"What did you write Yuki about?" Kyo asked.
"I've still got dishes to do. Excuse me, Kyo." Tohru said, trying to get past him.
"You aren't going anywhere until you tell me what you wrote him about." Kyo said grabbing her wrist.
"Why don't you just go look?" Tohru asked, taking her free hand and pointing to the box.
It was laying on the coffee table with a few letters surrounding it.
Kyo made the mistake of letting Tohru's wrist go. She took the opportunity and bolted up the stairs.
For someone as clumsy as Tohru, she sure managed to make it up those stairs in record time.
Kyo grabbed two letters and bolted up the stairs after her.
"Tohru? Where are you?" Kyo asked. He tried all the doors. They were all unlocked except for the master bedroom.
He went over and knocked on the door.
"What?" She asked timidly.
"Why are you hiding? Is what you really wrote that bad?" He asked.
"I think so." Tohru admitted.
"Come on. Open the door." He begged.
"No." She said.
"Please?"
"Promise not to laugh, or get mad?" Tohru asked.
"Yes." Kyo said. Honestly. He wouldn't laugh.
He heard he unlock the door and open it a little. He stuck his foot in the crack so she couldn't change her mind.
"Remember. You can't laugh." Tohru said.
"I won't laugh." Kyo said. She opened the door the rest of the way. He stepped inside and went to sit on the bed with the letters. She stood by the door, ready to run if necessary.
He started reading the first one. She grabbed the doorknob.
"Wait. Huh? Now what does..? This is… Who? Um…" Kyo was mumbling incoherent words.
"I'm sorry. It's bad. I shouldn't have asked that." Tohru said when Kyo sat the letter down.
"Come here." Kyo said. Tohru shook her head.
"No. You're mad." She said.
"I never said I was mad. Come here." He said again. She clutched the doorknob harder as he moved to the very edge of the bed.
"I'm not coming over there." Tohru said. Kyo stood up and walked over to her. He grabbed her wrist and held her in place.
"You didn't have to do this." He said waving a letter in front of her face.
"Yes I did." She said quietly.
"No. You didn't." He said.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because. I like you the way you are. You didn't have to ask Machi what she does to make Yuki happy."
"Yes I did, Kyo. I know you aren't much like Yuki, but I'm sort of like Machi. I figured I could make you happier if I asked her questions." Tohru said. She was blushing vigorously.
"I like you already. Don't change yourself. I'm extremely happy to just have you love me back." Kyo said. He leaned in and pressed his lips against hers.
"I love you too, Kyo." She said.
"If you want me to stop writing to Yuki, I will." Tohru said. He could hear the sadness in her voice at the thought of not writing to the rat.
"No. If it makes you happy, write. Write to him if that's what you want." Kyo said.
"Oh, thank you so much Kyo!" Tohru said giving him a hug.
"Yeah, yeah. Don't mention it." He said.
"What do you want for dinner?" Tohru asked.
"Nothing. We had a late lunch. I'm still full." Kyo said.
"I am too. Good." Tohru said. Kyo went over to the bed and flopped down. He grabbed the remote and turned on the T.V..
Tohru watched him flip channels. She was still standing by the door.
"What? You want this side?" He asked.
"Huh? No, that's fine." She said blushing as she went over to the bed and sat on the other side.
"What do you want to watch?" Kyo asked. He was still flipping channels.
"What's on?" She asked.
"That's what I want to know. Five hundred channels, not to mention that HD and 'On Demand' stuff and there's nothing."
"Maybe you should look at the guide. It'll tell you what's on." Tohru said.
"You're funny, Tohru. I'm a guy. Guys don't ask for directions. Looking at a T.V. guide is basically the same thing as asking for directions to the best shows. Not going to happen." Kyo said, still flipping endlessly.
Kyo eventually settled on one of those 'Nature' channels on National Geographic. Something about lions.
"National Geographic?" Tohru asked.
"If it gets to violent for you, let me know." Kyo said, but by the time he said it he was already deeply interested in it.
"Okay." Tohru said.
"Man, look at her go. Wow. Two in one. That's cool." Kyo said watching a lioness tackle a mother and baby gazelle.
"The lioness will now step aside to let the males eat. The Alpha male comes first, followed by the Beta male. The other males, and the lionesses will have to wait their turn." The narrator said.
