Disclaimer: As much as I wish I did, I do not own the series Fruits Basket or any of the characters from it.
I wanted to experiment a bit with my writing style this time, so when the writing is separated by "o-o-os" it just means that the point of view is changing. Also a single quote 'like this' means thinking silently, and a double quote "like this" means talking out loud. Thank you, and happy reading! .
--Chapter One--
Kyo:
'I hate cereal...yet here I am eating it.' Kyo picked up a spoonful, but then slowly turned his spoon sideways and watched the colorful pieces of his breakfast pour back into the bowl with the rest of the milk. With Tohru out on an all-day date with her new boy friend Kai, Kyo and the others were left to scavenge for themselves. 'I remember when she used to leave premade things in the fridge for when she left, or got up early and put it in a heating dish...' With a sigh he shoved away his bowl and glowered at it, as if it was the cause of Tohru being gone. She hadn't moved out, it was still him, Yuki, Shigure, and Tohru, but really it was only the guys.
Ever since Kai transferred into their school Tohru hadn't been around much. Always over at Kai's house or on a date. They did hang out at the house once, but Kyo and Yuki kept finding excuses to come in and ask Tohru things at the most inopportune moments so that was the one and only time Kai came over to their house. The glares and outright aggression rolling off both Kyo and Yuki every time they looked at him probably didn't help things either, but no matter the reason she was hardly ever home.
No more home cooked meals around the table all the time, no more game nights, no more campouts in the backyard by Yuki's garden. Kyo really missed that, missed the time spent with Tohru, the time spent with Yuki too even though he would never admit it out loud. Over the last couple years, since Kyo moved into Shigure's house, he had been getting to know Yuki a little more all the time, and not hating everything he learned either. Kyo still hated him, but not nearly as much, and they didn't have that many physical fights anymore. Now that he thought about it, it had been quite a while since they had gotten into a fight that went past yelling.
Just then, as if the fact that Kyo was thinking of him had drawn him into the room, Yuki stumbled into the dining room. 'He never really was much of a morning person...' Kyo thought to himself silently, holding back a chuckle at Yuki's morning hair style. 'He usually brushes his hair at least though…'
"Want some cereal?" He asked out loud, holding up the box and shaking it slightly to draw more attention to the offer. Sleepy people need all the help they can get you know.
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Yuki:
'Mornings suck...and so does Kai. Damn him, damn mornings, damn-'
"Want some cereal?" Yuki blinked at the interruption and focused at the moving object held in front of him.
"Damn cereal too! Get that out of my face you stupid cat!" The other boy just looked at him for a moment and then shrugged, setting the box back on the table.
"All right, suit yourself." With that Kyo went back to eating, leaving the now-awake Yuki to glare at him.
"You're just going to ignore me and go back to inhaling your food?!" Kyo glanced up at him over the spoon handle sticking out of his mouth.
"Dat waz ze genewal ibea..."
'He used to jump at any excuse to pick a fight, what happened?' After a second or two of thought Yuki shook his head and snatched the cereal box from the table, then walked into the kitchen and dumped it out into the trashcan before tossing the box in with its previous content. "Cereal like that is bad for you, just sugar. It will ruin your girlish figure."
Kyo watched him pick up the cereal and walk away, and then stared in shock as he poured it out. With the last comment though he sputtered his bite back into the bowl and
jumped to his feet, pointing at his long-time rival. "Wha'did ya do that for, you Stupid Rat?! And like you have any room to talk about looking like a girl!"
Yuki grinned grimly to himself and marched over to his accuser. "I have all the room to talk that I want, I'm not wearing a girl's shirt!"
Kyo glanced down and saw that he was wearing one of Tohru's shirts by accident and his face turned bright red. "It was in my drawer, I didn't pay attention when I threw it on!" He said in dismay, wincing at the pale pink shirt with blue flowers on it.
"Yeah, sure! You just wanted to wear one of Tohru's shirts! You're so pathetic, doing that just to try and be close to her!"
"You're the one that went into her room and just sat in the middle of the floor the other day clutching her pillow!"
"I was seeing if the p-pillow case needed to be cleaned! Or- or her floor mats turned!" Yuki stammered out, turning as red at Kyo.
Kyo just scoffed and went to turn around and finish his breakfast, not in the mood to fight. "You're not worth my time Rat..."
"I'm more than worth your time, I'm better than you're time you Stupid Cat!" With that he lashed out and punched the part of him that was closest: the other boy's shoulder.
After the initial few seconds of shock from Yuki starting a fight wore off, Kyo wheeled around and dropped into fighting stance, watching as Yuki fell into his own.
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Kyo:
'What is this damn rat's problem? He's just asking for me to kick his ass!' With that thought Kyo swung at his rival experimentally, not really surprised when it was smoothly avoided and followed by Yuki's counter swing. But since Kyo was expecting it, he crouched and kicked up at Yuki, actually connecting for the first time with his rival's stomach, causing Yuki to stumble back. Once Yuki regained his balance, he swung halfheartedly back at him, but Kyo ducked it easily and came up from under his guard, stopping his fist a fraction of an inch from Yuki's chin. "What's your problem?! Why're you going easy on me?!"
"I'm not going easy on you!" Yuki half-yelled as he lunged at Kyo, tumbling them both to the ground and bumping into the table in the process. The table wobbled and Kyo's breakfast sloshed all over both of them, distracting Yuki long enough for Kyo to twist around and get on top of him, pinning him securely with his hands over Yuki's wrists.
"Are too! I hit you and pinned you all in a minute, you're not even trying!"
"I am not going easy on you, you Stupid Cat!" Yuki yelled back, struggling against Kyo's hands to no effect.
"Quit lying to me, I'm sick of lies and you should be too!"
