Knock Knock Knock
Hatori walked up to answer the door, his face in a cold expression. He was outside, smoking, thinking about Kana, once again, before he heard the knocking. He put out his cigarette and got up, stretching his limbs from sitting that long, and opened the door. He was immediately met with an overly cheery face and had to quickly step out of the way for the unknown girl had suddenly flung herself at him.
"Come on, Ha'ri. Let me hug you. I wanna see you turn into something utterly cute!"
Hatori could just stand there and stare at the girl, in a trance. "Um, no need to be rude or anything, but who are you and why are you here?" He added that last part with an extra tinge of spitfulness and regretted it when he saw the girl flinch. "And another thing, how do you know my name?" He added when he saw that she regained her posture.
"Uh, sorry, I just sorta got caught up in the moment that I forgot my manners. I'm Riku Momomiya. You might have heard about me from Tohru," she said hesitantly. "I don't know if she told you or not that I was coming to visit. I'm a childhood friend of hers and she asked me up here so I could meet you guys." She relaxed when she saw him give a slight nod. "You can probably figure out how I know your name."
"Right." He said, giving another nod. He then realized something important and immediately panicked. "What did you mean when you said that you wanted to see me turn into something utterly cute?!"
She looked up at his sudden change of tone and realized she exposed herself. She didn't want to answer the question but knew he would stare at her until she answered. "Well, I kinda know about the whole, um..." She trailed off, knowing he was smart enough to figure out the rest.
This made Hatori quite angry. "How do you know about the curse?! Did Tohru--" He cut himself for he knew that she would never spill their secret. So, how did this new girl know?
"Well, I sorta figured it out..." When she saw that he stared at her, waiting for an elaboration she continued. "When I first walked into Gure-san's house, I tripped and no one even bothered to help me. When I asked why, they all just looked away. I figured something was up so when Gure-san walked in the door, I unexpectedly jumped him and he turned into a dog. After I found that out, they explained the whole curse and why they didn't bother to help out before."
Hatori sighed and held his face in his hands. "I need to sit down," he said. He headed towards his bed and sat. Riku followed suit and was soon sitting by his feet, hers legs in a pretzel position. Realization dawned on him once again, as he looked toward the girl at his feet and sat wide-eyed.
"Um, yes?" She asked him, shrinking away from the look.
"What did you mean utterly cute?" She looked up at him and saw a barely visible blush sprinkled on his face.
"Oh," she said, giving a sigh of relief. "Well, as Tohru and Gure were explaining and listing the animals to me, a couple of them had caught my attention. The first one was Aya, the snake, because the snake is my second favorite animal in the whole world. The second one was you. As soon as I heard what you transformed into, I immediately asked them for your information and came over right away." She looked away, a light blush visible on her face.
Hatori sat back, shock clear on his face, before he recoiled and his usually expressionless face took over. "You do know that I don't turn into an actual dragon, right?"
She looked back at him and smiled, causing him to retract just a bit. "Of course, silly. Besides my favorite animal is the sea horse. Which is h I had to come over here immediately and hug you. Although I didn't know you were going to be this reluctant." The last part was meant for her ears only, but he still heard it.
Sighing, he said, "Fine. I'll let you hug me." When he saw the girl's face light up he blushed. 'I can't believe I'm actually doing this.' he thought. 'Ah well, she is Tohru's friend, but is that the only reason I'm letting her do this?'
He didn't get to ponder the thought any longer for when the girl heard that she was allowed to hug him, she jumped up and tackled him, sending them both off the bed. With a small 'Poof!', Hatori felt himself get smaller. He also noticed that he was being risen up and didn't realize what was happening until he saw the girl's face.
"Awwwwww," she cooed, rubbing her finger along the back of his spine. "You are the cutest little thing ever! I could just kiss you!" She paused and hesitated before asking,"Can I?" She felt movement in her hands and realized he was nodding. She leaned in and--
Poof!
