((A/N: Chapter Twelve! Yay!.. I Do Not Own Fruits Basket nor Do I Own "This Time" by 3 Doors Down.

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Chapter 12

((Kyo's POV))

Unsure of yourself, you stand

divided now. Which road will lead

you there? Last time you fell and you

hit hard. Your wounds have healed by

now, but you still see your scars.

I opened my eyes, trying to rid myself of the tiredness I still felt. I was moving. Being pushed down a long sidewalk that I didn't remember. "Haru?" I asked, attempting to see the one pushing my chair. "Your awake." I heard his voice calmly state. Why did I feel so tired? Why did my legs hurt so badly? I couldn't remember anything, but leaving a resturant.. Then it all came to me. The alleyway, the gunshot, the fight.. Running toward Haru and that man.. Hoping I wasn't too late. Wait, the gunshot! Haru'd been shot! I turned around so fast that I was surprised that I didn't get whiplash. "Your hand!.. You got sho - " He cut me off. "I'm okay.." He stated quietly. "Hatori already had a look at it." Hatori? How'd Hatori gotten to us? "I called him after you passed out and he brought me to hospital.." He continued, answering my questions. "You've been out for a while.. A couple hours.."

But it's not the way it use to be

right now. You've come so far to

just let this go, my friend. The same

way you did the last time.

((Haru's POV))

He stared up at me for a long time. I could see the worry in his eyes, yet I couldn't understand why he was worried. I was okay, I was alive.. "Okay.." He mumbled as he finally turned his gaze to something different. The warm summer breeze blew a few of his bright orange strands of hair to the side. His eyes were half open, showing how tired he still was. Hatori did say that he'd be tired after all the excitment, and I was starting to feel tired too. It was late in the afternoon, about 4:00pm.. The sky was clear blue, no clouds in sight. It felt more like early fall than the middle of summer. I glanced back down at Kyo to see him asleep again. Actually, sleep sounded wonderful right now, but I had to find Shigure's.. Why didn't I ask Kyo for directions before he fell asleep?

You'll break when you fall. Don't

make the same mistake you did,

all over. You've got to believe in

yourself this time...

After about two more hours of walking, I found Shigure's home. It seemed like so long since I'd last visited. It had been about a week. I pushed Kyo's chair to the front door and knocked a couple of times. Anger built up inside of me with each knock. Why didn't they visit? Why weren't they answering the door? I heard footsteps and a soft "I'm comming". The door opened slowly to reveal a very sick looking Tohru. She was pale, very pale. Her eyes were bloodshot and her nose was light pink. "Haru! Kyo!" She welcomed with excitment. I could see the guilt in her eyes. "I'm sorry I didn't visit!.. I'm so sorry! It was so heartless of me! I should've went out in the rain like that!" I could only stare. Was she sick while Kyo was in the hospital? She looked really sick now, so she was probably too sick to do much. I instantly felt bad for doubting her, but that still didn't give an excuse for Yuki and Shigure.

Live on, live it up today. This life's

your cup. So drink it up, I say. Yeah..

Say it's mine, so give it all up to me now.

"So you've been sick this whole time?" I asked as Tohru made tea. She nodded, carrying the kettle to the table I occupied. "I still should've visited.." She stated. I shook my head. "The fact that you wanted to go and were stopped by sickness is good enough.." I mentioned. "Kyo'll be happy just to know that you thought about him." I saw more guilt in her eyes than before. Why was this girl so guilty? She was acting like Ritsu! "Haru.." She whispered. "What is it?" I asked. Tears welled up in her eyes. "I.. I upset Kyo.." He answered. I sent her a questioning look. "I.." She began again. "I started dating Yuki.. Without even thinking about it's effects on him.." More tears threatened to fall by the second. I understood then, she was talking about the night Kyo saw them kissing. "I didn't even apologise.." She said between sniffs. I smiled. "Don't worry.." I whispered. "I don't think he's mad."

And walk that line. Don't let this go.

Don't go out the same way you did the

last time. You'll break when you fall.

((Kyo's POV))

I awoke once again, only this time I was on something soft and I wasn't sitting up. I wiped the sleep out of my eyes and looked around the room. I was in my room. I could tell by the blank walls. I propped myself up on my elbows, then slowly sat up. It was too warm in here. I grabbed the closest stable object and pulled myself to my feet. I could barely stand, but I continued walking, hanging onto anything stable to keep me on my feet. I finally reached the door. Hopefully, Haru wasn't downstairs. I really didn't want to try walking down them.

Don't make the same mistakes you did

all over. You've got to believe in yourself

this time. Live on, live it up today. This life's

your cup. So drink it up, I say, yeah..

I fell to the floor with a loud "Thump!".. It figured that the exact time my legs decided to give out was the moment that there was nothing close enough to hold onto. "Kyo?" I heard two voices call from downstairs. One was Haru and the other was.. Tohru? Why was Tohru here? Wait, stupid question.. Tohru lived here... I heard footsteps comming from behind me. Before I could turn I heard an all too familiar voice say,"So you've finally decided to come home, stupid cat.." I froze as the anger boiled inside of me. I wish I had my weelchair so I could take advice and run the damn rat over. "How dare you." He stated with disgust in his voice. "Making miss Honda worry over you."

Say it's mine, so give it all up to be now.

And walk that line. Don't let this go. Don't

go out the same way you did the last time.

You'll break when you fall..

((Haru's POV))

Tohru explained that Shigure'd been gone for a long time, on a book tour thing.. ((A/N: you know, how authors travel around of a book signing thing.. And go on TV shows and such..)) Yuki'd stayed home to take care of Tohru. Of course, I knew Yuki wouldn't have come even if she was well, but I guess the girl thought it important to explain Yuki's absense as well. She was saying something about dinner when we heard a loud "Thump!" comming from upstairs. We both must've figured Kyo had fallen because we both yelled his name at the same time. When no answer came, we both stood and began our way upstairs. We were halfway there when I heard Yuki's voice say,"How dare you.. Making miss Honda worry over you.." My blood boiled. It wasn't that Yuki was scolding Kyo for worrying Tohru.. It was the way he say 'you'.. As if Kyo wasn't important.

Don't make the same mistakes you did

all over. You've got to believe in yourself this

time. Life's your cup, life's your cup.. Drink it

up.. Life's your cup, life's your cup..

We finally reached the top to see a very pissed off Kyo staring at an equally pissed looking Yuki. "Yuki, Kyo!" Tohru exclaimed, turning both the boy's attention toward her. I guess she'd only used that to distract them because she looked as if she had nothing left to say. "Uh.. Um, tea's ready!" She stated. I laughed mentally. Sometimes the girl sounded so stupid. "Okay.." Yuki stated quietly, passing everyone to walk downstairs. Tohru followed. We stared after them until they were out of sight. 'What an odd couple..' I thought to myself.

The same way you did the last time.

You'll break when you fall.

I glanced down at Kyo and smiled. "You need some help?" I asked, pulling him to his feet. "You promised.." He whispered, his face turning dark red. "Promised what?" I asked, knowing very well that he was talking about bringing him to the roof. He was fun to watch when he was embarrassed. I couldn't resist. "You know damn well what!" He snapped, blush darkening. I smirked, before heading to his window. I had no idea how I was gonna climb up the ladder while carrying Kyo, but I had to try.. At least once.. For him..

Don't make the same mistakes you did all

over. You got to believe in yourself this time..

((A/N: Okay, one more chapter down.. I hoped you liked it.. Even though it was pretty boring. The next'll be more exciting, don't worry!

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