Disclaimer – Come on… I'm pathetic and I do not own Fruits Basket or anything related except for this fic and Hikari.
The Stranger
Chapter 3: The Movies (Part 1)
Hikari turned slowly and walked back into Tohru's room. The door squeaked as she opened it. 'Gotta get some WD-40 for that…' She thought. She opened her suitcase on the floor, knelt by it, and began searching through the clothes in the bag. A white miniskirt… she threw it aside. An AAA (Anime Addicts Anonymous) shirt… she threw that aside too. This throwing of clothes went on for a few minutes before Tohru entered.
"How did you fit that many clothes into one bag!" Tohru's mouth fell open at the sight of her floor, bed, and vanity covered in Kari's clothes.
"It's a gift." Kari grinned and pulled the last article of clothing out of the bag. It was a single white monkey sock. She threw it over her shoulder. "I've got nothing to wear!" Kari dropped her head into her hands and sighed.
"Well, let's get this mess picked up and we'll find something." Tohru began to pick up clothes and stick them in a drawer in her closet organizer thing. (She'd cleaned it out right after she invited Kari for the week.)
"Thanks a lot." She said. (Unsarcastically.) She too began to pick up clothes and fold them. It took about 10 minutes to pick it all up. Kari and Tohru then knelt next to the drawer.
"So, what look are you going for here?" Tohru grinned, just happy to be spending time with her long lost friend.
"You're beginning to sound like me!" Kari began to laugh.
All of a sudden, (How cliché. --') a hard knock came upon the door. The door burst open, and there stood Kyo. "How much longer are you going to stay in here?" He sounded angry. (Normal Kyo!)
"Just a few minutes, we promise." Tohru smiled up at him.
"What if I told you we would take another hour?" Kari said in between fits of laughter.
"I'd kill myself." Kyo sighed and closed the door behind him as he left.
"Gee, he sounded mad." Kari sounded almost concerned.
"Oh, that's normal Kyo. He's always ready to fight, and has a VERY short temper."
"Oh…" Kari didn't think there was much else to say, so she answered the question Tohru had asked earlier. "As for tonight's look, we'll go for sexy and dangerous." She burst into laughter again.
Tohru laughed too. "Sexy? What, do you like one of the Sohmas?"
"No."
"Oh."
"But you know what would be fun?"
"What?"
"If we made them think that I did!"
"That would be…. Interesting."
Another firm knock came on the door. From the other side of the door Kyo screamed, "HURRY UP!"
"We'd better hurry up and get ready. We'll talk about this later." Tohru threw the white miniskirt and a red AAA halter top to Kari. "Is that sexy and dangerous enough for you?" She giggled.
"Oh yes." Kari giggled as she crawled over to her bag and took out a pair of white 1 ½ inch platform flip flops, each topped with a fake, red carnation. She also took out a cotton bag with AAA printed on it.
"It looks like you're going to take a few minutes, so I'll go stall." Tohru smiled and exited the room.
From outside the door she heard Kyo scream, "Is she going to be done any time soon?"
Kari giggled to herself. She changed into her tank top and skirt, slipped on her flip flops, and threw the small AAA bag onto Tohru's vanity. She sat down in the pink upholstered chair. Out of the bag she took a handful of red… what the heck was that stuff?
About 15 minutes after Tohru's arrival in the living room, Kari walked slowly into the room. Shigure's mouth was the first to drop open. Kyo's was second, and Yuki's was last. Momiji didn't like girls (No offense to the Momiji fans.) so his mouth stayed in that creepy little grin.
"You look…" Yuki couldn't finish. (He was drooling.)
"Hot." Shigure finished the sentence.
Yuki threw a look at Shigure, who was sitting next to him. "Nice." He finished the sentence his own way.
"Well, are we gonna go?" She pulled the hair closest to her face back to reveal strips of red among the shiny, straight blackness of her natural hair.
Kyo spoke up. "Y-yeah…"
Tohru grinned. Hikari had decided to go through with her little plan.
"Let's go." Kari smiled.
Kyo shot up from his seat to open the door. He held it open for Kari, then Tohru. He let it slam before Yuki could get out.
'How unlike Kyo…' Tohru thought. 'Does he really like Hikari? More importantly, does Kari like him?'
The rest of the gang (Momiji, Shigure, and Yuki) joined them on the porch, and then they began the long walk to the movie theater.
Fast Forward 15 minutes…..
It began to rain.
"Darn it! I knew I should have brought my umbrella!" Tohru sighed as water droplets fell on her face.
"Should we go back?" Kari looked at Tohru, then Kyo.
"No, we're already about half way there." Kyo said.
Kari, (Who was walking next to Kyo) fake shivered and began to rub her bare arms.
Kyo smiled almost unnoticeably down at Hikari and drew her closer to his own body with one arm. (Hey, it wasn't a hug! Don't care what you people say!)
Tohru was definitely suspicious now.
(This is where I leave you! I'm on what I call a sleep deprivation high, and my fingers hurt. I'll write tomorrow.)