Decisions
Hi everyone! This is my second Fruits fic, and I hope you all enjoy! As for a disclaimer I own none of Fruits Basket, I still own my cup of coffee, but that's about it! Just as a pre-warning, since I will be dealing with the anime and not the manga the characters may go slightly OOC. The manga comes out in February here, and I am greatly anticipating it!
It was a warm day out and Tohru spent most of her math class looking out the window. There was only a month left of school and then it would be over. Her high school career would end and her life in the world would begin. "What am I going to do?" she thought to herself. She would fulfill her mother's dream, but then what? She had never given much thought to what she would do after that, and instead put all of her energy into succeeding in high school. With Yuki's assistance she had become a model student, achieving high marks in all of her classes. She had never failed in what she put her mind too, and once she had found herself and her way of learning she had excelled in that also. Most of her friends had already decided what they would do next, but Tohru had not a clue. She had even put off her meeting to "plan her future" as the school called it. She turned around and glanced at Hana and Uo-chan. Neither would be going to college, but they would both become busy holding down jobs. Kyo-kun planned on taking a vacation to the mountains. Yuki would most likely go to college, although he hadn't mentioned anything. Everyone would move on. Tohru was thrown out of her thoughts by an announcement over the loudspeaker.
"Honda Tohru, please come to the guidance office. Honda Tohru please come to the guidance office." She wondered what it could be about, but then decided it could only be one thing. It was time to plan her future.
She was surprised to see her grandfather sitting in the guidance office. "Is everything ok?" she asked automatically, almost fearful.
Her grandfather smiled at her. "Hello Tohru, everything is fine." He answered her. "The school called me so we could all have a chat about what to do after you get out of school." The counselor came in the room and motioned for Tohru to sit down.
"Honda-san, as you know, you are a model student with excellent marks. We have received an offer from an American university for an exchange program. We thought of you, and thought you might like to consider this exciting chance."
Tohru sat shocked. "Go to America?" she thought, "But what about my friends? Kyo-kun, Uo-chan, Hana-chan, Yuki..Yuki" Just as she was about to say no, that she could never consider leaving her grandfather spoke up.
"How exciting Tohru! Think of how happy Kyoko-san would be!" When Tohru heard that her voice stopped in her throat. Of course hr mother would be happy, she loved all things adventurous and exciting. Her mother would be so proud of her.
"I will need some time to think it over." She said silently, her heart almost breaking.
"That's certainly understandable." Replied the counselor. "Please have an answer back to me by the end of the school year however since we will need time to plan and arrange everything. And if you have any questions, please feel free to stop in and we can go over anything you want."
She got up, gave her respects to her grandfather and walked back to class. The bell rang and people started filing out of classes. Down the hall she saw Yuki, Kyo, Uo and Hana all coming towards her.
"Honda-san, everything ok?" asked Yuki with a deep look of concern. He was looking at her face and noticed that she had paled, and looked unhappy. All of a sudden as if she could read her mind her face became normal again and she smiled brightly.
"Of course Yuki-kun! It was just a meeting to plan on my future after high school." She answered. She wasn't ready yet to tell her friends about this. She had to come to her own decision first. Plus she didn't want anyone to be concerned or worried, and part of her didn't want any of her friends to tell her what a great and exciting opportunity this was.
"So what did you decide on?" asked Kyo. He knew she was having a hard time with planning things for after high school. In a sense he understood how she was feeling. His whole life had been about beating Yuki in anything, and once they had learned how to live together, even accept one another, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do with himself.
"Nothing yet, they presented me with a few options, but nothing worth talking about now." She said brightly. "Let's hurry to our next class before we are late!" Hana watched the girl go down the hall, feeling the strange waves, but trusting Tohru to talk when she wanted to talk.
Classes ended, and Yuki and Kyo were both busy after school so Tohru walked home alone. She walked into the house, put her books down and sat at the table. Shigure walked into the room and was waiting for his familiar greeting from Tohru but none came. "Tohru-kun, everything ok?" he asked concerned. Although he was the light-hearted one out of the group, he knew when it was time to be serious. Tohru had to trust someone so with a promise from him that he would not tell Yuki or Kyo she told her day's events.
"I see," he answered when all was said, "And how do you feel? What do you want to do?" he asked her. He personally didn't want her to go away but he didn't want to hold her back from something she wanted to do.
"I don't know," she answered honestly, "Part of me doesn't want to think about it, couldn't bear leaving all my friends, but another part thinks of how happy my mother would be and how she would jump at something like this."
"Do you see though, how one side is concerned for your friends and the other is for your mother? Don't get me wrong, there are those things to consider, but you still haven't answered how YOU feel." He patted her on the head. "Maybe you should think about what you would like." Just then Yuki came through the door.
