Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. WAH!!! Although I wouldn't mind
owning Haru.
By the time everyone had settled down, Ayame had cleaned up and borrowed one of Shigure's kimonos. The kimono was very itchy and also quite loose, which didn't quite help poor Ayame's scorched, raw, skin that has turned pink.
Shigure. Now there was a subject that got the snake thinking. What had been wrong with him? Shigure had been acting very odd for the past few days, and it was beginning to scare Ayame. He really missed his overly hyper-active best friend.
Ayame looked around seeing that everyone had gone home, he sat back down the table. Momiji and Hatori went to the main house so 'Tori could check on Akito. Tohru had gone shopping with her two best girlfriends to the mall. Even though it was Sunday, Yuki had some student council work to do at the school. Last he saw of Kyo, the neko went to the roof. Shigure....now where had the dog gone to? He seemed to have disappeared right after Ayame went to get changed.
Ayame got up to look for the inu, about and hour later he had to give up, he was getting too tired and he hadn't seen hide nor hair of the doggy. So he deduced that Shigure mustn't be at the house anymore.
You'd think that the absence of Shigure's car would have been the first clue, but this is Ayame, come on.
"Hmmmm.....I wonder where he could have gone to." Ayame thought out loud.
Meanwhile on the other side of town
"You got the stuff?" asked a gruff voice. "Yeah. You got the money?" Shigure asked back. "Yeah, I got it" the voice said. A lone figure walked out of the shadows, revealing his shiny bald head and puny black eyes. His chubby stature waddled over to where Shigure was standing.
Shigure mentally winced as he saw the man's face, there were burn scars and wrinkles all over it, the man's appearance reminded Shigure of the American slasher movies that stared none other than Freddy Kreuger. He looked away so he wouldn't have to deal with the fright.
The inu took in his surroundings, the dank, dark, and empty warehouse where he promised to meet the man, only served to remind him of a certain Sohma. Definitely someplace where Akito would feel at home. The man reached Shigure, startling him out of his stupor.
"You ok, Shigure?"
"Yeah."
Shigure just handed the man the small package in exchange for the money.
Once he received all 100,000 yen, in large bills, he started the car and head home. Then he started thinking, ' If I do this then maybe he'll see how much I love him.' Shigure figured. ' I know he has feelings for Yuki, who in this family doesn't, aside from Akito.
Shigure pulled into his driveway around 2:00 am. Muttering curses under his breath. When he walked in he heard grunts and groans coming from up stairs. ' Oh, great.' he groaned. Deciding he actually wanted to sleep tonight, he drove to the main house.
' I hope Hatori is still up.' he thought. Shigure pulled into the driveway of the main house , got out of the car, and went inside. 'Oh, well. Even if he's not. I'll go to a guest room.' He peeked into Hatori's room, seeing him fast asleep he went into a guest room. Not bothering to get undressed, he crawled under the covers of the futon and slowly drifted to sleep.
He started to dream, Shigure!. He heard giggling. Shigure! He heard the bubbly blonde, I'm waiting for you! Hurry up! Tell me you love me or I'm gonna get away! He teased. Suddenly he came into view. Momiji! Shigure gasped; he smiled at the blonde. Shigure gasped awake.
I'm a monster. To be in love with someone twelve years younger then I am! Talk about robbing the cradle, or whatever. Gah! It's just wrong. It's so wrong, he's just a child! Shigure thought annoyed.
' He may act like a child at times, just like you, but you know as well as I do that he can be very serious and mature when he wants to be.' His conscience informed him. ' Yeah, I know.' "Dammit! I can't take it!" he shouted, grabbing a small bag, filled with white powder out of his pocket. He opened the bag and snorted some of the white substance up his nose. Wiping his nose clean, he thought, ' I'll tell him soon, I do owe him and everyone else an explanation about my behavior after all.'
He glanced up at the clock, it would be a while before anyone woke up, so he discarded the baggy and got back under the covers and fell back to sleep. There was something akin to pounding down the hall, like footsteps, but being too tired and high to check it out , he fell asleep.
"Oh my god!" Momiji gasped once he got back to his room. Was Shigure doing drugs? And if he was, did anyone else know? What was Momiji going to do?! Momiji sighed and slid down the wall in the room. He had only gotten out of bed to use the bathroom and then heard some noise from down the hall. He went to investigate but found that it was only Shigure.
' Damn! What the hell would push Shigure to do drugs?!' He thought.
For some reason, unknown to Momiji, he began to sob into his knees, for his favorite cousin's sake.
