AN: At last! Confirmation on at least one pairing! (it should be fairly obvious...) I won't delay you any longer, read on!

Chapter Nine- Consolation

"Y-you're joking... right...?" his first thoughts were that of rape, as he was sure that the Onigiri was far too innocent for intercourse of her own accord.

She violently shook her head, "I wish I was! Kyou! It's just so... so confusing!"

He sighed trying to lower his own confused outrage. "Explain it from the start."

"Oh... okay... let me get something out first... It might change your view on the situation..."

"...yes?"

"Kyou-kun... I... I love you!"

The Neko blushed a deep crimson, "I... I don't know what to say... Tohru, I-"

"No! Now I need to tell you what's happened!"

She told the story, from the meeting Yuki at the vacation home, to telling Hatori of the situation. She left out a few bits, like that Arisa and Saki didn't trust him, but left in bits like that it was Yuki's child.

When it was over, and awkward silence hung in the air.

"Tohru... I love you, too... and you know... I'll help you with this kid... even if it is the Nezumi's..." choked out the Neko. He moved to embrace her, and was met with the normal puff of orange smoke.

She graciously accepted his hug, and returned it, clinging to the orange feline.

Tohru sobbed, "Th-thank you, Kyou... I do still need to tell Shigure... and Yuki... I... I'm just so glad that you're not angry!"

He said in comfort, "I could never be angry..."

She smiled, "Then why do you get into fights...?"

Kyou returned the smile, and finished, "...with you."

AN- This chapter will make most of you happy, and others of you disappointed. I hope that most of you were happy with it. Yesh... I'm halfway done with chapter seventeen... In other words, at the rate of the older chapters, I'd be done with chapter eighteen by now... Anyway, I'll update on Tuesday or Wednesday...

Translations (sorry I forgot about them last chapter!)

-kun- friendly term used for friends, generally good friends, also used for guys, I believe...

Nezumi- term I'll use intead of saying Yuki's name, means "rat"