A/N: Hiya and welcome to chapter 3 :D I guess the last chapter was kinda depressing so we've made this one a little more 'cheerful'. Ahem… there may be some mild lemon scenes in this chapter –blushes- We couldn't help it! We're such pervs at heart! So yeah… uhm… hope you enjoy the chapter~

Chapter 3

Setting: Ushio death has caused much grief for the Sohma family. How will Tohru react at Kyou's decision?

"T-try… again?" She looked away from me.

Making the right move, Yuki slowly backed out of the door, leaving us to talk, privately.

"What do you mean?" She asked, slightly confused.

"I mean… why not… have another child?" My eyes were filling with tears. "Why not? …I mean, I know we're still grieving over Ushio, but having another child could bring us new responsibilities."

There was a silence for a little while.

"…You want m-me to go through with this… again?" I never mean it like that.

"I'm not forcing you into anything, you know that, right?"

"I know," She fiddled with her hair nervously. "But, I just don't think I'm up for this… at this time…"

And at perfect timing… I changed back into human form. "Okay, I understand."

She got to her feet, walked to my clothes, and bent down to pick them up. Umm, Tohru… Throw them to me? It's getting a little cold in here y'know?

"Maybe… we could… try again."

Was she for real? My heart was racing. So was my mind, actually. I mean... was she really ready? Just a few seconds ago she'd said...

"...Tohru... is it really okay with you...?" I asked. My voice sounded croaky, like I hadn't used it in years. She nodded slowly, hesitating before touching my cheek tenderly.

"...I'm sorry, Kyou. For making you so worried before... It's just that..." She opened her eyes and looked up at me. "Ushio... She was everything to me, you know...?"

"Shh. It's okay." I squeezed my eyes shut tightly. "Tohru... c-can you... close your eyes?"

"O-Okay." I felt her body tense slightly as she shut her eyes.

I leaned in and slowly kissed her. It wasn't like when Ushio was conceived. This was sad... This was a sad kind of love.

When we broke apart, after what seemed like a lifetime, Tohru sighed heavily.

"...We should probably stop." Well, this was disappointing.

"What? Why?" I demanded. She blushed a bit.

"Well... this is Yuki-kun's room." I blew a raspberry.

"Fuck Yuki. If we're quiet, he'll never know."

"Well... I guess you're right..." She blushed an even deeper shade of red. "... it's just that... well, if it works and we tell them, he's... he's going to wonder where we... did it." I never considered that possibility. Wait, why would Yuki be wondering about that? Honestly... I didn't know he was such a pervert.

"Like I said, fuck Yuki. We don't have to tell him one thing."

"...I-" I cut off Tohru with another kiss. This one was more... what's the word? Enjoyable.

Tohru seemed to think so too, because she sighed blissfully when we broke apart.

"Don't worry, I love you so, so much, Tohru… I'm just, well, so in love with you. I can't bring myself to think about anything else but you… Right now, anyway. I just can't stop. At the moment, you're the most important person to me in the world, and that won't change." I then grinned. "Now… shall we do this thing?"

It was as if there was an electric current flowing through my body. The connection between us was incredible.

I leaned my head on her shoulder, exhausted, slowly regaining my human form. Well yeah, it'd be hard not to turn into my cat form during a time when I was getting so physical with a girl. What'dya think, I was going to be completely fine the entire way through? I had to do the vital parts in my human form, otherwise there would be no point in "doing it" at all. Right?

"That was great," I said. She giggled softly. She actually giggled.

"I'm glad I don't suck at it… That'd be embarrassing," she said. "How can you suck? It's so… well, straight-forward," I laughed. I pulled away and began tugging on my clothes. She rounded hers up too and began to dress again.

It was only at that point I realised how insane we were going with grief.

XXX

A week that seemed like a month had passed. Nothing particularly interesting happened, so that's why I'll skip to today.

"Kyou! You'd better come here quick!" I could hear Tohru calling me from the second floor. I ran up our stairs, nearly falling over the steps. I was pretty sure I knew what was coming!

I fell through the bathroom door to find Tohru with a pregnancy test.

