A.N.: hey guys! I'm going away this weekend so I'm giving you a little present. It's a little early, but I have a field hockey game tomorrow afternoon, so I cant update then. You guys are lucky ducks—that's my saying right now... back to the chapter! I tried to incorporate some Kyo into this chapter, but I find myself going back to Yuki!!! Well, the next chapter, I promise, will have Kyo. I think I'm going to have Kagura show up, so he can tell her, and get it off his chest, and feel free to be 100 with Tohru, even though he already was. But, at least Kagura will know! I hope she doesn't hurt him...poor kitty. But she can find some guy who'll be cool, and who will love her, and help her get over Kyo! Yay! I need suggestions, though. Please help me with that!! Give me suggestions on who you think Kagura should end up with, please. That would help!! Also I'm going to be changing Haru's image a little. Its gunna be really cool though, and not too much of a change. I hope you like my idea! Don't you think Haru's color's are black, white and red? I do! That's cool! Please review and don't forget the suggestions! Happy reading!

Disclaimer: This story is 100 mine, but the curse and characters belong to the creator of Fruits Basket.

Chapter 6

"Dammit!" Kyo yelled, punching a wooden post outside on the deck. He didn't mean to do such horrible things sometimes. He just wanted to go into the kitchen to make some dinner, but hearing Yuki and Haru's voices, he snapped. They were laughing. They shouldn't have been laughing. Yuki should feel really bad about what he did to Tohru, if he had a heart at all. And then, Kyo thought about how Yuki must really be feeling inside. 'He must really hurt.' Kyo thought. It was logical that he wanted to make Kyo feel bad now. It was logical that he would want revenge after what Kyo and Tohru did to him. His heart was broken, and this was a way to vent some of the pent up anger, pain and frustration of that.

Not knowing how he should feel, he sat down, trying to figure everything out. He made assessments of the situation they were all trapped in. Tohru came up to the roof to tell him lunch was ready. He stopped her from leaving and told her he loved her and couldn't live without her. She confessed she felt the same way. 'Tohru and I are in the same boat with that part.' Kyo thought. The brooding continued as someone looked out and onto him, making sure he wasn't pondering coming back for another fight.

Kyo ran a hand through his bright orange hair. The assessments continued. During their first ever kiss, Yuki came up to the roof and saw them, which is why his heart is so broken. He was so innocent, just standing there, and then thought he was invading Tohru's privacy. 'He cared about her that much to want to get out of her way.' And then, the rain started. It was so hard and so much rain. Yuki slipped on his way down, and fell, hitting that rock, which made his injury really bad. Tohru was so worried so she hurried to his side. She told Kyo to call Hatori. Maybe she was worried about the fall, or maybe she knew something was wrong.

Apparently, Kyo wasn't there when Yuki woke up, he had told Tohru off, and hurried away. 'That was probably to hide his shame and his pain. He was really lucky Haru was there. He was really badly injured. Broken ribs and stuff, and me and Tohru-that's like a dagger to the heart. It would be to any guy who was in love with a girl and lost her to his worst enemy.' Kyo continued. That was why Yuki had been in so much pain. Kyo had known it for a while. It was because he loved Tohru too. The way he always looked at her, how he cared so much for her, it was because he loved her, and that's what made that pain a thousand times worse. For the first time in his life, Yuki actually lost to Kyo. For the first time in his life, Kyo won. He got the girl. That was the only thing that mattered anymore. Tohru. She was the thing he lived for. He lived for her love.

Kyo now loved Tohru a thousand times more because she loved him back. He knew she accepted him for what he was after the incident when he transformed into his other form in front of her. Thinking about that, he pulled a little at his bracelet on his left wrist, and a single tear fell onto his arm.

Kyo actually shed a tear. 'What the hell am I doing, acting like a sissy ang crying?' he thought, wiping his face clean. 'But I have every right to do this. I love her and she loves me, and no one will ever get in the way of that. No one. Especially that damn Yuki. Or Kagura... what am I ever going to tell her?' "I'll tell her the truth!" he said getting up. Kyo wasn't really planning on telling Kagura that very instant, but he figured he cooled his temper enough to attempt making dinner again.

