Authors Note: This is my first Fruits Basket fanfic okay, so the characters are going to be a little ooc even if I don't want them to be. Kyo's way out of character since I wanted the reader to see … like … the soft side to him.

Warnings: Theres fluff … I guess you could call it that… Yuki falls in love with Kyo.

Once upon a dark day, a young, orange haired man braced the worst snow storm of the year. He had been sent to get some things from the store in the weather. He covered his face with one arm and the other held all the bags. He let out a curse as the wind began to blow harder. There was no way he would be doing this again. Next time he would wait until the storm was over before going out.

The snow rained down on top of him, with every step he seemed to be taking two back. He wouldn't let the weather win. He wouldn't go down without a fight. The weather seemed to face his challenge. It struck harder and with a strong gust of wind, the man was thrown down to the ground. His things spilled everywhere.

Quickly the man started gathering the things up before they were completely buried in the snow. He reached for the box of tea when he noticed a small gray dot in the snow. He brushed the snow away and saw it was a rat. Two of its paws were wrapped in bandages and there was a bandaged around its stomach.

The man picked the rat up. Memories of Yuki came to him. He shook them out of his head. Yuki was gone now, he wanted nothing to do with him anymore… but still … the rat in his hands … He couldn't keep it, that would be outrageous! He would never hear the end of it. It was enough that he was clobbered by cats at school, which led to teasing by the other students.

If he were to save a rat, they wouldn't ever stop calling him an animal lover. They would call him soft… But then again … he couldn't just leave the injured rat in the storm. It had been taken care of by someone, which meant it had an owner.

He looked down at the rat. What did he care about someone else's pet rat? It was their fault they had lost Yuki- … the rat. He shook his head again. It wasn't any of his business…

"Oh, Kyo, you're home!" Tohru came from the kitchen. She had on her apron.

"Yeah… after freezing to death." He tossed her the bags. "Next time, I'm waiting until after the storm."

Tohru looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry Kyo. I'll go before there's a storm next time."

"Yeah." Kyo said. He glanced down at the pocket of his coat. "Hey Tohru… Have you ever taken care…"

"Yes?"

"Forget it." Kyo grunted. He stomped up stairs.

Shigure popped up from out of nowhere. "I heard Kyo." He looked down at the bags in Tohrus' hands. "Yes! He bought the tea!" He said hugging the tea and crying with joy. He ran into the kitchen and started making two cups of tea.

Kyo put a blanket over the rat. "That should help you stay warm. Once your well and the storms over, you're gone though. Got it?" He said trying to sound rude. The rat barley had its eyes open. It closed them and went to sleep. Kyo looked down at it. "..Well I have to call you something …" He mumbled.

Tohru stared out the window at the falling snow. It had gotten even worse since Kyo came home. Shigure handed her a cup of tea.

"I hope Yuki's some place warm." She said before taking sip of the tea. Shigure waved his hand.

"Oh you know Yuki. He'll be just fine." He took a large gulp of his own tea and let out a breath. "Ah..."

"Yeah…" Tohru said.

Kyo remembered the wind from the storm. It had sounded like someone was calling out Yukis' name. He had put it off until now. He pulled the blanket up higher on the rat.

"I'll call you Yuki since I don't like you."

"Kyo, are you awake yet? It's time to go to school!" Tohru yelled. Kyo stirred in his sleep.

"Kyo?"

He groaned. "Yeah, yeah, I'm up." He yelled.

He stretched, pulling the covers off. He hadn't remembered going to bed… He got up and checked on the rat.

"Yuki?" He pulled the covers off. The rat looked up at him with large violet eyes. A shiver ran down Kyo's back. Those eyes… they looked just like Yukis.

"Don't look at me like that." He muttered. He put the rat onto his bed. "Stay here. I have to go to school." He explained to the rat as he got dressed. "And if Shigure finds you, he might kick you out into the cold."

He grabbed his bag and ran downstairs. He walked out with Tohru.

"I can't believe we didn't get a snow day." He grumbled.

"It might have been a bad storm, but in all there wasn't exactly a lot of snow." Tohru said. "Besides, maybe Yuki will be at school today…"

Kyo folded his arms. "Who cares about that damn rat anyway?"

Kyo took his seat in the classroom. He started to take his books out when the rats head popped up. Kyo's eyes widened. "What are you doing here?" He hissed out. He grabbed the rat and shoved him into his desk. "Stay there, and listen this time!"

Soon enough the lunch bell rang. Kyo took the rat and found a place to eat alone. "You're going to get me in trouble you know." He muttered. He took out a rice ball that Tohru made him and started to eat. The rat walked around, limping slightly.

"You shouldn't walk. You're still hurt." He picked the rat up and put him down on his leg. The rat looked up at the rice ball. Kyo sighed. "Fine, here." He took a bit of the rice ball and set it down in front of the rat.

The rat started to munch on the rice. Paused for a moment, coughed and then went back to eating.

Kyo looked up at the ceiling. "You remind me so much of that damn Yuki…" He let out a long breath. "You know, I hate him so much. He gets everything he wants. He has friends, and girls are all over him. He's so lucky to have all that. Everyone loves him, anything he says is a great idea. He even wore that dress and people loved him even more!" Kyo clenched his hands into fists. "And everyone hates me… the cat. My ideas are all horrible and no one wants to be my friend." He grumbled. "I bet they all think it was better before I showed up. At least I know Yuki did."

He wiped his arm against his face. "I'm not crying, so don't you start on me." He said to the rat, whom had turned away to hide his face.

He sighed. "Why don't we get out of here? Schools such a bore."

He put the rat on his shoulder and started to leave.

"Tohru, can I ask you something? … have you talked to Yuki lately?"

Kyo stopped and looked around the corner. Haru was talking to Tohru. She shook her head.

