Author's note: Hey everyone! I'm back with my second attempt to a Fruits Basket fanfic! Actually...the idea for this story came from the song "I'd do anything" by Simple Plan. So this whole story is based on that song. Being that it is my second attempt, I'm not sure if I've got the charters attitude in line...I hope they aren't out of charter...I tried! Anyway this story is dedicated to Rikotsu-sama. She's the coolest! She dedicated a story to me called "Fireworks". It's a Naruto fanfic with the parings being Sasuke x Sakura and Naruto x Hinata. You really should check it out Anyway, I'll quite chatting and let you guys read this...Ja Ne!

Disclaimer: I love cats...and Kyou is sooo cute! (Yea yea and I DON'T own Fruits Basket...)

Day Three

Count down: 54hrs 01min 45secs

"WHAT??!!" Kyou shouted at the dinning room table with his eye widen and his fist pounding against the table. "You've gotta be kidding me! How long have you known about this??"

Tohru swallowed hard. Somehow she knew she was going to get this reaction... "Um...about a month now..." She said in a very low voice.

"A MONTH??!!" He shouted once again. "WHAT!!...HOW!!..." Clearly his anger was rising by the second. How on earth could she have known something like this for a month and then wait until 2 days before she has to leave to tell them?? He knew that she could be absent minded sometimes...but this was going too far! He saw as her green eyes widen and a frown came across her face. Despite his anger, that look alone was enough to calm him down...only by a fraction.

He sighed deeply as he lowered his head. "Care to tell us why on earth you waited until now to tell us?" Kyou asked as calmly as he could muster.

Tohru looked down at her food of which she had only half consumed. Her frown deepen as she looked back up at Kyou. "I'm...I'm sorry." She said in a very quite voice. "I knew about it a month ago...but I never made up my mind until today. I spoke to my teacher who suggested it in the first place and told him that I wanted to go. It just so happens that orientation is in a couple of days and it's mandatory for all new students to attend it. If I miss it, then I won't be able to go to the school." As she continued a look of determination was written across her face. "It's my only chance to fulfill my dream. I know mom wanted me to finish high school...but I know that she would be even more proud of me if I went to college as well! It's the only school in Japan that offers this program and because of my grades, they offered me a full scholarship."

"A full scholarship?" Shigure echoed with a surprised look written across his face. "So they DID accept you? I know we were talking about it when you first applied...how along ago did they accept you?" He asked with interest.

"Oh it was about a week ago...but I was having a hard time deciding what to do..." She said with a smile as she turned her attention to Shigure.

"I know you were nervous about taking the scholarship test, Honda-san. I'm glad it work out well for you." Yuki said with a sincere smile.

"Oh! Thank you Yuki-kun!" Tohru said as her smile widen.

As the three continued to talk, Kyou looked on with a look of confusion twisted across his face. How is it that every time something happens in this house he's always the last to know? His eyes narrowed as steam was starting come out his ears and his face began to turn a bright shade of read from anger. Without warning, he shouted out in anger as he stood up.

"WHAT THE HELL??!! WHY IS IT EVERYTIME I'M THE LAST TO KNOW EVERYTHING????"

Yuki, Tohru and Shigure stopped their chattering and looked up at Kyou in surprise. Without another word Kyou ran out of the room and up the stairs to his room. Once again a sadden look came across Tohru's face.

"I should have said something to him earlier...but...I was afraid on how he would take it...especially since I didn't know myself on what the final decision would be." She then stood up and headed towards the door way. She looked back at the table to see that Yuki and Shigure were looking at her. "Maybe I'll go upstairs now and talk to him."As she turned around to leave, Shigure called out to her.

"I don't think that would be a good idea just yet, Tohru-kun" He said with a serious look on his face.

"Even if you go to him with sweet words and a kind voice, it wouldn't really help the situation. You know how he takes surprises after living here these past two years. Just give him time and then try talking to him ok?" He said with a warm smile.

Those words proved to turn Tohru's frown upside down. She was thankful for the good advice that Shigure and Yuki would give her...even Kyou on occasion as well. With a silent nod of her head she turned around and head up the stairs to her room.

Yuki and Shigure continued to sit at the table finishing up there meal. Neither one spoke a word for about 10 minutes, that is until Shigure spoke up. "Tonight is you're turn to wash the dishes right?" He asked.

Yuki looked up and gave him a confused look at first. When it registered in his head what he had said, he nodded silently. Shigure noticed this and gave his cousin a worried look.

"Is something troubling you?" He asked with concern.

"No...nothing...it's nothing." He said as he stood up and gathered the dishes from the table. "Excuse me." He said politely as he stepped out of the room. This left Shigure in the room all alone to ponder on many thoughts...whatever they may be.

Kyou was sitting on top of the roof. By this time his anger had died down. His eyes narrowed when he thought about his outburst earlier. He closed his eyes as he tried to block out the thought, however the past is the past and there's nothing he could do about it. He sighed deeply when he remembered Tohru's reaction to his outburst. It's not that he was really upset...and it's not like he would just go ahead and admit it...but he really was hurt by the news. He never told her or anyone this, but he really loved her. Not only as a friend but more then that. He's come to fall in love and being that he never was in love before he had no idea what to do with such feelings. So of course he did what was natural to him and he just hid it.

