I'm back! Of course with all the stuff going on in my life, I have to manage school, drama, my catechism class(RCIA(Rite Of Christian Inanition Acceptance)) and all my house hold chores (plus extra if anything major comes up for it all) so sorry if this took a little longer than what I would have planned to. Anyways, as always R&R (and that means my friends too) and enjoy!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket; I think we all know that, so I don't see the point of doing a disclaimer, because it's obvious that I don't. )
Chapter 2- Moving In Part 1
(Kyo's POV)
I didn't really know what to say when she walked into the room. She smiled at me, like she did with everyone. How is it that she could be so god damn happy all the time? Even the most cheerful people in life get angry or sad every once in a while. One thing was sure; I didn't understand this girl at all. Is it true about what Shigure told me? That I need to work on my people skills? I thought I was able to read emotions, but there's something different about this girl.
I was trying to figure out what she was feeling, other than happiness, when she interrupted my thought process, "Hey, when do you think we can move in? Mom said it was okay. I can't wait to get to know everyone better," she said, looking at me with those sincere eyes. It was kind of creeping me out a little.
"I don't know when you can move in, but I know that I'm still up for your cooking later tonight when I'm let out," I told her, excited for whatever it was we were going to have.
"Okay, I'm going to go back out into the waiting room, and I'll send mom in, I'm sure you're dying to talk to her," she told me, got up and left.
It took a while for me to think as to how to even start catching up with Kyoko. As I was thinking so hard, I didn't even hear the door open. It wasn't until she asked me, "What are you thinking so hard about?" that I snapped out of me trance.
"Don't scare me like that! Also, why should I even tell you what I'm thinking about?" I yelled at her.
She only laughed at this and smiled at me, "Yeah, you're still the same as ever. It seems to me that you still don't trust anyone right off the bat, just like when I first met you," she said, then sighed. "Well, I guess I'll have to open you up, just like when I first met you. You know, it's not good to keep your feeling all bottled up, it's not healthy," she told me.
"Yeah, I know that, but why would anyone want to listen about my feelings? No one would want to," I told her.
"And why would that be?" she asked.
"Because no one would want to be friends with the cat from the zodiac," I said with some venom in my voice.
"I know one person who would want to be a cat. Instead, she's a dog, but she considers herself a cat. In fact, you know this person," she told me, as I listened, shocked.
"Who is this person?" I wondered out loud.
"It's my daughter. When I told her the zodiac story, she told me that she wasn't going to be a dog anymore. She said that she was going to be a cat as well. Ever since then, she has always wanted to meet the cat from the zodiac," she told me.
I listened, even more shocked than before, but then again, I should've known that this person was Tohru. "So what you're telling me is that Tohru has always wanted to meet the cat from the zodiac? Why? Did you tell her what I was, from when I was a child? How she broke the curse?" I asked.
She didn't respond for a moment, and then said, "No, I haven't told her. In fact, she doesn't really remember, other than the fact that she met you. She doesn't remember anything, even though she was the one who broke the curse for you and your family. It might help her if you were to have her regain her memory. This means spend some time with her, even if you don't want to. I know how you are, you put up the tough guy act, but deep down, you're a nice guy. You just need to work on your people skills," she said. There it was again, the people skills.
"I know I need people skills, but why does everyone keep pushing it on me? I will learn them later in life, maybe I don't want to learn them just yet," I told her.
She smiled and told me before she left, "See, you're opening up to me already; even if it's when you're more vulnerable. That makes me glad." With that, she left me.
'Finally,' I thought, 'Maybe I could get some peace and quiet before I have to get out of here.'
(Tohru's POV)
I finished talking to Kyo, and I told mom that she could go in and talk to Kyo if she wanted to.
"Alright," she said, "and I've already told them that we're accepting the invite to move in with them. I'm going to take the rest of the week off, and start packing our things. I think I'm going to go talk to him. How about you get to know Shigure and Yuki, they both are really nice people," she told me, then left to see Kyo.
Of course, meeting new people was never a strong suit of mine, but mom said to try to get to know them. I sat in the chair that mom had sat in, and I always took the advice mom had given me; why stop now?
"Hey, you're Shigure, right?" I asked the older man.
