Kawaii Sou

Fruits basket Fan fiction

By Anime Onie

Disclaimer: Fruits Basket and all Characters within Belong to Takaya Natsuki.

Mini Dictionary!

Kawaii Sou – Like saying "you poor thing"

Oyasumi – "Goodnight"

Uwai – Exclamation /happy cheer

Ooiishi – Yummi, delicious

Daro – "Isn't that right?"

Gomen Nasai – I'm Sorry

Hitori Bochi – All Alone… lonely

Baka Neko – Stupid Cat

Sitting upright in her bed, Tohru turns the page of the book she was reading. Involved deeply in the storyline, she fails to hear a knock at her door.

"Tohru… Ore da…"

Kyou calls roughly through the door. Looking up, Tohru closes her book and scrambles out of her bed for the door. Beaming, she opens the door and stands to one side as Kyou slowly and shyly enters her room.

"Hai, Kyou?"

Sitting down on the edge of her bed, he spies the book and picks it up, flicking through the pages of text. Studying him, Tohru sits down quietly beside him and squeezes her hands together.

"I… Is there anything you wanted Kyou…?"

Kyou flicked once more through the book then slapped it shut and dropped it on the bed as he stood up. Walking over to the window, he pulls open the curtain and stares out at the darkened night.

"… "

Rising to her feet, she moves to stand behind him. Reaching her hands up she touches his back lightly before clinging to his shirt and resting her head on her hands.

"Kyou… I … want to hold you so much…"

She tells him, tears dripping onto her hands. Glancing at her over his shoulder, he grips the curtain tighter and turns back to the view.

"If only we could…"

He sighed inwardly. Being the Neko sucked. Being in the Jyuunishi sucked even more.

"I can hold your hand…"

Kyou continues, Knowing the words that were to follow he would never utter again.

"I can kiss you, Undress you, and possibly even make love to you…"

He pauses, his entire body heating up in embarrassment.

"Gomen…"

He could feel her shake her head. He could probably do a lot of things, but one thing he could not do was hug her…

"Kyou… was very forward…"

Tohru let go of his shirt and dropped her hands to her sides, her head tilted forward to hide her pain like always. Touching his arm, she turns him around to face her, and she looked up, a faint smile creeping onto her face.

They stood there, neither knowing what to do or say after what had just been said.

A Knock at the door broke the silence that had been, Kyou prickling up and blushing. Tohru spun around to face the door.

"H… Hai desu?"

"I've boiled some tea… would you like some Tohru?"

Yuki's voice calls from the other side of the door.

"H… Hai! I'll be right down!"

Tohru stutters, not wanting to open the door while Kyou was in there with her. More so, seeing she hadn't decided how or when she would tell Yuki…

Turning to Kyou, she smiles sadly.

"Maybe now is a good time… to tell Yuki Kun…"

Her eyes clouded over, some tears spilling down her cheeks. She'd already 'hurt' Kagura today, it would be harder to hurt Yuki as well.

She didn't want to hurt anyone… but she didn't want to loose Kyou… Touching her cheek, Kyou wipes her tears roughly and holds her head up to look at him.

"Oui… D… Don't be so depressing…"

Leaning in, he kisses her cheek boldly and walks off.

"We both can't have you… Oyasumi…"

Outside the door, Kyou kicks himself. But he was right, right? Only one could receive her love… and she had chosen him…

Pinching her cheeks in an effort to cheer up, Tohru nods firmly. Kyou had a valid point. One of them was destined to have her love, the other not.

She had weighed the situation so many times, and someone was always loosing. If she had chosen Yuki… Kyou would've have missed out, but he still had Kagura…

She had chosen Kyou… And Yuki still had Hatsuharu San… He would understand…

Downstairs Yuki was waiting patiently at the table with two cups of tea already poured and cookies on a plate. Smiling as she enters quietly, Tohru wanders across the room and sits down at the table opposite Yuki.

"Uwai, Ooiiishi desu!"

She complements taking a sip. Gazing at her, Yuki sips his tea then looks down. Placing the cup on the table, he turns his gaze away from her.

"How was your date today?"

"Heh?"

Tohru looked up at him, shocked at his sudden statement. For a moment there, Yuki had been filled with a fearful bitterness, but the surprised, and slightly pained look on Tohru's face had quickly dissolved it.

"You did go out with the Neko today, daro?"

Looking down, Tohru tilts her cup, swishing around the contents inside. She didn't want to say what she should, but if she didn't…

"G… Gomen nasai Yuki Kun… Y… You knew?"

Yuki nodded, Her apology proving what he had heard earlier that evening to be true.

"I heard you talking earlier…"

He managed to utter, his spirit breaking into a million pieces.

"So… you've made you choice…"

Tohru nodded, her head lowered in a request for forgiveness. Yuki sighed, and smiled weakly.

"Well… I could always take you from him and run away…"

Yuki teases, finishing his tea. Tohru looked up and smiled also. Brushing his fringe out of his eyes, Yuki sighs, suddenly overcome with fatigue.

"It's getting late… I'm going to head off to bed now…"

He excuses himself while standing up and turning to leave.

"A… Annou Yuki Kun…?"

Tohru prompts, rising to stand on her knees. Yuki looked back over his shoulder with a questioning look on his face.

"I'm… really sorry…"

She continues

"But… thankful that you understand…"

Yuki nodded, then left. Walking upstairs, he could see the Neko's light was off. Whether or not he was asleep was another matter. Yuki paused and glared at the door, before storming off to his room.

"How could I understand!"

Yuki asks himself, Undressing from his uniform in the dark, the only light in the room was the moonlight shining in from the window.

"… Wasn't I the one she first met? Her high school prince…"

Heaving a sigh, he steps over to the window and stares painfully at the moon.

"Why the Neko? I have no one anymore… Hitori Bochi…"

'At least Haru will be happy… I'm free for Haru's taking'

Reaching out to pull the curtain closed, Yuki freezes, a shiver running down his spine.

'Haru's taking? Where did that come from?'

Hatsuharu should've been the last thing on his mind instead, it was suddenly the only thing…

Shaking his head, Yuki attempts to clear all the thoughts of Haru that had filled his mind so completely all of a sudden.

But he couldn't. Why had Haru suddenly filled his mind? And worse, why had the thoughts made him feel slightly comforted after loosing the one person he needed the most.

The fear of Haru… the pain of loosing Tohru… the hatred and annoyance towards that baka neko… it was too much… slumping back against the wall, Yuki slides to the ground, tears uncontrollably spilling down his cheeks.

To Be Continued!