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Now What?	By : empressariyana Category: Fruits Basket > Het - Male/Female Views: 3012 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Now What?
(2 of 2)

Author: Ariyana

Fandom: Fruits Basket

Theme: #18 the wrong words

Pairing: Kyou and Kagura Sohma

Rating: M

Genre:
Romance/Drama/Angst

Disclaimer: Fruits Basket and its characters belong to Natsuki Takaya and
whoever else holds the copyright. No money is being made from this story it is
merely being written for my entertainment.

Notes: This story
takes place at least four to five years after the manga ends. Okay this wants
to be at least one more part longer.

Summary: Kyou and
Kagura have to deal with the aftermath of what they have done.

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X

Kagura hung up the phone and quickly headed back to the
bedroom to find Kyou getting dressed.

"He is already in the compound. We can't let him see
you leave here," Kagura said, grabbing her robe off the back of the door
and slipping it on.

"What are you going to tell him?" Kyou inquired.

Kagura took in a deep breath; she didn't want to think about
it right now. Her head still hurt, Kunimitsu was on his way back and she was in
no mood to deal with Kyou's sudden case of stupidity! It was just too much to
deal with at the moment. "Look I don't know yet. Kyou just get out of here
and go back to Tohru." Kagura said, pushing him toward the window.

Before she could get the window open Kyou grabbed her face
and kissed her. Her heart began racing as she almost melted into his embrace. A
sound from downstairs caused her to break away. "Hurry and go," she
whispered urgently.

"We'll talk later," he whispered back before
climbing out the window and grabbing onto the tree. Kagura quickly closed the
window and curtains and headed for the bedroom door. Her heart was still
pounding from the kiss that Kyou had given her. 'Damn you Kyou, why do you
still have this effect on me,' she thought bitterly.

Kunimitsu was walking up the stairs when she stepped out of
the bedroom. "There you are, still not dressed?"

"No, I just woke up when you called. Do mind if I take
a bath to wake up first?" she asked sweetly.

"Of course not, I'll go make some coffee then," he
said, placing his bag on the floor and kissing her cheek.

That kiss on the cheek signaled to her that something was
wrong. They hadn't seen each other in over a week and that was not the way he
usually greeted her when they were reunited after long absences. The panic was
threatening to overtake her again. Quickly she reached out and stopped him from
turning away. The instance they locked eyes she knew that he was holding
something back. The pain was just so evident in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked, praying that he didn't
know about her and Kyou's mishap.

Suddenly he pulled her into a deep kiss...a possessive kiss
that took her breath away. After a few moments she pulled away her headache
getting the better of her.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly.

"Yeah, I just had too much sake last night and now my
head is killing me," she confessed.

His strong heads grasped her shoulders and neck gently; then
lightly he kissed her forehead. "Go ahead and take your bath. I'll go get
you something for your headache."

She merely nodded as she watched him walk away. Slowly she
slipped down to the floor, grasping her heart. "He knows..." she
whispered.� She had to tell him the truth
that much, she knew. Maybe he only suspected she had done something behind his
back but having him pull away from her and then force an open show of affection
made her heart hurt. Kunimitsu had been her bright light in a sea of
uncertainty. The last thing she wanted to do was hurt him. Slowly the memories
of her night with Kyou played through her mind, causing her guilt and grief to
grow even more. The tears began to stream down her face as she sobbed quietly
in her hands. 'Dammit� Kyou! Why do I
still love you so much,' she thought resentfully.

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He hadn't expected that she would be able to read him that
easily but then again he had never been good at hiding his true feelings. He
loved Kagura with all his heart, so it hurt that she felt something was missing
between them. After putting so much time into their relationship he wasn't prepared
to give her up without a fight but fighting would be useless if she didn't want
to be with him.

When she had asked him "What's wrong?" he couldn't
bring himself to be the first to confess. Kissing her had seemed like the
logical thing to do but that kiss had been far too telling. He was feeling
desperate and he just knew that she had picked up on it.

He grabbed the bottle of aspirin out of the cabinet before
grabbing the can of coffee and set to work at his task. He wondered if this
situation would hurt more or less if the person he had caught Kagura with had
been a total stranger to him. A total stranger that she had no past connection
too.�

He had seen first hand how Kyou would shoot her down when
they were younger, and he remembered the day that Kagura struck Tohru but
refused to apologize. He didn't understand why she lashed out at Tohru the way
she did, but that had been the first time that he had ever seen genuine pain in
Kagura's eyes. That was the day that he knew that Kagura's feelings for Kyou
were not just some schoolgirl crush.

