Disclaimer… I do not own Fruits Basket or its characters. I hope and pray it happens one day, but so far no go, so until then, I will use the in my fanfictions. XD

A/N: Oreobabez asked me to write a Valentine's Day story for FruBa with a Momiji/Tohru pairing, but life got in the way and I was unable to do so; however, I decided to write the story for White Day. It has been a while since I wrote anything for the genre and I miss it. I am going to have to get back to writing stories for Fruits Basket again. This will be based more on the anime than the manga since I am changing several things up and the anime allows for more of that than the manga. Enjoy!

Chapter 1 – Valentine's Day: The Confession

Once a year girl's make and/or give chocolates to their friends, but more importantly to the person the girl likes in hopes that she will get something in return on White Day. This was Tohru's second Valentine's Day with the Sohma family and so much had happened since the first one… so much had happened since coming to live with the Shigure and the others: she had made many new friends, found a new family that loved her regardless of who she was (for the most part, with a couple of exclusions), she had moved onto her second year in high school, the curse was broken, and she moved passed her crush on Kyo. Those were not the only things though; something else significant happened over the course of the past year… someone else had caught her eye.

Momiji Sohma was a year younger than she was and in the past year had started to mature and act more his age. There had been something about him that held Tohru's interest and as time marched on, she found herself thinking about him more and more. Maybe it was his exuberance about life regardless of what had happened to him in the past, or the way he didn't care about the consequences, he would try to hug Tohru no matter what, or maybe it was… well it could have been one of a hundred different things. He just pulled her in every time they talked or hung out together. Maybe it was just a simple crush, she wasn't sure, but she did know that she felt more for him than she ever had Kyo and that was saying something.

On Valentine's Day this year, she still planned on giving all of her friends chocolates like she had the previous year, but Momiji's would not be store bought like the others, she was going to make his chocolates special and hoped that he understood the hidden message. Long after everyone had gone to bed for the night, Tohru snuck down to the kitchen and proceeded to make her special gift for the rabbit and put it in the fridge to cool and set as she went upstairs to get some sleep before school the next day.

Regardless of the lack of sleep for the night, Tohru did not have a hard time waking up the next morning. In fact she was up before her alarm and in the kitchen boxing the precious chocolates, excited about handing over her gift to the blond. She was nervous and unsure, but knew she had to accomplish this task. What better way to confess than to hand over homemade chocolates to the boy she liked? Granted she was giving everyone chocolates, but his were wrapped differently, homemade in the shape of bunnies, and would include a little note that the others would not, which read, "I have never felt as close to anyone as I do you. Will you take a chance with me?" Originally intending to let him figure it out on his own, she had decided to write the little missive last minute and stick it in the box before she lost her nerve. She might anyway though, never having confessed to someone before and scared to do it now.

Finishing up the breakfast preparations, Tohru placed all of the food on the table and placed the small boxes of chocolate she got for her housemates next to their plates and observed as they wandered in one by one and sat down. As usual Yuki looked half asleep and Kyo looked like he wanted to fight the former rat, but kept his mouth shut knowing that he would not win that morning. Shigure breezed in as if almost dancing proclaiming that it was a beautiful morning and thus perfect for Valentine's Day. With a small giggle, Tohru had to agree with him.

"And what is this my lovely little flower?" Shigure asked lifting the box.

Smiling as her cheeks tinged with a hint of pink, Tohru answered, "Valentine's Day chocolates."

None of the boys wanted to say anything that would hurt her feelings and thus none asked if she put herself at a financial risk like she had the previous year… or at least they tried not to. Kyo finally growled, "Why did you go and do this for? You didn't forego anything to do this, did ya?"

Eyes growing wide, Tohru vehemently shook her head and hands, "No, no, not this year. I promise."

"Well, all right then, thank you," the former cat muttered and reluctantly and started to eat his breakfast.

"Yes, thank you. You are just so kind to…" Shigure started and was interrupted when he was hit by both Yuki and Kyo.

Yuki smiled at her, "Thank you, Miss Honda."

"You're all very welcome," Tohru's blush increased and she turned to her breakfast to distract her.

Soon it was time for the three teens in the house to leave for school. Running into the kitchen, Tohru grabbed the bag that contained the boxes of sweets for Arisa, Hana, Hatsuharu, and of course Momiji. His was the most important of the four. She may not have been sure how to give it to him yet, but she would figure it out… eventually.

As they walked to school, Kyo decided to breech a certain subject, "So, are you giving anyone special chocolates this year?" He had always held special feelings for Tohru, but had never acted upon them. Actually any time he had tried previously, a certain rat was always there to get in his way, thus nothing had ever happened relationship wise in regards to one Tohru Honda.

"If she did, I would think she would have better taste than to give it to you. Besides you already got your chocolate, which last year you complained that you didn't like chocolate," Yuki commented. Yes, he was provoking the former cat on purpose, but he couldn't help himself; and there was the fact that he had noticed how Tohru looked to their younger cousin, Momiji. It hurt a little because he had harbored his own crush for the girl, but on the other hand, he was happy for her because what she may not realize is that Momiji has liked her since he laid eyes on her; and the little blond teen deserved to find someone who would love him… hell they all did, and now that the curse was broken, Yuki had every intention of doing just that.

"Listen here you damn rat…" Kyo retaliated.

