The Prince's Passions
*Note*: I do not own any part of this story: Fruits Basket.
Letter from the author: This story is an attempt to answer the many questions I had after seeing the last episode of the show, Fruits Basket of course. Like what about poor Yuki, how does he feel? It seems that Toru is destined to be with Kyo. Also how did it come that the family was cursed? And finally can the curse ever be broken?
Yuki stood outside, the pink petals of the summer tree blossoms fluttering around him. The warm sunlight beat down upon his pale skin making his face glow like an angel. He stood with such presence and stature that you would have nearly died if you saw him looking so utterly handsome. His purple hair tossed gently in the breeze. He wiped it away from his eyes, which were filled with such joy and happiness upon seeing her.
Toru walked up to him with her books in her arms, her hair too blowing in the gentle breeze. When she reached him a wide smile grew on her face as she greeted him warmly. He starred longingly into her eyes, "those beautiful eyes" he thought to himself. Without a word he stretched out a hand and touched her smooth face and he ran his fingers through her silky hair.
Nothing could stop him, not even himself, from leaning in to kiss her beautiful face. For a second as he moved closer and closer to her lips he held back, but only for a second. She didn't even move or question what he was doing. He was only millimeters from her lips when she whispered "Yuk-"
"Yuki? Yuki? Wake up Yuki!" said Toru as she gently shook him awake.
"What? Miss Honda I.?" he said looking around confused.
"Yuki you must have fallen asleep here while you were studying last night."
"What?" he looked around, he was at his desk his books and papers scattered everywhere.
"It's time for breakfast!" she said in her usual cheery voice.
"Yes, thank you Miss Honda." he said as he tried to recover himself.
She left the room nearly skipping as she always does as he watched her. "Why would I dream of such a thing?" he asked himself.
For a few minutes as he changed his clothes and brushed his hair he couldn't wipe the images from his mind. By the time he reached the breakfast table he had pushed them to the back of his mind saying "It was just a dream."
Kyo and Yuki had their normal insults, and Toru once again got flustered with the idea of them fighting. Yuki tried not to make any comments or respond to Kyo but he aggravated him so much! He couldn't do it, not even for poor Miss Honda.
The argument lasted all the way until they were halfway to school when Kyo finally said, ". and what's with the way you look at Toru?"
"What?" asked Yuki and Toru in unison.
"You stare at her all the time, like she's some kind of . of . WELL I DUNNO YOU JUST DO!"
*sweat drop* "What is it your business how I look at Miss Honda?!"
Kyo and Toru: *sweat drop*
"It's just weird!" Kyo said.
Yuki didn't answer, he was too embarrassed to think of a come back or even to fight him right then and there. He simply turned to walk on and said to Toru, "I'm sorry Miss Honda. May we continue? We'll be late."
And of course they did. Kyo and Toru walked ahead of him, as Toru held Kyo's arm. Yuki noticed a look of pride in Kyo's eyes that said "Ha! I won!" Yuki hung his head slightly; he tried to tell himself that that was the way that is was meant to be. Toru had been the one to go to him on that night, when he was forced to reveal his true form. This could only mean that Toru and Kyo were meant to be together.
Yuki didn't even have a chance to hide the redness in his face before they had reached the school and Haru had greeted them. "Hello Toru, Kyo . Yuki." he said as he grabbed his arm affectionately.
"Hello Haru." he said in a weary but still annoyed kind of voice.
"What is wrong Yuki?" he asked, but he already had some guess as to the answer. Haru could tell by the way he talked about, and looked at Toru that he had feelings for her. In fact the only ones who weren't aware of it were poor clueless Toru and Yuki himself.
"Nothing Haru."
With that the bell rang and all of the students pilled into the front door. The day went very slowly for Yuki. Class after class he starred off into space, he never used to do this. He tried and tried to not think about the dream, but when he tried it only made him think of it. At one point he told himself, "Even if I did kiss her, I would only change before I could."
* * * *
Akito sat lazily on his pillows, his long robes draped over the surrounding floor. In the dim light you could barely see his ill face and devilish expression. He looked terribly weak but no less determined than ever. He turned his head silently as Shigure walked in cheerily.
"Hello Shigure." he said in his normal drawn out voice.
Shigure responded in a nervous voice when he had seen Akito's strange expression, "What is it that you wanted Akito?"
"How is Miss Honda doing?" he said with an evil smile.
"She's well, but what do you want with her?"
