A Short Break and a Little Love

Hello everyone! It's Shaka-chan, here writing my first fanfic on my new laptop! To all the people who want to kill me because I don't update, I'll update soon, I'm working on moving my fanfics from the main computer downstairs onto my laptop!

Yes, this is the promised angsty Furuba fic, but it's not that angsty. It'll be bearable. (looks at title) Wow...That's a cheesy title. But I like it, so there!

For all you Yukiru pairing junkies, this is the fic for you! I'm a huge Yuki x Tohru fan, so live with it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket, Takaya-sama does.

xx Chapter One xx

x A Trip x

'Ah. It's winter break! I'm so excited!' Tohru Honda sighed, and smiled as she hung up Yuki's shirts on the line. It was a crisp winter day, but the sun shone down and warmed her pleasantly. Putting the laundry basket on her hip, she turned and walked inside, closing the door firmly behind her as to not let in the chill. Tohru whistled a little tune while she put the laundry basket back on its shelf and put Kyo's clothes into the washing machine. Still whistling, she went to go prepare lunch for… for her family.

When Shigure finally awoke and sat down at the table with everyone else, they said a quick "We thank you humbly for this meal" and dug in to Tohru's delicious rice cakes and fish. Still rubbing sleep form his eyes, Shigure spoke. "Guess what? Guess what?"

"What dammit? Just tell us already Shigure! You've been taunting us with your stupid 'guess what? Guess what?' for a week now. Just tell us already!" fumed Kyo.

"Hatori, Ayame, and I all chipped in to buy you three, Ha-kun, Kisa and Hiro-chan, Uotanai-chan, Saki-chan, Kagura-chan and Momiji all tickets to the US for winter break!" All three youngsters were dumbstruck. It wasn't long until Tohru gasped and started babbling.

"Ohnoicouldn'tacceptmyticketimeanyouknowitwasprobablytoomuchand… oh… Thank you so much Shigure!"

"Well, then. That was unexpected. Whose idea was that, Shigure?" asked Yuki, licking a piece of rice from his upper lip.

"It was actually Ha-san's idea, but all of us jumped at the idea! And no, it wasn't that much. My newest novel was a big hit, and Aya just finished a dress for a big client, so we had a nice amount to spend!" chirped Shigure.

"Sounds good to me, even if I have to go with that damn rat. Where in America? New York or what?" asked Kyo.

"No, we all wanted to pick someplace warm, so we decided on Florida, on Sanibel Island!"

"Sanibel? What kind of island is that?" asked Yuki.

"It's a small island off the west coast of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. It's one of the greatest places in the world to find shells!" Shigure said in an informative tone.

"Wow! Sounds great! When do we go?" said Tohru, smiling broadly. Shigure pulled the tickets out of his kimono pocket.

"In three days, you guys will meet everyone else at the airport at noon. Watch for jet lag after though, you are flying around the world, after all. We rented two condos, a girls' condo and another for the boys, for two weeks. The weather is supposed to be beautiful!" Tohru's eyes lit up, and without saying a word she dashed off to being packing for everyone.

-Three days later, at the airport.-

Everyone was at the airport, checking that they had their tickets and all there luggage. Shigure, Hatori, and Ayame were helping to carry the girls' baggage. Kagura was hanging on Kyo, but Kyo just ignored it. He was to busy shooting off his mouth at Uo.

Soon the PA came on and announced that the plane to Sanibel, Florida was now boarding. Everyone picked up their things, waved goodbye to Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame, and boarded the plane.

The seats were grouped in rows of twos, so everyone split up into pairs and found a seat. Kagura and Momiji were stranded near the back, no matter how hard Kagura tried to be with Kyo. Hana and Haru ducked into a row near the front, and Hiro and Kisa were practically hidden by the adults in the rows around them. Yuki and Tohru picked a seat near the windows, with Tohru in the window seat. Uo and Kyo, determined on beating each other in Dai Hin Min, picked seats away from the front so their profanities would not get them in trouble. After the run-through of flight safety, everyone began chomping on gum and the plane took off.

Many hours later, everyone (yes, Uo and Kyo had fallen asleep on their pile of cards, still spewing curse words in their sleep) was snoozing. The only one left awake was Yuki, who was gently stroking Tohru's hair as she slept with her head on his shoulder. One hand was dug in his pocket, feeling a small box, trying to adjust it so it didn't push into his leg, but to no avail. Shaking his head, he pulled his hand out of his pocket and dozed off, hand still running through Tohru's hair.

"Attention passengers. We have arrived in the Sanibel Island airport. Please disembark now." Yuki started, and rubbed his eyes. Seeing that it was time to go, he gently shook Tohru.

"Wake up Honda-san. We're here!" said Yuki into Tohru's ear. She shifted, and sat up.

"Oh! We've arrived! Is everyone else awake?" asked Tohru. They looked around. Haru and Hana we're grabbing their carry-on bags, Kagura and Momiji were leaving, and Kyo and Uo were still sleeping. Rolling his eyes, Haru went to wake them up. Soon, the Sohmas were stumbling, still sleepy eyed, into a shuttle-bus that took them to the condos.

Everyone was soon staring out the windows at the beautiful landscape and wildlife of Sanibel Island, and they had soon arrived at the condo rental office, where they picked up the keys and re-boarded the shuttle-bus. Ten minutes later, Kyo was pounding on the door to the boys' condo, fuming and sweating profusely.

"What the hell is wrong with this key? Dammit, why won't it turn?" yelled Kyo at the door. Uo was doing the same, trying her hardest not to break open the door to the girls' condo as well. Everyone was breathing heavily, the humidity causing all the boys to take off their shirts and the girls to fan themselves frantically with pieces of scrap paper. Finally one of the attendants (not speaking Japanese, of course, but she understood by the frantic pointing and demonstration) unlocked both the doors several times to show everyone what the trick to the doors was. Everyone thanked her (still no clue what everyone was saying, but she got the gist of it through Tohru's frantic bowing) generously, and went in to explore their condos. The girls' condo was a bit larger than the boys, but otherwise the layout was the same. The kitchen was separated from the sitting room by a bar/counter, and a small hallway opposite of the kitchen had a bedroom for everyone and a bathroom with a bath in the American style. Everyone was pleased at the condos, but didn't have a chance to enjoy anything but the bed as they all conked out because of severe jet lag. Ouch.

Yay! Chappie done! I know it's short, but it's more of an intro. I might group chapters by day, but I don't know. Sorry for the poor writing style, but I have to really get into what I'm writing. It'll get better, I promise. Just in case ya'll were curious this takes place after the end of the anime. Tohru is around 18 in this. And oooh… What's Yuki got in his pocket-sies? Hmm…?