Hate or Love?
A/N: I'm sooo sorry that I haven't updated in a long while, it's just that holidays started and I've been slacking off with practically everything XD Once again, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for your reviews, it makes me so happy reading them :-)
NOTE: People have been asking about where Tohru and Kyo are (Because other people would see Kyo transform into a cat) I forgot to add, let's just say Tohru and Kyo ran into an ally way where NO ONE at all was at the time :-)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket!
Chapter 7: He's very...strange
Tohru's eyes widened when she fully understood what had been going on. "Kyo...Kyo's a cat?"
Tohru continued starring at Kyo. There was an awkward silence, neither one would dare to speak. Oh man, oh man, oh man... This is really bad. She knows about the curse! Now she's probably gonna scream like hell and then everyone's going to know! And boy, can this girl scream..." Thought Kyo with a worried look on his face. He blocked his ears with his paws, prepared to hear Tohru's scream, when suddenly, a surprising sound came out of Tohru's mouth. She squealed.
"Oh my God! How cute! Kyo's a cat, I LOVE cats! I...I can't believe this, Kyo is my favourite animal...This is too good to be a dream OR reality!" As Tohru continued on with her constant rambling, Kyo filled with sweat marks on his head and couldn't help but feel abit stupid. "Ok! Stop already Tohru! Geez, your gonna make my freakin ears bleed!" Yelled Kyo. Tohru held Kyo in her hands and looked up at him. "Hey, hey! Put me down right now!" He yelled at her once again. "You look so cute, Kyo! You should have been a cat instead of a human being." Tohru smiled.
Even though Kyo was tough and all, he did get hurt by her words. "Even she thinks I don't deserve to be human." He thought. Tohru put Kyo down and a few questions popped into her head. "So, Kyo. Wh...Why are you a cat?" She asked, tilting her head to the side. Kyo sighed. "What makes you think I would tell you?" He spat at her. "Oh come on, I just wanna kno-" Before Tohru could finish speaking, a familiar "poof" sound was heard.
Kyo had transformed back into his human self. Tohru immediately turned around and let off a scream. "Ahhhhh! I...I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to look or anything!" She said shaking. "Nevermind, it's ok! Where are my clothes?" Ask Kyo. Tohru looked down and noticed she was sitting on top of his clothes. "Here..." She said, handing his clothes to him, but not daring to look at Kyo.
Tohru was still looking the opposite direction that Kyo was changing, and an other deep silence filled the atmosphere. "You're not...going to tell anyone, are you?" Ask Kyo. Tohru wasn't expecting such a straight forward question to be asked, she thought the answer to that question was obvious. "Well..." She said. Kyo behind him to face Tohru's back as she continued speaking. "I guess it wouldn't be very nice to let other people know, would it?" She said. Kyo's face softened and smiled. "Thanks Tohru." He said as he continued buttoning up his shirt. "Alright done. Let's go now before something wierder happens."
Tohru stood up and laughed. "What's so funny?" He asked. "After what just happened, I don't think anything could be wierder!" She said happily. She started then skipping happily ahead of Kyo. "Come on! Let's get going already!" She called out to him, still smiling. Kyo smiled and caught up to her.
Kyo and Tohru were now sitting down on the side walk waiting for Kyoko to come. Kyo had already explained everything to Tohru about the Zodiac curse that he shares with Yuki, so Tohru was in deep thought about the whole thing, when suddenly, an other question came to her mind. "Where's mum? She's already an hour late." Thought Tohru looking at her watch. It read '5:25pm' "Who knows? Maybe she had car trouble." Said Kyo.
It was getting even more late and eventually became a little dark as the sun was starting to set. "So, what do you think we're gonna tell Sensei?" Asked Tohru, abit worried. "Don't know, don't care. This whole day was screwed anyway." Said Kyo. "Except for the fact that we discovered we have no reason to hate each other." Added Tohru.
