THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE STUCK WITH ME!
It really means a lot to me that many of you have added me to your fav author/stories lists, and some of you have actually gone on to read other fics (other than Fruits Basket) because you like my writing style. T__T I've even had someone ask me if they would post "White As Snow" and "Charmed Curses" (Harry Potter) on their website! HOW COOL IS THAT! That means so, so much...
Thank you to all of you who have lived with my bad grammar, which I have tried so hard to fix and improve on. and thank you to Kat Ishida, who's working as by beta, one of my best friends and the nicest sister/house pet (^__~) anyone could ever ask for. lol And also to WitchesRaven, another great sister, and a supporter of Haru/Kyou... especially when they find themselves in interesting positions... ~_~' She is the living female version of Ayame. Seriously.
This is a very, very short recap for those who rather skip to this part of the fic, rather than read all the way through "White As Snow" or "Black As Pitch". No great details are given, but plot is given away.
If you rather read these stories for yourself, please turn back now or be spoiled.
White As Snow:
Haru ends up wandering to Shigure's house during a snowstorm, where Kyou is alone in the house, and Shigure, Tohru and Yuki are traps elsewhere. Kyou is suffering from sleep exhaustion from trying to study for tests, and is constantly pestered by Haru to go to bed before he becomes ill in the cold weather. During a few very acquired moments and a few rather comical mishaps, Haru ends up talking about a past love (canon, true story) that nearly destroyed him. In turn, Kyou ends up revealing some very honorable traits and opinions that make Haru see him in a very different light... The two decide mutually to become "friends" like in the old days before Yuki. The next day everyone returns to the house, and ends with Haru leaving and doing something that leaves Kyou very puzzled. Haru kisses him on the cheek...
Black As Pitch:
It's been a week since Haru left with Hatori for the main house. Kyou hadn't really seen or talked to him directly since, and though they called themselves "friends" before, Kyou begins to question it all until Haru comes by the house asking to train with him. Kyou agrees to spare with him and toward the end of the session Kyou asks why Haru had been ignoring him for the past week, and Haru responds with a kiss... Turmoil erupts and Kyou leaves him outside to think. Thanks to a little outside help, instead of leaving himself, Haru stays find and talk to Kyou. They start talking about why they fell out of their friendship when they were younger, and Haru trys to explain why he now likes Kyou the way he does, while Kyou doesn't really understand what love is at all. They leave each other as friends (still), though Haru silently keeps his still burning crush a secret to only himself and Momiji. Shigure personally plans to get the two together, however, convinced the two would make the perfect couple, while Yuki is worried about Kyou breaking Haru's heart, and Tohru just wishes Haru and Kyou would both find happiness with each other in some way. Once Haru returns to the main house, he runs into Momiji's and then Akito, who is suspicious of Haru's actions as of late, and threatens the young Jyuunishi of the main house (Momiji, Kisa and Hiro) if he doesn't straighten up....
Red As Blood: (This story)
Teaser, "Red As Blood": Haru spends more and more time with Kyou in hopes that the neko will fall for him without drawing Akito's attention. They also must watch for Akito's closest servant, Sohma Kureno (another lovely, angsty canon character only shown in the magna), the isolated and obedient rooster of the Jyuunishi, who had been asked to watch the two closely until the day of Kyou's graduation and imprisonment. However, due to Shigure's matchmaking hints, Haru drags Kyou to a "Dark Impulse" theme nightclub in the city a few weeks after the events of "Black As Pitch". It leads Kyou into some places and situations he's never been before, and Haru in the end isn't always there to help him out. When situations get to intense, and Black Haru goes berserk, it becomes harder and harder to make sure Akito is left in the dark... But this may be just the push Kyou needs... or is it?
