Made
by Shigure-chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. Okay? I wish I did. It hurts to write this all the time. It's a horrible reminder that I don't own the damned thing. x.x
Author's Note: I've decided that.. even if this doesn't get too many reviews, I'm still going to write for my own stupid enjoyment! And thanks for the reviews so far, they're nice to read and much appreciated...!
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Chapter Three
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"No, I think you've done a great job at shielding her from Shigure's pervertedness."
Yuki had been complimenting Hatsuharu on a job well done protecting Kisa. The three of them were sitting outside in the grass, not too far away from the Sohma household.
"Really? It's just... she's been talking about... er.. love. Not about Hiro though, haha... just.. general emotions. And stuff. And.. and I'm worried that Shigure might have..."
Kisa laughed. "Haru, Gure-san was just telling me about --"
"ABOUT?" Hatsuharu immediately got concerned. "He better not have tainted your innocent mind with his thoughts... if he has... I'll get Ha'ri to erase her memories... and I'll kick his ass!"
"Calm down, Haru," Yuki smiled, and Kisa laughed even more. She liked the feeling of being cared for. Before meeting Tohru, she felt that no one had. Now all of the Sohmas cared deeply for her (maybe Kyo didn't care as much at the moment), and she finally felt accepted (she was oblivious to how Kyo felt). She grinned at Haru.
"I'm not supposed to say... but it isn't bad! So-please-don't-go-black-on-me-oh-please-I-get-so-scared-when-you-go-black!" she shuddered.
Haru sighed. "I trust you, Kisa... and I'd never go black on you, of all people. Now, I'm going in for water... or something. Anything that will cool me down... before I strangle someone." He got up and turned around, and crashed right into an unsuspecting Tohru, who quickly rolled over before being crushed by a huge cow (although she did nearly get smothered by Haru's falling clothes and random accessories).
"SHIT!" Haru cried, and got up quickly... for a cow, that is. "TOHRU, I AM SO SORRY! ARE YOU OKAY?"
"Yes!" she panted, getting up and dusting herself off. "I'm fine, and I'm the one who should be sorry! I didn't announce my prescence soon enough! It's not your fault, Haru!"
"TOHRU I COULD HAVE CRUSHED YOU OH MY GOD AND THEN WHAT WOULD YUKI AND KYO DO I'D BE SO DOOMED!" he wailed, and abruptly got slapped by Yuki.
"Shut the hell up, dammit." he said quietly. He seemed extremely distant for a moment, then blinked and was suddenly knocked out of his previous mood. "Tohru-kun, are you sure you're okay? You don't need Hatori-san to tend to anything?"
"Yeah, I'm good," she assured her physical wellness with a genuine grin, but she was still a little - no, she was extremely mentally disheveled.
Kisa was silent in the middle of this, her face very pale. All of a sudden, she cried out. "SIIIISSSSYYY!"
"KIIIISAAAA!" Tohru responded.
The two embraced, cried, laughed, and got caught up in their own chatter. Haru was trying to figure out whatever the hell was going on in their minds, while Yuki just smiled at the strong bonds Kisa was making.
Yuki quietly got up and waved for Haru to follow him. Haru trotted over.
"Oh, damn. I... I need my clothes. Get them, quick!"
"No need!" Tohru called, and ran over with all of Haru's effects. She draped them over his now large frame and he grinned.
"Tohru, you're an angel..." he tried to flash her a smile, forgetting he was now a cow, and failed miserably.
"Oh, come on now, don't hit on a girl you've almost crushed," Yuki said slyly.
"Th-thoughts... bad... thoughts... KISA-CHAN! COVER YOUR EARS!" Hatsuharu Sohma cried as he was forcefully dragged back into the household by a straining Yuki.
"Heehee. Haru's something else, ne?" Kisa laughed, and Tohru nodded.
"Yeah, but Yuki seemed sorta peeved when he made that comment..."
"Peeved?"
"You know, annoyed," Tohru explained, forgetting Kisa was a little younger, as they were always able to hold such meaningful conversations.
"Oh, right, I get it!" Kisa smiled.
"I haven't talked to Yuki that much lately," Tohru said after a brief moment of silence.