Kyo looked over at Tohru and remembered about their little 'argument' that day. "Leave me alone Kyo! You keep saying that you didn't spread that awful rumour, when you really did. People thought of me as a tramp, a hoe, a 2-timer!" Tohru fell to her knees and cried silently. Kyo squatted down and looked right at her. His eyes were full on honestly and sincere. "Tohru. I did not spread that rumour ok?" He whispered.
"Listen Tohru, I-" 'beep-beep!' Kyoko's car came zooming in. "There's mum! Come on, let's go Kyo!" Said Tohru brightly, showing off her smile. Kyo really did like Tohru's smile, it always seemed warm and sincere. As Kyo and Tohru got into the car, Tohru's mother began apologizing. "I am so sorry, kids! I got a little lost on my way. Good thing this young lady helped me out." She said. "Young lady?" Both Kyo and Tohru asked. "Yes, I can't remember her name but she was wearing this green dress and a cute teddy bear backpack!" She explained.
Kyo and Tohru looked at each other. "Why does that description seem so familiar? They both thought. Tohru put her finger on her chin and thought. "Kagura!" She said loudly. "That's her name! Is she a friend of your Tohru?" Asked her mother as she started driving. "What? Why would Kagura come here?" Kyo asked very annoyed. "I have no idea..." Said Tohru in deep thought. Kyo was also thinking when it suddenly hit him, "I think I may have an idea as to why she suddenly appeared..." He thought.
"Is this your house Kyo?" Asked Kyoko, pulling over infront of his house. "Yeah, thanks for the lift." Said Kyo. He was about to close the car door when all of a sudden Tohru yelled out to him. "Wait!" She said. Kyo looked at her and waited for her to continue. "Can I... umm walk with you to the door?" She asked. "What..what the hell? Damnit, if I let her come, I'll never hear the end of it from Shigure... But I can't say no! Her mother's right here." He thought. "Umm...sure." He said timidly. "Damn this."
They both walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. "Why does this house seem so familiar?" Thought Tohru. She then heard footsteps coming to open the door and looked straight infront of her. "Here we go..." Thought Kyo. As the door opened, a man in a kimono appeared before them. "Shi..Shigure?" Said Tohru, happily. "Well, if it isn't my little flower!" Said Shigure, in his excited tone. Kyo just watched the two talk and talk. "What...the...hell is going on?" Thought Kyo. "How do these two know each other?"
Shigure then looked this his left and noticed Kyo standing there. "Shame on you Kyo, why didn't you tell me the girl you went out with today was Tohru?" Asked Shigure. Kyo was taken back by his words. "I did not go out with her! We were ment to do something for school, that's all!" He yelled. Shigure grinned and continued speaking. "By the word 'something' I assume you mean-" "STUPID PERVERTED OLD MAN!" Shigure couldn't finish speaking because he received a punch on the head from Kyo.
"Kyo, you're so cruel!" Said Shigure, rubbing his head. Tohru lightly chuckled at the way Kyo interacted with others. "Damn Tohru, would you mind telling me how the hell you know Shigure?" Kyo's teeth were gritted tightly as she asked. "Oh, well I know Shigure on behalf of Yuki. In middle school me and Yuki had a project to do together, so I came over and there I met Shigure!" Kyo just nodded and then asked yet an other question. "Speaking of Yuki, where is that damn rat?"
Shigure stared at Kyo like he was crazy for calling Yuki a rat. "Kyo has to stop being so reckless! He can't say these things infront of outsiders." Thought Shigure. Kyo looked over at Shigure and said "Don't give me that face Shigure, she already knows about the whole Sohma curse."
"Wait...What? You told her?" Asked a surprised Shigure. Tohru then filled in for this question. "No, that's not it Shigure. He fell on top of me and that's how I found out." Said Tohru. "Oh shit." Thought Kyo. Shigure's grin turned into a perverted smile. "He fell ontop of you, did he? Oh Kyo, how could you deflower my flower?" Tohru went all red "N..n..no! Nothing like that happened it was an accident and..." Tohru stopped talking when she noticed Shigure wasn't infront of her anymore.
