Numero tres... A Kyoru one.

Title: Let The Rain Fall Down (A/N: I hate Hillary Duff, but I'm going with song parts for titles)
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: T

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"Kyo, Tohru-kun asked you if you want any-"

"I already said no," Kyo growled, cutting off his older cousin, Shigure, who was looking at him from across the dinner table reprovingly.

"He did, Shigure-san," Tohru added quietly in Kyo's defense. She had asked if he wanted any more rice, and Kyo had refused rather rudely.

It wasn't his fault. Fine. Technically it was his fault for opening his stupid mouth and snapping at Tohru, but he had a lot of things on his mind, and a rainstorm was on its way.

The Curse had been broken for a week now and, while Kyo should have been ecstatic, happy all the time, but he couldn't help but think, constantly, about how he still hadn't told Tohru how he felt about her. Isn't this what he was waiting for? The Curse breaking? For all his inferiority and self-hate to fade away and leave him an opening to tell Tohru that he... That he loved her?

And yet... And yet he still didn't have the courage, and was afraid of Tohru rejecting him. She wouldn't be rude, or harsh, but it would be rejection all the same if she said she didn't like him back. So instead of being happy like he should have been, Kyo was irritable and snapped at Tohru whenever he was around her.

"Learn some manners, Kyon." Now that the Curse was broken, Yuki had taken to calling Kyo 'Kyon' instead of 'Cat.' Kyo glared at the former Rat as he ate his rice calmly, like he hadn't jsut insulted Kyo, and had suddenly had enough.

"I'm not even hungry," Kyo said angrily while standing up and throwing down his chopsticks. He ignored Tohru's worried stammering- She was trying to smooth things out as always- and stormed out the door.

"Get the mail while you're up," he heard Shigure call at his back. Kyo let out a grunt of recognition and went out to do so- It wasn't like he had anything better to do.

As he made his way to the door, he thought about the coming rain. Even though he wasn't the Cat anymore, he still wasn't looking forward to the coming downpour. But since he wasn't tired yet, he figured the storm was a ways off.

Kyo slid open the door and started toward the mailbox, and cursed under his breath about how far away said mailbox was. Stupid Shigure asking me to get the stupid mail, just because my stupid self yelled at Tohru... He stopped his mind rant to wipe some rain off of his face and then-

Then he stopped. It was raining. He hadn't even noticed. It hadn't even bothered him. The cool rain hitting his skin after the day being so hot was actually kind of pleasant.

The thought made Kyo laugh out loud. Who ever thought he would be thinking that? About rain of all things! The next thing you knew, he would become friends with Yuki. That thought made him continue laughing. All his bad thoughts and feelings melted away, and he shook silently with laughter until he heard a voice behind him.

"Kyo-kun, are you alright?" He turned around to see Tohru standing on the porch behind him (he hadn't actually walked that far, just complained a lot about it). She looked worried... About his sanity maybe? Probably not, that wouldn't be like Tohru.

"Tohru, Tohru, come here," Kyo had stopped laughing, but was grinning like a five year old who had some incredible secret. He tried to wipe the smile off his face, he didn't want to act like a giddy idiot, but he couldn't- Everything was suddenly hilarious.

He started to chuckle at Tohru's confused look, and suddenly he realized: If he could stand out here in the rain and enjoy it, he could tell Tohru how he felt about her. Anything was possible, right?

"Kyo-kun, it's raining, you'll catch a cold if you stand outside for too long." Catching a cold was the last thing on Kyo's mind, so Kyo just covered his mouth to stifle his laughter- He was getting strangely (but not unpleasantly) lightheaded from his uncontrollable chuckles.

He took a deep breath to steady himself, but then just let out a, loud "Ha!" and dissolved into giggles again. "Dammit," he laughed under his breath, "I'm acting like a twelve year old girl." He didn't want to act like a twelve year old girl, but this was beyond his control.

"Kyo-kun...?" Tohru's voice was even more uncertain now, and now she sounded like she was worried about his sanity. "Is... Is something wrong?"

That made Kyo laugh out loud again. He pinched his eyes shut to stop them from tearing up and shook his head, he was trying to convey that nothing was wrong. Tohru didn't seem to understand, though, because she walked over to him, despite the rain, and put her hand on his shoulder. "Kyo-kun, what's the matter?"

Kyo suddenly stopped laughing, he realized to an extent that this was serious. However, a large grin was still spread over his face. He opened his eyes and gazed into Tohru's worried ones. "Everything," he said, "is perfect." With that, and while wondering why he didn't do this sooner, Kyo grabbed Tohru around the waist with one arm, and pulled her toward him in the sudden, no explanation way only he would; He put his free hand on the back of Tohru's head, surprisingly gently for how he had just acted, and pressed his lips to hers.

However inexperienced in kissing Kyo was (that would be very), it didn't seem to matter. Tohru didn't pull away, on the contrary, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and it suddenly occurred to Kyo that they were having one of those passionate, in-the-rain kisses that were always in movies.

Kyo pulled away (they had to come up for air sometime) and looked at Tohru, who was blushing profusely. "I love you, Tohru," he told her. He should have had this idea when the Curse was first broken. He put his arm that wasn't around her waist around her shoulders, and Tohru rested her head against his chest.

Kyo's heart leaped when she murmured, "I love you too, Kyo-kun." They stood pleasantly for a few minutes until Tohru sneezed. Kyo laughed again and let go of her so they could walk back to the house.

He took her hand when they started back to the house and he said, "Sorry to make you come out in the rain," without actually being too sorry. "I hope you don't get sick."

Tohru's face gained another shade of red when she replied, "It would be worth it if I did."

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Back inside, Kyo was still grinning as he got Tohru and himself each a towel to dry off with. He met Tohru back in the living room and handed the towel to her and planted a kiss on her lips, unfortunately at the same time Shigure chose to walk into the room.

"Kyo, where's my- Oh my god!" When Shigure walked into the living room, his eyes widened and his face became comically over-scandalized. "Kyon! Are you deflowering our precious flower?!"

Kyo glared at Shigure and proceeded to start drying his hair off, wishing that he was still out in the rain.

"What, oh what, has gotten you in such a lascivious mood?!"

"It must be the rain." Kyo shook his head and, with another glare at Shigure, pulled Tohru into a standing position, taking her hand and half leading, half dragging the embarrassed teen out of the room. "C'mon," he muttered to her, "let's get you away from this pervert."

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Done! This was really just fluffy mush, but I happen to like it. I really like when characters go into hysterical/uncontrollable fits of laughter (see my "And Then There Were None" story for more of Kyo hysterically laughing) so that's basically why Kyo did. Also a lot of emotions and stuff for him, so, yeah... Please give me prompts or ideas/requests if you have them! Thanks for reading!