Curse Me
By: Senko Tenrou
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits basket or "Here Without You" by Three Doors Down.
A/n: Sorry for the delay, everyone. I'm trying to take my time, pace myself, since it's summertime, and I want these chapters fairly long. Not to mention that for each chapter—as I had decided at the beginning, I am adding a song with each chapter. Songs are very difficult to fit into chapters unless you know exactly where you're going with it, and can be hard to come by if you're not sure what you're looking for. But, nevermind that because I have a song, so I'm happy! Whee!
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Chapter Four
A hundred days had made me older
since the last time that I've saw your pretty face
Uo kicked the dirt again as she shuffled down the path. She wanted to go back there and show every one of those damn Sohmas what it meant to her when they said that they couldn't do a damn thing. They had some nerve, telling her that, when she damn well that they had everything under control.
Of course, she couldn't, given the fact that Saki had a pretty tight grip on her arm and she wasn't about to let go. The denpa girl had already promised to Arisa that she wouldn't allow anything to happen to those Sohmas. She knew how much it would hurt Tohru-chan.
And, Uo-chan had to agree that Hana-chan did have a point, but that wouldn't stop her from threatening it all the same. She was not in a good mood. There she was today, at school with Tohru and the Sohmas, thinking everything was all right, that she was overreacting… and then this comes.
Arisa Uotani did not like being wrong; she did not like being tricked. And, she couldn't help but be a little bit angry at Tohru-chan for lying to her…
A thousand lights had made me colder
and I don't think I can look at this the same
Yuki slowly lowered himself back to the low table that Shigure was sitting at, still shocked at the girls' sudden appearance, and where Kyou had fallen in a huff after loosing the battle against Uotani-san.
Kyou lowered his chin to his palm, let his elbow fall onto the table, and sulked. Not only had the Yankee showed him up, but then the rat had to go and take over, making Kyou look like a damn fool for trying. And that stupid girl, she had had to go and mention Tohru…
He'd been doing a pretty good job at ignoring the fact that Tohru was no longer present, give or take a few odds and ends around the house that reminded him of her—and those he'd chosen to chuck out the window in his fit every time he saw her in those knickknacks.
Speaking of which, Kyou had promised himself that he would go and look for those sooner or later.
"Haha, you know…" Shigure started, tearing from his stunned silence. His index finger was in the air and he tried to look wise, eyes closed and lips formed in a serious line. "There are only two words to describe—"
"Shut up." The simultaneous cold reply came before the poor dog could even finish his sentence.
Shigure's jaw clicked shut at the command and dramatic tears streams down his face. 'No one listens to the poor writer anymore…' He mourned silently, afraid to disturb the two angry Sohmas.
But all the miles had separate
They disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face
Later, after everyone had cleared away from the table, Kyou was found on the roof, like almost every other night nowadays. He came to the roof for solitude, the only place he wouldn't be bothered anymore.
So, it was solitude, quiet, he said he wanted now, but, if Tohru were to come back right now, just to get on the damn roof, then, hell, he would enjoy it. But that didn't say the same for when Shigure or Yuki called him down. He growled and snapped and complained like no tomorrow when that happened…
Kyou came up here for the comfort of watching as the sky darkened and to see the stars come out. He rarely slept anymore and looked to the rising sun for answers. Insomnia, he supposed, because he felt drop dead tired, but he couldn't will sleep his way.
And, bluntly, he had a feeling that there was a certain girl in reason of it…
If he would just visit her at that damn estate, find that she was fine and dandy, then he would be able to sleep. He knew how she was in school—there was no difference then—but how in the world was he to know if she was lying—if she was playing that way, a role as to how they wanted to see her?
He wanted to see her happy, no matter where she went. Hell, if she liked it better at the Estate, then he would damn well make sure she stayed there, but, the fact was, that he didn't know.
If he could only work up the courage to confront her outside of the classroom…
I'm here without you baby
but you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
and I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
but you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight it's only you and me
Shigure sat in his office, doodling idly as he was supposed to be brainstorming for his new manuscript like he'd promised Mit-chan.
He couldn't get over that confrontation that had surprised him so this evening. Who knows what else they could have been discussing at the table when the high school girls had barged in.
And that blonde, she was so spunky and demanding about Tohru-kun. That was the ex-Yankee if he remembered correctly. As well, that black-haired one—so calm that it was nearly scary. If Shigure hadn't known any better, he would have said that she was too indifferent to care about Tohru-kun.
The author had to stop and wonder how anyone could control their feelings so. He would never, for the life of him, even venture the thought of Saki Hanajima smiling.
He shook his himself out of those thoughts and looked down at his work. His eyes softened and a smile reached his lips. A girl, one with long dark hair and large eyes, was holding a cat and dog close to her, while a rat sat on her shoulder—and they were all smiling.
