Chapter 22

AN: Hello everyone! It's me again! Whelps, Tohru's last week has finally come to an end. She has befriended the "new" Yuki and has been avoiding her beloved Kyo since this Monday. It is now Friday morning and for the past week, Tohru made it seem like nothing was wrong at all. However, how does she really feel about what's going to happen in about twenty four hours? Is there really nothing wrong? Ok, I'll stop here and let you read the chapter. Please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of its adorable characters…hehe…

Friday Morning at School…

I stood just outside of the front gates on the sidewalk staring in at the many Kaibara High students that were going in many different directions. It's been a week now and for the past week, I didn't let anyone know about my fate in about a day. However, today, I'll have to tell them, for after today, I might never see them again. I've been smiling and laughing all week at school and at home. It might seem like I'm just putting on a happy face for the world to see, but honestly, the past week was really enjoyable. I'll miss this, being happy I mean. Suddenly I felt a light tap on my shoulder. It was Yuki. I had forgotten that he was there.

"What's wrong, Miss Tohru?" he asked as he closed the car door and waved at the departing car.

"Nothing," I answered.

"Then shall we?" he asked with a smile.

I took in a deep breath and entered the school yard. I avoided as many people as I could. I didn't want to tell anyone until lunchtime. I walked quickly, so quickly that Yuki had trouble keeping up.

"Are you sure nothing is wrong Miss Tohru?" he asked.

I stopped. "Yuki, will you be busy during lunch?" I asked.

"No, why Miss Tohru?" he asked.

"Can you meet me by my usually spot on the field?" I asked.

He smiled sweetly. "Of course," he answered.

I smiled and started speed walking again. Yuki started after me.

"What's going to happen during lunch today?" he asked.

"I---" I turned my head to find Yuki gone.

I stopped on the stairs in front of the school building's entrance and turned around. The first thing that I saw was a huge (and I mean HUGE) crowd of fan club girls surrounding Yuki. I watched with a smile.

"Prince Yuki, I heard that you and that Tohru girl broke up, is it true?" someone screamed.

"Yeah, does that mean that you're officially single now?" asked another.

Poor Yuki was being jerked this way and that way. I laughed lightly at the funny site.

"I…have…to…get…to…class," Yuki struggled to say in between jerks.

"Oh Prince Yuki, please tell us that it's true," begged one girl.

"Yeah, don't disappoint us," added another.

I watched as Yuki's body jumped in and out of the crowd. It was hilarious. I laughed loudly now. Everyone silenced and looked at me. Yuki was tightly sandwiched between four fan club girls. Anyways, I stopped laughing when I noticed that everyone was looking at me.

"You're that Tohru girl, right?" a brunette asked me.

"Yes, I'm Tohru Honda. Can I help you?" I asked politely.

"Answer this: are you still going out with Prince Yuki or not?" she asked almost rudely.

I looked at her and then at Yuki, who was mouthing the words "Miss Tohru, please say yes." I smiled and stepped off the stairs and over to the crowd of girls who opened a pathway that led to Yuki. I smiled at Yuki and instantly a relieved expression overcame his handsome face.

"So?" the brunette asked impatiently.

"Nope, we're not going out anymore," I said.

Instantly the crowd began to cheer and yell. The relieved expression on Yuki's face immediately dissolved into a worried expression as the girls wrapped their arms around him. Poor Yuki looked like he was suffering severe physical abuse. I decided to help him out. I laughed loudly again. Everyone quiet down once again.

"What's so funny now?" the same brunette asked in annoyance.

"You didn't let me finish. I'm not going out with Yuki anymore…We're engaged. We're even living in the same house now," I joked.

I watched as every girl there became dumb founded. I smiled and walked over to Yuki. I gave him a light peck on the cheek. He then grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the crowd of frozen girls.

"Let's go honey," Yuki played along for he knew this was the only way out of this jam.

We walked into the school building together. Yuki released my hand once we were a safe distance away from those girls. We both laughed uncontrollably afterward.

"Thank you Miss Tohru," Yuki said as he caught his breath.

I smiled cheerfully. "No problem, but I think they're going to hate me so much from now on," I joked.

