AN: Hello! This is my first fic. I do not own Fruits Basket and blah blah blah. Anyway, I must say that someone had used my username (Nekko-chan) and put a story under it. I think it was called "Troubles around the Sohma Household" or sumthin like dat. That's not mine, okay? THIS is my first fic. I hope you like it, you demanding people! Heeh. Enjoi hug hug
"Tohruuuuuu!" Shigure called down the hall to the kitchen. Tohru was washing the dishes and suddenly dropped them and ran to where Shigure was. Tohru stood there, wiping her hands on her apron. "Yes, Shigure-sama?" Tohru asked, eager to please. "Well, since you're working so hard and doing a VERY good job, if I do say so myself," Tohru blushed, "I've decided to take you to Las Vegas for a week!" Tohru clapped her hand over her mouth and then started waving her hands around nervously. "Oh, no! Shigure-sama! That's too much trouble! You don't have to do this for me! I'm just doi—." "Now, now, Tohru-chan. We all know you're tired and sore, so why don't you do us a big favor and come?" Shigure smiled as he sat under the kotatsu (just so some people know, a kotatsu is one of them big tables with like, a heater thingy under it). "W-well, if you insist, Shigure-sama. Thank you! Thank you so much! I-I'll do extra housework when we get back! I promise!" Tohru said, waving her hands again, but this time in excitement.
"But, unfortunately, I have to look after the other two, so they'll have to come with us. Although it would have been very pleasant with just you and m—OWWW!!!" Shigure yelled as he got hit on the head with Yuki's book bag. Yuki came in the room and stood next to Tohru. "Tohru-chan, being alone with Shigure-sama is dangerous, being the pervert that he is." Yuki told Tohru firmly. "U-um, y-yes, Sohma-kun," Tohru said, blushing. "Y-Yuki-kun! Must you always hit me with your bag? Goodness," Shigure moaned, rubbing his head roughly, feeling with his fingers the small bump forming on his crown.
"Well, if you would quit being a pervert, then maybe I would," Yuki said. "Tohru, would you like to come help me with my garden? I'm planting watermelon since it IS the beginning of summer," Yuki asked graciously. "Oh, yes! That would be fun!" Tohru said. She smiled greatly and thought to herself, 'Wow! I love gardening with Yuki-kun!' And then she remembered something. "Oh no! I have to finish washing the dishes!" She yelped. "Oh, it's alright. I'm sure Kyo could help you. I'm sorry I can't help. I have to get everything ready for our gardening," Yuki explained. "Oh, it-it's okay! I can do it myself!" Tohru said indignantly. "Hm. But either way, Kyo should be doing something else besides practicing martial arts outside. He'll get skin cancer and die if he's out too long in the sun. But it's not like it matters to me," Yuki smiled to Tohru. "Yuki, Yuki, Yuki. You should love Kyo. He IS family you know. You should be ashamed of yourself," Shigure shook his finger at Yuki while Tohru left the room. "You should be ashamed of yourself as well, Shigure," Yuki said coldly as he walked out of the room and outside to prepare for the gardening. Shigure sighed. "Tell me one thing, God. What in the hell is wrong with this family?"
'Yuki is so kind. So are Kyo and Shigure. I'm so blessed to be living with this family.' Tohru thought to herself as she finished up the dishes. She finally rinsed the last dish and set it in the drying rack and wiped her hands on her apron. She untied her apron and set it on the counter. But right when she turned around, Kyo jumped in front of her and she squealed. "AH!" Tohru said, as she landed on her bottom. She put her hand to her heart as she tried to calm herself down. "K-Kyo, y-you scared me!" She said. "Well, it's not my problem," Kyo said carelessly. Tohru got up and walked to Kyo. "Kyo! Guess what? We are going to Las—," Tohru said before she got interrupted with Kyo saying "OW!" While she was talking, she had gently put each hand on Kyo's forearms. He smacked her hands away and yelled in pain. "God, why'd you do that?! Can't you see that I'm sunburned?!" He started for the sink and cooled down his arms with water. Tohru was surprised and embarrassed. "I-I'm so sorry, Kyo! I didn't mean to, I-it was an accident! I'm sorry, I never should have—," Tohru stammered, before she got interrupted again. Kyo turned the water off and turned to face Tohru. He grabbed a hand cloth and patted his arms. He could see her smoky blue eyes starting to brim with tears. He sighed to himself and looked at her. "Look, Tohru. I, I'm sorry, okay? You don't have to be sorry. You didn't know. And yea, I know we're heading to Las Vegas. But Thanks for trying to tell me. Anyway, do you have anything to help my sunburn?" Tohru blinked back her tears and lightened up at a chance to please Kyo.