"Like about what?" He asked. Tohru had again had that sad look on her face, which changed the moment he came in, but Shigure looked a little serious too.and for Shigure that meant something was definitely up.
"Just dinner plans Yuki. Tohru was asking me what she should make for dinner." Shigure answered him then walked out of the room singing a song. Yuki didn't believe it but until Tohru wanted to talk about it, he had no choice but to play along. If this problem, whatever it was persisted, he wouldn't play along for long. If something was wrong with Tohru then he wanted to know how to fix it. He hated seeing her upset.
"Yuki-kun, you are home early! Any suggestions on dinner?" Tohru asked him. She didn't seem upset anymore, but she often hid her true feelings for the sake of others.
"Whatever you make is fine with me," he answered happily, "You are a wonderful cook, so everything you make is great." She blushed under his praise and smiled at him.
"I am going to get some things from the secret base then. Thanks Yuki- kun!" she got up from the table and went to grab the vegetables needed. When she got outside, all of it came rushing back. When she was almost there she almost bumped right into Hatsuhara. She looked up startled. "Hatsuhara-san! Sorry about that! I didn't even hear you!" she exclaimed.
"Just because I am a cow doesn't mean I can't be silent." He smiled at her.
She blushed at him. "No! I didn't mean it like that!" she started to explain. Haru smiled at her again.
"So, I heard you had a meeting today. Preparing for the real world huh?" he asked her.
"Yes, it was no big deal, you can do it next year too.' She answered. "Haru-san, what's Yuki-kun planning on doing?" She wasn't sure if he knew or not, but figured it was worth a shot.
He stared at her. "You mean he didn't tell you? He told me he was going to see what you were doing, and then figure it out." He thought simply, and never thought Yuki wouldn't want Tohru to know he was depending on her.
Tohru was surprised. "Why would Yuki wait for me? Why would he hold himself back?" she thought to herself. "No, he didn't mention it. I am sure he will though." She beamed at him. "Well Yuki's in the house, and I have to get back to dinner preparations. Are you staying for dinner?" When he agreed they went their separate ways.
Instead of the news of Yuki making her feel better, it made her feel worse. The last thing she ever wanted was to be a burden to any of them, especially not Yuki. "Maybe I should consider America." She thought to herself.
Well that's it for the prologue. I hope you all like it, and please let me know what you think! Reviews make me inspired to continue writing, since I know people are then reading my story! I have no idea where I am going with this.it is mainly just a write as a go sorta thing, so any comments are always appreciated!!!
Hi everyone! This is my second Fruits fic, and I hope you all enjoy! As for a disclaimer I own none of Fruits Basket, I still own my cup of coffee, but that's about it! Just as a pre-warning, since I will be dealing with the anime and not the manga the characters may go slightly OOC. The manga comes out in February here, and I am greatly anticipating it!
It was a warm day out and Tohru spent most of her math class looking out the window. There was only a month left of school and then it would be over. Her high school career would end and her life in the world would begin. "What am I going to do?" she thought to herself. She would fulfill her mother's dream, but then what? She had never given much thought to what she would do after that, and instead put all of her energy into succeeding in high school. With Yuki's assistance she had become a model student, achieving high marks in all of her classes. She had never failed in what she put her mind too, and once she had found herself and her way of learning she had excelled in that also. Most of her friends had already decided what they would do next, but Tohru had not a clue. She had even put off her meeting to "plan her future" as the school called it. She turned around and glanced at Hana and Uo-chan. Neither would be going to college, but they would both become busy holding down jobs. Kyo-kun planned on taking a vacation to the mountains. Yuki would most likely go to college, although he hadn't mentioned anything. Everyone would move on. Tohru was thrown out of her thoughts by an announcement over the loudspeaker.
"Honda Tohru, please come to the guidance office. Honda Tohru please come to the guidance office." She wondered what it could be about, but then decided it could only be one thing. It was time to plan her future.
She was surprised to see her grandfather sitting in the guidance office. "Is everything ok?" she asked automatically, almost fearful.
Her grandfather smiled at her. "Hello Tohru, everything is fine." He answered her. "The school called me so we could all have a chat about what to do after you get out of school." The counselor came in the room and motioned for Tohru to sit down.
"Honda-san, as you know, you are a model student with excellent marks. We have received an offer from an American university for an exchange program. We thought of you, and thought you might like to consider this exciting chance."
Tohru sat shocked. "Go to America?" she thought, "But what about my friends? Kyo-kun, Uo-chan, Hana-chan, Yuki..Yuki" Just as she was about to say no, that she could never consider leaving her grandfather spoke up.
"How exciting Tohru! Think of how happy Kyoko-san would be!" When Tohru heard that her voice stopped in her throat. Of course hr mother would be happy, she loved all things adventurous and exciting. Her mother would be so proud of her.
"I will need some time to think it over." She said silently, her heart almost breaking.
