Author's Note:

Warning: Yaoi is involved. Do not read if you don't like. Rated R for hardcore yaoi, adult situations, and other simular warnings. Do not read if you are underage.

Main pairing: Hatsuharu x Kyou, Yuki x Tohru. Others are possible.

Disclaimer: All original characters and story ideas belong to the one and only Natsuki Takaya. Without her, we wouldn't have our favorite bishounen nor such a wonderful soap opera that Fruits Basket had turn into.

Originally I had this fic up on , but apparently it had too much "explicted content" for their liking. Though, I do not think it was that graphic myself, or others for that fact. I also had 22 reviews and a ton of people seemed to enjoy it. Please review again. It will help so much. And my heart was broken when I nearly thought I lost this story. I have up to chapter 4 on my computer, that I will try to post this week. I'll hopefully get around to writing chapter 5 soon. The semester finally is ending, yet I'm stuck doing 40 hour shifts at McDonald's during Winter Break. Curses! Anyways, here's the fic once again. Enjoy! Please review! It helps inspires the author!!

Chapter 1

It was spring. The cherry trees were in full bloom and the snow had finally melted. Birds whistled a sweet melody high in the tree tops. Flowers began to blossom into a wonderful array of colors. It was also the start of a new semester. The students at Kaibara High School were rather excited. It was the week of the Valentine's Day dance and the third year students were in charge of setting up the dance decorations and getting it ready for Friday night.

"Alright class, settle down," Mr. Tamaguchi told his students. "Mr. Sohma and Ms. Higashi will be in here any minute to explain about the Valentine's Day Dance rules and procedures."

Sitting in the back of the classroom, was the carrot-top, Kyou Sohma. His eyes light up, looking towards the teacher with a death glare. "VALENTINE'S DAY!?" he yelled out. "I completely forgot!" He tried to run for the window, panicking.

Just before Kyou could escape from the third floor window, his silver-haired cousin walked into the room. He narrowed his violet eyes over to Kyou, forming a fist at his side. "Kyou, sit down," he barked at him, knowing he would react like this. He quickly glanced over at Tohru Honda, a girl that has been living with the Sohmas' for nearly two years now.

Tohru stood up, walking over next to Kyou. "Kyou, it will be alright," she said softly, worried about him.

Kyou twitched in reply, cat ears appearing. He glared over at Tohru, then up at Yuki. "Damn rat…" he hissed, before sitting back down in his chair. He had always hated this day, especially with knowing that Kagura would want to go on a date with him again. He could not stand that girl, or any, besides Tohru. But there was one problem- that rat.

Ever since Kyou was little, he could always remember how 'special' Yuki was. Everyone in his family knew the rat was special and rather talented, unlike the cat. Being accepted into the zodiac was an important thing to Kyou, knowing he had to defeat Yuki somehow and someway to be able to be accepted into the zodiac and the Sohma family. Even his own mother never accepted him, but there was only one who did and that was Tohru.

Tohru was very special to Kyou. With being cursed as the cat, Kyou had 'another' side to him and that side was not well-liked. Not even by Kyou's own mother. She hid that side as long as she could, but eventually she died from all the stress and trouble she had to go through. Kyou was never liked by many in the Sohma family. For Tohru though, she had accepted Kyou's 'other' side and even Kyou his self for being who he was and that is all what Kyou had ever asked for in his life; was to have someone like her.

Before Kyou knew it, it has been several months now since Yuki had asked Tohru out. Ever since he could remember, Yuki was always getting what he wanted. He was always stronger or smarter, or even beating Kyou at everything. He hated this, frowning in reply. He hated the fact the one he loved was going out with that… that… rat!

Mr. Tamaguchi looked over at Yuki, smiling softly. "Ah, the class is yours Mr. Sohma," he said, before leaving the room.

Yuki smiled softly, before stepping up in front of the room. "As you all know it is the third year students' responsibility to set up and decorate for the Valentine's Day dance," he began.

Kyou rolled his eyes, looking out the window. He rested his elbow upon the desk, frowning in reply. "Stupid dance…" he muttered under his breath.