"Y-yes! I do! I have something in my room," Tohru said cheerfully. She flew up the stairs, with Kyo following behind her. He waited at the door patiently, hands in his pockets of his green cargo pants. She hurriedly looked for the lotion; her back turned to Kyo, and then found it, smiling in approval. She picked it up and ran towards the exit of her room. But not knowing that Kyo had followed her, she ran into him, gasping. "Ah!" Tohru yelled. Kyo looked in surprise that Tohru had knocked him over. She landed on top of him, the both of them not able to do anything because of their occupied hands. For a few seconds, neither reacted. 'Oh no! This is horrible! Kyo must be furious at me! And why do these certain feelings keep biting at me? I can't help it! Is it wrong and bad? Am I a bad person to be thinking this way? Kyo smells, somewhat nice...a boyish scent. It's nice. Oh no, it seems bad that I'm thinking this way! What should I do?!' While Tohru was thinking that, Kyo thought to himself, 'Damn! Why does she always have to be in such a hurry? Can't she just cool her jets for 5 seconds?! But for some damn reason, this feels right. It feels like her body fits perfectly into mine. And she smells like...honey? And, flowers, and the rain...oh damn. What the hell am I turning into Shigure for?!' They both stood up hurriedly and looked at the ground.
"I-I'm so sorry, Kyo! I didn't know that you were following me! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to—," Tohru blushed and looked away. "Tohru! Just cool it, will ya!" Kyo put his hands around her shoulders and held them firmly, blushing a little as well. "Tohru, you just have to relax, okay? Don't always be so occupied in apologizing. It gets on my nerves. Just say sorry...ONCE, got it?" Kyo said. Tohru nodded vigorously. "O-okay, Kyo. Oh, a-and here's the solution! Just put it on wherever it burns, okay? You should feel better soon!" Tohru smiled happily at Kyo. "Yeah, whatever. Thanks." Tohru handed the bottle to Kyo. Then the two of them turned around to see Shigure right beside them. "Hey! Since when were you here?!" Kyo yelled. "Oh, just now. I came to see what all the commotion was about," Shigure smiled. Kyo gave Shigure a look that said, 'Whatever.' Then Kyo started reading the bottle. "What do you have there, Kyo?" Shigure asked curiously. Tohru stood there waiting for his answer for some reason. "Well, it says er... 'Sensual Sex Oil'...in strawberry flavor?! What the fuck, Tohru?! Why'd you give me this?!" Kyo waved it in the air, beginning to get flustered. "Ehhhh?! N-no, Kyo! I thought I gave you the Aloe Gel! Oh, I'm s-so—I mean, I'm sorry," Tohru said with a small bow.
Shigure grabbed the bottle of oil from Kyo. 'Uh oh. This looks familiar...I'll just pretend that it's not mine...hee hee hee!' Shigure thought to himself. "Hm, well, Tohru. I'm surprised you have something like THIS in your bag of supplies," Shigure held up the bottle and examined it. Tohru blushed furiously. "N-no, Shigure! Th-that's not mine!" Tohru waved her hand around. Kyo saw writing on the bottom of the clear bottle filled with pink fluids. 'Hah! That old hack got caught in his own game!' Kyo thought to himself. "Hey, you stupid bastard! Your names on the bottom. Ha ha! What a jackass!" Kyo said, pointing and laughing. Tohru gasped and blushed even more, feeling embarrassed for Shigure and surprised. 'Oh damn. Kyo has to ruin everything.' Shigure thought. "Oh, is that so? Ha! Would you look at that! It does in fact have my name on—""TOHRUUU! Are you up here?" Yuki called upstairs and started heading up. Then Tohru gasped. "Oh no! I'm late to go with Yuki! I'm so sorry, Yuki!" 'Hmph. Going where exactly?' Kyo thought miserably. With that, things started calming down. Kyo decided to 'forget this shit' and head up on the roof for more training. "Oh, wait. Tohru, I need the gel stuff," Kyo remembered. "Oh, y-yes! I'm sorry. I'll get it for you right now." Tohru hurried back to her room, grabbed a bottle, stopped and read it to make sure it wasn't something embarrassing, and then gave it to Kyo. "Here you go! You can have it if you want!" Tohru smiled. Kyo blushed a little. "Thanks." Then he walked out to the balcony and onto the roof. Tohru came back to Yuki and smiled. "Shall we go, Tohru?" Yuki offered his arm to Tohru. She blushed at his charming act and ringed her arm around his. "We shall," she smiled to Yuki, and he smiled back. They walked downstairs and out the front door to the garden. Now only Shigure was left. "Hm. What should I do with this?" Shigure held it up, looking at it. He snickered and tucked it into his robe. "I'll save it for Vegas. Who knows what could happen there," he said and walked downstairs to prepare for the trip.