"Where did Shigure go off to?" She asked. Kyo pointed to the wall inside the house. "Ouch...my head... Oh Kyo, why must you treat me like a punching bag and punch me towards this wall? I'm in pain!" Cried Shigure. "Well then don't say such stupid things, damn dog!" Yelled Kyo. He then looked to his left to face Tohru who was in shock from seeing Shigure get thrown like that. "Hey umm, Tohru? Maybe you should go." Said Kyo.
"Oh, mum's still waiting in the car!" Said Tohru. Kyo walked into the house about to close the door when he saw Tohru about to walk back to the car. "Wait, Tohru." He said. Tohru looked back at him and waited for him to continue speaking. "About tomorrow. Can I have a little talk with you? We need to find out what happened on the day of the rumour." Asked Kyo.
Tohru nodded her head. "Alright, but you do realize that it has to be a place where no one would see us, right? Because if people find out that we're speaking to each other, who knows what kind of rumours would be spread about us." She said, looking down disappointed. Kyo agreed and said "The roof."
"The..the roof? But we're not allowed on the roof! We'll get into trouble!"
"Don't worry, no one but me goes there anyway."
"Oh, ok then."
"Well, then see you tomorrow, bye Kyo." Kyo yelled back at her, "Hey! Don't think I'm going to go easy on you with the insults now that we're abit closer then before! I still hate your guts bitch, this doesn't change a thing about our current relationship, got it?" He yelled. Tohru looked at him and grinned. "You idiot, I wouldn't have it any other way!" She yelled back. Kyo nodded and closed the door. He looked out his window and saw Tohru get into her car, and leave.
"You know, Kyo." Kyo looked behind him to see who was talking to him. It was Shigure and he had the most serious look on his face. "You do know, that's not true what you just said to her." Said Shigure. Kyo was confused as to what Shigure was talking about, then he knew. "Hey! Don't think I'm going to go easy on you with the insults now that we're abit closer then before! I still hate your guts bitch, this doesn't change a thing about our current relationship, got it?"
Kyo looked straight at Shigure like he was some kind of freak. "Is he right? Maybe I really didn't mean what I said. I actually think that what I said was all bull shit, about me still hating her. But how does this creep know?" He asked himself mentally. "You don't know what your saying Shigure, so shut up!" Kyo got angry and suddenly went up stairs. "He must me sulking on the roof." Thought Shigure.
"Today was certainly wierd...Kyo's a cat! And Yuki's...a rat? That's sort of funny." Thought Tohru as she started making dinner. "Anyway, for some reason, I think that what I said wasn't true. I think I don't hate Kyo as much as before." She started setting the table. "I really don't think I hate him anymore. But...He definitely hates me." Tohru continued thinking about this as she set the knives and forks on the table. "I don't hate him, but I don't think that I like him as a friend either. I...I think I lov..NO! Definitely not that much! I need to go wash my face! I need to get my feelings straight." Tohru finished setting the table and ran upstairs.
"Damn this! Why the hell do I feel this way?" Kyo thought, as he looked up ino the night sky. He was once again, lying on the roof resting his head on his hands, looking up. "I really think Shigure was right..." He thought. Kyo then stood up, still staring at the night sky. "Ah forget! She hates me so there's no point in even trying!" He yelled, trying to release his rage. "I really do think I like her more then a friend...Wait, WHAT? I'm saying the most stupidest things!" Kyo mentally slapped himself. "It's just cause I saw her in a cute outfit today, and now I'm talking bullshit." Thought Kyo. "She hates me, and I hate her. End of story!" Yelled Kyo at the top of his lungs, just before we climbed down the ladder, and into his room.
A/N: I'm so so SORRY that I updated so extremely late! To make up for it, I'll post the next chapter in 2 or 3 days :-) Thanks to all who reviewed, I REALLY appreciate it, and just to let everyone know, I do read all your reviews, even though I don't normally reply to them, I do take in what everyone says, so Thanks!
-Ta ta for now!
Sweet-Princess-Kagome