Tohru woke up the next morning. Calli was lying next to her instead of Kyo. The sun was shining through the curtains. Tohru swung her legs over the side of the bed and headed down stairs. Kyo was in the living room watching T.V.
"Why didn't you wake me?" She asked taking a seat next to him. He turned to her.
"Calli wouldn't let me. I called to you and she hissed and gave me a scratch, all while sitting on your stomach. I'm surprised that didn't wake you." He said. He'd muted the T.V..
"Calli scratched you?" Tohru asked alarmed. He held out his hand and turned his wrist over.
"I'd say that's going to leave a scar", He said when she gasped.
"Oh, Kyo. I don't think Calli and you are on the same page. I don't think she's trying to hurt you. I think she's just protecting me." She said as she traced her finger over the scratch.
"Huh. You don't think she's trying to hurt me? This wasn't an accident. This was on purpose", he said taking his wrist back.
"Well, we did adopt her. I don't want to take her back." Tohru said looking at Kyo. He shook his head.
"We aren't taking her back. We're going to teach her that I'm the boss. I'm not going to Shigure's today, so we have all day to train this cat. To make her respect me. Fear me would be even better", Kyo said. He un-muted the T.V. and laid his head back on the couch.
"O-okay. When do you want to start?" Tohru asked. She stood up and placed her hands on her hips.
"After breakfast", Kyo said. His stomach was rumbling and he didn't have dinner last night.
As if she heard and understood the word 'breakfast', Calli bounded down the steps and ran into the kitchen. Tohru giggled and went in after her.
"Okay, Calli. Here's your breakfast", Tohru said opening a can of cat food.
"No. She can wait. I'm the master, I get fed first", Kyo said. He took the food away from Tohru and opened the refridgerator.
Calli meowed. She was annoyed that Kyo had taken her food away.
Tohru cooked their food and then gave Kyo his. He took a seat and started eating.
"You can give her the food." He said. Tohru immediately placed the food on a plate and placed it on the floor in front of Calli. Calli started eating and Kyo shook his head.
"No, she's a cat. I eat from plates, she eats from bowls." Kyo said. He took the food away, annoying Calli again, and putting it into an old cereal bowl. He then put it back down.
After he was satisfied with the breakfast part, he sat back down at the table. Tohru started eating her meal slowly.
"Do you think we're being to harsh on her?" Tohru asked. She looked sadly at Calli.
"Hell, no. She needs to learn her place. If you let a cat become spoiled, they'll think they own the whole world." Kyo explained.
"You would know, wouldn't you, Kyo?" Tohru asked with a smile.
"I'm not spoiled." He growled.
"I know. I just think all this is a little much. I mean, she probably has a really sad story and I just want to give her a nice home." Tohru said looking over at Calli who was licking the side of the bowl.
"Believe me. If she was spoiled she'd have a worse life." He grumbled. Tohru nodded her head slowly.
After breakfast, Kyo wanted to train Calli how to act in Tohru's studio. He walked up the stairs followed closely by Tohru and Calli, as usual.
"Act like you're painting." He instructed. Tohru sat down on her stool and Calli laid at her feet.
Kyo watched. After a few minutes, Calli became restless and went over to the paints.
"Stop her before she gets dirty." He said to Tohru. She stood before Calli could get herself covered in paint.
Tohru picked her up and carried her from the room. She set Calli down in the hall and she ran into the bathroom.
"See? She thinks she'll get a bath if she does that. Go get her and take her out of there." Kyo said. Tohru nodded and went to get Calli out of the bathroom.
Calli had climbed into the sink. Tohru sighed and shook her head. She picked Calli up and took her out of the bathroom. Calli meowed in annoyance the whole way out of the bathroom.
"I don't think she likes the lessons very much." Tohru said. She sat Calli down in the hall.
"Oh, well." Kyo said. Calli looked up at Kyo. The mischief in her eyes was as plain as day. She darted into the bedroom.
"I'll get her." Tohru said. Kyo followed her into the bedroom. Calli was laying on Kyo's side of the bed.
"I want to do this one." Kyo said. He walked over to the bed and scooped Calli up.
"Nope this is mine. My bed. You sleep here." He said putting her on the floor. She jumped back up onto his side of the bed.
"Aww. Isn't she cute when she lays like that?" Tohru asked. Calli was laying on her back, her paws tucked together.
"No. This isn't cute. Don't encourage her." Kyo said moving Calli again. This time Calli settled for the end of the bed instead.
"Well, I guess that's a start." He said.
"I want some lunch, how about you Kyo?" Tohru asked. He nodded and follwed her downstairs.
She made some sandwiches and rice balls.
When she was done, she sat down and ate with Kyo. He started digging in right away.
"Why didn't you go to Shigure's today?" She asked after she took a bite of her riceball. He swallowed and then spoke.
"Apparently he wasn't kidding. Hatori said he pulled a leg muscle. I'm not one to deny a doctor's word. Hatori also put him on bed rest. I also not one to deny a doctor's order, so I didn't go over today." Kyo explained taking another mouthful of his sandwich.
"So this officially counts as your first off day! We should celebrate!" Tohru exclaimed happily. Kyo scoffed. Tohru's expression fell a little bit.
"This isn't exactly a good thing. I'm not getting paid. I could see celebrating my first paycheck, but not this." He said slowly.
"Oh okay", she replied. She was still kind of upset that he didn't want to celebrate.
"But, I'll celebrate if it makes you happy." He said. She perked up.
"Well, I kind of wanted to celebrate with Yuki, but he's away at college right now. I wonder how he's doing. He hasn't written in a while…" Tohru trailed off.
"Don't worry about that stupid rat. He does just fine on his own." Kyo said.
"But, he's so far away from everyone. He must be lonely." Tohru said looking at the table top.
"Relax, would ya? He's got Machi down there with him. Believe me. He's not lonely." He's probably having loads of fun. He's away from every freakin' thing. Kyo thought to himself.
"You're right. He's probably having fun." Tohru said.
"I'm sure." He said. Tohru caught something in his voice.
"Is something wrong?" She asked. He looked up, a confused expression crossing his face.
"Huh? No. I'm fine. Hey, I don't think I want dinner, we kinda ate late. How about we just go to sleep?" He asked.
"But, we didn't have dinner last night either." She said. He nodded.
"I know, I know. But I'm tired. I can tell you that we'll have to deal with Calli when we go upstairs." He said. She nodded and followed him as he went upstairs.
Calli was laying on the end of the bed, but as soon as Tohru crawled into bed, she climbed up onto Tohru.
"Aww. Good girl." Tohru said rubbing behind her ears.
"No." Kyo said picking her up.
"What was wrong with that?" She asked as Kyo sat Calli on the ned of the bed and climbed in next to Tohru.
"What was wrong with that? Oh, c'mon." He drawled. She looked very confused.
"What was wrong with that?" She asked again.
"This is also mine." He said leaning over and giving her a kiss. She pulled back.
"You really are jealous, aren't you?" She asked with a smile.
"No. I'm not. I just…" He trailed off turning over on his side.
"You're just afraid you'll get replaced?" Tohru asked. He turned over.
"No. I just don't like that cat." He said stubbornly and turned over again.
"Yes you do. I can tell." Tohru said. And with that they both fell aslee
I wanted to thank all the people who reviewed. I never thought I'd make 50 reviews, or that most of them would be good. Thank you sooo very much. Also, as you might see, one reviewer asked for a lemon. I've never written a lemon, or even attempted to try, but if the majority of you vote in favor, I'll change the rating and see what I can do. Um, yeah. Anyway, you know the way to tell me, through PMs or by just pressing the review button below...
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