Chapter 13
I was about to hit him when he ran out the door. "See ya later Tohru." I said chasing after him. I finally caught up to him we raced to the lake and I beat him there. Once he reached me, I pushed him in the lake. When he resurfaced I laughed. "Not funny." He said. "I'm so sorry Kyo. Here give me your hand." I said
He grabbed my hand tight. "Don't you dare." I said. He smirked and pulled me in. I came up and splashed him then ran out of the lake, tripping on a tree root. "Ow." I said falling to the ground. Kyo ran up behind me. "You okay?"
"Yeah. I just hurt my stupid ankle." I said trying to stand up. I fell back down and Kyo knelt next to me and examined my ankle. "It's not broken, just a sprain." He said. He helped me up "Hop on." He said crouching down. "No way Kyo I'm too heavy." I protested.
"You're not heavy. I promise now get on." I gave up and hopped on his back and he gave me a piggyback ride back to the house. He put me down when we got upstairs, trying to avoid stares as we came in. I jumped off and went to the shower, my ankle better.
When I got out I changed into a pair of black short shorts and a short sleeve yellow shirt to match. I came into the room to find Kyo already showered and changed into his cargo pants and black T looking through my things.
"What are you looking for Kyo?" I asked from behind him. He jumped "Your sketches from the past couple days." He said. I went over to the table and pulled out my sketch pad. He took it and went downstairs. "I'm going to look at them during lunch." He said.
I followed him to the table and sat next to him. When everyone was settled Kyo put it in front of us and looked at every one of the sketches when Shigure took it from him. "What do we have here?" he said.
"Shigure those are personal. Give them back." I said in a deathly tone. He just shrugged and went through them until he found the meaningful ones that were for no one to ever see. "Oh Cassidy what were you thinking when you did these and why can't people see them." He asked as I tried to grab the papers from him.
"I don't want to talk about it. Give them back now." I said about to hit him. Kyo yelled "Give those back. If she doesn't want to show people you need to respect that." Then hit Shigure in the back of the head and took the pieces. "Thanks Kyo." He nodded and looked at everyone then finished eating and resumed looking over the sketches.
Shigure got up and teased "Okay the only person who is allowed to see them is Kyo because he's the model." Kyo glared at him then grabbed my hand and dragged me to the deck. Tohru and Yuki came up behind us "Are you alright Cassidy?" asked Tohru. I nodded then Yuki asked "Do you mind if I asked what's so personal about a picture?"
"I don't mind. Art is very special to me, it's how I express myself when I'm mad or am feeling any emotion. Some of these have my dreams in them and they are personal and painful. My business." I said. "So why does Kyo get to see them?" he asked.
"Because rat I care about her feelings and I…" Kyo said. "Kyo's become a model for me so I can paint something meaningful, but he won't get to see it till I'm done." I said as Yuki sat down next to me. "Mind if I look?" he asked. I gave him the book and his eyes widened in amazement as he saw the lake and Kyo and other drawings. Tohru looked over his shoulder and smiled.
"These are very good Cassidy." "Yes Miss. Cassidy they are very good." He said handing them back. "By the way, what you said last night to Shigure and Ayame was very smart. It got them to shut up for once." He added and Tohru nodded. "Thanks." I said.
Kyo said "Hey why don't you show Kazuma your progress." I nodded and called Kazuma outside. Kyo and I got into stance and we managed to tie. Kazuma clapped and said "Very good Cassidy. You'll become a black belt in no time." Yuki stood up "My turn." He said.
I nodded and Kyo backed up some. Yuki got in front of me and the fight went on for a while when he made me fall back to the ground. Before he could do the final blow I put my arms behind my head and pushed, jumping up again. Another 5 minutes went by and finally trapped me with my arms behind my back. "Gotcha." He said.
Kyo was burning with jealousy as he watched Yuki hold Cassidy like that. He walked over and hugged me. "Good job Cass." He said as Yuki let go of me and we walked into the house.
The rest of the week went by fast and we were heading back home. Kazuma came up to Kyo as we left and said something I couldn't hear and Kyo nodded then he came to me. "Take care of Kyo Cass. I don't think he plans to go back to Shigure's after he's been with you." I nodded a little confused then we drove back home.
Cindy ran out of the door and hugged me too tight so Kyo had to pry her off of me so I could breathe. "Did you have fun?" I asked her. "Not really. Chris hung out with Haru the whole time so I hung out with Momiji. Oh I got the best news!" she yelled when we got to my room. "What?" I asked. "Momiji kissed me so we're dating!" she yelled again.
Kyo bound into the room. "Your dating him?" he yelled. Cindy nodded her head and I hugged her "I'm glad now you can get off my back." "Not likely I still need to set you up with someone." She said. "By the way you have to open your uniform." I groaned and opened the box on my desk. I screamed.
