All's Fair
Chapter 2
Author's Note: Well, um, this is the second chapter. I added the subthingy "humor", 'cause...well..I thought this chapter was kinda funny. If you don't think so, I understand completely. Not many people get my humor. To heren, thank you for the correction. I think I saw that spelling on a website and it embedded itself into my brain.... GOMEN NASAI!!!! GOMEEEN NASAIIIIIIIII!!!!!! I really didn't expect to get any reviews....especially 14!!!! I was so happy. That you all for reviewing. You really have No idea how much it means to me. Really. You don't. I am a very strange individual. As for the ending, well...keep inputting your ideas, OK? I have sort of an idea of what I want to do...but it reality, I really kinda don't. So...um....I could use some help, if you get my drift? Please? I'm really bad at ending fics. Because I never actually _have_ *cough* So, um, I'd really appreciate it. ARIGATO!!!!
Another Note: Oh, yeah, this takes place after the end of the anime...like ...um...the next White Day? Something like that. Yeah. *anime sweatdrop*
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Chapter 2: The Giving (or, A Problem With Omlettes)
"Yo." Kyo popped his head into the kitchen doorway. "Morning..." Tohru looked up from the frying pan over which she had been cooking. She gave Kyo one of her bright, warm smiles.
"Ohayo, Kyo-kun!!" she said, "I'm making something different this morning, I hope you like it!" Kyo looked over at the table, the amount of food on it somewhat of a suprise to him.
In the center of the table there was a rather large fruit basket, which was piled high with all different kinds of fruits: apples, peaches, bananas, pears, oranges, grapes and plums, among others. In smaller baskets around the colorfully yummy centerpiece were varied sweets and bread that looked delicately homemade, even to Kyo's untrained eye. Crossaints, bagels, donuts and varied muffins lay in thier specified baskets. On the stove, however, were varied omlettes simmering in one pan, and bacon in another.
"It's called a 'continental breakfast' in America and England..I wanted to try something different today!" Tohru said, still smiling. Kyo turned away from her for a moment.
"Baka~desu..." he muttered, then turned back to her. "You worked too hard on this breakfast!" Tohru only widened her smile.
"Gomen nasai, Kyo-kun," she replied, "You'll just have to eat a lot to make sure it doesn't go to waste!!"
Kyo smiled. "Ne, Tohru-kun..."
"Hai?" Tohru looked back at Kyo curiously.
Kyo unconciously gripped the bag at his back a bit tighter.
"I...."
Tohru continued to look curious.
"I...I wanted to--"
"Ohayo Honda-san!!"
Kyo turned slowly to face the voice behind him, attempting to control his flaring temper.
"Oh, the baka~neko is awake too." Yuki dully noted.
"Kuso nezumi!!" Kyo growled.
"Baka neko!" Yuki returned.
Tohru smiled again. "It's so nice to see you two getting along!"
Yuki and Kyo both sweatdropped.
"Eh..Honda-san...what's for breakfast?" Yuki coughed slightly, attempting to break the awkward silence that had followed her last statement. He deliberately turned his back on Kyo, which made the neko's temper flare a bit more. Tohru giggled.
"Well, bacon and an omlette for everyone, followed by whatever you want from the table."
Tohru pointed to the previously mentioned table.
Yuki's jaw dropped slightly. He coughed, regaining his composure for the second time.
"Honda-san made quite a lot of food..."
"Iie, it was barely anything..."
Kyo could feel himself loosing control of his temper as those two smiled at each other. He coughed loudly, which earned him the attention of the onigiri and a black look from the nezumi. Kyo held out his plate expectantly.
"Which omlette is mine?"
"Ah! Gomen nasai, Kyo-kun, I complete forgot-"
In under 2 minutes? Kyo wondered silently.
"Let's see...," Tohru mused, her spatula poised and ready above the frying pan. "Ah, here it is!" Tphru scooped the omlette into the spatula, gracefully depositing it on Kyo-kun's plate. "I made a salmon omlette for Kyo-kun." she stated cheerfully. Kyo poked the omlette suspiciously.
"No leek?" he asked cautiously.
"No leek." she confirmed.
Kyo smiled, took several slices of bacon, an apple, and a crossaint, and went to eat on the porch.
"...and for Yuki-kun..." Tohru continued, "I made a cheese omlette!"
