Hide and Seek

"I'm selfish…" His voice cracked, crumbling as the vocal cords rubbed harshly together. Her tears drip like rain onto his brow which mixed with his sweat. The girl holds him closer than she ever had before, a first in his life. Feminine hands move shakily around his limb, fallen body. They were stained with red that touched his wound, the wound that still clutched onto its killer, the rigged dagger in his stomach. Her right hand delicately touches his face to move away his damp orange hair that came in close proximity to his fading, beautiful, red and orange sunset eyes. A deathly cough shakes the former cat's body and his breath becomes shallow. The girl's left hand tries to prop him up with what little strength it had left. She tried to smile and wanted to say 'it's going to be ok...' but that would be a false hope, a lie to both of their ears. "I wanted us to be together," he whispers.

With a timid nod, she smiled and lifted him closer, putting his head on her shoulder and her damp red cheek on his forehead. His painful hot breaths reach her ear.

"I'm sorry. If I wasn't here to begin with, you"-

"STOP," she yells as her wise, brown eyes looked down at the dying boy with sorrow mixed with chastisement. "Please, don't say that. It hurts me. It hurts that you don't know how it feels. Y-you"- She pauses, but only for a second, wondering if this was going to be right to say... "You-you're loved, Kyo. I really," she sucks in a hasted breath, "I love you, Kyo. You're wanted! I want you to live, but I…I!" Inside, her heart is torn to shreads. She asks herself over and over why…why is it every time she loves someone, they die.

Kyo's weak eyes held the fuzzy picture of his secret love in deep sorrow. He never wanted this to happen. No one should love the cat, but now…he wasn't really the cat anymore, the bond was broken. But I'm not human! He tightly closes his eyes and groans in pain, not from the wound but from what he had done…he loved her and out of those actions…she loved him back. I took her mother away-I don't deserve to be loved- One of his weak hands desperately grips to hold onto his lover's brunet hair. He wanted to say that the upcoming event was for the best, but that would do more damage to her broken soul.

She bends her head down as he took hold of her wet hair.

"Do you remember…when we first met, Tohru…?" His voice that one was confident and strong as a lion's roar now was timid as a kitten's. A beautiful bittersweet smile shines from the girl's face. She caresses his cheek and unbeknownst to her, his blood smeared and almost looked like it came from his eye.

"Yes, how could I forget?"

Visions of two children fade into their head. They were running around, while an older woman laughed obnoxiously, and funnily, with her arms around her waist. One of the children, the girl smiles and tries to jump onto the other, a boy with an orangey hat. He moves quickly away, but then notices that he let her fall onto the concrete ground. She gets back up with a smile and a bloody nose. Her mother calls her name worriedly and walks over to her and tends to her. A surprised, scared feeling appears on the boy's face as he runs away from the scene. Not too far away, the boy sits under a shady tree crying and angrily trying to wipe his tears away. A shadow looms over his figure and he looks away. The girl then kneels by him, rubbing his back with a small hand, trying to comfort him…

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Hide and Seek

By: Infinitis


AN: This is kind of a prelude/afterward (but there's more in the afterward o.-). In the rest of the story, it shows how Tohru and Kyo grow up together in my 'what if' way. Aka: What if Kyo found Tohru before Yuki did…What if Tohru saw little Kyo watching over her when her mother was away…etc. It'll be a sweet fic for yas, despite the sad ending…I'm hoping to bring back Kyo and I was thinking… 'Since they have a curse that turns them into animals…then wouldn't be unusual to ehh, bring somebody back? Heehe, well, that's my weird mind for ya. I do hope you liked my story and I hope to continue with lots of support! If you give me a review, I'll write back and give you a hug o.- and I'll probably get the next chapter up and running within 4 days!

Dis: I don't own the characters or the idea of the curse from Fruits Basket…but I do own the 'what if' ideas and my Fruits Basket fan-stuff. The title Hide and Seek comes from the song Imogen Heap has made…and I think it's on the series OC…but I don't watch the TV all that often either

I would also like to say sorry for my spelling and grammar mistakes…if anyone would like to be my editor, please write to me, ok?

Until then, kisses and hugs!