"This dance also helps raise money for our class and as well as for our field trip at the end of the year to the beach," the silver-haired boy continued. "Now everyone will be given chores and food items to bring, and everyone is expected to come."

Sakura Higashi smiled softly, looking over at Yuki, then out to the class. "Don't forget, the tickets are sold in pairs. So everyone must bring a date," she reminded them.

Yuki glanced over at her, smiling softly. "Ah, thank you… I almost forgot. Plus, if you don't have a date… then you'll be on the clean-up crew," he said.

Most of the boys groaned out loud from the last part.

Kyou looked over at Yuki, forming a fist. "I'm not going to any stupid dance," he hissed, pounding the desk rather loudly.

Yuki narrowed his eyes over at his cousin, rather piercing. "Does anyone have a question?" he asked, looking back over the class.

Several boys and girls raised their hands. Sakura pointed to a girl that sat in the center of the room. "Yes, what is it, Yuri?"

The girl blushed deeply in her cheeks. Her head lowered, raven bangs falling over her eyes. "I have a question for Mr. Sohma…" she said softly. She was fumbling with her hands in her lap, rather nervous. Her breathing was heavier then normal.

Yuki raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Sakura, before turning to her. "Yes, what is it?" he asked.

The students looked at the girl, waiting to see what her question was.

Yuri lowered her head even more, slouching in her chair. "Will you go to the dance with me, Mr. Sohma?" she asked, rather nervously.

A gasp filled the room, with Yuki's cheeks turning a cherry red. Kyou's eyes narrowed at his cousin again, forming a fist. Cat ears formed on his head, being rather annoyed.

Other girls quickly raised their hands, desperately wanting to go out with Yuki. "Or go out with me?" another girl asked, before random female chatter echoed the room.

Yuki looked up at her, face dark in color now. "Sorry, I already have a date," he said, looking over the students towards Tohru. He smiled softly, lowering his head.

Sakura blushed softly, not believing such a question was asked. "Well, any other questions that has issues with the dance?" she questioned, looking over at the students.

Kyou slammed his fist into the desk once again, before tossing it to the side. His face was beat red from how angry he was. He stood up, storming into the front of the room. He grabbed Yuki by his collar of the school uniform, lifting him up in the air several inches. "I am not going to any stupid dance if you two are going to be there!" he hissed, before throwing Yuki back.

Yuki stumbled to the floor, his eyes widen, and his face grew pale. He looked at Kyou with fear in his eyes. He watched his cousin leave the room, sitting on the floor. Several students rushed to Yuki's aid, worried about him.

Yuki knew the cat would get into trouble for this, but he did not understand what was going on inside that carrot-top head of his.

Kyou stormed down the hallway, rather in a hurry. He did not care if he was going to get into trouble for leaving class or his incident with Yuki. He ran up the stairs to the roof. It was his safe haven, the roof at least. No one bugged him or even bothered him when he was up here. He moved over to the tallest area where he could climb, lying down. He placed his arms underneath his head, looking up into the sky. "Why do I have to be the damn cat? Can't I have at least a little happiness in my life?" he asked his self, before slowly closing his eyes. "I just want to disappear…" he said, before falling into a light nap.

Tohru moved over to Yuki, making sure he was alright. "Yuki, are you ok?" she asked, rather concerned.

Yuki nodded in reply, looking at her. "Yes, I am… what is his problem?"

Tohru lowered her head, blushing softly in her cheeks. "Do you think that Kyou is jealous of us?" she asked, following him out into the hallway.

Yuki stopped slightly, turning around. He looked up into her eyes, raising an eyebrow. "Of us? What makes you think that?" he asked, confused slightly.

Tohru lowered her head, slowly looking out of the window. "You haven't noticed?" she asked him. She reached up, placing her hand on the window, looking out into the courtyard.

Yuki looked towards her, before lowering his head. "But why would he be jealous, of us?" he asked, still not seeing it.

Tohru turned around, smiling weakly. "Because I accepted him, Yuki… I think he likes me, in that way…" she said softly, chuckling nervously.

Yuki's eyes widen, looking up at Tohru. He lowered his head, looking away. "You don't like him like that… do you?" he asked, a bit nervous of where this conversation was going.

