NOTICE: Fruits Basket was created by and belongs to Natsuki Takaya. I own nothing. However, I wouldn't mind having Ha'ri...
Okay, this is my FIRST story for Fruits Basket. This story is about the pairing of my new favorite anime couple, Hatori Sohma and Tohru Honda. For those who have never read my stories before, here's my background; I've written about ten stories for Sailor Moon, mostly about the pairing Seiya and Usagi. Anyways, if you like my story, please review! Arigato!
The sleeping flower sighed and turned towards her dresser. She opened one eye, looking at the small clock on her night stand. The clock displayed in big, red block numbers 7: 03 AM. "OH NO! I'm gonna be late! There's so much to do! Oh, and they haven't had their breakfast yet! How could I be so irresponsible!? Why didn't I hear the alarm!?" Tohru screamed to herself as she bolted out of bed. "I should have been up an hour ago! Why didn't one of them wake me up!?" she thought as she threw on her bath robe and raced downstairs.
Shigure, as usual, was setting at the table with the morning paper. "Shigure, I'm so sorry!" Tohru cried as she skidded to a stop at the opposite end of the table. "I don't know know what happened! I'm so sorry I over slept! I..."
"Tohru! Tohru!" Shigure smiled. "It's alright! We wanted you to be able in a little bit today, since it's your birthday!".
"Wha?...Oh, that's right, it is! Oh, but that's no excuse for not getting up to fix breakfast! Don't worry, though, I'll make it as quick as I can!".
"But..." Shigure started, but Tohru disappeared into the kitchen before he could say anything else.
Shigure sighed. "Oh well, so much for spoiling her a little bit this morning" he thought to himself. "I hope she'll at least be surprised by the party tonight".
At the end of the school day, her two best friends gave her their presents. Uo had given her a new set of strawberry bath soaps, and from Hana, she had received a new book. "Thank you so much!" she beamed.
"Are those guys taking you out for dinner tonight or something?" the Yankee asked.
"Oh, I don't know!" Tohru sputtered. "But I'm not going to ask them! I don't want to put them out! Besides..."
"I can sense it," Hana began. "The waves around the prince and Kyo, something...I think they're going to do something for you..."
"OH! Do you really think so?" Tohru asked half worried and half delighted.
"Yes," the physic girl responded. "That, and I saw then took off about ten minutes ago, and not the way they usually go".
"Oh, but that doesn't mean anything, Hana!" Tohru cried. "Maybe they just..."
"Don't kid yourself, Tohru." Uo insisted. "You can bet those two have got some kind of surprise for you".
"Maybe so, but I don't want them to go to any trouble!" the petite brunette insisted. She picked up the bags containing her presents. "I guess I'd better go now! I guess I'll see you two tomorrow! Thanks for the presents".
"Bye, Tohru! Happy birthday!" the two called as she walked away.
"Wow, it's so hard to believe I'm 18 now!" Tohru thought to herself as she walked. "You know, Mom, I never thought I'd make to adulthood! I wish you could..."
"SISSY!".
"Oh, Kisa!" Tohru cried happily. She pulled the young tigress close to her. "Hey, what brings you all the way here!?".
"I wanted to see you, Sissy! Can you go to the park with me for a while?".
"Of course!" Tohru said, delighted. Fortunately, she had the night off from work. "It' s nice it worked out that I didn't have to work on my birthday!" she beamed to herself. The two walked of the park, Kisa clinging to Tohru's arm.
When they arrived at the park, Kisa immediately headed for the swings. "Here, let me push you!" Tohru begged.
"Thank you, Sissy!" Kisa smiled, climbing on to the swing.
About 5:30, the two took off towards Shigure's house. "Well, I guess Kisa's coming along, too!" Tohru thought as the two walked. "I guess I can walk her back to the Sohma estate after dinner. Oh, but I hope no one will be mad! Oh, but maybe she can call her mom when we get home!" she thought. This thought gave her a little bit of ease.
