Hello my adoring fans. It is I, ang.pie at you service! Well this is it the last chapter in the first full installment of THREE STORY SERENADE! Whoop whoop! I'm so thankful for all my readers and all my reviews and just plain supporting this story. I love you all dearly and I'm so lucky to have all of you guys. :D So without further delay here you have it. Enjoy! Oh yeah, by the way, some people might be EOC!
Tohru couldn't believe what she was seeing. Shigure was dancing around in the hallways in only his under garments and a very swollen jaw. Hatori was doing his best to try to subdue him, but it wasn't working. "Why did I give you so much morphine Shigure? I mean really, the last time you had this much, you weren't even wearing pants. Shigure stop trying to do a split!!!! AHHHHHH! God damn it Shigure I don't want to see your you know what!" Hatori yelled running around after Shigure. Tohru couldn't hold in the laughter. "Honda-san!? Where did you come from? How are you feeling? Anything hurt?"
Tohru stopped laughing to answer Hatori. "I'm okay really, don't worry about me. I'm not hurt or anything. Everything is a-okay!" she said. Shigure stopped dancing long enough to look at her from head to toe. She looked nice in her white shorts, yellow top, and flip-flops. The way Shigure was looking at her however, was like she was a piece of meat that he would love to eat up. He ran over to her with arms out stretched. She luckily moved out of the way fast enough so that she was saved from his morphine-induced euphoria and resulted in him falling flat of his swollen face. "Shigure-kun!!!!! Are you okay! I'm so sorry! O my goodness! Hatori-san! What should we do???!" Tohru yelled as she started to feel as if she was having a nervous breakdown.
"Calm down Honda-san. He's sleeping now. See?" Hatori said calmly. Tohru looked over to him and saw that he was indeed, asleep. This calmed her down considerably. Hatori bent down and picked Shigure up and threw him over his shoulder. "Let me put this idiot back into his bed and we can talk about what happened last night alright?" he said. She nodded. He walked into the darkness of Shigure's room as she went into the kitchen and prepared some tea.
When the water done boiling and she finished preparing the tea, she went to the living room and found Hatori sitting in the room and watching TV. "Sorry I had you waiting Hatori-san. I was making some tea for the both of us if that is okay. It is ready now. Help yourself." Tohru said.
"Thank you Honda-san" Hatori said taking a cup and taking a satisfying sip. "So tell me what exactly happened last night, from start to finish. I need to know how to deal with this and whether it wasYuki's or Kyo's fault. So please, tell me what happened."
Tohru looked down and sighed. "Well, Kyo and I went out on a date and had a great time. We came back home and we…we kissed. I guess Yuki saw and he started yelling. He has never yelled at me before, so I was very surprised. He said that he told Kyo to stay away from him or else and since he didn't stay away then he showed him what or else meant and he attacked. It was like he was a different Yuki-kun. Not the "Prince". I was so scared. I told him to stop hurting Kyo and he just got even madder. He started to come at me, but Shigure got in the way and told him that if he didn't stop he would call the police. You know how that turned out. He started yelling at me again." Tohru stopped on account of the fact that she was crying.
"Take your time Honda-san. It's okay." Hatori soothed.
"H-He told me he loved me and he kissed me. I don't love him like he loves me." Tohru said.
"That's interesting. Did you Kyo well…Kyo. Without the –kun?" Hatori said.
"Y-Yes."
"That might explain it. You see Honda-san. He understands that you feel…well fondly for Kyo and he feels threatened by that. Yuki has never lost to Kyo. In anything, may it be in fights, grades, or girls. He can't process the thought of the roles being switched. The fact that Kyo did win in a fight against him is amazing. We never planned for it to happen so we need to consult with Akito. This is a very difficult situation that they got themselves in." Hatori said.
"But, Hatori-san, if the cat beat the rat, doesn't that mean that Kyo is free? He can live a normal life now right?" Tohru said.
"Well technically yes. But Akito has never lost a bet. So we don't know what he is going to say about it. He doesn't even know what is going on right now."
"But, but that isn't fair to Kyo! He won fair and square! He deserves to be free like everyone else! Hatori-san, you have to help him!"
"Honda-san it isn't that simple. What Akito says goes. I can't do anything to change his mind, no one can."
"But-!" she was interrupted by screams upstairs.
"Where is she? Where's Tohru? Tohru?!!" Kyo yelled.
"Honda-san you stay here. I'll calm him down." Hatori said. He went upstairs and into Kyo's room. "Kyo stop yelling. You'll wake up everyone in the house."
"I don't care. I want to see if Tohru is alright!" Kyo said trying to stand up. He didn't have any serious injuries, but he did have some stitches and he would open them if he didn't stop moving around so abruptly.
"Kyo stop this at once! You'll injure yourself further if you don't!" Hatori yelled back.