Tohru quickly glanced over at Yuki, face blushing deeply in her cheeks. "Yuki, how could you even think that? I love you and only you… Kyou is just a good friend, though I wish we could help him, somehow," she said, lowering her head.

Yuki looked up at her, blushing in his cheeks. "I love you too, Tohru," he said softly, reaching over, gripping her hand. "Though… what could we do to help Kyou? I mean, he can't stand Kagura; let alone any other girls."

Tohru nodded in reply, sighing heavily "I don't know… but we'll find him a date before the dance. I know there's plenty of girls that would love to go out with him," she smiled weakly. "Though, the curse is a problem."

Yuki chuckled softly, gripping her hand slightly. "Yes, I know… but look at us, we're doing fine," he said.

Tohru looked up at him, blushing in her cheeks. "I guess you're right," she replied.

"Come on, let's go find that stupid cat and see what his problem is anyways," he said, leading her down the hallway.

"Ok!" she said cheerfully, walking along the side of her boyfriend.

Among the second year students, there was another Sohma that was not happy about the dance either. The white and black haired Hatsuharu Sohma dragged his feet down the hallway. He had excused his self to go to the bathroom after hearing the news about the dance. It was the first big dance the students new students got to go to. He was looking forward to this dance his whole life, to ask his one love to be his date, but now it was too late.

Since Haru could remember, he had always been in love his cousin Yuki. Yuki had changed his life since that day he had met him at the main house. Ever since Haru had bottled up his anger and emotions inside of him, he was uncontrollable as a child. Even his own parents could not control the troubled youngster and they tried everything to help him, even martial arts. Though since the day he met Yuki, he had never met someone like him.

He had always hated the rat for what he did to the ox in the old zodiac story. Everyone use to tease Haru about being stupid or dumb for letting the rat to ride on his back without knowing it to the party. Haru could not help what his ancestors did and he hated it. But Yuki was different than what he had expected. He was beautiful, sweet and caring. He even helped Haru released some of his anger and soon he became controllable, or at least his 'black' side was. Ever since that day, Haru had fallen in love with his cousin. Even if he never had luck with relationships in the past, he was determined to have Yuki as his.

But now, Haru was out of luck. He even knew about the secret of Yuki and Tohru's relationship, not believing that Yuki would ever go out with her. She had seemed sweet and kind when he first met her, but now, she crossed the line. He formed a tight fist in his right hand, before reaching over, slamming his hand into a set of lockers nearby. The lockers fell over, making a loud crash sound.

Haru twitched slightly, before running down the hall quickly, not wanting to get into any trouble. He looked around, not knowing where to go, besides seeing the stairway. He looked up, before running through the door and up the stairs. He ran up towards the roof, tears threatening to fall. Why did Yuki hate him so much to go out with her?

Kyou's cat ears formed, twitching slightly as he heard footsteps nearing. He frowned slightly, before opening his eyes, seeing his younger cousin. "What the hell do you want?" he growled, glaring up at him.

Hatsuharu panted heavily, trying to catch his breath. He froze slightly, hearing Kyou's voice. "Stupid cat, I should ask you the same…" he muttered.

Kyou rolled his eyes, before closing them. He lied back down, frowning in reply. "Like it matters to you… besides, I was just taking a nap… and you ruined it," he answered.

Haru rolled his eyes, forming a fist, not needing this right now. "I don't fucking care," an angry tone grew in his voice.

Kyou twitched again, trying to get back to sleep. "What the hell is your problem?"

Haru looked up at Kyou, wondering why he would even care. He almost hesitantly answered, "Why does everyone have to go to the damn dance with a date?" he asked under his breath.

Kyou heard him, before frowning in reply. He sat up, looking away. "Like I would know? I don't like it either… it pisses me off," he said.

The white and blacked haired boy moved over to the other, sitting down next to him. "I guess we're both losers for not being able to get dates," he mumbled.

Kyou raised an eyebrow, looking up at him. "You wanted to go with Yuki, I bet, didn't you?" he smirked softly.

Haru's eyes widen, face turned bright red. He lowered his head, nodding in reply. "Yes…" he muttered softly. "But I can't, not now."

