Excuse Kyo's and Yuki's profane language!
Tohru heard footsteps sound behind her. She turned around and saw the back of Kyo's head pass by. There was no greeting whatsoever. She cringed, not liking this coldness and awkwardness between the two of them. He was clearly still angry at her for what he had learned about a week ago. He obviously wasn't taking her pregnancy well. Tohru turned off the stove and dried her hands on a dish rag. She walked over to Kyo and placed her hand on his shoulder trying to reconcile with him. Kyo flinched straightening up before shrugging her hand off. Tohru looked down at her feet hurt by his actions, but with his back turned to her, he didn't notice it. She hated this; she hated it when people were mad at her, especially when the person who was mad at her was one of her closest friends.
"Breakfast is ready Kyo-kun," Tohru whispered.
"Not hungry."
With those two words being said Kyo walked out the door. Tohru sighed a bit disappointed. Those were the most words he had exchanged with her since she had told him that she and Yuki were going to have a baby. For the first three days, Kyo had completely avoided Tohru and Yuki. The two days after that, he refused to speak to either of them. Now, he would only say the words he had to. Kyo didn't even try to fight with Yuki, which was beyond strange. Yuki didn't really care, but Tohru was worried. Kyo hardly ate. She never saw him eat. Since he found out, Kyo refused to eat with them at the table. The only way Tohru even knew he ate was because the plateful of food she always left out for him always came back empty.
Finding herself thinking about what happened that day all over again, she sighed.
---Flash Back---
"…Kyo-kun… You're back…"
"Baby?" Kyo repeated the word as if it was some ancient curse he was forbidden to say.
Tohru looked down at the floor not sure how to respond. Nothing would come out of her mouth. She didn't know what to say to him. She hadn't expected Kyo to be back so soon. Sure he had been gone for several months, but it hadn't occurred to her that he'd be back. What was she going to tell him? She had chosen the worst words to yell out, and now there was no taking them back. Tohru had really thought that Yuki was the one who had returned, so where was he? She had to tell him that their daughter would be fine. Tohru flinched; now was not the time to be spacing out. Kyo stared at her waiting for her to respond. Tohru looked down, not saying anything. At that moment Shigure decided to waltz in and announce, "Tohru-chan is pregnant of course! Didn't you know Kyo-kun?!"
Kyo punched Shigure in the head shaking his head obviously thinking Shigure had lied. Shigure flew through the paper wall and landed outside. Kyo muttered something under his breath and rubbed his fist before looking at Tohru who was already kneeling over Shigure with a worried expression. She avoided looking at Kyo and helped the whimpering Shigure to a sitting position. Kyo walked out onto the porch peering at the two people on the floor more confused than ever. First, Tohru had come down the stairs howling about a baby and now Shigure said she was pregnant. Was this some sort of inside joke he didn't understand? If that was the case, why was Tohru adverting his eyes and acting so flustered? Whatever the case, he wanted to find out the truth now.
"That's not true is it?"
"Actually…"
"Oww… Kyo-kun you shouldn't be hitting me! Go hit Yuki! He's the one who knocked Tohru up!" Shigure blurted out as he rubbed his head.
This time, it was Yuki's turn to smack Shigure from behind. Shigure fell forward, his head smacking his knees. He remained there in the painful looking position with tears dripping down his face. One couldn't be sure whether those tears were caused from the pain he felt or from his teasing nature. Tohru clasped her hands over her mouth with terror. It was bad enough that Kyo had found out that she was pregnant through Shigure's babbling, but now he had to tell Kyo that Yuki was the father too? Kyo was going to kill her and Yuki now. If Shigure hadn't said anything at all, maybe they wouldn't need coffins for her and Yuki. Yuki loomed over Shigure with a scary aura dispensing out around him.
"I did what?" Yuki asked Shigure.
"You did though!"
"Describe it in those terms again and I'll kill you," Yuki warned as he slid off his shoes walking past Kyo without a word of acknowledgement. Kyo didn't say anything to Yuki either. He was going through what he had heard for the tenth time. If he was putting this together correctly then, Yuki and Tohru had made love and now she was pregnant. That was a disgusting thought to Kyo, and he refused to believe it. Instead, he came up with another idea, Yuki must have raped Tohru. She must have gotten pregnant that way! Little to Kyo's knowledge, a creepy expression, almost perverted, crossed his face. Yuki froze in his place and gave Kyo a perplexed look. Tohru glanced up at Yuki following his gaze until she realized he was giving that strange look to Kyo. She looked down instantly.
"Welcome back Yuki-kun…" Tohru whispered still unable to look up at Kyo.
Okay, so Kyo's rape theory just flew out the window. No matter how forgiving Tohru could be, there was no way she would act so friendly to someone who had raped her. So that left him to the conclusion that Tohru must have willingly slept with Yuki. Kyo swallowed nervously and shuddered. That couldn't be true, right? Yuki was the damn prince; he could get any girl he wanted, so why did he have to go and pick the girl Kyo wanted as well? It wasn't fair… He couldn't beat Yuki, and now he couldn't even get the girl? It was just so unfair. The worst part was that now Kyo couldn't stop imagining the two of them together.
"What the hell is going on around here?"
"Were you not listening the last several minutes?"
"You shut the fuck up! I don't want to hear anything from you!" Kyo snapped.
Kyo continued to glare at Yuki with more hatred than usual with a fist raised. Yuki remained unfazed and opened his mouth to retort something, but Tohru stood up extending one arm towards Kyo and the other towards Yuki. She didn't want them to fight over this. This was her problem and it was about time she started explaining herself before Kyo started demanding a fight. Tohru squeezed her eyes shut hoping she'd get through to the two of them, hoping there would be no fight. So far so good, she hadn't been shoved away yet, and there was no crash sound just yet. Hopefully it'd stay this way even after she told Kyo about her situation.