"Thank you for letting me help plant with you in your beautiful garden, Yuki. It's such a wonderful day today! It makes me feel so happy!" Tohru sighed gently. "Thank you for being with me on this wonderful day. It makes ME feel happy," Yuki smiled at Tohru. Once again, she blushed but looked away. 'Oh, why does Yuki have to be so kind? He's making me feel these wonderful feelings! Just like Kyo is doing. Do I...like them? Oh, I said it! But is it true? Or, I do like them very much as friends...but this feels like something different...love?! Oh no! This is bad! I'm such a bad person! It's not supposed to be this way!' Tohru started shaking her head from these disturbing thoughts and Yuki noticed. "Um, Tohru? Are you okay?" Yuki said. "O-oh, yes! I am perfectly fine, in fact. We should start planting!" Tohru suggested. "Yes, we should." So the two of them planted and talked and planted and talked. At times, there were awkward silences and at others there was laughter. Finally, they were done. "Wow, I hope the watermelons turn out nicely!" Yuki exclaimed, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand. "Oh, they will, Yuki! I just know it!" Tohru giggled and assured him. Then Tohru sighed deeply. She walked over to a cherry tree and sat down against its trunk under the shade. "The cherry blossoms are so beautiful, and every one of them is perfect," Tohru sighed once more.
Yuki came over and sat down next to Tohru. There was a pause, and during it the wind blew ever so gently but just enough to detach several cherry blossoms from their stems. They whirled all around Tohru and Yuki, making one land on Tohru's nose. She giggled and looked at Yuki, blushing. "You are beautiful, Tohru, and you are perfect," Yuki said softly and quietly so that only the two of them could it. Tohru blushed and felt the heat going all they way from the bottom of her chest to the tips of her ears. She looked in Yuki's deep, purple eyes and put her hands over her cheeks. 'Oh my god! Y-Yuki just said that I was beautiful and PERFECT! Oh, I don't deserve those words! Oh no! I'm blushing too much! He can tell! What should I do?! This is just like last time! Uh, um, should I compliment him too?!' Tohru panicked. Yuki noticed this humorous act and reached over and grabbed the cherry blossom on Tohru's nose. He looked at it and said, "Beautiful and perfect..." Then blew it away with the rest of the swaying blossoms. Yuki looked at Tohru and smiled and even blushed a little bit. "It was very nice having you help me with my garden. I think we should go pack now. We're leaving tomorrow, you know," Yuki stood up and offered Tohru a hand. 'Yuki is such a gentleman! I, I...like it when he's like this. I like it a lot, and I'm not afraid to admit it!' Tohru thought and grabbed Yuki's hand. They walked together side by side and went to their rooms.
