My Regrets Chapter 2: Hitooshi Sakini, a fruits basket fanfic

Chapter 2: Hitooshi Sakini

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. Natsuki Takaya does. If I did, however, I'd cut out Machi and have Yuki and Tohru be together for all eternity. So there. (sticks tongue out)

Warning: A certain someone swears pretty badly in here. Just to warn you, so you can't say that I didn't tell you so! Huzzah!

The rain was falling harder that evening than it was earlier, but it didn't stop the dark-hair 20-year old from storming off to the hospital. He even refused a ride, and no less, an umbrella, and his body was soaking wet. When he finally entered the hospital, he searched around for anyone familiar, but when he found no one, he went to the front desk.

"Where's Yuki Sohma's room?" he demanded, his eyes in a glare. He wasn't very pleased that he was informed about what happened to Yuki an hour or so after it occurred. As the man watched the woman at the counter search through her files, he kept tapping his fingers impatiently on the desk. 'How long can this take?' The door of the hospital opened once more, and an older man with brown hair came inside, looking almost dire and out of breath. Upon spotting the 20-year old at the front desk, he quickly hurried towards him.

"What are you doing here?" the dark haired man asked before the other could say a word. He turned towards the older man with narrowed eyes.

"I just wanted to make sure you didn't collapse, or anything. It's cold out and raining, and--" but before he could finish, the other man put a hand up to stop him.

"I'm not a child," he sneered, then turned back to the woman up front, who was still searching her files. "This is very important and I needed to get here soon." Before the other man could reply, the woman stop flipping through files and took some paper out to look at. She scanned it quickly and looked back up at the two men.

"I'm sorry, sir. Yuki Sohma is still in surgery," the woman said as she put the papers away again.

"Still in surgery?" he repeated loudly with slight annoyance. He put a hand to his forehead and waved his other hand at the older man, who was trying to see if he was alright. "Fine. What part of the building is he in?" After finding out what part Yuki was in, the 20-year old marched into the elevator, closely followed by the brown haired man. They only needed to go up three floors to reach the area Yuki was at and they quickly got out of the elevator and walk down the hall.

However, the dark haired man suddenly stopped and looked over his shoulder towards the brown haired man, who was wide-eyed and tired.

"Stay here, Kureno."

There was a pause before the other man answered, almost forcefully.

"Yes, Akito."

Ayame's P.O.V

It seemed almost impossible for the rain to come down faster, but the proof that it was, was right outside the window. I might as well just close my eyes; I can't even make out a decent shape. I looked at my watch once more and my heart gave a jump. If the time wasn't off, and I'm sure it's not, I should be at the station at any second.

Just as I thought, the train started slowing down, then finally came to a complete stop. I jumped out of my seat and quickly went to the front. When the doors opened, I got off and hurried into the direction I needed to go to get to the hospital. Though I wasn't sure how long it would take me to get there, I still ran as fast as I could.

'This probably is a sight; me, running,' I though almost bitterly with a smirk. I knew that any other time, it would be comical, but in a situation like this, it was far from that.

As I ran down the streets, dodging anyone who was in the way, a vision flashed through my head. It happened years ago, when Yuki was just around the age of four. His little shaking hand reached for me, but I just…pulled away; it was probably the event that made Yuki hate me. My heart started to beat faster as I started to remember what exactly happened that day…

Ayame walked through the halls of the Main House, searching for something to do. He had no idea where Shigure was and Hatori was too busy with 'school work'. As he turned a corner to head out to look for Shigure, Ayame came face to face with his younger brother.

His darkened gray hair was at first hanging in front of his face, hiding it completely. However, when he heard Ayame, Yuki quickly looked up at him. The look in his eye was almost distant, and filled with such sorrow that even Ayame had to look away from it. He started to continue his walk passed Yuki when a saddened voice from behind him filled his ears.

"Nii-san…?"

Ayame slowly turned around to see his brother still looking at him, almost hopefully. He didn't knew what to do; he never really talked to Yuki. However, before Ayame knew it, Yuki's small hand, slightly shaking, lightly took a hold of his shirt sleeve, while he stood there, almost in shock.

