Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket, but if I did, I wouldn't be wasting my time on you people! Ha ha ha... ahem... anyway... let's get moving.
Okay, I've been told that this story isn't descriptive enough. I know. I never intended it to be out for public reading, so I just figured 'Hey, it's not like anyone else is gonna read it!' so, sorry if there's some unclear parts. Then the fact that it's so much like the other 2 stories by the fantastic author, MysticSorcerer, like I said, I never intended for it to be out for public viewing. Yet again, sorry about that.
If you don't like this story, don't read it, and don't review. I don't deal with anger well, trust me... so yeah. Just no flames, criticism... any of that. And, yeah, I know that if someone actually cut their veins, they would die. I know that Yuki should be in the hospital. Just keep in mind that I've never experienced this, so it's kind of stupid for me to be writing about it. Anyway... sorry if this info. is wrong. I do value you telling me it's wrong (kindly) but I'm probably not going to change it because I'm way too lazy for my own good.How do you think I wrote this whole story (50 pages, 12 chapters) in about 9-10 days?
Anyway... for those of you who actually enjoy reading this story, please read and review!
Chapter 3
"Stop it, Yuki," Shigure said with a solemn look on his face.
"What do you care," Yuki asked weakly.
"Because your brother did the same thing. He was bulimic for a short time as well. I can tell you that it was very heavy and he nearly died numerous times," Shigure said.
"Nii-san was bulimic?" Yuki questioned mystified.
"Yes, we nearly found out too late. According to him, he would do this at least 9 times a day, whether he ate anything or not," Shigure told him.
"I didn't know," Yuki said. "Anyway, get out of my way so I can wash my hands."
Shigure stepped aside and flushed the vomit.
Yuki washed his hands and dried them off.
"I see you've gotten a lot of your packing done," Shigure observed.
"Yeah, Honda-san helped me," Yuki answered.
"Why don't you take these, I think you'd want to take anything that fits you," Shigure said as he picked up the jeans from Yuki's bed.
"Those don't fit me," Yuki told him.
"I see, they must be too small," Shigure looked at them.
"No, they're too big," Yuki said in a small voice.
Shigure looked shocked but then put a solemn face on. He threw the jeans back down on the bed and walked out. Yuki heard a door close and realized that Shigure must have gone to his room.
Yuki lay down on his bed. It was getting late but he wasn't tired. Tomorrow would be his last day at school with all of his friends and admirers. In truth, Yuki was curious what his fan club would do when they learned that he would be leaving for four months.
Instead of pondering it, he picked up one of his favorite books, it was a gardening book that was interesting to him anyway. He found by reading it, his plants didn't die as often. He absorbed himself in the book and was soon daydreaming.
He thought of a garden, a beautiful garden alive with flowers and beautiful colors and wonderful red strawberries. Yuki was not the only one in his little secret garden. Instead Tohru was with him with her smile that seemed to brighten his day. She wore a pretty yellow dress and the yellow ribbon he'd gotten her for White Day. She told him, "I love strawberries."
"I know you do," He said in his dream state.
"Good night," He heard the real Tohru say instead of his mind created one.
Yuki opened his eyes and saw that his light had been turned off, his book was now laying on his bedside table, and his blankets were pulled up over him. He turned his head and saw Tohru at the door.
"Thank you," He said quietly, so quietly he wasn't sure if she'd heard him. He was somehow sure that she did.
Yuki pulled the blanket tighter around him and closed his eyes. He returned to the same dream that had been interrupted.
Yuki slept until the early morning when his alarm went off. He dragged himself to the bathroom and took a shower.
He looked at his reflection in the mirror after he wrapped a towel around his waist. He shuddered at his appearance. He thought he looked shrunken, small, and unbelievably thin. He didn't think of himself of looking good, though, he thought he was very ugly. That may be why he first became bulimic, he thought himself ugly and only thought about the bad things about him.
Yuki sighed and walked into his room. He saw Tohru sitting on the bed. When she saw him, tears welled up in her eyes. The sight of Yuki's shrunken, disfigured chest would upset anyone. It was all a side effect of the bulimia.
"Stop, Honda-san, don't forget tomorrow I'm going to get this all fixed," Yuki comforted her.
Tohru wrapped her arms around the rat. She didn't blush even though she was touching his bare chest.
After about 5 minutes, Yuki looked to his clock and said, "Honda-san, I'm really sorry, but I need to finish getting ready."
"Yes, of course," Tohru blushed as she let go of him.
After Yuki left, he put on his uniform and combed out his hair carefully. He slung his pack over his shoulder for what would be the last time in a long while. He walked slowly down the stairs and took in the last bits of the house. He smelled the meal that Tohru had prepared.
It smelled wonderful. Natto, yes, Tohru was definitely making natto, and possibly rice. Either way, whatever Tohru cooked, it was wonderful.
