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Chapter 14 – Never?
Tohru wrung her hands together as she walked through the forest towards her school. She was so nervous! Why was she this nervous? She was only going to see Hatori, nothing special, nothing frightening…. was there?
"Ya know if ye keep doing that, you're gonna break ya hands or something!" Kyo finally muttered.
Tohru jumped noticeably and snapped her hands down. Kyo smiled before he reached out to take her hand. Tohru looked at their interlocked hands and smiled. This morning he had whispered something to her, but she hadn't heard him right…she can't have heard him right. Because she thought that he said ' I love you' but that couldn't have been right. He'd never be able to love a girl like her. Still she beamed at him.
"WHAT!"
"Oh nothing" she smiled. "You can let go of my hand Kyo. Were almost at school…" she trailed off.
"So?" he asked.
Tohru looked at him surprise written on his feature. She thought that Kyo would be one of those guys who just didn't hold hands with a girl in public. But Kyo was acting very un-kyoish. (AN: Not a word I know)
"Were together aren't we? Why do ya mind if people know?" he asked her.
"No" she smiled and walked closer to him.
"Sissy?" a small voice said from beside the tall black gates. Tohru looked around she knew that voice and the small girl who it belonged to.
"Kisa? What are you doing outside of my school?" Tohru asked but smiled with pleasure at the small girl.
"School was cancelled and I wanted to see you. Hiro was going to come too but he went home and left me here" Kisa glanced down at the floor and Tohru felt a rush of sympathy for the Tiger and bent down to hug her. Kisa hugged her back and Tohru straightened.
"That doesn't sound like that brat" Kyo muttered.
Kisa then noticed there clasped hands and tugged on Tohru's skirt to get her attention again.
"Sissy? Why are you holding hands with Kyo?" she asked in her innocent way. Tohru blanked and looked up at Kyo wondering what to tell her. What if Akito heard about them?
"What ya looking at me for?" he hissed "Just tell her dammit!"
"Kisa" she laughed "Me and Kyo are together" she smiled down at the young girl.
Kisa blinked and stared at her. Then her soft eyes travelled over to Kyo's face and back to Tohru's. Again her eyes travelled back to Kyo and then back to Tohru. Her eyes skitted down to rest on their hands clasped together and she frowned and stared at them intently as though trying to figure something out. She shook her head and looked back up to Tohru.
"You mean like a couple?" Kisa asked finally.
"Well what else does together mean!" Kyo hissed again.
"Yes" Tohru answered more calmly. Then looking around she noticed large rain-clouds coming towards them and she suddenly understood Kyo's bad mood. Come to think of it, she was feeling sort of…sleepy. Tohru had wondered why he was in a bad mood this morning. Suddenly she blushed as she remembered what had happened that morning. Maybe he wasn't in such a bad mood after all.
"Sissy?" Kisa asked as Tohru wavered on her feet.
"Argh! Tohru, what's wrong!" Kyo asked loudly.
"Nothing" she smiled shaking her head. "Just a little tired"she stifled a yawn and dropped her head onto his shoulder. Her questioning eyes found his and she saw, reflected in his eyes, the heavy black clouds and suddenly understood why she felt so tired. It was the curse. Again she yawned.Kyo snapped his head up towards the sky and noticed the large black clouds too. Looking again at Kisa he knelt down.
"Kisa. I have to take Tohru inside now. She isn't very well and shouldn't be stood outside too long. Where going to the main house after school, do you wanna meet us there?" Kyo asked.
"Yes" she smiled "and take care of sissy"
"I will" Kyo nodded and then hooked an arm around Tohru's waist as he led her inside the school building. Tohru was hanging her head, her eyes closed as Kyo steered her through the mass crowd of students waiting for the bell to ring.
"Kyo?" she asked innocently.
"What?"
"Is this how it is, every time it rains. Or is going to rain?" she asked quietly. Kyo stared at her for a moment and pulled her into himself. Hugging her as tightly as he could.
"I'm sorry. This is all my fault!" he apologised. "You should never have been involved in any of this!"
