Summary: For a few months now, Yuki and Kyou had been feeling some very interesting things in regards to each other and after Tohru is injured while saving a young girl at a charity cabaret for Shigure's publishing company, Tohru is taken to the main house to recuperate in a non stressful environment With Tohru gone Yuki and Kyou must try to deal with no longer having her as a buffer between the two of them. And they must deal with their new feelings coming to light as the boys are forced to spend more time together while awaiting her return. What catalytic effects will their budding relationship have on their family and their curse? And what happens when their little riceball gets caught up in their dramatic afair as well as one of her own?
Note: Hey! This is my first attempt at yaoi and the pairing will end up being Yuki/Kyou as well as possibly Hatori/Tohru. So if you have a problem with those pairings then please leave now and save yourself the pain of having to read this wickedly awesome new fic! hehe
Note 2: Please excuse any spelling errors. I'm on my grandma's computer again and she only has word pad so there is no spell check! thank you and I hope you enjoy thie fic. it's a bit slow in the begining as I try to introduce the sittuation but dont worry things will heat up. Muwahaha!
Disclaimer: I do not Own Fruits basket although I wish i did...sigh
Ch.1: Prelude to Confusion
"Ok! Come on everyone we have little time to lose…curtain is up in 5 minutes!" Shigure's editor shouted backstage to get the players in gear. "Thank you five!" the assortment of people buzzing around called back to the nervous brown haired woman as they continued getting on their make up and costumes. Shigure emerged from a small closet back stage in a very dapper looking black suit and waltzed over to a door labeled "Ladies" and tapped lightly on the closed door with his closed fist.
"Oh girls! You're up soon…now remember if any of you need any help zipping anything or hooking anything please let me know…" the dog smiled leeringly at the door before promptly being smacked in the head by a very pissed looking Kyou and a disgusted Yuki. "Amazing…even when you do so called 'charity' work you still manage to let your inner pervert shine through" Yuki said in a deeply sarcastic tone. Shigure pouted and rubbed his sore head "oh that's not fair! I was just trying to be helpful Yuki-kun…besides you shouldn't be backstage anyway…the show's about to start" Shigure whined.
Kyou rolled his eyes and shoved his hands into his pockets "yeah right! Helpful…hah you're just a sick pervert and you always will be" Kyou said with a tone of finality. "Places!" came a panicked cry from the left wing and suddenly stage hands and performers were moving at lightning speed to get everything ready, "I'm sorry to disrupt this lovely heart to heart but it's time we took our seats" came a strong voice from behind the two teen boys, "thank you Haa-san! Now please hurry and get seated…it'll all start soon!" Shigure said with a gratuitous smile towards his friend as he ushered the three of his cousins out of the door leading back stage.
AS Shigure gave one last shove to his younger wards the two teens stumbled down the few steps to the auditorium causing them to crash heads as they became pushed together in the crowd. "Ow! Damn rat watch your head!" Kyou hissed as he glared directly into Yuki's amethyst eyes, Yuki was about to reply when a sudden nudge from a nearby stagehand caused him bump noses with Kyou. Yuki's heart began to beat wild in his chest as the warm sweet breath from Kyou's lips caressed his bare neck. 'What the ...? why wont my heart stop pounding' Yuki's mind buzzed as he unconsciously crooked his neck further to the side to allow more access to Kyou's breath. Kyou looked up at his rival only to be met with purple eyes half lidded in some mixed emotion that Kyou couldn't quite place.
Kyou blushed and took a deep staggering breath as he quickly stepped back from Yuki and turned away "w-what's with you? Move ya damn rat! The show's starting!" Kyou grumbled half heartedly as he pushed past Yuki towards their seats. Kyou felt a mixed pang of relief and disappointment as he left the closeness, After Kyou had gone to be seated Yuki slumped against the cool auditorium wall and sighed in relief. What was happening to him…why was his body reacting this way? The questioned swam through his mind a mile a minute. Yuki had suspected for some time now that he may be gay…bisexual at least, he'd never really been interested in any woman except for Tohru. But even with her Yuki questioned whether his love for her was romantic or simply brotherly love and adoration.