"I just want to see Tohru. Where is Tohru? I just need to see her. Please." Kyo pleaded sliding to the floor. At that moment Tohru came into the room. He looked up at her and his eyes widened. He shot up, ignoring the pain, and went over to her. He lifted her hand to her face and stroked her cheek. "Are you alright? How is your wrist? Has Yuki come near you?" Kyo asked.
"No Kyo, I'm fine. Really. Even my wrist. Yuki is still sleeping. Kyo, but you need to rest now. You need to get your strength back up." Tohru said. She moved him toward the bed and he lay down.
"But Tohru I-!"Tohru interrupted Kyo.
"We can talk later, but for right now rest." She said wiping hair from his face. He slowly went back to sleep.
"Alright, well now I have to leave for the main house. I'll come back in a say or two to see how everything is." Hatori said. Tohru nodded. Hatori took his leave and everything was quiet for some time.
Two days later…Everything returned back to semi-normal. Kind of. Kyo was up and about and acting like he usually does, brash. Shigure, for a matter of fact, hurt. He hurt everywhere. It seemed to be radiating from his jaw and spreading throughout his body. He still found himself dodging his editor, however, and being perverted as always. Just not with words. Yuki on the other hand, never came out of his room. He was ashamed of putting Tohru in harms way by his own hands. Tohru brought him his food without any words spoken between the two.
"Is anybody home?!" Hatori yelled to alert that he was at the Sohma/Honda residence.
"Yes Hatori-san! Hold on, we'll be right there!" Tohru yelled. Her and Kyo were in the kitchen at the time so they made their ways to the living room to see why Hatori was there. When they got in the living room, however, their blood ran cold. Sitting on the couch was none other than the head of the Sohma family himself, Akito Sohma.
"Akito-sama…what brings you here?" Tohru asked, now become scared for Kyo's safety.
"I've come to discuss the monster's fate. Now are you going to make me come tea or do I have to make it myself?" Akito said in an eerie calm.
"Oh of course! I'll be right back with some!" Tohru said in a panic.
"Fine. Please Kyo sit down, like I said we have some things to discuss." Akito said. Kyo did as he was told and sat down. "Yuki will be staying at the main house with the rest of the Sohma's, besides you and my Shigure of course. He called us and requested it himself. Odd right? But you don't care about that now do you? So lets talk about something that you do care about. You do remember that we made a bet about your fate after graduation way back when correct," Kyo nodded, "Well, Hatori told me that you beat my precious Yuki in a fight. Is that correct?" Kyo nodded again. "Amazing. How did you manage to do that?"
"He was hurting her. I couldn't let him do that. The strength came out of nowhere." Kyo said calmly. Akito starred at him.
"So that girl was the cause for all this. That is a very interesting turn of events. So what, do you love this girl? How absolutely sickening." Akito said.
"…"
"Well, my little monster, I am a man of my word, so as we discussed, you are not to be locked up after graduation. How does that make you feel?" Akito asked.
"…"
"So you're not going to answer me now monster? Are you really that bold? Maybe you should be punished for your rudeness." Akito said getting up, ready to attack.
Hatori stood up with him, not letting him harm Kyo. "Now, Akito, if you do that then you'll get sick again. You don't want that now do you?" Hatori soothed to the temperamental leader.
"Well I guess not. Well monster, you're spared for now. But sooner or later you will get punished. Hatori, I'm tired. Lets go home. Oh and by the way cat, Yuki will be coming later tonight, so please tell that girl not to cook for him. He won't needing it." Akito said walking towards the door.
"The tea is ready…" Tohru said bringing the tea out to them as Akito was going out of the door.
"No need for your tea Honda-san. We're leaving." Hatori said. And without a word from anyone else, they left. Tohru turned towards the living room and saw Kyo sitting there. She went over to him and touched him shoulder. He didn't even acknowledge her presence.
"Kyo…are you okay? What did Akito-sama want to talk about with you?" Tohru asked.
"…He said I'm free. I don't have to be locked up after graduation." He said calmly.
"Kyo that's wonderful! I'm so happy for you!" Tohru said happily.
"I don't have to be locked up. I can have a normal life. I'm finally free." Kyo said. He was in shock. He never imagined what he would do if he didn't have to be confined to the room. Sure, he had applied to some colleges and had gotten accepted, but he wasn't planning on going to college. 'I can have a family, I can love, I can tell her how much I love her…Wait. Why would she love me?' Kyo thought.
"Kyo I'm just so happy! We need to tell-!" Kyo interrupted her.
"Tohru, can I just be alone for right now. I need to sort things out in my head. I'll come down later for dinner." Kyo said.
"Umm… okay if that's what you want."
"Yeah…Tohru, Yuki is leaving to go live at the main house with Akito. He's leaving tonight, so don't cook for him." With that he left the room and went to the roof. Tohru went into the kitchen and started to prepare dinner.
