So. I've been watching Fruits Basket lately off my cousin's DVD series, so it is now one of my many obsessions. Which can only lead to me eventually writing about it. I don't know necassarily where this idea came from, but I have a feeling it's been stuck in my pile of stacked 'possibly' idea for quite awhile now. Lol. So anyways-hope you enjoy. Have no idea how well this will go but-meh. This one's pretty short, but if I do continue with this the next chapters are sure to be longer. :)
Note: I have not read the manga. With an exception of a tiny bit-part in volume 15, and a few other scenes friends and family have pointed out to me, I have only seen 15 episodes so far in the anime. So, all my knowledge of FB is based on the anime. Sorry if this turns off a few people, but FB is really hard to get hold of where I live (without actually purchasing it, of course. Lol.)
Disclaimer: I do not own FB. At ALL.
Community service.
The words hit him smack-dab in the face.
"Actually, it sounds kinda fun." Tohru smiled, as she glanced at the piece of paper, the one she had hand-picked randomly from the basket. She giggled, and turned to Kyo to see his reaction.
He wasn't pleased. That was for sure.
"I can't believe we're forced to do this." He muttered silent curses, then at the sight of Tohru, cleared himself. "I mean, seriously, don't they know some people have plans for the summer?"
She shrugged. "Well, I think they do. But, it is for a good cause, right?"
Kyo rubbed the back of his head and snuck a look at his classmates' papers. A sigh. "Picking those papers were useless. They all say 'Community Service'. No way out of it."
"It's for the extra credit, Kyo."
"Miss Honda is correct," the smooth serene voice of the silver-haired Sohma member peeped into their little conversation, backing up Tohru's statement. "We need it to complete highschool."
"But-"
"Which we all, want to do, right?" Yuki cocked an eyebrow at Kyo, waiting intently for whatever answer, and giving a sidelong glance at Torhu, who somewhat did the same.
"Don't worry one bit, Kyo. If you do breakdown or anything, you have me and Yuki right behind you!" She grinned, then paused when she his features heat up to its boiling point. I guess Kyo really isn't excited for community service.
Kyo inhaled, then exhaled. "I'm going home. No one's gonna stop me."
Blank stares came over Tohru and Yuki, as they watched orange top out of the building. He'd be lucky if he wasn't trampled over by Kagura this time.
He did not want to spend his summer picking out litter people had purposely left on the beach for someone to pick up.
That was the first thing that popped into his head once he ran the rest of the way home.
There was actually still ten minutes in his last period, but never once did that cross his mind. Kyo was actually looking forward to summer this time-but community service, even just the thought of it-was apparentely enough to ruin his last day of his junior year, and his summer completely.
He wanted to fight Yuki, train with Kazuma, spend a little more time with certain someones than he had, and do what he thought he should do.
Kyo leaned back onto the roof of the Sohma residence, and breathed in a haste of fresh air to try and clear away his thoughts.
Doing work without getting something out of it was completely out of the question.
But it's for a good cause, she had said. With a smile, with compassion, like always.
Always.
"Says her," he mumbled, then in swift movement, leaped off the roof at the calling of dinner.
"Community service!" chanted Shigure, a goofy grin permanentely glued onto his face. "That sounds like a wonderful idea to spend the summer! You know, back when I was in highschool, I had a great time-"
"That's because you got to see those highschool girls in their bikinis." A statement by one of the other two guys-wouldn't matter which, because both were thinking that either way.
The dog smirked. "Why yes, but it was also the thought of doing such good in the world that-"
"Shut up and eat your miso," said Yuki, as he helped himself with a silent slurp.
No way would he listen. "So, when do you start?"
Tohru glanced up, and for the first time that dinner, answered for the three of them, "We start in two days! We're going to meet up with our coach from school at the beach, and he's going to assign us jobs for the summer. It's going to be a lot of fun, I heard." Naturally, she seemed content.
"Fantastic, you'll be starting right away then!" But of course, Shigure's mind was on other things…
He could imagine it now.
"Tohru, you're on lifeguard duty." The man circled around the decent-numbered group of teens, passing on glares at some, chuckles at others.
"Yuki, bathrooms."
Coach did two more rounds and announced a few more students' roles, then threw an intense smirk at orange top.
"Kyo, you're the ice cream man," he said finally. "And no slacking on the job. Be nice to the little kiddos, and no passing out free ice cream. Which means none for you without a purchase. Clear, Sohma?"
A brief nod, angered, but contained.
The whole irony of it was that it was reality in disguise.
He'd been too blind to realize it.
Reviews, please. Should I continue?
PS. Can someone tell me the name of the school's coach? I know there was an episode on it, but I haven't seen it. Only a short clip.