Hate or Love?
A/N: I didn't update as soon as I thought I would, but oh well. Thanks for reviewing! I FEEL LOOOOOVED! By the way, this chapter might seem really long, but it's about the same size as the previous one, I just spaced the paragraphs out more.
Disclaimer: Same as all the other times, I never have or most likely never will own Fruits Basket.
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Chapter 14: So it's love
"Isn't the sky so beautiful, Kyo?" Said Tohru looking up at the sky after running out of the hotel. "Instead of looking at the sky, why not look at the ocean instead?" Thought Kyo.
"Alright! Everyone be quiet, QUIET I SAID!" Shouted the principal. "That's better. All of you go off and have fun, there's a lot of things to do, so don't just sit there on your butt being bored. And of course, I'll repeat my favourite rule. Since all of you girls and boys can hang around each other, I don't want to see any kissing or lovey-dovey nonsense, understand?" Everyone just nodded their heads and went off to the sea.
"This is going to be such a fun day, right Kyo?" Asked Tohru. "Mmm" Said Kyo. "Have you ever been to this beach?" She asked. Kyo just shook his head. Tohru started to get annoyed with him. "W...Well, what do you want to do first?" She asked, hoping he'd give her an answer. Kyo just shrugged his shoulders.
"What is with him today?" She looked at his face closer and noticed it was a blank expression. "Kyo! What's wrong? You haven't exactly been talking to me since we went to our rooms..." Tohru trailed off, remembering what she had said to Kagura.
"Don't say it, Honda. I know you hate him, and you should! I'm the one for him, we both know it right?" Said Kagura."NO! Even if you love him, you...you can't have him!"
"S...so it something wrong?" She asked again. Kyo looked at her and was about to answer, but he instantly turned red and he couldn't say words properly. "Yes! I mean no...ye..y..NO! Nothing at all is wrong!" He said before he blushed even more. "Stupid hormones, stupid hormones, stupid hormones!" He thought.
"Man, this sand is annoying! Wait...sand?" He looked at the ground and realized he was walking on sand. "We were just outside of the hotel, how did we end up at the beach?" He asked.
Tohru chuckled a little bit because he seemed to be 'slower' then usual today. "Ever since I started talking to you, we've been walking to the beach." They continued walking until Tohru had an idea.
"Hey, let's get into the water Kyo!" She said happily. Kyo immediately was against it. "No way in hell! I hate water." Tohru blinked in confusion, why wouldn't he like water? "-Sigh- I'm a cat remember? Cats really don't like water." He explained.
"Oh that makes sense... but you'll learn to love the sea!" She said. Kyo shook his head and said, "No, I really hate it, Tohru!"
"But if you give it a chance, you'll love it!"
"No I won't! I already told you, I hate it."
"Well, you gave me a chance...and I don't think you hate me anymore." Kyo looked at her with a surprised expression. "Great way to put it." He thought. Tohru was still trying to convince him, so he finally agreed.
"Ah fine! Only for a little while..." He said. Tohru was left very happy. She grabbed his hand and ran towards the water. "W...wait Tohru! I can't go into the water with my freakin shirt on!" Kyo removed his shirt and threw it on the sand.
Suddenly, about every single girl started squealing and huddling around Kyo. "He's so hot!" Said all the girls. All of them started getting closer and closer to Kyo. "Shit! I'm gonna transform if they get any closer!" He thought. Kyo shut his eyes tight, getting ready to transform into a cat, when Tohru got an idea.
"OH MY GOD EVERYONE LOOK! PRINCE YUKI IS IN GIRLS CLOTHES!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. "Oh my god where?" They said. All of the girls then ran to the direction Tohru was pointing to.
Once they were all gone, she went up to Kyo, who was sitting down, curled up into a ball. "They're all gone Kyo, are you alright?" She said. Kyo looked around and stood up. "Damn it, they're crazy!" He said.
Tohru just stared at Kyo. "Wow, he IS hot..." She thought. Kyo looked over at Tohru, who looked like she was hypnotized. "What's up with you?" He said. Tohru snapped out of her thoughts and pretended it was nothing.
"So um, you still wanna go swimming?" Asked Kyo. Tohru nodded enthusiastically. Tohru dived in and started splashing like a little kid. "Hurry up Kyo! It's so much fun!" She said smiling.
"Man how old are you Tohru, 7?" He said teasingly. "If I'm 7, you must be a toddler." She replied back. "I guess you still remember a few insults..." He said. Kyo then entered the water but got out as soon as he did.
"Geez, it's freezing! No way am I goin' in there now." He said, with his back turned to the ocean. "Fine then." Tohru got out of the water and pulled him in and a splash sound was heard. "See isn't that better Kyo!" She said. Kyo was soaked and water was dripping from his hair.
"No! I feel like a fish!" He said with his arms above his head. Tohru noticed how silly he looked with his arms in the air and laughed.
"What's so funny?" He asked, annoyed at her. Tohru pointed at his arms and continued laughing. "You look like a clown with your arms like that...wait..." Tohru stopped laughing and grabbed his left arm. He started blushing and asked, "Umm...c..can you let go of my arm? Why are you holding it anyway?" He asked, blushing even more.
"You're wearing this even in the water?" Tohru pointed to the beads around Kyo's wrist. Kyo pulled his arm out of her grip and put it under water. "I already told you, it's just something I promised my family I would wear." He said.
Tohru was still curious. She wanted an answer, she wanted to know what it was, when suddenly a thought hit her. "Does it have anything to do with your curse?" She said.
"Shhh! Keep it down!" He said, covering her mouth with his hand. "I'll be more quiet, but tell me what it is..." She said.
