Fandom: Fruits Basket
Title: music without words.
Pairing: Hatsuharu x Yuki
Rating: PG
Description: (Au-ish) Yuki has finally told Tohru how he feels about her, but how is Hatsuharu going to handle it?
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket isn't mine, but I love it a lot so here's a humble fic by yours truly.
music without words.
by miyamoto yui
Chapter 3 – Determined.
When Yuki had fallen asleep, I couldn't help but look at his sleeping face. It was a very cute face too. A face that I'd never seen before. Well, not this close-up.
I think the first time was when I opened the door accidentally. While we were kids, he was sleeping to one side facing the hallway. I opened the door to find myself turning red, as a bright tomato.
I was supposed to wake him up, but I failed to do so.
Also with that memory, though, I remember Akito just as well.
He was there with Yuki, but when he got up next to him, he smiled and bowed his head at me. I just continued to stand there with nothing to say.
I didn't know what was going on when I was little, but there was something definitely wrong. Akito was getting up quietly as he walked over to me.
As I backed away from the doorway, he carefully pushed back the door into place and took my face gently into his palm. "You like him, don't you, Haru?"
Gulping, I just blinked at him in nervousness.
Yuki, at that point, was special to me, but I didn't know what the hell love was. If it meant staring and wanting to be with him all the time, then maybe that was true.
I just didn't know it.
"You can't have him, Haru. He's mine." At that, his eyes became slits as he threw his hands away from my face in disgust.
From then on, my fear of Akito grew, but also my loathing of him because of Yuki.
With Yuki in my arms, I fell asleep as peacefully as I could, but woke up just as disoriented. I looked out the window thinking that I was in my own room when I found Yuki saying, "Mm…" while trying to hug me even tighter.
Glancing at the clock, I sighed. It wasn't too far until school would start but I couldn't find myself trying to wake Yuki up.
I just didn't want to.
Maybe it was just my selfishness because I wanted to stay with him like this a little longer. While it was still calm.
I knew by the time the sun beginning to rise outside of that hotel window that I would bear a punishment. And it wasn't only from myself, Akito, or Yuki.
I've hurt Yuki because I loved him so much.
"Yuki. Yuki…" I softly whispered into his ear while pushing on his shoulder a bit. "It's time to get up."
He blinked at me and said my name. "Haru…"
Reaching for my cheek, he closed his eyes while kissing my forehead. At that, he patted my cheek as he turned away from me trying to sit up.
I chuckled, watching as he lazily got up with such great effort just to sit up straight. I shook my head, grabbing my pants and putting them on. Yanking his clothes from the hangers, I placed them next to him.
"Don't you want to take a shower before going?" I asked him.
I would be fine, but Yuki...
Yuki would have my scent all over him. And some part of me despised myself for it.
Before I had even reached out for my shirt, he pulled on my belt and shook his head. But he just sat there sleepily with the blanket over his waist and legs.
I took a deep breath and tried to push my hentai thoughts away. It was just so perfect to just jump him…
Getting his white shirt, I put it over him. "Lift your arms."
As I pulled the shirt over him, I found myself kissing his neck. And while buttoning his shirt, I kissed him on the lips because looking at his sleepy face was driving me nuts.
Then, I stepped back as I handed him his pants while blushing. "You're tempting me too much."
Yuki laughed and shook his head while putting on his pants. "I didn't do anything."
"Uh-huh," I replied as I put on my own shirt with my cheeks burning deep red, unconvinced by his answer.
You're evil. Why do you think both the boys and girls go for you at school?
Unfortunately, some part of me thinks he's not aware of this because he was so focused on his shortcomings and Tohru. ^^;;;
+/+/+/+/+/
We each went home, got our uniforms, and went to school as if nothing ever happened.
I was passing by Tohru when she greeted me and I bowed my head from across the hall while Momiji ran up to her to ask if we could all eat lunch together on the roof. As usual, I was silent as they talked, but luckily, I got to look at my book briefly to cram as much stuff as I could inside of my brain for the test next period.