However the case his sexuality wasn't really that much of a problem to him, it was his growing attraction to a certain fiery redhead that made him worry. Now Yuki would never deny the fact that, like all the Sohmas Kyou possessed that striking beauty and princely charm. Although he was a lot rougher around the edges than most. But he was also the cat. Yuki's sworn enemy; it was impossible for anyone let alone him to have feelings for the cat. That was just the way of things, besides it was probably just raging hormones on Yuki's part, right? Yuki sure hoped so, for both their sakes.
"Now Ladies and Gentlemen…we'd like to thank you all for your attendance and various donations to the South Pavilion women's shelter." A petit grey haired woman spoke into the microphone as Yuki took his seat between Hatori and Kyou. The woman cleared her throat "We would like to begin our little cabaret with a few readings from "The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler…please sit back and enjoy!" the woman concluded as a round of applause went off and she quickly exited the stage. Yuki felt his cheeks light up as he slid down into his seat 'great…an hour of discussing the female anatomy…it couldn't get any better' Yuki thought sarcastically as the first female performer began her monologue.
As the woman went on delivering her piece Kyou squirmed with discomfort in his chair, all the while his cheeks were flaming red due to the blunt and sometimes rough language. 'Oh kami…this is so damn embarrassing' Kyou whined to himself as he looked around the dark auditorium restlessly. Suddenly his maroon eyes shifted over to the boy beside him, Kyou felt himself strangely drawn to the pale teen as he watched the light pinkish flush begin to cover his cheeks. The redhead smirked at the thought of what was running through his enemy's mind to cause his growing blush. From Yuki's blushing cheeks Kyou's eyes traveled downward to his slightly parted lips, they looked so soft and inviting in the dim lighting.
'Wait! Inviting…? When the hell did I start thinking anything on that asshole was inviting?' Kyou felt himself blush deeper as he berated himself in his mind. Yuki's tongue darted out quickly from his mouth and washed a thin layer of moisture over his soft slightly pursed lips. The motions made Kyou's stomach tingle as he took a jagged breathe inwards to try and still the harsh beating of his heart in his chest. He couldn't help but notice how hauntingly beautiful his adversary looked in the shadow of the theater's stage lights. Although he'd never admit it aloud, besides it meant nothing to him Yuki was still his greatest mortal enemy and nothing would change that. Looks be damned, Kyou would never spare the oxygen it took to ever compliment Yuki…the single person who'd made his life a living hell since the day he was born.
No, Kyou would never admit his admiration for the rat…. he would never allow himself to appear weak especially in front of Yuki. Suddenly Kyou's thoughts were shattered by the sound of applause and cheering signaling the end of another performance, Kyou shook his head of those sickening thoughts and turned back to face the stage as the grey haired woman returned. "Yes…and that was our very own Miki Hamata-san, Tomoe Hidaka-san, and Sonia Ritsubuka-san! Well done ladies" the slim elderly woman beamed into the microphone as she clapped enthusiastically along with the audience. Kyou clapped as well although he hadnt really listened to a word any of the women had said. "Now as we prepare for our next ensemble piece ...we will have a very talented young vocalist...Hokaru Maminashi-san who will be accompanied on the piano by another talented young lady Chiyaka Maminashi-san performing the song memories from the musical CATS" the old woman said into the microphone.
A large round of clapping and cheering proceeded as the two young girls walked out on stage and bowed before taking their respective places at the piano and microphone, Kyou rolled his eyes and sunk lower into his seat 'there is a musical about cats? Americans are sure strange...oh well at least it aint about rats' Kyou smiled smugly to himself as the girl onstage began to sing in a sweet soprano accompanied by the soft melody from the piano. As the girl sang the lights dimmed on the stage and a spotlight came up on herself and the young accompianist leaving the rest of the stage in darkness while set pieces were being moved for the next act.
