Falling for a Prince?

By: Senko Tenrou

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket of their characters

Author's note: I'M BACK... with another chapter. Read, enjoy, and review! Oh, and for the people who are asking, this will be a Yuki/Tohru fic. I have been getting several requests from reviewers in my other Furuba fics for Yukiru, so here it is and I hope you like it so far... all two chapters...

Previously…

The girl grinned. "Yay! Really? You'll come? Both of you?" she looked down suddenly, slightly embarrassed, "I know it's kind of childish for my age but—oh, I don't know—I just want to go for some reason!" Tohru said, gazing at her hands uncomfortably.

"No, not at all, Honda-san!" Yuki insisted.

Tohru smiled again and grabbed one of each of the boy's hands and pulled them along to the park. "Thanks guys!" she said.

Chapter 2: Is That A Promise?

Tohru sat on the swings and found herself gazing at Yuki. She couldn't pull her eyes away from him and was very relieved when he didn't make any actions to tell her he noticed.

'He looks really gorgeous today, you have to admit.' A little voice in the back of her head said. 'He looks gorgeous everyday,' she agreed readily, not quite realizing her own thoughts.

'…WAIT!' A dark blush spread across Tohru's cheeks when she caught her last thought. 'How can I think that? It's preposterous, it's strange, it's not right, it's, well… true,' she found herself thinking. 'NO!! It's not true! None of that is true! It's just my hormones talking not my heart! Hormones! Strictly hormones!' she thought, nodding in conformation to show she was satisfied with her decision. 'Hormones… that's all… I hope.'

She finally tore her eyes away from Yuki to find something to distract her from those thoughts again. …She didn't see Kyou anywhere! 'Where'd he go?' she panicked, but tried hard not to show it. The girl's depths scanned the whole park when she realized he was sitting at the trunk of a tree… asleep. 'Phew! Goodness, he scared me!'

Tohru pushed off the ground slightly and swung back and forth slowly on the swing. The breeze whistled past her as she swung. Her eyes wandered back to Yuki again. This time he was gazing back at her. Tohru blushed furiously and looked down. 'Okay, this is strange. Just because he looked at me... I'm, well, blushing…? It's just eye contact. But still that was embarrassing for some reason.' She said, trying in vain to push down the blush that enflamed her cheeks.

Yuki smiled slightly. 'Is she blushing?' he wondered offhandedly, then shrugged it off. He got up from the bench and sat on the swing beside Tohru. "Mind if I join you?" Yuki asked.

Tohru shook her head, remaining silent for fear of stumbling on her words. 'Why is this so hard? It's just Yuki-kun! I should be able to talk to him! Right? Why can't I? What's so ha—'

"Well, Honda-san, nice day, isn't it?" Yuki asked, trying to make conversation.

Tohru nodded quickly. "Yea-yeah, it's… nice." She said softly.

A worried expression came over Yuki again. "Honda-san, what's wrong? You're acting awfully strange and—why won't you look at me?" he asked when she denied his silent request for a look in her eyes.

"No worries—It… it's nothing. I'm fine. Nothing's w-wrong." She stuttered. Tohru looked up and gave him a persuasive smile.

Yuki shook his head. "Honda-san, I know better than that and you know it."

"Really, nothing's wrong! If there was, I would definitely tell you." She said, trying to cheer herself up, and nodded. But, that feeling in her stomach—it made her feel sick, but somehow satisfied.

"Is that a promise?" Yuki asked with a gentle smile and inclined his head in question.

"That's a promise." Tohru said, smiling faintly.

Yuki nodded. "There's that smile again." He teased lightheartedly. Tohru blinked and looked down, blush creeping back to her cheeks. The wind whistled past again and she shivered.

Yuki gave her a strange look. "What is it?" he asked.

"It's nothing. The wind, that's all." Tohru shivered.

"You're cold?" Yuki asked, slight worry showing on his face yet again today.

"A little bit. Nothing to worry about, though," Tohru answered quickly. She worked up another smile.

"Well, come on. We'll start home, then." Yuki suggested.

"Oh no! I couldn't do that! I'd be ruining your fun! I'm fine—really!" Tohru said reassuringly.

"Honda-san, you won't be ruining anything. But, you would, if you come down with something. Besides, I think it's time we go; it's getting late…" Yuki explained, getting up from the swing and offering a hand to Tohru.

"Are you sure?" she asked, taking his hand.

"Yes, Honda-san, I'm sure. Now we have to get baka neko up; I think he's asleep."

"Oh, I'll get him!" Tohru offered, running over to Kyou. She tapped him lightly on the shoulder.

Kyou's head jerked up and he grabbed Tohru's wrist, growling at the intrusion of space.

Tohru gasped and froze, afraid to move, watching as Kyou's dull fingernails dug into her soft skin. Her eyes were large.

Kyou cracked open an eye to see that it was Tohru that he'd lashed out on, quickly let go, and mumbled an apology.

"It's… okay, Kyou-kun. You just scared me." Tohru assured him, secretly massaging her wrist behind her back so that he couldn't see that he had hurt her. She wasn't sure it would bruise, but it hurt like no tomorrow.

"Sorry…" Kyou said again.

"Well, come on, we're leaving now. It's getting late and we want to get home before dark." Tohru said, walking away and motioning for Kyou to follow.

Kyou silently nodded and followed. 'Damnit! I can be such an idiot!' he thought, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

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Another chapter down, and no idea how many more to go! Heh eh... I haven't really planned that far ahead yet so... yeah!

PLEASE REVIEW!!

4th Of July, 2004

Yay! Another pretty chapter down, eight more to go! Yay! Whoo!

Sen-chan