Allrighty, Here I am with my first Furuba fanfic (dances) Forgive me, I'm bad at writing touching or dramatic scenes, this is practice, please tell me what you think. Oh! And English isn't my first language (iet ies dutch), so forgive me for my mistakes…
Disclaimer: I don't own the wonderful Hatori or the manga where you can find him in (fruits basket), all owned by Natsuki Takaya.
"Haa-saaaaan, where are you?" a voice said trough the hallway. I wanted to hide so bad for it, but I knew he would chase after me eventually…
I saw a head peeking through my doorway. Too late for hiding now…
"Haa-san!" he squealed while attacking me in one of his destructive hugs.
"Shigure, let me go or I'll use an even bigger needle next time when you're sick" I sighed. I know I can be a sadist sometimes.
"Whut? You're soooo mean Haa-san" he sniffled while the tears run down his cheeks.
"Now, be a good boy and tell me why you came here" I said ignoring his tears.
"Aaah yes," he reached for something in his pocket with his hand "Look at this"
He gave me a piece of paper, an invitation to be precise.
"Yes…and?" I didn't want to be seen with him anywhere, so I pretended I didn't know what et meaned.
"You're SO coming with me there" he said enthusiastic "It will be fun."
"No way in hell"
I looked back at the invitation. We're too old to go to a Halloween party, … for 16 years and older? What the hell is wrong with those people?
"Awww pleeeeeasse" he whined
If I didn't gave him what he wanted, he would chase me around the world until I would yield.
"…allright then, but I am NOT going to wear some stupid costume"
"Yay!" he squealed and ran out of the room, probably to find Ayame…
I still had two weeks until Halloween to convince him that I'm not the person to go to costumed parties…
That night, after all my patients where gone and my paperwork was done, my phone rang.
"Hello? Sohma residence" I said through the speaker like I always do.
"ahh Hatori-kun, good to hear you, I need to ask you something…"
"Go ahead Mayuko-chan" I knew immediately who it was, I recognized that voice from a thousand others.
"well, maybe we could meet, it's kinda weird to tell you on the phone" she sounded like she was crying
"umm… alright, when and where?" it was late, I wanted to sleep, but first I would know what was wrong and do anything to make it better, she was one of my best friends after all.
"now and at my house, is that okay with you?" she murmured
"okay, I'll be there"
"Thank you…, Hatori-kun"
"No problem"
I hanged up the phone and went to get my jacket, my keys and all my junk I take with me when I go out of the house.
I knocked the door of her apartment, then I heard someone running to the door.
Mayuko opened it quick and flew in my arms. Since the curse is broken now, I didn't transform into a seahorse and closed my arms around her back.
I stood there for a minute or two while she was crying on my shoulder. I kind of liked the feeling, her being so close to me, but it was not the moment to get all touchy and stuff.
"What's wrong?" I asked her. She let go of me and mumbled something like "I'm sorry", I walked in her house and closed the door behind me.
She was sitting on her couch now, so I went to sit next to her and asked again "What's wrong, Mayuko, tell me"
After she got her sobs under control, she took a deep breath and then started "well, you know my father was in the hospital a while ago?" I nodded "Well, last week he was hospitalized again for the same reason, but now it was already too late"
I knew, her father had cancer, and last time, they could safe him.
She started sobbing again "he's gone now…" Once again, I put my arms around her back to comfort her. I knew it was hard to lose a parent, I lost both when I was young. But, it was different for her, she didn't have a lot family like I did, she really got a lot of love from him and she probably can't bare to lose it.
"I'm so sorry" I whispered. This is one of the few situations that I don't know what to do. (A/N: I made him unknowing what to do because I don't know either xD)
After half an hour or so, she let go and asked me "I can't go to the funeral alone, will you please go with me?"
"of course I will" I answered
"thank you"
I know, it's a weird moment to end a chapter, but I have to stop for today xD R&R pwease