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The Reason I Love You

Chapter Four

"Kyo-kun, take good care of the family's little flower now alright?" Shigure waved his hands at the couple on the black and red coloured motorbike. Tohru waved back at the three people at the porch. Kyo merely nodded his head. Just as soon as Tohru readied herself on the bike, Kyo sped up to the road, leaving the three people behind.

Yuki stared at the spot where Kyo's bike just left its trail behind as it drifted off to road. Both Shigure and Akito had already walked back into the house, leaving him standing alone at the porch, thinking. It wasn't exactly an important thing to think about, well not to him anyway, since it doesn't concerns him. Well, he guessed he should think about that later perhaps.

Maybe he should think about his own business. Machi... how's she's doing right now? Maybe I should call her later. Machi is off to a university quite distant from his hometown, about two to three hour's journey. He missed her for they haven't met for quite some time. He sometimes envies Kyo for being with his love all the time, but maybe to him, what's in store for him is yet for him to see, and the time for him to be together with Machi will come eventually. He'll have to wait patiently for that particular day to come. Yuki smiled at the thought of this and eventually turns around and walked silently back into the house.

***

Kyo stared at the crowd before him. All his family members are cramped inside the dojo. The big space the dojo once had had become abnormally tiny in his opinion. Everyone who had been away had come back filling every empty spaces of the hall. He sighed.

Kazuma looked ever so happy at his guests. Tohru was beyond words. The fact is she hadn't talked much. She merely laughed, giggled and chuckled at every word she spoke. And she smiled a lot more. Kyo wouldn't have been surprised if she'll have her jaw ached for smiling and laughing too much.

He is smiling as well, only that he didn't do it as much as his Shishou and Tohru did. He mostly kept himself quiet. Mainly it's Momiji or Ayame or Shigure who talked on his behalf. Even Yuki spoke a little more than he does. Well, in Momiji's case, he mainly teased Kyo making him red in the face either out of embarrassment or anger, but he seldom retorts his respond. All he thinks about was the next three days to come. Sometimes he shuddered at the thought of his marriage, sometimes he couldn't help but smiled like total idiot, and sometimes he just don't know what to do with himself once he gets all nervous and anxious at the very thought of being with his Tohru. Even the word marriage sometimes scares him.

But as Tohru often tells him, everything will turn out fine. Or so it seems.

At long last, after a few hours of torture (of being teased by the three stooges and Yuki, not forgetting Arisa and Saki), the food and snacks had gone out and the crowds, claiming that the night is still young (it was already eleven thirty at night), demands for more snacks. Tohru and the girls had gone to the kitchen to cook some simple snacks for the others, enjoying themselves as they did, while the males had bugged Kyo, the groom-to-be, to go out and get them more snacks from the 24-hour grocery store, saying that they wouldn't have the chance to bully him anymore that he's already getting married. Much to his mounting depression, his Shishou agrees. He glared but gave up as he sighed and stood up, grabbing his keys and some money, and off to his bike.

Just as Kyo left to the groceries Tohru and the girls came back bringing freshly cooked snacks. Looking around Tohru asked the boys Kyo's whereabouts.

"Oh, we asked him a favour to go get us some extra snacks," beamed Shigure.

"Did you?" asked Tohru. "I thought these would be enough." She pointed at the food.

"We know it's just that we just want to bully him a little." Momiji smiled cheekily. Tohru looked at the shoji, somehow thoughtful. "It's okay Tohru. He'll be fine," said Momiji, "he's a big boy now. He can take care of himself."

"Huh?" Tohru looked back at him. "Oh, it's not that. It's just Kyo once told me he couldn't see well in the dark. So...anyway, did he go on his bike?" Momiji nodded.

"He couldn't see well?" Hatori's solemn voice called from the end of the room. Tohru nodded and sat herself down along with the others.

"Yes, he said that his eyes sometimes blurs and bleary. But he said he'll be okay."

"Has he gone to check up yet?" Tohru shook.

"I did tell him to, but he said he's alright. He said it was just the lights and all that..." Tohru looked at Hatori, worried. "Is there something I should be concern about?"

"Well, if he's riding in the dark when he said he has problem seeing then that's something to be worry about." Tohru's widened at the comment and starts to panic. Yuki glanced at Hatori for his lack of sensitivity. "When did he notice this?"

"Huh? Well, ever since we're at Kyoto. There was this one time when one of the boys accidentally struck Kyo-kun's left eye with a kendo stick. He had three days lifts after that."

"Well, that must be it. The boy must have struck him hard enough that he couldn't see properly. Tell him to make an appointment with an eye specialist later once he gets back." Tohru nodded again.

"Okay, cut it out Hatori-san," whined Ayame. "You're making us feel guilty for making him go to the grocery." Momiji and Shigure nodded.

"It's alright, I'm sure Kyo-kun wouldn't mind," Tohru beamed, but later on grimed slightly.

"What's wrong Tohru?" asked Arisa.

Tohru turned to her and shook her head, smiling. "No. It's nothing. Don't worry." The fact is, Tohru hadn't been feeling very well. It's not that she's sick; it's just that she had a hunch; a not-so-good sort of hunch, like something bad is about to happen. But she should think about that later. She doesn't want to worry her guests, so she put the feelings aside.