Turning in the direction of the kitchen, he started walking. "You're not going to start something again, are you Kyo?" Hatori asked, leaning on the door frame that lead out to the deck where Kyo had been brooding.

"Shut up Hatori. No I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize your precious little Yuki." He said, and pushed past the doctor. "I've gotta make some dinner." He said. Yuki and Haru, who were still sitting in the next room heard Kyo say this. Haru had turned white again, thanks to Yuki's skill at calming him down.

Kyo stopped on his way through and said, "relax, I'm making dinner, not plotting against you." "Yeah, sure, that's what he says." Haru said. "Stop, Haru. Let him do what he wants. It's a free country." Yuki said. "Yuki?" Haru was a little taken aback when Yuki didn't take his side. By this time Kyo had already gone to the kitchen and had started on his dinner.

Yuki had also heen thinking for the past few minutes about what he said to Kyo. It was a little rude, but Kyo started it and Yuki moved on impulse. He swore to himself that from that moment on, he wouldn't start anything with Kyo. Kyo would have to start it, and then Yuki would continue it. But if Kyo wasn't starting anything, he wouldn't either. If they did fight, someone else could get hurt, and Yuki wasn't about to have that happen, especially if the person was Tohru or someone else important.

"Thanks for the food, Haru. It was great. I'll have to have you make some more another time. Lets got back to my room. Its too uncomfortable in here." Yuki said. He started to get up.

"Hey wait a sec! Let me help you." Haru said, seeing Yuki wincing. The couch he was sitting on was very comfortable, but you could feel how tense it was getting in the room because of Kyo entering. Yuki gave up and decided to let Kyo cook in peace. If he was making Tohru dinner, Yuki didn't want Kyo getting upset and doing something bad to the food.

Haru took the empty plate from Yuki's hand and placed it on the table. He then helped ease Yuki out of the couch. Kyo could hear the "Oww Oww Oww" Yuki gave as he moved. Kyo did pity him. "That's one hell of an injury." He said in a mumble, and heard the door close, indicating Yuki and Haru were making their way back to Yuki's room.

"Oh, Yuki, I should take a look at your back." Hatori said, cigarette in hand, standing on the deck. "Why don't I save you the trouble, Hatori? Its really purple, and it hurts a lot." Yuki said.

"Well, that's not good enough, but it was a nice try." Haa-san said. "Damn. Fine. Don't go prodding me though. And Haru gets to stay. He can punch you if I yell out in pain." Haru gave a sly smile at this.

"No, he doesn't. I'm sorry Yuki, but you may be yelling out. Its painful when you break ribs, and your injury is no exception. Lets go to your room." Hatori lead the way. "Yuki, I'll still punch him, if you want." Haru whispered. "No, I'll take it like a man." Yuki said back.

"Ah! Jeezis Chrise!" Yuki yelled through gritted teeth. He was laying on his front, his shirt was off, Hatori had just finished taking off the bandages, and lightly brushed his finger over the wound. Haru was standing in the backround, wide-eyed and staring at the bruises.

"Yuki, this is painful, but deal with it. I can give you something for it later. Right now, I have to clean your wound and re-bandage it." Hatori said, and sprayed some weird spray, which actually made the pain go away for a minute. He dabbed at the wound with a cotton ball and some tweezers, bringing a few grunts from the patient.

Eventually, after many grunts and yells from Yuki, Hatori had finished cleaning and bandaging his wound. Haru was a little queasy from seeing the terrible wound and feeling Yuki's pain and also from imagining if that had happened to him. Yuki remained laying on his front, in too much pain to even want to move.

Before Hatori left, he gave Yuki an injection for the pain and another one incase the wound got infected.

"Believe it or not, Yuki, It's healed a lot in the past few days." Hatori said to the paitent.

"No, I don't believe it. it feels worse." "Not for long. I gave you something for the pain. You'll feel better in a few minutes." The doctor said, standing from seat on the bed, for better access to Yuki's back. He bid both Yuki and Haru a good night, reminding them to call him if there was a problem, and not even bothering to Haru if he was going to school in the morning.

