29/03/05: Replaced the previous version into the beta-ed version. Thanks to Jerem whom volunteer to do the beta-reading for me, this is the revised version. The next two chapters were replaced as well...

Author's notes: okay, i've absolutely no idea how this came about.. but i simply can't resist the urge to write something about Fruits basket... and to top it off... reading too much of the Kyou+Yuki stories didn't help much either. I have no idea how this story is gonna drag... but what i do know is that if i don't get this down i might go nuts... so here's it.

Title: Love in the enemy. Genre: PG-13 Type: Romance Summary: (AU) Finding love in the strangest place ever, the never ending feud between them... is it always so? What will Akito do to them if he ever finds out? Find out all in this story between the Cat and the mouse...(Kyou & Yuki)

'...' character's thoughts "..." speech ... characters' POV

Chapter 1- An afternoon that is not so normal!

Kyou Sohma was sitting at the rooftop of the school brooding as the door to the roof opened and closed. Without even bothering to catch a glimpse of the person who intruded into his brooding space, he snapped "What do you want, Kuso nezumi!"

There is a moment of silence as Yuki Sohma pondered upon the reason as to why he'd come up here and subject himself to such a baka neko who's terribly ill-mannered. Yuki Sohma's face remained expressionless, hiding his reaction to Kyou's imprudence. Sensing no response from Yuki, Kyou Sohma wonders if he should turn around or just take a peek at Yuki.

Bracing himself and reorganizing his thoughts, Yuki Sohma answered neutrally, "It's time to go home in case you haven't noticed. It'd save Honda-san all the trouble of coming up here to get you. So if you're done brooding, I would suggest that you get on your feet, unless you want me to drag you all the way down." Yuki ended with a tease that he knows will provoke the baka neko and walked off.

"What the hell! You get back here, Kuso nezumi!" Kyou stood up and started to chase after Yuki but ended up tripping over the steps on the staircase and sprawled on top of Yuki in an awkward position.

"Get off me, baka neko!" Yuki Sohma blurted with a blush on his cheeks as he tried to regain his cool composure. He pushes the stunned Kyou roughly aside as he hurried down the stairs to the front gate maintaining his seemingly cool but flustered composure.

'God, I can't believe I let him get to me...and why did I blush anyway? Why did my body react in such a way, and the way my hormones are behaving?... stupid hormones!' Yuki shakes his head, trying to forget the feeling of disgust from the incident earlier on as he made his way towards the front gate where Tohru Honda is waiting.

On the other hand, Kyou Sohma is drowning himself in denial for the way his body had reacted when he sprawled on Yuki. He couldn't believe that he was that close to kissing Yuki. To make things worse, the way his hormones rage within him as a teenager causes him to get aroused. The awkward position they were in earlier just complicates matters more.

Cursing himself under his breath, he considered the option of running away. However, that would definitely cause Tohru to worry, which was not what he intended to be. Swiftly, he picked himself from the ground and headed to where Tohru and that kuso nezumi is waiting. Throughout the journey home, an awkward silence stung the air as both Yuki and Kyou were caught up in their thoughts, without noticing that Tohru was busy trying to get a hint from them as to their weird behaviour. Upon reaching home, Kyou headed for the roof and Yuki kept himself to his bedroom without a single word.

Thinking that there was nothing she could do until the both of them open up to her, Tohru occupied herself with the task of preparing dinner. Noticing the weird behaviour between the two cousins, Shigure kept quiet and went back to the task of tormenting his editor, knowing that if he bothered either one of them now, it would end up in a nasty predicament of either having his house destroyed or having himself knocked out by their fists.

to be continued
date completed: 18/02/05