DISCLAIMER: I know, it comes as QUITE a shock, but I do not own Fruits Basket, nor will I ever own it in the future...-sigh-

Well. I just had to write that...whoops! Forgot about writing those damn disclaimers...-cries-...lol!

More story now!Mwahaha!

Waking Up...

"Wow. Look at her! She's just...lying there! Did you even see her fall asleep? I mean- awww look! She's twitching...like a puppy...look! Oops..she's waking up!"

Tohru opened her eyes to see Arisa staring her in the face. "Hey, are you alright? You were mumbling and stuff. Like you were having a bad dream..." She stood up, and looked around. 'It was all a dream? What could it mean?' She watched as both of her friends looked at her, concern in their eyes.

"Yes. Yes, of course. I...I had a bad dream about Mom." She hated lying, but knew that she couldn't tell her friends, not yet. At least, not until she got her feelings under control.

Tohru gave her friends the saddest look she could muster. Immediatley, both girls came to her "rescue."

"Don't worry, Tohru, we're here for you."

"It will be alright, Tohru."

She hugged them both.'They care so much...' Now she felt awful.'But, they can't know. I will tell them when I know exactly what is going on!' Tohru put her fingers up to her lips, touching them gingerly.'But what I felt...No. It's not. I don't care that much, do I?' she asked herself.

Arisa gave her a smile." 'Cmon. Let's go play a game of Rich Man, Poor Man. Sound good?" Tohru shool her head, yes. She watched her friend leave the room, hearing her mumble "It's gonna be a long night...," and laughed.

Ten minutes later, Arisa had Yuki and Kyo with her, holding a deck of cards."This one came quietly..."she pointed to Yuki,"and this one put up a struggle." Arisa pointed to Kyo, who was steadily turning more and more furious.(You could tell, he was turning red and shaking...run away!) Tohru looked at Kyo, yelling at Arisa, even in a headlock. He returned her gaze, and smiled at her. She felt herself blushing, she knew she was blushing, but she could do nothing to stop it. Yuki being there just completed her embarrassment. Kyo saw her blushing, but thought nothing of it, it seemed.

"LEMME GO! Dammit, what is wrong with you?" The feisty blonde only tightened her hold.

"I-Ican'tbreathe!" he gasped.

"Say Uncle." She demanded calmly.

"UNGEL!"

Arisa sighed after Tohru and Hana both gave her looks."Close enough..."She pouted."You always take away my fun!" she yelled, the laughter obvious in her voice.

As they played, Tohru's thoughts began to wander back to Shigure...'Oh, no! I didn't clean Shigure's sheets...I know how fickle he is...I hope he'll be alright...where is he going to sleep, then...?'

At that very moment, Shigure was fast asleep in Tohru's bed. His sheets were clean. He just felt compelled to sleep in her bed because...well, no one really knows why...

'Oh, dear...!'

Anyway:

Tohru also thought about her dream. The way it felt to be held by Kyo, to feel his lips against hers, to have their feelings shared and embraced...it...it felt right, to her.'Does that mean I...? I don't know!'

Her concentration was broken when Yuki said, "Miss Honda, it's your turn." He turned to her with a wink. And he leaned in. 'He couldn't kiss me now!' she thought in suprise.

No worries!

"That Stupid Cat's deck is awful...you could use any combination of cards and easily get him out of the game." Her eyes widened. It almost sounded like he was telling her to get rid of Kyo, not to think of him. 'But what if I don't want to...?' she questioned inwardly. Quickly, before she thought about it any further, she put down the first card combination she had.

And...

"Oh. I'm out. Sorry, Tohru. I think I need to practice more." Hana was out of the game. Tohru watched, almost in relief, as her friend settled down, out of the way of the other players.

'Well...I think Arisa was right...this is going to be a long night!'

Ok. Well! Haha...that is my new chapter...u like? Yay if u do...Booo u if u don't! Heehee... You know, I just learned that if you press the "add ruler" button you get a little magical line on your page that helps you out Oh-So-Much! Heehee... And, I'm sorry, I just can't help making fun of poor Shigure...he's my man! Lol...I just couldn't leave him out, he would feel so lonely...like many other charactersI could name...

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