"Nii-san, please…Akito…"

Ignoring the last word Yuki had whispered, Ayame finally got out of his small shock and did the first thing that came to mind: he pulled his arm away. He was never in this kind of situation before that it made him slightly uncomfortable and nervous. Without another look at his younger brother, Ayame hurried down the hall. However, as he was leaving, he heard a sniffle and a sob come from Yuki, but he brushed it out of his mind as if it was a boring chore.

Ayame rounded the corner of the ending hallway, and let out a small sigh of relief as he became out of sight to Yuki. Instead, he had gone into the path of the Head of House, Akito, almost knocking into him as he was hurrying away. Akito looked up at the snake with his small cold eyes. Even if he was just the young age of seven, he was the most intimidating person Ayame had ever met.

"Watch where you're going, snake," Akito snarled, pushing past Ayame with an aggravated sigh. He turned the corner Ayame had just seconds ago, where his brother was more than likely still at. A sudden urge to stop Akito took over him for only a slight second before he brushed that, too, away. Without anymore thoughts or worries, Ayame continued his walk around the Main House, looking for something to do…

It was easy to say that all the memories I've ever had, that one was by far the worst. I was so cruel as to push my brother away like that; when he needed me. Even now I don't know why he came to me, why he looked and acted so afraid. Though, I did know one thing: it was caused by Akito.

Silently growling to myself, I continued my way down the street. Very slowly, almost as if it wasn't moving at all, the hospital came into my view. My pace became quicker and I dodged a lot more people with such speed that if I was in a different situation, I'd be worried about bumping into a female and transforming. However, now wasn't the time to think of such silly little things as that. I needed to get to my brother as soon as possible, and thinking would only slow me down and make me even more careless.

Third Person

Shigure still sat in his chair, slowly tapping his fingers on the arm rest. There was still no update on Yuki's health, and all they ever got from the nurse was 'he's still in surgery', though minus the 'so quit askin' me you friggin ogre!' part. To add to their anxiety, Ayame was still missing from the room. Hatori tried getting a hold of him, but with no luck what-so-ever. They guessed that he was either on his way or, God forbid, stuck in the rain somewhere.

Everyone in the room was tense and tired while they waited to see Yuki. Momiji, Kisa, and Hiro had all fallen asleep on their chairs from the wait, while Kagura was on her way to doing the same. Haru had barely moved from his seat since he arrived with the others, and even Kyo was slightly pale. Tohru, however, was the one person that Shigure was worrying about, other than Ayame. He knew about Yuki and Tohru's relationship, and with what happened to him, she would surely be taking it rough. Though she didn't show it, as she was just sitting down in the corner, her gaze on the floor, slightly trembling, Shigure knew that Tohru was slowly, yet harshly, breaking inside. She had lost her father and mother, and now, if she were to lose Yuki…

Shigure closed his eyes tightly while letting out a sigh. There was no time to be thinking about the worst. Yuki would be fine, and if he wasn't, a doctor would have already come into the waiting room to tell them so. With a small yawn, he, too, started to drift to sleep. However, a pounding noise entered Shigure's ears that made his eyes stay opened. At first, he thought he was just hearing things, but the noise became louder that even Hatori looked for the source.

With a sudden realization, Shigure instantly knew where the sound was coming from, and who was making it. He quickly got up in hopes of stopping the person before he reached the room, but was only seconds late. The door flung opened and Akito stormed inside, a look of pure hate and annoyance traced in his eyes. He didn't say anything at first; just stared at Shigure, who stared right back, without even a blink. A minute past before anything happened, and the now-awake Sohma's had their eyes on Akito, waiting for his reaction.

The young Head Master slowly took his gaze off of Shigure and turned towards Hatori, who was also staring at the boy with slightly wide eyes.

"Hatori," he said, beckoning his finger. Hatori snapped out of his state of stone-like appearance and was instantly by Akito the moment his name was said.

"Yes, Akito?" Hatori answered, almost blankly. It was quite obvious, at least to Shigure, that he didn't want to deal with Akito at the moment. There were so many things on his mind, as well as the others, that he just couldn't ignore, and that kept him from being focused. It was almost uncharacteristic for Hatori, in Shigure's opinion.

