Summary: Tohru and Kyo were childhood friends, but at the age of six he had to move away and left Tohru with only an origami crane to remember him by. After eleven years passed by, they met again. What sorts of things will happen? AU version of FB. RxR please&thanks [KYOxTOHRU]
A Thousand Cranes
The first time I met him was when I first entered my first grade classroom
of elementary school. He was a small boy with this amazing
shade of bright orange hair that I still
remember to this day...
Chapter One - Origami Meetings
Eleven Years Ago...
Honda Tohru stepped into her first grade classroom and scanned the room thoroughly, feeling a mixture of nervousness and fear bubble up inside of her since she found herself unable to recognize any of the little children's faces. More feelings of terror filled her when she saw that everyone seemed to be so lively with their friends, laughing and screaming loudly with jubilance. That's when her brown eyes landed on a small boy with loud orange hair sitting in the corner of the classroom, folding a piece of paper in intricate ways. She walked over to him shyly and bent down next to him, watching silently as he continued to bend and pull the colorful paper in different places, and after a few minutes flew by he finally finished his product, which turned out to be a beautiful paper crane. Tohru blinked with amazement at the bird that used to just be a plain sheet of paper and said to him with awe,
"Wow..."
The boy's head snapped up and her brown eyes connected with his rather large cinnamon colored eyes. Her heart stopped for a second and she shot him a shaky tentative smile and said shakily to ease the tension,
"I-I just thought that you making the crane with just a piece of paper was amazing..."
He looked down at the crane and then back at Tohru, blinking a few times quickly before finally speaking,
"It's not that amazing... it's pretty easy actually."
Tohru's eyes widened and she sat down Indian style beside him with a grin on her face,
"Can you teach me how you did that then?"
The little boy looked back at her with astonishment and then felt a feeling of happiness seep into his skin as he thought to himself with a lopsided smile,
I don't feel so invisible anymore...
He took out another sheet of colorful paper from a packet beside him and handed one piece to her, keeping another piece for himself. He then guided her step by step on how to make the origami crane, but in the end she always managed to mess it up somehow. Tohru sighed and frowned as she held up a messy mass of crumpled paper in her small hands,
"I can't make it!"
The boy chuckled as he saw her finished product to be just a misshapen looking ball and she turned beet red when she saw his hidden laughter. The bell then rang and laughing kids rushed out of the room, knocking chairs down in the process. Class was officially dismissed. Kyo was about to walk out of the doorway after the mob of kids but Tohru ran up behind him and said to him with pure honesty,
"Wait! Can we be friends? My name is Honda Tohru."
The boy turned his head fully and felt his lips widen into a grin as he introduced himself to her,
"Sohma Kyo."
From that day on, they began to become better friends and from time to time he would try to teach her numerous times on how to make the crane again, but she just couldn't comprehend on how to make it, so she sighed and gave up after a long week of attempts.
Tohru walked over to Kyo's house one sunny Saturday morning and spotted him sitting underneath a giant oak tree planted right in the middle of his front yard. She wandered over to him with an uncontrollable smile and when she got closer she saw that he was concentrating on making more of those paper cranes. She stood in front of him and greeted him tersely,
"Hi."
Kyo looked up from what he was doing and smiled back before looking down again to finish the crane he was working on,
"Hi."
Tohru sat down next to him in the shady area and watched him as he finished yet another beautifully crafted paper crane. He set it down next to him and she asked him with curiosity,
"Kyo-kun, why do you always make cranes?"
Kyo hugged his knees to his chest in a childlike manner and finally answered after a long pause,
"My mother once told me that if you make a thousand cranes, then you're wish will come true."
"Really?!"
Kyo nodded with agreement and took out another sheet of paper to begin folding another crane. Tohru watched him thoughtfully and said to him,
"I wish I could make one..."
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A few weeks later Kyo came over to Tohru's house and met her outside in her backyard with a sullen look on his face as he told her some bad news,
"I have to move."
Tohru gave him a funny look and asked,
"Move?"
Kyo nodded slowly and said,
"I have to move out of Tokyo tonight... so I guess this is goodbye."
Tohru felt her heart tighten, a feeling that was brand new to her, and tears streamed down her small face. She had never felt this way before, she had never had to say goodbye to a person that meant something special to her before. Tohru bit her trembling lower lip and asked softly,
"Will you ever come back to visit?"
Kyo shook his head with dismay and then finally commanded after a long period of silence,
"Open your hand."
Tohru reluctantly held out her hand and opened her palm, hiccupping softly from all the tears that were taking place. Kyo then placed a colorful crane on top of the surface of her smooth palm and said with a smile,
"I want you to have one... because I know that you'll never be able to make one by yourself."
Tohru laughed between the chokes and sniffs, and then through her blurred eyes she saw him give her one last wave before disappearing from her life for eleven long years...
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Eleven Years Later...
Honda Tohru stepped into her 12th grade classroom and was immediately greeted by her boyfriend Sohma Yuki. He swooped her up into a warm embrace and kissed her lightly on the cheek, making her blush slightly before saying,
"Good Morning Yuki-kun!"
Yuki whispered into her ear,
"Good Morning princess."
He put his arm around her and led her to her desk, pulling out her seat in a gentleman like manner. She sat down while nodding her thanks to him and he asked her with a charming voice,
"So what are you doing after school today?"
She racked her brain for a second and then realized what she had to do after school,
"Oh! I have to go to the bookstore today and pick up a book for this project in English class. Do you want to come with me?"
Yuki shook his head and said with disappointment,
"Sorry, but I have to go to a student council meeting... presidential duties calls me."
Tohru gave him an understanding nod and said with a smile,
"Well I can see you any other day right?"
Yuki nodded affirmatively and gave her a peck on the cheek again before seating himself in his assigned seat since the teacher had entered the room.
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Tohru was meandering in the local bookstore, which was fairly large, and looked through the aisles for the English book that she needed for her project. She scanned the large book shelves, trailing her finger across the spines of the books and then felt her index finger stop when her eyes caught on the title of the book that she needed. She found the book squished between two other books, so she wedged it out and felt a sense of triumph fill her as she was walking towards the cashier. That's when she suddenly felt her legs stop in their tracks when she saw an aisle that was labeled CREATIVE ARTS. She bit her lower lip and tightened her grip on her English book while she walked into the aisle, scanning the books about Japanese origami.
This brings back old memories…
She saw one book in particular that caught her eye and it was labeled JAPANESE ORIGAMI ANIMALS. She was so entranced when she reached for it that she didn't even see the person beside her reach for the same exact book at the same time. Their hands bumped into each other and she shot back a few feet, turning tomato red,
"I-I'm so sorry!"
She tucked a stray strand of brown hair behind her ear and looked up nervously at the person that had wanted the same book, and her pupils dilated when she saw a handsome boy about the same age with tan skin and bright orange hair in her perspective.
This boy's hair... is just like his...
The boy stared at her for a long time and then he tilted his head, squinting a little,
"You look familiar..."
TO BE CONTINUED
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