You can give thanks to Mindy/Minkychan and her Akito on LSD Music Video for
Putting weird pairings into my head (Akito x Tohru) of course my absolute favorite
Is here too (Hatori x Tohru)
Per usual Fruits basket is creation and copyright of the wonderfully talented Natsuki Takaya and her publisher Hakusensha. I do Not own any of these characters ; I'm merely borrowing them to feed my own sadistic need (j/king)
This is my first multichapter fic ; I don't know how it's gonna turn out but I've got weird ideas floating in my head and with Finals coming up I need some type of creative outlet to release my stress ^_^;
This Chapter is rated PG subsequent chapters will range from PG-13 to R for sexual content
Special Thanks to my dear friend Felidae for betareading ::huggles:: You rock girl!
The Care Giver/Taker????
Sleep slowly faded from her mind but she didn't want to wake up yet. It had been a long night at the hospital; her final shift at Tokyo general was last night on the busiest wing of the multiplex medical facility, the intensive care unit. As much as she enjoyed her work, the long night shifts at the hospital were taking a toll on her. Tohru stirred in her half-wake sleep. Her body felt sore, tired and cramped; she could use another 24 hours of sleep, she thought to herself as she winced in pain from the soreness of the aching muscles. However, duty called and she was not about to start her new clerkship rotation on the wrong foot, especially now that her 6 month rotation at the hospital had come to an end. With that thought, she slowly opened her eyes and after taking a minute to collect herself and got up to finish the paper work her new medical preceptor had given her when she arrived at the small private clinic. Never in a million years did she think her career choice would have landed her an internship in the Sohma household under Hatori Sohma.
Four years have passed since graduation from Kaibara High. Yuki and Kyou both passed the entrance exam for Tokyo University, however, Kyou opted to attend college in Kyoto to be closer to Shishou, the man who raised him for most of his life and who, one day, he hoped to succeed as the head of Sohma dojo. Or perhaps, as Shigure slyly alluded to, his final decision was partly influenced by Kagura's unique art of persuasion. As for Kagura, she was finishing her graduate studies in home economics. Everyone had high expectations for Yuki, but the prince had no idea what he wanted to do for the rest of his life upon entering Tokyo U. He eventually settled on a major in architectural engineering, much to his brother's dismay, who had secretly hoped he would picked up a career in fashion modeling. Haru and Momiji joined Yuki at the university the year following graduation from high school, about 3 years ago. Momiji's dream had always been to work in the media, hence his choice of mass communication with a minor in journalism. Haru on the other hand had no clue what he wanted to do and eventually dropped out to pursue a singing gig. Kisa and Hiro both passed the entrance exam for Kaibara high following in the footsteps of their older cousins. Over the years the two have grown a lot closer. They won't admit to dating each other but it's quite obvious they are an item. Akito has not made much fuss about this or any of the other's future plans as his health has progressively deteriorated to the point were he's mostly bedridden. Of course, this has only added extra burden on Hatori who is, after all, his primary care physician. This among other factors was one of the reasons Hatori hired Tohru right out of nursing school to help aid in taking care of Akito's daily needs.
Tohru paced around the small studio that served as Hatori's office, looking franctically for something.
"Where did it go? I'd sworn I placed it in my coat pocket," she said with noticeable distress.
She shoved her hand once again into her pockets, fumbling around for that precious letter that arrived 2 days earlier. It was a letter from Hana- chan who was over in the States finishing a fellowship in Psychiatry. It was only fitting that the denpa girl with the psychic power would grow up to be a shrink. Saki Hanajima had faithfully kept in contact with both Tohru and Uo-chan over these four years and sorely missed her dearest friends back in Japan. Tohru continued her search for another five minutes before deciding to postpone it until she had completed at least half of the stack of papers staring at her from her desk. With a thump she situated herself at her desk and busied herself with the tedious task of organizing medical records and filing insurance claims. Hatori had extended his practice from Sohma-only care to a limited private practice, thus asserting some independence from Akito's possessive hold over his life and career.
