A.N.: Ooh, yay! In this chapter I Kyo curses...hehe. And Yuki feels good about that? Well yeah! Hehe !! My mom is always saying Kyo curses too much, but what the hell is my mom doing criticizing my favorite Fruits Basket character of all time?! Woah nelly! Kyo can do whatever he damn well pleases! Haha! I love the fact that he's not afraid to speak his mind! That's really cool! Go Kyo! I hope Yuki doesn't ask Haru to give him a sponge bath. That would be bad. It would be even worse if Haru wants to! Not cool. No worries, I don't even want that to happen...he can bathe his own damn self. If he doesn't feel up to it, then he wont-that's how it works! No "Yuki may I give you a sponge bath?" no way!! Hahaha that scares me! Haru couldn't do that! Not to poor Yuki. Not if he wants Yuki to have any dignity at all! There I go again with hatori too. He's got to be the one who interferes...no one else is around, and I think Akito would actually get a kick out of the little scuffle. Well, that's this writer's opinion anyway. Happy reading!
Disclaimer: This story is 100 mine, but the characters and curse belong to the creator of Fruits Basket.
Chapter 5
During their nap, Yuki must have slid down, because he was very close to Haru when he woke up. His hand was also resting on Haru's chest. He could feel the "dum-dum" of his heart. The sun was setting, and reddish-orange rays were hitting the wall opposite him. Suddenly he realized he hadn't eaten in the past few days and he also had to use the bathroom. He began to rise slowly, not wanting to put a strain on his ribs and not wanting to disturb Haru, but to no avail. There was a loud "Oww!" and Yuki clutched his side and fell back, close to Haru. The bounce on the bed was what woke him up. "Yuki? Are you okay?" he asked, seeing a few tears fall from the purple eyes. "It hurts so much." Yuki said, more tears falling freely. "Oh, Yuki it'll be okay. You'll find someone to love and then you can rub it in their faces!" Haru said in an attempt to make him feel better. "No Haru, I do hurt when I think about Tohru, but I mean I want to get up, walk around, go to the bathroom for Christ's sake! It hurts so damn much!" He shouted, which only made him feel worse.
"Oh. Yuki, It's okay. I'll help you. We can go to the bathroom and everything is okay! No worries!" Haru said with a smile, a bit embarrassed at his assumption.
"Ha, now I feel like I'm taking advantage of your kindness, Haru. But I really do have to pee." Yuki said with a chuckle. "Okay, then lets go to the bathroom!" Haru said, and helped Yuki to sit up. Yuki winced the whole way, but figured he was going to have to stand one day. It felt good to walk around. Anything was better than being in that bed all day. It was almost intoxicating. Yuki was very relieved that the bathroom had some bars to help him stand, so Haru didn't have to be in there with him. Yuki was grateful to him for his help, but didn't want to be more needy than was necessary. Sure they might be cousins, but Yuki was very uncomfortable doing this sort of thing with other people.
Yuki finished with the toilette, and wanted to take a good look at what had happened to him when he fell off of the roof. He lifted the pajama shirt he was wearing, with some difficulty and pain. The sight he saw in the mirror was not pretty. He wondered what his fan club members would think if they saw him this beat up. His back was nowhere near his regular skin tone. It was covered in major bruises and there was a gigantic bandage wrapped around his ribs. There was another bandage that was place over the area, which hit the rock. The bruising in that area that was visible was even worse than the rest of his back. There were bruises on his arms too. He felt the back of his head and felt pain there also. "Its true. I'm totally messed up." Yuki said stepping out of the bathroom, not bothering to go through the pain of putting his shirt back on.
"Did you see this?" Yuki asked Haru as he closed the bathroom door. "Yeah, I saw it after we got here, when Hatori was taking your shirts off. I saw the place where you hit the rock... man that was nasty." Haru said. "Well, it feels nasty. Now where is the food? I'm hungry." Yuki said, feeling hungry. "You must be hungry, after being in bed for so long. Lets get some food, I'm hungry too." He said and he and Yuki hobbled down to the kitchen, in a desperate attempt to find food. They did, and sat on a comfortable couch, eating the scrambled eggs Haru cooked up. "Wow these are really good, Haru." Yuki said, inhaling the delicious eggs. "You're just saying that because you're hungry! Stop flattering me." Haru said, jokingly. "No really, this food competes with Tohru's cooking!" Yuki said, nearly finished with his plate.
