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Before the curse is broken

It was just an average Saturday in the Sohma home. Shigure was writing one of his novels, Yuki was drinking some tea, Kyo was lying on the small deck that surrounded the house, and I was in the kitchen making lunch for everyone. Today's lunch included: some apple slices, a turkey and ham sandwich with lettuce, and leek soup. I know how much Kyo hates it, but everyone else seems to like it.

I cut up that last of the apples, and set them on a big plate. I grabbed the other plates and tried to balance them on my arms, but they just ended up clattering back onto the sink. At least they hadn't fallen onto the floor.

"Hey Kyo," I shouted. "Can you help me bring all the food into the living room?"

"Can't you just make 2 trips?" he shouted back. It was like a light bulb had gone off inside my head.

"Kyo, Tohru asked for your help. Just help," said Yuki. Yuki was so sweet.

"It's okay Yuki. Kyo is right. I can make 2 trips," I said back while I laughed. I grabbed the plate of apples and the plate of sandwiches, and walked into the living room. I placed them down as Yuki thanked me. "You're welcome." I went back into the kitchen and started to grab the bowls of leek soup. When I came back, Kyo was sitting at the table. I placed the leek soup in front of Yuki and Shigure, before running back to the kitchen to grab the last 2 bowls of leek soup. I sat down at the small table in the living room with Kyo on one side and Yuki on the other. I gave Kyo his bowl and watched him look at it with distaste.

"I hate leek soup!" Kyo shouted.

"I'm sorry Kyo. I know you hate it. It's just that I really had a craving for leek soup. I'm sorry Kyo. Really I am. I need to start thinking of other people more often," I said. I was rambling a lot like I usually did.

"Nah, don't worry about it. Just don't cook leek soup tomorrow, okay?" asked Kyo, as he rubbed the vack of his head. I nodded my head with a smile, as I started to eat an apple slice. It was really sweet since they were in season. Good ol' summer. I loved the nice happy sun in the sky with the nice weather.

"So, Tohru, how are you going to spend summer?" asked Shigure.

"Well, um…." I trailed off. I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to spend the summer.

"I'll tell you what I'm gonna do," started Kyo. "I'm gonna relax and enjoy the fact that I don't have to deal with those stupid school girls."

"Kyo, don't be so mean," I tried to scold him, but I was failing at it. "They just like you, that's all."

"Don't waste your breathe Miss Honda. He'll never listen. Anyway, what are your plans for the summer? I have some student council things to attend to, but what about you?"

"Well, I don't really have any plans. Over my summers me and mom would always do fun stuff together," I started. It was Kind of dumb that I was starting another conversation about my mom. I knew that it really just got everyone depressed. "One summer, we went on this camping trip that was only supposed to last 2 days, but when we tried to find our way back down the mountain, we got lost. It took an extra 3 days to find our way to a highway. It turned out that we had gone down the wrong side of the mountain."

I laughed looking back on it now, but at the time, it was scary. Mom always put on a brave face, but it wasn't brave when it realized that we had ran out of food. Luckily we had found the highway an hour or so later.

"Well then, I guess that settles it," said Shigure as he stood up. Everyone had finished their sandwiches and leek soup, except for me, even Kyo had finished the soup. I still had half a sandwich and most of my soup left.

"What are you talking about Shigure?" asked Kyo as he leaned back onto the floor with his hands behind his head. I noticed how tight his shirt was, and how it showed the muscles in his chest. I felt a blush creep up on my face and turned away quickly. I looked at Shigure and waited for him to answer Kyo's question.

"Why don't we all go camping?" asked Shigure. He looked excited at his suggestion.

"It looks like your story has inspired Shigure, Miss Honda," said Yuki. "And I think it's a great idea. I'll go."

"No, no, no, no. I wasn't saying that…. I mean, we don't have to…." I stuttered.

"Don't worry about it. I'll go too. It's better than sitting in this house doing nothing except listening to some stupid rat," said Kyo.

"Excuse me?" said Yuki. "Who's the one that's always talking and being loud, you dumb cat?"

"Who's the one always getting on my nerves?" shouted Kyo.

"You're both getting on my nerves, and you're upsetting Tohru," said Shigure. I hadn't noticed until Shigure had mentioned it, how worried and shaky I had become. I guess them fighting was something I was never going to get used to.

