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Tohru Unknown

Chapter One - The Tohru They Know

Kyo sat up, breathing rapidly and soaked completely, in a cold sweat. That one terrifying and painful incident that had occurred between his mother's death and Kazuma's adopting him, still tormented him. Especially whenever he saw HIM. The one person he feared more than Akito when she was in an extremely pissed off mood. Remembering that last time he'd gotten sick after not drying himself of his sweat, he reluctantly climbed out of bed and proceeded to dry himself off before changing into another set of clothes and going down stairs, not realising the time.

“Good morning Kyo. Are you goi…Kyo? Are you alright?”

He snapped out of his dazed state as soon as he felt her hand rest against his forehead and looked at her, smiling one of the few genuine smiles that he reserved only for her.

“Well you don't have a fever which is good. Are you feeling sick at all?”

“Tohru, you really shouldn't worry so much about us, me especially. It's only going to end up making you sick.” He playfully tapped her forehead. “Dummy. I just had a bad dream so there's nothing to worry about.”

“But I do worry about you Kyo. You're family to me so it's part of being a family to worry about its members.” She smiled back at him and lightly kissed his cheek. “If you aren't going to go for a run, will you help me make breakfast?”

“Sure.”

“Thank you Kyo.”

Shigure looked up from his current manuscript that he had just finished before HE had arrived. Shigure knew that if HE and Kyo were put in the same room alone Kyo would bolt. For a reason he didn't know of and couldn't figure out, Kyo always only saw HIM when Kazuma was around, and if not him, then Haru, Hatori, Momiji, even Ayame or Kagura were tolerated around him if HE was around.

“So when does the little monster get home?”

“We're home Shigure.”

“Welcome back. How was school? Anything interesting happen?”

“Kyo and Yuki both got A's on our math test.”

“Tohru got A-, and a B+ on her Engli…” He froze seeing HIM, before taking a step back as HE stepped into clear view.

“Oh, I didn't realise that we had a visitor.” Tohru smiled and bowed. “Hi, I'm Tohru Honda. It's very nice to meet you Mr…”

“Sohma. Rei Sohma. I'm th…Kyo's biological father.”

Tohru looked at him surprised, before noticing that Kyo was hiding his discomfort. “Will you be staying for dinner? You're still helping me right Kyo?”

“I'm afraid that I've got a previous engagement that I simply can't miss.” He stopped in front of her, taking her hand and kissing the back of it, smiling. “It was a pleasure to finally be able to put a face to the name of the infamous Tohru `Princess' Honda. Shigure.”

They watched as he left, neither men noticing the dark look in Tohru's eyes that she hid with a bright smile as she waved him off.