Invincible Love
Pairing: Tohru x Saki x Arisa
Genre: Romance
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of its characters.
Author's Note: Hello, everyone! My name is Yuri and this is my first Fruits Basket story~! Sure this fandom doesn't get a lot of attention anymore, but I just wanted to do it featuring my OT3 for this. I've been planning this for a very long time, but couldn't think of a plot for this.
So, I hope you all enjoy~!
Saki Hanajima looks from the corner of her eye at the girl who she secretly loves. The one who always smiles, Tohru Honda. The stoic girl has loved her ever since middle school and made her life happy. Although Tohru is oblivious to her feelings, Saki's love for her is never gone. Arisa Uotani feels the same way about the happy girl, though Saki knows that she fell in love with her too.
Honestly, Saki would have loved to tell Tohru her true feelings, however, because of the fact that Tohru has been around Yuki and Kyou Souma, the two guys she's been living with, she keeps them to herself. She would do anything to separate them from her and make the happy girl hers and hers alone. Arisa would do the same thing if she wanted to.
Arisa takes notice of the stoic girl staring at Tohru for quite a while since lunch started. The three of them are eating lunch together today and there is nothing but silence.
"Hana?" Arisa says. "Is something the matter?"
"Yeah, Hana-chan," Tohru says. "You look like you're spaced out."
"Nothing," Saki says as she drinks her juice.
"Doesn't seem like it," Arisa says. "Anyways, the weekend is coming. What should we do?" She stretches out her arms. "Hey, Tohru, got any plans?"
"No, not really," the brunette replies. "What about you girls?"
"Hmmm..." the blonde puts her finger on her chin. "Well..."
"I wanna hang out," Saki blurts out, making the two girls turn toward her.
"Hana-chan wants to hang out?" Tohru brightens. "Is there anywhere you want to go?"
"My house," Saki replies.
"You want us to go to your place to hang out?" Arisa asks.
"Oh, a sleepover!" Tohru says excitedly. "That'll be perfect!"
Saki closes her eyes with a small smile. "Yes. A sleepover. It is...perfect. Tonight."
"Yay~!" It's been a while since Tohru has hung out at Saki's place. The family has been very nice to her anyways, so it's no problem for her.
"If Tohru goes, I'll go, too," Arisa says.
"Thanks, Uo-chan~!" the happy brunette says.
Saki smiles back. Actually, it's a good thing they are sleeping over because she has other things in mind as well. Arisa takes notice of the stoic girl softly chuckling to herself. She wants to ask her what's up, but decides not to.
**Saki's House**
"You're having Tohru-chan and Arisa-chan over~?" Saki's mother says excitedly.
"Yes." Her daughter replies as she tells her the news.
"Oh, how grand! I'll go make some dinner for all of us!"
"Thank you, Mother."
As the blonde mother goes into the kitchen to prepare the food, Saki's stoic little brother, Megumi tugs on her shirt and pulls her aside.
"Are you going to tell her?" he asks. "Tohru, I mean."
Saki smiles as she pets her little brother. "Yes. I'm not holding back anymore. And I'm sure Arisa will tell her as well."
"Arisa is in love with her too?"
"I know it. Just from her electric waves of love," Saki answers with a small smile.
"Well then…good luck." Megumi says, smiling back.
Saki nods as her brother heads over to his room. She hopes that her plan goes well for her once Tohru and Arisa get here. But first she needs to get things ready for the sleepover. She goes upstairs to her room to set up her futons and such, however, if she's going to finally tell her feelings, she'll have to get one futon in order to fit all three of them. She knows just where to look, so she gets out of her room towards the large closet down the hall to get the large futon and put that in her room.
About a half hour later, the door bell rings and Saki runs over toward the door to open it. Tohru and Arisa greet her with a wave and a bag of pjs are in their hands. Saki lets them in and the mother and father and brother greet the both of them as they come in. As soon as everyone gets situated, all of them come to the kitchen as dinner is ready for them to eat. Tohru, as the happy girl that she is, gave Saki's mother some praises about her cooking and Saki's mother just brightens with happiness. Saki just smiles as she casually eats her meal while her brother looks back and forth at his older sister and then at Tohru. He is sure that they'll pull it off when the time comes.
When dinner is finished, Saki offers to wash the dishes with Tohru rushing in to help out. The mother and father just smile at the two of them and walk out of the kitchen while Arisa and Megumi help clear the table. It took only a half hour or so to do the dishes and clean out the table. Megumi says good night to his sister and the rest of the girls before heading to his room. Saki turns toward Tohru and Arisa, beckoning them to follow her to her own room.
