Hate or Love?
A/N: Omg, I am so sorry i took to long to update. I kept thing "I'll do it tomorrow" and so on, and I kept forgetting to type this up! Thanks for your reviews everyone! They're greatly appreciated :-)
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Chapter 10: Screw The Hate!
"Oh Kyoooo! Come out, come out wherever you are!" Shigure yelled in his sing-song voice. Shigure made his way to the kitchen where he thought he had heard someone. "I know you're in here, so why don't you come out?" He said cheerfully. He heard some sounds coming from the stock cupboard, as if someone was in there. "Is that the best hiding spot he could find?" He asked himself. He walked over to it and opened it in an instant. "I win!" He smiled, looking down at Kyo.
"Ah hell, get away from me old man!" Kyo quickly got up and ran before Shigure could catch him and embarrass him with stupid questions.
"You little playa! Come on, tell me what happened!" Shigure squealed and he chased Kyo through the house. "Give it a rest! Nothing happened!" Yelled Kyo. "Gotta get away from him." He thought. He planned on going up stairs to his room, but a figure stood in his way. "-Yawn- Why's it so noisy in here?" Ask Yuki who was trying to get passed Kyo. "Damn it, Yuki just woke up..." Thought Kyo cursing Shigure.
Shigure suddenly came from behind Kyo to face Yuki. "Oh, we're just noisy because I want to find out what him and Torhu did yesterday. Kyo came home pretty late and his face looked terribly red...not to mention all the energy in his pants."
"BASTARD!" Yelled Kyo punching Shigure straight in the face. Kyo looked back at Yuki who looked like he was about to kill someone and his eyes were full of hatred. "I thought I told you to stay the heck away from her." Said Yuki, with venom in his voice. "I didn't do anything to her!" The cat and rat suddenly started fighting and arguing as usual.
"Oh now they're fighting again." Thought Shigure, getting up from the floor. "How sweet! Two rivals fighting for their love. Young love is so beautiful!" Shigure said happily walking out of the room. "Shut up!" Both Yuki and Kyo yelled over at him. "I wonder who will win. Will the cat beat the rat this time?" Shigure thought.
Tohru was walked to her locker to get a few books that she needed when she noticed Uo and Hana standing there. "Uo, Hana? Is something wrong?" She asked waiting for an answer. "Okay Tohru, we know something is up!" Said Uo pointing to Tohru as to question her. Tohru blinked in confusion. "What do you mean, Uo?" She asked innocently. "Tohru, I sense that your electric waves are flowing faster then usual everytime you see, or we mention Kyo." Hana predicted.
Tohru grew a little nervous and took a small step back. "O..oh really?" Tohru laughed nervously. "Hmm, your electric waves have slightly changed." Stated Hana, emotionless as always. "What are you hiding from us Tohru?" Uo asked curiously. "Aren't we g...going to be l..late for class?" Said Tohru with a shaky voice. Uo and Hana just stood there, not caring if they were going to be late for class. They just had to find out what was up.
"What should I do? I should tell them...They can keep a secret, right?" Thought Tohru, filled with hope. "Alright...but it's nothing really big! Well maybe a little big...You don't really need to worry because-" "Get on with it!" Said Uo and Hana to get Tohru to stop rambling and get to the point. Tohru took a deep breath and told them everything, except of course, for the Zodiac Curse. "Well, you see..."
"Kids settle down. Time for role call." Said Sensei getting her things organized. As she called out each student name, all of them answered "Here!" But when she got down to Tohru's name... "Honda Tohru?" She asked. "Is Tohru absent today?" She asked. Kyo suddenly turned his attention to her desk and noticed she wasn't there. "She's not here. Did something happen to her?" He thought. Kyo then looked towards Uo and Hana's desk and noticed they weren't there either.
"her friends aren't here either...Something is up." Kyo was in deep thought but came back to reality when he heard his name being called. "Sohma Kyo! Answer!" Sensei was getting angry with him. "Why the hell do I need to answer if you can already see I'm here?" Kyo answered back. Sensei gave him an evil look, but ignored his smart-ass comment.
All of a sudden, the door slid open and there stood Tohru, with Uo and Hana behind her. "Sorry we're late Sensei!" Tohru took a bow along with Uo and Hana, they then went and sat at their seat. "That's alright, just don't let it happen again." Said Sensei. "She's here...Thank god, I was worried. Wait, I was worried? What's going on? Why do I feel so relieved to know she's safe?" Kyo shrugged it off, but in the back of his mind remained the question, "Why do I feel this way?"
-Ding-dong-ding- That wasn't the bell for recess, that was the sound of the loudspeaker turning on to give an announcement. "Would Sohma Kyo and Honda Tohru please report to the office right away. Thank you." "Huh?" Said Kyo and Tohru. The whole class looked over at them and they all made the same annoying "Ooooooo" sound.
