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Chapter three…
"Kyo-kun I love you!" Tohru cried throwing her arms around Kyo's neck. Kyo chuckled and wrapped his arms around Tohru's waist.
"I love you too, my Tohru." Kyo whispered into Tohru's ear. He felt her shiver slightly beneath his arms.
"You aren't cold are you?" Kyo mumbled against her hair. Tohru shook her head and shifted to look into his eyes.
"I'll never be cold when Kyo-kun is around. His love will keep me warm." Tohru announced grinning huge and proud at Kyo. Kyo smiled warmly and kissed her with gentleness on her lips.
"It's almost time for me to go." Kyo frowned. Tohru's eyes widened.
"Where?" Tohru wondered, very surprised.
"To take over Shishou's dojo. He retires today remember?" Kyo asked cocking an eyebrow staring at Tohru. Tohru smiled and nodded like she remembered. She didn't recall any news of this.
"I don't want you to go." Tohru mumbled against his chest. She was hugging him snug and tight. Suddenly the scene shifted, they weren't on the porch anymore, it wasn't morning. It was dark now, and they were in their bedroom. And they stood ten feet apart. Except Tohru wasn't in her body, she was watching from the side of the room.
"Kyo?" Tohru whispered. He didn't turn to her. While he didn't turn to the Tohru that had spoken. Tohru watched from the side of the room how much hurt was on her face.
'No! This is what happened earlier!' Tohru screamed in her head. She clamped her hands over her ears tightly and whimpered. She shivered as she shook her head.
"No! No! No! Bring me my Kyo back!" Tohru screamed as she kneeled on the floor and sobbed. Nobody looked at her, not Kyo not herself whom she was watching fight for Kyo's love.
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"Tohru?" Yuki asked alarmed. He shook her shoulder as he took the covers off her. She was shivering, but her forehead had broken a sweat. She was crying and whimpering in her sleep. She'd just screamed waking Yuki up. Tohru's eyes fluttered.
"It's true I'm cold without Kyo's love." Tohru cried groggily. Obviously still in her dream. Yuki took the blanket and wrapped it around her again. He hugged her and hummed a made up tune. Tohru calmed down, she held Yuki in a death grip through the blanket, she was still breathing heavily as though on the brink of hyperventilation.
"Just stay here and hug me a little while longer Kyo. Just like you used to." Tohru huffed before she started snoring softly. Yuki squeezed her shoulder. She was dreaming about Kyo. He'd woken up when she screamed, 'No! No! No! Bring me my Kyo back!' .
'I don't remember when she got here.' Yuki thought to himself as he crawled out of bed. He headed to the bathroom, then downstairs to make coffee. The stove said it was five o'clock in the morning. But Yuki didn't want to go back to sleep. He wanted to be awake if Tohru started having nightmares again. He took the coffee back up to his room and picked up his current favourite read and turned his nightstand lamp on. Around seven Tohru screamed and sat up in the bed. She looked around as Yuki hurried towards her.
"Tohru what's the matter?!" Yuki demanded as he held her shaking shoulders in his hands.
"Kyo was walking away from me! He dumped me! Then he started turning into dust and flew away with the wind!" Tohru blubbered as she sobbed into Yuki's shoulder.
"I keep on having a dream Kyo dumped me! Where is he?" Tohru said. Yuki frowned.
"What am I doing in your room?" Tohru whispered. Then she shivered and sobbed harder into his shoulder.
"He really did dump me. I wanted it to be a dream." Tohru mumbled when she stopped sobbing. She was still tearing up, and she looked a wreck. But she'd stopped sobbing. Her hair was getting lanky, her skin was pale as ever, they're bags under her eyes, she was looking sallow.
"Can you call Shishou-san's to make sure Kyo is okay?" Tohru asked. Yuki almost barked a venomous no, but then he decided it wouldn't help her not knowing. Yuki nodded reluctantly.
"I'll call right now." Yuki mumbled. He got up and walked downstairs to the hall where the phone was, with Tohru following. She stood shivering and looking at her feet while Yuki called. Yuki couldn't see her face because her hair was covering her face. It was doing a very good job too. She'd grown her bangs out. It was just below her ears.
The line rang seven times before Shishou answered.
"Hello?" asked Shishou.
"Shishou, it's Yuki." Yuki proclaimed.
"Good morning Yuki, what can I do for you?" Shishou asked sounding grave.
