Title: Strawberries
Inspiration: Strawberry Torte, and I shan't skimp on credits, ballet fairy prompted me on her being allergic to something she cooked with, she doesn't cook with Strawberries, but it's pretty damn close
Summary: Yuki's been planning her gift for months, and now that it's ready, she won't even touch it?!
Word Count: 621

Ordinary days aren't always so ordinary, because it's always the little things that count.

Tohru's day starts early in the morning. She wakes up, takes a shower, gets dressed, and prepares the most important meal of the day. Tohru's a morning person, and we all know that, but today, she was exceptionally chirpy. She received a post card from her grandfather who was off travelling Japan, she had a floating tea leaf in her green tea and she had even found a Y500 coin whilst taking out the trash in the morning.

It was safe to say that it was a good day for Tohru; which meant that it was going to be a bad day for everyone else. All around Tohru, bad things were happening. The main Sohma residence had just been ambushed by the flu, the sudden downpour of rain in Tokyo left Ayame's store and Yuki's secret base almost flooded. But the person who had it worst, was Kyo. Being the cat, he would naturally hate the rain. After the depressing day had gone and past, as Tohru was preparing for the night's dinner of caramalized leeks with grilled mackerel and miso soup, because it wasn't exactly Kyo's best day today, Yuki called her out into the garden. Responding with a brief, just a moment, Tohru resumed her cooking.

Yuki could barely contain his excitement. It was to be Tohru's birthday in a few months and though it was still a long way away, he felt it only right to give her the only thing he could: flowers, fruits and vegetables from his secret base. He had especially gone out of his way to buy strawberry seedlings to plant for her, and he wanted to surprise her with the first strawberry that he had grown. After all, if he could give her a present that lasted all year, then why not?

He had read in a magazine, that the most popular fruit among Japanese girls were strawberries followed by peaches. He had hoped to all the Gods and Goddesses of every religion he could think of, that Tohru was like the other 80% of the Japanese female population.

When she finally came out, he plucked the strawberry from it's bright green stem and held it gently between his index and thumb.
"I thought," he started, "that since we didn't get to celebrate your birthday last year, I would give you a present that lasted for more than just a day," he tucked a strand of loose hair behind Tohru's ear. "So I planted you strawberries. Here," he proffered as he held the strawberry up to her mouth, "take a bite."
Tohru instinctively took a step back. "Yuki..." she held his wrist gently but firmly and pushed it down by his side, "that's sweet but..." she pretended to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, a nervous habit.
"Oh," Yuki's face dropped as he realised what had just happened, "you don't like strawberries? I'm sorry, I should've noticed that you never ate strawberries. Maybe I should have planted peaches."
"No! Nonononono! Yuki! It's really sweet of you," she tucked the rebellious strand of invisible hair behind her ear again, "and I really do appreciate the thought, but," fidget, fidget, tuck hair, "I'm allergic to strawberries," pause, fiddle with hem, "and peaches too," she said sheepishly.

...

It seems it wasn't Yuki's day, today either.

A/N: How was it? I thought the start was a bit odd, I'll most likely rewrite it before uploading the next one, but next chap should be up soon. So, any constructive criticism, prompts or opinions on the chapters so far would be greatly appreciated.
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