Chapter 2: Yuki's Feelings

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I was verry happy to see a good turn out for Shinko Katachi's opening chapter. I hope you all enjoy this chapter as well and review it afterward so I can hear your thoughts and input. I hope Shinko Katachi continues to turn out good reading wise. Thanks!

It wasn't long after their conversation that they went outside to the base and covered it with the tarp. Yuki looked at her from the opposite end of the garden. His grasp was tight on the tarp and pushed downward to hold it to the ground. It was clear that Tohru refused to give up. She held fast to the rubber covering and planted it down to the earth, before she forced a plastic stake through a metal ring. Yuki copied her instantly and smiled warmly in her direction. She looks amazing… so sweet she is…this pleasant gift. Yuki touched his chest slowly and looked at the soil below him. What's this … Do I feel strongly…. toward…her…? His eyes had grown wide within a matter of two seconds as he realized exactly what those feelings were.

Tohru blushed momentarily and stood up to look and make sure that all the stakes were holding the tarp down over the garden. Finally, a broad smile crossed her face and she circled the garden once or twice before completely stopping at Yuki's side. "We did pretty good if I may say so," Tohru's smile was full of so much happiness at that time that her cheeks forced her eyes closed as they rose upward. Quickly, she stopped smiling, glanced downward at Yuki, and knelt down beside him. "Is there something wrong Yuki-kun…?" Silently, her hand managed to rest on his back as a form of comfort. "Yuki-kun…you know you can tell me anything if you feel like you're able to…" she whispered calmly, a wish formed within herself.

He glanced at her and shook his head gently. Yuki recovered his composure and got to his feet at a rather slow pace. His hand extended forth awaiting her acceptance. Tohru took his hand and got to her feet at that gentle speed. "So…you're okay now Yuki-kun?" she asked, head tilted only a little. With a slight nod, he had begun walking back toward the house with her at his side. How much I wish for our lives to intertwine….

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Yuki entered the house slowly and glanced at Tohru with a sincere smile that had no real purpose. "You should get washed up, Honda-san…" he said quietly, and then directed his eyes to the bottom of her dress and her knees that were covered in dripping mud. He laughed gently and looked into her eyes, dropping his head to the side only a tenth of a degree, "Hahaha…I think I should get the floor all nice and shiny for Shigure's return…I don't think he'll enjoy seeing mud over his 'lovely wooden floor'," his voice half-mocking Shigure's over exaggeration and the other half acting more serious.

With a gentle giggle, Tohru sped up the steps in a hurry. She rushed into the bathroom and got washed up as quickly as she could in order to get back to Yuki and help him clean. The water from the cool shower dripped down her face. She looked up at the showerhead and sighed gently. "It's my job to keep this house clean…those are the terms that I live here by…yet…I dirtied the house myself…" she lamented on the inside.

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"Tohru's in the shower, stupid…" Yuki mumbled to Kyo who was within earshot.

Kyo hurried upstairs and searched all the bedrooms. Along the way, he trashed his own room and some spots in Tohru's room that were very minimal. He ran down the steps in a flash and jumped from the last step to land in front of Yuki, dirt that was once rock hard at the bottom of his shoes piling to the floor. "Where is she? She's gone! What'd you do to her Yuki!" he shouted recklessly, his arms waving around to show his anger and curiosity, as well as worry. "I can't find her, what in the hell happened? Was she kidnapped…" he groaned quickly, "I told her not to stand around like a space cadet…and now look what happened." His frustration made Yuki laugh on the inside for a couple moments.

He looked Kyo over and saw that there was actual worry and care in his posture and expression. Yuki sighed and then looked down only to look back up at Kyo, hair in front of his eyes to add a shadowy affect. "The moment you barged into this damn house, Kyo, I told you that Tohru was upstairs taking a shower…" he swept a broom back and forth to swish all of the crusty dirt on the floor into a pan. He lifted the pan slowly and looked at the orange-headed boy again, "You should clean out your ears…or maybe there's just too much fur in there. Got a hairball in your ear, do you Kyo?" he muttered and walked into the kitchen to dispose of the dirt.

Kyo's face was nearly stunned, but most of all…pissed off. "You idiot! Its not my fault that whenever you talk your words just slip past my ears instead of into them! Maybe I just hate you so much that I cant hear a damn word you say!" he was shouting uncontrollably, "Why don't you get your little rat-ass buddies to help you squirm outta my grasp." Kyo was standing in front of Yuki seeing as Yuki had come back out of the kitchen in the middle of Kyo's ranting and raving. He closed his hand around Yuki's pale neck, "Go and squeak for help, I dare you rat boy…" Kyo growled angrily.

Tohru walked down the steps and stopped midway. She was clothed in her purple pajamas, hair dry from blow-drying it. Her hand was on the staircase's wooden railing as she stared at them. "K-Kyo-kun…" she whispered softly to try to and ease his anger. It was definitely a fact that Tohru was Kyo's tranquilizer. The moment her voice resonated into his ears, he loosened his grip. "Please let Yuki-kun go…um…I don't want either of you to get hurt before dinner," a sweat drop slid down the side of her forehead. And, at her request, he released Yuki without a further question or peep.