The door to the studio flew open as a tall, well-groomed, handsome man in his early 30's walked into the small studio where there was only a young woman sitting at a desk cluttered with yellow folders all carefully labeled with color-coded tabs.
Tohru took a peek up from behind the stack of papers and caught a glimpse of Hatori Sohma, who had just walked in for the morning shift. She rose from her seat and politely bow followed by a cheerful "Good morning" greeting.
Hatori Sohma, who rarely smiled even after all these years, replied back with a warm, "Good Morning to you, Tohru-kun. I see you've gotten a head start already," he said looking towards her desk.
"Yes, I thought I'd start now and be finish with them and move onto seeing the patient…I mean Akito-san," she replied nervously.
"Oh yes, I'll have to go over his daily routine with you so you know exactly what to do when it comes to taking care of him," Hatori said as he took his seat at his desk. "Now if you'd excuse me I have a few calls to make" he said picking up the phone.
Tohru replied, "Sure, I'll be at my desk if you need anything."
The morning shift went on with nothing remarkable happening until lunch.
"Tohru-kun do you have any plans for lunch," Hatori asked turning his chair around to face Tohru's desk.
"Eh? Oh no nothing really; just a homemade meal…." She replied a little confused by the question.
"Well, why don't you join me for lunch then" he said more like a command than a question.
Tohru being one who couldn't refuse an innocent request accepted.
Lunch was served in Hatori's quarters on the east wing of the Sohma complex.
He took the opportunity to go over Akito's medical conditions and the duties that were expected of her. She was expected to give his medication at scheduled times, set up his IV in the morning, and take care of any "medical emergency" that may arise in his absence.
"Tohru-kun, I meant to bring this up earlier, but for the sake of convenience, I'd like for you to move here. That way I can have a 24 hour on staff nurse to aide me with Akito's care," he waited for her reply. "You can take your time and think it over. If you're worry about leaving Shigure alone don't be; he agreed to it as well since it would be in the best interest of Akito," Hatori added.
Tohru hadn't expected this sudden request, but decided to accept it. "If Shigure-san said so then I'd gladly accept," she finally replied.
It was settled she would move in tomorrow.
Tohru returned later that night to Shigure's house. She prepared dinner for two like she had done since Yuki and Kyou moved out of the house. Not much was said and once they were done, she collected the dinner plates and headed for the Kitchen. So much had changed since high school. Shigure had mellowed off a lot especially since Akito's illness worsened; the house felt awfully lonely without Kyou or Yuki and she missed their bickering back and forth.
"Ah! What's wrong with me? I promised Yuki and Kyou I'd be strong and make it on my own, yet why do I feel so sad?" She couldn't hold the tears back because even though it was just her and Shigure left in the house; this place had come to mean both home and family to her. This was where she shared so many precious memories with Yuki and Kyou. True her feelings for them never quite evolved into anything romantic, but they meant the world to her and now they were off on their own and she would be moving out tomorrow. With a heavy sigh, she proceeded to finish the dishes and then headed for bed.
The following morning, Hatori arrived with the movers to pick up Tohru's belongings and Tohru, herself. Tohru bid her goodbyes to Shigure and headed into Hatori's car were she waited for him. Hatori stayed behind briefly to talk to Shigure.
"Don't you go off and marry Tohru behind my back!" Shigure teased Hatori.
"Is that all you had to say?" Hatori said sternly and rather annoyed at Shigure's silly remarks.
"Of course not. You just keep an eye on Akito; I don't want him damaging our precious Tohru" Shigure added in his most serious tone.
"I doubt he has any strength to hurt a fly, but I'll keep that in mind," Hatori replied before leaving to join Tohru in the car.
They arrived at the Sohma estate around 10:00 a.m., just in time for Akito's scheduled morning medications. Hatori headed to his office while Tohru gathered her courage and headed towards Akito's chambers.