She was now laying on top of a very naked Hatori, her hands pinned to the floor, so that there was enough space between their bodies so as he wouldn't transform again. But the was something else. After she realized what had just happened, she had failed to notice how she had fallen. When she got all her senses back, she felt something warm and cushy on her lips. Her eyes widened as realization dawned on her. She tore her lips away from his own and stared at him. Her face was a tomato red.
Hatori had to process what just happened in his mind slowly. One second he was miniature animal in the palm of someone's hand, the next he was laying on the flor in all his glory. He had never in his life, been this embarassed. If that wasn't enough, he had transformed back at the worst time. Instead off her kissing him on the cheek, her lips were planted firmly on his. He watched as she separated their lips and slowly got off of him, her eyes searching for a place to look. She bent down and handed him his clothes. He expected her to have a Tohru-like reaction; sputtering her words and blushing furiously, saying sorry over and over again. None of that happened. Instead, her reaction was quite enjoyable.
"Why did you turn this way?!" She saw him flinch and realized that he thought she was talking about his transformation. She decided to make it a little clearer. "The cheek! I was aiming for the cheek!" She heard him laugh and was relieved. Now, she needed to do a little more relieving. "Um, excuse me, but I'm gonna go to the bathroom."
Hatori nodded and watched as she walked away. 'What just happened?' He got up and got dressed and was on his way to smoke on his porch when he heard muffled voices in the bathroom. 'What's going on in there?' He walked up to the bathroom door and froze in mid-knock when he heard her speak.
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Riku looked at herself in the mirror and took a few deep breaths. That's when she really let it out.
"What did I just dooooooo?! He probably hates me now! After I wanted to be such good friends with him!" Her hands flew up to her head and she started rolling on the ground. "Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Nice going Riku! Not only did you get the guy who transforms into your favorite animal royally mad, but you made a really HOT guy mad at you.
There's no way he'll ever look at you the same again! Every time he looks at you, he'll probably think, ''There's the girl that tried to seduce me. I never want to see her again." Noooooooooooooooooo!"
Thump
She froze in mid-rant. 'What was that? It sounded like it was just outside of the door.' She walked up to the door hesitantly and slowly opened it. What she saw shocked her.
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"Nice going Riku! Not only did you get the guy who transforms into your favorite animal royally mad," Hatori frowned a bit at this. Is this all he thought of him? "but you made a really HOT guy mad at you." He blushed. I guess not. He listened as she continued. "There's no way he'll ever look at you the same again! Every time he looks at you, he'll probably think, 'There's the girl that tried to seduce me. I never want to see her again.' Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
By this point, Hatori was struggling to keep himself up. He had never laughed this hard in his life and this girl sure wasn't helping. 'Doesn't she know that that thought is logically impossible?' Hatori couldn't keep himself up an longer, falling to the ground with a thump. He watch the door open slowly, showing the girl, who had a concerned look on her face.
"Oh my gosh," she said, walking over to him. "Are you alright?" After she had come out of the bathroom, she saw Hatori laying on the floor, clutching his sides. It didn't take her long to figure out he was laughing. It took her even longer to figure out what he was laughing about.
"So, you heard me, huh?''
By now his laughter had died down and he was now sitting up. He gave a slight nod and watched as she blushed a dark red. He stared at her for a little while, as if trying to read her emotions.
'Oh god,' she thought. 'He must really hate me now. I mean, look at the way he keeps staring at me.' She shook her head and put it in her hands. 'I'm such an idiot...' She felt him reach for her chin and lift her head up. Her turned it so that they were now looking eye to eye. She had trouble looking away, for she got loss in the deep abyss of emotions that they portrayed. He leaned closer and she felt herself shrink back. She could fell his breath as he spoke to her and she could smell the remains of cigarette smoke.
"So," he said, leaning in even closer. "You think I'm really hot?" He saw her blush and was immediately broken out of his trance. He let go of her and sat back abrubtly. "I'm sorry. I have no idea what came over me."
"I-it's alright." She watched as he held his head in his hands and immediately tried to come up with something to break the tension. "So, do you let just anyone hug you, or what? 'Cuz you really shoudn't be hiding your adorably cute self away from the world." Her face broke into a grin when she saw that he blushed.