"That's certainly understandable." Replied the counselor. "Please have an answer back to me by the end of the school year however since we will need time to plan and arrange everything. And if you have any questions, please feel free to stop in and we can go over anything you want."
She got up, gave her respects to her grandfather and walked back to class. The bell rang and people started filing out of classes. Down the hall she saw Yuki, Kyo, Uo and Hana all coming towards her.
"Honda-san, everything ok?" asked Yuki with a deep look of concern. He was looking at her face and noticed that she had paled, and looked unhappy. All of a sudden as if she could read her mind her face became normal again and she smiled brightly.
"Of course Yuki-kun! It was just a meeting to plan on my future after high school." She answered. She wasn't ready yet to tell her friends about this. She had to come to her own decision first. Plus she didn't want anyone to be concerned or worried, and part of her didn't want any of her friends to tell her what a great and exciting opportunity this was.
"So what did you decide on?" asked Kyo. He knew she was having a hard time with planning things for after high school. In a sense he understood how she was feeling. His whole life had been about beating Yuki in anything, and once they had learned how to live together, even accept one another, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do with himself.
"Nothing yet, they presented me with a few options, but nothing worth talking about now." She said brightly. "Let's hurry to our next class before we are late!" Hana watched the girl go down the hall, feeling the strange waves, but trusting Tohru to talk when she wanted to talk.
Classes ended, and Yuki and Kyo were both busy after school so Tohru walked home alone. She walked into the house, put her books down and sat at the table. Shigure walked into the room and was waiting for his familiar greeting from Tohru but none came. "Tohru-kun, everything ok?" he asked concerned. Although he was the light-hearted one out of the group, he knew when it was time to be serious. Tohru had to trust someone so with a promise from him that he would not tell Yuki or Kyo she told her day's events.
"I see," he answered when all was said, "And how do you feel? What do you want to do?" he asked her. He personally didn't want her to go away but he didn't want to hold her back from something she wanted to do.
"I don't know," she answered honestly, "Part of me doesn't want to think about it, couldn't bear leaving all my friends, but another part thinks of how happy my mother would be and how she would jump at something like this."
"Do you see though, how one side is concerned for your friends and the other is for your mother? Don't get me wrong, there are those things to consider, but you still haven't answered how YOU feel." He patted her on the head. "Maybe you should think about what you would like." Just then Yuki came through the door.
"Like about what?" He asked. Tohru had again had that sad look on her face, which changed the moment he came in, but Shigure looked a little serious too.and for Shigure that meant something was definitely up.
"Just dinner plans Yuki. Tohru was asking me what she should make for dinner." Shigure answered him then walked out of the room singing a song. Yuki didn't believe it but until Tohru wanted to talk about it, he had no choice but to play along. If this problem, whatever it was persisted, he wouldn't play along for long. If something was wrong with Tohru then he wanted to know how to fix it. He hated seeing her upset.
"Yuki-kun, you are home early! Any suggestions on dinner?" Tohru asked him. She didn't seem upset anymore, but she often hid her true feelings for the sake of others.
"Whatever you make is fine with me," he answered happily, "You are a wonderful cook, so everything you make is great." She blushed under his praise and smiled at him.
"I am going to get some things from the secret base then. Thanks Yuki- kun!" she got up from the table and went to grab the vegetables needed. When she got outside, all of it came rushing back. When she was almost there she almost bumped right into Hatsuhara. She looked up startled. "Hatsuhara-san! Sorry about that! I didn't even hear you!" she exclaimed.
"Just because I am a cow doesn't mean I can't be silent." He smiled at her.
She blushed at him. "No! I didn't mean it like that!" she started to explain. Haru smiled at her again.
"So, I heard you had a meeting today. Preparing for the real world huh?" he asked her.
"Yes, it was no big deal, you can do it next year too.' She answered. "Haru-san, what's Yuki-kun planning on doing?" She wasn't sure if he knew or not, but figured it was worth a shot.
He stared at her. "You mean he didn't tell you? He told me he was going to see what you were doing, and then figure it out." He thought simply, and never thought Yuki wouldn't want Tohru to know he was depending on her.
Tohru was surprised. "Why would Yuki wait for me? Why would he hold himself back?" she thought to herself. "No, he didn't mention it. I am sure he will though." She beamed at him. "Well Yuki's in the house, and I have to get back to dinner preparations. Are you staying for dinner?" When he agreed they went their separate ways.
Instead of the news of Yuki making her feel better, it made her feel worse. The last thing she ever wanted was to be a burden to any of them, especially not Yuki. "Maybe I should consider America." She thought to herself.
Well that's it for the prologue. I hope you all like it, and please let me know what you think! Reviews make me inspired to continue writing, since I know people are then reading my story! I have no idea where I am going with this.it is mainly just a write as a go sorta thing, so any comments are always appreciated!!!