This is my first Fruits Basket fic and it is a YAOI fic. Yuki/Kyou. I'm not sure about this story. I'll probably only put up three chapters. Sorry about that.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Fruits Basket.
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Yuki wheezed and clutched at his sides as he pushed his screaming legs to their limit as he raced his way down the hospital halls. Not paying to his muscles screaming for rest, he pushed himself on until he charged headon through a pair of the hospital's swinging doors. He stopped, gasping for breath and doubling over. His vision swam before him as he tried to catch his breath. " Am.....am I too late?" he gasped out, his ribs feeling as if there was several knives in his side. A hand descended upon his shoulder.
" Yuki, did you come all the way here from your student council meeting?" Hatori said, his eyes filled with concern at the younger boy's condition. " You should have waited until I came to pick you up," he lectured stoically, his hand was squeezing Yuki's shoulder. Brushing his hands, Yuki stumbled forwards and glanced around the room.
" Honda-san!" Yuki yelled as he stumbled towards the bed. He grasped desperately at her hand, a flood of tears gathering behind his eyes. Tohru lay in front of him, unconscious and scathly breathing. Her head and body were bound with bloody bandages, her breathing barely more than a continuous gasp at the air that life support provide her with. Yuki glanced up, barely able to hold back the tears that tore at his eyes. Uotani and Hanajima, Tohru's two best friends were by Tohru's side, opposite to Yuki. Kyou and Shigure were there too. Shigure had a grave expression on his face which was unusual on the normally carefree dog. Kyou looked like he was in shock. He stared out the window with his back to them, his hands balled up into trembling fists. Tears flowed down freely down Hana's eyes as she sobbed uncontrollably, her head placed upon the hospital bed and her shoulder shaking with every breath-racking cry. Uotani was in the same state as Kyou and clung tightly to Tohru's hand as if expecting her to wake up any moment while shaking with anguish. Her face was a silent mask of grief. Hatori seemed withdrawn as if drawing his turbulent emotions inside so it wouldn't add to the others but Yuki knew that he was suffering just as much as any of them. " Wha- what happened?" Yuki forced himself ask Hatori, his throat tightening up again with despair. Hatori looked away from Yuki's gaze before he began to speak.
" There was a car accident," Hatori began. " I was driving Tohru to Shigure's from the Main house. Akito wanted to see her." he said darkly, his face growing grim. Yuki could see the tight bandages wrapped around Hatori's head that he had missed earlier in his grief. " Akito made me wait outside while he talked to Tohru alone. When I asked her what had happened later when she came out, she smiled and told me that Akito just asked her how she was doing with Yuki and the others. That was suspicious of Akito but I let it go after Tohru convinced me that nothing happened." Hatori sighed deeply before continuing. " I insisted on driving her home. She only accepted because she was too embarrassed to say no. As we were driving, a car out of nowhere rammed into us," He glanced down at the white strips of gauze that binded his hands and wrists. " I got off lucky with just a few cuts and bruises. Tohru took most of it. The car had collided into her side of the car. It- it was my fault that Tohru ended up like this. I shouldn't have offered to take her home," He closed his eyes and hung his head in shame and grief.
" It- it's not your fault, Hatori. " Yuki rasped out with difficulty, his throat taut with grief. " You've couldn't have known that would happen," Hatori stayed silent, unconvinced and Yuki, though he did not believe it himself, did not have the strength at the moment to tell him otherwise. " What happened to the driver?"
" The driver had been drinking. He was killed instantly."
" Hatori, can't you do anything for her?" Yuki pleaded even though he knew the answer. Hatori shook his head rather reluctantly. " Nothing at all?" Hatori shook his head even more reluctantly.
" Hey," Uotani began, surprising them all. " You're a doctor, right?" she said, her voice teeming on the edge of hysterical. " Do something!" She grabbed at Hatori's coat and began shaking him roughly. " What kind of doctor are you if you can't help someone who needs medical attention!?" Tears began streaming down her eyes. " Help her! Why won't anyone help her?!" She sobbed as Hatori gently held her by the shoulders, not close enough to be hugging but close enough for comfort.
" Hatori-san had tried his best to help Tohru-kun," Shigure said gently, leading her away from Hatori who stood there with an impassive face but Shigure knew that Uotani's words had hit home. Why couldn't he, a doctor, help the people close to him when they're really in trouble? Turning, Hatori moved slowly as if his body had rusted with age while he was standing. He went to get ask doctor about Tohru's condition but part of the truth was he just wanted to get out of that room. That room, where Tohru laid, barely breathing because of him. He just wanted to get away.
