Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. The characters belong to Natsuki Takaya.
A/N. I wrote this fanfiction about a year ago, I just remembered about it today so I thought I'd make it better and write it. I am planning on this being a short fanfiction, maybe two chapters.
Warning: KyoxYuki, boyxboy, shounen ai. Minor swearing. Rated T just to be sure.
Shouts of 'Stupid cat!' 'Damn rat!' echoed through Shigure Sohma's house, followed by a large crash. Shigure was in his room, attempting to write his next novel, and Tohru was out with Saki Hanajima and Arisa Uotani, her best friends. She hated it when Kyo and Yuki fought, so Shigure breathed a sigh of relief that she had gone out. Shigure went downstairs to look in on the carnage that was surely occurring downstairs in his house. He went to the source of the noise, saying to them 'Don't smash up the-' only to be stopped in his tracks as Kyo went flying through the paper doors, having been kicked by Yuki.Shigure remembered that Tohru was only going out for the morning. He groaned as the front door slid open. A unusually sombre Tohru walked through the front door. She must have heard the massacre that was talking place from the outside. Shigure saw her making her way to the room where the fight was taking place, and grabbed hold of her arm. 'You don't want to go in there. It's not pretty. Kyo's currently in a tree with a very bloody nose.' Tohru wasn't all that shocked. She didn't like their fighting, but was used to it by now. She was also used to patching up Kyo at the end. Yuki was usually unharmed, and it looked like today was going to be no different.
Back outside Kyo jumped down from the tree, smirking at Yuki. He stumbled as he began walking towards Yuki. 'Is that all you've got, damn rat?' Yuki replied 'Yeah it is, stupid cat. You can hardly stand, anyway. I don't want to fight you while you're in that condition. It wouldn't be a fun fight for me.' Yuki turned and began walking away from Kyo. Kyo shouted after him 'You weren't fighting me as seriously as you usually do anyway! If you'd done that when you were serious I would probably have died! What changed, Yuki? When did you lose your passion for fighting me?' Yuki had halted during this speech, and he whirled around to face Kyo. 'I haven't lost my passion for fighting you! I've just found a passion for something else, that's better then sending you flying into a tree, okay?! And it's none of your business anyway, so don't expect me to tell you anything! You're just a stupid cat! No one wants you, not even your own father!' Yuki turned away and stormed off, wondering why he had said that to Kyo. He didn't mean it. After all, he knew all too well what it felt like to be unwanted.
The words Yuki had said tore through Kyo's heart. He felt like his heart was tearing itself to pieces. He collapsed through the pain, both of the physical pain of being kicked into a tree, and from the pain of being told he was unwanted. He always knew he was unwanted, but it seemed worse when Yuki said it. Everything went black, and Kyo couldn't keep himself conscious anymore.
When he awoke he looked up and saw a very anxious Tohru looking down at him. He groaned, from the pain that he was feeling. He felt his head, felt a bandage on it. As his senses returned he realised he was in his bed. Tohru looked relieved that he had woken up. 'How?' Kyo said weakly. Tohru assumed he was wondering how he got up here, so she said 'Shigure-san carried you up here. I cleaned you up and bandaged you.' Kyo asked, hesitant of whether he should even ask this question. 'The rat. Where is Yuki?' Tohru was confused as to why Kyo was asking this question. It was strange for Kyo to be concerned about Yuki, but she answered anyway 'He went out a short while ago. He said he'd be back in time for dinner. Anyway, the ice pack on your ankle, I'm going to go change it because its melting. I'll be back soon.' She went downstairs, and went to see Shigure. She said 'Kyo….. he seemed concerned about Yuki-kun. That's strange, because Kyo hates Yuki, he would never usually be like that.' Shigure just went 'Hmmmm' he knew exactly what was going on, though neither Yuki, Tohru and Kyo would have noticed it yet. Yuki may have noticed it, as he was quite sharp. However, Tohru was clueless and Kyo was too wrapped up in his hatred for Yuki to realise the changes that were happening. Tohru looked at Shigure, puzzled. Shigure laughed, ruffled her hair and said 'All in good time, Tohru-kun. You'll see soon. I think those two will realise soon. Then you'll know too.' Shigure then walked away, saying to Tohru 'I'm going to buy some food for tea. Because you're looking after Kyo I'll go buy some take out.' Tohru replied 'Okay.' Before going to get the ice pack for Kyo she walked to the room where Kyo and Yuki had fought earlier. She got to work cleaning up and had begun fixing the paper doors when Yuki walked up behind her. 'Ah, Yuki-kun, you scared me!' Yuki replied 'Sorry, Honda-san. It wasn't on purpose. And I'm sorry you have to clean up mine and Kyo's mess. Here, let me help.' Tohru moved aside slightly and said 'Okay. Thank you, Yuki-kun.' They sat in silence for 10 minutes, fixing the paper doors. Yuki opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, then closed it again. Tohru noticed, and asked, concerned 'What is it, Yuki-kun?' He closed his eyes and breathed deeply, then opened them again. 'What would you do if your feelings for someone had changed, but you didn't know how, and why, and when, all you knew was that it felt so wrong but so right, and all you wanted to do was hold this person in your arms and never let them go?' Tohru thought for a moment, wondering who he was talking about, then discarded this thought, as she did not want to ask for fear of being disrespectful. 'Well, if you could be sure you wanted it, then tell that person how you feel. Then, whether they return your feelings or not, at least everything is out in the open. Oops, I'd better go take the ice pack to Kyo-kun. Could you finish here, Yuki-kun?' He smiled, saying 'Thank you, Honda-san. And yes, the doors are nearly fixed so I can finish here.' Tohru smiled at Yuki, and went to Kyo's room to find him sleeping. She carefully put the ice pack on his ankle, went to her room and got into bed, still wondering who it was that Yuki liked. The nights were the only time the house was quiet. Tohru drifted into a deep sleep in her room. Kyo and Shigure were already sleeping. Yuki finished fixing the doors, but was so tired he fell asleep on the ground after fixing them, where Tohru found him the next morning. She left him there until he woke himself up, as the day was a Sunday so they were not at school. Tohru did the laundry while all three boys were still sleeping. The door was flung open, and Ayame Sohma, Shigure's best friend, flung himself flamboyantly through the door. He was followed by Shigure's other best friend, Hatori. He announced 'Ayame is here! Where is Shigure?' Tohru replied 'He's sleeping.' Ayame bounded up the stairs to Shigure's room, in the process waking Yuki and the now recovered Kyo. A loud thud then an 'Ouch!' suggested Kyo had hit Ayame over the head. Yuki wandered sleepily from the other room, rubbing his neck from sleeping on the floor 'Oh, great, nii-san's here, just what I need with my current mental dilemma.' Hatori and Tohru looked puzzled at what Yuki had just said. He smiled a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, saying 'It's nothing. Doesn't matter.' Hatori sighed at Aaya's behaviour 'I'm sorry, Honda-san. Now you have an angry cat, a hyped up snake and an annoyed author to deal with all day. He wanted to come, so I brought him. I'll try and control him a little.' Tohru sighed and went back to doing the laundry. It looked like this was going to be a long day.
A/N. Okay, looks like this is going to be two chapters. I will get the next one done as soon as I can. I really like this one :D I can't wait to finish it :) I'll work as hard as I can :D