Um notes first, I don't own anything.... absolutely nothing. Not any of the
characters and especially the storyline of Fruits basket. Unfortunately my
imagination is very limited. I would like to thank the people who actually
reviewed my story would be nothing with out the help of your comments.
Thank you Pebble sky your help was very much appreciative. Oh and I'll
never tell...Sorry it didn't make much sense hopefully it will make more
sense in later chapters. Ok blah blah on with the story.
Pale face...
Trembling lips...
Dark hair...
Wide eyes...
I felt the heat of the sun on my back and the lids of my eyes slowly open, stopping halfway.
Unspoken emotions swirled in a pool of dark purple...
Feeling the muscles in my stomach clench I immediately curled into a ball and covered my head with the rest of my blanket. Only the top of my hair was showing. I don't want to face her...so what if I'm being a coward. I can't face her. My hands pushed the covers up more to hide my hair while I buried my face into my pillow to muffle a loud sigh.
The suns warmth actually helped the sickness I felt in my stomach, and for a while I actually started to feel a lot better. Hmm...I think I'll stay home today, just like this. My eyes shut out any light that was left over that the blanket didn't shut out, but of course it was ruined because that stupid image of that weird psycho girls face came back!!!
I opened my eyes again this time with a pissed look blaring from them. It was almost as if her face was stitched into the back of my eyelids. Just to test if I was right I closed my eyes...yup there she is again.
Rubbing my head I screamed up at the ceiling, "STUPID GIRL!!!"
"Are you always this loud in the mourning, baka neko."
The spit in the back my throat suddenly choked me and I began to cough like crazy. Kuso! Turning to face Yuki I meant to yell at him but I also began to choke on my voice as soon as my gaze met the tired look of my cousin. I gulped and muttered something quickly and got up to get my school uniform on. Yuki took this as his cue to leave and told me that Tohru had breakfast ready as he left. I didn't feel like getting beat up this early in the mourning.
STUPID STUPID STUPID!!! I quickly got dressed and ran a hand through my hair; this was my way of brushing it. After looking at the clock, I quickly ran down stairs to eat the breakfast Tohru had prepared. I felt something poke me and I glanced at Shigure's stupid grin.
"What?"
"Why is kyon-kyon so quiet this mourning?? Does Kyon-Kyon have someone on his mind??" He made this weird dancing movement with his whole body from where he was sitting and I wanted to hit him but his words bothered me. Why was I thinking so much about her to begin with? So what if I said something mean to her. It doesn't matter. Right? My lips turned into a small frown and I began to absentmindedly push my food around.
Of course Shigure took this as a good thing.
"OHHHH!!! HE is! He is! Is Kyon-Kyon in lo-"This time I did hit him. That was ridiculous of course I'm not in love with her. I just feel guilty I guess. I am in love though...Just with someone else. I quietly watched Tohru as she helped Shigure off the floor and my heart began to flutter the slightest bit. Of course that nice feeling was shattered when her and Yuki exchanged smiles with each other, and another image of HER came back to me.
This sucks.
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The walk to school was painfully quick, I tried to slow it down but unfortunately we still got their extremely fast. So here I am, waiting for class to start and watching Tohru chat happily with Hanajima. This was really the only time you see Hanjima smile genuinely. Well this just sucks. The only emotion I get out of her is pain. Good job Kyou get on her bad side. She didn't even look at me not even once, and I know she knows I'm starring at her... WHY IS THIS BOTHERING ME!?!? I feel guilty...yah I feel guilty. All I have to do is apologize right?
I heard someone walk up behind me and instantly knew it was Uo as she smacked the back of my head.
"So is Carrots watching our precious little Tohru" Crap...I wasn't...I looked down at my desk tapping it lightly and mumbled a yes. Uo blinked a bit confused.
"Um Ok?" She scratched her head and walked up to Tohru slipping an arm around the shorter ones shoulder.
"What's up with Carrots? He's in an unnaturally calm mood" Tohru just looked down and frowned.
"I'm not really sure. Kyou-San has been acting really strange today" Hanajima suddenly walked quickly to her desk and Tohru and Uo were about to ask what was wrong, but their teacher walked in. ............................................................................................................
"Bye Uo-chan!! Bye Hana-chan!! See you tomorrow" Tohru waved happily as they waved back to her. I just stood there as I watched Hanajima walk down the sidewalk by herself. I have to do something. Anything!! Ok think how the hell am I supposed to go and apologize to her.
"Baka-neko! Hurry up or we'll leave you here!" Leave me here...that's it!