"Really? … um…" He rubbed the back of his neck. "You wouldn't have noticed a rat around your home have you?"

She shook her head again. Haru sighed. "Thanks anyway." He started to walk away.

"What's Haru want to know about a rat and Yuki for?" Kyo asked himself. He felt a soft scratch. "Yeah, I'm going." He said to his friend as he walked out of the school. He let Yuki crawl into his coat sleeve to keep warm.

"Sometimes … I just wish I was Yuki." Kyo said. The afternoon sun had melted most of the snow away. It warmed up enough for Kyo to unzip his jacket. The rat sat on his shoulder once more. Every now and then giving a small cough.

It felt so good to tell someone how he felt, someone who wouldn't really be able to judge him like a human could.

"He's smart and I'm not. Those exams are an easy A for him and he doesn't even have to study!" He grunted. "Everyone thinks I study last minute … but I don't … I really do study."

He shoved his hands into his pockets. "He's better at everything… it's not my fault I'm jealous…" He thought about that night. "Yuki… I'll find you and beat you at something… I promise."

Kyo took a deep breath. "I'll just have to train harder…"

The rat squeaked.

"What is it Yuki?" Kyo asked looking down at the rat.

"So you know? And you're not arguing?"

Kyo jumped. The hair on the back of his neck stood up. "What do you want Haru?"

Haru put his hand on Kyo's other shoulder.

"I would have thought you would have run away and cried about how you just- OW!" Haru pulled his hand away. "Damn it! Why'd you bite me!" He yelled.

Kyo took a step back. "Because you're an asshole when you're black-Haru."

Haru smirked. "At least I'm better than you Kyo."

Kyo's eyes narrowed. "Oh yeah!" He put the rat down on the ground and charged for Haru. He threw a punch, hitting Haru square in the jaw. Haru slide back a bit but instantly fought back with a kick to the head.

Kyo ducked as Haru started to throw a punch. He head butted Haru in the stomach and the both dropped to the ground. Punches were thrown like crazy.

The rat, standing on it's back feet watched the whole fight. It coughed… then it passed out, collapsing to the ground.

Both Kyo and Haru stopped fighting within the same second.

"YUKI!" Both yelled. Kyo scrambled over to the fallen rat. "Oh no… crap. We'll finish this later!" He yelled taking off.

Haru followed after him. Kyo ran to his home and up stairs. He put the rat under the covers and ran back down stairs. He didn't know what to do for a rat… did rats drink tea?

"ERGH!" He slammed his fist against the wall. He ran into the kitchen and started getting some hot water.

"Home already Kyo?" Shigure asked walking into the room. He looked to the door. "And you brought Haru?"

Haru, out of breath ran up stairs without saying a word.

Shigure blinked. "I seem to have missed something…"

Kyo ran past him with a bowl of hot water. Going up the stairs he heard Haru talking.

"What did you think you were doing? I told you not to go, you were still hurt, and look at what it's done to you now. You need to turn back and rest."

Kyo stopped walking and listened.

"Don't give me any of that. I don't care if you want to stay. Kyo will kill you! I bringing you back home and that's that." Haru said.

Kyo slammed the door open. Haru looked up, in his arms was the rat.

"You're not taking him anywhere. He belongs here." Kyo said. Haru stood up.

"Does he? Than why did he leave here? I'm bringing him back home." Haru said sternly. Kyos face turned red from anger. "No he's not. He's not leaving here with you."

Haru glared at him. "Why do you care so much for him? You hate him! You're the one who drove him away! You don't care for Yuki like I do."

Kyo's eyes burned. He wasn't going to loose him. "I'm not going to loose my only friend Haru!"

Haru's eyes widened. "What?"

The rat tugged on Harus shirt. Haru looked down at him. The rat jumped from his hands.

"Yuki-."

The rat jumped onto Kyo. There was a loud 'Poof'

When the smoke cleared… Yuki was hugging Kyo. Kyo looked pale.

"Kyo…"

Kyo started to pull away from Yuki. "You- You tricked me!"

"I didn't mean to Kyo… it's just you…"

"I don't want to hear it! You tricked me Yuki! I take back everything I ever said to you. I hate you, I don't want to be like you! I wish you really did leave for good like you said you were!" Kyo screamed.

Kyo punched Yuki in the face, causing Yuki to fall back. Kyo took off running. "I hope I never see you again!" He yelled.

Haru pulled his coat off and placed it over Yuki. "I'll go get him."

"No." Yuki said. His cheek was bright red. "He's right… It's just…" Yuki pulled Harus coat around him tightly. His violet eyes drifted along the floor as if trying to find the right words to say.

"I've never seen that side of Kyo before… That night… all I thought was that he had pure hate for me. But when he saved me in the snow storm, he was showing compassion … yes he didn't know it was me but… he was being so kind. Then at school… he told me he wanted to be like me…" some of his hair fell into his face. "He wanted to be Yuki…"

The door to the front of the house slid open. "Brr… it's weird how fast the weather can turn…" Tohru said to Shigure.

Yuki started to get up. He hadn't noticed the wind howling. He ran to the window. The snow was coming down quicker than it was a day ago. He looked at the bed. Kyo's coat was there…

"Kyo…"

fin

Well … one thing to the readers, if you want to know more like … if Kyo's okay, what exactly happened 'that night' that caused Yuki to leave, ect, ect, leave a review asking for another chapter :D I'll gladly add another chapter or two to add more to the story. One last thing, Chiraptophobia is the fear of being touched. I just sort of felt it was a good title… since Kyo's always trying to hide his feelings.

Anyway, I hope you liked it! I know I really need to work on their personalities… but I've only seen 1-12 episodes once each… -I do know what happens in the rest of the series though-