"Eat slower, seriously." Kyo looks at me, we cooked mochi with our New Year's noodles, "But I think I'm eating at a normal pace?" I look at him, "Please, I don't want you to choke on it." He sighs, the phone rings, he leaps up from the table and runs to it, "AKITO?! IS IT YOU!" He shouts into the phone, "Kyo!" I scold him, "Geez carrots, it's just me. Is Yuki there? I wanna talk with her," She says, "I'm here Uo, what's up?" I push Kyo away and grab the phone, "I just wanted to call you is all, make sure you're alright. It's good, carrots is there with you. If no one was home I'd come and drag you back to my place," She says, I giggled, "HEY GEEZER! I TOLD YOU ONE CAN FOR THE HOLIDAYS! NOW TRASH THE CAN!!" She screams at her dad, I smiled, "Oh oops, I must've lost count," He tries to laugh it off, "I was calling cause I was, you know, worried that you'd be alone and upset." She says, "No, I'm fine, really. Having Kyo here, it's really made my year already." I grab his hand, "I'm truly a lucky girl," I smile up at him, he blushes and pulls my bangs back and kisses my forehead, I erupt into red, "A-Anyway, I should leave you with your family, I gotta go, our dinner's gonna be cold!" I stutter, "Alright, Happy New Year." She chuckles, "Mmhm, Happy New year Uo." I hang up the line, "That was awfully brave of you kitty." I pull him down a little and kiss his cheek, "I'd give you a hug but I want to spend New Years Eve with Kyo Sohma. Not my kitty." I drag his hand after me back to the table.
"Careful." Kyo holds his hand out, "I can land on my feet if I fall off," I gently slap his hand away and get up onto the roof, "You're no cat." He knocks my head, I giggled, we sat on the roof with a blanket over us and we sandwiched a pillow between us, "Don't get me wrong I love spending time just the two of us but how come Yuki didn't come? Usually you two make the same decisions?" I look at him, "The rat wanted to come back but Shigure wouldn't let him, they're super strict with the banquet so there'd be no chance of him weaselling out. I guess that's one good thing about being on the outside of the clan, I get to not show up. I get to spend time with the people who matter to me." He strokes my cheek I smile and lean on his shoulder, we looked out and saw the sun start to rise, "Happy New Year Kyo," I turn to him, "Happy New Year Yuki," He leans his head on top of mine, I close my eyes, "This is gonna be the year I beat that rat." He says, I clasp our hands together, "One day." I peek one eye open, "Hey! Have some more faith in me!" He looks at me, "I said one day, didn't mean it couldn't be one day this year." I shut my eye again, "Shut up." He chuckles and we enjoyed the first sunrise of the year.
Winter break was finally over, the third term was finally coming back up, "I'm done, let's head hom-." Yuki and Kyo decided to come shopping with me today but they waited outside, "THAT'S IT! I'M SICK OF YOUR SMUG FACE! LET'S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE!" Kyo yells, "We're already outside you idiot." Yuki sighs, "Thank you for doing the shopping," Yuki takes the bags, "Oh no sweat, I might've gone a little overboard with the groceries though," I sweatdrop, "Not a problem at all. Why don't you make yourself useful for once you stupid cat." Yuki starts walking, "WHAT'D YOU CALL ME!" Kyo shouts, "GIMME BOTH OF THEM! I'LL CARRY THEM!" Kyo snatches the bags, I sigh and follow a pace behind them, "Why don't you do us all a favour and just shut up." Yuki looks away, "I'll show you to shut up!" Kyo drops the bags and holds his hands up, "That'll do it," Yuki shoves the chives into his mouth, "Now that was just brutal." I crouch down with him, Kyo's face paled, his cat ears drooped, "That should keep him quiet at least," Yuki nods, "There, there." I pet his ears, they seemed to fluff up a little, "So cute." I giggled, "THEY'RE NOT CUTE!" Kyo blushes.
"I'm done with the bath! Who wants to go in next? Prince Yuki~?" Shigure says, "Nah, I think I'll pass and I don't need you of all people to call me that," He faces the other way, "No bath?! What a dirty boy." Shigure wiggles, "One day I'll throw you off the roof." He had an ick mark, "No I think it's cause I have a cold." He says, "A cold?!" I put my hand on his forehead, "I mean you are a little warmer than usual. Well, like they say, the faster you pass this cold, the better you'll feel." I stand up, "Let me find the cold medicine then," Shigure bends down, "You ought to stay home from school tomorrow, better to be on the safe side." I look at him, "No it's okay, I'm sure I'll be fine." He averts his eyes, "But we're running the marathon, you'll just make yourself worse." I sit down next to him, "Running in this chilly weather? That sounds like torture." Shigure finds the medicine, "Hold on a second. Did you say? Marathon?" Kyo's eyes lit up, "As in... a race?" Kyo looked at Yuki, "A race in groups, which means... it's a competition!" Kyo was on fire, "ALRIGHT! TOMORROW YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH FASTER I AM THAN YOU!" Kyo jabs his finger at him, "Kyo, shut up, Yuki has a cold." I slap his chest, "A cold?! You're gonna bail on the race because of a few sniffles! It's on! You better not back down!" He shuts the door after him, "You're going to need to be careful, if you push yourself too much and you get weak, you'll transform and I really doubt you want that happening." Shigure passes him the medicine, my eyes soften.
