Disclaimer: This story was inspired by Simple Plan's song, Addicted. I don't include the song in this story, but I thought I'd still need to mention where the idea came from, so nobody accuses me of copyright (even though you might find no trace of the song in this fic). And I also don't own the Fruits Basket characters, but I do own the idea for this story, partly (read other part to disclaimer).

Author's Note: There are flashbacks in this fic and they will be in italics. Thoughts will be in bold. Just to clarify, so you're not confused.

Author's Note 2: I based the currency on a website I found that said add two zeros to the end of your amount of money, and you'll have your amount of yen. So $50 would be $5,000 yen. Just so nobody gets confused.

Chapter 1

Kyo Sohma was walking to the bus stop to take the bus home after watching a movie. He reached the bus stop and sat down on the bench with his arms folded across his chest.

As Kyo sat, a couple walked by. They were holding hands and laughing happily about a joke the girl had just told. Kyo rolled his eyes, not really caring for that kind of lovey-dovey thing anymore. He had once, but that was before she had left him for someone else. Now he could care less about loving or even liking someone. He had made a promise to himself that he wouldn't do that again. To keep that promise, Kyo had moved out of Shigure's house, away from them. (AN: If you can't tell who 'them' is, I'll tell you. Yuki and Tohru. You'll find out what happened later, but just so you know who Kyo was thinking about. And if you didn't get that before, that's sad.)

He now lived in a one room apartment by himself. Shigure had lent Kyo the money to move out and buy food with, on accounts that Kyo would pay Shigure back one day. Kyo had accepted the deal, and now Shigure sent him a check for $50,000 yen a month that Kyo had to decide how to use. If there was any extra money, Kyo had to send it back at the end of the month. The plan had been working out fairly well, although Kyo hardly ever had any extra money to do fun things with. He hadn't gotten a job, since he had money. But he still looked, unsuccessfully. There just weren't any jobs that interested him. And when there was, Kyo never qualified. Someone better always came along, making the manager turn him down.

The bus finally pulled up to the bus stop. Kyo boarded the bus and rode back to his apartment. The bus driver said, "Good night, sir," as Kyo got off the bus, paying the fare. Kyo gave a slight wave to the bus driver as he got off.

Kyo climbed the stairs to his second story apartment. When he reached his door, he fumbled around in his pockets for his keys, not finding them. "Damn it, " he groaned. Now I have to get the spare from the superintendent. God, I hate her. Kyo complained to himself the whole way to the superintendent's apartment. He sighed and knocked on the door. "Michelle? It's Kyo. I lost my keys. I need the spare."

He heard some commotion on the other side of the door. He could tell Michelle was frantically running around, doing what, Kyo did not know. He rolled his eyes, and sighed again, knowing what was coming. The door finally opened, with an out of breath blonde girl standing in the doorway. She flipped her hair flirtatiously, smiling at Kyo. Kyo shook his head as she batted her blue eyes and said, "Kyo. You lost your key? Oh, that's too bad. But lucky for you, I have the spare! Please come in." She gestured for Kyo to enter her house. Hard to believe she's a superintendent. Her father probably owns the building, and has her look after it so he wont have to deal with her at home, Kyo thought, laughing silently so that Michelle couldn't hear as he walked into her apartment. She led him to the kitchen, where there was a rack holding all of the renters' spare keys.

He walked over to the rack and looked at the labels to find his key. B3... B4... B5... B7?, Kyo thought as he searched for his key. The key to room B6 had been removed from the rack. He looked suspiciously at Michelle. She just looked at him, confused. "Is something wrong, Kyo?" she asked, walking over and standing next to him to get a better view of the key rack. She 'accidentally' brushed her hand against his chest with an, "Oops, sorry." Realization seemed to dawn on her without having to look at the rack. "Kyo, the spare key is gone!" she said in a not-too-convincing horrified voice.

"Yeah, it is gone. I wonder where it went?" Kyo said sarcastically. He now realized that the scurrying he'd heard earlier was Michelle hiding the key. "Well, I guess I'll just go then."

"No! You can stay here tonight, and we can look for the key together!" Michelle said excitedly.

"That's fine. I don't want to," Kyo said, walking down the hall, headed towards the door. Michelle followed him, repeating over and over, "Kyo please stay!" It's supposed to be a nice night, I can go sleep on a park bench or something. Any place would be better than here, Kyo thought. As he walked to the door, something caught his eye. There were several pens scattered around a decorative jar on the side table in the living room. He frowned questioningly and turned into the living room, instead of heading for the door. He picked up the jar and Michelle dashed to retrieve it. Kyo, being several inches taller than the girl, held it out of her reach.

"Kyo, give me that jar! It's not yours!" Michelle begged, jumping up and down, trying to get the jar which Kyo kept out of her reach.

"Hmm. I think Michelle is hiding something in this jar," Kyo smirked, turning the jar upside down, dumping the contents into his hand, still out of Michelle's reach. Only a single item fell out: A key labeled B6. "Aha! I knew it. You little sneak!" Michelle still grabbed for the key, to no avail. "You want this?" Kyo asked, indicating the jar. Michelle, thinking he meant the key, nodded vigorously. "Okay, you can have it." Kyo said, handing Michelle the jar. He shoved the key into his pocket and walked out the door.

