Crazy In Love
Summary: written after Tohru's Tasks. Eve is getting really annoyed with Tohru because he's jealous how close she and Remi are. So with a little misguided attempt to help from Fergy he decides the best way to stop his jealousy is to get her with someone else... bet no one can guess who.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, but I do think I own the idea of Tohru becoming a reaper! Just think about her ushering souls into the afterlife! Oh and Remi and the reaper gang (not Tohru)...
Chapter 3- Co-conspirator
"How am I supposed to get those two together?" Eve said think out loud. He touched his fingers to his forehead in an attempt to think.
"What's up?" Remi asked as he came into the hall seeing Eve standing there just outside Saki's room.
"Nothing," Eve sighed and stared at the Egyptian. "Look I'm sorry about last night…"
"It's all right," Remi said wrapping his arms around Eve. "You know I love you."
"I know," Eve muttered, "I love you too."
"Good," Remi smiled as they're lips came together in passionate kiss.
"From now on I promise I won't fight with you about Tohru," Eve muttered after they finished their kiss.
"I don't know if I can hold you to that," Remi said smiling; a frown crossed his face as suspicion set in. "You haven't planned something have you?"
"Planned something?!" Eve shot defensively. "What do you mean by that? You know I like Tohru!"
"Good," Remi said, then felt guilty for accusing his boyfriend. "Sorry."
"It's all right," Eve sighed. "Actually…"
"What?" Remi said becoming suspicious again.
"It's not anything bad…" Eve started to say. "Look can we go in the bedroom and talk."
"Okay," Remi relented not seeing as to why they couldn't talk about it in the hall.
"Fergie made a suggestion that Tohru needs a boyfriend," Eve told him once they were sitting on the bed in their room.
"Wouldn't that just make you're jealousy go away?" Remi said half annoyed. "So I see it's for your own selfish reasons."
"Not entirely, you know I'd benefit from it but she would too," Eve reminded him. "She can't always lean on you."
"And just who exactly are trying to push her onto?" Remi said, now very suspicious. "Besides us there's not a lot of guys she knows and I don't really know anyone that I can trust with her."
"Saki," Eve muttered.
"What was that?!" Remi asked in surprise, he felt fairly sure Eve had just said, 'Saki.'
"Saki," Eve repeated this time a little louder.
"You can't be serious?!" Remi hissed angrily at the Irishmen.
"You know Fergie said the same thing," Eve sighed. "Why not? Do you not trust Saki?"
"You know that I trust him… it's just…" Remi said trying to find an excuse.
"That he's crazy?" Eve said in an accusing manner.
"Yeah," Remi muttered blushing just a bit.
"But he's actually nice to her and they get a long, and there alike," Eve said repeating to Remi the argument he'd made with Fergie.
"That's true," Remi sighed. "I suppose they'd be good for each other and like I said Saki is someone that I trust."
"Good, then you'll help me," Eve said half asking.
After a second Remi nodded, "What's the plan?"
Eve looked at him guiltily, before muttering, "Actually I don't have one yet…"
"Well, then let's think of something," Remi said drawing his knees up close to his chest.
Eve watched Remi and smiled. Remi always did that when he was thinking about something. Eve had always thought it was cute; he loved Remi.
"Tohru," Fergie sighed as she stared up at the brunette from her seat at the table. Tohru glanced her way as she put away the dishes. "Have you ever thought about having a boyfriend?"
Tohru gave her an odd look, "I went out with Yuki."
"I mean now," Fergie sighed. "It could really help you get through this if you had someone there for you."
"Remi's there for me," Tohru interjected.
"But Remi can't always be there for you. He has Eve," Fergie said lightly reminding the girl.
"I know," Tohru sighed and then changed the subject. "Why is Eve so mad these days?"
Fergie remained silent.
"Please, would you tell me? I need to know. It's bothering me," Tohru told her pleadingly.
"Do you think you could help if I told you?" Fergie asked quietly, eyeing the girl.
"I want to," Tohru answered, her voice sounded a bit nervous.
"I don't think there's anything you can do," Fergie sighed, then seeing Tohru start to panic, she lied. "It really doesn't concern you."
"Really?" Tohru asked still unsure.
"He and Remi just haven't been getting along lately," Fergie told her.
"Why? What's wrong?" Tohru asked, worry rising once more.
"Nothing that they can't work out," Fergie explained, and thought to herself, 'how did this get so far off track. Now I'll never know the answer.'
"That's good to hear," Tohru said with a smile.
"For the mean time just put up with Eve for a bit longer," Fergie told her. She need to get back on track. "Is there any guys you like here, Tohru?"
"Hmm?" she asked as if not hearing Fergie.
'Damn, some of those habits she picked up from Remi are annoying sometimes,' Fergie thought to herself, but said, "You need a boyfriend. Are there any guys you like around here?"
Tohru blushed, muttering, "No, not really."
"You and Saki get along pretty well," Fergie muttered half not wanting Tohru to hear.
"Saki and I?" Tohru said as a deep blush crossed her cheeks. "No, Saki and I, we're just friends, that's all."
Just then said, 'friend' came into the room.
"Hey," Fergie offered up.
He stared at her for a moment and she wondered if he'd heard her and Tohru's conversation.
"Hello," he smiled, still in a bad mood from Eve's words earlier.
"You didn't hear what we were talking about, did you?" Fergie asked him, 'better to just ask him out right.'
Saki shook his head.
"Then what's the matter?" Tohru asked empathetically.
"Nothing," Saki muttered as he started to fish through the cabinets looking for his cereal; after all it pretty much was all that he ate.
End of Chapter 3
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