Story Title: Time Bomb

Story Synopsis: A few months after graduation things start to go downhill for some of the former Zodiac members. Hatsuharu reveals his true feelings to Rin… about someone else. Yuki realizes that he was truly in love with Tohru all along, and Kyo and Tohru's relationship seems to be rocky. When Akito decides to get involved it seems that the Zodiac members lives are changing once again… and this time for the worse. Kyo/Tohru, Yuki/Tohru, Yuki/Akito, Yuki/Hatsuharu, Hatsuharu/Rin.

Rating: T (there will be violence and some romance, no lemon or limes though).

A/N: So, this is my first Fruits Basket fic. It'll be pretty long, I haven't written it fully yet, but I know it'll be going for quite some time. Just so you guys know, I am a student, and I have lots of school obligations, so I can't promise a specific amount of time between each chapter. Sometimes a couple days, sometimes a week or two. I have a life. :P But this fic will be pretty dark, just so you know, but mostly it'll be fluff. All angsty love and such. And Akito's character will be more like his original mind raping self. Oh! By the way, you probably don't want to read this if you haven't read or familiarized yourself with the manga, because it'll be pretty confusing for you. Sorry to be so formal here, but sit back, relax, and enjoy "Time Bomb".

Chapter Title: A Day in Hell

Chapter Description: A flash forward to Akito and Yuki talking, then Rin and Hatsuharu have a heart-to-heart in the late hours and Kyo and Tohru visit Yuki for the day and receive and unexpected guest.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. If I did Kureno would have been a much bigger character.

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"Yuki. I could have never forgotten about you." Akito said as her fingers lazily slid down Yuki's arm making him shiver. "But Yuki, did you ever forget about me?" She asked as she moved her arm off of him and looked the boy in the eyes. Yuki turned away shyly.

"Not for one moment." He responded.

Three Weeks Ago

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Hatsuharu slid out of bed silently, his feet not making a sound as they impacted with the wooden floor beneath them. Rin stared as he walked away, not knowing why. It had been like that the past few nights, they would fall asleep together, but in the middle of the night he would walk away silently, only to return to their bed just before their alarms went off in the morning.

As soon as Haru left the room that they shared in Shigure's old residence Rin lifted the covers and got out of bed to follow the man who she loved. She walked as quietly as she could, trying not to make a sound as she opened the door to the room, finding that Haru was already on the outside of it waiting for her.

"I knew you were awake." He said without an expression. Rin tried to smile, but found that the muscles in her mouth would not work. She could sense that there was something wrong. Haru began to walk away and Rin followed him into the main room. They both awkwardly hovered for a moment, then Rin sat on a nearby chair and moved her legs up onto it. She watched Haru with worried eyes. He didn't seem to be Black, but he didn't seem to be his usual White self either.

"Why haven't you been sleeping?" She asked and his gaze moved from the wall to her face. A small smile lit it up momentarily, but then he was back to his usual look of pensiveness.

Then, with his next words, Rin's nightmares were all realized. "I've been sleeping, just not here." Rin's heart stopped beating momentarily, and she felt as if she were out of breath. The worst images she could imagine came up into her mind. Haru with other women in cheap motels, laughing at the fact that Rin was sleeping alone… She felt sick to her stomach, and she felt as if she were going to pass out. "I've been going to the dojo or Yuki's place mostly. I have trouble sleeping in this house." He said looking down.

A smile crept across Rin's face and she let out a small laugh. "What?" Haru asked her with a confused look. She looked up at him with a pleasant face.

"For a moment I thought that you were cheating on me, not just being an insomniac." She smiled again, but it soon faded as she looked at the expression on Haru's face. "Were you…?" She began to ask but was interrupted by Haru.

"No, but I can't pretend that everything is all right anymore." Rin looked up at the man who had been her pillar for all of those years, the one who she had trusted unconditionally and though she had tried to push him away, the one who she loved with all of her heart and soul. What could possibly not be right? They were finally together. The curse was finally lifted. They could now live out the rest of their lives as regular, normal humans. This was what they had always wanted. What could have possibly gone wrong?

The words were heavy on her tongue, not wanting to leave her lips. "What's not right anymore?" She said, unable to tear her eyes away from his beautiful face.

Haru moved around a bit, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "I love you Rin. I always will." He said, but Rin knew what was happening. "But I have feelings for someone else, and those feelings are strong and they have been for years." He said. Tears were now streaming down her face.

"Who?" She asked simply, feeling yet again as if she were the helpless child who was beaten and abused by those that she loved. She felt like how she had before Haru was part of her life.

"Yuki." He said simply, and Rin's world shattered.

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It was the day of the month that Yuki absolutely dreaded. It was the day of the month that seemed to last for hundreds of hours and never seemed to end. It was the day of the month that was Yuki's absolute, living hell.

It's the day that Kyo and Tohru came to rub their relationship in his face. Or came to visit. To Yuki, they were complete synonyms. Once a month (or more, depending on the circumstances and holidays that occurred) Kyo and Tohru would come visit Yuki at his apartment. It was both Yuki's greatest joy and his worst nightmare.

