Fruits Basket Zodiac || Truth || Ch. 3

I acted surprised.

"Oh.. What about it?" I stared at his eyes that peered out of the darkness.

"Well..."He began. "Tohru...I don't really know how to tell you this but... Tomorrow at some point the curse is going to be lifted. It's only temporary, but I would like to live how I have always wanted." He was more blunt about it than I thought he was going to be and I just stared at him. "....O.o; Ms. Honda... are you going to say something? You look dissapointed..." I put his hand on my cheek and my face must have heated up, he removed his hand and stood up. "Well that is all I really wanted to tell you... Get some rest Tohru." He moved to the door and left.

WHAT THE HELL!?! That was not how I expected that to go at all! I expected him to say things along the line of, trying his new freedom out, finding his match! Oh... his match. Maybe that's why he didn't tell me with so much enthusiasm. He doesn't know who his match is. Well, maybe than tomorrow... we can look! I don't think the others know I know...this should be interesting...

I woke up the next morning bright and early. I headed down stairs slugishly and half awake prepared food. It wasnt long before Haru, Momiji, Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure piled into the kitchen. All of them looked anxious to see me except for Yuki and Haru. That kind of dissapointed me. Yuki was usually happy to see me. Maybe he felt different after telling me his secret... Never the less! I had to serve the food. We all ate and chattered with the exception of Yuki. I tried to ignore this the best I could. I picked up everyone's dishes as they all dispersed into their different areas. I washed the dishes and procceeded upstairs to change into my day clothes.

As I turned the corner to go up the stairs, Momiji stopped me.

"Tohru!!" He said with a big friendly smile on his face.

"Oh, Hi Momiji! How are you?" I asked polietly.

"I'm great! I'm sure you already know about that thing.... that happens today?" He asked half questioning his own question.

"The curse?" I asked him reassuringly.

"YEAH!" He said excitedly. "Well Tohru I wanted to try something! We are suppose to be able to hug our matches without turning into our Zodiac! Would you mind if I tried it out on you?" He asked excitingly.

"Huh, well of course not Momiji!" I opened my arms for a hug. Momiji just nodded and with excitement and determination on his face, he gave me the biggest hug ever!! *POOOOF* After the smoke cleared. There was Momiji, in his cute little Bunny Zodiac form.

";_; And I was so sure we matched!" He sounded discouraged. I picked him up and hugged him some in his little form and kisses his forehead.

"No worries Momiji. You'll find your match if you look really hard ^_^, But now I gotta go upstairs and get ready for the day. Good luck!" I yelled back to him as I headed up the stairs. It was kind of a dissapointment that you could only match with one person. Momiji would have been fun if he could stay human all the time. Oh well. I rumaged through my drawrs and realized that I had left my wash out on the line. Drats. I threw on my bath robe and went outside. I walked over to my clothes and started folding them and putting them in the laundry basket. As I pulled down my dress from the line, I found Shigure standing behind it.

"Ahhhh!!! . !!" I fell back into my laundry basket. "Oh, Shigure! You scared me!! I'm sorry, you just startled me, that's all." I appologized as I wiggled my way out of the basket.

"Oh that's quite alright Tohru!" Shigure said a little bit cheerful. Next thing I knew. I was yet again being hugged. O___O' What in the world was he doing?! *POOOF* Next thing I knew Shigure was on the ground in his Dog Zodiac form. "Ahh it was worth a try." He said as he walked off with his tail between his legs. This was getting a little weird. I feel so loved getting so many hugs! I shook away my moment with Shigure and finished folding the rest of my clothes. I picked up my basket and took it to my room. I put on my white and blue top with a blue skirt and blue hair ribbions. This was what I usually wore but it's my favorite outfit ^__^.

The day went pretty uneventful. Yuki and Kyo fought. Shigure wrote his overdue novel. And I kept myself entertained with things around the house. It was finally dinner time and I decided to make a variety of things. I kinda found it hard to believe that none of the other boys went out to find their match. Did they like being Zodiacs? Maybe it's all they have known, like my favorite outfit. Why change? I called the boys to dinner and they all munched it down quickly and went back to their tasks. Except Yuki, he decided to stay and help me. Which was really sweet of him. ^_^.

"Tohru..."Yuki said in his wonderful soft voice.

"Mmhmm?" I asked pre-occupied with the dishes.

"Can we talk again tonight? Just you and me, around 11. When everyone is sleeping. It's more important than last night..." He said in a whisper that was almost hard for me to hear. And if this talk went anything like last night, it would be short, sweet and to the point.

"Why of course you can Yuki. So than I shall see you in my room at 11?" I said cheerfully. All he did was nod and we finished the dishes in silence.

After my dishes were done I went back up to my room and grabbed some pajamas. It was only 10 so I figured I could take a bath and get nice and clean for Yuki, I mean not that he minded that I smelled like what we had just ingested but I thought I would still get the smell of leeks off of me.

So off the the bathroom I went. I filled the bath with hot water, as hot as I could stand it. Put the soap on a loofa and scrubbed. Shaved my legs, arms, and anywhere that it would count. I dont care too much for hair anywhere but my head. I drained the water and walked back to my room. The clock said it was 10:45. OoO! I needed to hurry and get dressed so Yuki could come in and talk on time! I think that moment I got dressed the quickest anyone ever could, two minutes flat. I sat on my bed and waited for the next 13 minutes to pass....

UGH! This is killing me. Finally 11 struck on my clock and not even two seconds past 11, there was a gentle knock on the door. I stood up and walked over, cracking the door slightly to make sure it was who I was expecting. Yuki's eyes met mine and I opened the door. Yuki walked in and stood near my bed. I decided that if this was so important that I would lock the door. I walked over to Yuki and stood infront of him.

"Alright, well here we are, what's on your mind?" I asked as cheerful as I could, though the look on his face looked as if he was in pain... or maybe nervous. I couldn't really tell since I'd never seen him in pain nor being nervous. Yuki's eyes met mine and he began.

"So... . Shigure told me that he tried to see today if you were his match... and for acting like the dog he is, I'm truely sorry. And Momiji, he is just... Momiji. There is no appology there. And I'm sorry." He said.

"Sorry? What are you sorry for Yuki?" I asked a bit nervous.

"This." Next thing I knew I was being hugged... and not only hugged, but kissed. My heart fluttered and the butterflys in my stomach were begging to get out. There was nothing I could do at this point but wrap my arms around Yuki and kiss him back. I can't even tell you how long I've waited for this moment. It was amazing. Me, with Prince Yuki himself!

*POOOOOOF*....