As the two approached the house, Tohru thought she was a figure staring out the window. "Huh? I wonder who that could..."
"TTTTTOOOOORRRRRHHHHHUUUUU!" she heard. A short figure with wavy blonde hair hurled towards her at full speed. POOF!
"Momiji!" Tohru cried happily, picking up the blond rabbit.
"Happy birthday, Tohru!" he cried.
"Wait, you remembered today was my birthday!?".
"Of course! Everyone's here!".
"Everyone?".
"Of course!".
"Momiji, you weren't suppose say anything until we got inside!" Kisa pouted.
"Oh, that's right! I got so excited, and I lost my mind for a minute".
"Everyone's here!?" Tohru repeated again as they walked in, carrying Momiji.
"Sure! That's why Kisa met you after school, so you'd be distracted. We're all here for your birthday! Me, Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, Kisa, Ayame, and Ha'ri and Kagura!".
"Wow, you weren't kidding!" she smiled as the reached the door. "But they must of all had more important things to do than come visit me on my birthday!" she added. "Oh, I didn't mean to be such a bother to anyone!".
"Tohru, Tohru! We all care about you! You're not a bother to any of us!" the bunny laughed.
"We love you, Sissy," Kisa added.
"Oh, I love you, too!" Tohru said, squeezing the young girl.
"Tohru, I think you'd better let me down now!" Momiji cried.
"Why?".
"Because, I think..." POOF!
"OOHH!" Tohru cried, turning around and throwing the boy his clothes.
The three stepped inside. As Tohru slipped her shoes off, she heard footsteps coming towards them. "Surprise! Happy birthday, Tohru!" Kagura squealed.
"Oh, thank you!" Tohru cried with delight. "I'm so happy to see you, Kagura!".
"Happy birthday, PR-IN-CE-SSSSSSS!" she heard someone call as they walked around the corner.
"Oh, Ayame!" she said happily. He was setting at the table with Shigure and Hatori. She felt her stomach turn into a knot and her heart start racing. That always seemed to happen when she saw the doctor. "Why was that?" she wondered to herself. "And I've thought of him quite a bit these past few weeks, too. Why?". Her mind turned towards dinner. "WOW, had I known everyone was going to be here, I would have come home sooner to start dinner. Oh, I hope we have enough for everyone!" she thought, her eyes beginning to spin.
"Uh, Tohru, is something wrong?" Momiji asked.
"Don't worry about dinner, Tohru. Yuki and Kyo are bringing take out for everyone!" Shigure smiled, seeing to read her thoughts.
"OH NO! That must be extremely expensive! They shouldn't have done that!" she cried to herself.
"Of course!" Aya chimed in. "A princess should not have to cook on her birthday! Come, sit, Princess!" he ordered, patting the empty seat between him and Hatori.
"Oh, okay," she obliged, taking a seat between the dragon and the snake. Her heart seemed to pick up speed again. Gosh Hatori looked cute tonight! Then again, he always did.
She saw him give her a small smile, and simply said, "Happy birthday, Tohru".
"Oh, thank you!" she began quickly. "I know you probably had a lot better things to do tonight besides being here! I really appreciate it! I didn't mean to trouble any of you!".
"It's not a bother," Hatori replied quietly, holding a cup of tea.
"That's right!" Aya added. " Who would be so foolish to miss out on an evening with such a beautiful young woman! Isn't that right, Ha'ri!?".
"Yes, my little flower has certainly grown into beauty. Don't you think so, Ha'ri?" Shigure chimed in. The doctor turned red for a moment, but didn't say a word.
"Oh! Me a beauty? No, No!" she began, looking down.
"Sure you are!" Momiji injected. "Tohru, your one of the prettiest girls I know!". "Momiji's right about that. Why did I just think that!?" Hatori thought to himself.
