I dedicate this story to Renica, who has a penchant for strange couples, just like me!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruit Basket.

"I don't deserve to live!"

"Ritsu, stop it! I mean it. You could hurt yourself!"

Kagura's warnings fell on deaf ears. The monkey was frantic, crawling around on the floor as if bowing to the world. As a matter of fact, the man was.

"I apologize to the entire world for my clumsiness, my insolence! I am not fit to live!" A belt was held up in the air as he looked at it. "People of earth, fear no more! I, the abomination, will no longer breathe!"

"Ritsu!" She struggled to remove the belt that was almost around his neck from his grip. The gentle Sohma refused to cave in. He was adamant in committing suicide, meaning he pushed (or rather, he nudged) Kagura away.

"Kagura-san, allow me to rid the entire UNIVERSE of my troublesome presence! I must! It is my destiny!"

"When you walk on the ground, do you apologize to the grass and bugs?"

She was surprised when he didn't respond.

"I...I DON'T!" He grounded his fists into the dirt, then shrieked when thinking of the lives he might've taken by such an action. "More proof of my insolence! I apologize, kingdom of bugs and grass for crushing you all these years!" Once again he placed the strap of leather around his throat. "To hell I go!"

"That's just the thing! It's not your fault! You have to place your feet on the ground! And the scene in the kitchen was not your fault either!"

"I ran into my mother and broke our best china," Ritsu cried. "I'm so clumsy and hopeless. That surely was my fault. But you all won't have to deal with me anymore!"

She leapt to him, unwound the belt from below his chin, and threw it into the woods as far as she could, which was pretty far.

He longingly stared at the foliage. "NO!" he shrieked in anguish. His eyes landed on Kagura. "No one would care if I died!"

Ritsu waited with streaming eyes for her to confirm it; that he was useless and robbing the earth of air every time he inhaled. He was certain that Kagura, no matter how nice she was to him, was annoyed by him. Kagura could be doing something better than dealing with Ritsu in his mind.

"Don't you think your mother would care? I know Tohru would." Kagura listed all of the Sohmas rapidly excluding one. "Do you know who would the most besides your mom?"

"No," Ritsu sniffed. Was there such a person who'd care the most if he perished?

Kagura gently smiled as she tilted his face upward so his eyes were reacquainted with hers.

"I'd care."

People need to be reminded of how much they matter to you, especially if they're Ritsu!