Genres: Drama/romance/?
Warning: contains shonen/seinen-ai. If you find this offensive, then don't read this! Plus the story is going to contain elements concerning prostitution.
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is copyrighted to Takaya Natsuki.
A/N: Hey! First off, I'd like to apologize to Tasuki no Baka for mixing her(him?) up with Tenshi no ai. GOMEEEEEEEEEEEN!!! No idea how I'm gonna continue this, but I will. . .
-- = past
"Black Boudoir" by Isabelle Adamowitz
Chapter four
' "So, what do you do for a living?" Kyo said Shigure paled.'
**
" I just benefit from the family buisness. I do a few favours from time to time, that's all."
Shigure said, not wanting to disclose any further information about the family's scandalous ways.
"Oh." Kyo answered. He was just about to ask more when Shigure interrupted him.
"What do you do? It must be hard to have a normal job because of our condition."
They talked for a few hours, and at the end of their meeting they agreed to meet once a week .
Kyo got home, his head filled with his newfound cousin's voice. He could believe the luck he had had to meet a member of his long lost family at the dentist's. He still had a million questions to ask Shigure and couldn't wait for next week. He also found that he enjoyed the older Sohma's company. He had hardly any friends and it was always nice to meet someone with whom he got along. Yet there was something strange about Shigure. He couldn't quite place it. He had smiled during the whole afternoon, but his face had frozen when he had been asked about his job. And what exactly was the family buisness. Akito Sohma, the man whose number he had found in the phone book had to be related to him as well, Shigure had plainly said that they were the only Sohmas around.
"Hey. How was your date?" Uotani said.
Kyo threw a pillow at her. He turned around to go to the kitchen, but was hit hard on the head by a flying cushion.
"You know this means war." He said before starting a huge fight with Uo.
Fifteen minutes later, Uo was on the floor with an orange cat in her lap.
"Sorry" she said, smirking.
"It's okay." He said, just before transforming back into a human, right there in Uotani's lap.
"This is nice. Too bad you're so heavy as a human," Uo said to the reddening Kyo.
"Disgusting." He mumbled as he went to the bathroom to put his clothes back on.
It wasn't the first time that Uotani had seen him naked, but he still didn't like it. It wouldn't have bothered him, if she hadn't had the annoying tendency to make perverted comments.
Over dinner Uo asked again how his "DATE" had been.
"The guy's very effeminate." She added, shrugging as he glared at her.
"He's my cousin. He knew my parents. He's a nice guy."
Kyo lay in the bed (every two weeks he got to sleep in the bed since they only had one.) staring up at the ceiling. 'He's a nice guy.' He thought, remembering the charm Shigure exuded. Something mysterious. Kyo knew that he was hiding things from him, but why? They were related after all. He wondered if he would be allowed to meet the others. Did they all have this strange aura?
The next week, he was at the café again. He was still waiting for Shigure when a man in a suit approached his table and sat down. Kyo was surprised, when he recognized Shigure. He looked VERY different in a suit. He noticed that the female clientele was craning their necks to get another glimpse of him.
"Hello Kyo." Shigure said.
Kyo noticed the dark circles under Shigure's eyes.
"Hi. Are you okay? You don't look so well." He asked.
"I had a lot of work last night. Don't worry about it." He answered, his usual cheerful mask not hiding the bitterness in his voice. He looked out of the window and said
" How far is it from here to where your parents are buried. I'd like to visit them." That explained the suit.
"Three hours by train. Do you want to go there today?" Kyo asked somewhat puzzled.
"I you don't have anything planned, I would be grateful if you showed me where they are." Shigure said.
"Uh, sure."
Kyo called Uo to tell her that he wouldn't be home for dinner. They took the first train they could get. Kyo jumped when he felt something touch his shoulder, and turned his head, only to see that his cousin had fallen asleep and was resting his head on Kyo's shoulder. Kyo looked at the man and couldn't help feeling sorry for him. He could smell his scent. It was slightly musky, but pleasant enough. It reminded him of Uo.' They must use the same cologne (A/N: yes, Uo uses men's cologne.)' he thought and looked out of the window again.
