This will be the first and the last chapter I will ever have of Kyo POV. It's the shortest out of all the chapters in this fic and I guess it's safe to assume that this will be my only filler chapter! Thanks!

SIDE NOTE: Mainly fillers are to piss off the audience and move their attention off the main plot, after something has drastically taken place. This is how I think anyways, but sincerely, that's not my intention at all. Trust me, all will bode well. Enjoy a short chapter, eh?

Please do. All comments are accepted, thanks!

Chapter 11 - Come Here Boy

"…How is she?"

"She's fine, most of her memories have been lost just so the burden you caused could be erased… She's on bed rest now so she can recover completely." then he whispered, "So, don't you dare wake her, cat. I meant that…"

"…"

"…You've done enough. It's going to take lots and lots of precious time to get her back to her old self again. Precious time, you ripped away from her… because you couldn't tame that corrupt beast nuisance inside you." Those eyes, I hated those damn violet eyes. They looked down on me as if he was better than me, if I was a worthless piece of shit.

That was Yuki, always putting himself on a high pedestal and his eyes enforced it more to how superior he really thought he was to me. "You brought this on yourself, you pathetic excuse of a cat…" he only paused for a few seconds. Believe me when I say, those were the best seconds of my life, I swore on everything they were. That's until he opened his stupid mouth again, "I can't even look at you, and she may not want to look at you either. I don't see how waiting at her door will help her. The best way you could ever help her is to leave this house and never come back…"

"Shut the hell up, ya damn rat!" That didn't seem like a bad idea though. And I would do it if I could just see her face… just once

Day by day, I would sit by her door, realizing how right that damn rat was. I had done enough to her, in fact I couldn't do worse. What was worse than taking a life… her life? Her memories are gone because of me, her life was screwed up because of me… And now, all I could do, was sit at the base of her door and wait. There was no harm in that right?

"…Kyo? Are you okay?" I knew I wasn't hearing her voice for real. At the time, it was only her voice ringing in my head. Her voice alone, made me want to get up and see her… just once. But I never moved from my seat.

"…Kyo… you seem a little paler than usual and you haven't been eating. Are you sick?" Maybe if I had the guts to tell her what was wrong with me, all this wouldn't have had to happen? But with the dense brain I have, I thought I could push her away with just ignoring her or giving her rude looks. No matter how much I tried to run her off, she would just come back, like a stray dog.

Damn it…

I should have known… it was going to take more than that. It's just like the damn rat said. I brought this… on myself. And furthermore, I hated how he was always right. I found it annoying how I didn't hear her calm voice anymore… just her frightened screams. Almost like it's an unbearable, constant reminder of what I did to her.

But I still waited.

"It hurts, K-Kyo… s-stop, please…" If only I could of stopped on my own. "…K-Kyo… you…you're choking… me…" But I couldn't stop, my hands would never leave her neck on their own, instead they continued to violently shake her, squeezing every bit of air she had left to breathe.

"…Help… me… please." She cried, "It… hurts… someone… Yuki… Shig…" I lost control, even after I swore on what life I had left, that I wouldn't lose it around her. No matter how much the urge lead me on. But I screwed up everything and the trust she had for me was gone forever. When she recovered from that night, she stayed away from me for weeks. She would even lock herself up in her room for days without letting a single person in. The girl I truly cared for, hated my guts. And…Tohru… I'm so sorry…

"He's a beast in human form… a frightening disgrace that I'm afraid of…" Those were her exact words. I remember.

"…I can't live knowing this any longer… "

"So you are absolutely positive that you wanna do this?"

"Yes Hatori." she nodded. "Please, make the pain go away…" I couldn't stand to see her cry and I knew this was the only way for her to get better and physically forget…

I didn't want to be reminded anymore either. I was fed up and wanted to physically forget too. That would ease so much pain I had at the time. Then as I sat by her door, I thought instead of trying to forget, I could make use this memory. A reminder to why I can't ever get too close to her…

Day by day, I waited, staring at the moonlight on wooden floors.

I wasn't waiting for her to awake…

…Didn't care if she wondered where I was…

…or if she knew who I was…

…I waited just to build up enough courage to look her in the face… even if she was unconscious and say Tohru… I'm sorry…

And though I waited, the one thing that pulled me out of my seat was her voice. This time I knew it wasn't the annoying voices in my head. I truly heard her mumble my name in her sleep and oddly it wasn't out of fear. It was the sweetest - sounding thing I had ever heard. I was shocked that she would say my name instead of Yuki's. I think that's what made me open the door to her room in a hurry.

"Kyo…" she mumbled again but I stopped. I didn't trust myself to go any further. It was dark in there, and it was way too easy for me to lose control again.

But damn, she was so beautiful. Her face was filled with so much innocence and compassion, even though she was a sleep. She was bright and untroubled. I was happy because she looked happy. I hated that I couldn't stay by her bedside and watch her. Yuki would have my ass if I did that. As mad as I was about it, I didn't blame him for keeping me away from Tohru. I was cool with someone guarding her if it couldn't be me…

…My time was short and I had to leave. I was almost at the door, when I heard her mumble again.

"…Who's there… it's dark…" she yawned.

"It's no one… go back to sleep."

"Please come here…"

I reminisced my nightmares of losing control and hesitated but her voice still calls to me. Bad visions are flashing into my head and she still said, "Come here boy…" I knew she hadn't remember me yet. She was still recovering.

"Why are you taking so long?" she asked.

"Because… I don't want to… hurt you…" my feelings were getting stronger for her, I realized that the moment I came face to face with her. Too bad I couldn't be the one to love her and protect her. She sat up to touch my face, and softly caressed it. "Do you remember me, Tohru?" it would kill me if I didn't ask already.

I will never forget her smile as she nodded. "I know your face. It's the only face that seems to be too familiar in my sleep." Now I understood why she said my name and not Yuki's. She actually dreamed of me instead of the rat. I was the boy/ stranger in her dreams lately. Then she let go of my face. "It's Kyo right? Remind me again… I'm sorry."

"Heh, forget it and don't worry about it. Get some rest, okay?" I would turn corrupt again, I could feel my blood boil. I had to leave soon but she wouldn't let my hand go.

"Why don't you stay with me for a little longer…?"

"Please sleep, Tohru… I can see it in your face, you're very tired." I pulled away from her touch, containing myself.

"Will you come back later?"

"Sure…" I'm sure she wouldn't remember this. So it was worthless to make promises, after all, my mind was partially made up about leaving this damn house.

Three years feels like a long time but…I remember it all like it happened yesterday… and after coming back and seeing her once again made me feel good I guess. Mostly relieved that she didn't remember me as the cruel beast I was… and still am. She was clever when saw me though… without saying a word about my curse, I knew she knew that I was different somehow.

However, I don't think she will ever know the real reasons of me coming back to this idiotic place they call home. And what motivated me and such. She still doesn't know I'm still building up the courage to say: I'm sorry, Tohru, for everything I have done to you…

…Still, I'm cautious. The last thing I wanna do is hurt her again.

But… once I build up the courage, not only will I be ready to say sorry… but I will be ready to claim her back and finally say that I have fallen for you, Tohru…

"…Come here boy, come here boy." I will never forget that.

Heh… "Well, Tohru I came didn't I?"