Although Yuki wasn't in Tohru's class, he still heard the announcement and couldn't help but ask himself, "Miss Honda and Kyo?"
Tohru and Kyo got up from their chairs and walked out of the classroom, making sure to not look at each other to keep a low profile. As they walked through the hallway, they decided to stay at least two metres apart from each other since their were other people in the hallway staring at them. Tohru looked to the sides and noticed people whispering a few things. The same as usual.
"They're the ones who hate each other, right?" Whispered one girl. "Very rare to see them that close." Whispered a girl to her friends. "They're only about 2 metres apart?" Whispered a boy to his friend. "I wonder if there's something going on." He replied quietly, but Kyo heard it and it made him boil. He turned to the boy and grabbed him by the collar. "You got something to say pal?" Said Kyo, viscously.
The boy was scared and couldn't even talk properly. "N..no! N..nothing!" He nervously said. "That's not what I heard!" Kyo yelled and curled his fist and was about to punch the boy when he heard her voice. "Kyo, don't!" Tohru yelled over at him. Kyo looked over at her and noticed her innocent pleading eyes telling him to stop. He couldn't do it anymore. No way could he say no to that cute face.
Kyo looked back at the boy who had his eyes tightly shut. Kyo put his fist down and threw him pushed him aside. Everyone started whispering again "Did he just listen to Tohru?" They whispered. "Kyo, you really are an idiot! You were about to punch someone! Jerk..." Tohru said quickly before people got suspicious. Kyo felt hurt by her words, but he knew it was the only way.
"I guess it's my turn to insult her." Her opened his mouth and was about to call her a bitch, but he couldn't do it. "You b...b..." Kyo couldn't say it. Something was keeping him from insulting her. "I can't do it... But if I don't people will know something is definitely up!" "Tohru, you suck." He finally said. it wasn't exactly the best insult ever, but it would do. Tohru's eyes softened and it was if they were saying "Thank you for not saying bitch."
"He didn't call her a bitch, but at least he insulted her." Kyo heard someone whisper. "-Sigh- that was close." He thought before he continued walking, but making sure to now stay about 4 metres behind Tohru.
After a while, they made it to the office and went in. "There you two are! We need to talk immediately." Came the deputy principle to greet them. Tohru and Kyo nodded, before following her into her office.
As the teens walked in, they admired her office. it was so big and tidy. Her desk was very big, probably the size of a ping-pong table. Certificates were hanging all over the walls and some portraits and paintings too. Tohru and Kyo then sat on the 2 chairs that were infront of the desk, while the deputy principal made her way to her seat.
"You two have no idea why you're here right?" She asked, taking a sip from her coffee. Kyo and Tohru shook their heads left to right, saying no. "Right then. It's about the school field trip to the beach, remember that?" Kyo nodded, but Tohru nervously started apologizing. "Sorry about that! I completely forgot about the papers, it was my fault and-" "Miss Honda! It's alright. No need to apologize, we've already organized it." She explained. Tohru just nodded and felt relieved.
"If it's taken care of, why the hell do you need us for?" Kyo asked lazily. "That's what we're here to discuss. You two are to be the leaders of this day." She said. "What?" Kyo and Tohru said looking straight at her. "But Sensei Megumi, don't the student council usually do this kind of thing?" Tohru asked. "We asked the student council, but they denied it. The lead council member said he was very busy with a few issues, and couldn't host this event." She said.
"What the hell is that rat up to?" Kyo asked himself, trying to find a reason. "Anyway... You both don't have a choice so you have to do it." She said as she walked over to the door to open it for Kyo and Tohru to leave. "You may go back and you are too inform everyone that the field trip is on this Friday." She said.
Tohru was shocked that it was so soon, and started panicking, like always. "What? It's in 3 days!" She cried. "Not again with her worrying..." Thought Kyo.
"I'm home!" Said Tohru, taking off her shoes at the door. "Tohru! Welcome home. You wouldn't mind making dinner tonight would you?" Called Kyoko from the kitchen. "Sure, it's alright mum!" Tohru replied. Tohru then went up the stairs and into her room, closing the door behind her. She threw herself on her bed and looked straight at the ceiling. "Three days, huh? I'm sure that's enough time to be ready." Tohru then went to her closet and dressed in normal clothes.
As she went to put her bookcase away, she thought of...Kyo. "I feel like talking to Kyo. I want to apologize for called him a jerk today...Even thought he knows I didn't mean it, I still feel bad." Tohru sighed and made her way down stairs to her phone. "Besides, we need to talk about the field trip!" Thought Tohru, before picking up the phone and dialing in Kyo's number. Ring-ring...Ring-ring...
Tohru didn't know why, but she felt nervous about this. To late to turn back now, someone had picked up.
"Hello?" Said someone from the other line
"Oh hi. Is this the Sohma residence?"
