Finding New
Chapter 4: The Secret's Out
By: Nikumu Chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket
IMPORTANT!!!!!: Konnichi wa Minna-san! I have a question for you all. . . . Does anyone out there like Fruits Basket RPG sites? If you do, please check out my profile for a great site. She obviously worked hard on it and could use some more members for appreciation. She's only got three!! Please minna?
Read, enjoy, and review!!
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"Be careful. The footing over here isn't the best." Yuki warned as they approached a number of uprooted trees and several large broken branches, obvious damage from the storm.
"Uh huh . . . okay; I will." Tohru answered.
As Yuki helped her over a particularly bulky branch, she asked, "Yuki-kun, this isn't the way I took, right?"
"I hope not,"
"You didn't take this way, did you?"
"No, I didn't, Honda-san,"
"Good. This route doesn't lead back to your house, does it?"
"No, and now, Honda-san, I wish we took that path. It's supposed to be quicker to the road this was, but I'm not so sure anymore."
"Me neither," Tohru agreed, the glanced down at their hands; he still hadn't let go.
"Yuki-kun, my hand. Can I have it back, please?" She asked, looking away for a brief moment only to nearly fall over a grounded, unseen branch.
"On second thought, keep it!" she added with a yelp when she tripped.
Yuki shook his head helplessly, letting out a faint smile. "Alright, Honda- san."
Tohru looked away again . . .
Tohru tripped again, this time, falling . . .
BOOM
Tohru sat on the ground, looking around and blinking wildly. "Yuki-kun? Yuki-kun, where are you? Yuki-kun, what was that 'boom'? Yuki-kun?!"
"Down here, Honda-san!!"
Tohru looked down. A small, grey mouse was jumping up and down on her lap, flailing its little arms.
Her eyes widened and she shrieked. The mouse covered its ears.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, there's a talking mouse on the lap!!! I must be hallucinating!! . . . I hope I'm hallucinating!! Yuki-kun!!! Where are you when I need you??!!"
"It's me, Honda-san! I'm right here!!" The mouse hoped off her lap and she crawled back several steps.
The mouse gasped when it saw her knee. "Honda-san!" it exclaimed worriedly, "What happened to your knee?!" It inched up to her and gently prodded the tender mark.
Tohru winced at the touch and the mouse immediately pulled away. "What did you do?!" it asked again.
'The mouse is talking to me!?' she thought. "I tr-tripped,"
"Over what?"
". . . Over a knee high stump." She said timidly.
The rat's eyes widened.
"I wasn't looking where I was going."
It nodded perceptively and backed away. "Would you mind turning away?"
Tohru blinked. "Um, why?"
BOOM
Yuki was . . .
. . . Naked!!
Tohru yelped and turned quickly, blushing hard. "Oh, that's why, eh?" she asked, rather meek.
"Afraid so," Yuki answered, dressing quickly.
"O-okay, now that you're all done," she said, turning around as she straightened his shirt, "And now that I'm rather frightened, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"
Yuki sighed and nodded reluctantly. "To make a long story short, certain Sohma clan members are cursed by the Zodiac. We cannot be hugged by the opposite sex unless another Zodiac member."
Tohru gasped. "So that's what you meant by 'hug me' this morning!!"
Yuki looked back, surprised. "Were you . . . eaves-dropping on us?"
Tohru immediately looked down, ashamed. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to; it was an accident, honest!"
Yuki chuckled. "It's okay. But, Honda-san, I have one and only one request."
"Anything!"
"Don't. Tell. Anyone."
"No, of course not! I wouldn't think of it! Pinky promise!" She stuck out her pinky finger, childishly determined.
Yuki blinked. It seemed so foolish but . . .
A small smile played at his lips as he linked his pinky with hers, making her grin happily.
How childlike yet . . . so promising, it was.
An immature game but a determined promise, forever true.
Yuki gently tugged Tohru along to the main road, taking her hand again.
She didn't seem to mind, not Tohru. Finally, someone accepted him . . . and his curse.
Yuki grinned faintly . . . he liked that feeling.
~
Before long, they made it to the road.
They had walked in total silence the whole way.
"Yuki-kun?" Tohru asked softly.
"Hmm?"
Tohru smiled. "Yuki-kun makes an adorable mouse,"
Yuki blushed and coughed. "Uh, thank you, Honda-san."
Tohru's smile broadened. She looked down the road both ways before going left. "This way, Yuki-kun," she exclaimed, pulling him after her. "I think," she added softly.
~
Did everyone read the note at the beginning? Please, if you didn't, check it out for me . . . and don't forget to review please!
Until next time, minna-san . . .