"Why's that?"
Tohru put her head in her hands. "I really don't know. He seems to have been spacing himself away from me this week. I don't even remember when our last real conversation was," she sighed. "I wonder if there's something wrong with Yuki-kun... or me...?"
"That makes no sense, Tohru..." Kisa said. "For the past few days, Yuki has been constantly asking me where you were, or if I had seen you... but you were always with Kyo, so... I told him that and..."
Tohru glanced at the girl. "He was asking about me?"
"All the time!" Kisa grinned, but Tohru's face appeared even sadder than it was back when Kisa had been first asking about Kyo. Kisa cringed, sad herself for making Tohru worse.
"Kisa, please don't tell this to Yuki... but I think if anyone should know at the moment, it should be you..." Kisa looked up at Tohru to say something, but she continued talking. "I feel so much closer to Kyo than Yuki.. at first it seemed the other way around, but now... I think Kyo needs me much more, or at least someone there who can understand him. And I feel like I just fit the place, and even though he always seems reluctant to admit it, I think he knows it too," she said.
Kisa just looked at her blankly, and thought of what Shigure had talked about. She remembered his stern voice. "Promise me."
She said nothing for a moment, only gave Tohru a small smile, which gradually turned into a large grin. Tohru was taken aback by how happy Kisa looked, and she could only return the smile.
"I'm glad, Tohru," Kisa finally said and began getting up. "I'm glad that you chose Kyo."
"What? I just said --"
But the girl was already walking away, leaving Tohru to her thoughts.
"It's hard for you to accept and open up to people, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is."
"Ugh... I can't stand it when you cry. Stop... please"
"It's too much," she whispered silently. "I can't think about him. I can't think about Kyo right now.. I really just can't bring myself to think about how I actually got him to plead for me to stop crying... because maybe, just maybe.. his loneliness hurts him as much as it hurts me. It's just too much." Tohru pulled her legs up and rested her chin on them, still sitting in the grass. Little did she know that not too far away, a certain rooftop observer had taken in the whole scene. Even though the temptation to join it was great, he kept himself hidden. Of course he had seen and heard everything... and this was probably the best and worst day of Kyo Sohma's life.
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Yuki and Haru were getting leftover food from the kitchen, as Shigure had previously announced that the next few days were to be free for Tohru. "No cooking, no cleaning, just lazing around doing... basically nothing... and occasionally making me tea," were Shigure's exact words... with a wink in Tohru's direction, and glares shot from Kyo and Yuki. Nobody questioned this (well, she did of course, but it was easily dismissed by Shigure, who claimed she'd need her energy soon enough... that pervert). Everyone thought that Tohru deserved it, but only Kisa and Kyo really had any idea as to why this was done.
Haru had previously transformed back to his human self as soon as they got inside, and even though it was embarassing to Yuki (extremely), Haru didn't mind at all. In fact, he seemed to enjoy not having to be restricted by clothes... but Yuki threatened to call Kisa inside and Haru could only glare at him while slowly slipping on his studded bracelets and chains first.
They both ate in silence, as they each had something on their own minds. They had anticipated a quiet meal, and welcomed the silence as a break from the scare of a nearly-crushed Tohru-kun, but it was soon broken as Kisa skipped inside and sat down with them.
Gulping down some noodles, Haru grunted, "Someone seems happy." (A/N: This sounded more like 'Shgumone skgeems hegeppy,' but for reading purposes Haru's next few lines will be translated to the best of my abilities.)
"And I am, too!" Kisa said cheerily.
"Good!" Yuki gave her a smile that would have made any of his female high school acquaintances crazy, but she returned it without a problem, which had made him a bit happier as well. Being that his smiles usually made girls melt at his feet, and this slowly began to make him nauseated, Kisa's innocent smile was a nice change... "But why are you so happy?" he asked, before he made himself sick at the thought of going back to school.
"Erm, well, I can't tell you," she shrugged. "It's between me and Tohru."
"Okay," he said. His ego felt almost stomped on, and he was surprised Haru didn't say anything.
"You and Tohru seem pretty close lately, eh, Kisa?" Haru asked.