"It's positive!" She cried.

My face lit up. This was the best news I could ever hope for. Running to her with open arms, I felt myself decrease in size. Man, why does this form have to get in the way of every good moment in my life?

"Ahh! I'm sorry!" Tohru cried, picking me up. I sighed.

"It's not your fault... I was the one who hugged you."

"... Oh, Kyou... I'm so excited!" Tohru giggled. "This... This all seems so perfect!" I tried my best cat-grin, but I don't know how well cats can smile, so... meh.

"You're right, it is perfect… but, how are we gonna tell the others?"

"We'll think of something to say… just like we did the last time. But hopefully, you can break it to them this time." She looked a little embarrassed, her face slowly turning red.

"You don't need to get embarrassed around me, I'm only Kyou! Besides, I can always make up a little speech, y'know?" She smiled, looking reassured by what I'd said.

XXX

I turned the doorknob slowly, with Tohru standing nervously behind me. I felt a little déjà vu dawning upon me as I swung the door open.

I casually sauntered in to find only Yuki and Shigure sitting around watching some late night action movie. Perhaps it wasn't déjà vu after all.

"I'm so nervous," Tohru whispered from behind me. "What will they think?"

"It'll be fine…" was all I could manage to say.

"Kyou, Tohru-chan, wanna watch some film that Shigure bought for us?" Yuki asked us, holding up a dvd. Knowing what Shigure could be like with films, I passed. Anyway, we had important matters to discuss.

"It's been a while since we've all been in the same house together, hasn't it?" Shigure tried to make conversation.

"Yeah… well um, we kinda have something to say to you guys…" My heart was thumping. "Erm… well…" Oh god, they probably knew what was coming just by the sound of my voice. "We… I mean… she-"

"I'm pregnant." Tohru butted in before I could finish.

Silence swept across the room.

"Erm… yeah." I scratched my head, rather embarrassed. I could feel my face becoming rather hot.

"Well… I sure didn't see this coming again." Shigure teased. Seriously, I could kill him any day of the week.

But, it was only a matter of time before Yuki had to butt in and make his point.

"Again? How can you two have another child together yet you're still grieving over the last one?"

"The last one? She has a name, y'know?" I started to get a little irritated. Why couldn't he just accept we'd moved on?

"Yuki… we've moved on with our lives. Maybe you should too." Exactly my thoughts, it was as if she'd read my mind.

"I have moved on!" He looked away. "Me and Machi… we're engaged." Was he supposed to be telling this to us now, or did he have it planned? Perhaps he was just saying things, y'know, like when you wanna get out of a situation like this.

"I never knew you and Machi were so close!" Yep. I knew Tohru was gonna be a complete fangirl.

"Yeah… well, y'know." He said, chuckling. I couldn't believe him. Why would he just suddenly come out with that? I glared at him.

"What are you staring at?"

"I can't believe you just like that. Why would you just come out with that straight after we told you to move on with your life?"

"I was planning on telling you guys," he said, a little on the annoyed side. "I just needed time." Yeah right.

"Well… why don't we order some takeout?" Shigure said, trying to break the tension.

"Yeah, that'd be nice." I answered, while still glaring at Yuki. I think it's time for a duel dont'cha think? It's been a while.

"To make use of time, why don't we have a little one-on-one match?" I half grinned.

"Mhmmm… I guess. I can't believe you're still confident, even after all of these times I've beaten you."

"You bet I'm confident."

And with that, I punched him in the face. He dodged, what the fuck?

"Yuki… Kyou, I really don't think you should be…" Tohru trailed off, she wouldn't be able to stop us anyway.

You can probably guess what I'm going to say now. I can't even bring myself to say it anymore… He beat me. Yep. Laugh all you want.

"I don't think you understand, Kyou. You can never beat me. It's just the way it is." He said, while I was just lying on the floor, exhausted.

"I will… one day. You just… wait and see, pretty boy."

End of Chapter 3

A/N: Sorry about the kinda sudden ending! Hope you enjoyed it, gaiz! Please review and give construction criticism ;D