"Honda-san is very thoughtful...arigato domo." Yuki said, bowing slightly. "Ah...Honda-san..."
"Hai?" Tohru looked back at Yuki curiously.
Yuki unconciously gripped the bag at his back a bit tighter.
"Well, today is White Day, right? I wanted to-"
"Ohayo Tohru-kun! Yuki-kun"
Yuki turned on the voice behind him with daggers in his eyes. Shigure, on the other hand, didn't even notice.
"Today is such a wonderful, glorious day as White Day, when the male is supposed to pamper his female! But in this house, iie, our males are too lazy and stupid to do everything on thier own, so our princess must cook our breakfast! Gomen nasai, princess Tohru, it is so shameful! If either Kyo-kun or Yuki-kun or I could cook as well as you it would be no problem, demo-"
"Iie!" Tohru cut in, "It's no problem at all, Shigure-san! I like cooking, really, I do!"
"Really? Eh, Tohru-kun, you are so wonderful! What is for our delicious breakfast today?"
Tohru blushed bright red. Yuki curled a fist at his side.
"Today...I made omlettes. For Shigure, I thought a sausage and leek omlette would be good..."
"Oh! That is so wonderful!" Shigure took his omlette and cut a piece of it immediately, putting it in his mouth with the joy of a child. He then stopped, and gave Tohru an inquisitive look.
"Funny...you said sausage and leek....this one tastes more like salmon..."
Tohru and Yuki both sweatdropped. "Ano..." Tohru said nervously, "Then who..."
Her question was cut off by a very deep-throated scream from the porch.
~*~*~*~*~
"Baka~neko!" Yuki snapped. "You didn't have to yell at her that much."
"Shut up and mind your own buisness!" Kyo snarled, "She's the one who screwed up my omlette!"
"Ugh, you are such a stupid, shameless jackass! It wasn't that big a deal. Go apologize to Tohru, right now."
"I said MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS!!"
"It IS my buisness when you hurt Tohru's feelings like that!!"
Kyo growled, taking a swing a Yuki's head. Yuki ducked, jabbing his elbow deep into Kyo's stomach. As Kyo doubled over, Yuki dealt him another blow to the midsection that sent him sprawling on his back.
"Stupid, bastard neko."
Kyo winced in pain, pulling his head up to watch Yuki's retreating back, a look of pure hatred etched on his face.
~*~*~*~*~
"Tohru-kun.."
Tohru turned around, smiling slightly at Kyo-kun. "Oh, so...are you still mad..?"
Kyo winced slightly at the sound of her voice. He didn't like hurting her. So why did he always do just that..? "No, I'm not..I just...I just wanted I say sorry. I shouldn't have lost my temper like that. It really wasn't a big deal." Tohru shook her head.
"No, it was my fault. I should have been more careful--Kyo-kun hates leeks more than any other food in the world! I understand Kyo-kun being upset." she responded ardently. Kyo blinked, a warm feeling washing over him. He smiled gently.
This feeling....this feeling I get when I'm near her...
"Tohru-kun, what I was going to say earlier, was Happy White Day!" Kyo handed Tohru the bag with her chocolate heart in it. Only her heart. He had eaten his only a few moments before he had confronted her to apologize.
Tohru looked up at Kyo-kun, a beaming smile in her eyes. "Kyo-kun...bought me a White Day present? I...I..." Before she could do anything, her eyes were tearing. "Kyo-kun is so kind....arigato...arigato domo...!!"
Kyo felt a blush spread across his cheeks. "It wasn't...it wasn't anything special!" he said suddenly, and before he knew it, he felt his legs carrying his body away from her.
Tohru smiled softly at his retreating back. "Kyo-kun is always so embarrassed..." she said softly, "But Kyo-kun does care..."
~*~*~*~*~
"Tohru-kun.."
Tohru turned to face the voice, a cheerful smile on her face. "Oy, Yuki-kun! Nani?"
Yuki smiled softly. Why is she always so pretty?
"What I was going to say to you earlier, before we were so rudely interupted by Shigure,
was...that..well, today is White Day, so, Happy White Day!" Yuki produced from behind his back a small, nicely but plainly decorated box. Inside was the chocolate heart for her...he had eated his a few moments before confronting her.