"No, I'm fine. I'm not upset," I said, as I made muscle arms. "Nerves of steel!" I had a nice tough face on, until I stood up and tripped backwards on my feet, and landed on Kyo. My butt landed on Kyo and the back of my head hit the floor. I felt the pain in my head, as I sat up. My left hand went to my head as I looked down at my right hand. There was nothing wrong with it except for where it had landed. My open palm rested right on Kyo's groin.

I stood up and screamed a bit loudly with a huge blush on my face. I knew that Kyo had felt my hand because he quickly stood up too with a blush on his face, and that never happened.

"I have to go train!" shouted Kyo. He ran outside and around the side of the house.

"I have to go clean the dishes!" I yelled. I picked up everyone's dishes, and basically ran into the kitchen. I nearly tripped on my feet again, but I caught my balance. I ran straight to the sink, and carefully dropped the dishes into the sink. My hands rested on the edge of the sink as my head hung from my shoulders.

I gulped, and took a big breathe to calm myself. I was 16, and still this innocent. I couldn't handle a mere accidental touch of Kyo's…. my blush grew even bigger. Maybe it was because it was Kyo. If it had been anyone else, I would have gotten over it already.

I took another deep breathe.

"It's fine. It was an accident. I'm fine. It's all fine," I said. my blush was gone and my brain was stable.

After that I quickly washed the dishes. I was putting the last dish away when Shigure came in.

"Tohru, pack your stuff tonight. We're going camping tomorrow," he said.

"Alright Shigure," I said. "I'll start packing now." As I walked past him, he caught my arm.

"I saw what you and Kyo got all flustered about," he said. My face heated up again.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said, trying to blow him off.

"Off course not," he said. He obviously took the hint. Thank you, Shigure. "Just remember Tohru, you are a teenager. It is okay to act that way…" he paused as he let go of my arm. "when you care for someone."

He walked out ahead of me, and I quickly ran up to my room. I shut the door behind me and flopped down onto my bed. I looked out the window while lying on my stomach. It was a clear sunny day, like the past ones were. Only a few clouds floated on by. I heard a small huff right below where I was looking at in the sky. When I looked down I saw Kyo. He was training, and training hard. He was probably trying to get his mind off of what happened earlier.

He did a series of quick kicks in the air and I noticed how he kept his arms in front of him. Even from here, I could clearly see the muscles in his arms.

"Shigure was right. I am a teenager, and I can act like one…. But that's so weird!" I shouted, as I rolled onto my back.

"It always is at first Tohru!" yelled Shigure through the door. I sat up in suprise. I had no idea that Shigure was outside my door. Why was he outside my door? It kind of weirded me out a little bit. Even though I knew how Shigure could be sometimes, I didn't think I was ever going to get over that either.

"What are you doing outside Miss Honda's room?" asked Yuki.

"Nothing. I was just passing by," said Shigure.

"Well pass by somewhere else," said Yuki. I heard a bunch of thumps that I guessed were Shigure falling down the stairs. "Sorry for the disturbance Miss Honda!"

"It's fine Yuki," I shouted back. Thank goodness for Yuki. He was always looking out for me like I was his little sister or something. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy Shuigure and Yuki kept going out in the hall, I laid back down onto my bed and just stared at the ceiling.

"You're so mean my little Yuki. I think I'll call Ayame and tell him how mean you're being. I might even invite him to go camping with us," said Shigure excitedly.

"Don't you dare!" said Yuki as he ran down the steps.

I laughed at them. This was my home. I looked at my picture of mom, and it gave me a lot of courage to see her face smiling at me. The bed was so fluffy and warmfrom th sun outside. I rested my head on the pillow, as my eyelids grew heavy. I normally didn't take naps since I was so busy with housework, but I just felt so sleepy. The sun just felt so good on my face through the window. As I entered the Nap Zone, one last thought past through my head.

"Everything is fine."

So, here is chapter 1. Haha, I liked that awkward moment. There isn't gonna be a lemon. Sorry. But there will be classic teenage awkwardness and humiliation. So, be aware that you may read something and be like "oh my god! I bet there's gonna be a lemon later!" there's not.

Anyway, please review. If you want chapter 2, you're gonna have to ask for it. I don't like chaptered stories, and I don't like writing them, because I don't know if people are actually gonna read them. If at least 5 people want it, then you got it. No worries.

Peace out!

Oh yeah, and for those of you who like Amuto fanfictions too… I have one in process. It's goooooooooood. Well, at least I think so. I'll let you guys be the judge of that.

Ikuto says Peace out! (Even though this is a Fruits Basket story…. Ahhhh I'm rambling!)