Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket.
Merry Christmas Ally! (Yes, I know that it's late...)
Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight...
I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight...
Such a strange thing, that little rhyme. Why wish on a star?
Because it lights up a moonless night?
Because it glimmers in a way that makes you feel lonely, but not alone? As though you are warm, but cold at the same time? As though you are one of the few people lucky enough to see it, though the whole world could if they so desired? As though you are far removed from the rest of the world, but firmly attached? As though you want to fly away and be near the star forever, but you can't hold on to something that isn't yours?
I'm not sure. The stars shine for everyone, calmly glowing and biding their time lighting up others' lives until their own end... A life many would say is foolish, simply because they do not shine for themselves, but for others. A life that you can wish on, and the star will try their hardest to help you. But I won't trouble my star with such nonsense.
Besides, she has enough wishes as it is. I've seen Kyo on the rooftop, wishing without knowing what his wish means. Yuki frequently looks up into the sky while working in his garden, his 'secret base', wishing just the same.
How can I see their longing? Memories... They burn brightly, though not near so bright as my star... She stands out even when others are at their brightest. No one is her rival in the sky. My evening star, Venus... Everyone who knows her loves her, everyone who can just barely see her light is envious of it. This is troubling for me, though...
I love her too, but I have realized what they have not... She is not to be kept, coveted openly, held separate from the world she is obviously greater than... Though she holds no value over herself or what she doesn't have, no one could keep Tohru all to themselves. It would be a crime against nature.
No one can keep a star for themselves, but they can always hold one in their heart; just as I have done for the past few years... And as I will continue doing in the years to come, as will those that learn the same truth. Those that discover the same reality will gather around her, like moths to a flame that will never burn.
After all, what star isn't surrounded by darkness?
I wish that Tohru would shine on forever, pure and untainted in this world that needs so much more than sunshine...
Maybe a little starlight is all that we need to save us... Just as stars brighten the darkest of nights.