"-Sigh- If it makes you feel any better, yes it has something to do with the curse, alright?" Said Kyo, quickly regretting telling her that. Tohru looked surprised, and wanted even more answers. "What! Tell me now! What is it Kyo!" Tohru was pleading and wouldn't stop.
"SHUT UP!" Yelled Kyo. Tohru instantly went quiet but her eyes were turning watery. "S...sorry." She said, walking out of the water. "Wait, Tohru come back!" Said Kyo, but she kept walking, and was now on the sand. Kyo then ran out of the water the catch up to her.
"Wait Tohru!" As he ran out, he went to reach her arm, but tripped over the slippery sand and fell on Tohru. -Poof- He was a cat.
Tohru sat up and looked to her right. "Oh no, Kyo! Someone's going to see!" She said, worriedly. She looked around but noticed nobody was there.
"No one's here Tohru...Our school booked this part of the beach and when you yelled out that Yuki was wearing girly clothes, everyone left, including boys, which is kind of disturbing..." Kyo grew a sweat mark on his forehead after explaining. Tohru nodded and sat down properly on the sand.
Kagura was walking around the beach, looking for Kyo and Tohru. "Kyooooo! Oh Kyo where are you?" As she kept looking around, she saw Tohru sitting at the shore. "Why isn't Kyo with her?" Thought Kagura.
"Look are you going to just sit there ignoring me the whole time?" Asked Kyo.
"That's Kyo's voice! But where is he..." Kagura looked closer when she suddenly saw an orange cat sitting next to Tohru. Kagura gasped. Was Kyo crazy? "She knows about our curse? K...Kyo...did you tell her?" She thought worriedly. She decided to listen to their conversation to see just how much Tohru knew.
"Sorry... I didn't realize, I was just thinking." She said in a soft tone.
"Sorry for shouting." He said. "No it's ok, I was being annoying anyway." Said Tohru, trying to make Kyo feel better. "Kyo...I just want to know as much as I can about your curse." She said, bringing her knees up to her chin. -Poof- Kyo transformed back and Tohru looked away, turning red as usual.
Kyo grabbed his swim shorts and put them on. "Umm Tohru...you can look now." Kyo said, feeling very awkward saying that. Tohru nodded, but didn't look back at him.
"Damn it Tohru, don't be upset! I'll...I'll tell you what this bracelet is if you go back to your cheerful self." Bribed Kyo, even though he wasn't sure if he should tell her.
"Alright then!" Said Tohru as happy as ever, giving away one of her huge smiles. "That was quick..." Thought Kyo. "But you gotta tell me why you wanna know so badly!"
"Because I want to break the curse!" She said leaning over to him. Kyo got worried when he heard that. "She can't! If she interferes, Akito will punish her somehow..."
"No! You won't interfere with the Sohma's! We're a family with dark secrets, it's not right for an outsider to get involved." He said, trying to make his statement clear. Tohru shook her head as hard as she could. She would not accept the fact that she couldn't help out.
"I don't care! I'll interfere as much as I want to break the curse!" She yelled out. "I don't care what he says, I want to help him, I want to free him...he's too much to lose." Thought Tohru.
"What for Tohru? There's no need...It happens in all of the Sohma generations. They have to deal with it." He said softly, in a depressed voice.
"I don't care if I get hurt by this 'Akito' person you told me about!"
"But I do, ok?" He said. Kyo blushed after realizing what he said, and Tohru was blushing too. "But...why would he care about me?" She asked herself.
"Why?" Asked Tohru clearly. Kyo looked at her straight in the eye and thoughts rushed through his head. "She wants to know why I care. She can't know...She won't accept me so there's no point in even trying. She probably pities me, just like everyone else, that's why she smiles, laughs and talks with me." Thought Kyo.
"Kyo! I know you don't want me to interfere because then you'll get punished too...You'll get punished for letting me know about the Sohma curse. But...even if you want to prevent from getting punished-"
"That's not it!" Kyo cut in. "You think that I care about getting hurt... I don't care what happens to me." He said. "Tohru...there's a reason why I don't want you to get involved."
"Then tell me why! I don't understand, Kyo. As much as you hate me...I..." Tohru looked down at the sand, she couldn't finish her sentence.
"NO WAY! I don't hate you Tohru!" Kyo put his hands on her shoulders and looked at her straight in her eyes and he saw there were tears down her face.
"Y...you say you don't hate me...Kyo, I'm really confused! Which is it...Hate or L..." Tohru stopped talking when she realized what she was saying. She put her hand on her mouth. Kyo knew what she was going to say, and it made him blush. "Was she about to say what I think she was?...Is now the right moment? Even though I'll be rejected...should I even bother?" He thought.
"Tohru, listen to me very carefully..." Tohru looked up at him, tears still streaming down her face. He wiped a tear off her cheek with his thumb and said.
"Tohru...I'm...I'm in love with you... I really do love you." Tohru's eyes started crying even more. "He loves me." She thought. Kyo took his hands off her shoulders and got ready to hear rejection, but that's not what he got. Tohru put her hands on his cheeks and looked at him with her angelic watery eyes. "W...what's she doing?"
"Kyo...I love you too." She whispered. Kyo's face was in huge shock. He didn't know what to feel. Finaly being accepted by someone, a tear of joy went down his cheek.
"No...don't take Kyo away." Kagura cried silently, looking horrified at the sight she was seeing.
They're eyes were locked on each other. Both blushing, knowing what was coming next. They're faces getting closer, only a few inches away from each other, they closed they're eyes and finally, they're lips came in contact with each other, making it they're first kiss.
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A/N: Yay! Took a while, didn't it? I feel like a villin for making Kagura watch all of this, but I really do love spicing things up! Please review! I'm really eager to know what you all thought of this chapter.
-See ya!
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