A Warm Place
Disclaimer I don't own Yummy Yuki or any Fruits Basket character. Fruits Basket belongs to Takaya Natsuki.
A continuation of the anime series laced with some obsessive hallucinations of mine.
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It was when he became aware of the whispering voices around him that Yuki stirred, blurry vision adjusting to his surroundings, which were that of his bedroom at Shigure's house.
There was none of the usual sensation of surrealism he usually felt upon waking, no confusion as to whether he was still dreaming or conscious. Maybe it was because he had slept with such a heavy heart, his emotions tumultuous, that he immediately came to.
Yuki sat up slowly, taking in those around him and the silence that suddenly swept over the room. "Yuki Kun, are you all right?" Tohru asked, soft voice quivering slightly with anxiety.
Taking a moment to savor the sweet voice he'd been denied in the last few weeks, he smiled and replied kindly. "I'm fine, Honda San. It's good to be home." She then reached for his hand and squeezed it tightly, before pulling away to wipe away her tears. "It's good to have you home, Yuki Kun."
Momiji merrily pounced on Yuki to give him a tight hug, and Yuki found himself smiling at his affectionate cousin. The sense of melancholy that was gnawing at the back of his mind from the moment he woke, demanding to be acknowledged was pushed down as Yuki turned to smile at the other two occupants of the room, finding the flustered look on Kyo's face amusing.
Haru, never one to miss an opportunity to demonstrate his love, eagerly hugged Yuki, though was pushed away when he held the hug much longer than necessary.
Even with all of the affection directed towards him, Yuki needed to reassure himself that he was at home, that this was no dream.
"Honda San." He turned to her, "Are there any strawberries left?" It was silly of him to ask, but he'd been craving them for a while. Actually he had a craving for everything he had ever grown in his base, the freedom and serenity it provided him. And of course, her.
"Yes! We couldn't have them without you!" she replied with no trace of curiosity regarding his odd question.
"Do you think we could have them now?" He moved off the bed, having been confined to one for far longer than he would've liked. If it was up to him, he would stay away from beds and clinics for the rest of his life.
"Sure! I'll go prepare them." Tohru immediately got to her feet.
"I'll help too." Yuki followed, "I'm fine, really." he answered when she opened her mouth to protest. And a few minutes later, all five were enjoying the succulent fruit. Yuki ate his slowly, savoring the sweet taste, trying to keep his smile from slipping as everyone filled him in on the happenings at school and around the house. It didn't matter how exhausted or terrified he felt, he was home and there had to be solace to be found. Looking around him, at his family's faces; Tohru and Momiji's smiling ones, Haru's kind one and Kyo's angry face, Yuki found it a little easier to keep smiling.
Everything is back to normal. Kyo's angry as usual.
It was when Shigure joined them later that Yuki's hand closed into a fist unconsciously. Not wanting to cause a scene, Yuki kept his temper in check. "Yuki Kun! It's soooo good to have you back!" The man exclaimed happily, leaning closer to ruffle Yuki's soft hair. Yuki pushed his hand off without making any vocal response.
"Wow, strawberries!" Shigure gushed. "Can I have some please? It's been plain torture seeing them in the fridge all this time!"
"Of course!" Tohru beamed and quickly prepared Shigure his own serving. Looking over at Yuki, she found him gazing off into the distance. Is Yuki Kun all right?
"Yuki Kun!" Shigure started, waking Yuki from his reverie. "Aya was really worried about you. He wanted to come see you right away, but I told him that you'd be resting, so he'll come by tomorrow morning instead." Yuki sighed helplessly. His brother would come whether he liked it or not. There was no point in wasting his breath arguing about the matter.
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The group stayed up till late, talking animatedly amongst each other, happy to have Yuki back and hopeful that the ordeal was over. Initially, Yuki had conversed with them, but eventually found himself content to watch the others, especially Tohru. Naturally, his thoughts returned to the day's earlier events, which revitalized his rage towards Akito and everyone else involved. He had never felt so angry in his entire life; it was like his entire body was possessed. He couldn't help but smirk at remembering Akito's face, proud to have caused such a look of utter panic.