"Is Kyo alright?" Yuki growled between his teeth. Yuki saw Tohru flinch, he didn't know if it was from his tone or from hearing Kyo's name. It was probably his tone. She'd had no problem saying Kyo's name earlier.
"Okay, that's all. Have a good day Shishou." Yuki said. They bid each other goodbye and he hung up.
"Thank you Yuki. I have to-- uh go clean now." Tohru mumbled and scurried away into the bathroom. Yuki walked after her and leaned his head against the door. He listened to Tohru cry. Shigure walked into the hall.
"How is she holding up? I heard her screaming not too long ago." Shigure whispered.
"Not good." Yuki whispered sounding very agonized and broken. He looked at Shigure with hectic eyes.
"What if he broke her? I always thought Tohru was so strong but now I see her breaking slowly and I can't do anything." Yuki exclaimed quietly. He walked to the phone without another word. He dialled Hana's number first.
"Hanajima-san?" Yuki asked as soon as someone answered.
"I was wondering when someone was going to call me." Hana said into the phone, actually sounding a bit angry.
"Why didn't you just come over then?" Yuki demanded.
"Tohru's business is her business. When she needs me I'll be there." Was all Hana said.
"She needs you now! Get Uotani-san and come over here. We'll be waiting." Yuki ordered and hung up huffing. He was really worrying about Tohru.
'What if she got so bad her memories had to be erased? Just like Kana.' Yuki fretted in his thoughts as he sat in front of the bathroom door. Tohru still cried. He waited and waited. For either Tohru to come out of the bathroom or Hana and Uo to show up.
"Tohru?" Yuki called as he stood up. "I have go out. I'll be back in a bit don't worry." Yuki said sauntering towards the front door. Tohru burst from the bathroom.
"Wait no! I don't want you to go. Please don't leave me!" Tohru begged holding onto his arm. Her eyes widened as her mind caught up with her actions.
"I'm sorry. I mean go ahead. I'll have lunch ready for you when you get home." Tohru muttered flustered and floated back into the bathroom. Yuki stood rooted on spot frowning.
Sooner or later, Uo stormed into the room.
"Move it quit sulking." Uo ordered. Yuki stepped aside and Uo knocked on the bathroom door.
"Tohru…" Uo sighed sadly. Yuki heard the audible gasp from in the bathroom. It was a minute before Tohru opened the door. She was forcing the saddest looking smile on as she stepped out of the bathroom. Uo hugged her with surprising fierceness.
"We know already Tohru. You don't need to try so hard." Uo said. Uo stepped back so Hana could hug Tohru.
"We haven't heard from you in a long time. We were worried but we didn't want to intrude on your relationship. It was just getting started after all." Uo blabbed. Then she gasped and put both her hands over her mouth. She realized the relationship she spoke of didn't exist anymore. The aura around Hana was dark and deadly. An aura ready to kill. Uo started to flex and twitch with anger.
"Don't hurt him. It's my fault. I wasn't good enough for Kyo. I was never a match for him anyway." Tohru whispered, hiding her face behind her hair and rubbing her forearm.
"Tohru don't ever talk like that. Any guy would be crazy not to love you." Yuki said as he walked out the door blushing.
"When did the prince start calling you by your first name?" Uo asked, curious.
"When I told him to." Tohru mumbled.
"Come on Tohru. We brought food." Hana smiled, guiding Tohru to the living room.
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Yuki walked slowly, saving his energy. Building it up. Sure Tohru didn't want anyone to hurt Kyo. But nobody wanted him to hurt Tohru either. Yuki was going against Tohru's wishes. But it's not like she would ever find out. Her and Kyo were broken up. There was no hope for their relationship. Yuki had seen that for a long while now. He walked along clenching and unclenching his hands. As he approached Shishou's he walked more quickly. He had no intentions of knocking and giving Kyo time to escape. Because today Yuki was going to make him pay. He just didn't want to waste time searching the town and forests for Kyo. Yuki respectfully removed his shoes outside the door and barged in. As he walked past the living room Shishou looked up astonished.
"Yuki?" Shishou asked jumping up and following Yuki.
"Where's Kyo?" Yuki demanded.
"Uh. Maybe I shouldn't tell you that. Do you want to talk?" Shishou asked nervous. Sure he was a master in fighting. He just didn't want fighting right now. It wouldn't be good, not in the family.
"What do you want?" Kyo demanded from the end of the hall. Shishou groaned quietly behind Yuki. Yuki's strike was fast and precise. He'd hit Kyo in the jaw with no hesitation. Kyo flew into the staircase behind him.
