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Kyoru Week 2023 Masterlist

On Top of the World Day 1 Prompt: Anything For You

Lonely Future Day 2 Prompt: Soulmates

Baby's First Birthday Day 3 Prompt: Home Movies

Welcome Home Day 4 Prompt: Lovesick

Burn Me Day 5 Prompt: Heat

Hold Me Day 6 Prompt: Hold Me

Wish Day 7 Prompt: Paper Rings

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@ everyone participating in kyoru week

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Eyes like the Sun

Rating: G Ship: Kyo/Tohru Prompt: Day 6: Sunset For: @kyoruweekofficial​

Tags: Kyo x Tohru, Kyoru Week 2020, Fluff, Post-Canon, Manga Spoilers

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There were times in his life where Kyo genuinely couldn’t believe how lucky he was. Never had he thought there would be a day he could get married, have children, and live his life to the fullest. When he was growing up all he was ever told was how he was a monster, how he was horrible and everything was his fault, how he’d be locked away forever. Kyo had been everyone’s scapegoat. The one everyone pushed the blame onto to make themselves feel better. 

Tohru never saw him like that. She saw him as a person. As someone to bond with, to love, to cherish. She was the first person aside from his master to care for him like that. Tohru ran after him, cared for him, cried for him… There was no one else he could want by his side. 

He and Tohru hadn’t been an “official” couple for very long. They were still learning how the “relationship” thing worked considering neither of them had really been in one before. Kyo had gotten the idea of how relationships shouldn’t work from watching the horrible relationships in the Sohma family. They were still a bit awkward about physical affection. The rat called them “suffocating” on multiple occasions. It had gotten easier once they realized that most people were genuinely happy about their relationship and didn’t mind them occasionally holding hands or when he’d tug her in for a hug. Still, the more intimate things like small pecks on the cheek or lips were kept private. Kyo had come to be shy about touching feely actions in front of people because of Kagura constantly clinging to him. 

Although… he didn’t mind Tohru’s clinginess. In fact, he was kind of clingy himself. He never longed for someone’s touch like he did hers. Maybe he was a bit touch starved, but he’d never admit that aloud. Or to Tohru. 

Kyo waited in the hall, sitting against the wall as he was lost in thought. It was so easy to give into his mindseye while thinking about her. She consumed his brain almost all hours of the day.  

Tohru still had extra work to catch up on since being in the hospital, and he would gladly wait for her to finish so they could walk home together. It was something he’d come to love. Something they got to do together privately. Sure, Yuki would walk with them occasionally, but not like he once did. The rat was preoccupied with his own relationship and the responsibilities of being student council president. 

“Kyo!” 

Looking up immediately at the sound of her voice, Kyo couldn’t help the fond smile that etched along his lips at the sight of her. Standing, he picked up his bag as she approached him. “Hey, you. Are you done for the day?” 

Tohru smiled, reaching for his hands. “Mmhm! I have a bit of a headache though,” she replied with a giggle. 

“Are you feeling sick?” he asked, concerned. The last thing he wanted was for her to overwork herself again. She had such a habit of doing that. 

“Not really. I think it’s just from all the numbers.” 

Chuckling, he nodded. “Yeah, alright. Why don’t we order in tonight?” he suggested, intertwining their fingers together. 

Tohru followed along happily as he tugged her along down the hall. 

Man, he loved her. He loved her more than he thought his heart would ever be capable of loving someone. The small smiles she made, how the littlest things made her happy… he adored all of it. Adored every second he got to spend with her. And wanted that to be for the rest of his life. 

“Kyo, look! The sun is setting,” she cheered with a smile, pointing out over the fence lookout. 

He paused with her, keeping his palm firmly against her own. “Yeah, it is.” 

She giggled next to him, leaning her head onto his shoulder. “You know… I always loved sunsets. Even more now than I used to.”

“Hm? Why’s that?” 

“Cause it’s the same color as your eyes.” 

Kyo flinched, gritting his teeth as his face flushed. Blinking down at her, he caught her gaze as she smiled up at her. 

“Don’t say cute things like that, you idiot.” 

Tohru merely laughed in response.

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Day 2: Kyoru with their first son, Hajime, as first time parents 

[lycorogue]

Kyoru Week: Day 2 - Firsts

I’m gonna be honest, I wrote this in like 2hrs; it’s nearly 1am (so I missed the deadline for the 2nd day in a row), and so I haven’t really edited it. Sorry if there’s any typos. I’ll try to do a good polish/edit tomorrow when I’m awake again. :P 

UPDATE: K. It should be all edited now. ^_^ UPDATE #2: I forgot to mention that you can also read this story on AO3, on FFN, or on DA

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Experience It All

Spoilers: Story is post high school graduation Romance Level: Newly Dating Word Count: 1493 Summary: It's the first apartment Kyo ever owned. The first one he and TOHRU ever owned. And he becomes surprised as to how many more "firsts" they have to go.

Kyo was buzzing with nervous energy. The keys to their new place clinked against each other as he spun the ring around his index finger, catching the keys and then spinning them in the opposite direction. Spin clockwise. Catch. Clink. Spin counter-clockwise. Catch. Clink. Spin clockwise again.