"Erm...I have to go and do something. I have um Detention! Walk home with out me!" Tohru gave me a worried look and I smiled a bit. Yuki just shrugged and walked off.
I let out a long sigh that I've been holding back for awhile now. Geez that was a crappy job of lying; I'm going to have to work on that. I looked up just in time to see Hanajima's head disappear and after a few seconds of staring off in her direction I began to follow her.
Ok...how is this supposed to work? I just apologize and everything between us is over right? Right??...I really wish someone would answer me. I made sure to stay very far behind her since I didn't want her to catch me just yet. Crap she probably already knows I'm here. Oh well she'll turn around when she feels there's a need to. Looking around I tried to take my thoughts away from her, but my traitorous eyes slowly went back to look at her again. She looked very plain, but after watching her I began to notice the certain way she walked with every step softly touching the floor. I also noticed how she would flip her braid over her shoulder and rub her neck after doing so.
Shaking my head I quickly looked away...this is ridiculous what the hell am I doing here? Wait a minute... I turned my head to look at the different houses, where the hell am I?? Holy crap how long have we been walking? I just barley now noticed how the soles of my feet felt sore.
Right after the thought left me she turned sharply into a fairly nice sized house. So this is where she lives. After her small form disappeared into the house I stood there in the front...not really sure what to do next. Well this was nicely planed out, the voice sounded rather dry in my head.
"Who are you?"
"GAH!!!" I jumped back at the soft voice that was suddenly beside me. And I swear to you I thought I was looking at a chibi Hanajima.
"I...uh.." WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!?
"This is my friend from school Megumi" I turned my head back to see Hanajima standing their changed from her school clothes into a simple black dress, her hair still braided. I glanced at Megumi who merely stared at me, and what seemed like eternity he finally released from his gaze and walked in.
I turned back to Hanajima as her voice called to me to come inside and I quickly obeyed her command. Wow her house almost seems...normal, looking around I found a few pictures of her family hanging on the wall. I couldn't help but smile when I saw a much younger and happier Hanajima...I wonder how long ago this was taken...
"Would you like to come up to my room or wait in the living room" w...WHAT!? I felt my face heat up and quickly coughed up my answer to stay down stairs. I know she didn't mean for it to mean anything but still...
She just shrugged and showed me into the living room.
"If you wait here for a little while I'll bring us some tea and snacks?" her voice was so soft that I had to lean towards her a little.
"Um...I'll help you" she still hasn't even looked at me...
"If you wish"
When we were in the kitchen she told me to go ahead and get us drinks from the fridge. Hmm milk or Ice tea...the long walk had made me extremely thirsty so I grabbed for the ice tea and shut the door, pouring the cold liquid into two cups I had gotten earlier. After setting the cups down on the table I began to watch her cut the cake that she had brought out for a snack. She was very slow in her movements, but some how it had a very calming affect and everything seemed peaceful just in the way she moved.
Ok...I really have to stop thinking...
She placed the two plates of chocolate cake down on the table along with the drinks and sat down. All right so far so good...I'm still alive. I took a sip of my drink and glanced up at her as she took a small bite from her cake. Now I just have to say I'm sorry. Yah...no problem.... crap...I'm screwed. To ease my mind I take a bite out of the cake she gave me. Holy crap this is good. I take another bite enjoying the taste, the chocolate working wonders on my nerves. I wonder if she made this. Taking one last huge gulp from my tea I slam it on the table.
"I'm-"
"Right,".... right? What did she say?
"You don't have to apologize for the truth" she took another bite of her cake and something in me just snapped. Standing up I slam my palms hard onto the table, but of course this didn't phase her one bit. "No I wasn't right! People just can't see or understand the real you! And if they can't see the person you are then they don't deserve you at all!" I quickly shut my mouth after realizing what I said and now she was looking at me straight in the eyes with wide eyes. This time it wasn't full of pain just had a surprised look on her face. I could hear Shigure laugh at me for my sudden outburst of stupidity...oh how Shigure would have loved to be here right now. Not knowing what to do I suddenly sat down and shoved the rest of the cake in my mouth and chewed. She was still staring at me with what expression I didn't know since I was trying my hardest not to look up at her. Mumbling I asked if she made the cake and from the corner of my eye I saw her nod her head slowly.
"Souma-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"Thank you" I looked up at this and saw the small smile she was giving me. She's actually smiling...at me. For some reason everything seemed like it was ok. I felt my cheeks burn and told her I had to leave. She nodded her face turning back to normal and after I helped her with the dishes we both slipped on our shoes and walked outside.
"Where are you going?"
"Showing you to the subway. It's much quicker to get home that way" I just stopped and stared at her.
