Kyo woke the next morning to find that Tohru wasn't asleep next to him. She wasn't anywhere next to or near him. He sat up and looked around.
"Tohru?" He called. Nothing.
"Tohru?!" He tried again. Again nothing.
"Where is she?" He asked himself jumping out of bed.
He ran downstairs. And looked in the living room. She wasn't there. He looked in the kitchen. Not there either.
Kyo went back into the living room to think.
Where could she be? She's never down anything like this. To just disappear without a note? Not like Tohru. Where is she?
Kyo ran back upstairs. He looked back in the master bedroom. She still wasn't there. He looked in the two spare bedrooms. Nada. He looked in the last room. The office, or paint room.
He opened the door and Tohru was asleep on a chair in the corner. A picture of a sunrise was on the canvas.
When did she get a canvas? When did she get paint? When did she get up to paint this? Kyo asked as he walked over to the painting. He then turned his attention to Tohru.
"Tohru…" He said softly walking over to her. She stirred a little.
"Tohru…" He tried again. She turned in the chair and fell off. She landed on the floor with a loud thud.
She opened her eyes slowly.
"Ow." She mumbled.
"Tohru. What are you doing in here?" Kyo asked walking over to her and helping her up.
"I had to paint it." She said slowly.
"What? The sunrise?" Kyo asked. Tohru nodded her head. He pulled her to her feet.
"It was so pretty." She said.
"When did you get all this stuff?" He asked.
"Yesterday. When you were at Shishou's." Tohru said.
"When did you get up to paint this?" He asked.
"Um. Five? Maybe four? More like four." Tohru said.
"We didn't go to bed until eleven thirty again and you got up at four?" Kyo was mad.
"I'm sorry. I had to paint it. Look at it. The wonders of the world are all around us everyday. This is just one of them. The fact I had to get up early is just a bonus." Tohru said.
"The dark circles under your eyes aren't a bonus. C'mon go back to bed." Kyo said leading her out of the room.
"But I have to make breakfast. And clean." Tohru protested when he took her into the bedroom.
"Don't worry about the house. It's clean enough. And as for breakfast, I'll make it. You just get some sleep. I'm sure you can sleep for at least an hour. I can't cook as fast as you." Kyo said. He walked Tohru over to the bed and she laid down.
"But Kyo…" She yawned.
"No buts. Just go to sleep." Kyo growled.
"Alright." She said. He walked over to the door.
"Oh, and Kyo?" She asked.
"What!" He turned around.
"Um…"
"I didn't mean to yell. What is it?" He asked.
"Thank you." She said slowly.
"Yeah, whatever. Your welcome." He said closing the door. She smiled and he went down to make breakfast.
Kyo was working in the kitchen when someone knocked on the door. He dropped the spatula and went to answer it.
Akito stood on the front porch.
"Ah, Kyo. Good to see you. May I come in?"
Before Kyo could answer Akito was in the living room.
"Now wait a minute!" Kyo yelled running after her.
"At least take off your shoes!" He yelled again. Akito was seated on the couch.
"Not very much of a host are we?" Akito tsked.
"No. Not when someone barges into my house, uninvited, when I'm busy!" He yelled.
"Shh, Kyo. You'll wake Tohru." Akito hushed.
"What? How'd you know about Tohru?"
"Obviously oblivious. You're cooking. It either shows Tohru is sick, or you want something." Akito's eyes danced with mischief.
"Shut up! She's just needs to sleep." Kyo said.
"So you already got something." Akito said.
"Hell no! What is your problem?!" Kyo yelled.
"Never mind what my problem is. You have many more than I." Akito said.
"What is your problem? Never mind that question. Did you come here to insult me?!" Kyo was really mad now.
"Never mind what I wished I'd come here for. I have business to attend to."
"What business?" Kyo asked taking a seat.
"My husband, Shigure. He needs counseling. Needs to get away for a while. I figured the place you trained on the mountains might be a good place." Akito said.
"The place I trained on the mountains? What does that have to do with counseling?" Kyo asked.
"He needs to toughen up a little. He runs away at everything. I figured sticking him in the wilderness, where he would have to meditate under waterfalls and fight bears." Akito said.
"I didn't meditate under waterfalls or fight bears!"
"Well, maybe he could come back stronger than you." Akito said.
"No way! He can never surpass me!" Kyo said jumping to his feet.
"Then it's settled. He will become your next student. Thank you Kyo. Good day." Akito said standing. She left for the door before Kyo could stop her.
"Now just wait a minute!" Kyo said running after her.
"I really must be going." Akito said stepping out onto the front porch.
"You can't just volunteer me for this!" Kyo yelled. Akito closed the door.
Tohru came downstairs in her robe.
She walked up to him. He was still standing by the door fuming quietly.
""Um, Kyo?" She asked putting a hand on his shoulder.
"AHH!" He said spinning around.
"I-I'm sorry." She said.
"No. I'm just…It's just…Akito." He mumbled.
"Akito? What's wrong?" Tohru asked.
"She wants me to train that stupid dog." He said.
"Wouldn't that be fun?" Tohru asked.
"No! There is no way I'm training that dog." He said.
"Oh, and Kyo?" She asked.
"What?"
"I think you burnt the eggs." She said. They heard a beeping noise and smelled smoke. Kyo ran into the kitchen. Sure enough, where there was once a pan holding golden yellow eggs was now a pan holding a black chalky substance.
"Crap." Kyo mumbled throwing the pan into the sink.
"It's okay, Kyo. Can just eat cereal." Tohru said pulling a box of cereal out of the cupboard.
"No! I was going to make you eggs for breakfast and that's what your going to eat." He said taking the box and putting it back into the cupboard.
"Um, that's great Kyo, but…" She watched as he clutched the counter top and hunched over a little.
"But what?" He asked.
"We're out of eggs." Tohru said.
"CRAP!" He yelled.
Tohru cracked up laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" He asked.
"I'm sorry Kyo. It's just…It's just…This is so funny." She said.
"What?" He asked.
"Um. This. This is the first time you've tried to make food in this house, and you mess it up." Tohru laughed.
"Umm…"
"I'm sorry. That didn't come out right. This is a meal gone wrong and it's just so funny." Tohru said wiping tears from her eyes.
"I guess it was funny, huh." He said. He looked at the pan in the sink.
"Yeah." Tohru agreed.
"You think Yuki would want this as fertilizer for whatever plant he has now?" Kyo asked.
"I don't think so. Eggs have sulfur in them. I don't think that's very healthy for plants." Tohru said.
"Oh. Then I guess it can just fertilize the trash bag." He said scrapping the burnt eggs into the trashcan.
"Cereal then?" Tohru asked.
"I guess." Kyo said. Tohru got the bowls and cereal and he set the table.
She poured the cereal and some milk into two bowls. She put the bowls on the table.
"Thanks." Kyo said. They ate their breakfast and then Kyo helped Tohru clean the table and dishes.
"You know, this was actually a great breakfast." Tohru said.
"Cereal? How is cereal a great breakfast?" Kyo asked.
"It's one I won't forget. The first time you tried to make me breakfast, ended up talking to Akito, burning the eggs, and having to settle for cereal." Tohru said.
"I guess I won't forget it either." Kyo said. He finished the dishes and gave her a kiss.
"Definitely not forgetting this." Tohru said.
Kyo just smiled.