I wonder what's going to happen now…I hope he gives Hatori hell. Shigure too. In fact, I hope… At that thought, Yuki's eyes widened in alarm. Oh God! He will give everyone hell! What if he takes his anger out on the others? Or Honda San? Yuki's mortified eyes made their way to Tohru, who was happily talking to Kyo and Momiji.
"Yuki? What is it?" Haru shifted closer upon sensing the sudden change in his cousin's mood. Yuki didn't answer, his eyes fixated on his hands. What have I done? How could I have been so stupid? How could I not have known the consequences?
"Yuki?" Haru called him again, louder this time, and the others looked over to see what the commotion was.
"I'm fine, Haru." Yuki replied absently, getting to his feet and making his way upstairs, feeling the eyes of everyone in the room on him.
That incident put an end to any more merriness, and everyone decided to turn in for the night. Momiji and Haru spent the night on Yuki's bedroom floor, after Momiji had been denied access to Tohru's bedroom by a vehement Kyo.
The Silver haired Sohma lay in bed, wanting to ensure his roommates were asleep. Once Haru realized Yuki wasn't interested in a late night conversation, and Momiji had exhausted himself crying over Tohru; the two fell into a deep sleep. Yuki then tiptoed out into the hall, heading towards Shigure's room. Originally, he had planned on storming in and inflicting some much needed violence, but decided to knock instead. Just as he raised his hand to do so, the elder Jyuunishi appeared, looking serious. "I knew you'd want to talk."
Yuki gave him an irritated look.
"Let's outside where we won't disturb the others." Yuki followed his cousin down the stairs, resisting the urge to slug him from behind. When Shigure slid the Shoji shut behind him, the teen's patience had expired and he reached out to grab the front of Shigure's robes. "You bastard! How dare you?" he hissed.
"Eh? Yuki Kun, calm down!"
"How dare you lie to me? Who gave you the right to play around with me like that?"
"You've got it all wrong, Yuki Kun! No one played with you!" Shigure raised his hands to ward off the aggression he knew was coming.
"Then what do you call all these years of lies?" Yuki shook him. "You made a fool of me! Made me think that I beat him when he…" He then pushed Shigure away. "If I wanted to die it was my choice. You even took that away from me." He clenched his fists. You let me live with this filth; you can't ever claim to know how much damage you've done.
The elder Sohma reached over to take one of Yuki's shaking fists into his hands. "Since when were you so selfish, Yuki Kun?"
"Selfish? What are you talking about?" Yuki snapped as he tore his hand out of Shigure's.
"And we're not important? If you died you would've been taken away from us and we couldn't bear that."
"So, you let me live a lie because you couldn't part with me? Is that it!"
"You're like a brother to me, Yuki Kun. You know that. Ha San too, even if he doesn't show it." He paused to look Yuki in the eye. "And then Akito would have beat you. He would have broken the Rat."
"You mean he hadn't already?" Yuki asked sarcastically.
"No, you were always stronger. Through all the abuse and pain, your eyes never lost that glimmer of hope. You never completely succumbed to his will. Even when you stopped talking, it was in defiance. You kept trying to move forward, to get away from Akito's madness. That's what made Ha San decide to erase your memory. He knew you best. You were so overcome with grief that you weren't thinking straight, he said. You wouldn't have wanted to die. Even today, you could've given in to what Akito wanted, but you chose to fight back."
Yuki took all that in. True, Akito controlled every small detail of his life. But nevertheless, he always strove to live a normal life, surrounded by normal people, the abuse always motivating him further. The desire to have a taste of the life he'd been denied by Akito and his mother was always in the back of his mind.
Yuki sighed, "Maybe he does. I spent more time in the clinic with him than in my room while I was living there."
"I'm sorry if you think we betrayed you, Yuki Kun. But we didn't. To let you die was to fail you, to betray you as you said. We wanted to do something for you, for once. We've always been so helpless when it came to Akito. And…" Shigure chocked on his words as he talked, "And seeing you in that hospital bed, in that state, with no desire to live, seeing nothing in your eyes… That's truly the hardest thing I ever had to witness."
