A/N: Hi all, I'm sorry for the wait again! It's actually hard to keep them in character, I hope they're not too much ooc. Anyway, this chapter here doesn't have M rated stuff ^^ nevertheless, I am very happy how it turned out to be. Also, I don't have a beta-reader, so there might be errors here and there, if you can point out major errors it would be the best. Thank you for your patience! It's Tohru-kun's turn today! KYO X TOHRU

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket!

Chapter 3: The Beloved Timid

With his heart racing in his ears, Kyo led his legs barely to sit on his bed, feeling quite shaken up. He should calm down now. What Yuki was doing was Yuki's business, and he had nothing to do with it. But... His lips moved like a snake. Why... Whywashesoaroused?... No. He took a big breath. He should put it like this: WHY ON EARTH WAS HE GETTING HORNY BY WATCHING THAT DAMN RAT PUSHING THINGS UP HIS ASS?-! He inhaled sharply before letting his upper body fall on the bed. He stared at the ceiling for a long moment, his orange bangs falling to the sides of his forehead. He breathed through his nose, feeling his lungs expend, his chest rising, then sink again. Just like that, it was this simple. He knew his cheeks were red, they were burning, and he didn't even know why. It wasn't like someone saw him. It wasn't like that at all...

His gaze slowly softened. Maybe he was just ashamed. His mouth twitched. That stupid... No, Yuki... The other was doing that sort of thing. Was he attracted to guys? Guys like... Kyo himself... The teen gulped. At that moment, he had wanted... He had wanted to replace that Dildo with his own body. He had wanted to have sex with Sohma Yuki. He still... wondered what Yuki was doing right then... he rolled his body to press against the wall which separated their rooms. He could still hear the radio, but no sign of the mouse. He... wasn't hungry anymore, to say the least.

Crawling under the covers, his body completely disappeared from sight. Only a hand came out to drag his head pillow underneath.

The next morning, Shigure was probably the first one to sit at the dinning table, humming happily as he watched Tohru set the table for them with a shy smile. She had called all of them for breakfast, but it seemed that Kyo and Yuki were late again. Finally, Yuki appeared in the living room, dressed in his school uniform, his mouth smelling of toothbrush as he sat down beside Shigure "Ohayou~." the dog greeted.

Yuki smiled up at Tohru "Ohayou." he ignored his cousin. The girl smiled back, and answered only politely as she placed a bowl of rice in front of him, before sitting down as well. They started to eat. Tohru seemed a little worried after ten minutes when Kyo didn't show up, but she tried to hide her concern unsuccessfully by smiling too much. When the orange cat finally arrived at the living room, she fixed her eyes on her food, staring at it. At this, Kyo sighed as he plopped down to his seat, opposite to Yuki and Shigure. He was served rice. "We will be late because of you." said Yuki, but Kyo didn't even bother to glance at him. He was too busy trying to hide the rouge color of his cheeks by eating his rice like a maniac. Shigure and Yuki looked at each other with quirked eyebrows.

"Should I be concerned, or do you think he's just too mad to respond?" asked Shigure calmly, sipping from his Miso soup.

Yuki shrugged "He's certainly mad." he smirked, making Kyo's blush climb up to his ears. No, he wasn't going to say anything, he wasn't going to smash that smirking face, he had to contain himself. The other three watched him tremble with rage as he ate. Tohru's eyebrows arched. She tried to say something, anything, but it just didn't come out.

"Kyo..." said Shigure in a somewhat softer tone "You didn't eat dinner yesterday. Tohru-kun here saved you some in the fridge. Mm~ but it looks like you slept all through the night."

Looking up now, Kyo's body relaxed a bit, revealing his slightly flushed cheeks. Tohru hadn't forgotten about him after all... It made his heart feel a little lighter. He cleared his throat then, glancing at the girl "Thank you..." he mumbled. He saw how she turned bright red before managing a nod. Well, at least she didn't ignore him this time. He sighed in relief. Shigure smiled. Yuki snorted. Kyo almost snapped the chopsticks in his hand as his head jerked up to glare at the grey mouse, his eyes widening as he felt his cheeks burning with embarrassment.

