A/N: I hate doing these before the story, but as I stated in the Authors note before this, this is a more edited version of the story. But I would still love some feedback on where I can improve and what not.

Disclaimer: I don't own fruits basket, nor do I claim to.

The house was quiet has Tohru studied with Tamoya, her boyfriend of a couple pair started dating not long after winter break. She met him at the hotel she works at when a couple of old guys were harassing her about walking home alone at night. Both Yuki and Kyo were busy that night. Tohru had forgotten what it felt like to be scared of men. Then Moya came around the corner and threw an arm around her and led her home with a smile on his face. He never made her feel uncomfortable, and then he started hanging around Tohru more and more, to Kyo and Yuki's dismay. It came as no surprise to anyone when Tohru announced that they were dating.

Tohru looked up from her book towards Tamoya, smiling to herself, remembering how they met.

"Why are you staring?" He said with a yawn, not looking up from his textbook.

"No reason," She placed her head back on his chest and continued her notes "I'm just thinking about how we met."

"I went through a lot of trouble for you Tohru." He said darkly, looking up from his textbook for the first time that night.

"I know, and I'm very grateful." Tohru's voice was barely above a whisper when Tamoya leaned closer to her side, his fingers underneath her chin.

"So don't you think it's time you should repay me?" Tamoya started to lean over Tohru. Her eyes went wide, as her heart quickened. "We've been dating for a couple months."

"I-I don't have anything to repay you with right now- but maybe tomorrow we can get ice cream?" Tohru stuttered out, leaning against the headboard, trying to put distance between them. Tamoya put his hand on her thigh, and leaned in closer.

"That wasn't what I meant." Tohru turned her face towards the window.

"I have homework, maybe you should go." Tamoya sighed, but headed towards the door anyway. "But you should come for dinner tomorrow."

"Yea sure whatever." Tamoya left, and Tohru started to breathe again. She wasn't as naive as people thought she was, she knew what he wanted. But, Tohru wasn't ready yet. She wasn't even sure if she loved him yet. Mom didn't teach her a whole lot about sex before she died, but, she did say to make sure you loved the person first, so you don't regret it. Tohru wanted her first time to be special, but maybe that was naive of her.

Tohru went downstairs to make some dinner. She decided on Yakitori with some noodles, and of course some tea. She was deep in thought when Shigure came downstairs, patting his kimono for a cigarette. Tohru giggled as she reached in a drawer without looking and grabbed the spare pack, and the matches. She turned around to give them to her guardian.

"Oh sweet little flower, what we do without you?" She just smiled, and called everyone to dinner.

She was silent through dinner, spacing off like she normally does. Yuki and Kyo figured it had something to do with Tamoya, but no one wanted to say anything. Tohru decided to go onto the roof, to clear her head. It's been a year and a half since she came to live with the Soma family, apparently she picked up a few things from Kyo.

"Oh- I'm sorry." She exclaimed as she poked her head onto the roof, seeing the red-head. "I'll come back later."

"No, you're fine." He said calmly. "What'd ya need?" Tohru climbed onto the roof, crawling towards Kyo. No matter how many times she crawled onto the roof, she was still scared she would fall.

"I just came to clear my head." Tohru said blankly, thinking about what happened with her boyfriend.

"That's real specific." Kyo said roughly. Tohru's eyes welled up with tears as she brought her knees to her chest.

"I guess it's not." Tohru bit her lip, trying to keep the tears from falling.

"Aw fuck, Tohru, don't- I'm sorry." Kyo folded his legs in front of him, and hunched his shoulders down, really looking like a shamed cat.

"No no, I'm sorry!" Tohru stood up quickly, waving her arms. "This is your space and I'm being cryptic!" She took a step back, almost losing her footing, but managed to sit herself back down.

"Are you gonna talk about why Tamoya left in a hurry?" Tohru's eyes went wide, then she looked at her feet.

"You heard?"

"Well yea, you should really start locking your window."

"He, wants something that I don't think I'm ready for." Kyo was silent, as if he was unsure how to respond. He probably thought she was being over dramatic.

"Well if he cares about you, he'll want you to be happy," Kyo started. "He should want to wait until you're ready." He stared at Tohru, who was staring at the ground. "Because he cares…" Kyo trailed off, and laid on the roof, staring at the open sky, and all the stars.

Tohru laid back too, her eyes gravitating to the moon. She became aware that Kyo's arm was pressed against hers. She leaned her head against his shoulder, careful not to trigger the transformation.

"He...He scared me tonight." Tohru said softly, so softly that Kyo almost didn't hear it, even with his cat-like hearing.

"If he scares you again, I'll kick his ass." She chuckled a little bit, closing her eyes He looked down at her, she had closed her eyes, her breathing slow and shallow. He smiled down at her, leaning his head against her, just for a second.

He had said something remotely right, he made her smile. He meant it when he said he'd kick that Tamoya's ass. He didn't trust him one bit. He wasn't very nice to Tohru, in school or out. But, when Tohru was around him, she seemed relatively happy when she was around him.

But he makes one wrong move and Kyo will not hesitate to kill him.