He got very insulted at Shigure's statement yelling, "It is my business with anyone who endangers this family!"
"Endangers? Sweet little Miss Honda could never harm us." he said lovingly.
Akito responded in a less angry voice, "You know that she could be the one."
"The one? Akito you know that that's only a myth!"
"Oh is it really? Is it just a myth, like that rumor going around the town of our family?"
"No one really believes that rumor, besides that has nothing to do with what it really is!"
"Oh this is just one of many during my lifetime. But this is getting ridiculous!" he said in a raised and frustrated voice.
"Are you saying that this is somehow Toru's fault?!"
"The rumors were small and harmless before she started to live with you."
"But if she is the one then she should be living in our house, she could be our only chance for freedom from this curse!"
"But don't you see what is happening with Kyo and Yuki!"
"She has helped them in more ways then they or even she can realize."
"Maybe, but she is going to ruin it all!"
"What?"
"Two boys, one girl." he said looking agitatedly as Shigure finally understood.
"Trouble." He finished for him.
* * * *
Toru walked cheerily up to her friends, Hana and Uo, with books in hand, after school had ended. She smiled widely at them and said happily "Hello!"
"Hello Toru. what's wrong?" Hana said.
"Hana can't you see that she's perfectly fine?" Uo said.
Hana turned to Uo, "No Uo," she looked back at Toru, "something's troubling you; what is it Toru?"
"Yeah, Yuki has been acting very strange lately." she said as a worried expression came over her face.
"Strange?" Uo asked.
As they walked along home Toru explained, "Well this morning I found him asleep at his desk. He looked pale when I woke him up and then he began to blush fiercely."
"Maybe he just was embarrassed that he over slept?" Uo said.
Hana didn't say anything but waited for her to continue, and Toru did, "Well then this morning as we walked to school, Yuki and Kyo were fighting."
"Well they always do." Uo pointed out as she paused.
"Yes but they were fighting over." *sweat drop* ". over me."
"How so?" Hana asked calmly.
".Well Kyo said that Yuki stares at me all the time."
"Well he does, haven't you noticed?" Uo asked.
"Yes but I didn't think anything of it, ."
"Because Kyo does too doesn't he?" Hana said for her.
"Yes, but. but."
"What?" Uo asked.
"Well Yuki got so embarrassed when Kyo said it. He didn't even insult him back."
"What are you trying to say Toru?" Uo asked.
"Yuki looks at you differently doesn't he?" Hana asked.
"Yes." Toru said.
"He looks at you like your something he can never have." Hana said trying to help Toru understand what she was trying to say.
"Something he could never have?" Toru asked.
Hana didn't answer this question but continued as Toru and Uo listened carefully, "Kyo looks at you differently, happily. Yuki looks at you sadly, especially when Kyo is around. Isn't that right?"
"Yes but what ever could be wrong? Do you think I've hurt him somehow?! Oh no, do you think this is my fault?!" she said starting to panic.
* * * *
"Toru this meal is utterly delicious!" Shigure said happily as he took a break from stuffing his mouth with food.
"Thank you! I hope I made enough! You seem extra hungry today!" she said watching Kyo and Shigure eat quickly. "Yuki are you okay?" she asked worriedly as she looked at him; he hadn't touched any of his food and he had a strange look in his eyes.
"I'm sorry Miss Honda, I guess I'm not feeling really hungry. Please do excuse me I'm afraid I have something I must get to." At this he stood up slowly and left the room.
"Do you suppose that he's not feeling well?" Toru asked after he had left.
"Who cares." said Kyo as he finally slowed his eating and leaned back.
Toru looked rather hurt and turned to Shigure who said "Maybe. Has he been acting strange lately?"
"Well this is the second meal he turned down, he didn't eat his lunch."
"That's not the only food the damn rat wasted! He didn't even eat his breakfast!"
"Oh no! He is ill! What should we do? Should we call Hatori?"
"No, no. We'll check on him in a while he's probably just stressed out about school work. Give him sometime to himself; he'll be okay.
A few hours later when Toru was bringing up the clean laundry into their rooms she stopped to look into Yuki's room to check on him. He wasn't at his desk so she set the laundry down and looked around the room.
To her surprise and utter fear she found him collapsed on the floor unconscious. She ran to him and shook him slightly, "Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" tears fell from her eyes as she screamed, "No Yuki! Help, somebody help!"
