Breaking Free of Binding Chains
Fruits basket Fan fiction
By Anime Onie
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket and all Characters within Belong to Takaya Natsuki.
Mini Dictionary!
Kyaa – Shrieking, sound of being scared.
Arigatou – Thank You
Aisuru – a play on Aishiteru again, "I love you"
Author's Note: Thanks to Everyone who has read and reviewed my story. And to those who might've just read it too v I hope the revised versions are better, and there is spell check too ! Yay! Please keep reading, as I'm going to try and get this story out more often.
Hearing chopping as he came down the stairs, Kyou runs his hand through his hair. He hadn't slept much last night, having continual nightmares about the Nezumi taking Tohru from him.
He couldn't shake the feeling of Faint remorse, After all, this was probably how the Nezumi was feeling himself right now.
Standing in the doorway leading to the kitchen, Kyou smiles as he watches Tohru prepare breakfast for them all. As he watched her, she stopped chopping, and sighed, placing her hands flat on the bench and lowering her head.
Silently stepping up behind her, Kyou reaches around her, placing his hands on top of hers, leaning in close and breathing in the scent of her hair.
"Ohayo, Tohru…"
He murmurs lovingly. Jumping in fright, Tohru accidentally elbows Kyou in the stomach, then spinning around to face him, smacked him in the face.
"Kyaaa! G… G… Gomen nasai!"
she shrieks panic stricken, as she drops to the floor as Kyou fell to his knees in pain. On his side, Kyou stares up at her. She was kneeling, her hands outstretched wanting to help him, but not sure how to start.
"Oi!"
"H… Hai?"
Tohru stammers, Kyou's firm voice bringing her back to reality. Stretching out on the kitchen floor, he looks at her, as if thinking something over.
Reaching out, he takes her hand, and pulls her over, so that she was supporting herself while looking down at him.
"Ohayo…"
he repeats, this time, Tohru smiled and nodded instead of smacking him.
"Ohayo Kyou…"
She looked away from him, Remembering Yuki. Kyou saw this, and let her go, rolling over to sit up. Sitting back on her knees, Tohru bites her fore finger in a nervous gesture.
"A... Annou ne... Yuki... I told him..."
Tohru starts, looking down hoping Kyou wouldn't go berserker on her.
"He... seemed okay with it... although... I haven't seen him at all this morning..."
hunched over, Kyou narrows his eyes at a space on the floor, then sighed.
"G... gomen..."
He apologizes, knowing to hurt other people with her selfishness would always hurt her 10 times more.
"Sorry to make you go through with this..."
Tohru shook her head, and smiled with faint tears. she was doing what made her happy, as Kagura had said, but... selfishly, she didn't want to be alone...
"is something broken?"
Shigure asks, having snuck up beside Kyou and Tohru and sitting on his knees, waving a fan casually.
"G... G... Geh!"
Kyou jumps to his feet, neko ears and tail popping up, he points his finger and shakes it feverently.
"Damn Dog! Don't sneak up on people!"
Kyou yells, stalking off in a huff, if it wasn't the rat intruding on his romantic moments with Tohru, it was the perverted dog!
Hearing a faint commotion from downstairs, Yuki opens one eye wearily, not wanting to open them fully, and realize he was still alive...
Reaching up a limp hand, he brushes his fringe from his view and winces in pain, realizing he had a massive headache.
"I guess after crying most of the night, a Headache should be expected..."
He murmurs quietly to himself, using all his strength to turn himself over to face the other direction. he felt weak, like jelly. the only other time he felt like this was as a child, after Akito had abused and tortured him. Yuki had wished after those times he could fall asleep and never wake up.
After the first time, he'd wanted to die... and in his mixture of pain and sadness and many other mixed emotions, he'd tried to end it all. but he still lived on...
After Tohru had moved in, he'd thought that maybe all he'd endured in his life, and why he'd kept living was to meet her.
Obviously, he'd thought wrong, as he remembered he'd lost her last night.
Contemplating his end, he wonders why he'd had to live this far... But all that he could think of was Haru.
An ache filled his whole body, yet at the same time, filled him with such powerful emotions, it was like a sleeping drug.
'I want to see Hatsuharu...'
Looking up the stairs worriedly, Tohru clenches at her school bag before being pushed out the door by Kyou. Tohru had checked on Yuki, but he was fast asleep. Shigure had told her not to worry, to let him sleep, and that he would see to anything that might happen.
But that didn't stop her from worrying as she usually did. inside, she was crushed, knowing that it had been something she'd done that had made Yuki too tired to even wake up on time.
"That Guy... Will be okay..."
Kyou interrupts her thoughts, slinging his bag over his shoulder and acting like he didn't really care. Tohru smiled and nodded, after all, Yuki wasn't that weak. Making a mental note to talk to Yuki after school, Tohru walks a bit faster to catch up to Kyou.
"Arigatou Kyou..."
Slipping her hand into his, She stares down the path. Being happy on the backs of others didn't justify her selfishness, but she knew that Yuki would forgive her. if only she could forgive herself...
Snapping his eyes open, Yuki Sits bolt upright and gasps as he clutches at the futon. Tears trickled down his cheeks and he gasped for air. it had been a nightmare... Akito... Forcing his way and Taunting The poor Nezumi.
Rubbing his eyes, a small cry escapes Yuki's mouth, and he bites his lip hard. Was there no escaping the clutches of Akito. He was even tormented in his sleep, Akito's presence crept into every little space possible...
"Damn you... Akito..."
Yuki curses vengefully. if only he wasn't so weak... he could stand up to him and break free his clutches. Yuki then could forget all the pain and move on with his life...
"Nightmares huh... Akito can even plaque your sleep?"
Haru asks softly, and Yuki gasps having not noticed the placid Cow sitting just offside of the door.
"H... Haru! What are you doing here?"
Yuki stutters, feeling slightly embarrassed that the cow was right, and the cow was there...
"Tohru told me you were out sick... I came to check on you..."
Switching his position from sitting to kneeling, Haru slowly creeps over to Yuki, looking him squarely in the eye. Blushing, Yuki opens his mouth to say something, but no words come out.
"I want to protect you... Let me..."
Haru whispers lowering his head slightly and pressing his lips to Yuki's. Tilting Yuki's head upwards, Haru stands over him, kissing downwards. Too shocked to push him away, and too embarrassed to cling to him, Yuki lets his hands drop to his sides lifelessly.
"P... Please..."
Yuki pleads, a lone tear slipping down his cheek. Reaching out, Haru squashes the tear, pressing his palm to Yuki's cheek. In a flash, Yuki's hands had shot up, and were clinging to Haru's Shirt. Maybe that's why it had hurt so much last night when Tohru had said she'd chosen the Neko...
He had needed her to protect him... to support him... But now... Haru was going to protect him...
"Aisuru... Yuki..."
Haru whispers, Yuki sobbing painfully into his clothes.
"I'll help you break free of your nightmare..."
To be continued...