Thinking that I was serious, a concerned expression took over Yuki face. "I'm so sorry Miss Tohru, I didn't think---" he said before I interrupted him.

"I was just kidding. You're too serious," I said.

Yuki smiled. The school bell rang and we each headed to class.

In first period…

I had made some of my specialty rice balls the night before for my whole class and my teachers. That morning I had Mrs. Hamasaki and Mr. Hamasaki add the finishing touches and deliver them to school. So during class, I suddenly had note to go to the office. I returned with baskets of my individually wrapped rice balls. Each wrapper was decorated with the object in which the rice ball's flavor was from. For example, a strawberry flavored rice ball is wrapped and decorated with a strawberry theme.

"What's this Miss Honda?" Mr. Shigure asked while examining my baskets.

"Today is my last day, so I decided to bring something for the class. I made my specialty rice balls last night. Will it be ok if I passed them out to the class?" I asked.

"Sure, as long as I get one too," Mr. Shigure joked.

"Of course you do! In fact, I made assortment bags for teachers. Instead of just one rice ball and one flavor, they get many different flavored ones," I replied.

I turned to the basket with the assortment rice balls and brought it forward to Mr. Shigure.

"I didn't know how to decorate them since they had so many different flavored rice balls in them, so I decorated them with random themes. Please pick the one you like best Mr. Shigure," I said with a smile.

He examined the basket for a second and then picked out a dog themed bag.

"I've always been fond of dogs. Thank you my lovely Tohru Honda," Mr. Shigure said.

He then opened the bag and pulled out a random rice ball. He took a bite.

"This is delicious! Its lovely, but of course never as lovely as its creator," Mr. Shigure said.

I smiled. Then, I turned to the curious class.

"I brought some of my specialty rice balls for everyone. You can pick the flavor that you want. They are each individually wrapped and the theme is their flavors. I hope you like them," I said cheerfully.

Everyone got up to the desk. They examined the baskets and began to pick out the ones that they liked. I took my basket of assortment rice balls over to where Hana and Uo were.

"Hana…Uo…Pick one," I said with a smile.

Hana examined the bags. She plucked out a bag that had a flower theme. Uo, however, only looked at me in suspicion.

"What's this for anyway?" she asked.

"I'll tell you both and Momiji at lunch," I replied.

Uo then examined the basket and plucked out one that had a fish theme to it. I smiled as Hana and Uo took a bite of one of their rice balls.

"Tohru, this is delicious," Hana said.

"Yeah, it's great, where you learn how to make this?" Uo asked.

"Oh, experimenting with random flavors has always been a hobby of mine," I explained.

"I see," Hana replied simply as she took another bite.

"That's a weird hobby, but I have to admit, these really turned out great," Uo said.

"Miss Tohru Honda," I heard Mr. Shigure call suddenly. He gestured me to the front of the class.

I went to him while the rest of the class socialized over their rice balls.

"The whole class thinks that these rice balls of yours are great," he said.

"Thank you, but it's really nothing special," I replied.

"So you said that you were moving, what's that all about?" he asked.

"Well, I'll be leaving here soon and I'll be moving…somewhere else this weekend," I answered.

"I see. Oh, I can't bear to see you go," he said in an exaggerating way.

"I'm sure you'll be fine Mr. Shigure," I replied.

"Fine? How can I be fine when one of my most lovely and sweet beauties is leaving me?" he asked.

I blushed a little.

Mr. Shigure sighed. "Go chatter away with your little friends while I force myself to accept this cruel truth," he said.

"Um…ok…" I said awkwardly and walked back to my desk. That was odd…

A few moments later, Mr. Shigure began the class again.

Lunchtime…

I also gave my second and third period teachers assortment rice balls.

Flashbacks.

"Mr. Hatori Sohma, I made these for the class and for my teachers. I've already given them to the class and Mr. Shigure in first period, so please have one," I said.

Mr. Hatori Sohma picked out the seahorse themed assortment bag. I smiled.

"Thank you Miss Honda," he said, "Now, I'll begin class."

"Oh! Right," I said and returned to my desk.

"Miss Ritsu" I said as I entered the classroom.

