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Bento Girl

She stayed with them for just over a month before they freed her into the forest, sending her back to the "nature." Though Kagome was quite grateful of their hospitality, her stay in the Sohma's was not pleasant at all. In fact, she was always under great stress to keep herself unknown to Tohru, even though she knew that there was no way Tohru would recognize her nor would figure out her secret, but there was always what if situations that Kagome had to worry about. If her problem was only Tohru, then she could have ended with just have huge stress, but she had other things to worry as well. Shigure Sohma. He had that mischievous glint in his dark eyes, and that knowing stare really irritated yet scared her. He possibly couldn't have known the raven was she, but she couldn't shake off the feeling that he was up to something. That did not please her.

Her wings flapped for one last time before she landed on a tree near by Shigure's house. After making sure no one was around, she focused on flowing her energy throughout the body, imagining her original human form. As the soft light enveloped her form, she felt her bones crackle and move, her wings thinning out into arms, and her beak shrinking until it became a human mouth. Her short body stretched out and became more curved and soft, the black feathers sinking beneath her white skin. Her black eyes cracked open just as she inhaled the air deeply, filling her lungs. She had missed this feeling. A sudden gush of wind came from nowhere, and the icy cold wind seemed to cut into her skin, and then she realized she was naked. Her face turned into bright shade of red before she jumped up higher into the tree to find the kimono that she had left there a month ago. Her feet pushed off a thick branch and jumped upward force before she collided into something hard.

"Eh?"

With a little squeak, she lost her balance and started to fall again, and instinctively she reached out her arm to grab anything. In her frenzied state, Kagome grabbed onto the very first thing that her hand brushed with, which oddly felt like a fabric. Just when she thought she was safe, she heard a loud exclamation before she started to fall again, this time with something hard pressed onto her naked body. Surprised, she opened her eyes to see strands of orange before her back collided with the hard ground.

"Ugh!"

The sharp pebbles just happened to be on the ground, and she let out a pained grunt as the sharp ends of the rocks stabbed into her skin, drawing out blood. Her back was burning. From the strong scent of blood, she could assume how badly her back skin was peeled off. That certainly was a bad news for her. Kagome frowned and tried to get up before realizing that something was on top of her. She rubbed her eyes to clear her sight, and rubbed it again when she saw that it was an orange haired boy. A male. Wasn't she naked right now?

"Shit, what was that!"

Her eyes gazed at the boy who was just starting to get up with a small cursing. She recognized him. The reddish brown eyes, orange hair, an aura just like the younger of stupid dog brothers. It was Kyou Sohma, the boy who had crush on Tohru. Kyou by now was realizing that he was on top of somebody, and decided to politely ask who she was, though the words came out otherwise.

"Who the fuck are you? Why are you…"

He gulped as his eyes dropped down to her body. Kagome also lowered her gaze down to realize her current state.

"Kyaaaaaaah!"

Her scream rang in the forest.

"I said I'm sorry!"

Kyou Sohma, the cat zodiac in the cursed family, saw a woman naked for the first time in his life. Of course, there were M rated magazines and websites that he "rarely" visited, but to see a real woman naked right in front of him was quite embarrassing yet enjoyable. Not that he was a pervert like certain dog he knew, but it was just man's psychology. Or so he wanted to believe. He took a short glance at the blushing girl in his clothes, and quickly turned his eyes away when she sent him an accusing glare. He was lucky that his house was near by, and there was no one at home. She first seemed reluctant to go to his house, but hearing that no one else was home, she quickly stepped in, holding Kyou's jacket close to her body. The image of her wearing his oversized jacket popped up into his mind again, and he couldn't stop blushing when he imagined Tohru doing that. No, he wasn't a pervert, but again, it was just man's psychology.

"Hey, are you listening to me?"

"Huh?"

He blinked and took a step backwards when he saw her face closed up in his eyes. From his gesture Kagome assumed he didn't hear a single word she said and sighed before repeating her words.

"I said thank you for your kindness. I have been receiving awful lot of help from your family."

Kyou had no time to think about what help he or others in the house gave to her, but felt his heart thump lightly at her words. Family. That's how others besides Sohmas saw him and Sohmas—a family. All along he was an outcast and the unwanted one in the family, but now he was a part of them. All because of that blue-eyed girl who taught him what happiness was; what love was. Unknowingly a small blush floated on his lightly tanned skin and Kagome couldn't help but smile. The boy was feeling happy, and she could feel the joyful light thumps of his beating heart. It was then he noticed she was smiling at him, and he coughed a little, feeling embarrassed of his feelings. His red-brown eyes came in contact with her obsidian orbs that seemed familiar to him. Not just her eyes, but also her face seemed awfully familiar…

"Kyou! I'm home!"

It clicked in his mind. It was girl from before; the girl Shigure had taken so much interest in.

"The bento* girl?"

She was his bento girl.

*bento: packed lunch; lunch box

A/N

I'm sorry for the late update TT

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