Back Stage in the wings (the side areas of the stage)
"Ok...Tohru-san and Ryou-san! the lights are down so start in with the table" a short bespectacled man wearing a headset whispered to Tohru Honda and the young man beside her backstage. "Yes sir" they both replied as they each took their place at either end of the 7ft long mahogany table that they were suposed to set onstage for the next number durring the set change. "Ok Tohru-kun on the count of three...one...two...lift!" the boy grunted as he hoisted his side of the heavy table off the ground. Tohru nodded and followed suit although with a lot more trouble, "I'm sorry...Ryou-san it's a bit heavy but I think I can manage" Tohru whispered as her arms shook a bit at the strain of lifting the table. the boy smiled and began to walk forward prompting Tohru to walk bacwards as they tried to manuvure the table between the small space of the legs (two side curtains in the wings).
The two teens made their way slowly onto stage left while blending into the darkness with their solid black clothing. Tohru looked over her shoulder at the young girl belting out the hauntingly sweet song and smiled in admiration as she softly set the table down with Ryou, "damn it! the rope is slipping! watch your fingers Kobayashi-kun!" came a harsh grunt whispered from the right wing. Tohru looked over and saw two kids struggling to hold a rope that was shaking and unraveling in the middle. Tohru followed the rope's path upward and saw the large trembling cresent moon shaped wooden fixture that was attatched to the end of the braking rope, and over top of the young singer. Tohru gasped in horror as her mind quickly processed the ultimately dangerous outcome of the prop's eminate drop.
Tohru turned on her heel quickly before Ryou could question her sudden eratic behavior and ran towards downstage center(the area closest to the audience on the stage where the two performers were in the midst of wrapping up their piece. "Watch out!" Tohru yelled at the girl as she leapt up on top of the black piano landing with a soft thump on her left foot and then using her right foot she stepped forward onto the edge of the piano and pushed herself off in one fluid swift movement. Her sudden jump caused her to land on her hands in an awkward handstand position as she kicked out her legs to knock the shocked young soprano off of her feet and onto her butt a few feet from the microphone stand. Tohru then cart wheeled herself onto her feet she tumbled forward onto the other girl just as the large wodden moon came crashing onto the stage crushing the microphone stand and causing the audience and stage hands to gasp and shriek at the shocking crash.
"Oh my god! Sister! Sister are you alright!" the young pianist cried out as she rushed over to the dazed and frightened singer laying on the stage underneath Tohru who was trying to shake her head of the dizziness she was now feeling from the fall. Suddenly the lights came up on stage and in the house as stage crew members rushed out to the stage to check on the two fallen teenage girls, Kyou, Yuki, Shigure, and Hatori all jumped up from their seats as the crash ocurred and looked up panickedly towards the stage "Honda-san!" Yuki gasped as he watched the theater's crew and players flood the stage. "Oh my gosh! Um...Someone please call a doctor!" someone yelled from on stage, Shigure and Hatori exchanged looks before Hatori sighed and nodded impassively "come on let's go" he told Shigure as he quickly made his way to the backstage entrance followed by Shigure. 'Tohru you idiot! what the hell did she think she was doing? I wonder if she got hurt...' Kyou thought nervously as he and Yuki both ran outside the auditorium to wait for their cousins and Tohru to return from admist the chaos.
Outside in the Parking lot
" What was she thinking! If that thing had fallen on her she could've gotten herself killed!" Kyou ranted as he paced impatiently infront of Hatori's car. Yuki was leaning back against the passenger's side of the car with his arms crossed over his chest; his thoughts wracked with worry. "I mean who does she think she is leaping over pianos and crap? She could have fallen off the piano and broke her neck! and it would have been all her fault!...idiot" Kyou continued to curse and mumble angrily as his pacing increased. Yuki looked up to watch Kyou's tedious pacing and the purple orbed teen began to scowl at the loud and annoying redhead, "would you stop that idiotic ranting...you're giving me a headache" Yuki said coldly as Kyou stopped and turned to look him in the eye. The fiery teen glared at his cousin "well then stop listening ya dirty rat! the least you could do is pretend that your worried" Kyou retorted as he stopped a few feet in front of Yuki.