"Please stop fighting!" Tohru begged the two of them.
Kyo froze from shock. He wasn't sure what to say. A bit unwillingly he lowered his hand and unclenched his fist. Sighing, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes counting to ten under his breath in attempt to calm himself down. Yuki had kept his cool the whole time and continued to stand there. After a minute, Kyo opened his eyes and flashed Yuki another venomous look before turning his attention to Tohru who hadn't moved an inch. Both of her arms were still raised to keep Kyo and Yuki from fighting. She hadn't even opened her eyes yet, and she didn't until Yuki and Kyo took her arms and lowered them for her. Tohru blinked slightly embarrassed as she looked up at Yuki then at Kyo.
"You, what the hell are those two talking about?" Kyo asked Tohru sharply.
She looked down at her feet trying to figure out how to tell him her situation. Tohru shifted from one foot to the other uncomfortably. Biting her lip she glanced at Yuki and Shigure for support, but neither of them said anything. Shigure continued to lie on the floor barely conscious, and Yuki looked back at her knowing this was for her to tell, not him. Shigure rolled over onto his side watching the three teens with great interest. Knowing that she was going to have to tell Kyo on her own, Tohru took a deep breath and straightened herself out. She balled her hands into fists determinedly and looked directly at Kyo with a strong front. As soon as she saw his cold demeanor, she suddenly felt smaller than a mouse. She lost all traces of her confidence and glued her eyes back on the floor.
"I'm pregnant…" She whispered in a nearly inaudible voice.
Kyo's eyes widened, "So that damn dog was actually telling the truth?"
Tohru stared down at the floor clenching the hem of her shirt tightly in her fists. She took a deep breath before lowering her head and raising it in a nodding motion. Kyo was silent for a minute unable to say anything. He had no idea what to think at the moment. Tohru squeezed her eyes shut waiting for him to lash out on her already. The whole time he was quiet was pure torture for her. Without a word, Kyo smashed his fist into the wall. Tohru jumped up out of fright. Landing back on her feet, Tohru stared at the hole in the wall with horror. Gaping, she switched her gaze from the ruined wall to Kyo's bloody fist. She reached forward to examine his wound but he jerked his hand away from her. Tohru's brows crinkled with worry, her hands remained extended in front of her.
"Did you have a good time, huh?" he asked briskly.
She stared at him not understanding what he meant. His eyes held such anger, the anger he usually looked at Yuki with. Was he mad at her? But, why would he be mad at her? Tohru still had no idea what his question was referring to. Have a good time with what? She certainly wasn't having fun carrying a baby inside of her. Tohru woke up every morning an hour before she had to because she had to throw up. It wasn't fun at all. She went on giving him her puzzled expression, and he continued to scowl. Both of them waited for the other to say something.
He peered at her before continuing, "Was it fun sleeping with a damn dirty rat? Did it please you, huh?! You gonna tell me all about your frickin' fun night?"
Her jaw dropped with bewilderment planted all over her face. She opened her mouth and struggled with something to say in response to that. Tohru couldn't come up with a thing to say back. Closing her mouth she looked down at her feet in shame. Seeing Tohru's face, Yuki punched Kyo in the back of his head. Kyo toppled to the ground. He lay there for a second before raising himself to a squatting position. Placing both of his hands over his head, Kyo shot a death glare at Yuki. Yuki's face was contorted with annoyance. He looked more enraged than he had ever been before.
"What the fuck was that for?"
"What the hell are you saying? Why don't you try listening to her for once? God damn it! Did it ever cross your mind that she had a reason? The world doesn't revolve around you, so shut your mouth already and listen to her!" Yuki snapped with ten levels of irritancy showing on his face.
Kyo scowled at his nemesis, but he remained quiet. Tohru brought her hand to her mouth and bit her finger nails. Despite her efforts to keep them from fighting, Yuki had already hit Kyo, and they already yelled at each other. What bothered her most was the fact that the cause of their fight had been her. She was beginning to regret accepting Yuki's offer to be the father to her child. It was causing nothing but problems for the two of them. Tohru could have adopted, she didn't need a child of her own, but it was too late to go back and change that now. Besides, she wanted this child.
"I um…" Tohru stuttered uneasily. She took several deep breaths before calming down enough to talk clearly. Chewing on her bottom lip, she looked up at Yuki for his reassuring smile before she finally looked Kyo in the eyes and explained her situation to him. After she finished she looked at Kyo waiting for him to say something. Kyo just sat there in complete silence.
"Kyo-kun?"
Kyo brushed passed her wordlessly. He climbed onto the roof and lay there using his arms as a pillow. He stared up at the sky thinking over what he had just learned. Over and over the story repeated itself in his mind until he hopped off the roof and punched a tree. The tree crumpled down and snapped in half. Before he fully knew what he was doing tears were trailing down his face and dripping down onto the ground. Ten collapsed trees loitered the ground around Kyo's feet. He gripped the closest tree branch and gripped it tightly as he regained his breath. The branch snapped off and Kyo hurled it into the distance. Birds squawked and flew in various directions in the area where the stick landed. Kyo brushed the tears off of his face and ran off before anyone saw him.
-End Flash Back-
"Tohru, please stop thinking about that day. The stupid cat will get over it sooner or later. Don't waste your time fussing over him," Yuki told Tohru. With one look at her spaced out face he knew exactly what she was thinking about, and he didn't want her to be so concerned. She was supposed to be smiling. Their baby was going to be fine; she was supposed to be happy about that, but because of Kyo, she wasn't.
"Y-yes Yuki-kun…" Tohru replied quickly as she went back to setting aside a dish of breakfast for Kyo in case he wanted to eat later.
No Trees were harmed in the making of this chapter : )