Tohru sighed. It was yet another pointless argument and an act that she was getting tired of witnessing. She had long ago stopped responding and trying to get the two cousins to stop. Shaking her head, the girl continued her walk to school without paying attention to her surroundings, thinking about how to deliver Momiji's chocolates. She didn't want to just leave it for him to find because she had learned that he was fast becoming as popular as Yuki, and she was afraid one of the girls that did like Momiji would throw away the confection before the blond could take possession; however, she was also timid about just handing it over to him. Would it be better to give it to Yuki, Kyo, or Hatsuharu to give it to Momiji? She just wasn't sure.

Hearing someone call out to her, Tohru lifted her head and then walked straight into a sign post and fell to the ground. "Stupid Tohru. You have to pay attention," she grumbled to herself and saw a hand enter her field of vision. Following the arm up, she found a smiling blond… the one she had been thinking about and she went into panic mode, "Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going because I was thinking about something, and you tried to warn me…"

Momiji grinned and cut off the rambling girl before she forged ahead too far, "Tohru, let me help you up. Are you alright?"

She finally took the offered hand and allowed the former rabbit to help her to her feet. "Yes, I am. Thank you," Tohru mumbled. She glanced up and found Yuki and Kyo rushing over to her and immediately put her hands up, "I'm alright. My head was just elsewhere."

"That is a normal condition for her," Kyo snickered.

"Leave her alone Kyo," Momiji spun around and ordered the other teen.

"Shut up you irritating rabbit. Her head is always in the clouds. That's a fact, but you need to leave so I can ask her out," the cat growled.

Momiji took a step forward, "I will leave when she tells me to leave." He refused to admit defeat to Kyo any longer. He like Tohru and he had intended on telling her, however, his confidence was a little shaken by Kyo's declaration. Looking over his shoulder, he saw the surprised look on Tohru's face. Was that a good surprise or a bad?

Shaking her head again, Tohru sighed sadly. She was about to say something to Kyo's declaration but Hana, Arisa, and Hatsuharu had joined their little group and she chickened out. Instead of addressing the cat, she passed out the chocolates to everyone. When that was done, her two best friends dragged her away and towards class. Now Tohru could only hope that Momiji would read the note and give her an answer later in the day.

An answer never came, and she didn't see Momiji again that day… well that isn't exactly true. She saw him, but it looked like he did what he could to avoid her. On the way home, Kyo tried to confess to her again, but she calmly told him, "I'm sorry Kyo, but I like someone else."

"Who?" He demanded to know.

Her expression turned sad and she said quietly, "Apparently someone who doesn't feel the same way about me." She left Kyo and Yuki standing there and continued the journey home not caring that they had not rejoined her. It was almost better this way because she wanted alone time, to lick her wounds and bolster her confidence by telling herself that maybe he hadn't had the chance to read the note with the chocolates. Maybe…

"Hey Yuki, do you know who it is?" Kyo asked quietly. He had never really seen her look so sad before, like her heart was breaking.

Nodding, his cousin answered him, "I do, but you might not like the answer."

"Who?"

"Momiji."

Kyo's jaw dropped and his head whipped around to look at the soft spoken teen, "Mo-Momiji? That annoying brat?"

"It may seem weird, but it's true. They have gotten a lot closer over the past year," Yuki replied watching the girl in the distance making her way to the house. No doubt she would probably throw herself into her housework in order to get her mind off things because he was sure there had been something special about the rabbit's chocolates and she had been expecting something that never came. What was wrong with his cousin?

Exhaling loudly, the orange headed teen questioned, "Aren't you upset about that?" He felt his heart breaking. How had he not noticed the feelings between the two teens? How did he miss the fact that while he and Yuki bickered, Tohru and Momiji had gotten progressively closer? "He stole her from us while we were fighting?"

"So it would seem?"

Silence engulfed them for a few minutes and then Kyo asked, "So what are we going to do about this?"

"What do you mean?"

"Look, I don't like the fact that she likes him when I like her, but I don't like to see her look so… so broken. We have to do something."

"We probably shouldn't interfere," the rat stated and glanced at his orange haired cousin. Sighing, Yuki finally agreed when he saw how serious Kyo truly was, "Fine, we'll call Hatori. Momiji should be with him and maybe he can find out something."

When they arrived home, they made sure Tohru was busy elsewhere and Yuki called Hatori to fill him in on what was going on. He didn't really want to get in the middle of it, but he had noticed that Momiji seemed out of sorts that day and finally agreed to see what he could find out, but that did not mean he would be reporting back to Yuki or Kyo.

Knocking on Momiji's door, Hatori walked into the room and found the blond lying on his bed holding an unopened box of chocolates, "What's that?"

"Tohru's annual chocolates," the rabbit answered never taking his eyes from the package.

"Why haven't you opened it? You like chocolate."

"Did you know Kyo confessed to her today?"

Ah, so that is what the problem was, Momiji was jealous and had lost confidence about the spark between him and Tohru. "I did not hear about that, but I do not believe she accepted him. Maybe you should open the box before you make a decision for her about her feelings," Hatori gave him a small smile and then stepped out of the room.

What was there to lose? Momiji took the dragon's advice and opened the box finding rabbit shaped chocolates and a pink piece of paper. If he remembered correctly, Hatsuharu's chocolates were just the store bought kisses, but these looked homemade. Pulling out the piece of paper, he read it and felt his heart start to speed up and the missing smile reappeared on his face. Now he just had to answer her, and by the time he was done, Tohru would not have to question his feelings for her at all. Pulling out his phone, he called Shigure's house and left a message for Tohru, "Expect an answer on White Day."