"Special"

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I don't own Yummy Yuki Kun or any other Fruits Basket character.

Fruits Basket belongs to Takaya Natsuki

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To say that Hiro was angry was an understatement.

He was furious.

It was supposed to be an outing for him and Kisa only! Alone! Just the two of them! There were to be no idiot girls tagging along

and ruining his day with their stupidity!

But noooooooooooooooo! Kisa absolutely HAD to call that moron and ask her to join them at the park.

What in the world did Kisa find admirable in someone with an IQ of dry ice?

Why did she have to call her?

Wasn't his company enough for Kisa anymore?

Hiro was furious.

"...and everybody laughed because it was so funny!" that stupid girl was saying. Laughed? She better not be talking about him!

Kisa giggled softly, watching her. Hiro nearly smiled as well, before he remembered that he was angry and looked away from the two.

Stupid...

If Kisa didn't look so happy he would've left a long time ago.

Actually, what was he still doing here? Those two had been

talking nonstop for the past 20 minutes!

They were practically ignoring him!

He seriously doubted the veracity of anything that idiot was saying to Kisa. She didn't have enough intelligence for that.

The girl kept on talking and Kisa, obediently listening. Hanging on every word, nodding and smiling.

Smiling!

Hiro was furious.

He wanted to spend the day with Kisa. He wanted to tell her about the pop quiz they'd had in math class today. He wanted to tell her how he'd got all the right answers, and that he'd been the only one to do so. He wanted to tell her about science class today, and how

he'd corrected the dumb teacher who said that Lions were from the Cat family. Did she think she was talking to pre-schoolers? Everybody knew that Lions were of the Panthera Genus! Sheesh!

But, it seemed that Kisa was more interested in hearing useless fairy tales.

There was no way that idiot girl was more interesting than him.

No way!

That thought alone made him even more furious.

He wasn't going to be ignored anymore.

He'd show that stupid girl. He'd show Kisa that she wouldn't be able to have fun without him.

"I'm going for a walk!" Hiro said in a nonchalant tone, getting to his feet.

"Hiro Chan?" Kisa called out, "Is..is everything all right?"

Her shy tone nearly made him turn back, but he strengthened his resolve. "Nothing's wrong." He shrugged, and walked away.

He knew it was a little cruel, but surely when he got back, Kisa would be so bored with that idiot that she would never invite her out with them again.

And if not...no, it wasn't possible. Kisa would see things his way, Hiro was certain.

The park was full of children and their families.

They were so loud!

No matter, the children's reckless behavior was a reflection of their bleak and unproductive futures.

He wouldn't bother with them.

He felt a little hungry as he walked. He hadn't had anything to eat after school, choosing to ask Kisa to go out instead.

He wanted to buy her an ice cream cone.

Vanilla, that was her favorite flavor.

Even though he didn't like Vanilla, Kisa did. And if she asked him to, he would have a Vanilla ice cream cone with her. Probably.

He saw those loud obnoxious children surrounding the ice cream truck.

He'll show that stupid girl. He'll buy them BOTH ice cream! But, only when those annoying brats were gone. There was nothing he hated more than stupid loud annoying childish...children.

"I'M SOOOOOOOOOORRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Hiro winced.

Correction. There was something he hated more than stupid loud annoying childish children.

It was that annoying Monkey!

At least he was dressed like a guy today. What a disgrace! Hiro was embarrassed to be in the same family as that pathetic monkey, who was currently apologizing to a young couple.

Hiro smirked. He was probably apologizing for stepping on their shadow.

The Jyuunishi monkey kept bowing long after the couple had walked off. Hiro walked up to him. "Stop it! They're gone!"

"Oh!! Hiro San! I'm Sorry I didn't see you there!! Please, forgive me!!!!!!!" Ritsu began.

"Shut up already! You're making a scene!" Why had Hiro

incriminated himself by talking to the fool?

"I'm sooooooooo sooooooooooooooorrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy!"

It was like talking to a rock. How annoying!

"SHUT UP!!!!!! Stop apologizing!"

Ritsu gave Hiro an apologetic look, "H-Hai."

Hiro frowned and decided that he wasn't in the mood to deal with this.

"Ano, Hiro San! Are you here with Kisa San?" Ritsu started shyly.

"Yeah, I'm here with Kisa." Hiro turned to face him. What about it? He wanted to scream.

"How wonderful!" Ritsu smiled happily, "Hiro San and Kisa San are such a wonderful couple!"

Couple?

Hiro gave him a hard look, meant to silence him, but Ritsu wasn't looking down.

"It's just like Tohru San said!"

What? That stupid girl was talking about Kisa and him behind their back?

"What did she say?" the boy demanded.

"Oh, she said that Hiro San is Kisa San's prince!"

Prince?

She was still going on about that? That moron!

He was no prince!

"She said that Hiro San makes Kisa San smile. That Hiro San always looks out for Kisa San. That he takes care of Kisa San."