He sat down at the table, and sure enough, Tohru put natto in front of him.
"Thank you," He said gratefully as he pulled apart his chopsticks.
Yuki noticed the large portion Tohru had given him. He didn't want to eat it very much because he was afraid he would just proceed to throw it up again.
"Just eat it, I'm going to make sure that stays down," Tohru said. She sat down next to him.
Yuki ate the whole meal but instantly had the urge to shove his fingers down his throat. As his hand flew to his mouth, Tohru caught it and took his other hand as well.
"Like I said, that's staying down if it's the last thing I do," Tohru told him.
She kept her hands gripped around both of Yuki's wrists until they left for their walk to school. She had left him long enough to trust him.
Yuki put his arm around Tohru's shoulders as she rested her head on his shoulder. She closed her eyes and walked along with him.
When the Prince Yuki fan club saw this, they walked up.
"It's my last day here for about 4 months, Honda-san just wanted to talk on the way here," Yuki said.
"Yuki-kun, it's your last day!" One yelled.
Yuki nodded.
Still in the group, they ran from the grounds and toward town.
"What're they doing?" Yuki asked.
"Probably getting you going away gifts," Tohru told him.
"They don't have to do that," Yuki sighed.
He and Tohru walked in the school and to their lockers that were placed by each other.
Tohru looked over at Yuki as he was in his locker. It struck her how thin he looked, how unhealthily thin.
Yuki shut his locker and walked over to Tohru. "I know, I'm going to get better, I promise," He said as he wrapped his arms around her.
A few girls watched jealously as Yuki held Tohru. Not even they had earned a hug from the prince when they tried to. Now, the prince was willingly holding the Honda girl.
They walked to homeroom together. Just before the bell rang, Kyo walked in.
For the whole day, Yuki seemed very out of it. He wasn't really focusing on lessons like he usually would. He was thinking about his last day at school, his second to last night with his family and Tohru. He held back the urge to cry many times. Normally, this emotion would be very rare, but Yuki felt he had a good reason this time.
By the time he sat down at lunch, there were many more people than usual surrounding him.
"Can I help you?" He asked a third year he'd spoken to only once before.
"Yes!" She answered as she held out a wrapped package. "For you, Yuki, please get well soon."
Yuki took the gift and looked around. He saw that everyone around him held a present.
He took all of the boxes and thanked everyone. He wished he could do more, but could think of nothing.
"You didn't have to do this," Yuki said as he looked down.
"We wanted to, Sohma-kun," A first year told him.
Yuki looked at her and smiled. He was glad that people cared about him. He thought how they would feel if he'd actually killed himself. Tohru. It was Tohru. If it weren't for her Yuki would be in a hole in the ground because he didn't want to live any longer.
"Thank you so much, I really don't deserve this," Yuki said as he looked down.
"It's no problem, Sohma-kun, we just wanted to help you get better!" the girl said.
The group left and Yuki was left with three stacks of presents, each of which towered over him.
"Honda-san, would you mind helping me with these?" Yuki asked.
"Hold up there, lover boy, we got you covered," Uo said as she and Hana pushed up a cart.
"Lover… boy?" He asked.
"Yup," Uo answered as she began piling presents carefully into her cart. Hana did the same.
"I can't believe all of this stuff," Uo said as she marveled at the presents. "This one sounds pretty sweet," She told him as she shook the box.
When all of the presents were loaded into the carts and Yuki and Tohru's arms, they began walking to their lockers. They would just skip out on the rest of the day.
They four of them walked to Shigure's house. When they reached the door, Hana announced, "You're guardian Shigure is not alone. There seems to be some very extreme waves."
"Oh, that's probably Mitchan, Shigure is supposed to give her his manuscript today," Yuki explained.
They slid the door open quietly and took the presents to Yuki's room. "So this is Prince Charming's room, huh? It's a little messy," Uo kicked the jeans that were on the floor.
Yuki bent down and picked them up, "Just put your things on the bed, Honda-san."
When all of the presents were in Yuki's room, they left the house and began walking through town.
After a few hours, they got separated. Tohru and Yuki went to a small café they saw as Uo and Hana went to a shop that seemed to be filled with people like Hana.
30 minutes later, Uo began complaining, "Come on, we've spent way too much time in here. Let's swing by that café that Prince Charming and Tohru-chan are at."
When they walked in, they saw Yuki and Tohru sitting at a table sipping coffee and laughing.
Uo and Hana, who had never seen Yuki laugh, were caught by surprise.
"Oh, you're back, Hana-chan, Uo-chan?" Tohru questioned.
"Yeah, what're you two laughing about?" Uo asked.
"Oh, nothing," Tohru said passively as she slid from the chair.
Yuki followed suit and they began walking back to the Sohma house.
"So, when're you leaving tomorrow?" Uo asked.
"8:00," Yuki hung his head.
"So long for 4 months, then," Uo said as she turned to her own house.