W-What. His left eye twitched as he lowered his eyes. He... He couldn't face Yuki! What was up with that? Yuki was his rival! No, after the night before... He bit his lower lip, recalling the way those moans had rung in his ears, those hard thrusts and rolling of hips. He shut his eyes tightly. He couldn't get those images out of his head! "Kyo-kun... Are you a-alright?" he opened his eyes to see Tohru sit beside him, her hand slowly leading his rice bowl back to the table, before it could fall on his lap.

"A-Ah." he managed, looking down at their joined hands. Yuki just continued to eat, staring at them. Kyo looked at Tohru's red face, her eyes seeming like never-ending spirals, then back at Yuki's unreadable expression. He... just couldn't handle it! He abruptly pulled away from Tohru and stood up "I-I forgot to brush my teeth." he said, glancing behind his shoulder at the worried Tohru. He just turned away and went back upstairs.

"Just be quick, we will really be late because of you!" he heard Yuki's faint voice as he climbed upstairs "That stupid cat." the rat sighed, his eyebrows knitted as he saw how worried Tohru was because of him.

Shigure just smiled at her "Don't worry about Kyo, he's just angry because he missed dinner yesterday." he sighed as well "Sometimes he's really that simple..."

"We're leaving!" called out Yuki from the main door, after he and Tohru were already ready to go. It was no good. If they didn't get out by then, they would be late.

"I'm coming alright, dammit..." Kyo appeared at the bottom of the staircase, carrying his school back against his shoulder. Yuki didn't say anything. He just opened the door for Tohru. She thanked him quietly before exiting the house. Kyo scowled, hurrying to catch up with them and walk at Tohru's right side, while Yuki walked left to her. It was quiet. They just walked. Quietly. But even though Kyo kept his silence, inside he was going crazy. He recalled how Yuki had humiliated him and accused him for being a pervert in front of the girl whom he lo-... l-liked. He cast a short glance at Tohru's profile, feeling a pinch in his heart. If he only could beat the rat even once, he would be accepted by the Sohmas. But using that kind of information about Yuki was unfair. It wasn't a real victory, was it?

On the other hand, Yuki acted like he always did, as though he had a crush on Tohru, too. Could it be that Yuki liked Tohru as well? But then again, what was the meaning of yesterday's incident? Yuki was a homo, for sure! The orange cat humphed. He was a homo who liked men and having dildos up his ass. The thought made Kyo feel a little better about himself. The prince, Shouma Yuki, was a closet gay, he snickered, noticing with the corner of his eye that Tohru was silently observing his amused expression, which soon disappeared and was replaced by a "serious" one. He cleared his throat, looking away "I... hope it's not going to rain, today." he said, somewhat gently.

Tohru blinked, and then suddenly smiled and nodded "I brought your umbrella just in case." she said.

"Th-Thanks."

They were talking again, it was good! A small awkward smile crept to his face. He felt a lot better already, just to see her smile like that. She was so kind to him. "It looks like it might rain this afternoon." said Yuki, looking at the sky. It was cloudy. Kyo looked ahead, sulking somewhat. He would definitely do something. He would definitely keep an eye on Sohma Yuki.

But no matter when he looked at the mouse during school time, the other seemed like his distant usual self, keeping himself far from everyone like a true prince should. Kyo hated it. He absolutely hated Sohma Yuki more than anyone. How can someone be this perfect, this graceful, this polite, and yet still, a mere school boy? "You sure look a lot at the prince's direction, today." noted Arisa at recess. What was that? Kyo scowled, tapping his fingers against his desk rapidly.

"I DON'T!"

"Yes, you sure do!" she pointed at his nose as her lips curled into a smirk "Could it be that our Kyon-Kyon has started to appreciate the beauty of men, or is he a secret admirer of Sohma Yuki?" she snickered as Kyo's face turned red from bottom to top.

