Bumps in the Road
Disclaimer: I still do not own Fruits Basket.
A.N. Thank you guys for all your wonderful reviews! I know I've been awful to you for not reviewing sooner, and the only reason being that I'm lazy. I'm really going to try and put out regular reviews, at least one a week, from now on. I've also decided to just completely cut out the honorifics because I can't seem to stick with them, and it sounds really weird if I only have them half the time.
Chapter 2: The Project
Kyo tried to think of something, anything, that would get her to go away, but all that came out was an unintelligible grumble.
"Can I come in?" she asked.
"Uh…," he murmured. He just couldn't bring himself to say no to her, "Okay," He sighed.
Kyo vaguely thought about jumping out the window and escaping as Tohru pushed the door open.
"Hi," she said carefully.
"Hello," he muttered coolly.
"Are you okay?" She repeated.
"Yes," he stated, although the whole time his mind was screaming 'NO, NO I'M NOT OKAY. YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH HARU FOR HEAVENS SAKE!'
Tohru looked at him skeptically. He sure didn't look okay.
"Why are you up here in you room, then?" she asked. "You even missed dinner."
"Um…, I'm just really tired."
"Does this have anything to do with me and Haru?"
She had hit the nail on the head, "Of course not," he said, laughing forcedly, "I told you, I'm just tired."
Tohru was torn between feeling skeptical and relieved. "If you say so," she said. "Do you want me to bring you any dinner?
"No," he told her truthfully, he didn't feel like he'd ever be hungry again.
The next morning as they were getting ready for breakfast a cheerful looking Haru bounded happily into their kitchen.
"What are you doing here?" Kyo growled.
"I'm here to walk my girlfriend to school," he said calmly, unaware of the murderous look in the eyes of both Kyo and Yuki.
"She's upstairs, shall I inform her that you're here?" Shigure asked happily from his spot in front of the refrigerator.
"No need for that," Haru said, nodding at the shadow about to enter the kitchen.
"Haru, you're here!" Tohru said, extremely surprised to see him, "Would you like some breakfast?"
Half and hour later all four of them had finally reached the school. Kyo and Yuki had opted to walk with Haru and Tohru to make sure nothing happened. Neither had been very happy about the way Haru would only let her talk to him.
Kyo sat at his desk glaring at everything around him, except Tohru of course. He kept going over the events of the last day in his head, not bothering to listen to the teacher until he heard her distinctly say, "Marriage Project."
"What!" his head shot up. She looked at him indignantly.
"Thank you for finally tuning in Mr. Sohma. As I was telling the class over the next six months you are all going to be participating in a marriage project to teach you what married life will be like. You will all have partners, which I will pick, that will act as your spouse for this amount of time. You will all be given occupations, salaries, and several different challenges that you will be expected to face. You can not change your partner. More will be explained as we move along in the project. Any questions?"
No one moved. Kyo was too shocked to even think.
"The pairings are as follows:
Arisa and Riichi
Hanajima and Yuki"
Kyo smiled a little at that. Yuki got stuck with wave girl. This announcement was followed by the names of several people he didn't know.
"Kyo and Tohru."
Several people were called following this announcement, but Kyo didn't hear one of them.