"Yah…yah…yes," she answered nervously.

"I made these for you. Please have one," I said cheerfully.

"For...for me? Really?" she asked.

I nodded. She smiled and picked out a monkey themed one.

"Tha…tha…thank you Miss Honda," she said nervously.

"You're welcome," I said with a smile.

She smiled and then took a bite. "These…these are really…good," she said.

End of Flashbacks.

Anyways, it was finally lunchtime. This was it. I was going to break the news to my closest friends. I was walking down the hall when I suddenly bumped into Kyo. I pretended like I didn't see him, but when I walked by him he grabbed my arm and pulled my body backward. Then, he stood in front of me blocking my path. We looked at each other for a little while.

"Um…hi Kyo," I said nervously.

"Why are you avoiding me?" he asked annoyed.

"I'm…I'm not avoiding you. I didn't see you," I lied.

"So you just happened to not see me all week? You've been avoiding me all week, what's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing," I answered.

"Well, then I need to talk to you," he said.

"About what?" I asked curiously.

"About the thing," he said awkwardly.

I was lost. "What thing?" I asked.

"That thing," he said.

"What thing?" I asked again.

Kyo was annoyed now. "About us, you idiot! Are you stupid!" he said loudly in annoyance.

Feeling like an idiot, I answered simply, "Oh, that."

Kyo still doesn't know about what had happened during the night of the formal or my fate after tomorrow. Neither does he know that I knew who he really was. Anyways, Kyo seemed to feel guilty for calling me an idiot. He turned his head to the side.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"What?" I replied nothing knowing why he apologized.

"I didn't mean to call you an idiot," he said softly still looking to the side.

Oh, he meant that. I am an idiot…

"Its ok, I didn't even notice. Besides, I can be a bit…idiotic at times," I replied with a cheerful smile.

Kyo looked at me now. He smiled.

"So you're telling me that I'm in love with an idiot?" he asked.

"Um…" I didn't know what to say. I blushed. I turned really red. I looked downward in shame.

Kyo chuckled a little. Then he pulled my head upward by my chin. He looked me in the eye and smiled.

"I…guess…I'm an idiot…I mean, unless you don't want to be love with an idiot then I guess I'm not…but then I am, so maybe you're in love with the wrong person," I was babbling again. Every time when I'm nervous, this happens. It's so embarrassing.

Kyo chuckled a little again. I silenced when I saw him laughing. I looked at him confusedly.

"I just realized why I'm in love with an idiot," Kyo said.

"Hm? Why?" I asked confusedly.

"Because," he began as he cupped either side of my face with his two hands, "Only this idiot can make me laugh and I only smile because of this idiot."

I blushed. Then, I grabbed onto the sides of Kyo's uniform. I clenched his shirt on the sides. Suddenly, he wrapped his arms around me tightly. Slowly, I too wrapped mine around him. I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Why Kyo? Why do you still love me after everything that I've done to hurt you?" I whispered sadly into his ear.

"I guess it takes an idiot to love another idiot," he answered.

I let go of him and pushed him away. He looked at me with sadness and confusion in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Kyo, but my friends are waiting for me. I have to go," I said and ran off.

"Tohru!" Kyo called after me.

I ignored him and continued running. I met up with my friends and Yuki at our usual spot.

"Hello everyone," I greeted them.

"Hello Miss Tohru," Yuki replied with a smiled.

"So what did you want to tell us?" Uo asked.

"Oh, yes, I won't be going to school here anymore after today," I said bluntly.

Everyone's eyes widened.

"What? Tohru, you're going to leave me?" asked Momiji sadly.

"I'm sorry Momiji," I said guiltily.

Momiji started to cry. Uo tried to stop him, but it was hopeless. Meanwhile, Hana questioned me.

"When was this decided?" she asked.

"A week ago," I answered scared.

"And you decided to tell us on your last day!" Uo yelled loudly over Momiji's loud crying.

Yuki only looked at me.

"I didn't want you guys to worry and besides, if I would've told you earlier, you might try to stop me," I explained.

Everyone was quiet now except Momiji whose tears waterfall-ed down his pink cheeks. Suddenly, Momiji clung to me and squeezed me tightly.