"Oh Tohru…"
The miles just keep rolling
as the people either way to say hello
I've heard this life is overrated
but I hope that it gets better as we go
Yuki studied to keep things of his mind, or so he tried to. Sitting at his desk with his hands driven deep into the many masses of hair on his head, the rat stared blankly at the book below him. He was getting nothing from it, achieving now words from the many jumbled characters on just one page. He was hallucinating, he hoped, because he kept picking out words (mind you, words that weren't even there) that always reminded him of a certain girl that had recently moved out. He couldn't drive his mind away from her.
Strawberries. Onigiri. Zodiac. Planting. Flowering. Kindness. Love. Smile. Tohru—
Yuki slammed the book shut, cursing softly. He shook himself inwardly and continued to convince himself that he hadn't seen that. Standing, Yuki considered the option of stopping for the night and finding something to eat, as his stomach had just groaned. And, frankly, that option sounds pretty appealing.
The rat looked back at the book again, the words on the cover forming into the one name he didn't want to see right now. Blinking, he assured himself that he had not seen that yet again. Successfully doing so, he turned away and left his room.
The dark-haired boy soon found himself in the kitchen and searching through the cabinets. Nothing was really alluring to him. Besides that, nothing even looked half-edible. He gave up on being picky and soon found himself, ironically, chewing on a bit of onigiri. Of course, Yuki only half realized this.
And, oh boy, when he did….
"Gah!" Yuki dropped the morsel from his hand and stared down at it with some sort of strange amazement. Ironic and unfair it was, that he would have chosen such food…
He sighed at his plate and moved from the low table, where he had found himself sitting, and wandered over to the shoji, sliding it open for some fresh night air.
Yuki breathed in the wonderful scent of the forest… and flowers…? His once closed eyes shot open and he smashing the shoji shut. The heavens were against him today, surely.
I'm here without you baby
but your still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
and I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
but your still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl it's only you and me
Kyou was up on the roof until the sun began to shine through the thick trees of the forest surrounding Shigure's house. He yawned widely and stood up, stretching his stiff limbs. What was one to do at a time like this? Well, jump off the roof, of course—because that's just what Kyou did. He simply hopped off the side of the house like it was nothing. And, well, landed like it was nothing, too…
With his feat done, the cat scanned his surrounding with his crimson depths and sniffed the air cautiously, as if he had heightened scent and such. He popped his neck, rolling it side to side, and looked into the woods one more time, as if he was expecting Tohru to come down that path any moment now. Of course, she wasn't going to, Kyou knew, but it was just one of those things… One had to check, just to let himself realize that she, in fact, wasn't returning…
The orange-haired young man whipped around defensively when he heard the shoji behind him slide open.
Everything I know,
and anywhere I go
it gets hard but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls,
when it's all said and done
it get hard but it won't take away my love
"Coming in for breakfast, Kyou?" Shigure offered sleepily, yawning behind his hand. He didn't receive an answer immediately, so the dog continued. "You know, you really shouldn't stay out all night like that—you could catch a cold, and sleeping on that dreadful roof—"
Kyou stopped him there, interrupting with a grumpy, "Who ever said I slept up there?" and pushing past the older man to go eat.
Shigure was puzzled by his response. "But, you don't ever come inside, Kyou. Where on earth do you sleep?"
Kyou was already sitting at the low table and shoveling food onto his plate. "I don't, okay?" He demanded with a mouthful. Swallowing the food down, he continued, "I haven't slept well since she left…"
"Pathetic." Came the dreary retort from the doorway. Yuki wandered in, looking beyond tired and irritated. In truth, Yuki hadn't slept much more than Kyou, thoughts of Honda-san filling his mind and repetitively screaming at him over and over. Subconsciously, he knew he needed to see her again, more often, but what was the point? She'd left already. And there was no getting her back…
Kyou snorted at Yuki's reply and watched the tired-looking boy flop down at the table while the cat shoveled more food in his mouth. "You don't look much damn better, Rat."
"Now, now. There's no reason to fight right now!" Shigure announced, "Because I have very good news!"
Both the sleepy teens looked over at the dog, a menacing edge in their stare for interrupting.
Shigure replied by laughing nervously and rubbing the back of his neck. "Uh. Yes. Good, good news. We, the three of us, are…" He pauses melodramatically, "going to visit Tohru!"
All previous commotion in the room stopped as the boys comprehended this, and the morning chirping of birds outside the shoji. Shigure laughed at their faces—priceless!! Kyou's jaw was half open, food still present in his mouth, while Yuki's eyes widened at the thought of seeing Honda-san again.
"When?" They demanded simultaneously.
"Later…" Shigure answered mischievously, voice singsong. "Now, eat."
I'm here without you baby
but your still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
and I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
but your still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl it's only you and me
A/n: Whee! I'm done with this chapter! Did anyone else realize how slow this is going? I mean, it just seems like it's taking so long. -blink- Or that could just be because of my slow updating, eh? XD Sorry, minna-san. Really, I'll try harder...
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Senko Tenrou