Chapter 4: The Secret's Out
By: Nikumu Chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket
IMPORTANT!!!!!: Konnichi wa Minna-san! I have a question for you all. . . . Does anyone out there like Fruits Basket RPG sites? If you do, please check out my profile for a great site. She obviously worked hard on it and could use some more members for appreciation. She's only got three!! Please minna?
Read, enjoy, and review!!
~
"Be careful. The footing over here isn't the best." Yuki warned as they approached a number of uprooted trees and several large broken branches, obvious damage from the storm.
"Uh huh . . . okay; I will." Tohru answered.
As Yuki helped her over a particularly bulky branch, she asked, "Yuki-kun, this isn't the way I took, right?"
"I hope not,"
"You didn't take this way, did you?"
"No, I didn't, Honda-san,"
"Good. This route doesn't lead back to your house, does it?"
"No, and now, Honda-san, I wish we took that path. It's supposed to be quicker to the road this was, but I'm not so sure anymore."
"Me neither," Tohru agreed, the glanced down at their hands; he still hadn't let go.
"Yuki-kun, my hand. Can I have it back, please?" She asked, looking away for a brief moment only to nearly fall over a grounded, unseen branch.
"On second thought, keep it!" she added with a yelp when she tripped.
Yuki shook his head helplessly, letting out a faint smile. "Alright, Honda- san."
Tohru looked away again . . .
Tohru tripped again, this time, falling . . .
BOOM
Tohru sat on the ground, looking around and blinking wildly. "Yuki-kun? Yuki-kun, where are you? Yuki-kun, what was that 'boom'? Yuki-kun?!"
"Down here, Honda-san!!"
Tohru looked down. A small, grey mouse was jumping up and down on her lap, flailing its little arms.
Her eyes widened and she shrieked. The mouse covered its ears.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, there's a talking mouse on the lap!!! I must be hallucinating!! . . . I hope I'm hallucinating!! Yuki-kun!!! Where are you when I need you??!!"
"It's me, Honda-san! I'm right here!!" The mouse hoped off her lap and she crawled back several steps.
The mouse gasped when it saw her knee. "Honda-san!" it exclaimed worriedly, "What happened to your knee?!" It inched up to her and gently prodded the tender mark.
Tohru winced at the touch and the mouse immediately pulled away. "What did you do?!" it asked again.
'The mouse is talking to me!?' she thought. "I tr-tripped,"
"Over what?"
". . . Over a knee high stump." She said timidly.
The rat's eyes widened.
"I wasn't looking where I was going."
It nodded perceptively and backed away. "Would you mind turning away?"
Tohru blinked. "Um, why?"
BOOM
Yuki was . . .
. . . Naked!!
Tohru yelped and turned quickly, blushing hard. "Oh, that's why, eh?" she asked, rather meek.
"Afraid so," Yuki answered, dressing quickly.
"O-okay, now that you're all done," she said, turning around as she straightened his shirt, "And now that I'm rather frightened, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"
Yuki sighed and nodded reluctantly. "To make a long story short, certain Sohma clan members are cursed by the Zodiac. We cannot be hugged by the opposite sex unless another Zodiac member."
Tohru gasped. "So that's what you meant by 'hug me' this morning!!"
Yuki looked back, surprised. "Were you . . . eaves-dropping on us?"
Tohru immediately looked down, ashamed. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to; it was an accident, honest!"
Yuki chuckled. "It's okay. But, Honda-san, I have one and only one request."
"Anything!"
"Don't. Tell. Anyone."
"No, of course not! I wouldn't think of it! Pinky promise!" She stuck out her pinky finger, childishly determined.
Yuki blinked. It seemed so foolish but . . .
A small smile played at his lips as he linked his pinky with hers, making her grin happily.
How childlike yet . . . so promising, it was.
An immature game but a determined promise, forever true.
Yuki gently tugged Tohru along to the main road, taking her hand again.
She didn't seem to mind, not Tohru. Finally, someone accepted him . . . and his curse.
Yuki grinned faintly . . . he liked that feeling.
~
Before long, they made it to the road.
They had walked in total silence the whole way.
"Yuki-kun?" Tohru asked softly.
"Hmm?"
Tohru smiled. "Yuki-kun makes an adorable mouse,"
Yuki blushed and coughed. "Uh, thank you, Honda-san."
Tohru's smile broadened. She looked down the road both ways before going left. "This way, Yuki-kun," she exclaimed, pulling him after her. "I think," she added softly.
~
Did everyone read the note at the beginning? Please, if you didn't, check it out for me . . . and don't forget to review please!
Until next time, minna-san . . .