"Oh...Yuki-kun...for me..?" Tohru asked, almost breathless. Yuki nodded, flashing a debonaire smile.
'Kassan, the guys in the Souma house are so kind!
"Arigato....arigato domo...." Tohru said, her cheeks turning a brilliant pink, as she looked down and away from him. How strange... why do I feel so different... although they were both kind in the same way?
"Your welcome...but how could I not, when you have done so much for us?" Yuki said, his smile widening slightly. "I'm going to go tend to the secret base..." he added. Tohru smiled in return.
"And I need to complete the dishes." she replied, turning back to the full sink infront of her. Yuki cast another smile at her back, but he couldn't help feeling a little dirty.
This is so bad of me...
Tohru, on the other hand, continued working, a cheerful smile on her face, the two White Day presents side by side on the counter.
~*~
Tohru sat down on her bed, smiling happily. She unwrapped Yuki's present first, and, staring down at the chocolate heart, she smiled happily. "It's so pretty..." she said softly. The then set it down inside the box and proceeded to take out Kyo's present.
She blinked when she discovered that it was the exact same thing.
"Won't they be suprised when I tell them!" she said. Her eyes lingered on the hearts for just a few moments. "Which once should I try first?" Plagued by indecision, she sat on her bed for a few moments before deciding...
"I'll try a piece of each at the same time!"
With that, she broke off a piece of each heart, and, smiling as she thought of the two boys who meant so much to her, she placed both pieces in her mouth at the same time, chewing and swallowing them. . .
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GOMEN NASAI!!!! I'm sorry, I didnt mean to end at a total cliffhanger, I really mean it!!! GOMEEEEN NASAAAAAI!!!!! *cries* Don't kill me please!!! Oh, and BTW, I plan on posting little interesting facts at the bottom of each chapter of all my stories from now on....
Fact #1: Where there is a story with excess bishonen characters, there will ALWAYS be abundant yaoi fiction. (Gundam Wing is an EXCELLENT example of this)
Luv you all dearly (and to the girls, not queerly. But I don't know of many guys who read Fruits Basket fics anyways. Hey, if you're out there, review so I know better next time! kays?)
Bunny-chan
Chapter 2
Author's Note: Well, um, this is the second chapter. I added the subthingy "humor", 'cause...well..I thought this chapter was kinda funny. If you don't think so, I understand completely. Not many people get my humor. To heren, thank you for the correction. I think I saw that spelling on a website and it embedded itself into my brain.... GOMEN NASAI!!!! GOMEEEN NASAIIIIIIIII!!!!!! I really didn't expect to get any reviews....especially 14!!!! I was so happy. That you all for reviewing. You really have No idea how much it means to me. Really. You don't. I am a very strange individual. As for the ending, well...keep inputting your ideas, OK? I have sort of an idea of what I want to do...but it reality, I really kinda don't. So...um....I could use some help, if you get my drift? Please? I'm really bad at ending fics. Because I never actually _have_ *cough* So, um, I'd really appreciate it. ARIGATO!!!!
Another Note: Oh, yeah, this takes place after the end of the anime...like ...um...the next White Day? Something like that. Yeah. *anime sweatdrop*
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Chapter 2: The Giving (or, A Problem With Omlettes)
"Yo." Kyo popped his head into the kitchen doorway. "Morning..." Tohru looked up from the frying pan over which she had been cooking. She gave Kyo one of her bright, warm smiles.
"Ohayo, Kyo-kun!!" she said, "I'm making something different this morning, I hope you like it!" Kyo looked over at the table, the amount of food on it somewhat of a suprise to him.
In the center of the table there was a rather large fruit basket, which was piled high with all different kinds of fruits: apples, peaches, bananas, pears, oranges, grapes and plums, among others. In smaller baskets around the colorfully yummy centerpiece were varied sweets and bread that looked delicately homemade, even to Kyo's untrained eye. Crossaints, bagels, donuts and varied muffins lay in thier specified baskets. On the stove, however, were varied omlettes simmering in one pan, and bacon in another.
"It's called a 'continental breakfast' in America and England..I wanted to try something different today!" Tohru said, still smiling. Kyo turned away from her for a moment.
"Baka~desu..." he muttered, then turned back to her. "You worked too hard on this breakfast!" Tohru only widened her smile.
