Akari: Hiiii! I am in the greatest mood ever! Why? Because I just finished watching all of Tsuritama, and it had the best ending I've ever seen, so awesommeeeeee! If you haven't seen this anime before I highly suggest watching it all! It only has 12 episodes though, but it is epic! Anyway, I should get back to this story, I hope you guys like it! ^^ I do not own Fruits Basket or any of its characters, here is chapter 1 of Opposites Do Attract, and I will make every chapter 3000 words, it is now my new policy! (By the way, Kyo comes in later in future chapters, sooo, for a while it will be a TohruxYuki, BUT, it will only be like a crush! Just cause I'm soooo nice xD) This will definitely be a TohruxKyo in later chapters! ^^ Also, the flashback in this chapter is set in the year 2012 and the year of the story is set in the year 2015! So basically, Tohru is the same age as me when she was in year 7 ^^ And, in the story, Tohru hasn't met Kyo yet, so the scene from the anime where Kyo smashes through the roof, doesn't happen just yet… Sorry to confuse you… xD
They say that opposites don't attract,
Some people agree with this so called theory,
But you can't help it when you fall in love,
You only find your true love once right?
It was a normal afternoon as I studied for my yearly math test in the school library; it was incredibly easy so I flew through all of it in no time at all. My name is Tohru Honda, I live with Yuki and Shigure in a small town called Kaibara which is in Japan. People at school refer to me as a 'geek' that loves nerdy things like studying, but I can't help it, studying is the only thing I do in my spare time, after all I do want to become a doctor when I leave school in 2 years, so there's not a moment to lose.
I shut my textbook with a sigh of relief, all of my math was finished so I packed up my stuff and put it all in my bag, pushed my glasses up my nose, and left to meet Yuki at his class, he decided to study for his science test in the science classroom, so that's why he isn't here because there are much more science textbooks in there, I can't complain though, those textbooks are pretty detailed.
The school was pretty much empty, everyone was in their classrooms and it was Friday afternoon, last period. I heard a few snickers from the classroom that just passed; I was used to all of the petty bullying I've been getting ever since I first came here 3 years ago. It all started because of that guy named Hatsuharu Sohma, I still don't get why he does bully me, not even Yuki can stop Haru...
Flashback to 3 years ago ~
Tohru had just entered high school and was now in year 7, she couldn't believe it, she could finally study to become a doctor now that she was in high school. She pushed up her glasses further up her nose and had a look of determination. Tohru felt a little sad though, everyone from her primary school had their group of friends but she didn't, she never had friends in primary, all she would do in lunch break would be to read her medical book and sat by herself, no one payed much attention to her, saying that she was too geeky, but Tohru didn't mind, at least no one bullied her, they all just left her alone.
Until now that is...
The principal had just given everyone their timetable and explained how to read them, Tohru figured it out straight away, that was the benefit of being as smart as she was. The hall was as loud as ever, everyone got into their friend groups after the principal had told everyone that 2nd period was now starting, Tohru got up from her seat and read her timetable, it said that she would have math first. Tohru smiled as she put the timetable in her pocket and walked to the math block, math was her favourite subject, it was like a fun puzzle for her, and she was even more excited to hear that she was in the top class of year 7, no surprise there.
Along the way, Tohru asked for direction and in no time at all, she walked into her classroom. There was no one but the teacher in there, he sat at his desk and smiled at Tohru as she walked in. "Welcome" He said with a smile, Tohru smiled back and she sat in the usual spot she would sit for any class, right up the front.
Tohru got out her newly bought math book, along with her pencil case and set in on the desk, then she turned around in her seat and looked at the teacher and pushed her glasses up her nose a little. "I can't wait to learn some maths sir." Tohru smiled and the teacher looked a little surprised at her, "I'm glad, you must like maths then?" He asked, still smiling. "Of course, it is my favourite subject..!" Tohru replied. The teacher got up from his seat and wrote his name on the board just before a kid walked in, he didn't look as smart as she did, it was like he was in the bottom class, and most of all he looked downright mean, just by the smirk on his face as he and his huge friend group walked in, they all looked the same. Tohru thought it would just be better to stick to herself and not talk to them at all, but could she ignore them for the whole year? "Anything is possible" Tohru thought, staring at the blank whiteboard in front of her.
They all talked really loudly which made Tohru feel a little angry at them, how was she going to put up with this loudness all year? Then the impossible happened, the boy with black and white hair walked proudly over to her while the teacher wrote something on the board, 'Just great..' She thought. "What's yer name?" The boy asked with a smirk, he lent his elbow on my desk which got me a little pissed off, but I didn't show any sort of anger on my face, I'm skilled like that. I looked at him with an 'unimpressed face' and replied, "I'm Tohru Honda, and who might you be?" I didn't smile at him like I usually do with everyone I talk to; I had a straight face the whole time. The boy chuckled quietly and I heard the quiet giggles from his group behind me.