Kyou rolled his eyes, looking away. "Because of them going out?" he asked.

Haru nodded in reply.

The orange-haired boy formed a tight fist in his left hand, hating it as well. "They don't deserve each other! I mean, he always gets what he wants! Why her? Why!?" he hissed. His face began to turn red in color, getting rather angry.

The younger boy raised an eyebrow, not believing someone else felt the same way as he did about the strange relationship between the two. "Kyou?" he questioned slightly. "You like Tohru… don't you?"

Kyou's face turned bright red, before looking over at Haru. He looked away quickly, breathing slightly unusual. "What makes you say that?" he said, trying to hide it.

Haru laughed softly, shaking his head. "It looks like we're both stuck… our crushes are going out with each other and not us," he said.

The orange-haired boy sat down again, knowing he was right. "For once we actually agree on something," he muttered in reply. "I just wish… we could get those two back for doing this to us. I bet they don't even know what we're going through."

Haru nodded in reply, leaning back, his arms supporting him. "All my life I had loved him, and now… this? It's rather irritating."

"And annoying…" Kyou said, looking over at him. He then smirked softly, getting a brilliant idea that may just work. "Wait a minute," he said, grinning sheepishly now.

Haru raised an eyebrow, metallic eyes narrowing towards him. "Kyou, what are you thinking?" he asked, kind of scared to know.

Kyou laughed rather evilly, before standing up, moving in front of Haru. He reached down, loving his brilliant idea. "Oh this will work!" he laughed. He looked down at Haru, smirking in reply. "I know a way to make them jealous."

Haru gulped in the back of his throat, looking up at Kyou. "Kyou… what are you planning?" he stuttered, not wanting to know now.

Kyou smirked in reply, placing his hands on his hips. "We'll go to the dance together!" he blurted out.

The white and blacked haired boy raised an eyebrow, face had grown pale. "WHAT?" he said, rather loudly, shocked and confused?

Kyou chuckled still, smirking in reply. "Of course! It works! See, this way Yuki and Tohru would think that we are dating and it will only get them jealous of themselves for never asking us out!"

Haru raised an eyebrow, before realizing what Kyou said may actually work. "You know Kyou, that might just work," he said, smirking softly in reply.

Kyou laughed even more, loving the way his brain thought. "Oh of course! I love the way my mind works."

Haru smirked softly, looking up at him, before shaking his head. "Well I mean it's only for a dance right?" he asked, not knowing what he just got his self into.

Kyou blinked slightly, before moving to sit down next to him. "For only the dance? Hell no!" he mumbled. "I mean, they really got to think that we're going out as a real couple, Haru…" he told the boy.

Haru sweated in reply, lowering his head. 'Oh great, what did I get my self into?' he asked his self, slowly narrowing his eyes towards Kyou. "So what do we have to do then?"

Kyou smirked softly, not liking the things that they had to do, but he knew he this would have to work. "Well when they're around, we'll have to hold hands, do homework together, eat lunch together, and if we have to… even kiss… each other," he stuttered the last part of the sentence, scared to even think he might have to do that with the ox.

Haru blushed softly in his cheeks, lowering his head. "Do you even know how to do any of that, Kyou?" he asked, knowing the other never had been on a date before.

Kyou's cat ears popped out, twitching slightly. "Of course!" he said, lying about it. "Well… eh…" he muttered, before his eyes widen. He looked up, and there stood Yuki and Tohru.

Yuki rolled his eyes, seeing the two together, skipping class.

Tohru's eyes sparkled softly, smiling softly that Kyou was alright. "There you are Kyou…"

Kyou twitched once again, before his face turned bright red. He looked over at Haru, before moving over, locking his lips with him. He closed his eyes, hoping this worked.

Yuki and Tohru's eyes both widen, not knowing what they saw was true. A gasp escaped Yuki's lips, before looking over at Tohru, not believing it at all.

Haru's cheeks turned bright red, as his eyes slowly had came to a close. He slowly began to return the kiss. The truth was Haru didn't mind it actually. He could get use to this, but can Kyou like this?

Author's Note:

Chapter 2 will be posted later this week. Until then, Ja ne!