heh heh heh.... new chapter! yup, belive it or not... I UPDATED!!!! lol! anyways, here it is; along with the usuall stuff:
Disclaimer... i do not own shit... well... i do own some things... i mean i'm not property-less..if that's even a word... so yeah... OK the point is, i don't own fruits basket... so there fore... um... don't sue me!
Meet the parents
in the morning, yuki woke to see his princess gazing at him. she smiled as his eyes began to flutter open.
"hmm..you're awake now? aww..i was enjoying watching you sleep...you're so adorable.." she grinned.
"uh..thank you? but you're one to talk. you're the most beautiful girl in the world...and you're in my bed." tohru blushed.
"hmm...yes i am..but not for long!" she kissed his forehead and rolled out of the bed.
"eh, you're a tease you know that?"
"i gotta make breakfast."
"yeah..you always need to fix breakfast. one day we should have u sit in bed while we serve u breakfast." tohru smiled.
"are u hungry?"
"i guess so." yuki's stomach made a sound of agreement. tohru laughed as she slipped out of the room. yuki laid his head back down on the sheets. how tohru was able ot pull herself out of bed was beyond him, he hated mornings, but since he was already semi-awake, he figured he should eventually get up. with that thought in mind, he fell back asleep anyways. it was too much effort to get out of bed.
tohru dreamily glided down the stairs and into the kitchen where kyo was already chugging down some milk.
"morning kyo!" she exclaimed brightly.
"hey."
"doing your morning training?"
"yeah."
"oh good! when you come in, breakfast will be ready!" tohru then set out to make breakfast. kyo headed outdoors.
upstairs, the light had found its way into yuki's room, shining brightly in the nezumi's eyes.
"ungh..." he groaned to himself as he stuck his head under the pillow. downstairs, the smells of tohru's cooking began to rise into all the rooms. yuki began to stir, smelling the aroma.
"ack..fine..whatever i'll frickin wake up!" he said aloud to himself. 'maybe a shower will wake me up...' with that, he forced himself out of bed and made his way to the bathroom.
"great! breakfast is ready. everyone just needs to wake up now..oh well, that gives me time to shower and get ready before eating then!"
yuki was awake finally. he sighed to himself and was about to turn off the shower when he heard the door open.
"oh my gosh yuki! i'm so sorry, i guess i was thinking to myself about today and i didn't even hear the shower already running and i'm so sorry next time i'll knock first i swear i will oh this is so embarasing i won't do it again i swear yuki!" yuki just laughed at tohru, who continued to ramble numerous apologies. he calmly stepped out of the shower, still dripping wet, and silenced her with a kiss. tohru blushed deep red.
"don't worry about it tohru."
"yuki?"
"yes?"
"i love you."
"i love you too." he really wished he could take her i his arms. he had a better idea though.
"well, since i'm still dripping wet, how about i help you?"
"uh..um...ok.." he helped her undress and step in the shower. the warm water ran over them both. yuki gently guided her more directly under the water. he grabbed her strawberry scented shampoo to lather her hair. he squirted some in his palm and began to work it into her hair. he couldn't believe how beautiful her hair was. he was running his fingers through auburn silk. she leaned her head back, enjoying how yuki had begun massaging her scalp.
"go rinse." tohru began to squeeze out the suds from her hair. meanwhile, yuki put tohru's strawberry body wash on a washcloth. normally, yuki would only glance over at tohru's toiletries while showering. none of the men in the house ever used them or touched them. they were precious pieces of tohru's feminine beauty. the scent mixed with steam put him in a peaceful blissness. tohru stepped back from under the water. she felt yuki's arms encircle her without hugging her. he began to run the washcloth over her smooth stomach and gently upward and across her breasts. tohru let ou t a small moan. yuki continued his way up to her shoulders and neck. she moaned again as yuki massaged her neck with the warm cloth.
rika groggily opened her eyes and sat up in kyo's bed. she rubbed her eyes a bit and decided to get up. today was an important day. today she would see her parents fo the first time since she started college. downstairs, she was greeted by the novelist reading a newspaper at the table.