"Your kidding right?"
"No...I just wanted to see how long you would follow me" ............................................................................................................ Author's notes
Yay done with this damn chapter!! Now bring on the flames! ^-^;;
Pale face...
Trembling lips...
Dark hair...
Wide eyes...
I felt the heat of the sun on my back and the lids of my eyes slowly open, stopping halfway.
Unspoken emotions swirled in a pool of dark purple...
Feeling the muscles in my stomach clench I immediately curled into a ball and covered my head with the rest of my blanket. Only the top of my hair was showing. I don't want to face her...so what if I'm being a coward. I can't face her. My hands pushed the covers up more to hide my hair while I buried my face into my pillow to muffle a loud sigh.
The suns warmth actually helped the sickness I felt in my stomach, and for a while I actually started to feel a lot better. Hmm...I think I'll stay home today, just like this. My eyes shut out any light that was left over that the blanket didn't shut out, but of course it was ruined because that stupid image of that weird psycho girls face came back!!!
I opened my eyes again this time with a pissed look blaring from them. It was almost as if her face was stitched into the back of my eyelids. Just to test if I was right I closed my eyes...yup there she is again.
Rubbing my head I screamed up at the ceiling, "STUPID GIRL!!!"
"Are you always this loud in the mourning, baka neko."
The spit in the back my throat suddenly choked me and I began to cough like crazy. Kuso! Turning to face Yuki I meant to yell at him but I also began to choke on my voice as soon as my gaze met the tired look of my cousin. I gulped and muttered something quickly and got up to get my school uniform on. Yuki took this as his cue to leave and told me that Tohru had breakfast ready as he left. I didn't feel like getting beat up this early in the mourning.
STUPID STUPID STUPID!!! I quickly got dressed and ran a hand through my hair; this was my way of brushing it. After looking at the clock, I quickly ran down stairs to eat the breakfast Tohru had prepared. I felt something poke me and I glanced at Shigure's stupid grin.
"What?"
"Why is kyon-kyon so quiet this mourning?? Does Kyon-Kyon have someone on his mind??" He made this weird dancing movement with his whole body from where he was sitting and I wanted to hit him but his words bothered me. Why was I thinking so much about her to begin with? So what if I said something mean to her. It doesn't matter. Right? My lips turned into a small frown and I began to absentmindedly push my food around.
Of course Shigure took this as a good thing.
"OHHHH!!! HE is! He is! Is Kyon-Kyon in lo-"This time I did hit him. That was ridiculous of course I'm not in love with her. I just feel guilty I guess. I am in love though...Just with someone else. I quietly watched Tohru as she helped Shigure off the floor and my heart began to flutter the slightest bit. Of course that nice feeling was shattered when her and Yuki exchanged smiles with each other, and another image of HER came back to me.
This sucks.
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The walk to school was painfully quick, I tried to slow it down but unfortunately we still got their extremely fast. So here I am, waiting for class to start and watching Tohru chat happily with Hanajima. This was really the only time you see Hanjima smile genuinely. Well this just sucks. The only emotion I get out of her is pain. Good job Kyou get on her bad side. She didn't even look at me not even once, and I know she knows I'm starring at her... WHY IS THIS BOTHERING ME!?!? I feel guilty...yah I feel guilty. All I have to do is apologize right?
I heard someone walk up behind me and instantly knew it was Uo as she smacked the back of my head.
"So is Carrots watching our precious little Tohru" Crap...I wasn't...I looked down at my desk tapping it lightly and mumbled a yes. Uo blinked a bit confused.
"Um Ok?" She scratched her head and walked up to Tohru slipping an arm around the shorter ones shoulder.
"What's up with Carrots? He's in an unnaturally calm mood" Tohru just looked down and frowned.
"I'm not really sure. Kyou-San has been acting really strange today" Hanajima suddenly walked quickly to her desk and Tohru and Uo were about to ask what was wrong, but their teacher walked in. ............................................................................................................
"Bye Uo-chan!! Bye Hana-chan!! See you tomorrow" Tohru waved happily as they waved back to her. I just stood there as I watched Hanajima walk down the sidewalk by herself. I have to do something. Anything!! Ok think how the hell am I supposed to go and apologize to her.
"Baka-neko! Hurry up or we'll leave you here!" Leave me here...that's it!
"Erm...I have to go and do something. I have um Detention! Walk home with out me!" Tohru gave me a worried look and I smiled a bit. Yuki just shrugged and walked off.