Putting weird pairings into my head (Akito x Tohru) of course my absolute favorite
Is here too (Hatori x Tohru)
Per usual Fruits basket is creation and copyright of the wonderfully talented Natsuki Takaya and her publisher Hakusensha. I do Not own any of these characters ; I'm merely borrowing them to feed my own sadistic need (j/king)
This is my first multichapter fic ; I don't know how it's gonna turn out but I've got weird ideas floating in my head and with Finals coming up I need some type of creative outlet to release my stress ^_^;
This Chapter is rated PG subsequent chapters will range from PG-13 to R for sexual content
Special Thanks to my dear friend Felidae for betareading ::huggles:: You rock girl!
The Care Giver/Taker????
Sleep slowly faded from her mind but she didn't want to wake up yet. It had been a long night at the hospital; her final shift at Tokyo general was last night on the busiest wing of the multiplex medical facility, the intensive care unit. As much as she enjoyed her work, the long night shifts at the hospital were taking a toll on her. Tohru stirred in her half-wake sleep. Her body felt sore, tired and cramped; she could use another 24 hours of sleep, she thought to herself as she winced in pain from the soreness of the aching muscles. However, duty called and she was not about to start her new clerkship rotation on the wrong foot, especially now that her 6 month rotation at the hospital had come to an end. With that thought, she slowly opened her eyes and after taking a minute to collect herself and got up to finish the paper work her new medical preceptor had given her when she arrived at the small private clinic. Never in a million years did she think her career choice would have landed her an internship in the Sohma household under Hatori Sohma.
Four years have passed since graduation from Kaibara High. Yuki and Kyou both passed the entrance exam for Tokyo University, however, Kyou opted to attend college in Kyoto to be closer to Shishou, the man who raised him for most of his life and who, one day, he hoped to succeed as the head of Sohma dojo. Or perhaps, as Shigure slyly alluded to, his final decision was partly influenced by Kagura's unique art of persuasion. As for Kagura, she was finishing her graduate studies in home economics. Everyone had high expectations for Yuki, but the prince had no idea what he wanted to do for the rest of his life upon entering Tokyo U. He eventually settled on a major in architectural engineering, much to his brother's dismay, who had secretly hoped he would picked up a career in fashion modeling. Haru and Momiji joined Yuki at the university the year following graduation from high school, about 3 years ago. Momiji's dream had always been to work in the media, hence his choice of mass communication with a minor in journalism. Haru on the other hand had no clue what he wanted to do and eventually dropped out to pursue a singing gig. Kisa and Hiro both passed the entrance exam for Kaibara high following in the footsteps of their older cousins. Over the years the two have grown a lot closer. They won't admit to dating each other but it's quite obvious they are an item. Akito has not made much fuss about this or any of the other's future plans as his health has progressively deteriorated to the point were he's mostly bedridden. Of course, this has only added extra burden on Hatori who is, after all, his primary care physician. This among other factors was one of the reasons Hatori hired Tohru right out of nursing school to help aid in taking care of Akito's daily needs.
Tohru paced around the small studio that served as Hatori's office, looking franctically for something.
"Where did it go? I'd sworn I placed it in my coat pocket," she said with noticeable distress.
She shoved her hand once again into her pockets, fumbling around for that precious letter that arrived 2 days earlier. It was a letter from Hana- chan who was over in the States finishing a fellowship in Psychiatry. It was only fitting that the denpa girl with the psychic power would grow up to be a shrink. Saki Hanajima had faithfully kept in contact with both Tohru and Uo-chan over these four years and sorely missed her dearest friends back in Japan. Tohru continued her search for another five minutes before deciding to postpone it until she had completed at least half of the stack of papers staring at her from her desk. With a thump she situated herself at her desk and busied herself with the tedious task of organizing medical records and filing insurance claims. Hatori had extended his practice from Sohma-only care to a limited private practice, thus asserting some independence from Akito's possessive hold over his life and career.