"Shigure…?" Yuki was rendered speechless by the sorrowful expression on Shigure's face, shattering many of the suspicions he had knowing his cousin's surreptitious nature.
The elder man rubbed at his eyes. "Today you broke Akito. You won this round."
"You truly believe that? Do you actually think he'll let me go so easily? You know what? I'm actually sorry I did anything now because he's probably going to take it out on somebody else until he can get me to go back there! As much as he had it coming, it was a really stupid thing to do… going off against him like that." I'm such an idiot.
"That wasn't stupid at all! You're braver than the Jyuunishi combined. No one has ever stood up to Akito like that."
"There's a reason no one goes against him and that's because we all know what a bastard he is! You're missing the point!" Yuki hissed angrily, trying to keep his voice down. "He's not going to let me go. Now, he might even go after Honda San!"
"We won't let him. Just like before. Ha San won't erase her memory." Shigure argued firmly.
"You sure have a lot of faith in him." Yuki snapped, "But I don't! After all he didn't need any convincing to erase mine!"
"Yuki!" Shigure retaliated, visibly angry now. "What's wrong with you? Would you really rather be dead now? When he erased your memory it was for your own best interest and not his or mine or Akito's! Akito was furious when Ha San suggested it!"
The silver haired teen found glaring to be the best reply at the moment.
"Are you really so cynical that you'd think that we'd do it for its entertainment value? Ha San saved your life whether you like it or not. So do your self a favor and thank him the next time you see him."
"Thank him!" Yuki cried, "Thank him for letting Akito do this to me? I might as well thank my parents and Niisan for leaving me to Akito's mercies! Better yet, I can always go and thank Akito himself! Since he's always been so generous to share his miserable filth with me!"
Shigure lost his irritation as he watched Yuki rant. Yuki Kun, Why don't you stop just being bitter and move on with your life? You're falling back into Akito's trap and you don't even know it.
"You are all responsible for this, never forget that! And it's me paying the price as usual!" Feeling his eyes begin to burn with hot tears, Yuki hurried away into the outside, aching for release. That…jerk! Why? Why won't he take responsibility? He hurried towards the woods, the trees beginning to blur around him through his watering eyes. Stopping to lean against a tree, he found the tears escaping despite his attempts to hold back. Frustrated and with no outlet for his rage, he punched the tree bark repeatedly until his hands were numb. Eventually, he slid down to the ground, his body shaking with quiet sobs.
It hurts so much. Why doesn't the pain ever stop? When will it ever stop?
It could've been minutes that he stayed there, or hours. He wasn't aware of how long he stayed there, bawling in the cold night. Eventually, his sobs subsided to the occasional sniffle. I just want it to stop. Please just make it stop.
"Yuki Kun?"
He froze. No! Anyone but her!
"I…uh… was thirsty and heard the door open, and saw you here all by yourself!" He leaned back against the bark, a futile attempt to hide himself.
"Yuki Kun, what's wrong?" She approached him slowly, kneeling beside him. She gasped on seeing his wet cheeks and his bruised knuckles.
"No…" Yuki shook his head, trying to control his now erratic breathing, turning his face away from her. "I don't want you to see me like this."
"It's alright, Yuki Kun." Tohru soothed, laying a comforting hand on his arm, "You've been through so much." She spoke softly trying to hide her trembling. Why? Why is Yuki Kun crying like that? Oh please, let him be all right!
"Honda San. I'm sorry, but please…I want to be alone." Yuki said trying to keep his voice steady, still facing away from her.
"But…" He's hurting so much!
"Please, Honda San."
"A-all right... I'm sorry for disturbing you, Yuki Kun." She answered meekly, standing up and taking a few steps back from Yuki, head bowed low, she turned to leave. Why won't you let me help you?
Yuki watched her out of the corner of his eye until she was out of sight. He then stood up slowly and stumbled deeper into the woods. She saw me, I can't be like this. I have to get out of here.
Tohru took a few more hesitant steps away, before coming to a stop. She raised her burning eyes to the sky. Okaasan…Yuki Kun is hurting so much. I can't leave him like this even if he wants to be alone. Looking back, she tried to spot him in the moonlight. What did they do to you, Yuki Kun?