And so the laughing and chattering begins once more.

***

It's already a quarter past one in the morning and Kyo still hadn't show up from his little shopping. Tohru started to get worried. Kazuma too was looking concern, though he managed to control his emotions. Arisa, Saki and the others tried to comfort her, but it's no use, since she turns pale every time they say their comforting words to her. Saki tried to detect Kyo's wave (like she always did back at school), but she said that there's too many people around her that blurs her search. Yuki tried to call Kyo's phone, but then they heard it rang on the nearby cupboard. Apparently he forgot to bring his phone along with him.

"Where could he be?" murmured Tohru. Her eyes started to water.

"Don't worry Tohru," said Rin. "He'll be back soon and once he does he'll be lectured."

"Yeah, he might be wandering off and dozed himself somewhere," Hiro said, munching a biscuit, "that's what he usually does, doesn't he?"

"Oh, I don't know, he even rarely sleeps on the roof these days." Tohru looked outside. The shoji had been opened so that if Kyo turns up, they might as well get an early glimpse of him.

"It's okay Tohru-san," Yuki put his hand on her left shoulder, "he'll be back. I'm sure of it." Tohru nodded, not fully convinced.

A few moments of silence flew by, only cut by comments from Shigure and Ayame, trying to lighten the mood. It does help a little bit, even Tohru smiled a little by their jokes. But it was all momentary. She'd get back to her panicked form and worried herself sick every time Kyo's name mentioned. Shigure and Ayame seemed unaware of this as they started to make some more silly jokes and talks more and more about Kyo. They only stop when Akito shushed them quiet.

Yuki stared at Tohru's worried expression. He noticed that she was close to crying, but trying hard to held her tears from coming out. She had been off to the toilet and kitchen countless of times, making people around her worried. Though he would not admit it, he is worried about Kyo as well. After some years living with the cat, he knows that Kyo would never leave Tohru this anxious. Something's not right.

Kazuma, who was sitting quietly at a corner stood up. He looked at the clock on the wall and sighed deeply. He then pardons himself to the kitchen, busying himself with the dishes, which then Tohru came and lend him a hand. Everybody, even Akito, started to worry about the future groom. But most of all, they worried about the future bride. She stumbled countless times, and nearly fell every time she walks. It was now one thirty-seven in the morning and Kyo still hadn't showed up.

"If he still isn't here by the time the clock strikes two, I'll go look for him," announced Haru suddenly. Tohru and Kazuma are both in the kitchen, still busying themselves with the dishes. The others plainly shocked by Haru's announcement but understood and nodded their heads. Yuki stared at him before saying, "I'll come with you."

Haru nodded in response. As the others murmurs their agreements and some even offer themselves to join in the search party, they made a plan so that they'll go find Kyo through different routes, just in case Kyo went to the farthest grocery store in town (which is less likely in Yuki's opinion).

But then it may not needed, the searching party, for as they still busying themselves worrying about Kyo and making plans on finding him later the dojo phone suddenly rang. Kunimitsu, who was nearest to the hallway stood up and pick up the phone. After some time he called Kazuma, who came from the kitchen with Tohru trotting behind his back, and then took the phone from him. Tohru and the others stood in the dojo hall for a moment watching Kazuma, and some even bugged Kunimitsu, asking who's on the other line.

Kunimitsu was about to answer them when they suddenly heard Kazuma's shocked voice. "What?!"

Tohru stared at him. Her eyes suddenly shed tears. Kazuma had an unreadable expression on his face which was then slowly turns slightly pale. "Is it too bad?" They heard him asked the person on the other end. After a few seconds he asked again, "Is he going to be alright?"

The dojo hall was still and quiet, considering the many people in it and how merry it once was a few hours ago. Everyone was listening intently to Kazuma's voice. Tohru suddenly shivered, unnoticed by everyone. A few moments later Kazuma spoke again, "I'll be right there," with that he gestures Kunimitsu to hand him pen and paper from the opposite desk. Kunimitsu hands them to him, which he then scribbled something on. His face pale and worried, far worse than he did before. After he finished writing on the tiny piece of paper he then bid his thanks and hung up.

His hand was still on the phone, unmoving. He, Yuki noticed, was shaking. Something Yuki has yet to see in his life. He then found his voice, hearing himself asking his karate master, "Shihan? Is everything alright?" Kazuma stood still, not replying. "Who was it?" Though he had no idea who's on the phone, he had a strange feeling who it concern about.

Half a minute later Kazuma turns around, his face paper white as he looked around him, searching for a certain face. Once he found the one he was looking for he shuddered and spoke soundlessly, "Kyo... Kyo was hit by a car. He's in the hospital right now."

Tohru's eyes widened as she heard the news with tears poured endlessly as she slowly fell onto the floor.

ps: oh i'm sorry...Thanks again to those who nominated me for best newcomer for the June polls! Xapita-san, SushiHime-san and Masamii-san...Thank you so much! As for Huskychao-san, (my first reviewer) you're the BEST!!!!