But now the thought of her leaving and possibly never coming back? It was like reality hitting him hard on top of the head, his world spinning in circles and whatever other metaphor that could come to mind. 48 hours was all that he had left to be with her. It was all to sudden and he didn't know what to do. All he knew was that he had to make to most out of the little time they had left together. With that thought resolved, he decided that the best thing to do was to at least apologize for his out burst. Hopefully that would help to smooth things out. As he climbed down the latter leading from the attic, he noticed Shigure standing in the hallway. He held a serious look on his face as he looked at Kyou.

"Kyo-kun...we need to talk." He said calmly.

Kyou took in a deep breath as he closed the over head door leading to the attic. He ignored Shigure as he turned around to head to Throu's room.

"It's about Tohru-kun." He said, not backing down.

This statement caused Kyou to stop in his tracks. Curiosity now came over him. What did he have to say regarding Tohru?

"I'm kinda busy right now, what is it?" He asked in a low voice.

"Well...I would tell you, but the walls have ears...maybe we could take a walk for a minute or too?" He suggested.

Kyou rolled his eyes as he released a sigh. Now his curiosity was peeked. What was it that he had to say that he couldn't say in the house. For a moment or so he wrestled in his mind wither or not he should even follow through with his suggestion. However after much thought on the matter, he finally gave in and turned around to face him.

"Let's go." He said firmly as he now changed directions and headed towards the stairs. A few minutes had passed and they were walking along a trail on their property. The early fall wind blew against them bringing along a slight chill...but not so much that it was troublesome...at least the sun was still high providing plenty warmth for the two.

"So what about Tohru was it that you wanted to talk about?" Kyou asked after a moment.

"Ah right! That's why we left the house in the first place!" Shigure said while pounding a fist against his hand with a cute chibi face. A sweet drop appeared behind Kyou's head as he silently wondered what on earth he did wrong for him to deserve this.

"Anyway...what I wanted to talk to you about was...you're feelings towards Tohru-kun." He now spoke in a serious matter and the once cute chibi face disappeared leaving a plain look on his face.

"My feelings? For Tohru? What on earth are you talking about?" Kyou asked with a look of confusion on his face as he looked at his cousin.

Shigure stopped for a moment as he turned to look at Kyou. For a moment he remind silent before he finally spoke. "Kyo...you can't hide it from me...I know how you feel about her." He said with a knowing smile.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? WHAT AM I HIDING FROM YOU??!!" He snapped as his patience was once again thinning out.

"You love her don't you?" He asked in a serious tone with a face to match.

Kyou's eyes widen at the sudden statement. He honestly didn't expect for him hit his true feelings on the bulls eye. A slight blush crept up his cheeks and he looked away. "What ever gave you that crazy idea?" He asked without looking at Shigure.

Once again he had a chibi face along with a wide smile to match. "So you DO love her!" He assumed happily.

"Whatever...go on with your crazy assumptions. It's not like anyone is going to believe you." Kyou muttered under his breath.

"Who ever said I was going to tell someone?" Shigure asked innocently.

That tone caused Kyou to turn around and face Shigure. It was then he notice that he had a sincere look written across his face. It just dawned on him that maybe Shigure's only intentions were to help him and not to make fun of him. Why else would he have asked to speak outside rather then inside. If he were going to embarrass him wouldn't have done so in the house?

"So...what did you want to talk about?" Kyou asked with a little more interest.

"You really wanna know?!" Shigure asked with both a surprised and excited look on his face.

"Yea...I guess...it doesn't look like you have any bad intentions...so just spill it before I lose my interest." He said in a low voice.

"Ok...I'll get straight to the point. According to what Tohru-kun said, she has only two more days to live with us. After that, we might never see her again. I've known for a while that you liked her...but I guess I never thought that the day she would leave would come so soon...so I kept it to myself. But you never told her how you felt after all this time did you?"

Kyou shook his head no, so Shigure continued. "Well...I was planning on help you confess to her before it's to late." He said.

Kyou took in mind what Shigure was saying, and once he finished, he took the time to ponder more on what was said. "Why do you want to help me?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Is it that hard to figure out?" He asked with an exasperated sigh. This of course earned him a confused look so he decided to continue. "The main charter of a story never allows the girl he loves to leave with out putting up some kind of fight." He said informatively as if it were a basic comment sense that everyone knew.

"Story? What the heck are you talking about? This isn't a story!" Kyou cried out in annoyance.

"Wouldn't you like to know..." He said with a sly smile as he turned his head to look at the readers while giving them a wink.

"Who are you looking at?!" Kyou asked annoyed as he looked in the direction that Shigure was looking in, not seeing anything interesting. "I'm outta here!" He said while rolling his eyes.

"Ok...ok! Just wait a second!" He said once his mind returned to reality. "Listen...I'm serious about what I said. I really do want to help you. She's a special girl and giving her up would be the biggest mistake you have ever made in your life. You only have 2 days Kyo. What are you going to do?"

Kyou stopped walking and a thoughtful look came across his face. Despite it all, he was right. He couldn't imagine what life would be like...not hearing her laugh or to see her smile. He would miss the times they shared on top of the roof, watching the stars and talking about stuff. She was his first love and his first best friend. Words couldn't begin to describe how much he truly treasured her presence. Now, he wasn't sure about taking love advice from Shigure but considering the time constraints and the limited amount of people who knew his true feelings, he weighted out the odds and figured that considering his advices might be worth while.

"What do you have in mind?" He asked with a serious look.

TBC...
Hello! So, how did you enjoy it? Liked it? Hated it? Well...whatever the case...please leave a comment! I really would like to see some interest before I even continue...so if it's not too much to ask...I would like to see at least 10 or more comments before I put up the next chappie. Reviews are important...that let me know if I should move on or not. Ok...Ja ne!