She didn't want to be useless to him. Not when he was like this. He was always the one helping her, and she's never been able to return the favor. Yuki's painful history was shrouded in mystery and, when she saw him like this, it painfully reminded her that she would always be an outsider. That she was helpless and useless to help.But Kyo had a secret, and then…
That time, Kyo Kun didn't want to be alone either.
Coming to a decision, she wiped at her eyes and hurried back into the woods. Please forgive me, Yuki Kun. After a few moments of stumbling in the moon's blue glow, she found him much in the same position he was in earlier, but no longer crying. Instead, he simply stared up at the sky, his eyes glassy with unshed tears, speaking of infinite misery. What she found most disturbing about that picture was the look on his face.
There was nothing there.
Slowly, she reached out to him. Strangely, he didn't resist nor pull away as she pulled him to lean against her; hesitant fingers brushed his face tenderly. He lay with his head at the crook of her neck as she wrapped her hand around his shaking one. He was so cold, and unresponsive.
He wouldn't look at her.
"Yuki Kun…I'm sorry, but I can't just leave you alone." She whispered.
There was a sniffle, but no response.
"Please, don't be sad." she begged him, her voice cracking with sobs of helplessness.
"I-I can't…" Yuki whispered brokenly.
"Please…" She opened her mouth to speak. She wanted to say something to put his mind at ease, instead found herself crying with him as she tightened her hold on his hand.
Eventually, he pulled away from her after, and rubbed his aching eyes. "I'm sorry, Honda San."
"Eh? Why?" she asked as she sniffled.
"I'm sorry I worried you. It's nothing. Please go back inside."
"How?" she started, "How can you ask me to leave you alone when you're hurting like this?"
"Because!" His voice sounded strangely distant, like he wasn't even addressing her "I'm truly unworthy of your worry."
"Yuki Kun? What do you mean?"
No answer.
"Yuki Kun! Please answer me." She moved closer to him.
"You're so beautiful." he continued, in the same tone as earlier "I won't taint you. I won't be selfish like that again."
"Y-you're scaring me, Yuki Kun!" her heart was hammering in her chest. She felt so confused that she didn't even register him calling her beautiful. I don't understand. Why are you talking like this?
"I'm sorry." He repeated softly. He stood up and began to walk away from her. She scrambled to her feet.
"Yuki Kun! Please wait!" Tohru hurried after him.
To her, his gait was that of a man walking to his own doom, his body trembling more with each and ever step he took away from her. In her heart, Tohru knew that she would never forgive herself if he walked away from her then.
I'm losing him! I won't lose you Yuki Kun!
"Please!" He came to stop when she grabbed his arm with both hands. "Yuki Kun!" she cried "Please!" She leaned her head against his shoulder, struggling to contain her tears.
The feel of her so close to him, her soft cries, her tears against his shoulder soaking into his sleeve, her hand trailed down his arm to seek his own…
I just want to keep you from getting hurt…please understand! Yet, here she was, weeping against him as she brought her other hand up to grip his arm gently. He struggled against himself, and found it enough to pull him out of his selfish gloom.
Honda San, I'm sorry.
"Honda San." He started softly, squeezing her hand and voicing his thoughts. "I'm sorry."
She looked up at him, eyes large and wet. He had to say something to put her mind at ease.
I'm such a bastard for doing this to you.
"I want to tell you, but…" He sighed, full of resignation, "It doesn't matter. It's over. No one can do anything about it." He turned back to her again. "I don't want you to worry about it."
"But why?" She sobbed, "Why should Yuki Kun carry this burden all by himself?"
There was no truthful answer that wouldn't further hurt or confuse her. Because Honda San, I myself am a burden. I've never been anything but one.
Tohru gazed at him desolately. What can I say to make you understand? Akito San…What did you do? The look in Yuki's eyes, gone from wounded to bitter, spoke volumes. "I missed you so much, Yuki Kun." She finally said. I miss you.
He smiled sorrowfully. "Me too." I'll miss you.
Something in her chest wrenched at his despondent tone, and she knew that he had simply given up.
She would not let that happen.