"No its not. I want you to be free Kyo…" she said quieter still.
Tohru struggled through the day valiantly, though she was highly embarrassed when she fell asleep in one of her classes. Uo couldn't wake her up and eventually only the screams of the teacher woke her up. Kyo glanced across at her as they made their way back out of the school gates. It was raining still and they both felt the effects.
They treaded the path silently; only the light tapping of their feet making any noise the hiss of the rain was silent, as though it was an invisible danger. And the black clouds that loomed overhead stopped rumbling hours ago.
Kyo reached out and lightly grasped her hand; she looked up at him wearily confusion in her eyes.
"Tohru were going to the Main house. Remember?"
"Oh yeah" she smiled "Silly of me, I almost forgot" they changed course and headed down a different road. Tohru couldn't remember being this way before but Kyo seemed to know where he was going.
Soon the gates swam into view and Tohru felt something sink inside of her. Looking at Kyo she saw him smile encouragingly. As he did so, the heavy rain slowed to a drizzle and then finally it stopped.
"Well that looks like a good sign…." She said happily. Kyo blinked at her and smiled. He could already tell that it wouldn't take long for her to be back to her normal happy self.
Kyo smiled at her and at her happy full eyes. All day he had been afraid for her. Afraid that she might transform in the middle of the classroom or that soemthing worse might happen. He had seen the change in her behaviour and it had scared him. She had been so completely different than normal. For example, she had walked out of the classroom when the Teacher had announced that Yuki would not be in school that day. It had took Kyo over an hour to find her. When he did he had seen the same worry and fear in her eyes as he was seeing now. The fear that something was terribly wrong.
"You don't have to be" he suddenly said. Tohru blinked and stared at him "Ya don't have to be scared or anything. Not while I'm here. I wont let any of those bastards in there hurt you"
"Oh Kyo" she smiled.
"Argh! Whats that look for!" he yelled. Though as he thought to himself, he realised that he liked it when she smiled like that. He liked it when she looked at him. To him, the sound of her laugh was the most precious thing in his life. I can't loose her again!
"Because you're being so sweet" she smiled. "but I'm alright Kyo. Honestly" she lied.
Kyo rested a hand against her face and frowned at her. He knew what she was like, and he was tired of her lieing to him all the time. Lieing to herself. He knew she wasn't alright, no one in her sitauation would be. Dammit! Even he was nervous!
Tohru felt a familiar expectancy rise in her chest and she bit her lip as he leant closer to her. His eyes shone with a passionate gleam and he kissed her gently. Tohru responded and kissed him back, their lips meeting with a feather caress.
"Someone could see us…" she muttered. Though she really didn't want him to stop.
"So…" he replied and kissed her again.
Tohru closed her eyes and lost herself into his embrace. They weren't sure of how long they stood there for. Kissing gently and offering comfort and hope to the other. It was only a few minutes but to them it seemed like an eternity of happiness.
"We should go" Kyo said sighing in frustration as he pulled back. Tohru felt the cold air rush between them and felt a fleeting sense of disappointment. "Hatori will be waiting for you"
"Yeah" she smiled "I couldn't leave him waiting. You don't think he'll be mad? I mean I'm late and he told me to be here and I am here….but I'm not there…." She began to ramble and Kyo felt something bubble up inside of him. Kyo laughed richly and ran a hand through his hair. Tohru blinked and stared at him before she began laughing herself.
They pushed open the gates and it creaked as it heavily opened. They walked through and met the familiar emptiness of the small town. Kyo's hand slipped out of hers and he began to walk in front of her protectively.
I get it she thought to herself he's worried. Should he be? Should I be? Oh mom I don't know what to think. I've never been this nervous before. Mom, I think I'm actually frightened. What do I do? Mom?
For once her mother's voice didn't echo any encouraging words in her mind. Her nervousness doubled two fold and she ran forward to walk closer to Kyo. Soon they stood outside Hatori's residence and she grasped Kyo's hand with shaking fingers.