The door to the studio flew open as a tall, well-groomed, handsome man in his early 30's walked into the small studio where there was only a young woman sitting at a desk cluttered with yellow folders all carefully labeled with color-coded tabs.
Tohru took a peek up from behind the stack of papers and caught a glimpse of Hatori Sohma, who had just walked in for the morning shift. She rose from her seat and politely bow followed by a cheerful "Good morning" greeting.
Hatori Sohma, who rarely smiled even after all these years, replied back with a warm, "Good Morning to you, Tohru-kun. I see you've gotten a head start already," he said looking towards her desk.
"Yes, I thought I'd start now and be finish with them and move onto seeing the patient…I mean Akito-san," she replied nervously.
"Oh yes, I'll have to go over his daily routine with you so you know exactly what to do when it comes to taking care of him," Hatori said as he took his seat at his desk. "Now if you'd excuse me I have a few calls to make" he said picking up the phone.
Tohru replied, "Sure, I'll be at my desk if you need anything."
The morning shift went on with nothing remarkable happening until lunch.
"Tohru-kun do you have any plans for lunch," Hatori asked turning his chair around to face Tohru's desk.
"Eh? Oh no nothing really; just a homemade meal…." She replied a little confused by the question.
"Well, why don't you join me for lunch then" he said more like a command than a question.
Tohru being one who couldn't refuse an innocent request accepted.
Lunch was served in Hatori's quarters on the east wing of the Sohma complex.
He took the opportunity to go over Akito's medical conditions and the duties that were expected of her. She was expected to give his medication at scheduled times, set up his IV in the morning, and take care of any "medical emergency" that may arise in his absence.
"Tohru-kun, I meant to bring this up earlier, but for the sake of convenience, I'd like for you to move here. That way I can have a 24 hour on staff nurse to aide me with Akito's care," he waited for her reply. "You can take your time and think it over. If you're worry about leaving Shigure alone don't be; he agreed to it as well since it would be in the best interest of Akito," Hatori added.
Tohru hadn't expected this sudden request, but decided to accept it. "If Shigure-san said so then I'd gladly accept," she finally replied.
It was settled she would move in tomorrow.
Tohru returned later that night to Shigure's house. She prepared dinner for two like she had done since Yuki and Kyou moved out of the house. Not much was said and once they were done, she collected the dinner plates and headed for the Kitchen. So much had changed since high school. Shigure had mellowed off a lot especially since Akito's illness worsened; the house felt awfully lonely without Kyou or Yuki and she missed their bickering back and forth.
"Ah! What's wrong with me? I promised Yuki and Kyou I'd be strong and make it on my own, yet why do I feel so sad?" She couldn't hold the tears back because even though it was just her and Shigure left in the house; this place had come to mean both home and family to her. This was where she shared so many precious memories with Yuki and Kyou. True her feelings for them never quite evolved into anything romantic, but they meant the world to her and now they were off on their own and she would be moving out tomorrow. With a heavy sigh, she proceeded to finish the dishes and then headed for bed.
The following morning, Hatori arrived with the movers to pick up Tohru's belongings and Tohru, herself. Tohru bid her goodbyes to Shigure and headed into Hatori's car were she waited for him. Hatori stayed behind briefly to talk to Shigure.
"Don't you go off and marry Tohru behind my back!" Shigure teased Hatori.
"Is that all you had to say?" Hatori said sternly and rather annoyed at Shigure's silly remarks.
"Of course not. You just keep an eye on Akito; I don't want him damaging our precious Tohru" Shigure added in his most serious tone.
"I doubt he has any strength to hurt a fly, but I'll keep that in mind," Hatori replied before leaving to join Tohru in the car.
They arrived at the Sohma estate around 10:00 a.m., just in time for Akito's scheduled morning medications. Hatori headed to his office while Tohru gathered her courage and headed towards Akito's chambers.