The three girls head toward Saki's room and Tohru is surprised to be greeted by one large futon in the middle of the room.
"Ummm…Hana-chan?" the brunette says. "Why is there…one futon?"
"I'll explain shortly," Saki says. "First, let's get changed."
"O-okay."
The three of them change out of their casual clothing into their night clothing, with Saki wearing her dark night gown, Arisa wearing a white long buttoned shirt and Tohru wearing yellow PJs. Tohru and Arisa climb in the futon while Saki climbs in with them. Tohru in the middle, Saki on the left and Arisa on the right. But before they pull in the covers, the dark haired girl quickly puts her hand on Tohru's, squeezing it gently.
"Wait…Tohru," she says. "There's one thing….before we go to bed."
"Eh?" The brunette tilts her head in confusion.
"I want to tell you something important," Saki says, looking directly into Tohru's eyes.
"Something important?"
"Maybe I can just show you," Saki says, leaning closer, caressing her cheek.
"Eh? H-Hana-cha….mmph!" As quick as a flash, Saki leans in to kiss the brunette on the lips, catching her off guard.
Tohru doesn't move for a minute as she is being kissed by her best friend. What's this feeling she's feeling right now? Something fuzzy inside. And her heart is beating a million miles an hour. Saki pulls away to catch her breath.
"Hana-chan…" Tohru gasps. "Wh-whaaaaa…?"
"I love you, Tohru." Saki says. "I love you more than a friend." She takes her hands in hers. "You're the only one who understood me. You're the only one who accepted me for who I am, even when I have these powers. You have no idea how much I loved you during that time."
Just then, Arisa takes Tohru's hand in hers. "Me, too! I also…love you, Tohru. More than a friend. You're the one who changed me. And I want to thank you for that. So many times, I've wanted to tell you how I feel as well."
"Hana-chan…Uo-chan…" The brunette looks back and forth at her two best friends. "You really…feel that way…about me?" She never expected such a love confession from the two of them before. Surprising yes, but also a bit happy at the same time.
Saki gently squeezes Tohru's hand. "We're very serious about this, Tohru. Don't think it's a joke. We truly love you from the bottom of our heart."
The brunette looks back and forth at the girls a few more times, feeling their hands squeezing both of hers. She can tell that they are both serious about their feelings for her. Come to think of it, she hasn't seen them take interest in boys at all, nor hear Saki have crushes on males. They are always by Tohru's side, protecting her from bullies like the Prince Yuki Fan Club and such. After what she's done for them in the past, they stayed by her and their love for her grew as the years went by. Up until now, Tohru realizes that they are telling the truth, however, something still holds her back.
"Hana-chan…Uo-chan…" she says. "I'm very grateful that you feel that way about me, but…ummmm…"
"Yes, I know," Arisa says. "We don't want to force you to return our feelings. If you still love Yuki or that orange top, Kyo, we understand."
"I hope they don't steal her away, though," Saki says. "I still don't want that."
"Let her decide, okay, Hana?" the blonde says to the stoic girl. "We made our move, now it's time for her to make hers."
Tohru hesitates for a moment while looking at her two best friends. What will she do? She doesn't want to hurt their feelings, nor she doesn't want her feelings for Yuki to go in vain. But due to the fact that the Prince Yuki Fan Club girls are pressing harder than ever, it makes her feel like she should leave Yuki alone. In fact this one time, they threatened her so badly that her two best friends had to teach them a thing or two. As for Kyo, she's okay with him, although he never admits his feelings at all and has attitude, however, she doesn't mind a little.
Her two best friends are still waiting for her answer, as she realized. She just smiles and looks up at both of them.
"Hana-chan…Uo-chan…" She cups her hands on Saki's cheeks first, making her blush heavily. She then leans in to kiss the stoic girl on the lips briefly before pulling away. "I…love you both, too. I didn't realize you two had feelings for me up until now."
"Tohru…." Both Arisa and Saki say in unison.
The brunette cups the blonde's cheeks and kisses her as well. "It's okay. I can go out with both of you. You two have always been my side."
"Hey, it's the least we can do after what you've done for us," Arisa says with a smile.
Saki feels like crying right now, but she hugs the brunette with her head on Tohru's shoulder. "Thank you… Tohru. I love you."
The brunette embraces her new lover along with Arisa hugging her from the other side.
"We love you, Tohru," the blonde says. "We'll always be there for you. Forever and ever."
"Yeah~"
And so, the three turn off the lights and they snuggle against one another to get comfortable. Arisa and Saki intertwine hands with Tohru's from both sides and all of them get a good night sleep together.