Kyo ran over and Cindy doubled over laughing. "What is it Cass?" he asked. I pulled out the outfit "My uniform is a skirt!" I sank down on the floor and Kyo chuckled. "Yeah the girls have to wear that." He said. I groaned again. School started the next day and Kyo ended up waking me "Come on Cass school today."
I woke Cindy up and we all ate and left in the car. School was way too far. When we arrived we were greeted by staring people. I ignored the whispers and Cindy linked arms with me. We got to our lockers witch were next to each others and grabbed our stuff and headed to our classes.
To my relief Tohru was in this class so I sat next to her. "Hey Cassidy-san what do you think of the school?" she asked. "It's big." I said. Two girls one who was blonde and the other who had black hair looked at me.
"Yo Tohru who's your new friend?" Asked the blonde. "Oh I'm sorry I haven't introduced you. Um this is Cassidy. She's from America with her room mate Cindy." She said. The black haired girl looked at me "America interesting. This is Arisa and I am Hana." She said.
Class started and ended quickly as did the day. Finally I was in my last class. I found I had 3 classes with Tohru, 2 with Cindy and 2 with Yuki, Arisa and Hana and 2 with Kyo. This class was Bio. So there were shared tables. Kyo had this class too which made it better because all the girls looked at me when I came in. They whispered loudly enough so I could hear when Kyo sat next to me. "Ignore them okay?" He said. I nodded and paid attention. Where we sat was our assigned seat for the year. When class was over I went to my locker to find a group of guys. I rolled my eyes as I walked over to them.
"Hey new girl want to hang out with us?" one guy asked. I shook my head. "No thanks I need to get home." I said. "Come on it'll be fun. This way you won't have to be bored with Kyo." Said another. "Kyo is not boring in fact right now you guys seem to be the boring ones." I said shutting my locker to hear Cindy scream down the hallway.
"Bye guys." I said but one pulled me back against the locker. "Oh no you don't." he said. "Oh yes I do." I growled kicking him in an unpleasant area and running to where Cindy screamed. Kyo ran up beside me "I did not teach you that Cass." He said. "That is an American move." I said reaching the girls bathroom.
I went in and left Kyo outside. "You alright?" I asked. She nodded. "I um slipped on the water." I rolled my eyes then smacked her in the arm "Don't scare me like that." We walked out to see everyone Arisa, Hana, Tohru and Momiji out in the hall. "What happened?" asked Momiji. "The idiot slipped on water." I said.
I introduced Cindy to Arisa and Hana. We made plans for them to come over Friday for a sleepover with Tohru. We left the school on the way to the parking lot with eyes following us. Kyo tripped me and ran ahead laughing. I caught up to him and jumped on him causing him to fall to the ground.
Cindy Laughed "Kyo got beat up by a girl!" she yelled walking next to Momiji and holding his hand. I laughed "I win this round." I said getting off him. He got up "Okay fine, but next time your done for." He said. "Oo I'm so scared." I mocked.
We got home and I watched as Momiji kissed Cindy bye as he left. "Kooties." I yelled. "Yeah well it's better than flirting non stop." She retorted. I laughed "I don't flirt much but at least it's more fun." I said walking into my Art room.
I sat down and looked at what I had so far. Kyo's face was in the middle and I had hues of reds and oranges behind him. Scattered up top was the broken bracelet of the cat. I painted a transparent cat face in the right hand corner and the sun in the left then I added a bright field of blue flowers below his face. After that it was finished.
The next day was so annoying. Kyo had to hang around with me and Cindy all day because a group of girls wouldn't leave me alone. Then we ran into Chris and Haru. "Hey Chris I didn't see you yesterday." I said. "Yeah well I didn't feel well so I stayed home. What have you all been doing?" She asked.
"Nothing but being annoyed by a group of girls who call themselves Kyo's fan club." I said glaring at Kyo. "It's not my fault. They get on mine too." I sighed and gave the girls a death glare. Today's Friday so everyone is coming over.
At the end of the day I was going to wait in the car for everyone because it was raining. I opened the door but was pulled aside. It was 2 of the same guys that were at my locker. "Okay princess lets go on a date." He said moving closer to me. "How about you leave me alone." I said trying to get in my car.
"Oh you like feisty huh? Well how about this…" he said pushing me fully against the side of the car. I struggled against him as the other guy held my legs still. The guy tried to kiss me but I shut my mouth tight. I saw Kyo in the corner of my eye and struggled more.
Kyo spotted the scene and ran over. "Get away from Cass!" he yelled pushing the guy off me. Once I was free I kicked one guy in the gut and he fell back. The other guy tried to grab me but Kyo knocked him out.
"Are you alright?" He asked removing my hands from my face. I hugged Kyo tight, my hands balling into fist on his back. Arisa ran over followed by Hana and Tohru "Yo what happened Cassidy?" Arisa asked. Kyo kept hugging me because I was still a bit shaken.
"Some guys tried to force themselves on her and get a date." He said. My fists loosened and I looked at Kyo "Thanks Kyo." I said letting go of him but he never let me go. "Are you sure you're alright to drive?" He asked. I nodded and we all got in the car to head home.