"Why is Yuki Kun being so selfish with his feelings?" She cried, "I thought Yuki Kun and I were friends! I thought Yuki Kun trusted me with his feelings and thoughts!" Tears of frustration swallowed up her words. "I want to earn your trust again!"
"Honda San!" Yuki was startled at how she turned his shortcomings into something she felt responsible for. "I trust you! Of course I do."
"Then please let me." She clenched her eyes shut, and tightened her hold on his hand. "Let me help you."
You don't want to know. It'll only make you sad. I'll only make you miserable and I don't want your pity. Please don't make me tell you.
"All this time." She continued, "You were far away from us and we worried about you. Now you're back, but you're still far away. Come back to us, Yuki Kun" She begged of him. "Please come back."
Don't leave me.
Her final plea was his undoing. He found himself near tears again and desperately wanting to tell her everything; he wanted to pour out his heart and soul to her and confess his undying love. She was more magnificent than he had ever seen her, and she wanted to share his pain…his ugliness.
He couldn't deny her anything.
"Something was… taken away from me. Something important." He started, eyes on their joined hand. "I can't get it back, ever." He shuddered.
"I always wanted to stand up to Akito. And now, I'm wondering if the price I paid for this courage is too steep."
"But, you've always been brave, Yuki Kun." Tohru replied, tugging on his hand. "Everything you've done to live life the way you wanted it. You broke away when the easiest thing would've been to stay. You followed your dreams and that takes courage."
"I know, but this... this thing, it directly influenced a lot of what happened later, and I wasn't aware of this. So now, I feel as if I have to start all over. Like I've been cheated out of my achievements. Like I lost before I even started."
I'm such a loser.
"It's funny actually, that I've lived this lie for so long. Why should I let this hurt me when my whole life is nothing but a series of lies and betrayals?"
I can't trust anyone anymore.
"No, Yuki Kun." She argued, "Everything you did is yours. No one can take that away from you." She raised her eyes to the starlit sky as she composed her self and thoughts, "My mother used to say that what we do in life is influenced by a lot of things such as money, family and so on. Sometimes, decisions seem like they are made for us or we are forced to abide by them. But, we are the ones with the power to move in any direction. No matter how much influence others may have, the decision is ultimately yours and it is you who does the walking.
"Life is a thousand crossroads and we all chose our own path. That path is paved with your memories, your sweat and tears. It's yours, Yuki Kun. Never doubt that."
Yuki didn't answer; instead he bowed at his head as he wiped his eyes. His words were so wonderful and if only he could believe them, if only they could apply to him, if only…
"I wish it were that easy." He whispered brokenly.
"Yuki Kun…" Tohru was very tempted to start crying again. "Please don't think like that."
"I can't help it. I lost something important." Myself. You.
"Yuki Kun, everyday we lose important things to us. But, I think that while we may mourn what we lost, we must cherish what we still have left in order to find the strength to move forward." She gave his hand another squeeze. "Yuki kun, Kyo Kun and Shigure San, Hana Chan and Uo Chan; everyone who cared about me, everyone who said a kind word to me or helped me. I cherish them all and it's through them that I can continue to try living my life to the fullest, to try to find happiness and hold it close.
"I am not belittling your loss, Yuki Kun, but I know that you have the strength and will to move forward and not let this make you unhappy forever. Don't give up, Yuki Kun. I believe in you...
"We are all here for you. While you were ill everyone worried and missed you so much." A few rebellious tears streamed down her cheek, unheeding her attempts to hold them in.
"You have people who care and worry about you no matter what, and I hope that you can draw your strength from us." Tohru smiled tenderly at him, holding his wide eyes with her tear-filled ones.
"Honda San?" Yuki whispered, in awe at her words. Her magnanimous words melting away the grief he felt with unequivocal gentleness. For a moment, he actually forgot why he was miserable. What did I do to deserve you?
"I hope that you can always count on me, Yuki Kun," She added timidly.
Yuki felt his eyes burning again at the implication.
He gave her a warm smile in return. "Thank you, Honda San."
"Thank you for coming back to us, Yuki Kun." She replied, blushing prettily, smiling through her tears, grateful, this time. "Thank you for waiting for me." His blush was just as beautiful, and she had to look away, full of embarrassment, unable to see his beautiful face so warm and close. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a shooting star in the sky.