They got to the cemetery and bought a bouquet. Shigure stood for a while in front of the tombstone. Kyo stood a few feet away, not wanting to disturb his relative.
"Do you mind if we walk a little before we take the train back?" came a voice from behind him.
"No. There's a little creek nearby, we can walk there." Kyo answered.
He was surprised when he saw for the first time how bitter his cousin could look.
"Are you alright?" he asked for the second time that day.
"Yes. No." Shigure said, looking away.
Kyo didn't know what to do in this kind of a situation, so he did what came naturally. He took Shigure into an embrace. Shigure just stood there, tears rolling down his face. He slowly brought his arms around his younger cousin, hating how much this gesture reminded him of the night before.
-- "You called, Akito?" Shigure said, dreading what was to come.
"Ah, it's been a while since I last saw you. Sit down next to me."
Shigure obeyed.
"You always were loyal. I've missed your company. Yuki is growing tired, he needs rest. Tonight you will entertain me." Akito said, smiling.
"It will be a pleasure" Shigure lied.
Akito reached forward, caressed Shigure's cheek, and motioned him closer. The incense was cloying and Shigure wondered for the Nth time if there wasn't some kind of drug mixed into it. Shigure edged closer and put one arm around Akito's waist while he slipped off the top of his kimono with the other.
"I have a favour to ask." He whispered in Akito's ear. --
Kyo broke the embrace. It had felt nice, too nice actually. He sensed warmth creeping up into the pit of his stomach, and this alarmed him. He had figured out that the musky smell must be incense. He looked down, blushing a little. Shigure pretended not to notice. He himself had also felt good during that brief moment. A willing embrace that offered no pain and was innocent. He felt so dirty, so vile. He didn't deserve it.
The sun had gone down, and they had decided to have dinner at a restaurant in town. They got some strange looks from the neighbouring tables while Shigure chattered away happily. Kyo wondered how he managed to put on that happy-go-lucky act when he had clearly seen his pain. 'He's an actor.' He thought. Then completely ignoring what Shigure was saying, he asked
"Is Tohru your daughter?"
"Ah, that's completely beside the point, but no, she isn't." Shigure said
"Your sister?" Kyo asked
"No, she's a kind of a niece." Shigure said, dropping the subject he had been discussing earlier on.
"What do you mean?" Kyo asked.
"Well, she's our clan head's adopted daughter, so in a way, that makes me a kind of an uncle for her. Why? Do you fancy my beautiful flower?" Shigure said
"No. Just wondered. I take it you're not married then." Kyo asked
"No, I'm not." He then added, " That girl you were with, you know, the blonde, are you together?"
"Uo? Nah, she's my roommate. She's cool." And then, smirking he said " She thinks you're my date."
Shigure gulped. This was not funny. It would have been if there weren't a bit of truth in it: he had told Akito that he would be sleeping at a client's place tonight. If only that Uo knew . . .
Kyo got back around eleven p.m. to find Uo still awake, in front of the TV.
"Date again?" she asked. If Kyo hadn't known better, he would almost have thought she was a little jealous.
"No, we went to seen my parents. He didn't know where they were buried." Fearing for his reputation, he didn't mention the hug.
"Oh." she said.
Kyo noticed that they TV was on the weather channel. She must have been waiting, and just turned on the TV to pretend she wasn't. He thought of Shigure's words again 'Are you together?'. He sighed. Well, yes in a way, but, he couldn't possibly imagine having kids (or even sex for that matter) with her. But it had never crossed his mind that she might think otherwise. No, there must another reason why she had waited for him.
A/N: Well that sucked! I know! To those of you who are even bothering to read this, yes, there will be some action in the next chapter. I'm still laying the basis from which the relationship between Kyo and Shigure can evolve, so please be a little more patient. Isa
Warning: contains shonen/seinen-ai. If you find this offensive, then don't read this! Plus the story is going to contain elements concerning prostitution.