I let out a long sigh that I've been holding back for awhile now. Geez that was a crappy job of lying; I'm going to have to work on that. I looked up just in time to see Hanajima's head disappear and after a few seconds of staring off in her direction I began to follow her.
Ok...how is this supposed to work? I just apologize and everything between us is over right? Right??...I really wish someone would answer me. I made sure to stay very far behind her since I didn't want her to catch me just yet. Crap she probably already knows I'm here. Oh well she'll turn around when she feels there's a need to. Looking around I tried to take my thoughts away from her, but my traitorous eyes slowly went back to look at her again. She looked very plain, but after watching her I began to notice the certain way she walked with every step softly touching the floor. I also noticed how she would flip her braid over her shoulder and rub her neck after doing so.
Shaking my head I quickly looked away...this is ridiculous what the hell am I doing here? Wait a minute... I turned my head to look at the different houses, where the hell am I?? Holy crap how long have we been walking? I just barley now noticed how the soles of my feet felt sore.
Right after the thought left me she turned sharply into a fairly nice sized house. So this is where she lives. After her small form disappeared into the house I stood there in the front...not really sure what to do next. Well this was nicely planed out, the voice sounded rather dry in my head.
"Who are you?"
"GAH!!!" I jumped back at the soft voice that was suddenly beside me. And I swear to you I thought I was looking at a chibi Hanajima.
"I...uh.." WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!?
"This is my friend from school Megumi" I turned my head back to see Hanajima standing their changed from her school clothes into a simple black dress, her hair still braided. I glanced at Megumi who merely stared at me, and what seemed like eternity he finally released from his gaze and walked in.
I turned back to Hanajima as her voice called to me to come inside and I quickly obeyed her command. Wow her house almost seems...normal, looking around I found a few pictures of her family hanging on the wall. I couldn't help but smile when I saw a much younger and happier Hanajima...I wonder how long ago this was taken...
"Would you like to come up to my room or wait in the living room" w...WHAT!? I felt my face heat up and quickly coughed up my answer to stay down stairs. I know she didn't mean for it to mean anything but still...
She just shrugged and showed me into the living room.
"If you wait here for a little while I'll bring us some tea and snacks?" her voice was so soft that I had to lean towards her a little.
"Um...I'll help you" she still hasn't even looked at me...
"If you wish"
When we were in the kitchen she told me to go ahead and get us drinks from the fridge. Hmm milk or Ice tea...the long walk had made me extremely thirsty so I grabbed for the ice tea and shut the door, pouring the cold liquid into two cups I had gotten earlier. After setting the cups down on the table I began to watch her cut the cake that she had brought out for a snack. She was very slow in her movements, but some how it had a very calming affect and everything seemed peaceful just in the way she moved.
Ok...I really have to stop thinking...
She placed the two plates of chocolate cake down on the table along with the drinks and sat down. All right so far so good...I'm still alive. I took a sip of my drink and glanced up at her as she took a small bite from her cake. Now I just have to say I'm sorry. Yah...no problem.... crap...I'm screwed. To ease my mind I take a bite out of the cake she gave me. Holy crap this is good. I take another bite enjoying the taste, the chocolate working wonders on my nerves. I wonder if she made this. Taking one last huge gulp from my tea I slam it on the table.
"I'm-"
"Right,".... right? What did she say?
"You don't have to apologize for the truth" she took another bite of her cake and something in me just snapped. Standing up I slam my palms hard onto the table, but of course this didn't phase her one bit. "No I wasn't right! People just can't see or understand the real you! And if they can't see the person you are then they don't deserve you at all!" I quickly shut my mouth after realizing what I said and now she was looking at me straight in the eyes with wide eyes. This time it wasn't full of pain just had a surprised look on her face. I could hear Shigure laugh at me for my sudden outburst of stupidity...oh how Shigure would have loved to be here right now. Not knowing what to do I suddenly sat down and shoved the rest of the cake in my mouth and chewed. She was still staring at me with what expression I didn't know since I was trying my hardest not to look up at her. Mumbling I asked if she made the cake and from the corner of my eye I saw her nod her head slowly.
"Souma-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"Thank you" I looked up at this and saw the small smile she was giving me. She's actually smiling...at me. For some reason everything seemed like it was ok. I felt my cheeks burn and told her I had to leave. She nodded her face turning back to normal and after I helped her with the dishes we both slipped on our shoes and walked outside.
"Where are you going?"
"Showing you to the subway. It's much quicker to get home that way" I just stopped and stared at her.
"Your kidding right?"
"No...I just wanted to see how long you would follow me" ............................................................................................................ Author's notes
Yay done with this damn chapter!! Now bring on the flames! ^-^;;