Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. -shifty eyes-
A/N: I actually wrote this during a thunderstorm. xD The power went out and I had nothing to do, so I wrote some fanfiction. :) Enjoy.
Thunderstorms
-Boom-
Tohru Honda had been sound asleep when a loud noise woke her up. She sat up in bed and looked around her room for the source of the sound, but saw nothing. Thinking it must have been her imagination, she lay back down, trying to remember what she had been dreaming about.
'Oh, right,' she thought, 'something about kittens and bunnies picking flowers in a field…'
As soon as Tohru closed her eyes though, the sound came again-
-Boom-
She sat up again, realizing what it was: thunder.
Now, you'd think someone who's seen the true form of the vengeful spirit of the Cat from the Chinese Zodiac, not to mention humans turning into animals, wouldn't be afraid of something as silly as a thunderstorm…
You'd think that, right?
As another loud -Boom- sounded, said girl crawled deeper under her blankets. "It's just thunder. Just nature." Tohru whispered to herself. "Like Mom always said, 'Nature is nothing to be afraid of.'"
After a few minutes of hiding and not hearing anything, she ventured out from under the covers. Still she heard no thunder, but Tohru did hear the pitter-pat of rain outside.
Thinking it would probably thunder more, she decided to see if Kyo or Yuki would let her spend the night in their room. She'd feel better if she were with someone, but hoped they wouldn't think she was trying to intrude on them.
Tohru grabbed her pillow and was in the process of opening her door slowly, as to not make any sound, when there was another loud clap of thunder. Opening the door quickly, she ran down the hall to Kyo's room, since it was the closest, and entered without knocking, slamming the door behind her in panic.
She thought Kyo would be sound asleep, it being the middle of the night after all, so she was quite surprised when upon entering his room, she saw him sitting up in bed, reading by the light of a small lamp near him.
Kyo looked up from his book to see Tohru standing there, looking very cute in her pink pajamas.
Seeing the surprised look on his face, Tohru began to say very quickly, "Kyo-kun, I didn't wake you up, did I? I'm sorry if I did. It's just that it's thundering and it's quite loud. Oh, I'm sure you know that already. I wanted to know if I could spend the night with you, because, well, the thunder is really loud…" she finished, looking away from Kyo.
"So, your afraid of thunderstorms?" he said. When she nodded, he couldn't help but grin a little.
"If you want," he said, looking out the window and away from Tohru to hide the blush creeping up on his cheeks, "you can stay in my room tonight."
She smiled, and said, "Thank you Kyo-kun! I know it's dumb to be afraid of thunder, but ever since I was little, it's just frightened me a lot." Tohru walked to the other side of the room, and sat down. "Why were you awake?"
"Oh," he replied, not really listening to what she was saying but just watching her, "I couldn't sleep. Rain woke me up."
Tohru was silent, listening to the rain. She had to admit, it did sound loud from Kyo's room. "Your not feeling sick because of the rain, are you?"
"No, I'm alright…I don't feel it as much when I'm sleeping. But now I'm starting to feel it a bit. But don't worry, I'll be fine!" he added after seeing the worried look on her face.
"Oh, well, good night then." Tohru said after a few moments of awkward silence. She lay down on the floor, resting her head on the pillow, and facing away from Kyo. He was in a bit of a daze, so he didn't even hear her. He just saw her lay down on the floor.
"Wait a second," he said, still sitting in his bed, "Isn't the floor hard? Why don't you take my bed and I'll sleep on the floor, I don't mind."
She blushed at his generous offer, but replied, "Kyo-kun, I couldn't do that! This is your room. I don't want to be a burden. And the floor is fine," she finished with a cheery smile.
"Well then…why don't you sleep in my bed with me? It's large enough for two people…" Kyo said, trying, and failing horribly, to hide the crimson coloring now on his cheeks.
Tohru was also blushing, but not wanting to sleep on the hard floor, said, "If you say so…" and walked over to his bed. Kyo was moving over when she sat down. She had to admit, it was probably the same size as hers, and since her, Hana-chan, and Uo-chan could fit in it, there should be no problem here.
And there wasn't a problem as both went to lie down, but the situation in itself was something Tohru wasn't used to. "Well then," Tohru said, blushing furiously, "Good night then."
"Yeah…'night." Kyo said, with a small smile on his face, although Tohru couldn't see it.
A/N: Sorry for the OOC-ness. I know there was some in there.
Do you think I should continue this? I think I can do maybe one or two more chapters, like what'll happen in the morning when they wake up and remember the previous night, or what if Shigure finds them. Let me know if I should continue or leave this as a one-shot. :)