Eh? What. WHAT?-! "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?-! Either option has zero chance of even existing! I am not like THAT! How did you get to think in such a quirked way?-!"

"I sense tension." Saki noted, appearing behind the orange haired teen, who almost got an heart attack.

"Kyon, are you tensed?" the taller girl smiled smugly.

"NO!" Kyo crossed his arms, managing to control his blush somehow. He was just pissed. That's all.

Saki stepped forward "Right here." she poked the back of his shoulder. Kyo turned his head to look at her behind him, and secretly gulped.

"That's because..." he could hardly sleep the night before, after seeing... He coughed "Forget it..." he lowered his head to his desk. Arisa blinked. She looked down at Saki and they exchanged glances. Something was definitely up.

Kyo got up. All this thinking made him feel annoyed and hungry. He just wanted to be alone for a change. He didn't want to be teased about that, it made him feel weird. Thinking about it now, Hatsuharu always seemed very close to Yuki, almost too close. Once when Yuki fell ill, he had said that he actually loved the rat. It was indeed a strange declaration. But maybe... Could it be...? What did it mean? "Kyo-kun... Umm... K-Kyo-kun, are you ready t-to go?"

"Eh?" he blinked and looked up to see Tohru standing in front of his desk, her bag in hand.

"We should go before it starts to rain harder." she said, her gaze wandering away. That's right, it was last period. He was so busy thinking about Yuki, he didn't even notice that school day was over. And now, the two of them were left alone. Luckily, Yuki wasn't able to go back with them because of club activities. This meant that he would finally get some alone time with Tohru, without having to listen to that rat. That's right, he didn't want to think about Yuki anymore! He stood up and grabbed his bag, carrying it against his shoulder.

With a confident smile he gestured with his hand toward the exist "Let's go then." Tohru nodded and followed him timidly, and almost missed the door if not for Kyo who chided her to be more careful. Five minutes later they were out of school grounds, holding their umbrellas. Hearing the tapping sound of rain drops above their heads. It was then that the cat began to feel gloomy again, if not for the complex situation that he had gotten himself into, but for the dreadful rain. Tohru was awfully quiet, he noted after awhile. She looked embarrassed. He sighed "Listen... Tohru... I-... About that time..." he rubbed the back of his head. What was he saying?

They stopped in front of the road, waiting for their turn to cross to the other side.

"Because I'm a man, you should have been more careful. You can be taken advantage of easily that way, that's why you worry me so much. What if it was some other guy?" he ruffled his orange hair, but then sighed "Yet... I'm glad that you trusted me." he looked away. His heartbeat quickened. Because he liked Tohru, it actually gave him hope that... she liked him back. But when she didn't say anything, he looked back at her with a frown. Maybe he shouldn't have said anything... She must be thinking strange things abo-

"I-I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WAKE YOU YESTERDAY, IT WAS ALL MY FAULT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE DINNER!" she bowed apologetically, managing to get her bum wet. Kyo blinked as she looked up at him timidly "It was because of that time that I couldn't look Kyo-kun in the face..." Kyo could see tears well up in her eyes "I was so stupid..." she sniffled "I didn't realize that you were worried about me because I was too embarrassed to talk to you."

Eh? That was... That was the reason she didn't talk to him? Because she was embarrassed? Kyo didn't know if he wanted to laugh or cry "You... You really are stupid!" and here he had thought of the worst "Hurry up and straighten up!" Tohru squeaked, and immediately did as she was told "You could catch a cold like that!" she lowered her head and nodded in shame.

"I'm sorry." now her back and butt were wet from the rain. Yet, she felt better.

"It was my fault too, I should have realized that it was something like that." Kyo sighed again.

"No, no, no, no, no! It was my fault! It was only my fault! I was so concentrated about my own problems, I didn't think about you like that! I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry-...!" she insisted, widening her eyes when she felt something gentle hit the top of her head.

"Stu-pid." it was Kyo's fist "Let's hurry up, or you'll catch a cold."

A/N: Thank you for reading, next chapter hasn't been named yet but will be published soon.