"Gomen nasai, Kyo-kun," she replied, "You'll just have to eat a lot to make sure it doesn't go to waste!!"
Kyo smiled. "Ne, Tohru-kun..."
"Hai?" Tohru looked back at Kyo curiously.
Kyo unconciously gripped the bag at his back a bit tighter.
"I...."
Tohru continued to look curious.
"I...I wanted to--"
"Ohayo Honda-san!!"
Kyo turned slowly to face the voice behind him, attempting to control his flaring temper.
"Oh, the baka~neko is awake too." Yuki dully noted.
"Kuso nezumi!!" Kyo growled.
"Baka neko!" Yuki returned.
Tohru smiled again. "It's so nice to see you two getting along!"
Yuki and Kyo both sweatdropped.
"Eh..Honda-san...what's for breakfast?" Yuki coughed slightly, attempting to break the awkward silence that had followed her last statement. He deliberately turned his back on Kyo, which made the neko's temper flare a bit more. Tohru giggled.
"Well, bacon and an omlette for everyone, followed by whatever you want from the table."
Tohru pointed to the previously mentioned table.
Yuki's jaw dropped slightly. He coughed, regaining his composure for the second time.
"Honda-san made quite a lot of food..."
"Iie, it was barely anything..."
Kyo could feel himself loosing control of his temper as those two smiled at each other. He coughed loudly, which earned him the attention of the onigiri and a black look from the nezumi. Kyo held out his plate expectantly.
"Which omlette is mine?"
"Ah! Gomen nasai, Kyo-kun, I complete forgot-"
In under 2 minutes? Kyo wondered silently.
"Let's see...," Tohru mused, her spatula poised and ready above the frying pan. "Ah, here it is!" Tphru scooped the omlette into the spatula, gracefully depositing it on Kyo-kun's plate. "I made a salmon omlette for Kyo-kun." she stated cheerfully. Kyo poked the omlette suspiciously.
"No leek?" he asked cautiously.
"No leek." she confirmed.
Kyo smiled, took several slices of bacon, an apple, and a crossaint, and went to eat on the porch.
"...and for Yuki-kun..." Tohru continued, "I made a cheese omlette!"
"Honda-san is very thoughtful...arigato domo." Yuki said, bowing slightly. "Ah...Honda-san..."
"Hai?" Tohru looked back at Yuki curiously.
Yuki unconciously gripped the bag at his back a bit tighter.
"Well, today is White Day, right? I wanted to-"
"Ohayo Tohru-kun! Yuki-kun"
Yuki turned on the voice behind him with daggers in his eyes. Shigure, on the other hand, didn't even notice.
"Today is such a wonderful, glorious day as White Day, when the male is supposed to pamper his female! But in this house, iie, our males are too lazy and stupid to do everything on thier own, so our princess must cook our breakfast! Gomen nasai, princess Tohru, it is so shameful! If either Kyo-kun or Yuki-kun or I could cook as well as you it would be no problem, demo-"
"Iie!" Tohru cut in, "It's no problem at all, Shigure-san! I like cooking, really, I do!"
"Really? Eh, Tohru-kun, you are so wonderful! What is for our delicious breakfast today?"
Tohru blushed bright red. Yuki curled a fist at his side.
"Today...I made omlettes. For Shigure, I thought a sausage and leek omlette would be good..."
"Oh! That is so wonderful!" Shigure took his omlette and cut a piece of it immediately, putting it in his mouth with the joy of a child. He then stopped, and gave Tohru an inquisitive look.
"Funny...you said sausage and leek....this one tastes more like salmon..."
Tohru and Yuki both sweatdropped. "Ano..." Tohru said nervously, "Then who..."
Her question was cut off by a very deep-throated scream from the porch.
~*~*~*~*~
"Baka~neko!" Yuki snapped. "You didn't have to yell at her that much."
"Shut up and mind your own buisness!" Kyo snarled, "She's the one who screwed up my omlette!"
"Ugh, you are such a stupid, shameless jackass! It wasn't that big a deal. Go apologize to Tohru, right now."
"I said MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS!!"
"It IS my buisness when you hurt Tohru's feelings like that!!"
Kyo growled, taking a swing a Yuki's head. Yuki ducked, jabbing his elbow deep into Kyo's stomach. As Kyo doubled over, Yuki dealt him another blow to the midsection that sent him sprawling on his back.
