Tohru yawned and sat at the table for lunch. It had been ten years since she left the hospital that day, and during this time, multiple events occurred; all leading to Tohru living with Yuki and Shigure Sohma. 'Sohma...' The name seemed familiar to her, but she didn't recognize either Shigure nor Yuki. She shrugged it off and continued her happy behavior. Though what the next five seconds brought was completely unexpected.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT THAT DANG AKITO SAYS!" A frenzy of orange stormed through the front door and up the stairs. Shigure entered the house after him.
"Kyo! It's for your own good, anyway! You can't do anything about it!". 'Kyo...Kyo...' That was a familiar name too. His orange hair sent a feeling of d j vu down Tohru's spine. She kindly excused herself from Yuki and Shigure and went upstairs. "Kyo?" She asked politely behind a closed door.
"WHA- WHO THE HECK ARE YOU!?" He asked. He had been expecting either Shigure or Yuki to be on the other side of the door, but the voice he heard was feminine."T-Tohru Honda, nice to meet you! May I come in?" She asked kindly. Kyo froze. The girl behind the door was Tohru Honda.
Kyo opened the door and looked at the nervous girl. Her kind eyes were still the same. Her hair, however had gotten longer. Also, she had obviously gotten taller; not as tall as Kyo, though. He just stood staring at her in shock. Why was she there? He thought he'd never see her again. Then it clicked in his head; he still had a promise to keep.
"Uhm...Kyo?" The girl asked. Kyo snapped out of his cloud of thoughts and returned to the situation.
"Hm?" He pressed in an agitated voice.
"I...um...well, when I first saw you a minute ago, you just...well you seem kind of familia-" her sentence broke as she saw something outside of the window.
"Oh! A firefly!" She cheered. Kyo's eyes were fixed on her, rather than the flickering insect. He knew what she wanted to say. She was going to say that he looked familiar and then ask if she had known him from somewhere. But how was he going to answer this? Maybe he wanted to bring back memories...or maybe he just wanted to start over new. He sighed and walked past her out of the room.
'Fireflies...Kyo...hmmm...' She pondered. Tohru felt that these things were very familiar. Perhaps it was from a dream she had as a child.
Kyo had retreated to the roof to think things over. He was very confused. Why was he being forced to live here...and with Tohru? Her name brought back kind memories. A genuine smile formed on his face; the first one since Kyoko's death.
-flashback-
"Haha! Look Kyo-kun, a big one!" Little Tohru cheered. She chased the little bug around until it flew too high in the air for her to ever reach. Just before a frown had time to form on her face, Kyo extended his closed fist to her. She looked at him in confusion, but soon realized what he was doing. "Oh! No, Kyo-kun! You don't have to give me your firefly! It's okay, really!" She panicked. The last thing she wanted to do was trouble him. He grabbed her hand and put the large firefly on her palm. He closed her fingers around it. "Keep it. I'll just catch more anyway." He said as he faced away and felt his cheeks grow incresingly warm. Tohru smiled and bowed to him.
"Thank you, Kyo-kun!" She said. Just as she bowed, the bug flew out of her hand and into the dimming sky above.
-end flashback-
Kyo felt idiotic as he caught himself thinking of such past events. Why should he even care? The past is the past. He ran his hand through his orange hair and layed on the roof tiles. The setting sun and flickering bugs brought him back to happier days.
"Kyo?" A voice asked. He turned his head to see Tohru on the ladder to the roof; her head peeping over the edge. Kyo sat up quickly.
"HEY- Uh! Um...WHY THE HECK ARE YOU HERE!?" He scolded in a startled rush. Guilt surges through him immediately as he saw the light in her eyes dim suddenly. "I um, ah, that's not what I meant to say I-" "No, I should be the one to apologize," she said with a smile on her face, "I really shouldn't have scared you like that!" She said as she sat beside him.
"Anyway, if you don't mind...can I ask you something?" She questioned with a look of curiosity swimming in her blue eyes. Kyo turned away, knowing that his face was becoming exceedingly more red by the second. It was like that when they were six, too. He would feel nervous if she looked him in the eyes. Ten years couldn't even tell the boy why.
"Yeah whatever," he said while still looking away.
"Well, it's just that...you seem very familiar to me, have we met before?".
His heart pounded frantically in his chest and his head became filled with mixtures of both the truth and excuses. He should've seen this coming. He let out a sigh and relaxed his shoulders before answering the suspicious girl's dreaded question...
A/N- Cliff hanger! Haha is if anyone gives a crap XD. Thank you to the few people that read this story! Also, reviews motivate me!