"May you have good waves," Hana told him mysteriously before walking off.
Yuki smiled and put an arm around Tohru's waist. He led her inside and upstairs. "Would you mind helping me open all of these?" Yuki asked tentatively.
"Yes, of course," Tohru answered as she sat on Yuki's bed.
Yuki opened the first present to reveal an Xbox. "Where did they get the money for this?" He wondered.
"I don't know, but here's a Playstation 2," Tohru told him.
About half of the presents had been opened when Tohru said she needed to prepare dinner.
As Yuki went through his opened presents, he began to smell dinner. It made his mouth water and would need Tohru's help keeping it down.
Yuki spotted a book. He held it up to see it was about gardening. It was almost creepy how much these girls knew about him.
As he flipped through the book, Tohru walked up. "Yuki-kun, dinner is ready," She told him.
Yuki smiled and stood up. He walked behind Tohru. When he reached the table, he saw that Kyo and Shigure were already seated and waiting. He also saw what Tohru had made, crab.
"This looks excellent," Yuki said as his eyes widened. He sat down at the table and quickly ate his meal.
Tohru was overjoyed. She had given Yuki the largest portion he finished first.
When Yuki finished his meal, he felt the urge to stick his fingers down his throat, but clenched his hands in his lap instead.
As Kyo and Shigure finished, they stood and left. Yuki instead stayed behind. He still had his hands clenched in his lap.
"How are you doing, Yuki-kun?" Tohru asked.
"I'm… okay, actually," Yuki answered.
"That's great. I'll just finish up the dishes and then I can come upstairs and finish helping you unwrap those presents," Tohru said.
"Here, let me help you," Yuki said as he pushed himself from the floor.
The two finished the dishes. Yuki looked dreamily at her most of the time.
"Um, Yuki-kun, the dishes are done," Tohru told him as he stared at her in a daze.
Yuki blushed and tore his eyes away from her. "Sorry," He muttered.
They walked up the stairs one after another and went to Yuki's room.
When they were finished opening all of the presents, Tohru excused herself for a moment. She came back in 3 minutes later carrying a wrapped box.
"Honda-san, you didn't have to get me anything," Yuki blushed.
"I wanted to," Tohru smiled. She handed him the box.
Yuki tore the paper off and opened the box. He saw a leather bound book. He opened the book up to see that it was a photo album. It held pictures of the time they'd spent and small captions. All of the zodiac members that Tohru had met so far had a page. It had a picture of them in their animal forms as well as them in their human form.
Yuki stared at the pictures in awe. He was amazed at how well Tohru had done.
"Do you like it?" Tohru questioned from beside him on the bed.
"I," Yuki began as he shut the book, "absolutely love it."
Yuki put one hand at the back of Tohru's head and pulled her to him. He pulled her lips to his lightly.
Tohru was shocked at first. She couldn't believe what Yuki was doing but soon the shock ended and she kissed back.
For nearly five minutes they kissed on Yuki's bed.
Tohru looked Yuki in the eyes, the glorious violet orbs that seemed so filled with sorrow and hidden pain.
Tears fell from her eyes as she wrapped her arms around Yuki.
Tohru let go of Yuki a few minutes later. "Please, try and get better, please."
"Don't worry I will," Yuki said with a smile. He looked to the clock and saw the time. It was 10:45.
"It's getting late, maybe you should get to bed, Honda-san," Yuki suggested.
"Um, Yuki-kun, could I ask you something?" Tohru questioned.
"Of course," Yuki smiled.
"You can call me Tohru-kun, if you wish. I mean, we've been living together for over a year," She said.
"Yes, of course, Tohru-kun," Yuki blushed.
As Tohru stood to leave, Yuki stood with her. He walked her to her room. When she lay down in her large bed, Yuki pulled the blankets over her. He then bent down, kissed her forehead lightly, and whispered, "Good night."
Yuki walked back to his room. He cleared his bed of the packages. He set the photo album on his bedside table and set his alarm for 5:30 the next morning.
Okay, well here's the third chapter. I hope you enjoyed it! If you didn't... oh well. I do like fans, but I don't like liers. Like I said, please read and review if you liked it!
Slimp Mcverge: I know that, likeI stated earlier. If you didn't read the loong note at the begining, please do so. And, about the being convinient thing, I might as well cut them a little, teeny break in the dark tunnel of sadness. Sorry, if you don't like it.
hitokiri-tomoe: Again, -points to the top of the page- And please remember, from now on,I will consider criticism as flames.
Blood Thirst:Thanks for reviewing again! Well, I've never been bulimic, so I really don't know crap about what I'm writing about! Thanks for correcting me on the cutting thing, though. ═)
SonicFreak: So am I. I love it when people are so eager to read my crappy stories! Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter.
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Shane (One of my friends): If you're reading this... ignore SonicFreak's review. Ha ha... short.
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