“Is this it?” Tohru clung to Kyo's left arm. She had been taking in the quaintness of the village he had moved her to, but upon hearing the jingle of the keys, she focused on the building before them.

“It's gonna be small,” Kyo warned, not moving as he took in the apartment complex. “It's not going to be like Shigure's place, or your grandfather's.”

“That's okay. Mom and I used to have a small place. Besides, I'm sure it will be way bigger than a tent.” She giggled, and hugged Kyo's arm close.

She had spent months in that tent, alone in woods she didn't realize had belonged to the affluent Sohma family.

Months. Alone.

Kyo had never been alone. Not really. He had been neglected, sure, and might as well have been alone. Still, he always had an adult near by. When he was real young it was his mother. Then, after she died and Kyo was all but disowned by his father, Kazuma Sohma took him in. He had loved Kyo, and the boy took that love for granted. Worse. He didn't accept that it was real, not before he met Tohru. Even when Kyo was lost within himself - after failing to save Tohru's mother – he wasn't alone. Kazume spirited him away to recover and revive. Then it was Shigure's turn to watch over Kyo.

For someone who felt isolated and unloved, he always had a guiding hand. He was the adult now; almost. He wasn't living in someone else's house anymore. This was his place. He held keys for his home. He was the master of this place. He wasn't sure he was ready for that sort of responsibility. Why couldn't he be a stupid kid again?

“Kyo-kun?” Tohru's soft voice brought Kyo back to the present. “Are we not in the right place?”

“No. No we are. Sorry. I was just-” He looked up at their apartment front door. He could do this, right? He could run a household. He could work full time as an apprentice at the local dojo. He could provide for Tohru. He could keep her happy and safe here. He could even save up enough for her to take the train back to Tokyo a few times each year to visit everyone. He was a man now. He could do it.

“Come on.” Tohru tugged a bit on his hand. “Show me our new place! I can't wait to see.”

Chuckling at her eagerness helped ease him. She could always do that. No matter his mood, she could always bring him to center. With a huge grin, he sprinted ahead, dragging her behind him as he took the stairs two at a time. She squealed with excitement as she ran with him.

“Ready for our new place?”

“Kyo-kun.” It was her turn to sound a bit nervous. “This is the first time it will be just the two of us in a home.”

“I know.” He pulled her into a hug, still marveling at the fact that he could hold her in his arms; feel her head nestled against his chest. “I'm sorry. It may be a bit lonely since you don't have others to keep you company while I'm out.”

She pushed away from him and shook her head. “We have all of these neighbors. I'm sure I'll find plenty of company here.”

“I know you well enough to know that it will be impossible for any of these people to not love you as soon as they meet you.” He gave her a quick kiss on the lips before resting his forehead against hers. “I'm sure in no time you'll have our place bustling just as much like a convention center as Shigure's house.”

Kyo unlocked the front door, and slowly sung it open. It was such a simple little abode. From the front door he could see the little galley kitchen to the left, the three-square-meter living room straight ahead, and the double glass doors to the porch just beyond that. There were three doors to the right: a bathroom, and two closet-sized bedrooms. Kyo wasn't even sure if the Western-style bed Shigure had bought Tohru a few years back would fit in her cubbyhole. As it were, his futon was probably going to carpet his room.

“Kyo-kun?” Tohru tried to scrunch down to look under Kyo's arm. Then she stretched on to her tiptoes to try to see past his shoulder. As she bobbed and weaved, Kyo realized he was still in the doorway, and was now broad enough to block most of it.

“Sorry.” He blushed slightly, and scratched the back of his head. “I- I know that now isn't traditionally when I'm supposed to do it, but-” He gulped and tucked the keys into his front pants pocket. “Would you mind if I, ya know, carried you in?”

Tohru's hopping ceased. Instead, a grin slowly stretched across her face, and her whole body appeared lighter; not as weighed down by gravity as it should. Holding her hands, folded, against her chest, she emphatically nodded.

Smiling back, Kyo knelt so he could scoop up her knees. Lifting her into a bridal carry, Kyo carefully stepped her over the threshold of their home. Their first home. Theirs. Instead of putting her down on the other side of the door, he continued to carry her to the teeny living room, and swung her around in a large circle. Hooting with excitement.

“Look at it, Tohru! This is ours! Just ours!” Kyo stopped in the center of the room, and lowered Tohru to her feet. While he was still leaning down, she kissed him.

“I love it.”

“Come on.” He took her hand and pulled her through the apartment. “This is obviously the kitchen. I hope it will be big enough for you to cook, but if not I'll figure something out for you. We could even put the rice cooker right here, just outside the galley. I could put a little table here or something.” He then ran to the bathroom. “It's not much, but it has a shower, and there's a hot spring nearby if you wanted to occasionally soak in a tub instead.” He pushed passed her, and escorted her to the first of the bedrooms. “This one looks a bit small. It can be mine if you'd like.”

“Yours?”

Kyo was too excited to register her question as he escorted her to the second bedroom. “Yeah. This one looks large enough for your bed. This can be your bedroom.”

“Mine?”

