Hello everyone! I know it's been more than a while since I wrote anything for this story but I was riffling through my old email account and found a few reviews for this story that yearned for continuation. Therefore, I will do my best to continue this story. ^^

All Good Things to Those Who Wait

Tohru was sleeping peacefully when she heard a light clatter come from somewhere outside her door. She gave a small start and yawned as she sat up.

"What could that be?" she wondered out loud as she swung two pale legs over the edge of her bed and stood. The floor was chilled beneath her bare feet. The cold caused her to hold her breath for a second, then in a large exhale she felt her body slowly become accustomed to it. She pulled her robe off of the small hook on her door and wrapped it closely to her body, tying it securely. Next she glanced down at her wrist, just to be sure that her gift still rested gently there. It did.

The thick gold chain and the golden cat pendant hung there, inadvertently reminding her of Kyo. She loved it so much she feared she might never want to take it off, unless it was to protect it. She sighed to herself and opened the door as quietly as she could. She padded forward down the hall and made her way to the stairs, the house now quiet. She listened intently for any more noise as her first foot hit the top step. Then she heard it again.

A thudding and muffled sounds. She was a bit worried and she held her arms close to herself for some semblance of protection. She cautiously made her way down into the kitchen and wondered where the sound was coming from. The tension it was creating was almost more than she could take. Suddenly she felt a touch at her should and gave a quick start.

"Shhh," Yuki gestured for her to remain silent as he pressed his finger to his pale lips gracefully. She blushed and nodded for a moment. The handsome sohma boy was wearing a pair of dress pants and his customary button shirt. It was a blue gray and she had to admit that it made his eyes pop in a way that she never noticed before. She was thankful, however, that he was there. The sounds came again, only this time louder and this time Tohru was sure she could hear Kyo yelling as quietly as possible, if one could yell quietly.

Yuki walked away from her and toward the sliding door from which the noise seemed to be coming. Tohru followed a slight distance behind out of curiosity and held her breath as Yuki slid the door to the side. The door was opened just in time for Kyo to come flying through it. He landed directly on top of Tohru and within seconds the cat was sitting in animal form. The anger was more than present on Kyo's face, regardless of his animal form. From the porch Yuki and Tohru beheld a familiar face.

Kagura Sohma, the boar of the zodiac, stood on the porch. She looked a little disgruntled and Tohru was already a bit afraid of her strength and wayward emotions. She smiled none the less and hurriedly tried to pick up Kyo's clothing.

"Oh, Tohru, don't. Let him get them himself." Kagura was not really asking, she was telling. Tohru stopped and stood with the clothes she had managed to pick up still in her hands. "You're too kind to someone so mean."

"W-why do you say that?" Tohru asked, a bit embarrassed. Yuki stepped in now.

"I assume you've come to drag him to the main house?"

"Akito has called the zodiac to the main house. He is a zodiac."

"Hardly. Besides, you know he hates it there," Yuki said sternly, before adding a bit more softly, "and most of them hate him…"

Kagura frowned and looked a bit saddened at this subject. She turned and set her shoulders. "He should still come." With that she left the room and walked quickly away out into the yard and soon was on the dirt road that led to town. Tohru just stared.

"I apologize Miss Honda. I hope she didn't startle you." Yuki looked at her with genuine worry on his pale face.

"Oh, n-no, it's alright. I'm okay, really. I'm just worried about Ky-" she began to say as she looked down at the cat, "-o…" she finished when she saw he had scampered off.

"Better find him and get those clothes to him, before…" Tohru knew, and nodded. She gathered the rest of the clothes. She had so many questions she wanted to ask Yuki about their family meeting and why Kyo needed to be there. But she felt it wasn't her place, that, and she had no time to really ask. The clock was ticking and you never really could tell how long it would take for him to change back.

She knew the first place to check as always was the roof. So, clothes in hand she climbed awkwardly up the house and finally reached the top. She hoisted herself up just in time to see Kyo, not as a cat, but as a naked pale ginger boy, knees clutched to his chest in an attempt to protect his modesty or perhaps just to brood, fog still clearing. She could tell that he had just changed back. Either way, Tohru was too embarrassed to move. And at the same time, she didn't want to stop looking.

"T-tohru!" Kyo said as he made and attempt to hug his body closer to himself. "What are you doing!?" he shouted, not unkindly. She gave out a small "eek!" and threw his clothes hard at his face, not meaning to be so haphazard about it and turned quickly away.

"I, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" she yelled, her eyes shut tightly even though her back was already turned to him. " I didn't see anything, I promise!" As she sat there on her knees praying that Kyo would forgive her she felt a hand place itself gently on her shoulder. She opened her eyes a bit startled and wondered what Kyo was doing.

"It's alright, you can turn around now," Kyo said gently. As she turned he couldn't help but notice the small trinket she wore around her wrist. His gift. His heart stuttered a bit in his chest as he tried to maintain nonchalance about it.

"I'm so sorry," she said, still beating her self up.

"Hey, I said it's okay. Okay?"

She nodded placing her hands together. She felt the bracelet dangle off her wrist and remembered that she wanted to thank him. "Oh! I almost forgot." She looked at him sincerely. "Thank you Kyo," she said gently, "this is the nicest thing anyone has ever given me. I- I love it. I will keep it forever."

"Forever is a long time."

"I know, it's something worth keeping though. It's precious to me…" she looked down at her wrist, and admired the trinket in thought for a moment. Kyo observed her and felt the knot in his chest return. It was the barricade that stood between him what he wanted to say and his voice. The words never seemed to find their way out.

'"You know something cat, you are quite possibly the dumbest person I have ever had the misfortune of knowing. That or you are truly quite clueless." Yuki said plainly.

"Clueless? What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"It's obvious that Tohru has feelings for you. And you ignore them? Or maybe you are just too much of a coward to face them?"

"I'm not a coward!" Kyo said between gritted teeth. "I'm just…"

"Afraid?" Yuki asked. His expression had softened a little, but not by much. "Listen, no matter what you feel, you have to face it, not run from it. You know as well as I do how she feels. And if you hurt her, Kyo," Yuki said coming face to face with the Cat, "I will not hesitate to kill you."'

Kyo couldn't help but replay the previous day in his mind when Yuki had called him out on his fear. Was it fear? Kyo knew what he wanted to say, he knew how he felt. The fear was not of the feelings. He wanted the feelings. He lived for them some days. No, he didn't fear the feelings. He feared the rejection that came with feelings when they were not returned. Yuki was sure that she liked him, but how could she?

'Could she love me?' Kyo thought.