'God, why did it have to be Kyou of all people?' he thought
sadly. He was almost certain that it wouldn't hurt so much, if it weren't the
guy she obsessed over for years.

X

X

X

Long ago he had told her that he could never love her the
way she wanted him too and now he realized why they said 'Never say never.' He
wasn't exactly sure when it really happened.�
Over the years he and Kagura had managed to become friends again. After
she stopped pursuing him and he stopped being a jerk toward her, it was weird
to realize that he could be himself around her. He could have a bad day or just
feel grumpy around her, and she wouldn't blame herself or worry that she had
done anything wrong. Kagura would just smile, make an off-handed remark and
they would both end up laughing. Things were just simple around Kagura...almost
content.

Of course he still loved Tohru very much but it didn't feel
right. Maybe they were just going through a phase but it seemed like they had
hit a bump in the road. Why did he feel like he was always holding back with
her? It wasn't a secret that he could be moody so why did he feel guilty for
making Tohru worry? Why did she worry over such trivial things? He never
bothered to tell anyone these problems not Kagura, not Shishou, and certainly
not Tohru. It didn't really help that all the couples around him seem to be
working through their problems successfully. Come on, if Shigure and Akito
could actually make their twisted relationship work he and Tohru should have
been a success.

Yes he was happy with Tohru but where was the fire? Maybe he
was just being selfish wanting more but seeing so many of the couples around
him with that fire made him want it too. The only other couple that didn't seem
to have that fire was Kagura and Kunimitsu. Oh they got along well and
Kunimitsu was certainly no stranger to Kagura's mood swings but they still seem
to lack the passion he had seen in so many of the other couples. A fact that
for some reason had given him much relief, at first he thought it was because
it meant that he and Tohru weren't the only ones. Now he knew it was because
somewhere along the line he began to want Kagura for himself.

The drunken haze from last night had started to lift enough
for him to remember how incredible the previous evening had truly been. In
their judgement impaired stupor they had held nothing back from each other. His
body began to awaken again from the memory. All the frustration, anger and love
had came out at once and created a fire that he thought he would never
experience for himself.

"Kyou? Are you okay?" a familiar voice broke
through his thoughts. He looked up to see Tohru walking toward him.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about last night I ended up passing
out on Kagura's floor," he lied.

"Shigure suggested that might be the case. So I was
coming to check on you two," Tohru said with a slight giggle.

Instantly Kyou felt like a big jerk for lying to such a
trusting and loving woman. Despite the fact that his heart felt torn and he still
had a headache he pulled Tohru into a tight hug. 'I'm so sorry,' he thought
sorrowfully.

"Is something wrong?" Tohru asked, her voice full
of concern.

"No, I'm just glad to see you," he said softly,
while thinking 'Yet another half-truth...'

He knew he would have to tell her the truth eventually even
if Kagura was out of his reach there was no way he could hold on to Tohru. She
wasn't a consolation prize...no she deserved way better than that.

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She hadn't really thought much of Kyou's failure to return
the night before after all everyone had been so tipsy that it was only logical
that he and Kagura probably passed out. Shigure and Akito's reassurances of
that idea just served to put her mind more at ease. But something small tugged
at the back of her mind nagging her. She wasn't as oblivious as she had been
when she was just a teenager. Something about Kyou and Kagura's friendship made
her ill at ease. Was it silly to think that Kagura would steal him away? She
chastised herself for such thoughts especially since Kagura was living with
Kunimitsu.

The moment she saw Kyou walking up the path back to the Main
House she pushed all those silly notions from her head. Kyou had chosen her so
what was she worrying about...but then again why did he look troubled?

"Kyou? Are you okay?" she called out walking up
the path to meet him.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about last night I ended up passing
out on Kagura's floor," he said simply.

His reply was innocent enough, causing her to slightly
giggle at her earlier insecurities. "Shigure suggested that might be the
case. So I was coming to check on you two."

His expression seem to wavier at her reaction suddenly he
pulled her into a tight hug. The kind of hug that he would give to her when he
was feeling distraught or conflicted.

"Is something wrong?" she asked, concerned. Not
wanting to acknowledge the fact that he was covered in Kagura's perfume.

"No, I'm just glad to see you," he said softly.

His voice gave nothing away but being pressed so close
against him she could feel and hear his heart hammering in his chest. She had
promised herself that she would try not to panic every time Kyou acted
differently. She had no idea what was wrong but jumping to conclusions and
showing a lack of faith in him was not going to solve anything. If there were a
problem he would tell her...wouldn't he? Quickly she pushed that thought from
her mind.

"I'm glad to see you too," she answered back,
hanging on to him as if he were her lifeline.

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