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Tohru-Two Steps

Chapter 2 - Wednesday

"Oh, I can't wait to see Kyo in these," Shigure Sohma snickered as he held up the black tight Kyo had purchased.

"Oh, shut up!" Kyo snapped with his back turned to the dog of the Sohma zodiac.

"Oh look, Yuki has one too," Shigure commented as he was looks through the dance uniforms that the trio had purchased, "I told you the Dancing Frog would be a great place to buy your stuff."

"How'd you know about it anyway?" Kyo asked lazily.

"Oh, I used to dance," Shigure said with a laugh. Kyo wasn't quite sure about whether or not Shigure was telling the truth or was joking around. "Where's dear sweet Tohru?" Shigure wondered aloud, "She was supposed to model her new dress for me."

"With a mind like yours, I'm not sure if it's safe for Tohru to model anything for you," Yuki snapped as he entered the living room.

"Oh come now. I bet you two are just dying to see Tohru in her dress," Shigure replied. To this Yuki and Kyo hesitated for they both knew how right Shigure was. "I knew it," Shigure said in a matter-of-fact tone, "You two do have the hots for Tohru!"

"Do not!" Kyo aggressively denied, "Now why don't you shut up before I stuff you in those tights?"

"Excuse me," Tohru interrupted as she entered the room, "Umm…Well, this is my dress, Shii-kun"

"Tohru!" Shigure cried as he scanned his eyes up and down the dress, "How beautiful you look in the dress! I bet Yuki and Kyo would absolutely agree…Right?"

Yuki nodded, "You look wonderful, Honda-san."

"I'll bet that every single boy in that class would love to dance with you, Tohru," Shigure added.

Tohru blushed so hard she felt like her face has caught on fire, "Oh please…Don't say such thing Shii-kun. I don't deserve to dance with such beautiful and talented people. I'm just a clumsy airhead, that's what Kyo-kun had said."

Kyo jumped as soon as Tohru mentioned his name. He turned around quickly, "Will you stop putting yourself down? You're beautiful, alright? Are you happy now?"

However, this just caused Tohru to blush even more, "I'm so sorry Kyo!" she cried, "I made you say I looked beautiful!"

"Why are you sorry?" Kyo snapped, "Now stop apologizing and start making dinner already. I'm hungry."

Tohru brightened up right away. She pumped her fist in the air as if she was on a super top-secret government mission, "Right away, Kyo-kun! By the way…What would you guys like for dinner today?"

"Anything but leeks," Kyo replied as Tohru left for the kitchen, a serene smile on her face.

"Now, who will dance with Tohru?" Shigure asked before he returned to the newspaper he was reading.

Me, of course

Dance class was scheduled to be on Thursday, so it no surprise that on Wednesday, the entire school was alive with anticipation. The girls wanted to join since they were eager to dance with either Prince Yuki or the equally handsome Kyo, and the boys joined since they thought it was a great place to "pick up" girls.

Yuki and Kyo, despite the many attentions that the girls of the school were giving them, only had eyes out for Tohru. Tuesday night, as Tohru was soaking herself in a warm tub of water and Shigure was up in his room "writing" after a tear-fest from his over zealous editor, Kyo and Yuki sat in the living room, watching TV. Neither had a word to say to each other so they remained quiet until a particular ad for the Tokyo Dance School came on. Yuki watched as a male dancer took his partner into quick twirl before landing her softly in his arm. Yuki imagined himself dancing with the gentle Honda-san and he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Hey, you think dancing is a bad idea?" Kyo asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?"

"What if we were required to hug someone and we get turned into an animal"

"Well, there doesn't appear to be any hugging involved in Waltz," he said as he watched the television screen, "And beside, you don't have to worry"

Kyo lifted himself from the laying position that he was in, "And why not?"

"Because you'll probably ended dancing with some gay guy since no one will want to dance with you?"

Kyo jumped up, fist at the ready to pound Yuki, "Oh yeah, well I'll bet you'll end up dancing with one of those crazy chicks from your fan club. She'll find every excuse to hug you and then poof! You'll be the biggest freak in the entire school"

"Not if I dance with Honda-san"

"What makes you think she'll dance with you?"

"If I ask her…"

"Not if I ask her first…"

"I'll go ask her right now," and with that Yuki stood up.

"I'll beat you to it!" Kyo cried out loud. He jumped up and dashed towards the stair. Yuki followed him and soon they were neck to neck, each with the intention of beating one other to Tohru's room. They were so wrapped up in their competition nature that they forgot all about what Tohru was doing just minutes before. Since Tohru didn't have a lock in her room, anyone would be able to enter without knocking. Kyo and Yuki both reached the doorknob and wrestled each other for about a minute before managing to open the door. They regretted it immediately, for Tohru had just gotten out of the tub, her hair pinned up in a neat bun. There was nothing but a small while towel covering herself from Yuki and Kyo's naked eyes, and in that moment, Tohru was immobilized with embarrassment and shock while Kyo and Yuki stood dazed and confused.

