P.S. EDIT - NeoDude you've saved my ass too many times Just a reminder to all, this is an AU Fic. The Sohma's are NOT cursed! thank you ... and thanks to NeoDude for noticing my mistakes!

A/N: OH …. MY GOD… A FRUITS BASKET FANFIC! FROM ME? When I haven't updated the other one for like, half a year! GASP!

This just shows that inspiration can be found anywhere and everywhere. Many thanks to one of my best friends, Emily, for giving me the real life story that inspired this fic. Kudos, Emmy! (glomps)

Summary: The two met by fluke – she happened to walk in front of a car and he happened to be impersonating a police officer. How can she thank a guy when she never knew his name? Call 911, of course! It may seem like a perfect first meeting … but the truth is everyone seems to be keeping them apart. K and T.

911

Sheiju Police Department didn't even need to be built, if anyone thought about it. The city figured since the community college was being built that, like every other college in the city, there would be more disturbances and harassment cases.

Firstly, Sheiju didn't have a police station because there weren't any problems that needed police attention. The majority of the neighborhood was either families or the elderly. No small children that were breaking windows, no twentysomethings drinking and trashing a house, no loud parties, no nothing. It was a pretty peaceful area.

So when the need for a community college arouse, the city believed that this would draw out all the teenagers that drunk and drove, or did drugs or had wild parties. That's why they put the police station in. But in reality, nothing ever happened. Before AND after the college went up. No reports of girls getting molested in the parking lot at night, no phone calls about a keg party happening behind the building or anything. It truly was a picture perfect area.

Since nothing ever happened, anyone can imagine that working at the station would be particularly boring. Especially for those working the night shift. The men sitting in front of dispatcher phones and at desks, waiting for some kind of call, all knew that the police stations around the city got at least some kind of excitement during the night, and envied the other stations for it.

A man wearing a plain white dress shirt and loose tie sat in front of the dispatcher along with two other men. He looked ready to fall asleep. Moaning, he stretched his arms above his head before putting the large headset back onto his head.

Since the station was small, it was given to a large family to look after – the Souma family, to be truthful. They had a large clan that took pride in honorable jobs – the majority of the officers and deputies in the building were related somehow. That was how this man, Shigure Sohma, got suckered into this job.

A light started to flash on the board, and he flicked it. "911, Shigure speaking, what is your emergency?" he said in a monotone voice that almost asked, "Shoot me now."

"HIYA! I got an emergency!"

He blinked in confusion at the happy, childish voice that flowed through the headset. Patiently, he asked, "Alright, go ahead."

"I can't get the answer to my math problem! What's eight times nine?"

Shigure almost laughed out loud at this. He snorted, and got odd looks from his colleagues for it. He smiled, and leaned against the counter with his elbows. "What do you think it is?" he asked lightheartedly.

"I dunno … 84?"

He smirked again, but something clicked in his head. He recognized the voice and instantly became annoyed. "Momiji, is that you?"

"Yeah!"

Thankfully another light on the board flashed. "Stop calling me at work!" he said before hanging up on his young cousin. Flicking the other switch, he said once more that this was 911 and his name was blah-dy blah-dy blah.

"Um, Hi … I need some help."

Shigure's eyebrows rose at the tone in her voice. She sounded nervous – could something actually be happening in Seiju district! He listened with undivided attention. "Go ahead, miss!"

"Well, um … I need an officer's phone number."

His head crashed to the desk in shock. You have GOT to be kidding me. "What, did you think he was cute or something?" he asked blandly.

Shigure heard nervous laughter. "Uh, I dunno if I can judge that… I only saw him for a second …I, I have his badge number, though, a-and even if you can't give me his number could you give him a message?"

"Why? This isn't a dating service." He rested his head in his palm, finally aggravated. Hopefully this would get her off the line so he can focus on … well, nothing. He sighed as she continued after a few moments of silence.

"I-I know … I just … I just need to repay him."

This intrigued him. He raised his head and asked, "For what?"

"Saving my life."