"DON'T DROP THOSE BOXES, YOU STUPID CAT!" they heard Yuki fume.
"SHUT UP, RAT BOY!" came Kyo's voice. "IF YOU WEREN'T IN MY WAY, I COULD SEE WHERE I WAS GOING!".
"My dear little brother has returned!" Ayame cried.
"KYOOOOOOO!" Kagura squealed with delight. "KYO, darling, you're home!" the boar cried as she ran towards the hall.
"Oh crap! Kagura, don't!". BOOM! BAM!
"My house!" Shigure whined as Hatori put a hand over his face.
"KYO, YOU IDIOT, WHY HAVEN'T YOU WRITTEN OR CALLED!? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I'VE MISSED YOU!?".
"I HAVEN'T MISSED YOU! GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU MAD WOMAN! OWWW!".
After dinner (fortunately, all the food was in well sealed containers) Momiji, Kisa, and Ayame insisted that Tohru opened her presents. "OH, presents, too!? Oh, they didn't have to do all that!" she cried to herself, her eyes starting to spin. "First they all got together to have this party for me, and besides, I already got those great gifts from Uo and Ha..."
"Sissy, will the one we got you, first?" interrupted her train of thoughts. She looked down at Kisa, who was holding a purple package in her hands.
"Oh, of course I will!" she smiled, taking the package. "Thank you...um, who do you mean by we?" she asked.
"Me, Kisa, and Ha'ri!" Momiji exclaimed. "The gift idea was mine, and Kisa picked out the size and color..."
"And I'll bet you used Hatori's money to buy it!" Kyo retorted.
"Ohhhhhh..." Tohru began, her eyes starting to spin.
"Kyo!" she heard Hatori say in stern but quiet voice.
The birthday girl pulled a small, light pink purse from. The zipper and handle were dyed hot pink. "Oh, it's so beautiful!" Tohru gasped. "Oh, you didn't have to get me anything! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Really, this is just too much!" she cried breathlessly.
"We don't mind, Tohru!" the rabbit insisted. "Isn't that right, Ha'ri!?".
"Mmmm, no," the somber doctor agreed.
"You really like it?" Kisa asked.
"Yes!" she insisted, hugging the girl.
Tohru breathlessly thanked everyone as she opened each gift. She got a box of different hair clips and ribbons from Kyo, flowers from Kagura, chocolates from Ayame (this was Mine's idea), a glass dolphin figurine from Yuki, and finally, a sky blue, silk bath robe from Shigure.
"PERVERT!" Yuki and Kyo yelled when they realized what Tohru was holding.
"Shigure, really..." Hatori began.
"No, no! It was Mine's idea!" he insisted. "Ayame and Mine made it!".
"Whatever!" Kyo shouted.
"No, it's true!" the snake cut in. "Last week, when 'Gure came to the shop, he asked Mine for an idea. She suggested this, and we hand made it for her! Don't let them bully you, Shigure!".
"It's very nice, really!" Tohru broke in. "Thank you! Thank you, everyone!".
That night, as always, Tohru went to bed thanking God for all the blessings she had. "Really, Mom, I'm so lucky! I wish you could see all the people who take care of me! They've just become new family members! You'd love them all!" she thought as she got comfortable. "You'd love them all! Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, Kagura, Momiji, Kisa, you'd really spoil Momiji and Kisa, and Ayame and Hatori". The thought of the last person made her stomach do a summer salt. "Why does that always happen!?" she thought. Still, the thought of the handsome doctor made her smile. She'd come to respect and like the dragon very much from the first time she'd visited the Sohma estate. All he'd wanted was for her not to get hurt. "He's so nice and selfless, and I bet he did at least help Kisa and Momiji buy that purse, too!" she thought, her eyes wide. "I know! I'll make Hatori and Momiji and Kisa something as a thank you!" she thought. "I'll make something for everyone!". With that thought, she shut her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Next chapter coming soon