"What the fuck was that for?!" Kyo yelled jumping to his feet.
"For causing Tohru so much pain." Yuki said. He was going to add more but Kyo lunged at him.
"For breaking up with her?! I'm not going to waste my time with a girl I don't love anymore." Kyo seethed. He was right Yuki's face. He then threw Yuki to the floor.
"Tohru is not a waste of time! You never did love her fully did you?! I saw that! Why'd you string her along?!" Yuki yelled. He ended his yelling with a punch to Kyo's head.
"Don't say that. I did love her. I loved her so much you wouldn't understand. But she's wasting my time." Kyo said from the floor.
"Why'd you stop loving her then?" Yuki demanded.
"Because she's holding me back. She's clingy and not very bright. I think I'll do better without having to look after her all the time." Kyo spoke completely honest. Yuki fumed.
"Don't blame her for what you can't achieve. She's not clingy, she just have a lot of love you will never deserve. She may not be bright but she has a lot of insight on the world. You never had to take care of her. You were always chasing dreams. Leaving her to follow, leave her friends and dreams behind!" Yuki said, getting madder every second. He proceeded to punch and kick Kyo. It became a house-wrecking brawl.
"Stop!" Shishou yelled when the two were covered in blood. He got in between holding them apart.
"She loves you. How does a person throw a loving girl to the ground so hard?!" Yuki yelled.
"She has you." Kyo spat and started walking up the stairs.
"Yes because I love her and I'll always be there for her!" Yuki yelled walking out of the house. Outside he put his shoes on and ran towards home. Taking a long detour.
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"Tohru you still awake?" Uo asked, concerned as Tohru's eyes started drooping again. Tohru tried to be more alert.
"Yes, I just didn't get much sleep last night." Tohru said forcing a smile. She didn't want her friends worrying endlessly over her. After all Yuki was already, Shigure too. Tohru looked at the living room clock.
"I have to make lunch for Yuki and Shigure-san. Would you like to stay?" Tohru asked while still looking at the clock. It was a second or two before she turned and looked at her friends trying to smile.
"I was going to go to lunch with Kureno…" Uo said to herself.
"It's okay Tohru, we'll come by and see you another time." Hana promised with a smile. Tohru hugged them goodbye and waved to them as they walked away.
"We should give her and the prince plenty of time." Uo said walking with her hands in her pockets.
"Yes. I think, that maybe he can help healing her. He really does love her." Hana concluded. "But will she let him heal her? I mean she's really devastated over Kyo. He just tore her heart to pieces." Hana added in thought.
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Yuki ran through the trees. He wanted to get home. Tohru said she'd have lunch for him. So he cut through the forest.
'I wonder is Hanajima-san and Uotani-san are still there. I hope I'm not lost.' Yuki thought as he puffed and weaved through the trees. It had started raining. Making everything wet and muddy. Yuki reached the house but opted to sit on the porch in the rain. The door opened, Yuki thought it was Shigure so he didn't bother to turn his attention from the dark clouds in the sky.
"Yuki when did you get back?" Tohru asked from the doorway.
"Sorry Tohru I was just about to come inside. I was out for a run." Yuki lied. He wasn't planning to go inside that soon, neither was he running for the whole time he was gone.
"Lunch is ready." Tohru announced with a shaky voice. Yuki got up of the porch steps and examined Tohru's face. Red eye rims, wet lashes, puffy eyes, streaked cheeks. She'd definitely been crying, again.
"Did Hanajima-san and Uotani-san leave already?" Yuki asked. Although he didn't have to. She'd never cry with Hana and Uo in the house. She'd smile so they wouldn't worry. Tohru nodded and stepped aside for Yuki to go inside.
"Yuki! Your soaked, and muddy! Please go take a shower, get some dry clothes on. I don't want you to get a cold!" Tohru exclaimed with very little life in her voice.
"I will for you." Yuki said sweeping her hair behind her ear so he could get a good look at her. Tohru's face had narrowed, and seemed a bit longer, lengthwise. There was very little roundness left. She still had wide childish eyes though. Most of her long bangs were swept to the left behind her ear, Yuki just put the rest of her bangs behind her right ear. Tohru wouldn't look at Yuki. He noticed she hadn't really looked at him since she'd discovered him outside.
'Maybe she knew about the fight.' Yuki thought then caressed her cheek and continued up the stairs to take a shower.
TBC?
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