"Oh…okay. Yuki-kun." Tohru,
After dinner…Tohru was worried. Kyo didn't come down for dinner as he said. Tohru would have gone up to the roof to see what was wrong, but he had asked to be alone. That didn't stop Tohru from worrying about him however. She usually cleaned when she was upset, so she cleaned the kitchen, her room, all three bathrooms (twice), Shigure's room, and Kyo's room. That still didn't unnerve her so she then went up to Yuki's room.
"Yuki-kun? Yuki-kun, it's me Tohru. Can I speak to you for a minute?" Tohru asked. She heard shuffling and then the door opened to show a terrible looking Yuki. You could tell that he wasn't getting enough sleep. "Yuki-kun are you alright?"
"Honda-san, don't worry about me. I'm so sorry for what I did to you. It was uncalled for and completely out of line. I give you my deepest, sincerest apologies. But, I can't help wondering, why him? What does he have that I don't?" Yuki pleaded.
"Yuki-kun…you were wonderful to me. You were one of my best friends. But, that's all you were…a friend. I'm sorry." Tohru said with a tear running down her face.
"Were?" Yuki said sadly.
"Yes. I'm so sorry, but after what you did, I don't think I can trust you anymore. I want to say that I can, but I can't."
"So that's it then?"
"I guess…maybe one day, we can be friends again. But for now, I hope you are happy at the main house. I'll see you at school."
"Alright. You too." Yuki said standing up. He grabbed his one bag that carried all his belongings in and went over to Tohru. He kissed her on the cheek quickly and left without saying a word. When he went outside, he looked up and saw Kyo on the roof. They caught each other's glances and exchanged a icy death glare. Yuki turned his head and walked away from the house he no longer lived in and headed towards his new life at the main house.
11:00…
Tohru finished cleaning the house for the third time when she finally decided to go up to the roof and check on Kyo. 'Please don't be mad at me' she thought as she made her way up the ladder. She popped her head over the side and saw he was looking out into the night sky. She climbed up and scooted over by him.
"I was wondering when you would come up here and check on me. I didn't think you'd take this long." Kyo said in a half joking manner.
"Well, I didn't want to bother you. You said you wanted to be alone." Tohru said. They fell into an awkward silence for what seemed like forever, until Tohru made a bold move. "Kyo, how do you feel about me? I mean, you don't have to tell me or anything, I just want to know. That kiss has been on my mind for a really long-!" Kyo interrupted her.
"Calm down Tohru. I knew that was coming too. That's actually why I came up here to think about." Kyo said.
"What did you need to think about?"
"Well, that's really complicated. But Tohru, every since I was old enough to know my fate, I've been fighting it. But lately, I've given up hope. I would come up here and think about the things I would never get to experience, like going to college, getting a job, getting married, or starting a family. You know the things a lot of people take for granted. But now, that I can experience those things, it's weird."
"Why? Why is it weird?"
"Because Tohru, I'm the cat. The cat. I'm the one that doesn't deserve true happiness. I'm ugly, stupid, and everyone hates me. I don't deserve to be free. That's what I've been hearing my whole life. That's what everyone sees when they look at me."
"Is that what you think Kyo? Is that really what you think?"
"Yes."
"Well, let me tell you what I see. I see a smart, handsome, driven person. I see the man that destined to be more than the cat. I see the person that a lot of people look up to because of your strength and kindness. I see you person I love." Tohru said.
"W-What?"
"I love you Kyo. Not the cat. I love you. I want to be with you. You might not feel the same way but-!" Kyo interrupted her by kissing her on the lips. The stayed like this for quite some time.
When they finally separated Kyo said, "I love you too Tohru. So much." Tohru couldn't have been happier. She could've jumped to the moon. They then kissed again. Actually when they stood up to go in the house, Tohru did jump for joy, thinking that she wouldn't hurt herself, but ended up tripping and almost falling off the roof. She would have if Kyo didn't pull her to him without thinking. He was expecting the usual –poof- but It never came. He was still human.
"Oh my God…" Tohru said.
"Tohru, I'm still human…"
"Kyo…the curse…is it broken?" She asked still holding on tightly to him.
"Yes…it is. Finally! The curse is broken! We're finally free!" Kyo said with tears of joy streaming down his face. He grabbed Tohru and hugged her tightly.
"Kyo! I'm so happy…" Tohru said with tears of joy coming out of her eyes as well. "I love you so much."
"You know that being with me won't be easy right?" Kyo said sadly.
"I know. And I expect it to be. But I have you now and I know everything will be all right because I do."
Kyo smiled down at her, filled with joy. " Thank you Tohru."
"For what Kyo?"
"For being you." With that they shared another blissful kiss…
The end of Serenade number one.
A/N: WOWOWOWOWOW! That was so great. I couldn't have done it without you guys! Tell me how I did on Serenade number one while I work on Serenades numbers two and three! WHOOT! By the way, for the next two installments, we will have some special guests along for the ride, so stay tuned! But for now, this is your faboo author signing out.
Love, ang.pie…