Seeing Tohru was the joy. That girl always found a way to bring a light into Yuki's life that; since they had parted, he missed dearly. He had thought of her as a mother, but with her presences becoming more and more varied and infrequent, he had realized something.

He loved her.

He loved her as more than a mother figure. He loved her as a woman.

He loved her with all of his heart and soul, and the thought of her being with that… that… cat made him sick. Being without her was like breathing without air. Useless. The worst part of it was seeing them together on days like this. Seeing them touch and hug each other. Seeing them hold hands and laugh. Seeing how damn happy they were. That's what made these days miserable for him.

He would do anything for Tohru, including letting her go and be happy, but that was what brought him the most pain imaginable.

There was a knock at his apartment door, and he sighed. This would be a long day.

"Coming." He said as he got up from the couch and stowed the book he was reading on a table. The key that Machi had left when the two of them ended their relationship last week was sitting in front of him. Not wanting the two of them to know that he was no longer with the quiet girl, he put it in his pocket.

The knocking at the door became louder and more irritated sounding. "I'm coming!" Yuki said a bit irritably. He took a deep breath. The last thing he needed was to get into a fight with Kyo and ending up having to buy a new door. Yuki was busy and barely had the time to clothes shop, let alone door shop. He really didn't know how Shigure found the time to replace all of the furnishings that he and Kyo had destroyed over the years.

He finally got to the door, and upon opening it he found Tohru's smiling face along with Kyo's irritated one. Their relationship should have sunk in by now, and the fact that they were always together should not seem unusual, but it still always shocked Yuki. For all those years he had thought that it would be him who ended up with Torhu, and the fact that they were not together was still shocking.

"Welcome." Yuki said with a smile at Tohru. "Please come in."

"Took you long enough." Kyo said as he pushed past Yuki and entered the room.

"Hello Yuki." Tohru said with a beaming smile that made Yuki feel slightly sick to his stomach with grief. "I made you some food. You always write about how much you miss my cooking, so I froze some meals for you to heat up after classes." She said as she handed Yuki a huge bag full of frozen meals.

"Really Miss Honda, you didn't have to do that. To think you went to so much trouble…" He trailed off just looking at Tohru. She was beaming.

"Really, it was no problem. It was nice to be able to cook with leeks again. I just can't get Kyo to like them, no matter what I try." Kyo, who was flipping through a book that Yuki had left out, slammed it down.

"I can't help it that I hate those nasty things!" He said as he stomped off, most likely to the bathroom.

Yuki stared at the direction that Kyo went for a moment, fearing for his possessions, but there was something he needed to talk to Tohru about. "He's been worse lately, hasn't he?" He asked as he turned towards his secret love. "The last few times I've seen him, he's been…"

"Yes, he has." Tohru said, her eyes shifting from Yuki to the floor. "I don't know what's been going on with him lately. It must be something that I've…" She began, but Yuki interrupted her.

"It can't be you Tohru. Don't ever let yourself think that." He interjected. Even if Kyo was unhappy because of Tohru, he could never let her believe that. She was too sweet, too kind, and too wonderful to believe that anything was her fault. "You're the best thing that ever happened to him." Yuki felt the urge to embrace the girl standing next to him, but he restrained himself. If Kyo were to come out and find them holding each other then the resulting argument would not only destroy Tohru emotionally, but also destroy his apartment.

An awkward silence formed, but after a moment Tohru spoke, back to her usual happy-go-lucky personality. "Here, I'll go put those in your freezer for you." She said as she took the bag of food away from Yuki. "I don't want it to thaw and go bad."

"Okay." Yuki replied with a smile that he found could only come onto his features when Tohru was in his vicinity. Nothing, and no one, in the world made him happier than Tohru.

"How's Machi?" Tohru inquired as they walked to the far corner of the room where Yuki's freezer was located. He flinched a bit internally. He had told no one but Kakeru about the end of their relationship, and the only reason he had told him was because he needed someone to make sure that Machi was doing okay. He may not have been in love with the girl, but he still cared about her and when they broke-up, he was terrified that she wouldn't be okay, and that she would do something to herself.

"She's fine." He said, repeating the words that Kakeru said to him the last time he called the day before.

"It's a shame she couldn't make it." Tohru said as she began to stack the plastic containers of food in the cramped freezer, clearing out old things as she did. "I wanted to ask her to see a Mogeta movie with Kisa and I. I really think that she and Kisa would get along very well." She said with a little laugh. Yuki didn't want to tell Tohru that he and Machi had split-up. In all honesty, he knew that it would hurt Tohru to hear that he had broken the girl's heart. She felt more for others than she did for herself.

"Yes, I think that the two of them could find a lot in…" A pounding at the door of his apartment stopped him in mid-sentence.

"Did you invite someone else?" Tohru asked with an excited smile. "Is it Kakeru? Oh, I haven't seen him in forever. It'll be wonderful to get the chance to catch up with him!"

"No, I didn't invite someone else…" Yuki said a bit suspiciously as he made his way over to the door. "Chances are its Hatsuharu though. He's been hanging out here a lot lately…" He said as he opened the door.

"I'm going to kill you." Rin said as she stormed into the apartment, pulled Yuki away from the door by the collar and pinned him to the ground. "I'm going to make you wish that you had never been born."