Disclaimer: Fruits Basket and all the characters belong to the guy who made it up. I don't own anything, I don't have any right to anything.
sparklestar127 - thanks for pointing out that mistake with Tohru's name. Hehe.
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Cliché Decisions
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The next morning, Yuki wandered into the kitchen, hungry and half-asleep. He blinked in surprise. Kyo and Shigure were scouring the fridge and cupboards for any edible breakfast, arguing fiercely. Both turned when they heard Yuki enter the room. "Oh, it's just you. God dammit, where's Tohru?! I'm fing hungry! How could she sleep in, she's never done it before!" Kyo raged.
Yuki promptly turned around and went to Tohru's room. Knocking on the door, he called, "Miss Honda? Are you in there?"
He opened the door and walked in. Tohru was in the process of changing, and he caught a full view of her blue panties and pink bra. Within a few seconds, he resembled a small grey-furred ball with a tomato for a face. "Oh my god, Yuki! I'm so sorry for not warning you in advance! I just woke up, I'm sorry for not preparing breakfast! I'll be ready in a moment!"
"Miss Honda, it's alright. I just came to warn you that Kyo is in a very bad mood. Which may partly be due to the fact that you have a date today…"
"Oh, that! I completely forgot! Oh dear, I've got to get ready for that too! But of course I'll prepare breakfast first."
At that point, Yuki turned back into his human form. Now it was Tohru's turn to have a tomato as her face - a very pretty tomato, Yuki thought. And at that moment, he was suddenly consumed by a strange emotion, and before he knew what he was doing, he had trapped Tohru between his arms, so she was leaning against the wall. Keeping a careful distance between himself and her, he kissed her, as he had done that night. Then he realized what he was doing, and pulled away, blushing. Tohru coughed, her face now a fine shade of crimson. "Um, Yuki? You may want to put your clothes on," she pointed out. "I, er, need to prepare breakfast now."
She ran out of the room (she's fully dressed now, by the way), leaving behind a slightly crestfallen Yuki.
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Yuki quickly got dressed, and went back to his own room, locking the door, to do some serious thinking. Why had Tohru rejected him? Not actually rejected, but she didn't give him a response of any sort. Not a positive response, at least. She didn't reject him, but she didn't accept him either. But why? He had been quite certain she liked him. He always made a special effort to be polite and nice to her, always considering her feelings, comforting her when she was upset, standing up for her against other people.
Dammit. It all came back to the theory of 'first come, first served' - the basic, most important rule in that stupid game of love thing. He hadn't been nice enough, he was too polite. Someone else had got there first. And of course, Tohru was the kind of girl that never cheats. So of course, she wouldn't accept him. But she wouldn't reject him either, because that would make it rather awkward if they were living in the same house.
There was no other choice, he would just have to keep trying. He didn't want to force himself on her - but that wasn't what he intended to do. He was just going to break her up with Minoru, and then take her for himself, before someone else like that stupid cat beat him to her again.
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Tohru ate quietly, lost in thought. She had never expected Yuki to be so… forward. She knew him to be the type of guy to do things subtly. To just kiss her like that, that was the sort of thing she would have expected of Kyo. There was no denying that she liked Yuki, a lot, but she just wasn't ready to have a relationship with him. It would be too uncomfortable, what with the zodiac curse, and living in the same house. But still, she did like him a lot.
"Hey, Tohru, didn't you have to meet Minoru five minutes ago?" Kyo's voice broke through her reverie.
"What? Oh! I'm sorry, I'll have to rush. Bye!" Tohru quickly grabbed her things, and fled the house. It didn't make a good impression to be late for a date.
"Where's Yuki this morning? He disappeared after he went to fetch Tohru. Go and see what he's up to, will you? I'd be ever so guilty if he died from hunger," Shigure said.
Kyo scoffed. "Who cares about that damn rat? Why can't you go yourself?"
"Oh well, just go check that he's still alive. I have a book to write. The deadline's tomorrow, and I think my editor's having a mental breakdown."
Kyo stomped upstairs, and knocked on Yuki's door. "Hey, ratboy, you in there?" There was no reply. Kyo opened the door, but Yuki wasn't in there. However, the window was open, and the curtains flapped gently in the breeze. Kyo knew for a fact that Yuki never opened his window. His mind worked furiously. Of course, Yuki had gone to interrupt Tohru and Minoru's date! He yelled to Shigure that he was going out, and quickly ran after Yuki.
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"Oh, Minoru! Sorry I'm late, I got held up, but I'm here now. I hope I didn't make you wait for too long," panted Tohru as she ran up to Minoru. He smiled at her. "No worries, I was late too. Anyway, let's go see that movie, and then we can get some lunch."
Tohru chattered away with him, blissfully unaware of the silver-haired boy that peered around the corner at them. "Damn that Minoru. He's so completely infatuated with her… And he's the bold, reckless type. If I don't intervene soon, he's gonna screw her senseless before the end of the week," Yuki muttered to himself.
"Yeah, I know. Ya think we should keep following them? Let's go see the same movie, I don't fancy hanging around for a couple of hours waiting for them to come out."
Yuki spun around, startled. Next to him stood Kyo, the familiar annoying orange hair tousled from the wind. "Well, I'm going to anyway, I don't know about you though," the cat commented.
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Short chapter. What joy in this world. Heh, don't start predicting the future events, I don't like it when people anticipate things that aren't going to happen. Anyway, please review! Thanks all.
- Elenril