"Stupid, bastard neko."
Kyo winced in pain, pulling his head up to watch Yuki's retreating back, a look of pure hatred etched on his face.
~*~*~*~*~
"Tohru-kun.."
Tohru turned around, smiling slightly at Kyo-kun. "Oh, so...are you still mad..?"
Kyo winced slightly at the sound of her voice. He didn't like hurting her. So why did he always do just that..? "No, I'm not..I just...I just wanted I say sorry. I shouldn't have lost my temper like that. It really wasn't a big deal." Tohru shook her head.
"No, it was my fault. I should have been more careful--Kyo-kun hates leeks more than any other food in the world! I understand Kyo-kun being upset." she responded ardently. Kyo blinked, a warm feeling washing over him. He smiled gently.
This feeling....this feeling I get when I'm near her...
"Tohru-kun, what I was going to say earlier, was Happy White Day!" Kyo handed Tohru the bag with her chocolate heart in it. Only her heart. He had eaten his only a few moments before he had confronted her to apologize.
Tohru looked up at Kyo-kun, a beaming smile in her eyes. "Kyo-kun...bought me a White Day present? I...I..." Before she could do anything, her eyes were tearing. "Kyo-kun is so kind....arigato...arigato domo...!!"
Kyo felt a blush spread across his cheeks. "It wasn't...it wasn't anything special!" he said suddenly, and before he knew it, he felt his legs carrying his body away from her.
Tohru smiled softly at his retreating back. "Kyo-kun is always so embarrassed..." she said softly, "But Kyo-kun does care..."
~*~*~*~*~
"Tohru-kun.."
Tohru turned to face the voice, a cheerful smile on her face. "Oy, Yuki-kun! Nani?"
Yuki smiled softly. Why is she always so pretty?
"What I was going to say to you earlier, before we were so rudely interupted by Shigure,
was...that..well, today is White Day, so, Happy White Day!" Yuki produced from behind his back a small, nicely but plainly decorated box. Inside was the chocolate heart for her...he had eated his a few moments before confronting her.
"Oh...Yuki-kun...for me..?" Tohru asked, almost breathless. Yuki nodded, flashing a debonaire smile.
'Kassan, the guys in the Souma house are so kind!
"Arigato....arigato domo...." Tohru said, her cheeks turning a brilliant pink, as she looked down and away from him. How strange... why do I feel so different... although they were both kind in the same way?
"Your welcome...but how could I not, when you have done so much for us?" Yuki said, his smile widening slightly. "I'm going to go tend to the secret base..." he added. Tohru smiled in return.
"And I need to complete the dishes." she replied, turning back to the full sink infront of her. Yuki cast another smile at her back, but he couldn't help feeling a little dirty.
This is so bad of me...
Tohru, on the other hand, continued working, a cheerful smile on her face, the two White Day presents side by side on the counter.
~*~
Tohru sat down on her bed, smiling happily. She unwrapped Yuki's present first, and, staring down at the chocolate heart, she smiled happily. "It's so pretty..." she said softly. The then set it down inside the box and proceeded to take out Kyo's present.
She blinked when she discovered that it was the exact same thing.
"Won't they be suprised when I tell them!" she said. Her eyes lingered on the hearts for just a few moments. "Which once should I try first?" Plagued by indecision, she sat on her bed for a few moments before deciding...
"I'll try a piece of each at the same time!"
With that, she broke off a piece of each heart, and, smiling as she thought of the two boys who meant so much to her, she placed both pieces in her mouth at the same time, chewing and swallowing them. . .
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GOMEN NASAI!!!! I'm sorry, I didnt mean to end at a total cliffhanger, I really mean it!!! GOMEEEEN NASAAAAAI!!!!! *cries* Don't kill me please!!! Oh, and BTW, I plan on posting little interesting facts at the bottom of each chapter of all my stories from now on....
Fact #1: Where there is a story with excess bishonen characters, there will ALWAYS be abundant yaoi fiction. (Gundam Wing is an EXCELLENT example of this)
Luv you all dearly (and to the girls, not queerly. But I don't know of many guys who read Fruits Basket fics anyways. Hey, if you're out there, review so I know better next time! kays?)
Bunny-chan