That always happens when I go there. God, it is so annoying how she wont stop flirting with me. But I think that's why I only have to pay $25,000 yen for rent in a $50,000 yen apartment, so I'm not complaining... much, Kyo thought, unlocking the door to his apartment.

He walked in and sat down on his couch. He looked at the clock. It was around 9:00 pm. I guess I'll go to bed. I ain't got anything better to do. He stood and walked to his room, collapsing into his bed. He wasn't entirely tired, so it took him a while to get to sleep. And when he finally did sleep, it was rough, and he kept on waking up in the middle of the night. Around 4:00 a.m., he gave up.

Kyo got out of bed and went to sit on his couch. There, he tried to figure out why he couldn't sleep. His mind kept on coming back to that couple he had seen at the bus stop. They had reminded him of his relationship he'd had with Tohru. Even though Tohru and Kyo had never officially said they were dating, there had been a period in time when they were close enough that many people did consider them dating. But that was when the 'incident' had taken place, and Kyo didn't want to think about it.

He turned on his television to distract his thoughts. Michelle had given Kyo free cable, saying that it was some kind of special. Kyo highly doubted that fact, but he didn't care. On the T.V., a show called 'Weddings' was on, where a group of camera people follow around a couple getting prepared for their wedding. And at the end of the show, you got to watch the couple say 'I do.' Kyo found that type of show really corny, and normally would have changed the channel. But the couple that the camera crew was following that episode was what made him continue to watch.

The host of the show was interviewing the bride-to-be the day before her wedding. "So how do you feel about your husband, Tohru? I understand he's quite the catch, Yuki is," the host was saying to the bride. Kyo couldn't believe it. It had been years since he had seen Tohru. She was the reason he'd left. Her and Yuki. Yet there she was, on this wedding show, the day before her wedding. Not to mention the fact that the show was prerecorded and a rerun. That meant that Tohru and Yuki were already married. Kyo continued to watch, to make sure his imagination wasn't playing a trick on him.

"Yes, Yuki is very great. He's smart, kind, and not to mention handsome. He's fun and funny. He does have issues, like this rivalry with an old friend that he wont drop. Even thought that person moved away years ago," Tohru was saying. "But Yuki is the best thing that's happened to me. Even better than getting my job as a cooking instructor at the college. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him." She looked very happy as she said the last sentence. Kyo was shocked at what he was hearing. I can't believe she's so comfortable talking about me on television! He wanted to change the channel. He didn't want to listen to Tohru talk about how much she loved Yuki. But he couldn't bring himself to do it. Kyo hadn't seen Tohru in years, and even though it was hard to listen to, he had to. He wanted to know how she was doing, even if he couldn't ask her himself. He continued to watch.

"Tohru, have you had any past relationships with anybody, or has Yuki always been the one for you?" the host, whose name, Kyo learned, was Cheryl, asked.

"Well, you remember that rival Yuki has that I was telling you about?" Tohru responded. Cheryl nodded. "He was the closest thing to a relationship I'd ever had, before Yuki that is. But he was always more of a great friend to me and I'd always had my eye on Yuki. I haven't seen that boy for a while. I don't think I've seen him in 2 years. But I'm happy with my choice now," Tohru said smiling pleasantly. Kyo felt as if his heart had been ripped out. He wanted to cry. Tohru had admitted to the world that even when they had been 'together' she had loved Yuki. Kyo took a deep breath, calming himself so he wouldn't cry. He wanted to know if Tohru had any more things to say about their relationship on T.V. But apparently Tohru's interview was over because the host was now talking to the groom: Yuki.

"Tohru told me about this rivalry you have. She also told me that your rival was a past relationship for her. Is this true? Is Tohru the reason for your rivalry? Do you have anything to add to Tohru's statements?" Cheryl questioned.

Yuki smiled. "Ah, Kyo. Nobody's talked to me about him for a while. I guess you could say Kyo had a thing for Tohru, but she never really returned his feelings. And no, Tohru isn't the root of our dispute. It's more of a family thing," Yuki explained. "He was never really accepted by our family, so I grew up believing that he was no good. And because I was so mean to him as a child, Kyo grew up hating me. But I guess you could say that Tohru worsened our rivalry. I won in the end, obviously." Yuki began to laugh at his own joke. Cheryl began laughing with him. This only infuriated Kyo. Yuki was blabbing about their family life on T.V.! Yuki was also making Kyo a laughing stock. Tohru had at least had the decency to not use his name. Yuki obviously didn't care about things like privacy.

Kyo sat with his forehead cupped in his hands. I'm not watching this any more, Kyo thought. He then picked up the remote and pressed the 'off' button. Tohru and Yuki got married. It's not like I didn't expect it, though. I knew they would after I left. It's just so hard... so hard to accept that she's gone. And I can't get her back.