"Look, Yuki Kun! A shooting star!" She exclaimed.
"Yes!" Yuki smiled back, finding her excitement addictive. "Make a wish, Honda San!" As for me, I wish I could stop feeling anything except for this moment. I want to stay like this forever.
"I have and…it already came true." She replied shyly and the two leaned back against the tree as they sat on the cool ground, fingers intertwined. They looked up at the star filled sky, waiting for another shooting star to pass. Content with each other's proximity, no words were exchanged.
Despite that the previous tension in Yuki's body seemed to have vanished, Tohru knew better than to expect that all would be magically well.
The two continued to sit together in relative peace, and eventually Yuki began to nod off to sleep and his head lolled on her shoulder. When she jumped in surprise, his head and upper body drifted further down to land on her lap. "Yuki kun! Are you alright?"
She found him sleeping peacefully with a soft smile on his face. Tohru smiled lovingly and pulled her hand out from under him, to stroke his soft hair. "You must be so tired." She whispered tenderly.
Having him so close was nearly too much. It hurts to see you like this. She thought, blinking back tears.
She looked up at the sound of crunching dry leaves and twigs.
"Oi! What the hell are you doing out here? Do you know what time it is?" Kyo called out as he hurried towards, feet stomping with anxiety as he approached. "It's almost—!" He stopped in mid sentence and gaped at seeing Yuki slumbering in her lap.
"Oh, Kyo Kun! Yuki Kun and I were talking and he was tired and fell asleep and I didn't want to wake him and..." Tohru rambled, embarrassed at being found in such a position, especially when feeling a guilty pleasure at being able to touch Yuki so.
Kyo continued to gape at her for a few moments, rage rendering incapable of finding his voice and all he wanted to do was drag Yuki out of her lap by the hair but she kept looking at him as if there was nothing wrong and the way her hands stroked his nemesis' brow…
"Kyo Kun? Are you alright?"
He swallowed it all, and simply rolled his eyes before plopped down next to her. There was no point in starting a shouting match with a sleeping Yuki. "So." He glanced at her hand, brushing the hair out of Yuki's brow affectionately.
He had to look away. "So, how is the Kuso Nezumi?" He asked nonchalantly.
"He was uh…upset. But, I hope that he's feeling a little better now." She smiled sadly at the sleeping boy, then back at Kyo "Yuki Kun'll be happy to know that you're worried about him, Kyo Kun!"
"What? I never said…!" Kyo started turning away indignantly.
Tohru giggled, "You don't need to say it, Kyo Kun."
He stammered in outrage again, and just as he decided that Yuki would pay this very second, he noticed her reddened eyes. "Oi! were you crying?" he asked accusingly.
"Oh no! No! I uh… I-I'm just so happy that Yuki Kun is back." Kyo looked unconvinced. You made her cry you bastard! Did you tell her?
She returned to her sky gazing and her smile slowly faded. "Kyo Kun?"
"What?"
To him, she seemed lost. Like someone torn between running and staying. He remembered that expression. It was the same one she wore that night so many weeks ago.
"What happened to Yuki Kun... was very serious, right?"
What could he say? "Un." His implicit reply, clearly portraying the gravity of the incident.
She looked down at Yuki's sleeping form while tracing the lines of his face. "Then we must help him overcome it!"
Kyo opened his mouth to protest, to tell her to stay the hell away from Yuki and anything related to him, but upon seeing her unusually determined expression, he decided against it.
He remembered that night he saw Yuki at the clinic, scared and hurt. Even after years of hating his cousin, he had seen something in Yuki's eyes that made him feel a real need to help him. Now that Yuki was physically free from Akito's nightmare, the knowledge of the rape was another kind of prison, an emotional one. Yuki still needed help. In a way, Yuki had always needed help.
Why should I help him? He got away from Akito! Besides, he has Tohru. He glanced at her, his eyes narrowing at her affectionate hands in Yuki's hair, and pushed down the urge to scream out his jealousy. Why would he need my help?
I need help; please…I'm so tired.