"I'm going to go change." Tohru said standing up.
"Uh huh." Kyo said absentmindedly.
"And get a drink of water."
"Uh huh."
"Do you want anything?"
"Uh huh."
"What?"
"Uh huh."
"Kyo. Listen."
"Uh huh." He said slowly averting his eyes from the T.V..
"What do you want to drink?"
"Huh? Nothing I'm fine. Why? Did I say I wanted something?" Kyo asked.
"No. Never mind." Tohru said. She went over to her dresser and grabbed a pair of pajamas. She went into the bathroom to change and brush her teeth.
"I'm going to get water." She tried again.
"Uh huh." Was his response. She went out the door and down to the kitchen.
She got a glass of water and stayed down stairs for a while. She found a pad of paper and a pencil and started drawing.
She'd been down stairs for a while when Kyo became worried and went to find her.
"How was the show?" She asked when he came into the living room. She was still drawing.
"Okay, I guess. What are you doing down here?" He asked.
"I came to get some water. And then I started drawing. It's not going very well though." She said studying her drawing.
"Let me see." He said. He walked over to the couch where she was sitting and took the pad out of her hand.
"I couldn't get the T.V. right." She said.
"What are you talking about? This is great." He said.
He was looking at a drawing of him. He was sprawled on the bed with the remote in his hand. The T.V. had a picture of a male lion, mane and all.
"I wanted to try. This was the first thing that popped into my mind." Tohru said.
"I look good in this picture. Are you sure you've never drawn before?"
"No. Never. This is my first time, besides the little scribbles I used to do for my mom when I was three and four." She said.
"Huh. Well, it's good. Sure you still want that art room?" He asked.
"Yes. This is just drawing. In that room I could paint." She said.
"Then we'll get you that art room. Are you coming back up stairs or what?" He asked standing and handing the drawing back to her.
"I'm coming", she said putting the drawing down on the coffee table.
She went upstairs after she'd put her glass in the sink.
By the time she got up stairs he was already in his pajamas and under the covers.
"Want to watch something on T.V.?" He asked.
"Sure." She said as she climbed into bed next to him.
He handed her the remote and she flipped channels until she found a black and white movie.
"A movie?" He asked.
"It just started. We didn't miss anything." She said noting the beginning credits.
Casablanca was playing. (AN: If you haven't seen this movie, I highly encourage you to. It is one of my favorites.)
They sat through the whole thing.
"That was actually pretty good." Kyo said when it ended.
"Wasn't it?" Tohru asked. He took the remote and turned the T.V. off .
"It's eleven thirty." He said.
"Good night." Tohru said as she stretched and yawned.
"Good night." He repeated.
Kyo turned on his side and pulled Tohru close to him. She couldn't sleep. Sure they'd slept in the same room before, but this wasn't like the other times. The other times it was either in his room or hers.
But this, this was different. This was not his room, nor hers. It was theirs. Together. She couldn't sleep with this fact. She knew she'd get used to it eventually, but not tonight.
Kyo sensed her restlessness.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing." She said.
"Then why can't you sleep?"
"Because you're talking to me." Tohru said. It was true. When she was talking she couldn't sleep.
"I wasn't talking to you before." He said.
"I'm just not used to this room. Or bed." She said.
"Do you want to change rooms?" He asked.
"No. I'll get used to it. Good night, Kyo." She said closing her eyes.
"Let me know if you're uncomfortable or if you want to change rooms." He said as he held her closer and fell asleep.
"Okay. Good night." She said again.
"Good night."
Sorry this one took longer to put up. I had to write it at the library do to my sister needing my computer. I couldn't write this, well yeah I could because it's here, but it was hard to. My dad came and stayed while I typed it. He got up and looked over my shoulder so many times. He thinks I'm doing a history report, so I toggled every time I heard him get up to come over here. He left for a minute. Then this really, and I mean really, cute guy sat down across from me. I didn't look in his direction but two times. (Okay three if you count the time my dad walked back in and I looked over to see him come in.) But each time I looked over he was looking at me. It didn't go much farther than that, but once I got up to print this out, he tapped on his computer screen and pointed to what he'd written. In big bold letters he'd written, "I'll be here Saturday." I blushed like mad and went to print my 'History Report'. Yeah, I actually wrote a fake one. Oh well. Thanks for reading. Review!