"Come on," he said, getting up. "Let me drive you home."
She nodded and followed him out the door, an extra pep in her step.
"You're staying by Shigure's, right?"
"Yup."
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Silence had hung over the Sohma household. That is, until a certain someone came in from her little trip.
"Honey, I'm home!!" Riku shouted as she swung the door open. She walked inside the house, Hatori following behind.
"I'm in here!" A voice called from the direction of the kitchen. Riku ran to the kitchen and went up to hug Tohru when she was suddenly restricted from doing so. She gave her a questioning look when Tohru realized her mistake. "I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so used to having to do that."
"It's A-OK!" Riku said, giving Tohru a big hug. "It doesn't matter if it's Mommy. Oh, guess what? I brought someone home!" Tohru gave her a questioning look as she was dragged out of the kitchen into the living room. There she saw Hatori sitting on the couch. "I brought Ha'ri!"
At the sound of his nickname, Hatori turned and saw an overexcited Riku clinging to the arm of an embarassed Tohru. "I see..."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to stay this long, I was just walking her to the front door when she invited me in."
"Oh, it's no problem at all," Tohru said. "I just wish I knew sooner. I don't know if there will be enough dinner..."
"Don't worry, I was planning on leaving in a few minutes anyway."
Tohru opened her mouth to protest, but didn't get a chance to say anything for the door opened revealing Shigure, Aya, and two extremely-less-than-happy teens.
"I don't see why we had to bring that stupid rat's brother home with us." Kyo spat.
"I usually disagree with you on everything, but I second that." Yuki chided.
"Ah, I feel so unloved!" Aya cried out dramatically. 'But I soon won't be for I heard that dear Tohru's friend loves snakes!'
"Haa-san!" Shigure cried out, startling the three of them. "I had no idea you were coming over! Did you do anything to our little flower while you were here?!"
Kyo, Yuki, and Hatori were just about ready to punch the dog when a voice interrupted them. "Of course not, Gure-san! How could you ever think that way? I invited Ha'ri over when he dropped me off."
Kyo and Yuki froze when they heard this new voice that they new did not belong to Tohru. They looked behind Hatori and saw a girl about their age clinging onto Tohru's arm.
"Ah, Riku! I didn't know you were home! I see your time at Haa-san's was well-spent." Shigure said, giving a knowing smirk. Hatori was really going to give it to him, when Riku stepped in front of him.
"Shut up!" She said, giving him a small punch on the arm. He shrunk away and Riku realized that there were people behind him. "Hello! Who are you guys?"
"I'm Yuki Sohma and this is Kyo," he said pointing to the sulking cat behind him.
"Ah, you must be the cat and the rat," she said, pointing first at Kyo and then at Yuki. She laughed when she saw them freeze. "I know about the whole curse thing. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
"You better not," Kyo said. "Or I'd have to beat some sense into you."
"Kyo!" Yuki said, trying to defend the girl. "That isn't nice." He was confused when she started to laugh.
She composed herself and looked Kyo dead in the eye, a hint of evil glowing in them. "Try me."
Before anything else happened, Aya decided to interject. "I'm Ayame Sohma," he said, taking her hand in his and giving it a light peck.
She stared at him the man before her and gasped. 'So this is Ayame. He is... he is just wow!' She was lost in her thoughts until Shigure whispered something in her ear, making her remember that this was the moment she was waiting for. She looked back up at him and gave him a huge grin before launching herself at him.
"I'm so happy I finally get to meet you!" She said before her arms wrapped around his neck. A small 'Poof!' came afterwards. She turned around and was meet with confused faces.
"What just happened?'' Yuki said. Although he just saw it with his eyes, his brain refused to believe it.
"Do you know what you just did?" Kyo asked, too confused to be mad.
"Yeah, I hugged Aya. What's so wrong with--" The two watched her as she froze and her face was drained of any color. "Oh," she managed to squeak out.