By the time everyone had settled down, Ayame had cleaned up and borrowed one of Shigure's kimonos. The kimono was very itchy and also quite loose, which didn't quite help poor Ayame's scorched, raw, skin that has turned pink.
Shigure. Now there was a subject that got the snake thinking. What had been wrong with him? Shigure had been acting very odd for the past few days, and it was beginning to scare Ayame. He really missed his overly hyper-active best friend.
Ayame looked around seeing that everyone had gone home, he sat back down the table. Momiji and Hatori went to the main house so 'Tori could check on Akito. Tohru had gone shopping with her two best girlfriends to the mall. Even though it was Sunday, Yuki had some student council work to do at the school. Last he saw of Kyo, the neko went to the roof. Shigure....now where had the dog gone to? He seemed to have disappeared right after Ayame went to get changed.
Ayame got up to look for the inu, about and hour later he had to give up, he was getting too tired and he hadn't seen hide nor hair of the doggy. So he deduced that Shigure mustn't be at the house anymore.
You'd think that the absence of Shigure's car would have been the first clue, but this is Ayame, come on.
"Hmmmm.....I wonder where he could have gone to." Ayame thought out loud.
Meanwhile on the other side of town
"You got the stuff?" asked a gruff voice. "Yeah. You got the money?" Shigure asked back. "Yeah, I got it" the voice said. A lone figure walked out of the shadows, revealing his shiny bald head and puny black eyes. His chubby stature waddled over to where Shigure was standing.
Shigure mentally winced as he saw the man's face, there were burn scars and wrinkles all over it, the man's appearance reminded Shigure of the American slasher movies that stared none other than Freddy Kreuger. He looked away so he wouldn't have to deal with the fright.
The inu took in his surroundings, the dank, dark, and empty warehouse where he promised to meet the man, only served to remind him of a certain Sohma. Definitely someplace where Akito would feel at home. The man reached Shigure, startling him out of his stupor.
"You ok, Shigure?"
"Yeah."
Shigure just handed the man the small package in exchange for the money.
Once he received all 100,000 yen, in large bills, he started the car and head home. Then he started thinking, ' If I do this then maybe he'll see how much I love him.' Shigure figured. ' I know he has feelings for Yuki, who in this family doesn't, aside from Akito.
Shigure pulled into his driveway around 2:00 am. Muttering curses under his breath. When he walked in he heard grunts and groans coming from up stairs. ' Oh, great.' he groaned. Deciding he actually wanted to sleep tonight, he drove to the main house.
' I hope Hatori is still up.' he thought. Shigure pulled into the driveway of the main house , got out of the car, and went inside. 'Oh, well. Even if he's not. I'll go to a guest room.' He peeked into Hatori's room, seeing him fast asleep he went into a guest room. Not bothering to get undressed, he crawled under the covers of the futon and slowly drifted to sleep.
He started to dream, Shigure!. He heard giggling. Shigure! He heard the bubbly blonde, I'm waiting for you! Hurry up! Tell me you love me or I'm gonna get away! He teased. Suddenly he came into view. Momiji! Shigure gasped; he smiled at the blonde. Shigure gasped awake.
I'm a monster. To be in love with someone twelve years younger then I am! Talk about robbing the cradle, or whatever. Gah! It's just wrong. It's so wrong, he's just a child! Shigure thought annoyed.
' He may act like a child at times, just like you, but you know as well as I do that he can be very serious and mature when he wants to be.' His conscience informed him. ' Yeah, I know.' "Dammit! I can't take it!" he shouted, grabbing a small bag, filled with white powder out of his pocket. He opened the bag and snorted some of the white substance up his nose. Wiping his nose clean, he thought, ' I'll tell him soon, I do owe him and everyone else an explanation about my behavior after all.'
He glanced up at the clock, it would be a while before anyone woke up, so he discarded the baggy and got back under the covers and fell back to sleep. There was something akin to pounding down the hall, like footsteps, but being too tired and high to check it out , he fell asleep.
"Oh my god!" Momiji gasped once he got back to his room. Was Shigure doing drugs? And if he was, did anyone else know? What was Momiji going to do?! Momiji sighed and slid down the wall in the room. He had only gotten out of bed to use the bathroom and then heard some noise from down the hall. He went to investigate but found that it was only Shigure.
' Damn! What the hell would push Shigure to do drugs?!' He thought.
For some reason, unknown to Momiji, he began to sob into his knees, for his favorite cousin's sake.