"Are you all right?" Tohru finally asked me and I looked up from my book to answer, "Yes. Everything's fine."
"Okay…" She nodded her head and then pushed some of her onigiri towards me. "Take some, please?"
Nodding, I smiled. "Thank you."
When Tohru left a little bit early to talk with some people from her class, Momiji faced me with a serious look on his face. "Haru?"
"Yes?" I answered while reading my book again.
"Akito knows you were gone," he told me while folding his hands together.
I just bobbed my head listlessly, unconcerned.
I would fight anything as long as it was for Yuki. And I wasn't to give into someone who thought that making people fear him was a means of 'living'.
With concerned eyes, his hands reached out for mine. "Be careful."
"Are you saying this for Akito or for me?" I asked while looking back at him not really knowing how to feel at that moment.
"For both of you."
+/+/+/+/+/
Momiji went to his room, but before he did, he squeezed my hand before leaving me.
As soon as I stepped into the premises, I was instructed to go to Akito's room. While walking the halls towards his room, I took a deep breath.
I didn't know what to expect, but whatever it was, I'd touched a nerve.
I had touched Yuki in a way Akito never would and I might as well have committed seppuku if he was going to rip my head apart with his bare hands. Well, that's what a sane person would do.
I wasn't though.
When I got to his room, I was going to lift my hand to knock, but he simply said, "Come in, Hatsuharu."
I slid the door and stepped in with Akito's back to me. The instant I closed it, he turned around to face me, commanding me to sit in front of him. When I did, in a split-second, his eyes became dark slits that tried to puncture me with just their gaze.
SLAP!
I didn't even blink or move as I felt the throbbing of my left cheek.
"I warned you years ago, Haru, but you didn't listen to me. I-" He stopped talking, leaning closer to me. "That scent…"
Suddenly, he grabbed my school uniform and tore the buttons open while pushing his nose closely to my neck as if he were about to kiss me. I could feel him tremble with his warm breath touching my shoulder.
"No...No…" he laughed to himself while still holding onto me. "He is MINE, Haru."
"Yuki was given to me since birth. He was mine since the beginning and I am giving him to no one else!" Gripping my uniform even more and giving a sharp look straight into my eyes, he threatened, "Do you understand?!"
I didn't say anything because it would be useless with him, but my eyes just stared at him with determination.
"No, you don't!" He began to laugh again with both of his hands patting my bare shoulders.
I looked to one side. His touch reminded me of ice.
"Yuki will always love that Honda girl. And I won't ever give him to anyone," he told me in a low tone. "Do you think he can ever love you when he fears me and can think of no one else but that girl that doesn't love him?"
I continued to watch without moving.
"Well, Haru, I will tell you now that I'm not giving him away to anyone. Not even to himself."
He let go of me, grinning triumphantly while grabbing a glass of water next to him. Then, he threw the water to my face. "Wake up, Haru!"
Blankly, I pushed the water from my eyes.
"I'll give you a choice because I'm feeling generous today since you don't seem to understand what's going on. You'll get your punishment, but not from me." Standing up, he looked down at me. "I will accept your relationship with Yuki…"
I gasped as I looked at him as if he'd truly lost his mind.
CRASH!
He took a fragment of the broken glass from the wooden floor and came next to me. Poking the broken shard around my heart, I began to make a trail of blood onto the floor.
I bit my lip a little from the pain.
"…if Yuki learns to love you, that is." He smiled at me evilly. "If he doesn't, you kill yourself."
Sick bastard…
I gave him a dirty look.
"Seems you don't believe in yourself or Yuki as much as you think."
Gazing at the ground, drops of my blood stained the floor. I then looked up and into his eyes just to spite him.
Without a second thought, I firmly answered,
"Yes."
Tsuzuku…
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Author's note: Whoa, this is getting very, very interesting. I have some things in mind, but they're just plain evil to the point that I'm hesitating to write them. * blink, blink *
But, let's see what happens, k?