Yuki Pushed himself off the car slightly and took a step toward Kyou "how I express my emotions is no concern of yours! besides what Honda-san did up there was very noble, she saved that girl's life...you should be praising her actions rather than denouncing them...or is kindness to big of a concept for your tiny brain?" Yuki said coolly with a superior smirk on his lips. Yuki's trick proved fruitful as his words instantly rilled up the redheaded youth causing Kyou to flush with anger; just as Yuki had hoped he would. Ever since they had both begun living with Shigure Kyou had always had a tendency to get really angry and passionate at the smallest things. And Yuki had discovered early on that he also had a knack for bringing out this fiery, wild, and stragnely atractive side of Kyou. Often times Yuki enjoyed to anger Kyou simply for his own amusement, just to see how far he could really push the cat to the edge. Yuki wasnt sure why he found this constant need to try and push Kyou to the limit, he only hoped that one day if he pushed Kyou hard enough the cat would hit his boiling point and then Yuki would finally have his answer.
Kyou stepped closer to Yuki and grabbed the other boy's collar causing him to jerk closer to Kyou's face "look you damn rat, you know what I mean so stop trying to make me feel stupid! You know what I cant stand that superior smart-alick attitude of yours! One of these days I'm going to scrub that princey smirk off your face with a brick!" Kyou hissed as he panted angrily in Yuki's face. Yuki felt a familiar tingle run up his spine as Kyou's warm breathy pants caressed his cold and suddenly dry lips, 'wow he seems really pissed...' Yuki thought unsurely. But the fierce determined look in Kyou's eyes only made Yuki bolder as he decided to push Kyou as far as he could go. "Oh really..." Yuki replied smartly as he licked his lips dry lips trying to absorb some moisture. "You think you're so tough cat...you always talk about how one day you're going to beat me. Well I'd like to see you try...I mean you cant even beat Haru so what makes you think you could ever beat me?" Yuki hissed tauntingly.
Kyou's eyes narrowed in anger as his body began to shake with rage, Kyou pushed Yuki back roughly against the car door and pressed his body closer to Yuki's as the grip on Yuki's collar tightened. Yuki's eyes widened slightly as a pang of fear struck his heart at the strange look in Kyou's eyes. Kyou felt his heart pounding violently in his chest, stirred by anger, confusion, and some strange emotion that Kyou couldnt quite name but felt it to be something akin to want. 'What is going on with me? why am I feeling this way...he makes me so damn mad but still...something...something...I dont know what it is but something...seems to want...need to be closer...closer to...that damn Yuki' Kyou thought as he looked down into Yuki's anxious and frightened eyes. Kyou felt his breath hitch as he looked back at the boy with his marron eyes full of confusion and clouded with a strange emotion that Yuki could not really decipher...something strange...something hungry...something carnal.
Kyou's eyes darted back and forth between Yuki's questioning eyes and his soft silghtly trembling lips, but before either one of them could think about, before either one could stop it Yuki leaned upwards and pressed his lips against Kyou's. Kyou's body stiffened at the initial contact but soon he Kyou softened into the kiss as Yuki brought his hands up to cup Kyou's warm flushed cheeks as Kyou deepened the sloppy needy kiss. Yuki closed his eyes as he pushed further into the kiss and slid one shaky hand down to rest on Kyou's chest. As soon as Yuki's hand touched Kyou's chest the sudden touch caused a spark to ignite inside of Kyou that caused his body to grow stiff again in fear of what this might mean. Kyou imediately pried his lust heavy lids open and tightened his grip on Yuki's shoulders before pulling abruptly out of the kiss and stumbling back a few steps.