Time passed slowly as silence filled the room like water poured into a glass. Yuki wasn't aware of how much time passed. When he at last glanced up, it was night and Uotani, Hanajima and Shigure were nowhere in sight, only that baka neko was with him and still standing at the window, trembling. Yuki shook his head in astonishment, that idiot had been standing in that same spot for five hours straight. He glanced at Tohru, his eyes filling up with tears again. She had been his friend, his companion and maybe something closer. If she was injured then there would be nothing Yuki wouldn't do to help her get better. If she died then he'd never get to tell her...
" Tohru," A barely audible whisper came from Yuki's left. " She- Tohru-" he began as he wiped helplessly at his eyes. " I can't believe that I'm seeing her like this. " Yuki sighed and stood up, letting go of Tohru's pallid hand.
" I know. She didn't deserve all the hardships she had. Losing her father, losing her mother, and now this. She didn't deserve any of this!" Yuki said, his voice choked with emotion.
" It's not fair. Why does everyone I care about get hurt?" Kyou said, turning abruptly to Yuki. " Tohru doesn't deserve any of this! She doesn't deserved to be injured like this! She doesn't deserve to...." Kyou trailed off, his meaning clear. " Tohru," He turned to the unconscious figure on the bed.
Yuki flinched at the words and he felt the tears rise up again. " We'll have to work hard to get along. Tohru would have wanted it. She told me last night while we were washing the dishes that she wanted us to get along." Yuki said, not looking directly at Kyou. " I know the cat and mouse are supposed to be enemies for eternity but I think that we should go beyond that and accomplish Tohru's wish. It's what she wanted. We should as least try while she's still alive, while she's still breathing..." Yuki trailed but looking directly at Kyou. " It's what she wanted, Kyou. It was her wish." He stared at Kyou with determination and held out his hand.
Kyou stared at his hand before reluctantly accepting it. " For Tohru, I'll do anything. Even if it means to get along with you, kuso nezumi." He lowered his head and his body starting shaking with unshed tears. " I'll do anything. For Tohru." And for the first time since Kazuma told Kyou that he understood him, Kyou began to cry.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Fruits Basket.
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Yuki wheezed and clutched at his sides as he pushed his screaming legs to their limit as he raced his way down the hospital halls. Not paying to his muscles screaming for rest, he pushed himself on until he charged headon through a pair of the hospital's swinging doors. He stopped, gasping for breath and doubling over. His vision swam before him as he tried to catch his breath. " Am.....am I too late?" he gasped out, his ribs feeling as if there was several knives in his side. A hand descended upon his shoulder.
" Yuki, did you come all the way here from your student council meeting?" Hatori said, his eyes filled with concern at the younger boy's condition. " You should have waited until I came to pick you up," he lectured stoically, his hand was squeezing Yuki's shoulder. Brushing his hands, Yuki stumbled forwards and glanced around the room.
" Honda-san!" Yuki yelled as he stumbled towards the bed. He grasped desperately at her hand, a flood of tears gathering behind his eyes. Tohru lay in front of him, unconscious and scathly breathing. Her head and body were bound with bloody bandages, her breathing barely more than a continuous gasp at the air that life support provide her with. Yuki glanced up, barely able to hold back the tears that tore at his eyes. Uotani and Hanajima, Tohru's two best friends were by Tohru's side, opposite to Yuki. Kyou and Shigure were there too. Shigure had a grave expression on his face which was unusual on the normally carefree dog. Kyou looked like he was in shock. He stared out the window with his back to them, his hands balled up into trembling fists. Tears flowed down freely down Hana's eyes as she sobbed uncontrollably, her head placed upon the hospital bed and her shoulder shaking with every breath-racking cry. Uotani was in the same state as Kyou and clung tightly to Tohru's hand as if expecting her to wake up any moment while shaking with anguish. Her face was a silent mask of grief. Hatori seemed withdrawn as if drawing his turbulent emotions inside so it wouldn't add to the others but Yuki knew that he was suffering just as much as any of them. " Wha- what happened?" Yuki forced himself ask Hatori, his throat tightening up again with despair. Hatori looked away from Yuki's gaze before he began to speak.
