DISCLAIMER: I Do not own any part of Fruits Basket. I only own my own imaginative ideas.
"Omigosh! I'm late for school! I'm late for school!" Tohru yelled as she hopped out of her bed and gosh dressed as fast as she could.
It was 9:05.
"Ugh. I don't have time to shower this morning!" She said as she grabbed her books as ran out of her room.
She about tripped as she ran down the stairs and slid across the dining room floor in her socks, just as she realized that no one was around.
~Why didn't Yuki or Kyo wake me up??? They always wake me up! ~ she thought
"Oh, Good Morning Tohru. So that's what all the noise was." Shigure said as lazily walked into the dining room.
"Shigure!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could I have overslept and no one woke me up? Then they even left me here? WHY!?!?" Tohru whined, stomping her feet as she did so.
"Ummm...Tohru, today is Saturday. You don't have any school today. Well, Yuki went to school, but that's just Yuki. He said something about a student council meeting. Kyo though, is outside practicing his martial arts in the backyard." Shigure said casually as Tohru collapsed in the floor in surprise and frustration.
"Awww man! And I was so worried too!" she exclaimed.
"Well, there's nothing to worry about. Though, don't you usually go grocery shopping on Saturdays? We're running low on food." Shigure said.
"Oh, ok. That's what I'll do today." she said smiling as she walked back up the stairs.
She went back into her room, put her books back on her desk and changed out of her school uniform and into something more comfortable. She then grabbed her purse, her shopping list, and said goodbye to Shigure.
"Why don't you take Kyo with you? You'll need help carrying things back you know." Shigure said, secretly hoping he wouldn't have to go and carry stuff.
"Oh, well maybe if he wants to go. Knowing Kyo, he probably won't. But I'll ask him. Thanks for the suggestion Shigure." she said as she walked out the door.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning. It was the beginning of spring, and the birds were chirping. The sun was shining, but it wasn't too hot. It was just right. She saw Kyo in the yard practicing his martial arts, and she waved at him. He stopped and he walked over.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb your practice!" She said apologetically.
"I wish you'd stop apologizing for eveything. And besides, I was about done anyways. Where are you going?" he asked, noticing she was carrying her purse, and had a piece of paper in her hands.
"Oh, Satuday is the day to go grocery shopping! Is there anyway you'd like to come with me?" she asked, smiling her goofy smile.
What Tohru never seemed to realize is that her goofy smile, was like puppy dog eyes to Kyo. Tohru probably didn't mean it like that, but when she smiled at Kyo, it made him happy but also made him feel...different, in a way. In a way, that he didn't even understand really.
"Mmmm, I guess I'll go. I have nothing else better to do." he said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh! Ok, that's great! Well, let's get going." she said happily.
They walked mainly in silence the whole way. Kyo was just thinking to himself, as Tohru was admiring the beauty of all the nature around them. Kyo liked being around her. She made him feel like there was nothing to worry about in life. She brought happiness to him.
"I haven't seen Shishou in a while. Do you talk to him much?" she asked, trying to start up a conversation within all the silence.
"Mmm, not a whole lot. I see him at the dojo though almost everyday." he replied.
"Oh, that works."
Silence.
Luckily, they just reached the grocery store, so it wouldn't be awkward silence anymore.
"Ok, so we need.....let's seeee..." she said as she grabbed her shopping list.
"Eggs, leeks, bread, chicken, milk, lettuce, cheese, pork and probably some snacks like chips or something. Does that sound good to you?" she asked.
"...Huh? Oh, um, sure. It doesn't matter to me." he replied, not really paying attention.
Tohru got all the groceries, and paid for them at the cash register. When they walked outside, it had gotten much hotter out.
As they started heading back home, they passed a pretty garden store which has pretty plants and flowers all sitting outside.
"Oh wow. Look! Aren't those flowers so pretty? And they're having a sale too!" Tohru exclaimed, pointing at the shop.
She automatically walked over and picked up some flowers.
"Hey Kyo, we should have a garden! Wouldn't that be fun??" she asked happily.
"Yuki has his silly vegetable garden doesn't he? Why do we need another one?" he replied. He wasn't a big fan or gardening, or flowers.
"Well, that's for vegetables. But I mean we should have a garden for flowers! I remember my mom and I would always plant flowers every spring, and then when they bloomed, we would try to see if we could remember the name of each flower. That feels like a long time ago. I miss it......." Tohru said, as she looked at the pretty flower she was holding.
Kyo could tell it meant alot to Tohru. He hated it when she mentioned her mom, because it always made her so sad. Tohru always acted strong, but Kyo knew she missed her mother evey single day. He felt bad for Tohru, and decided he just wanted to make her happy.
Kyo sighed. "Okay, we can have a flower garden."
Tohru looked up with a surprised look on her face.
"What? What's with you? Why are you looking at me like that?" Kyo asked.
"Really? Can we really have a flower garden?" she asked.
"Yes, I said we could." he replied.
"Omg! YAYYYY! Thank you!" Tohru yelled, as she was about to hug him.
"AHHH! NO HUGS!" Kyo yelled. He could tell she was about to.
Tohru stopped in her tracks. "Oh yeah, sorry." she frowned a tiny bit, but it disappappeared in a second and she started laughing and smiling.
"Ok, let's go in." she said as she took the plant with her and went inside.
The store was more like a greenhouse, with big glass windows and tons of plants and flowers everywhere. There were even some birds inside the store.
"Ok, we'll need a shovel. Or do we already have a shovel?" she asked Kyo.
"We have a shovel."
"Oh, ok. let's see...let's plant seeds and already grown plants, ok?"
"Sure."
So they ended up buying alot of packets of seeds, and about 5 different plants.
They left the store and headed back to the Sohma house.
"So when do you wan to plant all this stuff?" Kyo asked.
"Mmmm... probably this afternoon and tomorrow too. Is that okay?"
"Sure. Whatever." he replied bluntly.
They got home and Tohru put the groceries up as Kyo put all the gardening stuff outside.
"Hey Kyo. Let's eat lunch first, ok?" Tohru called through the window.
"Ok. yeah, I'm starved." he called back.
Tohru made sandwiches, and when Shigure smelled food, he came running in to eat some too.
