Hi Guys! Can you believe it...? I'm actually posting! I have meant to for...well, a VERY long time now, but things kept coming up...such as me forgetting my password, to my email AND fanfic account. I know, how dumb can I be, right? -head-desk- Anyways, now that I have a more memorable password, chapters will be coming out way faster. And thank you guys so much for all the reviews, favorites, etc...I appreciate it so much! You guys are awesome! And now...the long overdue chapter two!

By the way...this takes place about 5-6 weeks after the last chapter. Also, I kind of changed my mind...(Sorry!) The curse has not been broken yet.

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Fruits Basket. It belongs to the lovely Natsuki Takaya.

"YUKI! What's taking so dang long?" Kyo yelled, banging the bathroom door. The Rat had been in there for a whole hour, and he was sick of waiting. The Cat tried to take deep breaths and count to ten, but...it wasn't working.

"YOU DANG RAT, I'm gonna kick this door down if you don't get out by the time I count to three!" Kyo yelled, fists knocking on the door. "ONE..." He paused shortly, considering how Shigure would feel about him ruining the door. "TWO..." Aw well, screw Shigure. Why should he care how much money that perv had to pay to fix the door anyways?

"THREE!" Kyo brought his leg up, and with a powerful kick forward, he brought down the door in a quick, painless moment

"Oh, it's you, Stupid Cat. I should've known. Of course the only one making such racket in the house would be you." Came a smooth voice from behind him. Kyo whipped around, surprised. Yuki was standing...behind him? So who was in the bathroom? The door had been locked, so he knew someone was in there...he turned around again to see a passed out Tohru on the floor.

"WHAAA!" Kyo yelled, going into a panic. Yuki floated to Tohru's side, grabbing her gently by the shoulders. Her eyes fluttered open for a moment, and she muttered something about cleaning up the mess. Kyo's eyes flickered across the room, and he saw vomit by and in the toilet. Apparently that was the mess she was talking about. What was that girl thinking, cleaning up her mess? She was sick, wasn't she?

"Kyo, go and get Shigure. Tell him to call Hatori." Yuki invaded his thoughts. Kyo gritted his teeth. What kind of idiot did that dang rat take him for, anyways? He couldn't order him around! But then again...he glanced at Tohru. She was pale, and looked horrible.

Kyo sighed. He nodded at Yuki, then ran to find his older cousin. This was crazy! Since when was he willing to take orders from that sissy boy for Tohru? Since when was the sight of a sick girl enough make him do what he was? He shook his head, trying to get the confusing thoughts out of his mind. Dang, it was so frustrating! Well, anyways, he didn't have time to think. He had to find Shigure.

"So, you've experienced this nausea the last week? Hatori questioned, writing things down on a clip board. Tohru nodded, yawning.

"But nothing else..." She trailed off, looking absolutely exhausted. Yuki and Kyo's heads popped in from behind the sliding door.

"You know, it's okay if you have more symptoms than that. Just tell Hatori already." Kyo said, eyes rolling to the top of his head as he blushed slightly.

"And besides, you can't get medicine if you don't give him all the symptoms you're having. And no medicine means you being sick longer." Yuki added. Hatori gave them both an annoyed look, and the two heads vanished, the boys scurrying down the hall.

Sighing, The Dragon cleared his throat. "They do have a point though Tohru. Answer honestly-Are there any other symptoms?"

"Well..." Tohru toyed with the edge of her blanket. "I guess I've felt really tired lately." She said softly. "Oh! But it's no big deal, I'm sure it's nothing!" She added, in one breath.

"And...?" Inquired Hari.

"Um, I guess I've felt kind of bloated." She blushed cherry-blossom pink, brown hair falling into her eyes and hiding her cheeks.

Hatori exchanged a glance with Shigure, who sat unusually quite in the corner. "Tohru, I'm sorry to ask you this, but did you happen to miss your period?" His brown eye burned into hers, and she turned a shade darker.

"Uh, yeah, but it's no big deal...I guess I figured it's normal. I mean, there really isn't any sicknesses with that as a symptom, right?" Tohru asked. Hari just stared at her.

"Well, there is one." He muttered, writing things down on a clip board. "Tohru, would you please excuse me for a moment?" He asked, dragging Shigure along with him. He stopped in the Dog's office.

"Alright Shigure. You and I both know she's pregnant. Now the question is, how?" He stared at Shigure, who cleared his throat nervously.

"Oh, Hari! Didn't I tell you?" The man waved his hand passively, and put the other hand on the back of his head. Hatori raised the only eyebrow visible. "Well..." Shigure continued. "When they had that fall down the stairs...they had a little accident." Shigure said, adding a nervous laugh.

Hatori blinked. "What?" he asked again.

Shigure sighed. "It was an accident. But Kyo and Tohru...well, it's defiantly possible that Tohru is pregnant."

"You don't think she has been in a relationship with anyone else?" Hatori asked.

"No. But it might be best to ask her..." Shigure mused, half to himself.

"I agree." Hatori said, rising from the chair he had been sitting in. "I'll do a few more tests before we do, but I think it would be best if you are present for the confrontation." Hatori added, lips pressed into a white line.

"Alright." Shigure said, distracted. This was turning out to be a very interesting day.

