Authoress here.
And now for something completely different. I was inspired to write a songfic after reading some others, so here it goes. If it sucks, don't tell me that. It'll just make me sad. Instead, say it was interesting. It can be interpreted many ways (several of them good) so I like that phrase.
Disclaimer: I do no own Seether, Evanesance (Amy Lee), the song Broken, or Fruits Basket. I wish I did, though.
START CHAPTER
I wanted you to know that I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
Yuki Sohma sighed inwardly as he looked across the classroom at Tohru Honda, the only girl who had managed to catch his eye out of the many others at his school. Ignoring the fan club formed because he was generally likeable to those of the female gender, and the occasional man as well, was no easy feat, but through it all he only had eyes for one girl.
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
Reddish brown eyes, unbeknownst to Yuki, settled upon the same girl. The object of his affections, and the only one who made him feel accepted. Because of her, he had changed. Leeks, he still avoided, but he was getting better at controlling his temper because he had her to think about when that damn rat was bothering him.
Her chocolate brown eyes were fixated on the board like the smile on her face. Through it all, she had pulled through. Even after the death of her mother and living in the woods, she had kept smiling. She knew what it felt like to have a hard life, and they could relate through that fact.
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
The generally likable girl jotted down something the teacher had written on the board, unaware of how two men were both looking at her. There had been times when she had slipped into the pits of darkness before, but her friends had helped her pull through everything. Even when she was living in a tent on Sohma land, she hadn't wanted to bother her friends by asking to stay with them. Now, she had more friends than before, and it was hard to imagine life without them.
It was even harder, however, to say which one she liked best. Her heart was torn between the two Sohma boys in her class. She didn't want either one to be hurt, but she could never make both happy. One of them was going to get hurt if the other was to be happy. But which would that be?
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel light when you're gone away
'She never thinks of herself before anyone else,' Yuki mused, a smile causing his lips to curve up slightly. 'And she tries her hardest to make everyone else happy. Does she know how happy she has made me?'
You're gone away; you don't feel me here anymore
'God, I love her,' Kyo realized with a jolt, his eyes moving back to stare at Tohru, who was smiling, her cheeks taking on the faint pink hue that they always seemed to when she smiled, as she read a note that one of her friends had probably slipped her. Or was it from that damn rat?
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
Yuki pulled his gaze away at almost the same instant Kyo glanced over at Tohru. He wasn't oblivious to the way the Kyo acted when he was around Tohru, and he wanted it to stop. 'Stupid cat,' he thought angrily. 'He doesn't deserve a girl like Tohru. He doesn't deserve any more than what he already has. Shigure never should have let that idiot into our home in the first place.'
There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
Tohru folded up the note that Hana had handed to her in the beginning of class, her cheeks pink and a smile plastered on her face. Her friends were wonderful, but even a humorous note couldn't take her mind off of the situation she had stumbled into. 'They're both so wonderful. What can I do if it comes down to a choice between them?'
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
Kyo sighed, and jerked his eyes from the brunette beauty. 'That damn rat will get her in the end. He always gets things he doesn't deserve. Someday, I'll prove I'm better than him.' His hands tightened into shaking fists. If that day didn't come soon, he'd lose the one he loved forever. 'I'll prove to you that I'm better than that damn rat, and finally take my place as a true member of the Sohma family. I won't be left out anymore!' Those words seemed to pass through his lips and mind frequently, but they never lost meaning to the hot-tempered cat.
They were a promise to himself instead of a battle cry lately.
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'I could never express how much it hurt when you left us.' The rat lowered his eyes to his blank paper that would have contained notes if he'd been listening. 'I won't let you go like that again, Tohru. I'll stay by your side if you'll let me.'
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Choose me, Tohru,' Kyo pleaded silently. 'You're the only person I've ever felt this way about before.'
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel light when you're gone away
The same solitary thought ran through the heads of the cat and rat as they were walking home from school with Tohru. Although they were different in many ways, they had more in common than either was willing to admit.
'I love you, Tohru.'
END CHAPTER
I don't know, maybe if I can find another song to use I can continue this and have a second chapter. It might work, it might not.
Either way, it was fun writing this.
Authoress out.