"K..Kyo-Kun…Yu…Yuki-kun?" Tohru managed to utter. Kyo and Yuki cried out and slammed the door before apologizing feverously to Tohru while she quickly got dressed.

"What's all this racket about?" Shigure demanded as he approached Tohru's door.

Kyo and Yuki froze. They could not let Shigure know about this or Shigure will never let it down.

"Go away!" they both cried.

Shigure snickered. He somehow always knew, "You saw Tohru naked didn't you?"

"Go away!" they both repeated.

Shigure laughed out loud "Wait until Hari and Aayame hear about this!"

Yuki blushed, "She wasn't naked! She had a towel on!"

Wrong answer. "So you admit it!" Shigure bantered. And the rest of the night was dedicated to more teasing and dirty jokes as Shigure's giggling and laughter filled the house.

After the incident last night, Yuki and Kyo were certain that Tohru would be furious with their carelessness. However, as they got up in the morning and entered the kitchen looking for breakfast, Tohru was the one apologizing for her own carelessness. Claiming she should've left a sign on the door or made some attempt to warn the pair.

Yuki sighed, "It's really not your fault, Honda-san. It really is that cat's fault"

"What did you just say?"

"Well…You were the one who opened the door!"

"I made some riceballs for us to bring to school for lunch!" she announced, mainly to stop the pair from fighting "I'll go pack them right away!"

Once Tohru was out of earshot Yuki found the opportunity to hissed at Kyo, "I'll ask her first"

"Not if I can help it!"

Kyo was convinced that if Yuki were to hurt himself in P.E. today, he wouldn't be able to attend tomorrow's dance class. The instructor came out announcing that they were trying out "American football" as a change from the normal sport that they'd play. The class was then dressed in heavy protective equipment (the most interesting being the cup), and split into two teams.

"Now…the purpose of this game is to bring this football – hear he raised the football up – to the other team's end zone. After that, you are each allowed one spontaneous dance move. Let the game begin!"

Even though Kyo and Yuki were on the same team, Kyo took every opportunity he had to tackle Yuki and possibly break his legs. Halfway through the game, Yuki caught the ball from the quarterback and was about a meter away from a touchdown when Kyo knocked him down, as hard as he could, by the leg. Yuki got up angrily and slammed the football down, "What are you doing? I'm on your team!"

"Shut up and fight like a man!" Kyo replied. He jumped up and aimed a kick at Yuki's face but Yuki turned away with amazing agility. The two then began to fight each other while the rest of class looked on, amazed with both their martial art and the fact that two people from the same team were scratching each other's eye's out. The coach meanwhile were forced to stay back since the fight between the two were so intense there was a danger of him breaking his arms and legs if he strayed to close.

The coach decided to throw two footballs in an act of desperation to end the fight. Each landed on Yuki and Kyo's head, and they turned around angrily looking for the source of the interruption. "You two are in so much trouble!" the coach yelled angrily, "You are both having lunch detentions with me!"

At lunch, while Tohru, Uo, and Hanajima were happily sharing their lunch, Kyo and Yuki were forced to spend their lunch in the equipment room – scrubbing dirty cups (A/N the athletic kind, lol)

Yuki was pretty angry by what Kyo had got them into after lunch. He was even more convinced that he should dance with Tohru Honda, just to dangle it in front of Kyo while he got stuck dancing with some homosexual guy. Once he got home, he sneaked into Kyo's room and pulled out the black tight that Kyo had brought and with a pair of scissor, began cutting it up into little pieces, "Let's see you dance without the uniforms!" he spat and left the room.

Kyo, however, was already planning for his next attack. He took a detour from his normal route home from school and entered a department store where he brought grated cheese. That night he asked Tohru Honda to prepare some vegetable stew to which Tohru complied happily. At the dinner table, while Tohru Honda was away fetching Shigure and Yuki for dinner, Kyo sneaked up and poured the entire box of grated cheese into Yuki's bowl. He mixed them up thoroughly to make sure that it wasn't obvious and settled down into his own chair. As ironic as it sound, Kyo knew that Yuki's stomach did not mix well with cheese, and the result was quite messy.

Shigure and Yuki arrived at the dinner table shortly along with Tohru, and the four began eating their stew with Kyo waiting excitedly for the result. However, halfway through the meal, it turned out it was Shigure who began having stomach trouble.

"What did you put in this stew Tohru?" Shigure asked clutching his stomach.

"Umm…let's see carrots…"

"You didn't put any cheese in it did you?"

"I don't think so…why?"

"I can't eat cheese! It gives me the run!" Shigure said running away from the dinner table and into the toilet. There he remained for the next three hours or so, grunting and groaning uncomfortably.

As Tohru was clearing the table, Kyo noticed that Shigure was sitting where Yuki would normally sit and had totally forgotten that Shigure, along with Yuki, couldn't eat cheese. The last time Tohru prepared something with cheese, Shigure and Yuki both locked themselves in the washroom for hours while Tohru apologized in front of the door.

If this was Wednesday, who could imagine how competitive the two would get on Thursday.

Hurray! I did it! Second chapter! Only one more chappie to go! Please R&R!