A/N: Sorry to the ppl who wanted to read the continuing of this fic..I have been busy lately.ok mostly I was just lazy but you can't blame me! A lot of ppl are lazy! ANYWAY! Well I did finally do it so be happy! ^_^;;.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned this anime but unfortunately I don't.like about a bunch of ppl don't, the ones who also write fic's for Fruits Basket, but anyway we can only wish.-___- sad huh? I thought so..

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The love of Bananas!

Chapter 2: courage

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"Um.Tohru-kun.." Ritsu stuttered, still not the conversational type.

Tohru noticing his uneasiness thought of something to get his mind on something else while maybe he'll ask his question or whatever he wanted to say later.

"Ano.Rit-san why don't you come in" said Tohru, and then grabbed Ritsu's hand so he can come in faster.

She half dragged, half walked Ritsu to the living room. She sat him down by the table then said she was going to get some tea for them. When she left from Ritsu's view he sighed to himself.

'I can't ask Tohru.I'm to scared I'm not worthy to ask her out for White Day*! She deserves more than my measly gift I wanted to give her! I should just tell her I have to leave for something important and I can't-NO! Then I'll be lying to her!?! That's even worse! What should-'Ritsu was cut off from his frantic thoughts by a small but sweet voice.

"Eh.Rit-san? Do you want something to eat also with your tea?" Tohru asked the somewhat still dazed Ritsu from His thoughts.

"Oh Tohru-kun.sure that sounds good."said Ritsu in a daze, not really paying attention to what she said or anything, but still managed to answer her.

While Tohru was leaving to get some snacks for them, Ritsu finally snapped out of his daze.

"Eh!?! NO THORU-KUN I'LL GET IT! IT'S WHITE DAY SO I SHOULD SERVE YOU!" cried Ritsu wanting to stop Tohru from doing any work on a holiday for her. While frantic in his need to stop her, he tripped over his pants sleeve and crashed into Tohru.

Ritsu thinking fast, because he doesn't want Tohru to see his embarrassing form.again, lift his arms so they could support his weight from crushing Tohru. Surprisingly his arms held his weight from crushing her. (A/N: hey Ritsu needs some credit some day or two. He could be strong you don't really know..-________- ok but this is my story and he is.)

While scared of the fall his reflexes automatically shut his eyes, thinking he might have hurt Tohru and how he was going to apologies for it. Finally after a few minutes he got the courage to open his eyes, only to come face to face with an unconscious Tohru.

All the color drained from Ritsu's face, his mind going completely blank. In his own little mind those little wheel's were going a little too slow, and I mean too slow.

Feeling something touch his hand, Ritsu came out of his shock, looking immediately at his hand. Sighing to only find out it was falling hair that touched it.

'Wait falling hair.?' Ritsu finally came to his senses and remembered Tohru fell and probably hit her head.

"OMG! TOHRU-KUN'S HURT! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!" yelled franticly the running around Ritsu.well that is until he ran right into the wall. (A/N: all I can say is ouch....)

While hitting the wall did stop his ranting the rational part of his brain thought it better to help Tohru. (A/N: took him long enough eh?)

Getting up fast Ritsu ran to Tohru. 'Ok what do I do?!? I knew I should have listened to Hatori-san when he told me all about this stuff! I feel so ashamed! I should never have come or else Tohru wouldn't be in this situation!' Ritsu tried to think back to whatever Hatori had said and only remembered a little bit.

With some idea what to do Ritsu carefully checked Tohru for any injury, finding that she only had a small bump on her head.

Sighing in relief Ritsu grabbed Tohru in his arms and put all his strength to carry Tohru to her room so she can lie down.

Reaching her room upstairs, Ritsu was very much amazed at his strength to be able to carry Tohru all the way to her room. Gently putting her on her bed, he ran downstairs, trying not to trip again and went in the kitchen to grab some ice for her head.

After putting the ice in a bag he wrapped a cloth around the ice bag to lessen the cold. Once done he ran back upstairs to Tohru room and grabbed a chair and sat by the bed.

Gently a plying the ice bag on her head wishing she woke up soon.

~* around 2 PM *~

Tohru slowly open her eyes to the light of day again, clueless to what had happen when she was asleep and wondering why she was even asleep.

Then the thought of Ritsu here came back to her.

She looked franticly around to have her eyes stop on the little bundle sleeping his head in his arms on her bed. Tohru smiled at how cute he looked there. Deciding it better to wake him up even though she didn't want to but she wanted to know what happened.

"Rit-san.Rit-san please wake up..." whispered Tohru while gently shaking the still asleep jyuniishi monkey. (A/N: did I spell that right? It is Jyuniishi right.? Oh well! ^__^)

Opening his eyes Ritsu first looked at Tohru.

"TOHRU-KUN! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?! DO YOU NEED ANYTHING! I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU!?!" shouted the over reactive Ritsu.

Tohru sweatdropped at the sudden noise to her left ear, wondering if she will ever hear out of it again. Thinking it was about time to tell Ritsu she was perfectly fine she turn to the monkey.

"Um.Rit-san I'm perfectly fine.no need to worry.just a bump.really there is no need at all to worry!" Tohru smiled to encourage him she was alright, hoping that it would help calm down his nerves.

Ritsu stopped and just looked at her, like in a daze.again. (A/N: he need help to get out of those. -____-;; *sigh*)

Feeling her face heat up over the very intense look from Ritsu she could only stammer out a response to get his attention of her face.

"Ano.Rit-san why did you come here in the first place-Not that I don't want you here!! I'm just curious." Tohru said suddenly becoming very shy.

Ritsu shyly blushed at the reason he came here for. 'I should tell her after all she deserved it from me wasting her precious time'

"Um.Tohru-kun..since i-it's ...*gulp* White Day today. I thought I would d- do something special for you b-because you um-b-bout me those c- chocolate's. on V-Valentines day. so I wanted .TO KNOW IF YOU COULD GO OUT WITH ME TOADAY!!" Ritsu said while practically yelling the last bit out in a rush of embarrassment.

Shock was an understatement for the sweet onigiri.

After a while the silence still hung in the air and Ritsu thought that Tohru didn't want to go any where with him, Tohru smiled sweetly and said, "of course I'll go out with you Rit-san.I would really love it." Tohru blushed reminding Ritsu of a tomato.

All Ritsu could do was nod and smile back.

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Next Chapter Ritsu and Tohru have some fun on there little date on White Day!

*Just to tell ppl who don't know what White Day is, In Japan on Valentine's Day the girls have to buy present's for the boys and on White Day it when the boys give the Gift's to the girls! ^__^! To any whom that doesn't know!

Please Review! Hope I did well!

~Neko-Vixen