A/N: Oh gosh! It has been such a long time since I did anything with this! I feel though the urge to continue since I have some good idea's going. =D To everyone who has reviewed, is a fan, or is following this story, thank you!

Don't Lose Heart Pt. 1

Kyo waited anxiously behind the couch and as the lights came on stood with the others, though he was not a vigorous in the delivery of his surprise as the others were. Shigure jumped up animatedly and yelled, " Surprise!" Yuki too gave a much better effort in his surprise shout. Kyo just smiled a little as he watched Tohru jump. Her friends did too.

"Oh m-my," She shouted with surprise as she dropped some of her shopping bags. Hana leaned down to pick one up and Kyo rushed forward to pick up the other things. Yuki and Shigure came out from their hiding places to greet her.

"Sorry miss Honda, did we frighten you?" Yuki asked with concern as he offered her a comforting smile. She smiled in that way she always did looking a bit air headed. Kyo took the bags out of her hands and she thanked him. He had shoved the present deep in his pocket, not wanting her to see it. He didn't know why he was suddenly shy about it. It was perfect and he couldn't wait to give it to her.

"N-no, not at all! I am quite surprised, Yuki!" She insisted as her friends helped her into the kitchen where Shigure had placed the cake that he had slaved over. And by slaved, he meant walked to the store and bought. However the heartfelt message inscribed on the front was one he had picked out himself.

'Happy 17th Birthday Tohru!' The inscription of icing read. Tohru had tears of joy brimming in her eyes as she looked at the cake. Kyo noticed and panicked inwardly wondering if they had upset her somehow without realizing it.

"Thank you so much everyone!" She said trying to get past the tears of appreciation. "You really didn't have to go to all this trouble, just for me!" she said trying to wipe away the tears quickly.

"What the heck Tohru! Why are you crying!?" Kyo shouted. He was never any good at keeping a level head, especially when it came to women.

"I believe those are tears of joy, idiot," Yuki said with slight irritation at the cat. Kyo glared at him and punched the table.

"No one asked you, damn rat…" Kyo said turning his face away from the group. Tohru nodded in agreement with Yuki at the words and tried to look at Kyo to reassure him.

The night went on with a lot of laughter and happiness was the only emotion to be found in the room. Everyone presented Tohru with their gifts as the night wore on. She showed, as only Tohru Honda could, the utmost amazement at each gift and gave a seemingly endless speech of thanks to each person. All except for Kyo. He hung back from the group, sitting or standing at the edge of the fun at any given time. No one seemed to notice except for Tohru who didn't push the subject.

The clock suddenly chimed, signaling to everyone that it was now nine o'clock. Shigure looked over at the clock and with a faint sigh turned to Tohru and her friends. They knew as well as everyone that it was just about time to call it a night. The three friends hugged and said their goodbyes to everyone and soon it was just the four of them again.

Shigure stretched looked down at Tohru. "Ah, Tohru, it seems like it wasn't that long ago you were only sixteen…" he said thoughtfully. Kyo punched his arm with annoyance.

"That's because it wasn't that long ago," Kyo said walking out through the house and to the back porch, his hand shoved deep in his pocket. It held tightly onto his present. No one seemed to have noticed that he never presented Tohru with anything. She herself noticed but was too kind hearted to think anything of it and instead looked after him with a bit of longing.

"Thank you all so much, it really means more than you know to me, that you are such kind and wonderful people," she said with more sincerity than she needed to. Shigure smiled and patted her head.

"Heaven knows you of all people deserve to be celebrated, Tohru," Shigure said before turning to walked away. "And heaven knows I need sleep. I have a busy day tomorrow! Those books won't right themselves!"

With that he was gone up the stairs and Yuki just shook his head. He walked calmly over to Tohru, giving her a pat on the shoulder. He wanted nothing more than to hug her in the festivity of the evening. It seemed proper to give someone a birthday hug, however he knew as well as she that it would only lead to his transformation into the zodiac rat.

She accepted his friendly shoulder pat gladly though and smiled at him brightly.

"I think you should go find Kyo," He said suddenly. Tohru looked a little surprised by this but nodded slowly. Yuki would always do what he could to thwart Kyo in his attempts to become a better fighter than himself, but he would never do anything to poorly affect Tohru's happiness. And for the time being it seemed Kyo was her happiness. Even if she didn't want anyone to see it, he could feel the energy between Kyo and her. The way Kyo watched her when he thought no one was looking was unmistakable.

"You think so? I think he wants to be alone…" she said as she stood. She didn't move any further toward the door. She knew that when Kyo wandered off it was unmistakable that he simply wanted time to himself. He was usually alone though. Never spending much time with the others in the house.

"I'm sure of it," Yuki nodded. She looked at him one last time before walking out through the house the way Kyo had went. The house was quiet and empty, and all that remained was the ghost of the party that had occurred there. Half a cake sat with a knife in it in the kitchen and plates littered the table. 'I need to clean up…' she thought as she paused in the kitchen. Yuki appeared then and shooed her on toward the back yard.

"It's your birthday miss Honda, you need not worry about this mess. Really, go," Yuki said in encouragement. She smiled lightly and nodded, continuing then to move through the house. Finally she arrived at the door that gave way into the back yard. With a moment of hesitation she gathered herself and slid the door to the side.

The yard was dim but lit in pale moonlight. She looked up and saw the moon hovering full above her in the night sky. It was rather brilliant. She turned her attention back to the yard, void of objects aside from Kyo. He stood staring out into the woods, bathed in the moonlight. Her breath caught for a moment as she appreciated the way the light shaped around him and reflected off of his skin.

Hearing the door sliding shut Kyo turned and looked at Tohru. She smiled kindly and walked to join him in the middle of the yard.

"May I join you?" She asked, hesitating. She didn't want to come to stand beside him if she was in fact not welcome. Kyo's breath caught a bit and he turned to face her. His heart sped up a little. She was the one who had just moments ago been running through his mind, and he wanted nothing more now than her company. His hand tightened around her gift.

"Yeah, definitely," he said, looking down at her as she came to stand before him.

"Thank you," she said happily looking again at the moon. "It's such a beautiful moon tonight, " she observed still smiling all the while. Kyo looked at her now, truly looked at her. He admired the wait the moon light, pale and fragile, lit her face. It poured over her and almost seemed to reflect back. Her eyes were shining in the light as well and he wanted badly to reach out and hold her. He had imagined that moment so many times. Though he knew it was not possible.

A/N: Cliffhanger! Sorry guys =) but review and I promise to have a part two up by tomorrow night! This will be a part one kind of deal. So let me know what you think! I typed this up quickly so I apologize for any significant errors! Thanks for reading =D