Fuzz
My cat inspired me to write this story. I was playing with him on the coffee table and he fell off and I said, "You're so clumsy Kyou!" and my cat's name is Boomer! (Don't ask, my mom named him.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket... that is Natsuki Takaya's job.
Tohru was walking home from helping Yuki at the garden. She was a little dirty, as she always was when coming back from the garden with him. (No, not that way you perv!) She decided she was going to go home and wash up a little and then fix lunch for everybody.
"Sohma-kun, what would you like for lunch?" she said.
"Whatever you would like to make." he said, looking over at her and smiling.
When they reached the dog's house, she immediately went to the front stairs and reached towards the door. To her surprise, it flung open by itself. When her brain finally caught up with her sight, she realised that indeed, it had not opened itself, but Kyou had opened it. Before she knew what was happening, she was surrounded by a cloud of orange smoke.
"Eh-Ky-Kyou-kun! I'm so sorry! I'm such an idiot! I didn't see you there!" she stammered.
Kyou had already gone, clothes around his neck. He hadn't heard her apology.
"Where did Kyou-kun go?" she asked. She was still in a daze from where she had fallen over from the impact of Kyou running out of the door.
"Don't worry about him!" said Shigure, coming into view.
"Shigure-san! What is Kyou-kun going to eat for lunch?" she asked. He hasn't missed lunch for a long time.
"If he cooked for himself for four months, I'm sure he can find something to eat until dinner." said Shigure.
"Maybe I should go find him!" she said worried.
"No, no. He'll come back!" he said before realising that she had already gone. He looked around and saw that she had left. "Now who is going to make my lunch?" he cried dramatically.
Tohru had walked off in the direction she thought Kyou would have gone. It wasn't long until she had arrived there. She did in fact find an orange cat sitting there.
"Kyou-kun! There you are! I thought you would be here."
The cat looked at her quzzically. He meowed softly.
"I have never heard you meow before!"
"That's because I have never meowed in front of you." she heard a very familiar voice behind her. She quickly turned around to see Kyou standing there.
"If you're right there, than who is this?" she asked, turning and pointing to the cat behind her and it was gone. She turned back around and saw that it was climbing on Kyou, who had sat down.
She was confused. How did this cat look so much like Kyou? She had lived with him for how long? About two years? She blushed a deep shade of red.
"I thought that cat was you." she said slowly. She was so embarrassed right now.
"Don't worry about it." he said calmly.
He started unconsciously petting the cat that had climbed onto his shoulder. It meowed again. Tohru giggled. Kyou smiled. He suddenly realised that he was petting the cat and put his hand in his lap.
The cat launched itself off of Kyou's shoulder and landed right in Tohru's lap.
"Oh, hi cat-san!" she said. She automatically started petting it. It purred loudly enough for Kyou to hear it.
Kyou started to get annoyed. He felt jealousy towards this cat. He didn't like it that the cat was making her so happy when not even he could. He was desperately thinking of something to say to her to make her turn her attention to him. He was going crazy watching her smile that idiotic smile that she usually wore around the house when it was a different cat making her smile that way. A cat of the same color no less!
"Um, Tohru? Can we go home now? I'm starting to get hungry!"
"Sure Kyou-kun! But what about this cat? He looks so lonely!" she said holding the cat up in front of Kyou.
"No! I mean, uh, I don't think Shigure would want a cat in the house." he said.
"But you're a cat Kyou-kun!" she said. She was hugging the cat up to her chest.
"That's not what I meant! I, uh, (sigh) Fine. We can take it home." he said. He didn't want the cat to go home with them, but he didn't want her to know why.
They started walking home and before they even got ten feet, he reached out and grabbed her hand. She blushed but held his hand. She looked up at him and smiled. She then looked a little worried.
"What's wrong now?" he asked impatietly.
"I'm about to drop the kitty!" she said with a flushed face.
"Here, I'll take it." he said and took the cat from her with his free hand. The cat instantly started purring again. They walked the rest of the way home holding hands.
When they reached the house, Shigure was waiting for their return. He was sitting on the porch cradling his head in his hands. They could hear him mumbling to himself.
"Why did she leave me like that? I'm going to starve!"
"What would you like to eat Shigure-san?" said Tohru walking up to him. She and Kyou were still holding hands.
He looked up at the sound of her voice.
"Oh Tohru-kun! You're home! I thought I was going to starve sitting here on the porch!" he said dramatically. Then he noticed that they were holding hands. It was all he could do to keep from cracking up!
Kyou saw him looking and instantly released her hand. The cat that was on his shoulder meowed.
"Oh Kyou-kun! You're such a two-timer!" said Shigure playfully.
"What? What are you talking about you damn dog?" yelled Kyou.
"I can't wait until Kagura-chan finds out about this! Kyou is dating three girls at once!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Kagura-chan, Tohru-kun, and this pretty little cat!" he said indicating the cat that was still on Kyou's shoulder.
"You stupid dog! First off, this cat is a boy!"
"Oh Kyou! How would you have come across this little bit of information?" asked Shigure. He was enjoying himself.
"Did you forget that I am a cat too?" Kyou getting annoyed. He was trying to not let it get to him because he knew that that was Shigure's intention, but he couldn't help it.
"I should go make lunch now." said Tohru.
"Yes Tohru-kun! Before I die!" Shigure said holding his stomach. Kyou hit him on the head.
"Don't talk to her like that! She's not your servant!" said Kyou defensively.
"Kyou-kun so protective!" said Shigure, smiling widely.
Tohru went inside to make lunch and Kyou and Shigure went into the living room to wait for it. Kyou had brought the cat inside. Yuki walked into the living room from washing up after the garden work.
"Yuki-kun! You'll never guess what I witnessed today!" said Shigure.
"Don't even think about it." said Kyou, who was sitting across from Yuki at the table. They had decided to wait in the dining room for lunch.
"What did you do you stupid cat?" asked Yuki beginning to wonder.
"Don't call me that! I didn't do anything!"
"But you were holding Tohru-kun's hand today when you came home." said Shigure.
"What? You were?" Yuki asked. He was starting to get annoyed at the cat that was sitting across from him. (In case you are wondering, the 'wrong neko' is in the living room on the couch. He had fallen asleep.)
Tohru had just finished the lunch at this time. She was bringing the dishes into the dining room. Yuki just glared at Kyou. Tohru finished setting everything up and sat down on Kyou's right side. Kyou noticed Yuki glaring at him and decided to ignore it. He could take care of that later. Now he was going to concentrate on being mad at Shigure. Tohru didn't notice Yuki's glaring or she would have asked him about it. She was asking Shigure about his novels. Shigure was positively delighted at this and answered enthusiastically. Kyou kept rolling his eyes and Yuki continued to glare at Kyou. Kyou tried not to say anything to Shigure or Yuki because he didn't want her to know that he liked her. She probably already thought he did, but she wasn't even paying attention to him. Maybe she just didn't like him like that.
After they finished, Kyou headed up to the roof, and Shigure went to his office to work on finishing a novel that he was sure Mii would be expecting soon. Yuki went to his room to finish his weekend homework, and Tohru started the laundry.
Well, that was chapter one! I hope you enjoyed it! I loved writing it! I will be writing more.. but I don't know when... XD I am having fun with this story! It wasn't originally going to be a romance.. and it was going to be a one-shot that is like, not even half the size of this chapter, but I put a little fluff... and then I just had to make it a romance!