"Yeah!" she cried. "Sissy's one of my best friends!"
"I hope you don't replace me," Haru stated playfully.
"Oh, never!" she gasped. "Haru-kun always has a special place in my heart." Haru blinked, blushed, and blinked again. She's more advanced than I thought..
Lunch became silent again. Haru shared some of his meal with Kisa, who gladly accepted - she was starving. Yuki finished up quickly and said he had somewhere to go. They nodded and Haru followed Yuki out the door.
"I love you," Haru grinned.
"I know you do. When are you not telling me this?" Yuki twitched.
Before Haru could say anything, they both heard a loud crash, and a very angry Kyo screaming every curse known to man, in and out of context.
Yuki turned in the direction of Kyo and lifted a foot to run, but paused. Do I really want to know...?
"JUST GO!" Haru cried, almost as if he was reading his thoughts. "HE COULD BE HURT AND YOU WOULD BE HAPPY BUT I BET TOHRU WOULDN'T AND --"
Yuki shut the door in his face and ran towards the direction of the crash. He was greeted to the scene by a sprawled out Kyo and a crying Tohru, grabbing his hands and trying to pull him up.
"So how'd you fall, stupid? I mean, since you ARE the cat," Yuki asked, gently pushing Tohru off and yanking the boy to his feet.
"Shut up, ya bastard!... And don't touch me!" Kyo cried. "I just --"
"It's my fault!" Tohru cried. "I shouldn't have --"
"Tohru." Yuki said, quieting them both. "I doubt it was your fault. I mean, it's not like you threw something at him from behind... is it? Because then I would ask for some pointers."
Kyo snarled at this remark. "For your information, you damn rat, she actually called up to me! She wanted to talk to me!"
"Yes, but he looked sort of preoccupied..."
"I was just thinking about stuff, that's all!" Kyo stormed off in one direction. Tohru was about to say something, but Yuki walked off and waved behind him. She stood there, more confused than ever, at how angry the boys were getting at eachother - particularly now. She was about to walk in again when she heard her name called in a quiet, hesitant voice.
"Toh..ru."
She turned around and there Kyo was, sprinting back to her side.
"I'm sorry, Tohru. I shouldn't... take my anger out on you. It isn't right... I'm too inconsiderate," he mumbled, and looked down at the floor.
"Kyo, it's okay." Tohru gently turned his chin and directed his gaze into her eyes.
What is she doing...? he thought, his mind buzzing with possibly even more confusion than she had to deal with. Maybe I should just say it. It could risk our friendship... or maybe it runs deeper than that? I'm... no, we... are too dense. He had to smile at that, and when returned from his thoughts, he saw her smiling back at him.
"Tohru, I..."
"Hmm?" she asked happily.
"I... I want to sit down. Let's sit down... er, I mean, if you want to sit down with me, that is - I mean you don't HAVE to, if you don't WANT --" She had already plopped onto the cool grass, used to sitting upon it, as that was where she had spent most of her morning. Kyo let out a deep sigh and sat next to her.
"Heh," was all she said.
"Anyway, I... I need to talk to you," Kyo finally built up the courage to say.
"Okay," she looked at him attently.
"I'm just going to start... just let me talk, okay? Don't interrupt me..." She nodded. He sighed again and continued. She's making it so easy... I'm gonna go for it...
"Ever since the night when you saw me in my true form, and you accepted me, it made me feel like... like I was normal. Like I could actually lead a normal life. You saw the monster that I really am, and you're sitting here with me right now. Before I met you, Tohru... Tohru-kun... it was hard for me to accept anyone. I was too hateful, and I almost didn't want to let anyone into my heart. But you changed that, Tohru. You changed me... who I was, how I thought, everything. You are... so special to me... You know what, I'm just going to tell it to you straight.
...I love you, Tohru."
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End of Chapter Three.
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And.. SORRY if there are any typos... I'm pretty sure you'll get the jist of my story anyway. It's just... I'm still on summer vacation and my inspiration usually comes at 3:00 in the morning... so I'm tired, but I'm writing. Although these tired eyes might have skipped some mistakes... anyway, ignore them.
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