Ritsu looked over to his fellow Jyuunishi to find the other looking less than pleased.

"I'm Soooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

I'm so soooooooorrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy!!! Please

forgive me!! I overstepped my boundaries by talking so

casually about you! I'm sooooooooo

sooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!"

"SHUT UP!" Hiro yelled.

"I'm soooooorrrrrrrryyyyyyyy!" Ritsu whispered.

"She's so stupid!" Hiro said with some contempt, "She doesn't know what she's talking about!"

"Tohru San?" Ritsu questioned. "Why, Hiro San?"

"Because! Maybe I do look out for Kisa, but I can't make her smile at me like she does when she's with that idiot!" She doesn't smile at me like that! She likes that idiot more than me!

"But...but!" Ritsu's bottom lip quivered and he nearly started another bout of apologies when they were joined by a worried looking Kisa and Tohru.

"Hiro San!"

"Hiro Chan!"

"Oh! Richan San! It's been so long! How are you?" Torhu smiled brilliantly once she recognized the older Jyuunishi. Kisa waved shyly.

"I'm well Tohru san, thank you so very much for asking about me!" Ritsu gushed, happy to see his idol.

"Kisa San and Hiro San were kind enough to invite me out with them on this beautiful day!" The older girl smiled. "I've had lots of fun!"

Hiro rolled his eyes.

Kisa continued to smile shyly, but she walked over to Hiro. "Hiro Chan, is anything wrong?"

"No. I thought I'd buy some ice cream. I can buy you one if you want Kisa, that girl and the monkey as well. Can't have people starving while I'm around."

Kisa looked a little uncertain but smiled at the mention of ice cream. "Thank you, Hiro Chan!"

Hiro shrugged and walked off toward the ice cream truck, followed by the others.

"Oh!" Tohru exclaimed. "There's no need for you to buy any ice cream for me, Hiro San! Thank you but I..."

"I'm buying some for Kisa anyway, might as well feed you while I'm at it," he replied. And maybe with your mouth full of ice cream, you'll finally shut up!

"But...but I'm not worthyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!" Ritsu started, then was immediately silenced by a hard glare from the younger, irate boy.

A few moments later, everyone had an ice cream cone and they walked over to a recently vacated bench.

Hiro was wrong, that girl never let up! What did it take to shut her up? That annoying monkey was just as bad, hanging on her every word.

Kisa kept on smiling.

Hiro was getting angry again.

"...and I asked Okaasan why it was that there were so many kinds of smiles and she said that everyone had a special person they smiled at in a special way. That you may smile just as kindly at everyone you meet, but you can't help but have a special smile reserved for that special person!"

Kisa was beaming like she had just been awarded a Nobel

peace prize and that monkey fool had tears in his eyes.

Pathetic!

In his mind, Hiro decided that it was unforgivable for someone to repeat the same word four times in one sentence! That girl's stupidity was highlighted by her exceptionally limited vocabulary. What happened to 'unique,' 'exceptional,' 'favorite'?

He hoped she wouldn't rub off on Kisa.

He opened his mouth to tell her exactly what he thought of her 'special' vocabulary when he met Kisa's eyes.

Kisa smiled.

And Hiro stopped in his tracks.

Kisa smiled?

And somewhere in his head, he realized something. That wasn't the same smile Kisa had been giving to Tohru. It wasn't the same smile she gave to Momiji or Hatori.

Kisa smiled!

Kisa continued to smile at him, as he stared back at her.

Her eyes were lit up with something...different.

Could it be?

"Hiro Chan, is something wrong?" She still had that look on her face.

"No, nothing's wrong."

"But, Hiro Chan. You haven't said much today," Kisa argued. Her eyes still held that...something. "Are you bored?"

"I didn't have anything special to say," Hiro replied, a little embarrassed at being confronted by Kisa.

"Everything Hiro Chan says is special." Kisa blushed.

Hiro found his face blazing at that. That idiot girl was grinning as if she was actually responsible for their happiness and that idiot Ritsu was going on and on. "I'm sooooooooooooooooryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! I'm

sooooooooooooooo sooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry !!!!!!! I'm sorry that I'm not special!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry that I'm boring and unworthy!!!! I'm sorry that I made Hiro San buy me ice cream which I just dropped on the sidewalk!!!!!!! I'm sooooo sorrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy that I made Tohru san have to clean up!!!!!!! I'm sssssssssoooooooooorrryyyyyyyy that I'm scaring Kisa San and angering Hiro San! I'm sorry that I intruded

on their time together!!!!! I'm sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! Please forgive me!!!!!!!"

Hiro was getting furious, again.

But, he decided to do something productive about it this time. He reached over to take Kisa's hand in his and simply stated, "Let's go, Kisa."

He didn't have to say anything special, and she had that smile on her face again.

This time, Hiro smiled in return.

I'm so sorry for using so many exclamation marks!!! LOL!

Thank to furubamad for her help and my kawaii imouto and ototo for being my guinea pigs as usual.