Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any song lyrics that are mentioned in the story. I only own the members of the Tamura Family. I'm really sorry for not updating the story for so long I hope you'll all forgive me. And thank you so much for the reviews and for following the story so far, I promise to start updating more often for you guys.

*To change it up instead of Mizuki's POV this chapters will be Akito's*


Chapter 4- Let's Play a Game Together

I look at Kureno as he gets out of bed and beings to put his clothes back on. When he's finished getting his pant on he looks back at me with his mouth open about to say something.

"When are you going to let Mizuki come back?" He whispers almost afraid to ask it.

"Why are you worrying about her?"

"I heard the way you were talking to her when she came back the other day. Why do you treat like that?" He asks while pulling his shirt over his head.

"Because it pisses me off when she runs away from here then comes back a week later thinking I won't be mad at her."

"Did you ever think that she runs away because of something you did? Maybe she leaves so she doesn't get too angry with you and do something she will regret later. I think she's still trying to look out for you even when she's not physically here by your side." I stare at him silently not sure what I should say now.

"Why are you thinking so much about it?"

"Because I want to figure out just how much she really means to you. Sometimes I think your more than just friends."

"We are." I answer and his eyes widen.

"Then what is she to you?" He asks and I smile.

"It's a secret."

"But..."

"I don't want to talk about this anymore." I cut him off while warning him to stop.

"I understand. Then I guess I'll leave now." He says walking out the door then closes it behind him. I close my eyes laying my head back down onto the pillow. It was funny to see how jealous Kureno was of Mizuki and also know that she was jealous of him. It should be fun to see how everything goes between them when Mizuki returns tomorrow.

...

I woke up in my dimly lit room with only a single ray of sunlight showing through the curtains. I get up out of bed and get dressed expecting Mizuki to come in soon. The usual routine for the day is I get out of bed and get dressed then Mizuki will leave her room and come here to keep me company for the rest of the day.

I remember when we were younger Mizuki would always want to play games with me and the rest of my cousins. I smile to myself as I remember her favorite game was hide and seek. She was good at finding people but she was better at hiding, then and now she has always been good at hiding from others.

~Flashback~

"Come and play with us Akito." Mizuki calls to me from outside my window.

"You know Akito is fragile Mizuki. We don't want him to get hurt." Hatori tells her but she keeps smiling.

"It'll be ok because I'll be there for Akito. So let's all play together." She begins to run off to where Shigure, Ayame and the others were but stops when she notices that I'm still sitting on the other side of the window. She turns and looks at me. She smiles but her face looked more serious. "I promise nothing will happen to you as long as I'm here."

Hatori is also looking at Mizuki with a slight smile on his face but she doesn't notice because she's only paying attention to me. Just this little thing was enough to make me happy. Someone who wasn't related or family was paying more attention to me because they wanted to not because the curse made them.

I had finally made my way outside to where Mizuki and the others were waiting for me.

"Now that Akito's here we can finally play." Shigure says.

"Let's play hide and seek then." Ayame adds.

"Who should be it?" Mizuki asks.

"Hari will be it." Shigure smiles pointing at Hatori.

"I think I'll just watch from over there."

"No you have to play." Ayame wines.

"Yeah it's better when more people play." Mizuki says causing Hatori to look at her again but this time she looks back at him.

"Well then if Hatori's it then let's go and find a place to hide Mizuki." I say grabbing onto her hand to get her attention.

"All right then Hari. Close your eyes and count to thirty." Ayame says and Hatori does.

"One, two, three..." He begins to count and everyone runs away to find a place to hide.

"Come on let's go." Mizuki whispers and pulls me along quietly. She leads me behind a bush them makes sure Hatori's still counting before we continue. "This will be quicker. Get onto my back." She says and kneels on the ground.

"Wouldn't this be considered cheating?"

"No it's just having an advantage. It'll be ok as long as no one sees. So hold on tight" She says as I get onto her back and she transforms into her animal form. I feel the soft black fur in my hands and see her yellow eyes looking back at me to make sure I was ready before she continued.

She takes off and runs fast but quietly all the way to the other side of the estate. She turns the corner and continues to run without anyone seeing us. She finally stops when we make it the garden of someone else's house. She takes me over to a bush that was right next to the side of the house and sits down. I slide off of her and sit next to her but she doesn't change back. Instead she curls up next to me and rests her head in my lap then closes her eyes.

"I'm sleepy now from all that running."

"You didn't have to do that you know." I say making her look up at me, her yellow eyes gleaming.

"But wasn't it more fun and I also found a really good hiding place."

"You don't always hide here?"

"Of course not. Then people will always know where to find me and that no fun."

"I see. Would you ever hide from me somewhere I couldn't find you?"

"Isn't the point of hiding so no one will find you?" She asks and I just look down at my hands. She rests her head on the ground. "If it will make you happy, I promise to hide in places where only you know where to find me."

"But like you said that defeats the purpose of hiding at all, so what's the point?" I ask but she had already fallen asleep. I sigh as I lie down resting my head on the soft warm fur that covered her stomach. I close my eyes satisfied that if Mizuki ever did leave I would always know where to find her.

~End of Flashback~

Three hours has passed and Mizuki still hasn't showed up. I told her today was the day she was supposed to come back. Frustrated I call Shigure to ask if she was still over there.

"No, Mizu-chans not here. She left yesterday to go to her house, but never came back. But don't worry I'm sure she's fine." He tells me and I hang up. She better be here tomorrow, I think to myself as I sit down bored without her here to keep me company.