"I'm Hatsuharu Sohma, but just call me Haru, otherwise my gang will come after ya" And with that, Haru walked proudly over to his 'gang' and they laughed. I heard one of them whisper, "She's such a geek..!" This made me a little angry, but I just focused on what the teacher was writing on the board, algebra, easy as. But I couldn't help but wonder why Haru would bully me, ok I am a so called 'geek' and all, but I never used to be bullied in primary, people just used to leave me along and the occasional giggle was thrown towards me, but it wasn't as bad as it was going to be soon…
As the weeks passed, I noticed that I was the only smart one in my class, the rest just acted like 'know it all's' I wondered how any of these people got into this class in the first place. But just after that first day of high school, Haru just kept on bulling me behind the teachers back, I tried to tell the teachers about how he keeps on making fun of me, how I'm a 'geek' and all of these other terrible swear words towards me, and his 'gang' always laughed how 'clever' he was, what would they know anyway?
Then it got worse, much worse. He pulled this prank on me which basically ruined my life, it was the most embarrassing thing of my life. This is how it went…
Tohru was in her 2nd month of year 7, and Haru kept on bullying her for the most stupidest things, she couldn't tell her mum about it, she already had enough to deal with as a police officer, her mum was always stressed after work, so she didn't need to hear her stupid problems with bullying.
It was then lunch break, and before Tohru was about to go to the library to complete her math homework, she walked to her locker which conveniently happened to be pretty close to her math classroom. She put all of her books into her locker and got out the required books for the next two periods, while she did this, she didn't notice that a certain black and white haired boy was peeking around the corner with his 'gang' trying to hold in their laughter. I didn't notice that my diary fell out of my locker as I looked through my locker trying to find it. I couldn't find it anywhere, I started to freak out at the thought if Haru found it.
Haru crawled on his hands and knees, he quickly grabbed my diary from the ground and quickly ran back to his 'gang' Fortunately for me, I heard him when he ran back, and I gasped at the sight of him smirking as he read my diary, all of my secrets were about to be read by the meanest bully in the school, who knows what he would do with it now.
"Hey that's mine!" I raised my voice at him, "Give it back! It doesn't belong to you!" He and his gang laughed all together, they ignored me and kept on reading it. Then after a whole lot of giggling from them, before I knew it, a small crowd appeared and watched to see what would happen, this was officially the worst day ever, but it was about to get even worse.
Haru finished reading the page that he was on and he turned the book around, showing me the page he just read, but he put it high above his head where I couldn't reach it. Then it struck me, the page he read was the worst of all. This is what it said…
2th of January 2012.
Dear diary
The other night, me and mum went to the New Year's Eve and saw the prettiest fireworks ever, mum told me to go and buy some drinks from the stalls that were there, so I did.
I was waiting in line, staring at the starry night sky, that's when I saw a really cute boy, I gathered up my courage and went over to talk to him.
Turns out that he's going to the same high school as me in a few weeks, his name is Yuki Sohma.
I must admit, I had a crush on him, I've never felt about anyone like this before, it's hard to explain…
We ended up talking for ages, it made my mum worried but when I came back with Yuki, she just smiled and was glad that I had made a new friend.
But I think he might be more than a friend though.
We sat next to each other and watched the fireworks together, it made me blush…
I had a strange feeling in my pants, not sure what it was though, it sure did feel strange…
He told me that he's coming to my high school 4 months after everyone else because he has to move to Kaibara because he doesn't live here at the moment.
This made me feel happy; maybe he could be my friend.
Or maybe something more…
Maybe you can now see why I'm really embarrassed right about now, Yuki still hasn't come yet, just 2 more months and maybe Yuki can defend me from Haru.
Haru, who was laughing his head off along with his 'gang' as well as a few chuckles were heard throughout the crowd which seemed to become bigger every time I looked. "Ohhhh, how romantic, the geek has her first crushhhh…" Haru teased, I stood there with my mouth hanging open, I didn't know how to react to this situation. I figured that yelling at him wasn't going to solve anything and would just make things a lot worse, and the teachers might blame me for it if they were to walk past right about now.
I took a deep breath and mentally calmed myself down, "It's not that bad, it's not that bad…" I kept reassuring myself. My shaking hand retrieved my locker key from my pocket and locked up my locker, I felt the eyes staring at me, I was scared out of my mind.
