HERE I AM
Haru was a one track mind. He had already decided he wanted to be with Kyou and all obstacles in the way were liabilities. But when Yuki had mentioned that what he wanted to speak about portrayed to his tender feline his anger was quelled even if it was just a small amount. Gray eyes narrowed on the rat daring him to continue on.
"Don't hurt him."
"That's a funny thing for you to say," the ox's lips tugged into a smirk. "Considering all of the abuse you've delt out to him."
"I have no delusions of how I have treated him, but what about yourself?"
The bi-colored teen's smirk turned into a snarl, "What do you mean?"
"Don't forget that you were the one who had befriended him then left him in favor something you never wanted. Haru, I'm only warning you, he's had enough pain," there was something in the rat's eyes. Pain? Regret? All of it wrapped together. He had never heard nor seen Kyou cry, but when he was with Tohru just now, it hurt. Hurt more than all of the welts and wounds he had given the cat. All of the condescending words he had spoken came back to haunt him. He had caused a lot of pain, he had contributed to the redhead believing that he deserved nothing more than to be locked away like a beast.
Hatsuharu snorted as he looked to the side, glaring at the pebbled ground as if it had caused him to do what he had done in the past. He had caused a lot of pain, but Kyou had hurt him as well. When the cat moved away with Kazuma, when he had confided in his new 'family' and not in /him, when the garnet eyed youth would not share his secrets and would close himself off, it all hurt Hatusharu. And in the back of his mind a small voice said that everything he did to Kyou went hand in hand with the love he held for him. He wanted to be there for him, to hold him, share everything with him but at the same time he wanted to hurt him to get even for the things that the redhead had done to him unknowingly.
"Haru," the rat spoke up again, his expression soft. "Just don't hurt him again. I may not like Kyou, but he's still apart of my family and I will grieve if he wastes away."
The ox only nodded. Yes, he would be careful not to hurt his precious feline again. The mere thought of hearing Kyou cry once more tore at him. Not again, if the redhead had to weep once more then he would make sure it was out of joy, but he was pretty sure he would still freak out if that happened.
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later
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Kyou looked up from the pot that he stirred as Tohru dug through the fridge to grab something that was supposed to go into the stew they were to have for dinner that night. Haru smiled from the small door way that lead into the kitchen. He had his arms folded over his chest and leaned against the doorframe. He had no intention of entering the room, he was content of watching his kitten cook with their friend.
"Didn't you go home?" One red eye narrowed giving an odd confused look.
The ox gave a small shrug, "I did."
"..." Kyou continued to stir and turned down the heat soon as the thick brothe started to splurt up as it tried to boil, "Planning on staying the night again?"
"If you want me over."
"It'd be wounderful for you to stay the night Hatsuharu-san, right Kyou-kun?" Tohru hurried by with an arm load of vegitables. She set about cleaning them as she continued, "The two of you have so much to talk about and we can play some games. Oh, and I could make some snacks, it would be so much fun."
Haru wasn't blind, he saw the sad look that Kyou gave the brunet, but the cat still managed to smile. It hurt to know that the redhead was still in love with Tohru but it was good to see that he was getting over it, slowly but surely he was. And the onigiri was right, they had a lot to talk about, now that they were (almost) dating they needed to get to know each other a lot better than they have fooled themselves into believing before hand. It was a given that Hatusharu did not know Kyou as much as he liked to think, but was it the same for Kyou or did the cat know a lot more than he gave off? He didn't know but he wanted to find out.
To Be Continued...