Hello everyone ! This is my first fanfiction so please don't hurt me ''
And forgive me in advance if i update REALLY slowly D:
This is rated T for now, but it might change to M for later, just to warn you.
Disclaimer ; Fruits Basket (c) Natsuki Takaya
Oh, and, the " 8 months later " part means 8 months after everyone is lifted of the curse.

- 8 months later -

"I'm home ... !"

Kana Sohma smiled and opened the door to her apartment, look around for any answer. Of course there would be none, no one lived there other than her, she should have known that. With a light sigh the woman headed towards her living room, turning on her television for some background noise then moving over to her kitchen to put away the groceries she'd bought earlier.

It had been exactly one year since her late husband's death. So soon after their marriage he'd died in a fire accident at work. Kana was devistated, and she'd cried plenty at his funeral, but it felt ... off. To pin point it vaguely, she'd always felt off when she was with him. It didn't mean that she wasn't happy, Kana was infact very happy, but for some reason their relationship had never felt complete. There was love, but was it real genuine love ? Shaking her head, the doctor refocused on the job at hand, putting away the groceries. At least she was contempt with her current job; being a doctor working for one of the hospitals nearby the Sohma estate. She'd always remembered her first time working as an assistant for Hatori Sohma, he was a very kind and strict boss, someone she'd always admired since day one. After that her carreer seemed to slowly build up until she was able to become a successful surgeon. All in all, even though she knew the time she'd worked for Sohma-san had been short, something felt missing. Like, her life had forgotten something that had happened between the two.

Shaking her head once again Kana brushed off the thought lightly and shrugged, reaching for the other heavier grocery bag she'd put on the counter while looking out the window. It was snowing.

Gasping, the brown haired woman let go of the plastic bag and let it fall with a crash on the floor while her hand shot up to her mouth as if to cover the pain that was about to weigh down on her heart. Kana's brown eyes widened drastically and tears became to fall silently down her face as the only sound in the room was from the tv. But she didn't hear, let alone pay attention to anything the news anchor said about the upcoming snow storm tomorrow. The only sound that fully took over her mind were the lots memories of her time with her former boss: Hatori Sohma. Love, pain, suffering, sorrow, regret, all of those feelings flooded into her heart as did the unforgettable memories.

How could I have forgotten ? ... No, why now ? Kana asked herself, her legs giving away as she fell to her knees next to the dropped grocery bag. It was already forgotten along with the turned on television as the doctor cried herself to sleep on the floor, feeling the pain she hadn't experienced since her ex-lover's eye had been injured because of her.

Anyways ! I hope you like what I wrote so far and please forgive me if I make any canon mistakes in the future c:
And if you hadn't found out (which I'm pretty sure you haven't unless you know every detail of Furuba), the '8' symbolizes that Hatori was the eighth member of the zodiac to be freed of the curse.
Please R&R ~ !