"Well, that's what I went over to your house for the other day." "That's right! You were at my secret base. But you wanted to tell me you could cook well? Forgive me, but I'm confused." Yuki said. "No, no. I came over to tell you that I was getting my own apartment. I need cooking skills to survive on my own." Haru said with confidence. "What? You're moving out of Sohma house?" Yuki asked, slightly happy for Haru. In his opinion, no one should be forced to live anywhere near Akito. "Yep, at first Akito considered kicking Tohru out of Shigure's house but Hatori and I convinced him that I was capable of living on my own. The apartment is even close to Shigure's house, incase I need something." He said.
"Wow, I'm happy for you Haru. You finally get to escape the clutches of Akito. Have you moved in yet?" Yuki asked. "No, I'll be moving next week, but I'll still be here for you while you're here, Yuki." Haru said, anticipating Yuki's next question. "You don't have to do that for me, Haru. I'll be fine. I may just go back to Shigure's house and recover there." Yuki said, not wanting to be stuck in the main house any longer, not with Akito so close.
"I don't know, Yuki. Hatori may make you stay for a few more days. Just incase anything happens, he'll want to keep you here under his watch." Haru said, killing any hopes Yuki had of being at home anytime soon.
"Haru, don't you want to go to school? I mean I really like the fact that you can keep me company, but sooner or later you're going to have to go back." Yuki said.
"Well, how about I make you a deal, Yuki. When Hatori says you're fit enough to go back to Shigure's house, I'll go back to school." Haru said. "Alright, Haru. Thanks for promising to stay with me." Yuki said, smiling. "Well, actually, it might not be a good idea being at Shigure's house. Your brother seems to be staying with Shigure while everyone else is here." Haru said, his tone getting a little gloomier.
"Oh great. Just what I need..." Yuki said, sarcastically. "Maybe I should stay here." He said, a miserable look now taking over his beautiful face.
"Don't you dare do that, Yuki! Don't let Ayame win like that! I'll talk to Hatori, although I'm sure he's thinking ahead. Believe me, Yuki. The only thing you should be worrying about is healing and getting better, so you can come back to school." Haru said. "Yeah. My fan club is probably worried sick. What will they ever do without their prince now?" He said sarcastically, making a face and mimicking the girls, making Haru laugh, and laughing himself, with some difficulty.
"You certainly seem to be feeling better." A sly voice said from the doorway.
"Yeah, a little better, Kyo. But it's not really any of your business, now is it?" Yuki said to his enemy.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. It's not my business. Just like you two lovebirds sleepin' in the same bed isn't any of my business either." He snapped back. Bull's-eye. This really set both of them off, like Kyo planned. He had been dying to piss the damn rat off ever since he snapped at Tohru like that. In a matter of seconds Kyo was easily dodging punches from the white-haired sixteen-year-old with the temper worse than his own.
"You better watch what you say, you sissy bastard!" Black Haru yelled. "Oh, c'mon dumb cow, you can hit better than that!" Kyo said, punching Haru in the abdomen, making him fall to his knees.
"Stop it! Stop right now!" Hatori said, now entering the room in a somewhat agitated manner.
"You're lucky this time, stupid cat." Haru said, getting up. "Wanna make that bet?" Kyo said, putting his fists up again. "I said enough!" Hatori said. "Haru, calm down. Let the stupid cat be. He's just mad I made Tohru cry." Yuki said, not caring what Kyo was going to do. This was really testing the cat's self-control.
"Oh, Fuck you, Yuki!" Kyo spat, and forgetting his reason for entering these rooms, he stormed out, leaving Hatori a little pissed, Haru itching for another fight, and Yuki feeling smug he got to make Kyo taste a little of the pain he'd been feeling for the last few days.