beta done by Alichay
FRUITS BASKET : NEW LOVE BLOOMS
Tohru Honda got a call from her grandfather, asking if the Sohma's could let Tohru's British cousin live with them for a while. Shigure agreed. Tohru and the guys went to the airport to pick Tohru's cousin up. Kyo whined about the plane being late and Yuki told him to shut up which started a shouting match between the cousins. As Yuki rolled his eyes he noticed that a fairskinned,curvy brunette was walking towards them.
"Natalia, over here!" Tohru shouted at the brunette.
Natalia ran over and hugged Tohru. "Tohru! It's been ages! I've missed you so much," said Natalia.
Shigure noticed Natalia's long wavy hair looked like the color of chocolateand how her tresses glided down to her full breasts. 'Gotta love high schoolgirls,' he thought. "So, Natalia, will you be going to the same high school as Tohru?" he asked.
"No. I'm a year older than Tohru so I have already finished school. I hope to find a job. I love writing," she replied.
"Well, lucky you! I'm a writer. You can work for me." Shigure said with a grin. Yuki glared at his cousin. He found himself drawn to this warm beauty and the thought of Shigure touching her made him sick. Shigure noticed Yuki's glares and grabbed Natalia's hand. "Come now, let's get you home. You must be tired from your flight."
Tohru was so happy to see her cousin. Kyo smiled at Tohru. 'I better make sure Shigure doesn't do anything to Natalia that would upset Tohru,' he thought. Tohru and Natalia talked in the car all the way home. Tohru was secretly happy that she wasn't the only girl in the house, although she did worry about her cousin finding out about the Sohma curse. But those worries were for another day; they hadn't seen each other in five years and had much to catch up on.
When they arrived at the house Natalia insisted on helping Tohru with dinner.Natalia loved hearing stories about the other Sohma members. "I hope I can meet Kisa, Momiji, and Hatori - they seem like lovely people. Ayame and Ritsu sound like a handful, though!"
"They are," Kyo and Yuki chorused, followed by evil glares at each other. Natalia laughed.
After dinner Tohru and Natalia went in Tohru's room and talked on her bed. "Tohru, do you love Kyo?"
" Of course. I love all the Sohmas."
" No, I mean are you in love with him?" Tohru blushed. Natalia smiled. "It's written all over your face."
"Yes, I do love him, but... he's so perfect, and I'm not. He deserves better."
"Tohru Honda, I will not hear you say that about yourself. You were and are one of the kindest, sweetest girls I am lucky to know. I think he loves you back.Go for it!"
"Cousin, you're so sweet! Do you really think he might like me?"
"The way I've seen him look at you, I think he's crazy about you and you deserve happiness." The girls hugged.
"Natalia , I'm gonna introduce you to Momiji and Hatori tomorrow and, who knows? Maybe one of them will fall madly in love with you! Maybe Yuki and Shigure are already in love with you! They were quite attentive."
"Tohru! You're such a cupid," Natalia teased with a cuff to the arm.
Tohru smiled." Only fair. You're playing cupid to Kyo and I." Natalia stayed in Tohru's room that night. They spent the whole night laughing and gossiping.
The next day Momiji and Hatori came by to visit. Since it was winter, snow was falling softly. Natalia played in the snow with Momiji and built a snowman. When Momiji fell and hurt his knee Natalia helped Hatori treat it. When Kyo started a snowball fight Natalia decided not to play; she was exhausted. She sat next to Hatori and watched the fight. "I'm Natalia."
"Hatori."
"Tohru seems happy here. I'm glad she's gone through so much in her life.I'm happy to see her smile and mean it. Your family seems taken with her; that's good. She really only had her mother and grandfather. The rest of the family weren't really all that kind to her and her mother."
"What about your parents?" Hatori asked.
"My father ditched my mom and I when I was five and my mother passed away from cancer."
"I'm sorry."
She smiled with only a hint of sadness. "Don't be. She lived her life to the fullest ,no regrets. I miss her but I'm comforted knowing she had a good life."
"Few people have that."
"A good life? Yeah. But it can be done." A snowball hit Natalia on the nose which caused it to bleed.
Hatori tended to her. In the distance they could here Yuki yelling "Stupid cat!" Natalia laughed even though she was in pain.
"I think Kyo accidently hit me and I think Yuki is 'accidently' paying him back." she said nasally.
Hatori looked over and saw Yuki pummelling Kyo with snowballs. "Yes, it appears you're right."