Kyo sighed unhappily He hated reflecting over his own state of mind, and to do so for Yuki was even more unwelcome.All he wanted was for this dark cloud to Passover and everything to go back to the way it was before, when everything was so much simpler; when all he had to do was hate Yuki, when he never had to worry about anyone other than himself, when it was perfectly fine to remain ignorant and selfish…
I'm tired too, Yuki. I'm really tired of this.
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Wooooooooooooo………………………
A little too angsty there. Like I told Risa, I actually cried a little when I wrote this parts, and next, and the one after that… I think you get my drift. Very draining to write and I was very surprised to see that Takaya used a shooting star for Yuki and Tohru in the Manga, but I swear guys, I had most of the story written by February/March, and I didn't know that that scene existed till like 2 months ago! Woho great minds think alike! …I wish. Comparing me to Takaya is like comparing a rock to Albert Einstein. L
So, The sadness has finally caught up to Yuki. What's going to happen now? What will Tohru do now that she has seen a very vulnerable side of Yuki? Be prepared for some sappy bonding guys, especially with all Yuki's 'love interests' conveniently around him, as Tsukitani puts it.
Many Thanks to everyone who reviewed. You guys are Marvelous! Absolutely Marvelous! Thank you so much for your compliments!
backlash (THANK YOU!)
Ssjgoddesschico (You're too kind. Stop it! XEGO INFLATINGX Now look what you did! The world shall never be the same again! Yeah, Akito is such an essential part of this fic, unfortunately for Yuki, he's not out of here yet. I was counting on Tsukitani, but Alas, I shall have to do it myself! LOL! THANK YOU! I'll try to update sooner, just don't be sad.)
Alexandra-Kyoko (I'm still lost over the Shounen ai bit, but anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed the fic, And yes I do think you're more evil than me, because I got some one evil to hurt Yuki, but in your fic, you had some one Yuki loves do something incredibly despicable with his most hated person all while he watched. Now if that isn't evil, I don't know what is? Keep it Up! THANK YOU!)
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Tsukitani (I laughed for hours over your review! You should try writing a humor story, you'd be great! Though I have to disagree, Akito is icky! Kazuma's take on the happenings will be coming up. Hmm. Intriguing, A battle for who is most evil! You're on! I'm impatiently waiting for you to update! If it wasn't for the blackout…LOL! THANKS!)
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anne-nime (I hope you did well on your test! I did well on mine and I've been studying for 1 year! Its that CENSOR hard! Yeah, Ayame is in a bit of a bind now, but hopefully, he'll realize exactly what he'll need to do to get Yuki to forgive him. Good luck with your writing; I'm beyond flatered, really! It's hard to find time to write, but I was writing while studying for my board exam and working 8 hours 5 and ½ days a week. I don't know if that shows how dedicated or stupid I am but hey, it can be done! Yuki is my inspiration! XInsert Takahashi style cupids and winged monkeys blowing horns and throwing confettiX You're not cheesy at all, I'm all cheese, sappy too, crying over something I wrote, now that sets a new record I think! THANK YOU!)
Polka Dot (Me too actually, are you OK? THANK- YOU!)
purrfect679 (Hmm Yuki is sexy…period! LOL! See Alexandra-Kyoko's review! THANK YOU!)
Caula (Quick enough for you? Me want cookie! THANK YOU!)
Usakura (You really think so? THANK YOU! But what's FF?)
ceci (Yup soo many questions…so many ways to torture Yuki left! THANK YOU!)
Chibi Nightmare-Chan (You're too kind! THANK YOU!)
Super thanks again to Sohma Risa for proof reading. She's just so nice…and patient! And also to Ssjgoddesschico and anne-nime for their awesome reviews.
Also, thanks to those who reviewed my Halloween Story; Runic Knight, Blue Anime Kitty, Ssjgoddesschico, Tsukitani, Meritite, anne-nime, Kimna, Capheine, Sohma Risa, jadesunrise, and Maeven (are you alright? I'm worried!).
And last but not least, Runic Knight who reviewed the CENSOR point.
Chapter 12 coming up very soon! I promise! Now, review Away!