Yuki's eyes poped open at the sudden loss of contact and he looked over in confuscion and slight disapointment at the frightened Kyou. Kyou was panting heavily as he looked over at Yuki with his eyes wide in fear and stinging with the fresh salt of tears begining to was against the corner of his eyes. Kyou brought a trembling hand up to his swollen flushed lips and touched the soft appendages gingerly as his eyes suddenly narrowed in disgust at Yuki. "Why...why did you...what the hell is your problem!" Kyou yelled at Yuki as he wiped the back of his hand over his lips roughly. Yuki watched the gesture with a small tinge of hurt and anger as Kyou backed up further from Yuki "is this some sort of sick joke!" Kyou yelled at him again as his voice cracked slightly in anger. Yuki was at a loss for words as he straightened himself up "um...look...Kyou...I...I didnt mean it...it was an accident" Yuki said guiltily as he gave Kyou a somber look.
Kyou felt the anger rise in him again as Yuki straightened his collar, suddenly Yuki looked over Kyou's shoulder and suddenly hi face changed to that of one filled with relief "Shigure!" Yuki called out causing Kyou to turn around as well. Suddenly the tense awkward air passed as the boys saw Shigure and Hatori walking out of the auditorium and towards the car, "oh there you are! I thought you two might have killed each other or something by now!" Shigure said good naturedly as he and Hatori approached the car. Behind them was a tall young man with long dark brown hair dressed in all black and in his arms was an unconcious Tohru, "Tohru!" "Honda-san!" Yuki and Kyou called out at the same time as the man came up to meet the four Sohma men as he carried Tohru. "Is she alright?" Yuki asked Hatori as he noticed the dirty and scuffed up condition the girl was in.
"She's got a nice bruise on her head so she's been out for a few minutes...but I think she should be ok" the man carrying Tohru said, "who are you?" Kyou asked suspiciously. "Oh that's Ryou-kun...he was one of the stage crew members working with Tohru...he offered to help us take her out to the car for us since me and Haa-san's backs are so bad" Shigure said with a wink in the boys' direction. 'In other words he had to carry Honda-san because Hatori or Shigure would have transformed' Yuki thought to himself with a sweat drop. "Kyou, Yuki get into the car...we're going to take Honda-kun back to the mainhouse so that I can examine her properly to make sure there isnt any serious damage" hatori said flatly and both younger boys nodded and went to open up the back door so that Ryou could put Tohru in. "Thank you so much Ryou-kun! I hope the rest of the cabaret goes well...please give Minaba-san my best" Shigure said with a wave as he climbed into the passenger's seat and Hatori started up the car.
Ryou stepped back from the car and waved them off as Hatori pulled out of the parking lot. As they drove out of the lot and away from the building Kyou looked over at Yuki stealing a quick glance at the seemingly preoccupied boy. Kyou felt heat rise in his cheeks as he turned away from Yuki and looked back out his own window 'why is this happening to me? why am I feeling this way...especially towards...towards that damn rat! I mean he's a...he's a guy...is it...is it possible that he's playing with my mind? Is this some sort of twisted plan of his to try and humiliate me more...or is it...no. It cant be...I cant let him control my thoughts...I have to fight this...these feelings...I cant let him win...I wont give him the satisfaction of toying with my emotions' Kyou thought as he tightened his jaw in determination. No matter what happened or how much his feelings were confusing him, he would never admit weakness to his sworn enemy...he'd never admit his feelings for Yuki. He'd have to stay one step ahead of his cousin in this twisted game of hearts and egos...he had to protect his pride and his heart...no matter what the costs.
T.B.C...(maybe?)
A/N: Wow! that took me a long time! I've wanted to do a yaoi story for like freaking ever! I'm glad I got this off my chest...dont worry the begining is a bit jumbled but it'll all start to come together get more romantic, more angsty and more awesome! Oh and if this story is liked at all and I continue it...I will switch off like every other chapter or so and focus on Yuki/Kyou and Hatori/Tohru or Tohru/OC! (Please tell me which you prefer Hatori/Tohru or Tohru/OC...aka Ryou! remeber majority rules!) But this story is mainly a Yuki/Kyou story...whether the Hatori/Tohru pairing is liked enough in the story as I start to introduce it will determine how much time I spend focusing on them. Please be nice and REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! -Love Chizz
