Heeyyy! It's your lovely senpai!! Soo..this chapter is short (again) and I apologize but it is chock-full of good stuff!! (chock-full? What the hell?!) Anyways, I love your lovely reviews!! It makes me all happy inside, and when I'm happy I write good stuff!! So please R&R my lovely chibis! (Hm. I seem to have a disorder that means I love to say 'lovely'. You should know, Amanda!! And Furubafan, for that matter) Okay, I'll shut up now!!
The tense silence dragged on, and Tohru felt the feeling of her heart swelling up in her throat, constricting her airway and disabling her ability to speak when she so desperately needed to. Her terrified eyes flickered from Yuki's hard face, to Kyo, who had stumbled to his feet, and was snarling quietly under his breath, his cat-like eyes fixed on Yuki's rigid body. Yuki finally broke the silence, his eyes unwavering from Kyo's, determined not to break away.
"I will ask you one more time," Yuki growled, his voice shaking with resentment. "What do you think you were doing? After you knew fully well that she had chosen me, you don't go kissing her! That's just..." he trailed off, unable to find words to describe his disgust. Kyo snorted cynically, his eyes mocking Yuki slightly.
"But did she really choose you?" he challenged Yuki, sidestepping him and starting to circle him tantalizingly. Yuki didn't miss Kyo's movement, but his eyes briefly flickered with doubt. Tohru's heart sped up automatically, and she swallowed a gasp that threatened to escape.
"Um...please you two," she plead softly, placing herself in between them hesitantly. "D-don't fight now, r-really…it's not worth-"
"Tohru?" Yuki's voice from behind her, and with a stab of dread she noted that his voice was distrusting, unsure of how she would react. She slowly turned around, her face to her dismay, slightly guilty. "Y-yes?" she squeaked, her face pleading. Yuki's face became suddenly suspicious, plus other unreadable emotions.
Eyes narrowed, Yuki tried to make his face controlled as possible. Please, please say it isn't true. "Did you…k-"
"Kiss me? Yeah, she did actually." Kyo's voice came through their conversation, hard and criticizing, seeming to take pleasure in their discomfort. Yuki's head whipped up; they had been involuntarily leaning into each other. He glared at Kyo, and then turned his head back to Tohru, his eyes softening a bit. "It's all right," Yuki murmured, hesitantly brushing his hand down her neck. Tohru warmed under his touch, extremely grateful to Yuki for his understanding. Her eyes flickered back to Kyo's sneering face, and she realized something.
He's trying to get me in trouble, she thought incredulously, marveling slightly at his twisted pleasure. Was I wrong about him? Her eyes looked back up to Yuki's kind face, and she suddenly had a thought. Is Kyo really worth hurting Yuki over? The unselfish, sweet Yuki? Taking a deep breath, she stared to speak. No, he isn't.
"That's true to some degrees," she murmured to Yuki quietly, her voice barely audible. "I really didn't mean for it to happen, Yuki, really I didn't mean anything by it. I went up to apologize, and one thing led to another." She looked at Kyo, her eyes daring him to add other comments. He was glaring at her, the warmth she had experienced earlier gone. "But he did kiss me against my will," she added, a little louder. "I'm glad you came."
Yuki's face molded into relief, his posture relaxing slightly. "I see," he breathed, smiling a bit. She smile back up at him, then turned her eyes back to Kyo.
She wasn't surprised to see him considering her intensely. I'm over you, she thought a little sadly, but it was defiant.
"Well, then," Yuki said, turning back to Kyo, his eyes narrowing again. "Make sure it doesn't happen again, you stupid cat," he announced, his head held high and triumph bordering his voice. Kyo glared briefly at him, but his eyes held a little defeat, as if saying I wish I wouldn't loose my cool like that. Tohru felt a little guilt, but remembered how Yuki had defended her so readily, even though he had doubts of his own. As for Kyo, he tried to get her in trouble, all the while sneering at her beloved Yuki.
Oh, Kyo, she thought forlornly, as Yuki lead her to the stairs, his arm wrapped around her waist. I can't wait for that good person to come out of you. You are good, deep inside, but if waiting for you is going to be like this, then I can't deal with it. I'm sorry.
Suddenly, she felt an arm on her shoulder, and she turned around, surprised. Kyo had caught up to them, and he turned her around gently. Yuki's eyes narrowed, but he let him turn her around reluctantly. Kyo's face came close to hers, but it passed and stopped so he was breathing down her neck. She shivered slightly at it tickled her skin. Oh well, she thought. Some feelings you just couldn't shake.
"Touché," he murmured, a slight note of humor in his voice.