*TO BE CONTINUED*
*Note*: I do not own any part of this story: Fruits Basket.
Letter from the author: This story is an attempt to answer the many questions I had after seeing the last episode of the show, Fruits Basket of course. Like what about poor Yuki, how does he feel? It seems that Toru is destined to be with Kyo. Also how did it come that the family was cursed? And finally can the curse ever be broken?
Yuki stood outside, the pink petals of the summer tree blossoms fluttering around him. The warm sunlight beat down upon his pale skin making his face glow like an angel. He stood with such presence and stature that you would have nearly died if you saw him looking so utterly handsome. His purple hair tossed gently in the breeze. He wiped it away from his eyes, which were filled with such joy and happiness upon seeing her.
Toru walked up to him with her books in her arms, her hair too blowing in the gentle breeze. When she reached him a wide smile grew on her face as she greeted him warmly. He starred longingly into her eyes, "those beautiful eyes" he thought to himself. Without a word he stretched out a hand and touched her smooth face and he ran his fingers through her silky hair.
Nothing could stop him, not even himself, from leaning in to kiss her beautiful face. For a second as he moved closer and closer to her lips he held back, but only for a second. She didn't even move or question what he was doing. He was only millimeters from her lips when she whispered "Yuk-"
"Yuki? Yuki? Wake up Yuki!" said Toru as she gently shook him awake.
"What? Miss Honda I.?" he said looking around confused.
"Yuki you must have fallen asleep here while you were studying last night."
"What?" he looked around, he was at his desk his books and papers scattered everywhere.
"It's time for breakfast!" she said in her usual cheery voice.
"Yes, thank you Miss Honda." he said as he tried to recover himself.
She left the room nearly skipping as she always does as he watched her. "Why would I dream of such a thing?" he asked himself.
For a few minutes as he changed his clothes and brushed his hair he couldn't wipe the images from his mind. By the time he reached the breakfast table he had pushed them to the back of his mind saying "It was just a dream."
Kyo and Yuki had their normal insults, and Toru once again got flustered with the idea of them fighting. Yuki tried not to make any comments or respond to Kyo but he aggravated him so much! He couldn't do it, not even for poor Miss Honda.
The argument lasted all the way until they were halfway to school when Kyo finally said, ". and what's with the way you look at Toru?"
"What?" asked Yuki and Toru in unison.
"You stare at her all the time, like she's some kind of . of . WELL I DUNNO YOU JUST DO!"
*sweat drop* "What is it your business how I look at Miss Honda?!"
Kyo and Toru: *sweat drop*
"It's just weird!" Kyo said.
Yuki didn't answer, he was too embarrassed to think of a come back or even to fight him right then and there. He simply turned to walk on and said to Toru, "I'm sorry Miss Honda. May we continue? We'll be late."
And of course they did. Kyo and Toru walked ahead of him, as Toru held Kyo's arm. Yuki noticed a look of pride in Kyo's eyes that said "Ha! I won!" Yuki hung his head slightly; he tried to tell himself that that was the way that is was meant to be. Toru had been the one to go to him on that night, when he was forced to reveal his true form. This could only mean that Toru and Kyo were meant to be together.
Yuki didn't even have a chance to hide the redness in his face before they had reached the school and Haru had greeted them. "Hello Toru, Kyo . Yuki." he said as he grabbed his arm affectionately.
"Hello Haru." he said in a weary but still annoyed kind of voice.
"What is wrong Yuki?" he asked, but he already had some guess as to the answer. Haru could tell by the way he talked about, and looked at Toru that he had feelings for her. In fact the only ones who weren't aware of it were poor clueless Toru and Yuki himself.
"Nothing Haru."
With that the bell rang and all of the students pilled into the front door. The day went very slowly for Yuki. Class after class he starred off into space, he never used to do this. He tried and tried to not think about the dream, but when he tried it only made him think of it. At one point he told himself, "Even if I did kiss her, I would only change before I could."
* * * *
Akito sat lazily on his pillows, his long robes draped over the surrounding floor. In the dim light you could barely see his ill face and devilish expression. He looked terribly weak but no less determined than ever. He turned his head silently as Shigure walked in cheerily.
"Hello Shigure." he said in his normal drawn out voice.
Shigure responded in a nervous voice when he had seen Akito's strange expression, "What is it that you wanted Akito?"
"How is Miss Honda doing?" he said with an evil smile.
"She's well, but what do you want with her?"
