A Lie, A Betrayal, and Heartbreak

Author: Animeluvr4lyfe

Disclaimer: This is really sad, but…alas, I do not own Fruits Basket…I don't own the quote either, so don't sue.

Chapter III:

The famous quote: If you love someone, let them go. If they didn't come back, it wasn't meant to be. If they come back after you let them go, it was.

You asked, you get the answer. And this is my part to what happened.

I closed my eyes uncomfortably as the darkness surrounded my room and me. This is getting lame… I'm so…sleepy. Damn…stupid rain. I toss and turn in my bed, but no matter how hard I try, I can't sleep. I give up and walk quietly down the stairs. Where did I hear the saying, 'Cats are nocturnal'?

I sigh as I grabbed my arm for some warmth and continue to walk down the stairs. I walked into the kitchen and headed for the cupboard. I prepared it for some hot cocoa. This is…I started to think.

"…lame…" I said the last word out loud.

After finishing the hot cocoa—mind you, it was pretty good—I walked back up the stairs with a sleepy yawn, stretching my arms above my head…and…

…ran straight into a wall.

"…the hell?" I asked as I grabbed my head in pain. Shit, it hurt real bad. "Damn, damn, damn…" I swore under my breath as I changed course and headed for the bathroom instead. In the bathroom, I saw that the cut wasn't as bad as it looked. I looked around the bathroom for the first aid kit but soon gave up afterwards. I ran my hand under the cool running water and placed it on top of my cut.

I nearly screamed at the stinging. "Damn…how does Tohru do this?" I asked myself, but shrugged and walked back to my bedroom. It was a few hours later that Yuki came into my room and turned my lights on.

"Didn't you hear me? I said, nothing happened today!" I snarled at him. I think my cat-like traits are taking over, because Yuki backed away from me after I said that. "Ah! I mean…that is… Look, I don't feel anything for you, so…just…" I looked away, not wanting to his face. I didn't finish the sentence and instead, I took interest in the closed window.

"Listen to me, Kyo!" he suddenly yelled at me. My eyes widened as he nearly glomped me. Both of his arms were on the wall behind me. His left hand on my right side and his right hand on my left side. I looked down.

"…I…lo—" he started as I looked up. I was surprised. His eyes…were so full of tears and emotion. I wanted to cry with him.

"I'm sorry…" I whisper at him, "…but…I can't, we can't. It would…be…wrong for us. The cat and the rat…" I snorted, "…falling in love?"

And then he threw me an unanswerable question. "Why?" My eyes widened again and this time, I couldn't answer the question. I didn't know it.

So I answered it truthfully. "I…don't know." I looked down in disappointment, but I looked up at the sound of a stomach grumble. I looked at Yuki in confusion, but I saw embarrassment in his face.

"Uh…do you wanna go downstairs to have something to eat? Since, you're hungry?" I decided to ask. He blushed and nodded meekly. He smiled a rare and genuine smile. "Uh…let me get a shirt," I said and got up and walked over to my closet. "Unless…you like it like this…" I smirked at him.

He blushed even harder. "I don't care…" he mumbled and we both climbed down the stairs.

The stairs creaked as we both walked as quietly as we could up the stairs. We had just finished off some hot cocoa, ramen and polished off the rest of the rice crackers. I guess Yuki and I were hungrier than I thought.

"Kyo?" asked Yuki quietly. We both stopped and I turn around with a confused look on my face.

"What is it?" I asked without a thought. Yuki blushed for a minute before talking.

"Could I? I mean…would…you let me…sleepwithyoutonight?" he asked, the last part pretty quick. I looked in confusion.

"Let you what?"

He took a deep breath and started to ask again. "Would you let me sleep with you tonight?" he asked nervously, making a perfect imitation of Tohru, wringing her hands over and over again.

That surprised me. It shouldn't have, but it did. Now that I look back, I wonder what he was thinking…anyways, let me continue.

I gave up and nodded. I smiled and led us back into my room. When Yuki switched the light on, he finally noticed the cut I had gotten earlier. I guess it got worse.

"Kyo! What happened to your head?" he asked, voice full of concern. He ran towards me and reached out a hand to take a closer look at it. I let him. He frowned and said, "Look, I'm not Hatori, but I can help."

He ran out of my room and came back a few minutes later with the first aid kit.

"Where'd you find that thing? I was looking for it earlier, but I couldn't find it!" I nearly yelled at him. For a minute, he pouted and to me, he just looked cute. I could feel my heart pounding as I place my hand over it. Then I realized, I still didn't have a shirt on!

It was my turn to turn red. Yuki took the need bandages out and the cleaning stuff which I have no idea what to call them and walked over to me. I walked over and did what was told to. I didn't know that Yuki knew how to do these things.

"Where'd you learn to do this kind of stuff?" I asked gruffly. He shrugged and answered, "I picked it up from Hatori…" I didn't heed it. It was a hint. That sentence.

By the time he finished, both of us were very sleepy, so I climbed into the bed and felt Yuki climb in after. With my back turn from him, I whispered, "Make sure you get up before the others so they don't see you…" and I fell asleep.

But all through the night, I could feel his warmth. His arms around me. I smiled softly to myself and snuggled some more. Every night then, he would come to my room or I would to his room, and we'd just sleep and sometimes talk. I've avoided his question about what happened today…but how long can I? And then…I realized…

Oh, god. I love him so much.

Animeluvr4lyfe: …I really have nothing to say except…do you like it? I didn't really like the beginning and I sort of thought that it was too fast. Sorry it's kind of short…the chapter.

Oh and I'm not good at writing in first POV's so please be kind! And this is actually my first time at writing this kind of story!

Anyways, Sakuya, you're up next! Good luck!