Hey. Its saki yume kira hanajima again. Thanks for waiting so patiently for chapter 2 of Yuki's Curse. School has been tough and I've been suffering writer's block. But thank you so much for reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or the characters in this story, but I do own the brain that thought of this story plot.

Chapter Two

Eh…..what happened? Yuki woke up groggily. Where am I? He lifted his head and realized that someone was on his chest. Is that Hanajima-san? Why is she asleep on me? Should I wake her up? Yeah, I should. "Hanajima-san….." He lightly tapped her on the shoulder.

"Huh? What?" Saki slowly sat up and looked around confused.

"Er, Hanajima-san, you, uh, kinda fell asleep on me," Yuki began hesitantly.

"Oh," Saki said quietly. "Forgive me."

"It's okay. I was wondering where are we, and what happened?" Yuki asked.

"Oh, you don't remember?" Saki asked. "Well after Kuragi-san blew up at you, you ran outside. It was starting to rain, and I went out with an umbrella to find you, so you wouldn't get wet. I found the Student Council Secretary and two other guys beating you up behind the school. I managed to scare them off, but you were already unconscious, so I carried you here, to the nurse's office to treat your injuries, but she wasn't there, so I had to bandage your wounds myself. I guess I fell asleep when I was watching you."

"Oh, that explains the bandages everywhere," Yuki smiled. "Thank you, Hanajima-san."

Suddenly the school intercom turned on. "Attention, students of Kaibara High," the voice of Naohito boomed. "Due to the discovery of lying on our student council, President Yuki Sohma has been removed from power. So from now on, Vice-President Kakeru Manabe-san will be our president. The ceremony will be at the end of the day, but due to the disgrace of the Student Council, Yuki Sohma is not allowed to attend. We can perform the ceremony just fine without him. Everyone else's attendance is mandatory. You may go back to your classes. Thank you."

"Great, now everyone knows," Yuki sighed. "I'm probably going to get run out of the school by a mob."

"I don't mean to pry, but what caused Kuragi-san to breakup with you?" Saki inquired wonderingly. After glancing at Yuki's saddened face, she added, "Its okay, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"Its fine," Yuki said. "I had been keeping a secret from her, and when I finally told her, she didn't like the secret, and then, she broke up with me."

"Oh," Saki said monotonously. She thought for a moment. "You really loved her, didn't you?"

"Yeah, but I guess she didn't love me the same way," Yuki answered.

"It's hard to lose the one you love," Saki whispered sadly.

"Hanajima-san, have you ever lost someone like that?" Yuki couldn't help but ask.

"In a way," Saki smiled, remembering when she was younger. "When I was in elementary school, I often walked around in a park during lunches. Once, I ran into a boy my age who said that he was trying to think about how his life was going. The voices within his heart were very strange, almost heavy with a burden that no one knew about. Despite his sadness, he was very kind. We talked about our troubles and after that day, always returned to the park for lunch. We became good friends, though it was very hard for us to trust each other, considering our relationships with other people. I was hated at school, yet loved by my family. He, on the other hand, was loved at school, yet somehow, his family hated him. He was abused mentally, physically, and emotionally. He was very kind. Once, when a group of girls had stolen my lunch, he shared his with me. For a time he would hardly speak to me, his abuse was so bad. I was his shoulder to cry on. And a long period of time, he never showed up, and when he finally came back, he explained to me that he had been confined and abused. He was still my friend, but he was broken. He no longer trusted me like he did before. It took a long time to rebuild the trust that his family broke."

"How sad," Yuki said. "Well, what happened? Where is he now?" Oh, please don't have let the boy die from the abuse, Hanajima-san may be strange, but it would be terrible if she lost her only friend from elementary school that way.

"His family found out," Saki replied. "In our first year of middle school, they got upset that a girl with powers like me could have befriended their perfect son, who was being tortured by them. One day he didn't show up for lunch. Instead an older boy, assumingly his brother, showed up and said that my friend would not remember me, that he was abused so much his mind became neurotic and his memories were gone and he would be attending a new middle school and I would not be allowed to know where he was going. His brother told me that me that before his memories were gone, my friend had said that I was the best friend he had ever had. His brother handed me a silver charm bracelet and said it was supposed to be my birthday present. He lost his memories before he could give it to me. I never saw him for the rest of middle school."

"You mean you saw him after middle school?" Yuki asked.

"Yes, I see him often, but he still doesn't remember me. I had liked him, but I realized that he would probably never remember me, I gave up. But he is always close to-"

"Yuki-kun, there you are!" Tohru rushed in to the nurse's office. "I went looking for you after I heard Sakuragi-san's announcement. I'm so sorry! Wait-what happened?"

It took Yuki about three minutes to explain to Tohru about what happened, leaving out the details of Saki's mysterious former friend. Tohru listened and worry filled her face. "Yuki-kun, I'm just glad you're okay! Hana-chan; thank you for helping Yuki-kun.! Oh, I should go tell Uo-chan and Kyo-kun I found you! I'll see you later!" With that, Tohru dashed out of the nurse's office.

"Uh, well, I should go," Yuki started. "I have a lot of explaining to do."

"Okay," Saki said.

Yuki got up and walked towards the door. "Oh, and Saki-I mean Hanajima-san? Maybe he will remember."

"Maybe," Saki smiled to herself. He's closer than you think, Yuki-kun.

Okay, that's all for now. I don't know when I'll be able to update. Thanks for reading.