Yuki watched Tohru take her delicate steps down the rest of the stairs and enter the kitchen to begin cooking. His eyes studied her movements and he followed her and stopped beside her as she began making fish, since it seemed to be one of the only things that both he and Kyo liked. "Would you like for me to help you, Honda-san?" he asked, trying to sound as interested and appealing as possible.

"Oh no, Yuki-kun. You don't have to. It is my job to take care of everything and that includes dinner," she smiled sweetly, looked at the food, and slid a knife down the middle of the fish to cut it in half.

He watched her prepare everything with such elegancy. She's so amazing…

Kyo entered and shot a quick glare at Yuki after noticing that the rat's focus was solely on Tohru. He charged over there and opened the refrigerator, hitting Yuki as hard as he could. "Sorry…" he grumbled uncaringly. Yuki winced and moved to the other side of Tohru, his excuse being 'I couldn't see as well and I would like to learn to cook so you can have a day off every once in a while'. Kyo continued to mutter to himself inaudibly, "I can't believe that idiot rat…he's trying to put the moves on her… she's so damn innocent…" he shook his head quickly and cringed, "What in the hell am I talking about? I don't care what he does…. wait…. he better not…Is she still… Duh! Of course she is…she probably hardly knows what it is…! Wait?" his eyes had grown large and before long, he was slamming his head on the freezer door.

Tohru dropped the knife on the floor where it dug into the tile just beside her foot. She waved her hands around frantically and panicked, eyes large and pupils small. "Kyo-kun stop that!" she said while flailing and hurrying around, "You're bleeding. Ahh! Bandages! Medicine?" Tohru continued to scurry around and before long…bam… she ran into a wall.

He stopped slamming his head against the freezer and blinked about twenty times, as he watched Tohru fall to the ground after making contact with the wall. "ACK! Oh my god…. I made her stupider!" after hitting the walk he jumped to Tohru's side even though his forehead was bleeding.

Yuki slapped his own forehead and walked to Tohru's side. He knelt down gradually and stroked her hair gently. "You shouldn't push yourself Honda-san… that stupid cat has a very hard head…I doubt he even realized his forehead was bleeding." He moved his face closer to Tohru's, almost unaware of his actions. He whispered very softly, hardly loud enough for him to be heard by even Tohru, "I love you…"

Her eyes opened at an incredibly slow rate. "W-what…?" she looked at Yuki incredulously. It was as if she didn't understand what he said or she merely couldn't believe it for a very upsetting reason. "Y-Yuki…" she sat up and shook her head, rubbing at the abnormal bump on her forehead.

His cat ears sprung up and began to twitch. He heard each and every word, no matter how low Yuki thought he was speaking, Kyo heard. On the inside, Kyo couldn't help but fume angrily, why? He had not one clue. He wasn't completely as open nor as caring as Yuki was when it came to talking to Tohru. His ears continued to twitch and kept listening to the conversation. Can you say eavesdropping?

"Do you not feel the same towards me…?" he muttered to her calmly.

She shook her head, sadness shrouding her normally sad face. "I'm so sorry Yuki-kun… but…I can't return that to you…I don't feel the same way…" she looked down sorrowfully, "Yuki-kun…I truly am very sor-."

Yuki got up quickly and shook his head, one hand covering his face slightly, the other waving just a little, "N-no, its okay Honda-san. It's your choice to love whoever you want…not mine. I hope you find someone much more worthy of you love. Um…call me down when dinner is ready…" he dropped his hands to his side where they recoiled only a little and he exited the kitchen to walk upstairs to his room.

He entered the bedroom, his hand trailed against the shape of the door as he closed it. Yuki walked toward his bed and fell on it weakly. His hand drooped over the edge of the bed and he began to mutter to himself. "For someone…that's free and wants to remain on the outside…I am quite clumsy when it comes to words…or at least when trying to convince such a beautiful girl to love me back…" he shook his head and dropped it against a pillow.

Tohru looked toward the staircase nearly twenty minutes later. "Kyo-kun…" she looked at the neko boy, "can you go tell Yuki-kun that dinner is ready…I'm not quite sure he would want to see me right now…" Tohru finished speaking in a soft tone, with hints of scattered sadness in it.

He nodded and hurriedly went up the steps, unable to bear seeing her sad expressions. Kyo approached the door and listened closely. Loud groaning could be heard if he stood with his ear on the door. His hand slipped to the doorknob and he turned and opened it as quickly as he could. He got an eyeful of what was going on. "YUKI! WHAT HAPPENED?" He shouted, slamming the door and locking it behind him. "How…is it…because of…" his eyes grew wide as Yuki got closer and closer. The ground shaking as he walked. Yuki stopped only a couple feet away and huffed in Kyo's shocked face.

The heavy breathing became irritating. Who knew something like this could happen because of emotions? Is this the reason why it happened to the…. No…impossible. Is this the ……no...it can't be possible…only us.

I hope everyone enjoyed this latest chapter of Shiko Katachi. It's quite obivious that I am going a different way with this Fruits Basket fic compared to my last two previous ones. I pray that it is just as good however . Hope you enjoyed as said previous...R&R