"If you want your precious diary back Geek, come follow me…" Haru said in a mysterious voice and he held in his laughter. I nodded quickly and followed him, I'll do anything, just don't read the rest of my diary, please…
His 'gang' didn't follow him; they just stayed where they were and laughed their heads off. I didn't really care if people were laughing at me, the only thing that mattered now was getting my diary back from Haru's clutches.
He led me to the school oval where there happened to be a lot of muddy puddles, just my luck. Then he did something totally unexpected, he was about to chuck my diary into a muddy puddle but he stopped right in front of it and changed his mind along with an evil smirk. Instead, he chucked it into the open dumpster and I whined, how was I going to get it back out now? The dumpster was at least 5 metres deep with the smelliest rubbish ever. There was no other choice, I had to get it back no matter what, I can always wash my clothes when I get home I guess.
Haru walked off, leaving me attempting to climb the huge dumpster, I didn't see where he went, but I could still feel that he was watching, I didn't care. Then I jumped over the side of the bin and landed on the smelly rubbish, I searched around and looked frantically for my diary but I couldn't find it anyway, it was hopeless. After a few seconds of searching, I decided to call it quits and get out of there, "Ahhhhh!" I yelled as I slipped on something slippery and fell onto my back, pain shot up my back and I couldn't get back up, I was stuck in the worst place possible. "Help me!" I yelled for help but no one replied, then I saw Haru peer over the bin lid and smirk, "Oh crap.." I thought as he shut the lid of the bin, leaving me paralysed on top the rubbish, and no one knew I was in here.
I kept yelling for help, but no one replied, this was just like a nightmare; I was going to die in a rubbish bin, what a great way to die…
I lied in silence for what seemed like hours, staring at the top of the lid with anger, if only I could get up, damn my back. Then a small noise was heard from the outside of the bin, the soft voice of my first crush, it was Yuki! It had to be, that unmistakable quiet breathing, I couldn't believe it, my crush was saving me, how romantic, not that I like love or anything…
The lid of the bin opened slowly and the light from the sun burst in and I clenched my eyes, and there he was, Yuki.
"Y-yuki, help me, I-I can't move…M-my back" I moaned softly, I couldn't hold it in any longer, my heavy eyelids slowly shut, and then Yuki was gone, all that was left was darkness.
I woke up to being in the nurse's room at school; I had never been in here before. Yuki was at my side, sitting on a chair, and he was watching me with love in his eyes, not that I know what that is of course. "Miss Honda, you're finally awake, how do you feel?" He asked as I sat up in my seat but backed back down when the familiar feel of pain shot up my back, did I break my back or something?
"M-my back…Is it broken or something?" I asked, "No it isn't thankfully, you just have a bruised muscle in your back that's all, it should heal pretty soon.." He replied. I smiled and sighed with relief, thank goodness. "When did you get here anyway? I thought you were supposed to enrol in 2 more months…" He smiled at me yet again, I sure do love that smile. "We moved here earlier than expected so I decided to enrol now, and I hear that I'm in your class too.."
"Awesome!" Is all I replied, I couldn't wait to show Haru, he won't bully me anymore if Yuki is here…
But when Tohru and Yuki did go back to class, the bullying didn't stop, Haru just had another person to pick on, along with Tohru. But it was much easier having a friend to hang out with while studing, and the best part, Yuki loved studing just as much as Tohru did, and turns out that Yuki wanted to become a doctor, just like Tohru, the perfect guy for Tohru, but as they say, you never know what will happen tomorrow, everything could change…
End Of Flashback,Gosh That Flashback Was Longgg! xD
I got to the science classroom and waited outside for Yuki, "Ready to go?" I asked when he came out with his school bag all packed up from his studies, he smiled and nodded and we walked home together. Ever since 2 years ago, I've been living with Yuki and Shigure because my mum died a while ago, so the people that mum wanted me to stay with was the Sohma's since mum was pretty close to the family, after all, what's better then living with your crush right? It was really strange that first day when I found out about the Sohma's curse, I don't really mind though, they can't help it.
"Tomorrow, me and Shigure will be meeting up with our relatives who live on the other side of Japan, so your welcome to come too if you wish." Yuki spoke softly, I loved it when he did that.
"That sounds great, I'd love to meet more of your family" I smiled back, then Yuki looked a little worried for a second before he replied, "The two that are coming are Ayame and…Kyo, be careful around Kyo, he might get too carried away like usual.." Yuki spoke with such venom in his words, I've never seen him talk or look like this before, is this Yuki's true personality? No, it wouldn't be…
Stay tuned for chapter 2! What will Tohru think of Kyo? Oooohhhh, find out soon! ^^
Akari: Was it a good first chapter?! I wrote 3000 words for the first time! Yeahhh! Well, I'm happy because I completed this chapter in 5 hours straight! Wooohhh yeah! Anywayy, please review that would be awesome! ^^