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is copyrighted to Takaya Natsuki.
A/N: Hey! First off, I'd like to apologize to Tasuki no Baka for mixing her(him?) up with Tenshi no ai. GOMEEEEEEEEEEEN!!! No idea how I'm gonna continue this, but I will. . .
-- = past
"Black Boudoir" by Isabelle Adamowitz
Chapter four
' "So, what do you do for a living?" Kyo said Shigure paled.'
**
" I just benefit from the family buisness. I do a few favours from time to time, that's all."
Shigure said, not wanting to disclose any further information about the family's scandalous ways.
"Oh." Kyo answered. He was just about to ask more when Shigure interrupted him.
"What do you do? It must be hard to have a normal job because of our condition."
They talked for a few hours, and at the end of their meeting they agreed to meet once a week .
Kyo got home, his head filled with his newfound cousin's voice. He could believe the luck he had had to meet a member of his long lost family at the dentist's. He still had a million questions to ask Shigure and couldn't wait for next week. He also found that he enjoyed the older Sohma's company. He had hardly any friends and it was always nice to meet someone with whom he got along. Yet there was something strange about Shigure. He couldn't quite place it. He had smiled during the whole afternoon, but his face had frozen when he had been asked about his job. And what exactly was the family buisness. Akito Sohma, the man whose number he had found in the phone book had to be related to him as well, Shigure had plainly said that they were the only Sohmas around.
"Hey. How was your date?" Uotani said.
Kyo threw a pillow at her. He turned around to go to the kitchen, but was hit hard on the head by a flying cushion.
"You know this means war." He said before starting a huge fight with Uo.
Fifteen minutes later, Uo was on the floor with an orange cat in her lap.
"Sorry" she said, smirking.
"It's okay." He said, just before transforming back into a human, right there in Uotani's lap.
"This is nice. Too bad you're so heavy as a human," Uo said to the reddening Kyo.
"Disgusting." He mumbled as he went to the bathroom to put his clothes back on.
It wasn't the first time that Uotani had seen him naked, but he still didn't like it. It wouldn't have bothered him, if she hadn't had the annoying tendency to make perverted comments.
Over dinner Uo asked again how his "DATE" had been.
"The guy's very effeminate." She added, shrugging as he glared at her.
"He's my cousin. He knew my parents. He's a nice guy."
Kyo lay in the bed (every two weeks he got to sleep in the bed since they only had one.) staring up at the ceiling. 'He's a nice guy.' He thought, remembering the charm Shigure exuded. Something mysterious. Kyo knew that he was hiding things from him, but why? They were related after all. He wondered if he would be allowed to meet the others. Did they all have this strange aura?
The next week, he was at the café again. He was still waiting for Shigure when a man in a suit approached his table and sat down. Kyo was surprised, when he recognized Shigure. He looked VERY different in a suit. He noticed that the female clientele was craning their necks to get another glimpse of him.
"Hello Kyo." Shigure said.
Kyo noticed the dark circles under Shigure's eyes.
"Hi. Are you okay? You don't look so well." He asked.
"I had a lot of work last night. Don't worry about it." He answered, his usual cheerful mask not hiding the bitterness in his voice. He looked out of the window and said
" How far is it from here to where your parents are buried. I'd like to visit them." That explained the suit.
"Three hours by train. Do you want to go there today?" Kyo asked somewhat puzzled.
"I you don't have anything planned, I would be grateful if you showed me where they are." Shigure said.
"Uh, sure."
Kyo called Uo to tell her that he wouldn't be home for dinner. They took the first train they could get. Kyo jumped when he felt something touch his shoulder, and turned his head, only to see that his cousin had fallen asleep and was resting his head on Kyo's shoulder. Kyo looked at the man and couldn't help feeling sorry for him. He could smell his scent. It was slightly musky, but pleasant enough. It reminded him of Uo.' They must use the same cologne (A/N: yes, Uo uses men's cologne.)' he thought and looked out of the window again.