By the time we got home I was over what happened at school but Kyo and Cindy weren't. We were in the kitchen eating and chatting when Kyo asked "Hey Cass can I talk to you for a minute?" I nodded and followed him in my work room, forgetting the piece was not covered.
I shut the door and turned to face him. "What is it Kyo?" I asked. "Are you okay?" he asked. "Yeah why?" "Because of what happened at school. You were almost hurt." He said seriously. I walked and sat down. "Kyo I'm fine, I'm over it."
"It's not fine, I don't know what I would have done if I didn't get their on time." He said. "Thanks Kyo for your help today. I was scared I'll admit. I didn't know what would happen to me." I said. He smiled "I'll always be there for you." He told me kneeling in front of me.
I smiled back and I hugged him. Kyo opened his eyes hugging me back and saw the painting. "Is this what you painted Cass?" he said standing up and going to the painting. I stood up and ran to it. "You can't see it yet Kyo." I said. "Oh really?" he said and moved me aside and gaped at the scene before him.
He touched the painted beads then asked "What's the field for?" I looked at him and said "The new beginning you've started." He looked down to meet my gaze then leaned down and hugged me tightly. "I love it." He whispered then a knock came at the door.
"Uh um C-come in." I said a little stunned. Tohru opened the door "Is everything okay in here?" she asked as she stepped in. "Everything's fine Tohru." Kyo said. Tohru stepped in the door and looked around in aw. "These are great Cassidy you need to show them." I ran to her. "Pease don't tell anyone of this room Tohru the only people that know are Cindy and Kyo. Please I don't want so many people to see them."
Tohru only nodded "Okay but you guys might want to come back so we can make sleeping arrangements." She said then left. Kyo and I followed to the kitchen and heard Cindy tell some people where to sleep. "Hana can share a room with me, Tohru can have Cassidy's and Uo can have Kyo's." They all nodded and headed to the rooms before we could get a word in. "Okay guess we have the living room." I said going up to get my pajamas on.
Kyo did the same and followed me upstairs. I put on my black tank and my pink plaid short shorts and grabbed some blankets while heading downstairs. "There should be 2 blow up mattresses in the closet Kyo." I said pointing to the closet. He came back with one.
"There's only one." He said. "Kay then you can you that then and I'll get the couch." I said blowing up the mattress. I fixed my blankets and turned the light off. I only got 4 hrs of sleep when I jumped up with a very loud gasp and tears down my face again.
Kyo must have heard me because his head popped up. "Cass, you okay?" he asked. I didn't answer for a moment then he touched my arm bringing me into reality. "Y-yea I'm o-okay." I said shaky. He touched my face "You're crying. Was it another dream?" he asked.
I nodded. "Come here." He said. I listened to him and crawled onto the mattress and laid next him. He pulled me closer to him and pulled the covers over us. "What are you doing?" I asked him. "I'm letting you sleep here."
"I can't sleep here Kyo. This is where you sleep." I argued. "Cassidy this is a full size mattress we can both fit up here. Now go to sleep." I sighed and was about to say something else when he put his finger to my mouth. "Cass I don't want you to have nightmares."
Remembering my nightmare I got closer to him and shut my eyes. Kyo smiled, glad that I finally gave up. He wrapped his arms around me as I fell asleep. In the morning Cindy, Uo, and Hana came downstairs first and Cindy ran into her room and came back with a camera.
They snuck over to wear we were asleep at and Cindy got a picture of us and went to the computer. She printed it and put it on the frig. Kyo woke up to the new position; he still had his arms wrapped around Cassidy and his head rested on her shoulder blade. He loosened his grip some.
I rolled over and snuggled into a piece of fabric then remembered the nightmare and what Kyo said. I looked up to Kyo's face to see him staring off in space. "Morning Kyo." I said but he didn't hear me. I moved my hand so it could get under his shirt and tickled his side. That got his attention because he grabbed my hand and leaned over me.
"Is this the way you wake people up…" he said his hands going under my shirt and tickling me. I laughed "Okay I'm sorry Master Kyo." He stopped and said "It'll be worse, next time I will tie you down." Tohru came in the room "Breakfast is ready you two."
We got up and went to the kitchen. I was going to open the frig when I saw what was on the door. I took it down and went over to the table and hit Cindy in the head. "Ow. What was that for?" she asked as I put the photo in front of her. "Didn't I tell you it's wrong to spy on people when their asleep?" I said.
Kyo took the picture "I thought it was a cute scene Bubbles and I thought you guys might like the picture and keep it." She said. I didn't say anything and ate my breakfast. "Thanks for the meal Tohru but you didn't need to cook."
"I wanted to. This was fun next time we should have it at Shigure's." I nodded in agreement and said my goodbyes to them. I took the photo and went upstairs and posted it on my dresser. "Thought you didn't like that picture." Kyo said from behind me. I turned around "Well it is a memory." I said.