"Whew, I have to take a break. I've been working way too hard...no! But it's not enough! Not enough for the damn rat! No matter how hard I train, I'll never defeat him! Never!" Kyo kicked some rocks on the roof and stormed back inside to his room. Right when he walked in, he saw Yuki and Tohru laughing and going to their rooms. 'Yeah, yeah. I'd like to bitch-slap that stupid smile right off of Yuki's damn face!' Kyo thought angrily. And as if he had heard him, Yuki turned his head to Kyo and said sternly, "Hurry up and pack, you stupid cat. We're leaving tomorrow as you know." "No duh I know, damn rat," Kyo snapped back and retreated to his room to pack. At this moment, everyone was now packing for the trip. But since Shigure started earlier, he finished earlier. He marched up the stairs with a checklist to see if everybody had everything for the vacation. "Everybody! Get out here right now. I have to check if you guys forgot anything to pack!" Shigure yelled. They all came out with their luggage. Shigure started. "Daily clothes such as: shorts, skirt (for Tohru, my dear!), short sleeves, tanks, swim suits and flip-flops. Everybody check?" Yuki and Kyo rolled their eyes and nodded. Tohru, however, had none of those since she only wore her uniform and her long dresses. "Um, Shigure-sama? I'm sorry, but I don't have any of those. I've never been on a trip before," Tohru said, disappointed for not being prepared. "Oh, Tohru my flower! There's no need to worry! I'll just give you some money and...you can go shopping with you friends, Hana-chan and Uo-chan! It will be fun!" "That's a wonderful idea! Oh, but, I can use my own money, Shigure!" Tohru looked up at Shigure and assured him that it would be okay. "No, no. Don't worry! Que sera sera, as I say! Just take it. If you don't, then I won't be happy, Tohru-kun," Shigure teased, but knew that Tohru would take it seriously.
"Oh...alright. Thank you so much, Shigure! I can't thank you enough!" Tohru was so happy that she hugged Shigure without knowing it. "Ah!" Shigure yelled as he transformed into a tail-wagging dog. "I...I'm so sorry! sigh I'm so stupid!" Tohru yelled, looking down in shame. "It's quite alright, Tohru, as we are already used to—." Then Shigure transformed back naked, of course . "Wow, didn't take very long!" Shigure smiled and stood, his un-worn clothes pooling around his feet. "Kyah!" Tohru ducked and turned around. "Damn it, Shigure! Will you just throw on your clothes and get back to business?!" Kyo yelled. "He's right, Shigure. Just hurry up already," agreed Yuki. "Okay, okay. These things take time. I'm not Houdini for something," Shigure sighed. Then the checklist went on with yes's and maybe's and no's. Then they were finally done. "Here, Tohru, before I forget. Take the money and go out with your friend to go shopping. I have a list of items that you should buy, okay? So you're all set to go!" Shigure smiled. "Oh, thank you, Shigure! I'll be back as soon as I can! I have to call Hana-chan and Uo-chan before I go," Tohru said excitedly. Shigure smiled and went downstairs to his office and Yuki went to his room. Tohru was so excited that she once again ran into Kyo but he stopped himself from falling, so the impact was hard. "Ah!" She muffled as she talked into his chest. "I'm sorry! I was in a hurry!" Tohru looked up to see a gentle pair of dark red eyes look into hers. She blushed as those annoying thoughts creeped into her head again. "It's okay. By the way, I should probably take you. You don't know how to drive, right?" Tohru shook her head no. "Okay. Hurry up and get ready. I'm getting in Shigure's car," Kyo said nonchalantly. Kyo walked down the stairs. Tohru listened to the clinking of the car keys and the opening and closing of the front door. All of a sudden, something made Tohru want to do her hair and change into something more attractive. "Uh...well, what I wear doesn't really matter, does it? But, it won't seem very formal to Kyo, would it? Oh, I don't know! I think I'll just braid my hair and change into my summer dress," Tohru told herself, looking in the mirror. Then she called Hana-chan and Uo-chan to see if they could go to meet her at the mall.
The car honked twice quickly and Tohru flew down the stairs. "I'm going! Bye Shigure and Yuki!" And with that she plopped down on the seat next to Kyo. "Kyo-kun, I never knew you could drive!" Tohru said admiringly and smiling at him. Kyo looked over for a second and blushed a little, getting embarrassed. "Well, it's not that hard. I could teach you sometime if you wanted to," Kyo said trying to steady his voice and keep his eyes on the road. "That would be so wonderful! But you don't have to, Kyo! That would be too much trouble, won't it?" Tohru wondered. "No. I have nothing else to do anyway." They drove quietly until they reached the mall. "Well, here we are," Kyo said and stepped out of the car. He looked across from the car to see Tohru, but she wasn't there. Then he went to Tohru's side and saw that Tohru was struggling to open the door. She motioned her lips to say 'It's stuck!' Kyo sighed and opened the door with ease and let her step out. Tohru smiled and blushed. Kyo ran one hand through his orange hair. "We're gonna have a lot of work to do," he sighed.