"Tohru, I'm apologize for asking so many personal questions, but..." Hatori glanced at the clip board. After further testing, it proved true-Tohru was, indeed, pregnant. Hari, Shigure and Tohru were all seated in the Dog's office.

"Have you been in an...intimate relationship with anyone?" Hatori asked gently.

"Besides that one accident with Kyo." Shigure added, up-beat once again.

"Oh no! I mean, I think you should wait until your married to do that sort of thing! Not that I judge anyone if they do, It's their choice, just me personally-" Tohru sputtered.

"Tohru, relax. Don't worry about it." Shigure said, in a more serious voice.

"But..." Tohru's brow furrowed slightly. "Um...What does this have to do with me being sick?" she asked, genuine curiosity in her brown eyes.

"Let me be the first to congratulate you." Hatori said, but the look behind his eyes wasn't one of happiness. "Tohru, you're pregnant."

"Kyo, please com here." Shigure called loudly. Kyo jumped, surprised. Why the heck did they need him? A sharp glance from Yuki, and Kyo could tell the Rat was thinking the same. This, of course, caused a surge of anger to pulse through him, However, he brushed it of.

"What is it?" The Cat asked loudly, sliding the door open. He glanced around the room. Hatori looked, well, like Hatori, Shigure seemed strangely solemn, and Tohru looked very confused, and lost. He felt his heart skip a beat. That was weird. And dumb. And, come to think of it, it made him mad.

"Congratulations Kyo." Hatori said, studying some papers. "You're going to be a dad."

Kyo stared for a second, than cocked his head to the side. "This isn't funny. Stop kidding around." He said, irritably. He didn't have time for crappy jokes.

"I'm afraid Hatori is completely serious, Kyo. You and Tohru are going to have a baby." Shigure said, looking straight into the sixteen year old's cinnamon-orange eyes. Kyo glanced at Tohru, who had tears in her eyes. Great, now he had made Tohru cry.

"WHAT THE HECK?" He screamed, than stormed out of the room, not bothering to look at Tohru. She probably hated him. She had a great reason too. He took a deep breath, pushing past Yuki, running for the roof, his place of solace. He needed awhile to think.

"You can always abort." Hatori spoke after an awkward silence. Tohru looked up, eyes glistening.

"No." She shook her head firmly. "I can't."

Hatori nodded. "Alright then. I will call and schedule your first prenatal check up." Hari said, gathering his things. "Until then, take it easy. Take a couple of days off from school, and get some rest. Call if anything at all happens." He said sternly. "Oh, and read this." He added, handing her a book entitled "The Baby Guide".

"Thank you." Tohru said quietly, hands on her stomach. Hatori began to leave, than turned hesitantly. "Congratulations Tohru. I know you'll be a great mom." He said, with a whisper of a smile. Than he was gone.

Shigure approached her, still rather serious. "You know, Kyo will come around. I bet the reason he stormed of was that he blames himself." He stared at the teen, who was unusually quite. She looked up at him.

"You think so?" Tohru met the older man's eyes, earnest hope filling her brown ones.

"I do." The Dog held her gaze for a moment, than broke it off. "Well, I have a lot to do, now that we're going to have another member in the house-" Shigure began, back to his normal, eccentric self.

"Oh no, I couldn't ask for you to house two of me, of course I'll move-"

"Don't be ridiculous, it'll be fine. Besides, if there's a baby in the house, it'll be much harder to get any writing done on time..." He chuckled evilly.

"Well, as long as your sure..." Tohru said softly.

"Of course I am." Shigure said in a sing-song voice, practically floating out of the room.

Now to just make sure Yuki heard the news from Tohru and not Kyo...

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Kyo sat up, the sound of foot steps drawing him from his train of thought. He turned to his right to see Tohru, with that goofy grin of hers. She hoisted herself onto the roof, and Kyo laid back.

"Careful, you shouldn't be up here." He said gruffly, not looking her in the eye. How could he, after everything that had happened today?

"Um, Kyo." Tohru said, her voice wavering. She hung her head. "Nobody has to know you're the Father. You don't have to take care of it or anything. In fact, you can pretend none of this ever happened! I just...I just have to keep this baby." Tohru said, her smile wavering. She sniffed, holding back tears, and looked at him. "I'm so sorry Kyo!"

Kyo stared at her for a moment, than sighed. "You really are dumb."

Tohru's eyebrows furrowed. "Huh?"

"I said You're dumb. That's not the reason I stormed off. I'm mad at myself, don't you get it?" He pounded his fist on the rooftop.

"You mean...you're not mad at me?" Tohru asked hopefully.

"No." Kyo's spit out. "Not at all." The last sentence was a bit gentler. There was a long silence.

"I understand if you don't want me to. And if you don't, I'll back off. But...I want to help you. I'll help take care of it. That is, the baby...and you. I'll take care of you too, Tohru." Kyo mumbled.

"Kyo." Tohru said softly. "Thank you." She smiled at him, old tears still glistening in her eyes. Than she laughed, pure joy bubbling over. "Let's take care of it together, Kyo."

"Yeah, sure." Kyo mumbled, staring out at the setting sun, a dazzling masterpiece, orange and purple, a piece of art that no earthly artist could ever create. And as they sat, taking in the beauty, one word imprinted in their brains; Together.