"morning rika-san!"
"morning."
"kyo's outside training, and i think tohru's in the shower. wow..i think yuki's still sleeping. you beat him at waking up first!" rika shrugged.
"i guess i did." kyo walked in, pumped from his morning routine. he walked over to rika and planted a kiss on her lips.
"i know, i know, shower!" he flashed her a grin and headed upstairs to hit the showers. rika took her spot and sprawled over the table exhausted.
"tired from last night's performance?" rika nodded, her head stil on the table.
"any..um..other performances you might have put on after we all went to sleep?" inquired shigure suggestively.
"wouldn't you like to know?"
"ah... you kids today... what with your raging hormones and all..." shigure smiled and raised his paper to a defensive position.
rika shrugged it off, and he sighed in relief.
yuki helped tohru into her bathrobe before putting his own on. yuki opened the door and tohru and him both stepped out. kyo, coming from downstairs, saw them both come from the bathroom together. all 3 froze in the middle of the hallway. kyo and yuki glared a each other while tohru stood beet red.
"its not nice to stare baka." kyo turned red.
"jeez, i hope u didn't dirty the shower!" he stormed into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. yuki shrugged.
"let's hurry and dress so we don't keep everyone waiting for breakfast."
Shigure looked up from his newspaper as tohru and yuki bounded downstairs.
"good morning shigure! rika! you're awake! that's wonderful!"
"um...yay?"
"good morning everyone." said yuki. just then, kyo came downstairs. as he took a seat next to rika and across from yuki, the two exchanged heated glares. no one else noticed. tohru emerged from the kitchen and placed the food in the center.
"all right everyone, eat up!"
after breakfast was finished, tohru cleared the dishes and began cleaning. yuki went to the garden, shigure to his study, and rika to the shower. kyo doesn't do much else besides sit on the roof, so he went there.
kyo sat up there in peace when he heard someone climbing the ladder.
"who's there?"
"me carrot top! can i join ya?"
"only if you're done with your 'i'm a bitch in the morning' routine."
"ah...ok!" rika finally reached the roof. kyo sat up and stared at her. she was wearing a white dress shirt with a black tie and a pinstripe jacket over it. her matching pinstripe pants had a studded belt around them, finishing it off with hoop earings, a black courdoroy hat, and black chucks with checkered shoelaces. it was a mix of dressed up, with her own flare added to it.
"what?" rika smiled. kyo snapped back from his daze.
"why are you all dressed up?"
"oh! i guess me and tohru didn't mention we'd be out today. we're going to see the parentals! wanna dress up and look nice for em' you know." kyo looked down.
"so...both of you'll be gone all day?"
"yep. tohru and i'll come back around dinner time, cuz she's gotta cook or you'll all starve."
"why are you going to see them?"
"i haven't seen them since i started college. i gotta play 'good daughter'. i'm hoping this degree will shut them up about my band." she took a seat next to kyo. they both leaned back to watch the clouds.
soon, rika and tohru were ready to leave.
"ok you guys! we should be back before dinner." tohrus said.
kyo and yuki were standing on the front porch. they looked like two children, sulking because they couldn't play with the stray doggy.
"oh, don't hang your head so low carrot top," rika said teasingly. "we'll be back!" kyo walked up to rik and kissed her lips lightly,
"ok...well hurry up then. its bad enough that you're leaving me here with the kuso nezumi and hentai inu."
"hurry back now, you two," shigure said playfully in the background, "i don't want kyo or yuki sulking, or worse, destroying my house out of boredom...."
"be safe," waved yuki with a smile.
"we will!" yelled tohru over her shoulder, causing her to not look ahead of her and trip over a root in the ground.
DING DONG the girls cautiously rang the door bell to the Muyo home.
"oh rika dear!" rika was squeezed in a hug.
"uh...hi mom...little squished there..."
"how have you been dear..and WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR?!?!"
"heh... you like?"
"uh... anyways. oh hello tohru dear!" tohru was greeted with a mannerly nod.
