The Price For Love
Disclaimer: I do not now or will ever own Fruits Basket.
Chapter 1
Encounter With Akito
It was late when Tohru finally left work. However she wasn't greeted by Yuki or Kyo, like she usually was. Instead who was waiting for her outside of work? None other then the head of Sohma's house, Akito.
"Good evening Akito. Its a pleasure to see you." she said as she bowed respectfully.
"Good evening Tohru. Might I have a minute of your time?" Akito asked.
"Of course." Tohru replied.
"Good, lets go over here and talk for a minute." he said while gesturing to some benches a short distance away.
They sat down and quiet followed. Tohru being uneasy around the head of the family, seemed to be constantly shifting how she was sitting. Akito on the other hand seemed to be enjoying how uncomfortable he was making her. A few more minutes passed by before Akito said anything.
"Tohru, how much do you love my family?" Akito finally asked.
"Very much. I would do anything for them." she replied.
"That's what I wanted to hear. I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse. I want you to come live with me for a while. I want to get to know you better, maybe try and understand why my family loves you so much." He said.
"I don't know if I can do that. Shirgure, Yuki, and Kyo would be all by themselves. Who would take care of them?" she started to say but was interrupted.
"They can take care of themselves. Further more you don't have a choice. Either you come live with me or I'll have your memories erased. Do you want that to happen Tohru?" he asked in a mocking voice.
"No." she replied as tears began to form in her eyes.
"If you can prove yourself to me, then you can go back to live at Shigure's house. In fact I'll even make you apart of the family. Wouldn't you like that? You would be able to hug them and not have to worry about them changing. Wouldn't that make you happy?" He said in an almost taunting voice.
Tohru didn't know how to answer. She didn't want to have her memories erased, but the thought of living with Akito scared her. Though the idea of being able to hug the rest of family without them changing was something she had hoped for. So the answer was clear.
"I will stay with you Akito. I just need to go home and pack and tell them I'm leaving." she answered finally.
"No need. Your stuff has already been packed and moved to the main house. And Shigure has been informed that you will be living with me. He will tell Yuki and Kyo later." Akito said with a smug look on his face.
The fact that Akito had already had her stuff moved to the main house and had told Shigure of her leaving, greatly upset her. He didn't even give her a chance to say goodbye.
"We should go now, its getting late and a bit chilly." He said as he arose from his seat. A car pulled up as soon as he stood. "Lets go Tohru." he said not even looking back at her as he got into the car.
She slowly rose and made her way to the car. Tears threatened to come, but she swallowed hard and willed herself not to cry. She wouldn't give Akito the pleasure of seeing her suffer. She climbed into the car and said goodbye to her once happy life.
Author's Notes: Well there's the first chapter. I hope you liked it. Please review and tell me what you think.