They got to the cemetery and bought a bouquet. Shigure stood for a while in front of the tombstone. Kyo stood a few feet away, not wanting to disturb his relative.
"Do you mind if we walk a little before we take the train back?" came a voice from behind him.
"No. There's a little creek nearby, we can walk there." Kyo answered.
He was surprised when he saw for the first time how bitter his cousin could look.
"Are you alright?" he asked for the second time that day.
"Yes. No." Shigure said, looking away.
Kyo didn't know what to do in this kind of a situation, so he did what came naturally. He took Shigure into an embrace. Shigure just stood there, tears rolling down his face. He slowly brought his arms around his younger cousin, hating how much this gesture reminded him of the night before.
-- "You called, Akito?" Shigure said, dreading what was to come.
"Ah, it's been a while since I last saw you. Sit down next to me."
Shigure obeyed.
"You always were loyal. I've missed your company. Yuki is growing tired, he needs rest. Tonight you will entertain me." Akito said, smiling.
"It will be a pleasure" Shigure lied.
Akito reached forward, caressed Shigure's cheek, and motioned him closer. The incense was cloying and Shigure wondered for the Nth time if there wasn't some kind of drug mixed into it. Shigure edged closer and put one arm around Akito's waist while he slipped off the top of his kimono with the other.
"I have a favour to ask." He whispered in Akito's ear. --
Kyo broke the embrace. It had felt nice, too nice actually. He sensed warmth creeping up into the pit of his stomach, and this alarmed him. He had figured out that the musky smell must be incense. He looked down, blushing a little. Shigure pretended not to notice. He himself had also felt good during that brief moment. A willing embrace that offered no pain and was innocent. He felt so dirty, so vile. He didn't deserve it.
The sun had gone down, and they had decided to have dinner at a restaurant in town. They got some strange looks from the neighbouring tables while Shigure chattered away happily. Kyo wondered how he managed to put on that happy-go-lucky act when he had clearly seen his pain. 'He's an actor.' He thought. Then completely ignoring what Shigure was saying, he asked
"Is Tohru your daughter?"
"Ah, that's completely beside the point, but no, she isn't." Shigure said
"Your sister?" Kyo asked
"No, she's a kind of a niece." Shigure said, dropping the subject he had been discussing earlier on.
"What do you mean?" Kyo asked.
"Well, she's our clan head's adopted daughter, so in a way, that makes me a kind of an uncle for her. Why? Do you fancy my beautiful flower?" Shigure said
"No. Just wondered. I take it you're not married then." Kyo asked
"No, I'm not." He then added, " That girl you were with, you know, the blonde, are you together?"
"Uo? Nah, she's my roommate. She's cool." And then, smirking he said " She thinks you're my date."
Shigure gulped. This was not funny. It would have been if there weren't a bit of truth in it: he had told Akito that he would be sleeping at a client's place tonight. If only that Uo knew . . .
Kyo got back around eleven p.m. to find Uo still awake, in front of the TV.
"Date again?" she asked. If Kyo hadn't known better, he would almost have thought she was a little jealous.
"No, we went to seen my parents. He didn't know where they were buried." Fearing for his reputation, he didn't mention the hug.
"Oh." she said.
Kyo noticed that they TV was on the weather channel. She must have been waiting, and just turned on the TV to pretend she wasn't. He thought of Shigure's words again 'Are you together?'. He sighed. Well, yes in a way, but, he couldn't possibly imagine having kids (or even sex for that matter) with her. But it had never crossed his mind that she might think otherwise. No, there must another reason why she had waited for him.
A/N: Well that sucked! I know! To those of you who are even bothering to read this, yes, there will be some action in the next chapter. I'm still laying the basis from which the relationship between Kyo and Shigure can evolve, so please be a little more patient. Isa