" There was a car accident," Hatori began. " I was driving Tohru to Shigure's from the Main house. Akito wanted to see her." he said darkly, his face growing grim. Yuki could see the tight bandages wrapped around Hatori's head that he had missed earlier in his grief. " Akito made me wait outside while he talked to Tohru alone. When I asked her what had happened later when she came out, she smiled and told me that Akito just asked her how she was doing with Yuki and the others. That was suspicious of Akito but I let it go after Tohru convinced me that nothing happened." Hatori sighed deeply before continuing. " I insisted on driving her home. She only accepted because she was too embarrassed to say no. As we were driving, a car out of nowhere rammed into us," He glanced down at the white strips of gauze that binded his hands and wrists. " I got off lucky with just a few cuts and bruises. Tohru took most of it. The car had collided into her side of the car. It- it was my fault that Tohru ended up like this. I shouldn't have offered to take her home," He closed his eyes and hung his head in shame and grief.
" It- it's not your fault, Hatori. " Yuki rasped out with difficulty, his throat taut with grief. " You've couldn't have known that would happen," Hatori stayed silent, unconvinced and Yuki, though he did not believe it himself, did not have the strength at the moment to tell him otherwise. " What happened to the driver?"
" The driver had been drinking. He was killed instantly."
" Hatori, can't you do anything for her?" Yuki pleaded even though he knew the answer. Hatori shook his head rather reluctantly. " Nothing at all?" Hatori shook his head even more reluctantly.
" Hey," Uotani began, surprising them all. " You're a doctor, right?" she said, her voice teeming on the edge of hysterical. " Do something!" She grabbed at Hatori's coat and began shaking him roughly. " What kind of doctor are you if you can't help someone who needs medical attention!?" Tears began streaming down her eyes. " Help her! Why won't anyone help her?!" She sobbed as Hatori gently held her by the shoulders, not close enough to be hugging but close enough for comfort.
" Hatori-san had tried his best to help Tohru-kun," Shigure said gently, leading her away from Hatori who stood there with an impassive face but Shigure knew that Uotani's words had hit home. Why couldn't he, a doctor, help the people close to him when they're really in trouble? Turning, Hatori moved slowly as if his body had rusted with age while he was standing. He went to get ask doctor about Tohru's condition but part of the truth was he just wanted to get out of that room. That room, where Tohru laid, barely breathing because of him. He just wanted to get away.
Time passed slowly as silence filled the room like water poured into a glass. Yuki wasn't aware of how much time passed. When he at last glanced up, it was night and Uotani, Hanajima and Shigure were nowhere in sight, only that baka neko was with him and still standing at the window, trembling. Yuki shook his head in astonishment, that idiot had been standing in that same spot for five hours straight. He glanced at Tohru, his eyes filling up with tears again. She had been his friend, his companion and maybe something closer. If she was injured then there would be nothing Yuki wouldn't do to help her get better. If she died then he'd never get to tell her...
" Tohru," A barely audible whisper came from Yuki's left. " She- Tohru-" he began as he wiped helplessly at his eyes. " I can't believe that I'm seeing her like this. " Yuki sighed and stood up, letting go of Tohru's pallid hand.
" I know. She didn't deserve all the hardships she had. Losing her father, losing her mother, and now this. She didn't deserve any of this!" Yuki said, his voice choked with emotion.
" It's not fair. Why does everyone I care about get hurt?" Kyou said, turning abruptly to Yuki. " Tohru doesn't deserve any of this! She doesn't deserved to be injured like this! She doesn't deserve to...." Kyou trailed off, his meaning clear. " Tohru," He turned to the unconscious figure on the bed.
Yuki flinched at the words and he felt the tears rise up again. " We'll have to work hard to get along. Tohru would have wanted it. She told me last night while we were washing the dishes that she wanted us to get along." Yuki said, not looking directly at Kyou. " I know the cat and mouse are supposed to be enemies for eternity but I think that we should go beyond that and accomplish Tohru's wish. It's what she wanted. We should as least try while she's still alive, while she's still breathing..." Yuki trailed but looking directly at Kyou. " It's what she wanted, Kyou. It was her wish." He stared at Kyou with determination and held out his hand.
Kyou stared at his hand before reluctantly accepting it. " For Tohru, I'll do anything. Even if it means to get along with you, kuso nezumi." He lowered his head and his body starting shaking with unshed tears. " I'll do anything. For Tohru." And for the first time since Kazuma told Kyou that he understood him, Kyou began to cry.
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