“And look! There's a large enough window for you to climb through, and the back porch runs the full width of our place. You could easily reach a line through here, and that way you don't need to leave the warmth of your room to hang up clothes even in winter.”

“Kyo-kun-”

He hopped through the window with ease and looked up. “I can even access the roof easily from here if I really wanted to!”

“Kyo-kun!” Tohru's voice was loud, but still meek.

“Hmm? Sorry. You wanted something, Tohru?” Kyo climbed back inside, and scooped her hands up into his.

“You said 'my room' and 'your room'.”

“Yeah.”

“I- well-” Her thumbs raced across his fingers; nervous energy shooting out of her. “I was- I mean, since we-” Her face bypassed pink and went straight to crimson. “I'm sorry, I'm being too forward. Nevermind.”

Now it was Kyo's turn to match a beet.

“Tohru, were- were you- do you mean- Did you expect us to share a room?”

She squeaked and ripped her hands from his so she could hide behind them.

Kyo was going to live without a supervising adult for the first time in his life, and his girlfriend wanted to share a bedroom. Wasn't he a high school student just a couple of weeks ago? How did life go this fast?

He gently bopped the top of her head with his knuckles, startling her enough to drop her shield of fingers. Before her surprise subsided, he cupped her face. He again rested his forehead against hers before pecking a kiss on the tip of her nose.

“You do not have to ask me twice to share a room with you, Tohru. We can use the other one for something else. Storage, or a library, or a study-”

“Or a practice room for you?”

“We can do whatever you want with it.” He scooped her into another hug, his heart racing with excitement. After three years with this woman, he still had so many Firsts to go through. He couldn't wait to experience them all.

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Kyoru Week Day 5: Paper Flowers

Word Count: 413

The dining room table was a disaster. Construction paper pieces of varying sizes and color were strewn across the surface, crayons and markers were leaving trails of color in their wake, and the glue - oh, god, the glue. Kyo would be up scrubbing this damn table long after the kids went to bed. He should have put down newspaper. Tohru always put down newspaper like a responsible mother, but he had forgotten and now he would pay the price.

Hajime was doing his best to not contribute to the mess too much, like the responsible ten-year-old that he was, but Uchi, at only six, was....focusing on the task at hand more than the havoc he was wrecking. Ko, their only daughter and still a toddler, was seated on Kyo’s lap as he tried his best to help her with her project. He could tell that they were all having a great time, and he knew that Tohru would fall over herself with joy when she received her handmade Mother’s Day cards, but right now, he would be lying if he said it wasn’t stressful.

“Daddy! Blue!” Ko exclaimed, and Kyo grabbed the marker that was just out of reach of her tiny hand.

While she scribbled on her purple construction paper, he asked the boys, “So how’s it coming? Are you guys about finished up? Mom will be home soon.”

“Yeah, I think I’m almost done,” Hajime responded, “I just need to put on the finishing touches.”

“I need more construction paper!” Uchi proclaimed.

“Buddy, I think you have plenty of construction paper to choose from here. What color do you need?”

Uchi thought. “Pink! Will you cut a heart, Dad?”

“I sure will.” Kyo found some pink paper and started trying his best with the child-safe scissors. They sucked, honestly.

“Dad, aren’t you going to make anything?” Hajime asked him then.

“Well, I don’t know. I’ve been mostly focused on you guys.”

“You should!” Uchi said as Kyo handed him his pink heart. “I bet Mama would really like it.”

“Maybe. Should I make her a card?”

“Yeah!” Uchi agreed.

“I think you should do something different,” Hajime said, somewhat distracted as he searched for a crayon, “Like origami or something, I don’t know.”

“Hm.” Kyo thought of something then that he knew she would love. She still had the original displayed proudly on their mantle. He hoped he still remembered how to fold it as he reached for some paper.

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My first Kyoru fic: this is for Kyoru week 2019 day 1 prompt: Stay (BEWARE POST MANGA SO READ AT OWN CAUTION)

Stay:

Kyo had never been very good in awkward situations, especially when a certain rat boy was involved. So when he was caught being affectionate with the love of his life by his ex worst enemy, his first instinct was to flee. That, however was not in the cards for him on this occasion. With Tohru comfortably sat in his lap, asleep, with her head cuddled into his chest and his own arms wrapped around her, he tried to push his embarrassment aside, as Yuki speedily left the room, muttering under his breath about how much the “stupid cat” had changed in such a short time.

Kyo knew not to rise to it, he had learnt a lot in the past couple of years and his temper was already depleting. It was impossible to stay angry for long with his beautiful ray of sunshine in his arms. He turned to kiss her forehead, thankful for this amazing girl who loved him for a reason he couldn’t even fathom, and who helped him without even realising it. The person who’s pure determination kept him from running away and regretting for the rest of his life those few years ago when she begged him not to leave. The same girl who, even through her fear, was more scared to lose him forever than she was of his cursed form.

He loved this girl more than anyone or anything in the entire world, would give her the world if she ever asked, not that she ever would. Her strength, compassion and selflessness were some of the many reasons he fell for her. He would spend the rest of his life being her support, her anchor and trying to make her smile. After all that’s what she was for him.