"What is going on?" Akito asked in an angry whisper. Hatori let out a barely audible sigh and explained everything about why Yuki was in the hospital and the details, from what he knew, about what was going on with Yuki that instant. Shigure had still not moved from his place, partially because he wasn't aware that he was still standing. His eyes fell onto Akito's, who was staring directly at Hatori, listening to every word that was being uttered to him.

Finally getting out of his trance, Shigure slowly moved towards the window to see if Ayame was anywhere in sight. The streets were practically empty, since the rain was still coming down hard. However, not too far from the entrance on the hospital, Shigure saw a figure running towards the building. Instantly, the dog knew who it was, since long silver hair could be seen on the man, until he entered the hospital and went out of sight. As Shigure turned around to announce that Ayame was finally here, Akito's loud yell came first.

"And you couldn't treat him? You're a fucking doctor for God's sake! It should be that if you can't fix him, then now one can! Did you even try! I don't want some stranger operating on someone in this family!"

Hatori stared at the younger boy with wide, shocked eyes. He had not expected Akito to say something like that to him, though it wasn't far off from what was usually said by Akito. Though the words he had chosen to yell at the doctor with were quite strange to his usual 'you messed up and now you'll have to pay the consequences' talk.

"Akito," Hatori finally said, quickly running a hand through his hair. "I couldn't do anything about this arrangement. He was rushed here before any of us knew what had happened. Besides, I think it's best that he-" Hatori stopped in mid-sentence before he could explain anything else to Akito. His eyes wondered from the younger boy to the door, and everyone else followed his gaze.

In the door way, his whole body soaking wet from the harsh rain, stood Ayame with wide, almost terrifying eyes while gasping for air from all the running he had just done. He looked back and forth, from Akito and Hatori to the rest of the Sohma's in the room. Everyone went dead silent, even Akito hadn't said anything harsh about how Ayame had looked. However, there was only one thing in the room that wasn't silent; a doctor came inside, unaware of what had previously and even presently been going on. He looked at everyone in the room, holding his clipboard up to his face, scanning it quickly.

"Are you the Sohma's?" he asked, looking at each one of them again.

"Yes, we are," Hatori spoke up, walking away from Akito to get closer towards the doctor. "How is Yuki doing?" Everyone else sat up straight, in hopes that there was some news, preferably good, about Yuki and his condition. Ayame's eyes quickly fixed onto the doctor, waiting for what he was going to say. He wanted all his worrying to disappear, hoping that Yuki would be awake and alright. Everyone in the room wanted just that.

The doctor looked at his clipboard once more, scanning it again, but taking much longer. By now, the tension was so thin that you could cut it with a knife. Finally, the doctor looked up, mainly at Hatori, who was standing almost directly in front of him, and cleared his throat. Now, after an hour of scared wonder, they would find out what was going on with Yuki and what kind of condition he was in...

Author's note: Ayame's flashback about Yuki may not have (I'm sure it didn't, really) happened, just to let you know. Well, the whole 'Ayame pulling away' part I didn't make, but the stuff in between). Anyways, we learn about Yuki's condition in the next (and last) chapter (along with other things)! I can just see the Soap Opera secretly hidden in this story! But don't worry, not that kind of Soap Opera. We won't find out that Yuki has a twin brother who's been secretly in love with both Tohru and Kagura. And Yuki won't go into a coma. It's the least I can do XD. To the reviewers:

october darkness, furubafanatic749, lazy fat kitsuneSorry I didn't update this sooner T.T so many things going on . but the next chapter will be out a lot sooner!

ShuichisLover I'm glad you loved it XD Sorry I didn't get this chapter out sooner though T.T The next one will be out soon though, I guarantee it!

Ritchan-san: Thank you so much for reviewing this! I really appreciate it! And I'm sure Yuki'll pull through this one… or will he? Dramatic there, yeah XD. Again, thanks!

I… love you all. (snickers at her stupid imitation of Akito in Volume 10) haha but seriously, thanks so much!