"Oh, Haru, I have a yukatta, if you are planning on sleeping in here again." Hatori said, worrying for Yuki's well-being. Yuki wouldn't mind if Haru slept in the same bed again, but Haru would, and Hatori didn't want Yuki feeling bad that Haru wasn't get sleep in the chair. He also didn't want another patient.

Haru nodded and followed Hatori out of the room to retrieve the yukatta. He bid Hatori a good night and returned to Yuki's room and set up the yukatta.

"That's nice of Hatori to do that for you, Haru." Yuki said, now very calm because the drugs were taking affect.

"I doubt he did that for me." Haru said. "But I'm happy anyway. Because I wouldn't risk sleeping in that bed with you tonight. I don't want to accidentally hurt you."

"Are you sure its not because I smell or something?" Yuki asked, now feeling enough to crack some jokes.

"Yes I'm quite sure, Yuki, although you probably could use a good bath." Haru said with a chuckle. "Its still early. Do you want to do something or me to do something for you?" Haru asked. The sun was almost completely out of the sky and it was about 8 O'clock.

"Yeah, I don't feel like sleeping, but I don't this painkiller is good enough to allow a lot of physical activity. Do you have any good manga handy?" Yuki said, moving his head to look at Haru. The painkiller he was on would probably allow him to move his arms without pain, so he wanted to read something that may keep him up all night. His dreams were more like nightmares and Yuki wanted something to keep his mind off of everything important he had to think about, or everything his mind drifted onto, that wasn't what he was in the mood for.

"You can read too, if you want Haru. Or maybe there's something else you want to do. I'll just be here reading, for a long time, so you're free to do what you want. If you wanted to take a shower, or something, you can, I wont keep you here. That's only mean!" Yuki said.

"But I'm not kicking you out either!" he said, seeing the look on Haru's face. "I really am grateful that you're with me. Thank you for that, but I could never forgive myself if I kept you here against your will!! Ha, forgive me if this painkiller is making me sound like an idiot."

"Its not! And you're not keeping me against my will. If I didn't want to be here, I wouldn't. but I am. But since you are going to be reading for a while, I guess I'll take advantage of your offer. I'll go to my room and get you some good manga. And then, I'll take a nice bath! If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were calling me smelly." Haru said, getting up. He gave a smile and a wave, and went to go retrieve the manga.

Five minutes later he returned, placed the pile of books down where Yuki could reach them, and left with an "I'll be back later."

"Thanks!" Yuki said, picking up the first book.

An hour passed, and Yuki was on the last page of Fushigi Yugi volume 1 when Haru walked in, shirtless and drying his hair. Yuki put down the book, and waited a minute before he opened the second.

"Do you like the book?" Haru asked looking over. "Yeah, its pretty good." Yuki said.

"Um Yuki, can I ask you a question?" Haru asked tentatively.

"Yeah, anything, Haru. What do ya wanna know?" Yuki said, putting down the book.

"Well, I wanted to ask you for your opinion, as a friend and also as student counsel president. Do you think-I was thinking- should I dye my hair?" He asked.

"What?! Why are you asking me for my opinion as president?" Yuki asked, taken aback.

"Well, last year, president Mokoto didn't really like my hair as it was." Haru said.

"Haru, are you blind? I'm not president Mokoto. Besides, he accepted the fact that that's your natural hair color. After what you did- never mind that. But why do you want to dye your hair? This color suits you fine, and it gives you individuality."

"I know that, but I wasn't going to dye my hair to look normal. I was going to put streaks in the white part. Red streaks." Haru said, putting a malicious smile on his face.

"Red? Red streaks-in white hair? Well... actually that would look cool. I certainly wouldn't object to it! And if anyone does, I'll use my presidency and defend you!" Yuki said laughing.

"Taking a leaf out of Ayame's book, eh? Well, not really. But thanks! I'll have a new look when I go back to school." Haru said. "A cool look." Yuki added.

Haru turned in for the night. He was still tired from not getting much sleep the past few nights. Yuki, however, stayed up all night reading. He didn't want to sleep, and the painkillers were wearing off. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't have been able to sleep. The books were good, and Yuki was happy Haru had brought him a lot. Perhaps Haru figured Yuki would want to read during the night, maybe Haru just brought a lot of books, so he wouldn't have to make too many trips to his room for more.