Disclamier - I don't own Fruits Basket

Okay, whew! I kinda made this one longer than the others because yeah, you know we are getting closer to the end of this story. (Tear I will miss you guys) But don't think about that right now. Let's just enjoy the story while it lasts. Enjoy. Oh and also:

Kyo: thoughts and dreams

Anyone else: 'thoughts'


Lovers or Just Friend

So then I guess now there is no hope of me ever to be with Tohru.

Kyo was in the hall, staring at the ground. He had heard the previous conversation between Yuki and Tohru

We are just friends. That is all she thinks of us. Maybe if I wasn't such a loser I could tell her. Well, it is kind of pointless now. There is no chance of us to be together. But I am not going to walk out on her though. I am her friend. And friends are there for one another.

Kyo reached out for Tohru's door and knocked slightly. There was no response. He knocked again, still no reply.

"Tohru are you there? We need to study."

Tohru sat up off her bed, wept her eyes and opened the door.

"Sorry Kyo, I forgot all bout the exams."

He looked down at her. She looked awful. So depressed and her eyes were red from crying. After there hour-long study session, he invited her to take a walk outside with him. Trying to make her forget about her morning spat, and get her some fresh air. She smiled in appreciation but declined his offer. Kyo not knowing what else to do closed the door and left her alone for the rest of the day.

Around the after noon, Tohru came down to make lunch. She quietly made it for everybody and then excused herself and once again made shut herself up in her room. Dinner was the same thing. Shigure, Kyo and even Yuki were really starting to worry about Tohru.

"This is all your fault isn't it you damn rat!"

Yuki shot a violent glance at Kyo and he looked at him prepared to fight. But Yuki didn't retaliate, because he knew what Kyo spoke was the truth. Yuki excused himself for dinner and went upstairs to talk to Tohru. He knocked are her door before he noticed that she left it unlocked and then he let himself in.

"I'm sorry for barging in like this Miss Honda, but I know you wouldn't have let me in if you knew it was me."

Tohru didn't say anything. She was laying on her bed with her back to him.

"Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." She said, but not in an angry tone.

"Are you still mad at me?"

"No, mom always told me not to hold a grudge."

Yuki sat down on the floor below her bed.

"Tohru, I know what I did wasn't right. The way I was secretly seeing Machi while I seeing you. You're probably thinking that I never had feelings for you at all. But that's not true. I loved you Tohru. I really did. But I had feelings for Machi too. Then when I started going to my student council meetings and work, we never spent any time together and I spent everyday with Machi. I wanted to tell you sooner, I never wanted to hurt you like this. But when I saw how Kyo looked at you I couldn't stand it, whether I was cheating or not I wouldn't let him win you. I know that sounds pretty selfish of me, but please Tohru. Will you still be my friend?"

Tohru sat up and turned to him. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"I was sad this morning Yuki, I was sad because last night when I stayed in Kyo's room I didn't feel bad. I didn't regret it even thought I was suppose to be with you. In that moment I realized that I didn't have feeling for you anymore. And I was so scared, so scared to tell you because I thought you wouldn't want to be my friend anymore. Of course we can still be friends Yuki. I'd like nothing more than for that."

Tohru got off her bed and sat down in front of Yuki on the floor.

"We are best friends Yuki."

This made Yuki feel really bad for being so selfish towards Tohru, he realized now that just because he was happy, didn't mean she couldn't be happy either. They looked at each other and knew that everything was resolved. And for the rest of the night things were peaceful and the tension in the air was gone.

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The next morning started off as your regular average day. Tohru got up and made breakfast for everyone and then started on her morning housework chorus. When she finally finished it was sometime in the afternoon and she would be preparing lunch soon. She had a little bit of time to spare though, so she went up to the roof to go and check on Kyo.

"Good afternoon Kyo!"

He jumped, startled.

"I'm sorry did I surprise you." She said laughing at his reaction.

"No." he said lying

As she sat down next to him, she gazed up at the sky.

"What a beautiful day today."

Kyo looked up at the sky too. It was beautiful.

"Not as beautiful as you."

Tohru looked at him completely surprised.

"What?"

Kyo turned away from her.

"You…you look…nice today."

She smiled at him and blushed slightly.

"Thank you. I did just wash my hair this morning."

They both giggled.

After awhile it was quiet, they just both enjoyed the weather. Tohru then took a glance down at her watch, it was getting late and she needed to make lunch. She hurried down the ladder, but stopped half way.

"Kyo. Can we do our studying here today?"

"I don't care."

"Thank you."

And with that, she made her way down to go make lunch.

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After lunch and dinner Tohru met Kyo on the roof for her study hour. Except this time it turned out being longer than just an hour. They went over everything they had the past two nights and new stuff as well. By the time they had finished it was dark. Tohru turned to Kyo, he had stayed with her, study with her, and he never complained. Maybe what Yuki said was true and he did love her.

She picked up her books and thanked him for helping her, not just tonight but for the whole weekend. He smiled at her. As she smiled back, she gazed into his eyes. She was overcome by this loving feeling, and in the heat of the moment she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. He tensed at the unfamiliar action. They both blushed.

Is now the moment, should I tell her now? I want to kiss her back. I want to let her know. Kyo looked up at the sky. Tohru did the same. It was funny how a beautiful day, can turn into a beautiful night as well. Tohru turned back to him.

"Well, it's getting late so I'm going to go to bed. We have exams in the morning."

As she took her books and headed back down the ladder into the house, Kyo stopped her.

"Tohru wait! I have to tell you something."

Tohru looked at him, eager to hear what he had to say.

"What I'm trying to say is…"

Tohru was listened more intently now.

"I…I…I hope you have a good night sleep."

Tohru looked at him a little disappointedly

"Oh, thank you. You too.

With that she headed off to her room. 'I guess Yuki, was wrong. He doesn't have feeling for me at all.'


Thank you for reading and your reviews, you really encourage me to continue this story. And I thought I'd just let you all know that the next chapter is going have a little bit of a time skip. But not a lot, I've done it before in earlier chapters. Thanks again!