"Yeah, and you're Tohru. Your mom has told us about you too; I can't wait to try your cooking your mom said it was phenomenal. Then again, she could just be saying that, you are her daughter after all-"he said, then got a punch to the face that sent him flying across the room.
"I'm sorry Ms. Honda; he doesn't know what's appropriate to say these days. I must say though, he has always been a little immature for his age. I'm sure your cooking is really good. That is to say, better than mine, seeing as I burn water. As Shigure called it, 'Our charcoal rich diet,'" Yuki told me as I laughed at what he told me.
"Really? How do you lived in that house?" I asked, wondering.
"Well, before Kyo came along, we always ordered out, but after he moved in, we were able to have some decent meals. To say the least, it's a wonder how he can cook in that mess of a room we call the kitchen," he said without thinking.
"Why? What's wrong with it?" I asked, guessing what it was already by listening to his context clues.
"Well, none of us are good at cleaning, and seeing as it got out of hand, we never bothered to clean it back up." I thought so, it was a huge mess where it would take those three months, maybe years to get it all clean.
"Alright, when I get there, I'm going to do a major house clean. You all will have to do something for the day so everyone isn't in my way. This way, I can work and not have people in my way. I'm sure I can find where stuff goes in no time," I told him.
Just as mom came back, Shigure woke up. "Oh, hello Kyoko, how's our friendly cat doing in there?" he asked.
She laughed at this, "Still the same as ever I guess. I can't wait to see how much stronger he has become. Let me guess Yuki, he still can't beat you?"
"As always. He still goes on about it. 'I'm going to beat that damn Yuki someday, I know I will!'" Yuki said with a sigh, and then asked "So, does she really not remember?"
"Who remember what?" I asked.
"Does that answer your question?" mom asked him.
"Yeah, I guess it does. The question is how she doesn't remember it. I remember it as if I was learning I was a free person walking away from my jail cell," he told her.
"Of course you're going to remember it, because that is always going to be one of the happiest days of your life," she told him, me, still unclear of what they're talking about. Yuki looked at me, and then muttered something under his breath. I wondered what I was missing, but like mom always said, 'it's not right to gossip about anything or anyone.'
(Kyo POV)
Finally after another hour of sitting, lying, and waiting, I was able to go back to that house I was to call a home. With all that was going on, I realized that I still had to call Master. Of course when I realized that, I was getting checked out by, you guessed it, Shigure. He was complaining how it was going to be a pain for me to walk to and from school.
"Don't worry about me, I'll get better. Then I'll be able to fight and win against that damn rat Yuki!" It was right then I realized something. "Oh no, what am I going to do about that damn Yankee? I mean, how is my class cleaning going to go? She's going to think I did this on purpose!" I yelled.
"Actually, Uo already knows that you broke your leg. At first she thought that you were trying to get out of it, but I told her that it's because you helped save mom. Don't worry, I got your cleaning covered, it's no trouble at all!" Tohru said behind me.
"Really? Are you sure about that?" I asked, hesitant.
"Yeah, she told me. Alright, time to go home, get some of the boxes and go to your house and start cooking dinner!" she told me.
I sighed and asked her, "Do you really think you can move in tonight?"
"Don't worry about that Kyo, I already have everything arranged for them to move in. All they need is their stuff, and they will be good to go. Tohru's mom is getting the rest of their stuff, and Tohru is going to help you out at home," Shigure told me.
"Really? You volunteered for this job? What are you, some kind of work-a-hoilc? It sure sounds like it," I told her.
No, it's something I thought would help me to get to know you better. I mean, I'm sure Yuki will go out of his way to get to know me, but you don't seem like the kind of person to do that," she told me.
So, what did you think? The only reason I'm dividing it up into two [arts, is because I've had the first half done for a while, but I haven't had any time to wright. I've been super busy with school (I was going to write the rest on Friday during my snow day, but my step dad had other plans with me doing chores), drama, RCIA, preparing of the Rite Of Election (it's being accepted into the Catholic Church), to finish cleaning at home, and trying to finish my book series before Tuesday (it's when the next book comes out). So… yeah, super excited for that. I will try to update as soon as I can, but it might be a while.
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P.S. Please review! I was disappointed that I only got 4 reviews! Have a little heart people *coughs friends*