"uh..hi auntie," tohru replied half questioningly, half sincere.
"yes... well then, why don't you two come in." the two girls hesitated, then followed rika's mother into the house.
"Rika-chan," said her father with surprise as he hugged his daughter.
"your hair?"
"yes?"
"its... blue."
"really? "
"yes."
"i know, dad." they sat down in the living room. it was silent.
"so...what have you been up to rika-chan?" inquired her father, only wanting to break the awkward silence.
"i hope you're doing something progressive."
"yes," her mom added in agreement. rika frowned. Her father continued,
"last time we saw you, you were playing with that nonsense band of yours..."
"whats it called... Tornado Revelation?" asked her mother.
"no dear, i think its twisted revelation..." her father corrected.
"actually dad... its called 'twisted revolution'and yeah i still sing in it."
"peh. so all this time you've just been wasting your time singing." rika looked at tohru with a pained 'see-what-i-have-to-deal-with?' expression.
"actually, uncle, rika just finished college, and she's got a degree!"
"oh really," her dad's eyebrows raised.
"yeah dad, mom. i now have a degree in art. and i passed all my classes with flying colors," she said with emphasis.
"oh, that's nice." replied her mother in a monotone voice. Then her father began.
"Nice?Nice?!? What are you supposed to do with an 'art' degree? Ogawa-san's son is in med school! Shamadikei-san's daughter is going to be a lawyer! and what about you...studying art? are you going to make a living fingerpainting? you've been wasting your life playing with a band that has NO FUTURE. what are you gonna do to support yourself? what are you gonna do when your band dies out? hmm? what? next thing you know you'll be back here freeloading off of us because you did nothing for your future. we've been telling you, but you just blow us off. i will not stand for this, I WILL NOT HELP!"
By this time, rika could already feel tears forming in her eyes.
"Ryu-koi, stop it. what are you saying?" scolded rika's mom.
"no Nanami, i'm tired of this," replied her father. rika bitterly snapped,
"you know, its not like you helped me TO BEGIN WITH!" her father glared at her.
"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT, YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT!" tohru just stared in shock, then said, to her own surprise,
"what's wrong with you guys?!?! why can't you just be supportive of her? she went and finished college, she got a degree to keep you happy! she's worked so hard just to make you proud and she's been able to be herself throughout all of it! plus her voice is really great...why can't u just let her follow her dreams?" then tohru's voiced faded. "rika is a great person....you just gotta see that."
flashback
"mom, i can't do this."
"sure you can tohru, you can do anything you put your mind to."
"but mom...i can't."
"i believe in you tohru."
end flashback
tohru looked at the people in the living room.
flashback
"mom, don't worry, i'll work as hard as i can. i can do it."
"don't worry tohru. you don't have to work so hard...take a break and just be yourself."
"but mom..."
"tohru, you can be yourself. its ok."
end flashback
rika looked down at her lap as she listened to tohru. she was truely grateful to have such an awesome cousin.
"how dare you tohru-san. its probably YOUR doing... you AND Kyoko! your crazy mother, SHE was the a bad influence on our daughter!" rika's dad yelled. tohru just stared blankly, there was a look of mixed pity for rika.
"how could you say that...?" both rika and her mother said at the same time. startled at the coincidence, rika stood. she grabbed tohru's arm and left out the door without a word. rika and tohru walked back to shigure's house in silence. when they got a few feet to the house, rika stopped and grabbed tohru's arm. she pulled her into a hug.
"rika, i'm so sorry!" tohru stuttered.
"don't be. i'm sorry my dad is such an ass." she hoped tohru couldn't hear the crack in her voice.
"are you---"
"i'm fine. don't worry. in fact, you should go spend some time with yuki tonight, since we've been gone all day."
"are u sure?"
"positive!" she flashed tohru a huge grin.
rika opened the door to see kyo waiting on the floor. she looked him in the eye for a split second, then ran up the stairs. she couldn't hold it in for much longer; soon she was bawling, tears rolling down her chin so fast she could see them dripping to the ground. tohru walked in. kyo's fists balled up as he looked up at her for explanation.