They shot themselves at her, ready to take that damn snake out and rip it to bits before she did something unexpected. She started laughing.
"No-- Stop-- I can't breathe!" She had to grab onto something to keep herself propped up. It wasn't enough and she was soon rolling on the floor. "Oh my god-- Okay, okay, I give up! Just stop moving!" She felt the snake stop and watched as he poked his head out of the top of her shirt. She stared at him, wide-eyed.
"That's it." Yuki got up to go kill his brother, but was immediately held back by Shigure. He saw that he had a serious face, which hardly ever happened, and decided to do as instructed. 'I guess he wants to see what will happen. Although I don't think it will be good.' He saw her open her mouth and braced himself for the scream.
"Awwwwwwwwwwww! You are a cutie pie too! I really could kiss you, but I don't think I want another episode like what happened at Ha'ri's.''
Five minds tried to process what had just happened before them, while Hatori just hung his head in shame. Shigure's was the fastest. "What happened at Haa-san's?" You could almost hear the smirk in his voice, if you weren't already looking at him. He turned his head toward Hatori and wiggled his eyebrows.
"Ah... Well... I..." Riku started, struggling for words. "When I went to go kiss him on the cheek, he transformed back and I accidently kissed him..." She said, trailing off, the last part barely above a whisper. Shigure, being the dog that he was, heard everything.
"What?! You and Haa-san kissed?! I knew something had happened over there!" He looked between Hatori and Riku, a triumphant smile plastered on his face. Hatori just glared at him.
"Hey! At least it wasn't as bad as afterwards!" Ayame had transformed back by then and was now clothed.
"What happened afterward?" He asked, taking a place on the floor next to Riku. Although he didn't look it, Ayame was jealous that something had happened between the two. He didn't know why and it bugged him.
"Well, I went to the bathroom to give him some time to change and for me to cool my head. When I walked out, I found him on the floor, laughing at me. Apparently he had heard what I said and preceeded to tease me afterwards!" She puffed out her bottom lip and crossed her arms, not knowing that by doing this, she made all five Sohmas blush.
"Hey," Hatori started. "I'm not the one who called me really hot, now am I?"
"You're doing it again!" She exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at him. "Don't get too excited there, 'cuz you now have some compition." She turned Ayame's head so that he was facing her and kissed him. She pulled away before it got too heated and smirked.
Things got overly awkward in the next few seconds and Riku knew she had to get away. "Uh, Tohru. Can you please lead me towards the direction of your bathroom please?"
Tohru nodded and got up to show her the way, happy to get out of the tension-filled room.
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Riku supported herself on the edge of the bathroom sink as she stared at herself in the mirror. 'What is wrong with you?! Do you have no self-control whatsoever?!' She made sure that she voiced all these thoughts in her head, afraid of someone overhearing--again. Until she couldn't take it any longer.
"Gahhhhhhhhhhhh! Seriously, do I need a muzzle or something?! Am I just one big kissing machine or something?! Lord help me!" She started to roll on the floor for the second time that day.
"Okay, Riku, you need to calm down and think about what just happened. Think about the pros and cons of the situation. Cons: The two guys I kissed hate me to all oblivion and wish to have nothing to do with me. For another thing, I just made everyone feel really uncomfortable and they probably hate me as well. Pros: I just got to kiss two really hot guys, one of them being drop dead gorgeous, the other making me want to sink my teeth into him. Oooooooh yum, Hatori on a stick..."
Getting lost in her own little world of Hatori ice cream, she failed to notice the door that had been swung open earlier. The person now standing in the doorway was desperately trying to hold back a blush, hs attempts useless.
Thump.
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Tohru came back downstairs and the sight that greeted her was a little less than surprising. Hatori and Ayame were sitting on opposite ends of the same couch and although the space separating them were three feet, it felt as if they were miles apart.
Shigure was in one of the armchairs, managing to smirk while looking serious at the same time. Kyo and Yuki were sitting at the table in front of the couch, both deep in thought, trying to process just how crazy this girl was.
Hatori was the first to break the silence. "Ah, Tohru. I heard her call you 'Mommy' earlier. Why was that?"