"Why, it's my little flower! Did something happen? What did Kyo do?"
"Ehh...Shigure, nothing happened, thanks for your concern thought. I actually called because-"
"Let me guess, you need to speak with Yuki? I'll go get him."
"No, wait! I don't need to speak to Yuki...I need to speak with Kyo."
"W...Well this is an interesting turn of events! Be right back."
"Telephone! It's Tohru!" Shigure yelled across the house. Yuki came running down from his room, into the kitchen and was about to take the telephone off Shigure, but Shigure moved back. "Sorry Yuki, not for you." Said Shigure acting all excited. "W...what?" "Kyo! Come down from the roof! Someone wants to talk to you!" Shigure called out from the window, but to the roof. Yuki was full on shocked. His mouth wide open and his eyes sending a message as if saying, "WHAT THE?" "This ought to be fun!" Thought Shigure looking at Yuki.
Kyo came down from the roof, and walked into the kitchen, surprised. "Who the hell is it?" He said, not really paying attention. Shigure smiled his perverted smile. "It's Yuki's ex, you're new girlfriend." Said Shigure. "What? Tohru?" Asked Kyo. Big mistake. Shigure's mouth was now wide open. "You...you admitted it! Tohru is your girlfriend!" She said cheerfully. "N..WHAT! NO! I just knew who you were talking about because you always refer to Tohru in a perverted matter towards either me or Yuki!" Yelled Kyo, trying to be as convincing as he could.
"Sure...sure." Said Shigure handing Kyo the phone. As Shigure left the kitchen, he took Yuki with him too. "It's rude to listen to other's conversations." Said Shigure. Yuki gave him a dirty look and walked up to his room, shut the door really hard to the sound of it could be heard.
"Hello?"
"Kyo...ummm hi."
"Tohru? Is something wrong? Are you okay?"
"Umm, Kyo I'm fine...did you worry about me?"
"No! Just wondering..."
"Kyo, I wanted to apologize for calling you a jerk today. I didn't mean it, it's just that I had to and well...you know..."
"Tohru, it's alright. I'm glad you did." "Thing is interesting... He's glad Tohru did something..." Said Shigure, who was on the other side of the dor listening to Kyo speak on the phone.
"Oh well...Sorry!"
"You dumb person...Is that the only reason you called?"
"Not really... W..we need to talk about the field trip to the beach!"
"Oh that... In three days." "Three days? What's going on?" Said Shigure.
"Yes, I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun!"
"Listen Tohru, I gotta go...I think there's someone behind the door!" "Oh no. He knows." Shigure mumbled before he ran from his hiding spot.
"No wait! I want to... keep talking..."
"Huh?"
"Oh nevermind! I have to make dinner. I'll see you tomorrow Kyo, bye!" Tohru Hung up, followed by Kyo hanging up himself. "She wanted to keep on talking? Why does this make me feel happy?" Thought Kyo. As he walked outside and onto the roof. "What's wrong with me? I've been like this for a while now. Whenever I'm with her...I feel like a have a reason to live." Kyo looked up to the sky, which was now getting darker, but you could still see a glimpse of the sun.
"We hated each other. How could one Saturday change our perspectives on each other? We only spent 4 hours together and looked what happened. Me and Tohru...Hate or Love? It was hate...But now...even thought I don't deserve to feel like this...I love her.
"Tohru? Do you need any help making dinner?" Asked Kyoko, coming into the kitchen. "It's alright mum, I got it." Tohru answer sweetly. She continued chopping the carrots, but inside her mind she was concentrated on Kyo...again.
"I wanted to keep speaking with Kyo on the phone...but we couldn't. I'm sure he would want to talk to me much anyway. Kyo is...different from most guys, especially Yuki. It's hard to imagine that they're cousins." Tohru finished cutting the carrots and went to the fridge to get out some tomatoes. She took three out, but looked at one of them.
"This tomato...it's orange. It reminds me of Kyo. Why am I only thinking of Kyo! How is it possible that 2 weeks ago I would never think about Kyo, I hated him! And now...since Saturday that's mostly all I could think of? If I hated him before, what do I feel now?" Tohru decided to stop making dinner for a while and sit down to get her thought sorted together. She put her elbow on her table and her hand on her forehead and thought.
"Before was hate...but now, c..could it be love? As strange as it may be, I'm not confused, I think I understand now why I've been nervous around him, why Hana sensed my electric waves differently, even why I didn't want to forget about seeing Kyo naked! I know now. It's love and I really do love Kyo."
A/N: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! At long last, they're in love! I wonder if they'll tell each other...Hmm... Please review :-) (Sorry again that this is really late! I'm going to try and post the next chapter tomorrow. But please bear in mind that I take long to post these because I write up these chapters on the spot, just before I post them)
Good bye!
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