Advice

A Fruits Basket Fanfiction

By Infinite Enemy

Summary: Yuki asks various members of the family...about sex.

Rated: PG-13 (Sexual references).

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket

A/N: I've read the first six graphic novels. I did my best on getting the honorifics correct, if I messed up let me know and I'll fix it. This will approximately seven chapters long (They will be relatively short as well, compared to what I usually write), and I'll post one a week. Reviews are welcome. Extra feedback (..if you don't like to review, for some odd reason…) may be sent to the email address in my profile. Thanks.

Chapter One: Shigure

Yuki was not a brave person. He knew this. He was strong, and kind, and very polite. But brave? Not in the least. This was something that Yuki had long since accepted as a part of himself. There was no such thing as "overcoming his weakness to be the best person in the world!!" as other believed; he figured he was good enough as he was. Recently, he'd begun to get over a rather difficult time in his life, in which he began dating a girl named Saori, who had been introduced to him by his older brother Ayame and was the sister of his brother's shop assistant Mine-chan. He didn't really love her, and Saori didn't really love him. But they were there for each other, and that was what mattered.

Recently, things had gotten rather hot and heavy between the two of them. Yuki was, after all, a seventeen year old boy. He had his desires, and Saori welcomed them. Both were fairly comfortable with each other's bodies, and had talked briefly about sex. It was, in Yuki's opinion, good that they were talking about it. This was it was a rational decision, and not an unplanned, heat of the moment, accident.

There were a few problems with this, however, none of which he was particularly sure about how to handle. The first was his curse. Saori had, in fact, found out about it. She wasn't, in fact, sickened by him and Akito, in fact, didn't know about this. There were quite a few facts, all of which cheered Yuki up immensely. It was nice to have someone that he could talk to alone about the curse. Saori allowed him to confide in her and talk to her about his problems. He wasn't ashamed. Saori in turn poured her heart out to him.

They didn't love each other. Perhaps neither were actually capable of loving the other. Yuki, because he still loved Tohru. Saori, because she still loved Keisuke. But they had each other, and that was what mattered. They could do without love for now, as long as they had that comfort and companionship.

The problem of his curse was rather complicated. They had pretty much worked out how to make out without having him turn into a rat every few minutes. (He did turn into a rat every few hours, however.) But sex? Was it even possible? Yuki felt that it was his duty to at least find out. She might not be interested in romance if she knew that they could never be closer than kisses, and Yuki was not one to keep her from what she wanted, even if it hurt him.

But how to find out? He didn't dare just do it with her…things might get awkward, and he didn't want that to happen. His only solution was to ask for advice. But…who? Ayame came to mind first. Yuki crossed that off right away. Ayame was probably gay (even though he never came out and said it, besides his jokes with Shigure)…Shigure! What a perfect idea! He was an adult, but still young enough to understand. He wouldn't make fun of Yuki and make it a bigger deal than it actually was as Ayame was sure to do. (Well, Shigure would make fun of him…but that wasn't as big a deal.)

Yuki decided that he would ask Shigure the very next day, as soon as he got the opportunity.

"Sh-Shigure-san?" Yuki asked timidly. It was the next day, and having passed up several perfect opportunities, was working on some homework. Shigure were reading the paper. Tohru and Kyo were off somewhere, and the house was relatively quiet.

"Hai, Yuki-kun?" Shigure asked, dropping his paper to give the boy his undivided attention. It had been a boring paper anyway, and besides, from the way Yuki was stuttering and blushing, this had to be good.

"Ah, Err. I need a bit of advice, if you don't mind. See, You're almost like..like…a brother to me, you know? Well…more of a brother than Ayame-san."

Shigure laughed. "Ah! Of course Yuki-kun! Ask me anything at all!" Her propped his chin on his elbows and faced Yuki, smiling brightly.

Yuki scratched his head, face reddening even more. "Err…yes. Well. Ah."

"Go on Yuki-kun, no need to be shy." Shigure prodded.

"How do you…or we…or any of the zodiac…havesexwithouttransforming?" He rushed through his sentence, then crossed his arms and looked at the ceiling.

Shigure was blank for a long second; his eyebrows had disappeared into his dark hair. He coughed. He sputtered. He covered up his discomfort with a joke.

"Ahh!! So Yuki-kun has gotten past first base with that girl Ayame introduced to you! You sly…mouse… you!" He poked Yuki's ribs with his elbow, winking. "Haha! Who knew you'd be the mischievous one…just like your brother!"

"Ehh…" Yuki hated being compared to Ayame-san. He glared at Shigure. "Er…can you tell me? Is there some sort of secret to it??"

Shigure just laughed again. "Nope, no secret. Just…you have to be careful. Really…it'd probably be best if you talked to Ayame-san about this. You know he'd love to help."

Yuki looked back at the ceiling determinedly. "I am not going to ask him. I'd rather die first."

"Well…I suppose you could always as Kyo how he and Tohru—" The conversation ended there and Yuki stomped off. He'd find Hatori and ask him. He was a doctor after all, so biological things were his specialty. Shigure was still laughing, rubbing his head where Yuki had punched him…he might have to go see Hatori later as well…Yuki sure was strong.

As soon as the boy was safely out of sight, Shigure headed to the phone. Ayame had the right to know. Even if Yuki didn't want to talk to him…Shigure would make sure that the two brothers had a chat. He hummed happily to himself as he went. This whole thing might even turn out to be fun.

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