He got very insulted at Shigure's statement yelling, "It is my business with anyone who endangers this family!"
"Endangers? Sweet little Miss Honda could never harm us." he said lovingly.
Akito responded in a less angry voice, "You know that she could be the one."
"The one? Akito you know that that's only a myth!"
"Oh is it really? Is it just a myth, like that rumor going around the town of our family?"
"No one really believes that rumor, besides that has nothing to do with what it really is!"
"Oh this is just one of many during my lifetime. But this is getting ridiculous!" he said in a raised and frustrated voice.
"Are you saying that this is somehow Toru's fault?!"
"The rumors were small and harmless before she started to live with you."
"But if she is the one then she should be living in our house, she could be our only chance for freedom from this curse!"
"But don't you see what is happening with Kyo and Yuki!"
"She has helped them in more ways then they or even she can realize."
"Maybe, but she is going to ruin it all!"
"What?"
"Two boys, one girl." he said looking agitatedly as Shigure finally understood.
"Trouble." He finished for him.
* * * *
Toru walked cheerily up to her friends, Hana and Uo, with books in hand, after school had ended. She smiled widely at them and said happily "Hello!"
"Hello Toru. what's wrong?" Hana said.
"Hana can't you see that she's perfectly fine?" Uo said.
Hana turned to Uo, "No Uo," she looked back at Toru, "something's troubling you; what is it Toru?"
"Yeah, Yuki has been acting very strange lately." she said as a worried expression came over her face.
"Strange?" Uo asked.
As they walked along home Toru explained, "Well this morning I found him asleep at his desk. He looked pale when I woke him up and then he began to blush fiercely."
"Maybe he just was embarrassed that he over slept?" Uo said.
Hana didn't say anything but waited for her to continue, and Toru did, "Well then this morning as we walked to school, Yuki and Kyo were fighting."
"Well they always do." Uo pointed out as she paused.
"Yes but they were fighting over." *sweat drop* ". over me."
"How so?" Hana asked calmly.
".Well Kyo said that Yuki stares at me all the time."
"Well he does, haven't you noticed?" Uo asked.
"Yes but I didn't think anything of it, ."
"Because Kyo does too doesn't he?" Hana said for her.
"Yes, but. but."
"What?" Uo asked.
"Well Yuki got so embarrassed when Kyo said it. He didn't even insult him back."
"What are you trying to say Toru?" Uo asked.
"Yuki looks at you differently doesn't he?" Hana asked.
"Yes." Toru said.
"He looks at you like your something he can never have." Hana said trying to help Toru understand what she was trying to say.
"Something he could never have?" Toru asked.
Hana didn't answer this question but continued as Toru and Uo listened carefully, "Kyo looks at you differently, happily. Yuki looks at you sadly, especially when Kyo is around. Isn't that right?"
"Yes but what ever could be wrong? Do you think I've hurt him somehow?! Oh no, do you think this is my fault?!" she said starting to panic.
* * * *
"Toru this meal is utterly delicious!" Shigure said happily as he took a break from stuffing his mouth with food.
"Thank you! I hope I made enough! You seem extra hungry today!" she said watching Kyo and Shigure eat quickly. "Yuki are you okay?" she asked worriedly as she looked at him; he hadn't touched any of his food and he had a strange look in his eyes.
"I'm sorry Miss Honda, I guess I'm not feeling really hungry. Please do excuse me I'm afraid I have something I must get to." At this he stood up slowly and left the room.
"Do you suppose that he's not feeling well?" Toru asked after he had left.
"Who cares." said Kyo as he finally slowed his eating and leaned back.
Toru looked rather hurt and turned to Shigure who said "Maybe. Has he been acting strange lately?"
"Well this is the second meal he turned down, he didn't eat his lunch."
"That's not the only food the damn rat wasted! He didn't even eat his breakfast!"
"Oh no! He is ill! What should we do? Should we call Hatori?"
"No, no. We'll check on him in a while he's probably just stressed out about school work. Give him sometime to himself; he'll be okay.
A few hours later when Toru was bringing up the clean laundry into their rooms she stopped to look into Yuki's room to check on him. He wasn't at his desk so she set the laundry down and looked around the room.
To her surprise and utter fear she found him collapsed on the floor unconscious. She ran to him and shook him slightly, "Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" tears fell from her eyes as she screamed, "No Yuki! Help, somebody help!"
*TO BE CONTINUED*