"I have better reasons to let you hit me than just going easy on you..." Yuki mumbled, turning his head to the side, feigning immense interest in Kyo's hand pinning his wrist to the floor.
"What?! Why would you just let me hit you?" Kyo asked, thoroughly confused.
"Gah! Leave me alone!" Yuki yelled up at him, turning his head back to glare at him while struggling harder to get up, his hands moving fractions of an inch and his feet shifting against the floor slightly.
"No, tell me why and I might let you up." Kyo replied, tightening his grip to keep Yuki still and covering the other boy's legs with his own to keep them more still.
"The outside might as well match the inside right? I'm broken there, so I might as well match..." Yuki was looking at their hands again, avoiding Kyo's eyes.
"What is that supposed to mean, you're upset so you want to hurt? What the hell are you upset over?" He asked. 'And why do I care?' He added to himself silently.
"Tohru is in love with him! Doesn't that bother you?"
"Wadda ya mean?! In love with who?"
"That bastard Kai!"
"Wha-? She's in love with him?" Kyo repeated stupidly, shocked.
Yuki saw his chance and pushed, the other boy falling off to the side and into the table in his distraction over the new revelation. "Why are you surprised, haven't you been paying attention?"
"I was paying more attention to her, than her relationship." He admitted ruefully, sitting up at the same time Yuki did and rubbing the back of his head.
"Well I've been paying attention to both, and she is."
"But she can't be..." Kyo said, feeling more than a little lost.
"Why not?"
"Because I'm in love with her." He said, half forgetting who was talking to in his depression.
"Well duh..." Yuki said, not in the mood for being kind.
"Then why'd you ask?!"
"Because I wanted to hear you say it first."
"Wadda ya mean- wait, 'first?'" He repeated, confused yet again.
"You really are stupid..."
"Just answer the question will ya?!"
"I Love her too." Yuki finally replied, staring down at the floor.
"Now it's my turn to say 'Duh!'" Kyo said, laughing slightly.
"What's so funny?"
"We're both screwed...'laugh or cry' right?"
"I suppose that makes sense, in a twisted kinda way." He said, smiling ruefully.
After a few moments of silence and private musing on both sides Kyo said, "I guess
Tohru would get upset if we killed him huh?"
That got Yuki to laugh a little, the first time in a while. "Yeah, maybe a little."
"Too bad…he's really annoying."
Yuki glanced over at him, an idea forming. "I'll have to agree with you this once."
Kyo just "humfed," crossing his arms over his chest and shaking his head vigorously to get the pieces of cereal out of it.
"Maybe…we could work together to get rid of him?" Yuki suggested, taking the more refined route and picking the cereal out of his hair a few pieces at a time.
At that Kyo looked over at him suspiciously, eyes narrowing in distrust. "Why would I work with the guy who spilt my breakfast all over me and dumped the rest in the trash?"
He asked, more than a little annoyed.
"Because we have a better chance at getting him gone if we combine our arsenal." Yuki replied calmly, searching his shirt for hidden breakfast. "And because Neither one of us has had any luck individually.
"Wadda ya mean?! I haven't done anything-"
"The glue in his shoes?" Yuki interrupted.
"I had noth-"
"The books and folders that were taped shut?"
"Yeah? Well how about when his bike had an extra lock on it that he couldn't open?"
"I don't know wh-"
"Or when you pored water into the bottom of your locker and it leaked down into his?"
"It's not my fault his locker is bellow mine and my water bottle leaked, I would never dream of doing anything so rude." With that Yuki pouted a bit, pretending to be offended at the very idea.
"Yeah, uh huh…" Kyo leaned back against the table, looking extremely unconvinced. "I have to give you credit though, those were good."
"I liked the book one, the timing was perfect." Yuki couldn't help but grin at the compliment and the memory of Kai's face when all the pranks had been pulled. "Too bad none of them worked though."
"Yeah, too bad." Kyo got a thoughtful look on his face and eyed the other boy. "So what were you thinking? About how to get rid of him I mean..."
At that Yuki smiled, his usual charm taking on a slightly malicious twist. "We make Tohru jealous…"
Kyo perked up a bit at that, his attention caught. "Like date some girls and flaunt it?"
"No, I've already tried that…" Yuki winced at the memory.
"Oh yeah, Minagawa-senpai. She left notes in your locker, walked with you to class, called every night just to-"
"Yeah, that one." Yuki interrupted hurriedly, not wanting any other memories to pop up. "But I wasn't talking about girls, I was talking about us."
Kyo just stared at him, blinking stupidly.
"Egh…I'm working with a-" Yuki took a deep breath, trying to restore him calm. "We pretend to date." He said with more composure than he was feeling.
Kyo continued to stare at him for a fraction of a second after he finished voicing his idea, then his eyes grew about five times their normal size and he jumped up, pointing his finger at Yuki. "What do you mean date you?! I'm not a homo! I don't even like you!"
"Oh, and I'm madly in love with you am I?!" Yuki yelled back, jumping to his feet too. "I just want Kai gone, and that's the only plan I can think of that we haven't tried yet."
"We could kidnap hi-"
"Tohru would get mad."
"We could threaten hi-"
"Tohru would get mad."
"We could ki-"
"Tohru would get really mad."
"We could…umm…" Kyo thought desperately, trying to come up with something, anything, and came up with absolutely nothing.
"Exactly: no other ideas."
"Well damn." Kyo said in defeat, collapsing onto a cushion beside the table.
"I whole heartedly agree." Yuki said, sitting down on an identical pillow beside him.
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Author's Note: Well, this is a new fic I'm working on and just wanted to know if I would be worth writing any more for it. If you like it and want more please review and tell me, otherwise I won't post anymore because it will be a dud. Thank you! .