Disclaimer: I hate your guts- I mean I don't own Fruits Baskets…
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Kiyru's POV
I looked up at Momiji slowly; he looked like a father as he played with Shika. I wondered, was he daddy? Mommy never talked about daddy, she said it was a very hard subject for her. I really wanted to know more but I didn't want to upset mommy. She'd been through way too much for that. All the other kids at school had a dad, they came to class parties and career days, but I never had anyone with me and neither did Shika. So we sat alone on those days just like every other day. We didn't care though, we loved mommy and she did so much for us, it would be selfish for us to want any more.
But the truth was, deep down, I wanted a father so bad that sometimes it hurt. I tried not to think about it, but how could I? I wanted to be normal; I wanted to be like the other kids. Why couldn't I be normal? Why did I have to have a mom instead? A mom who never came to any of my class events, or asked me how my day was?
I stopped and threw the thoughts out of my head. What the heck was I thinking! Mommy cared, I know she did! And I was a brat for thinking otherwise.
"Hey, Kiyru! Wanna play wif me and Momiji? We is playing dinosaur! Rawr!" my sister Shika asked, watching me with cute eyes. (Sorry for the spelling, she's not good with… pronunciation)
I looked from her to Momiji, they were both smiling at me brightly, I usually didn't like playing but I couldn't help it, Momiji made me feel like I actually had a father, my biggest wish of all. I nodded and ran over to them quickly and starting making dinosaur noises, and for the first time since I remembered, I smiled a real, warm smile and it didn't fade.
Momiji's Pov
I waited with Kisa till the kids fell asleep, she was watching them with protective eyes, as if she was waiting for death to try and take them and she'd do everything she could to stop it. Heck, that was what she'd do, if I had lost someone so close to me I'd feel the same about my children… that I don't have. Kisa, Shika, and Kiyru were the closest thing that I'd ever had to a family, and now that I thought about it I'd do anything for them.
No Momiji! Father taught you different, it's not good to get close to people, they'll only hurt you. But Kisa and her kids weren't anything like that, they were loving people, they wouldn't hurt me. Would they?
That brought another lesson from father to my mind, his words echoed through my head "Momiji people are not as they appear, people put up a fake version of their selves to trick others into thinking their nice and caring." I sighed to myself, but I had been their when Kisa was born and she had always been so nice, sweet, caring, innocent…..
What the hell was I thinking? Kisa liked Hiro and only Hiro, I was probably only a friend to her. I threw my thoughts out of my head with all my effort and looked at Kisa, "Hey Kisa? Would you like to go sit on the couch with me and talk or something? I'll make some tea." I added a smile that came out a little awkwardly but it made her smile and that was all that mattered.
"I'd love to Momiji, I'll go get a movie for us to watch while we drink." She replied in an almost too sweet voice.
"Okay," I smiled at her and got up and headed into the kitchen.
I got out the stuff to make tea and almost started to boil the water when my phone rang; I took it out and answered quickly. "Hello, Momiji?" I almost cried when I heard Momo's sweet and perfect voice broke through the speaker.
"Momo, you shouldn't be talking to me. You know Papa won't like it." I said quietly.
"Yes, I know. I just wanted to make sure you were okay, I didn't know what would happen to you when he kicked you out."
I smiled through the phone, "I'm fine Momo, I have nice people to take care of me and I care about them."
"Good, oh no I got to go Mama's coming, bye bye Momiji I'll call you sometime later."
"Bye Momo, love you." the phone hung up before I could wisper my last two words, "Be safe."
I started at the tea again and thought about the words I had told Momo, "I'm fine Momo, I have nice people to take care of me and I care about them." I looked at Kisa looking through the movies and smiled, I really do care for her and the kids so much. And I am glad to be a part of this family.
There you guys go, please R&R! (: