't want to say it in there around my damn family."

Tohru was intently listening; she wanted to know what Kyo had to say that was apparently this important… or maybe embarrassing?

"It's really not that big of deal or anything, I just wanted to thank you…"

Tohru didn't understand why he was thanking her. "Thank me? But I didn't do anything…" Tohru then looked down and realized Kyo was still holding her hands in his own, Kyo looked down too as well and stared at their hands but he didn't pull away; all he did was look back up at Tohru.

Kyo started talking again, "I don't know…it's just that you being there today for me really helped me out. You're always there for me but…today it really made the difference of giving up or continuing on for me." He started blushing," I mean, you're the only one who could actually say something like "I knew you could do it" and not be lying like those people in that room we were just in. Yeah right, like they really give a damn about me."

"Oh Kyo! I really didn't do anything! Please don't give me credit! You really did wonderful! And I only shouted to you because I was worried and-"

Kyo had to interrupt her, or else she would just keep rambling on like she always does.

"Tohru! Breathe… Look," Kyo sighed out of frustration, holding his head in his hand.

Why was it so difficult to tell her how he felt?

Usually, he could tell Tohru anything. But, when it came to telling him how he felt about her, he would just chicken out.

"Kyo"

He lifted his head out of his hand, looking at Tohru who now replaced her confused look with a worried look.

Oh no… he was worrying her again. Kyo hated when he worried her or if he made her cry, both were equally bad.

Kyo stood up and walked over to the garden, and pulled off many roses (stems included). He was being careful and picking each one, also avoiding the thorns on the bushes he was picking from.

Walking back to Tohru with a handmade bouquet of roses, he handed them to her with a smile on his face. Assuring her she had done nothing wrong; she could never do anything wrong to him. Tohru stood up, now holding her bouquet.

"Thank you Kyo!"

He just nodded.

It became a little awkward and Tohru hated awkward moments like this; she looked up to the sky.

"Kyo! Kyo, look at the moon! It's a full moon! Isn't it just beautiful? All the stars are out too! It's just amazing, isn't it?"

Again, Kyo just nodded and smiled. But really, he didn't think the moon, or the stars were beautiful.

He thought she was, Tohru Honda. 'The girl I love' Kyo thought, then his eyes bugged wide. 'Wait a minute! Did I just say love? I love Tohru? No, I can't love her…can I? Screw it! I'll love who I want and I do love her!'

After having his epiphany, Kyo knew he needed to tell Tohru, but how would she take it?

She probably would never want to talk to him again, or so Kyo thought. But before Kyo could even bring up the whole " I love you…please don't let us become awkward" thing Tohru had something to say herself.

"Kyo, I want to tell you something. Though, you'll probably find it ridiculous…maybe I shouldn't say it…"

"No, go ahead and say it… I'll listen." Kyo said back.

The girl hesitated for a minute, pondering in her head whether she wanted to tell him what she wanted to say.

'He'll probably laugh at me…' One half of Tohru kept saying, the half was saying 'He won't laugh at me! Kyo would never do something like that!'

"Well Kyo… you know how Momiji and I were dancing… and we were talking…"

Kyo suddenly got paranoid. 'Wait! Don't tell me she did fall for Momiji! Shit! Right when I was gonna…wait stop thinking Kyo…..she's waiting for an answer…'

Kyo answered her with a nod.

"Well… I was actually asking him if I should tell you. If you would laugh at me… and…well... I just wanted to say that Momiji taught me how to dance so that I could impress you!"

Tohru then covered her mouth, regretting telling him.

Kyo just stared at her; why would she be embarrassed because of that?

'WAIT! Does this mean?' Kyo was suggesting Tohru liked him.

His suggesting was right, though he didn't know this…yet.

"Tohru, why would you think I'd laugh at you for that? That's great, I mean. It's great that you did that for me… but why did you want to do that for me? Why did you want to impress me?"

Kyo gave her a smirk and when Tohru saw this, she not only blushed but also had a feeling that Kyo was on to her "secret crush".

'Is it just a crush?' Tohru thought while still blushing. 'I think it must be more than a crush because I… I look at him, and blush instantly! I always think about Kyo! …Am I in love with Kyo?' Tohru gasped to herself. ' I can't! He is a Sohma, the King's cousin! He's…a someone, a higher class, and what am I? A peasant! Servant! Low on the scale of classes… but the way he is… who couldn't help but love him? And then there's Kagura who loves him as well… and what about all the others? Oh my goodness! He's walking up to me... what is he doing?'

Tohru stopped thinking, as she watched Kyo walk up to her.

He stared at her, looking right in her eyes.

"Tohru…" He said very lightly, and put his hand on her cheek…

OMA! I totally left it on a cliffhanger! I'm so evil! You probably know what is gonna happen next though…

Yea, It's funny cuz I started typing this the day I sent in chapter 6…..why did it take me so long to type this! It RIDICULOUS! I'm sorry about the delay, oh yea, it probably woulda' been out earlier today, but it rained a lot…and my power went out forever! ( Not forever, I was exaggerating, but it certainly felt like forever). Well, thanks everyone for the reviews, and I'm sorry if I didn't post your name at the top…I just picked a few, but I'll shout out more homies next chapter maybe! Well, I must go watch the new episode of South Park that is going to come on at 10…so, Until next time!

Sarah.