Tohru blushed slightly at this. "Well, Riku and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. Riku's mom died giving birth to her and I always sort of acted like a mom to her so the name just came attatched."
"Oh, I see." Hatori said, immediately feeling bad for asking.
The room was again silent until: "Gahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Hatori and Tohru jumped up and froze, each staring at the other. Tohru hesitantly sat down so Hatori took this as a sign that he could go and started up the stairs. He could feel the others staring at him but brushed it off. 'So what, if this looks a bit suspicious. For once in my life, I don't really care.'
He reached the bathroom door and swung it open, ready to help Riku with whatever she needed. "Riku, are you--" He cut himself off when he spotted her rolling on the floor. 'Ahhhhh, she's having one of her "episodes" again.' He tried to surpress a laugh when she started talking again.
"Okay, Riku, you need to calm down think about what just happened. Think about the pros and cons of the situation." He watched as she pondered this and wondered what she would come up with. His thoughts were interrupted when she again spoke up. "Cons: The two guys I kissed hate me to all oblivion and wish to have nothing to do with me." He inwardly rolled his eyes. Why did she always assume people would hate her? Sure, he was mad beca-- Wait, what?! Why was he mad? It's not like he likes her or anything, right? 'Focus Hatori, focus'He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts and continued listening.
"For another thing, I just made everyone really uncomfortable and they probably hate me as well." Again with the hating issues. Seriously this girl needs some self-confidence. "Pros: I just got to kiss two hot guys, one of them being drop dead gorgeous," Hatori blushed at this. He wasn't that hot, was he? Oh god, he was starting to sound conceited. "...the other making me want to sink my teeth into him." He got angry at this. He was only drop dead gorgeous but the snake was so delictable she'd like to eat him?! Okay, now he knew he was going crazy because he did NOT just think that.
"Ooooooooh, Hatori on a stick..." Okay he's had enough. Blushing furiously, he felt his knees give out as he dropped to the floor.
Thump.
Riku turned around to see a blushing Hatori leaning against the door frame. 'Holy shit. Please tell me he didn't hear that.' They locked eyes and when she saw a smirk cross his face, she knew that he had. 'Oh boy, am I in for it'
"So, you think I'm delicious on a stick, huh?"
She threw out her hand, her finger pointing accusations at him. But before she could say anything, he grabbed her hand and pulled her onto his chest, but not close enough to transform. "Why don't we confirm that theory, ne?" He pulled her in for a kiss but the clearing of someone's throat brought Hatori back to senses.
Frustrated that he had stopped, Riku closed the gap in between the two and kissed him quickly. Hearing the familiar tap of a foot, the sound she always heard when she got caught doing something bad by Mommy Tohru, she pulled away and looked up.
The two were now staring into the faces of a confused Kyo, a surprised Yuki, a smirking Shigure, a pissed Tohru (which Riku knew was very bad because Tohru was NEVER pissed), and a very livid Ayame.
Boy, would there be a lot of explaining to do.
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Hello everybody! I'm MidnightNeko-0204 and this is my first Fruits Basket fanfic!! Yay!! ^_^ As you can see, I've put in my own OC because I thought it would make the story a little more interesting. I'm actually a little jealous though, she gets to kiss hot guys! I realized that Hatori seems a little OOC but bear with me cuz' he's supposed to be that way in this story.
I wasn't going to put this up originally and just keep it for myself but then i thought "Why the heck not?" That's also the reason why this author's note is at the end instead of the beginning. -_-'' Anyway, please R&R and I will love you forever and ever. If not, I will send you Riku when she's all hyped up on sugar and trust me, you do NOT want that. (I will also set her on you in you flame, SO PLEASE NO FLAMING!! I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE YET BUT I'VE READ A COUPLE AND THEY ARE HURTFUL SO PLEASE DON'T DO IT!!!! DX)
Just a reminder, this was written for fun when I was bored so again, bear with me if people are OOC.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or anything associated with it. I do, however, own this plot and my OC.