"don't worry kyo-kun, no one hurt her. she's just upset. you know where to find her..." before tohru could finish, kyo had dashed up the stairs. tohru headed to the kitchen.
"wow...take out. not surprised..." she began to clear the take out boxes.
Rika sped past yuki and slammed he door as she finally reached tohru's bedroom. she took off her jacket and hat and wiped her tears. her glasses were frequently getting in the way, so she took them off and flung them across the room. she sat against the wall with her knees in her chest, and face in her palms. she couldn't help but cry; she felt like such a lousy screw up. she didn't even notice that kyo had run after her, or that he came into the room right after she slammed he door in his face. she couldn't hear him ask what happened. all that she could hear were her own whimpers. kyo stood there. he was truely worried; breathing deeply he sat next to her and put his arm around her shoulder. she flinched, then looked up to see a blurry image of kyo. she quickly hugged him.
poof
he turned into a cat of course. but she didn't care. she continued to hug the little orange cat.
"so..what happened?" rika only shook her head. silence.
"its ok if you don't want to talk yet." rika shook her head again.
"i--" rika started, but instead she whimpered some more.
"i want- i want you to- kn-know th-that..i-i-i- love you- k-k-kyo..." she started to cry even more.
"i just...i kno i shouldn't but..i can't stand them! i'm not their perfect daughter. i wish i could give them that but i can't. and i know its selfish to do what i want anyways, but aren't i supposed to be living for MYSELF?! i mean-" she was cut off by kyo, who placed a paw on her knee.
"i love you too. so you know, it kinda hurts to see you in so much pain...please...stop crying."
"i-i'm trying to!"
"ok ok..then just keep crying for a little while...i'll stay here with you, ok? and...i know how it feels to not be accepted by your parents. you can't help who you are. and there's no point trying to change it. and .. if it helps ...i like you the way you are right now." she nodded, with tears still glistening in her eyes. kyo, still in his cat form, licked the salty tears off her cheeks.
moments passed and rika woke up with her head down. she saw an orange cat sleeping in her lap. How long had she been asleep? she carefully picked it up and put it on the ground. she got up and walked over ot the balcony. she leaned over it, feelings the breeze. without her glasses she could still see almost everything, it was just the really far objects that were unclear. despite her current partial blindness, she could see twinkles above blurry blobs that resembled trees. she thought about what kyo had said. it still hurt to be unaccepted. but she supposed that as long as there were people- tohru, kyo, her bandmates- then...it would be alright. with kyo, she could be alright. but...she wouldn't be there forever. she couldn't mooch off shigure forever (nice as that sounded to her). where would she live? home didn't exactly seem like an option. she sighed, and soon she heard a poof come from inside the bedroom.
"um.."
"nice nap, carrot top?"
"uh yeah...cept...i got no clothes on..." rika laughed as she turned back around to see the sky. as soon as kyo had put his clothes back on, he joined her on the balcony. they looked out the window in tohru's room. kyo's arms wrapped around her but didn't hug her. she sighed happily in his arms, wishing he didn't have to go to his own room. then again, he always ended up sleeping in her bed. she turned to look into his eyes. with the moonlight, his maroon eyes held a serious gaze, but not a frightening one. they were slightly dulled due to her lack of glasses. he lowered his head for a kiss, one that made rika forget her earlier tears and worries about her parents. at that moment, they didn't even exist. it was her and kyo, standing and admiring the moonlight. the kiss began to deepen... she lowered his hands slightly under her shirt. kyo , obviously becoming a little more nervous, shifted slightly. rika looked at him, smiling.
"its ok." her hands smoothed over his arms reassuringly. more confident, kyo helped her lift her shirt up.
oh yes.. very sutle drama... but awesome cuteness at the end... and no, i'm not writing another filthy lemon.... not between rika and kyo, they shall remain untainted and cute! i'll leave all that lustrus crap between tohru and yuki.. those whores... lol!
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