"You can't go Tohru," he said in between breaths.

"I'm sorry Momiji, I have to," I replied sadly.

Suddenly, Momiji stopped crying. His mood switched from sad to completely joyful. He smiled at me happily.

"Then I'll move with you!" he said.

He surprised me. "Momiji, you really shouldn't---"I said before Momiji interrupted me.

"So where are you moving to? I'll tell daddy to buy me a house there," he said cheerfully.

"Momiji, please you---" I said before Momiji interrupted me for the second time.

"And you can live with me too, so we can play all the time!" Momiji said.

It was hopeless, Momiji wouldn't listen to me.

"Momiji, Tohru doesn't want anyone to move with her," Hana said suddenly.

Momiji's happy face turned into a sad one again. "What? She doesn't? Why not?" he asked sadly.

"Because…" Yuki began, "If you lived with her then you can't give her surprise visits anymore."

Momiji looked at me and then at Yuki. Suddenly a huge smile took over his face again.

"Ok then, I won't move with you Tohru, but I'll come visit you all the time!" Momiji said.

We smiled at each other.

"So where did you say you were going?" Uo asked.

"Um…I don't know yet, but I'll write to you guys as soon as I figure it out," I lied.

"Sure, whatever," Uo replied with an uninterested tone.

"Oh, Tohru, we'll miss you," Hana said.

Suddenly, Hana wrapped her arms around me. Now, both Momiji and Hana were hugging me. I smiled. I have such great friends. I'll miss them too…

"I'll miss you all too," I said cheerfully.

As Momiji asked me a chain of questions, I caught a glimpse of Yuki's face. He looked at me concernedly. I knew why he did so. He knew that there was more to this and that I was lying about my move. However, he didn't say anything to my friends and I thank him greatly for that.

After school at home around four o'clock…

After school, each one of my friends gave me their addresses. We gave our last good byes and I headed home. I am now in my room lost in my thoughts. Suddenly, I heard a soft knock on my door.

"Come in," I called out.

The door opened and Yuki walked in with two plates of appetizers. He walked over to the table and set them down. I got off the bed and walked over to him. He sat down and I did too at the table.

"What's this?" I asked examining the appetizers.

"They're some appetizers that the chefs made. I thought you might want some," Yuki explained.

"Thank you, but I'm not hungry right now," I said depressingly.

"Miss Tohru, about that move of yours, what's that about?" he asked suddenly.

I didn't answer him.

"What is she going to do to you tomorrow?" he asked realizing who must have created this.

"Mistress is not going to do anything to me Yuki, please don't worry," I said.

"Tohru, do you not trust me?" Yuki asked suddenly.

"Of course I trust you," I answered.

"Then please, tell me the truth," he pleaded.

"Mistress doesn't want Kyo to see me anymore so she's sending me off to somewhere far away," I said.

Yuki didn't seem surprised. "Where?" he asked.

"I don't know," I lied.

Yuki knew that I didn't want to talk about it so he didn't continue this conversation. He took a bite of a piece of appetizer.

"This is delicious. Are you sure you don't want any Miss Tohru?" he asked.

I looked at him and then at the appetizers. I decided to have some. I grabbed a pair of chopsticks and picked one. I took a bite. It was delicious. As Yuki and I ate, I thought about what Kyo had said earlier today.

Flashback.

"I guess it takes an idiot to love another idiot," he said.

End of Flashback.

Yuki noticed that something was on my mind.

"Are you thinking about that foolish cat?" he asked as if he could read my mind.

I snapped out of my thoughts. "How did you know?" I asked.

"One of those fan club girls told me that she saw that fiancé of mine hugging Kyo in the hall today before lunch," Yuki explained, "So I figured."

He took another bite.

"Oh," I said.

"So what happened?" he asked noisily.

"Nothing important," I answered.

"Then why can't you tell me?" he asked.

I didn't answer him.

"Miss Tohru," Yuki said suddenly, "I use to think that no one loved you more than I did, but I was wrong. I realized, now, that the person who truly loved you was Kyo. I use to think that he's a fool because of how he gave up everything for love…But after I met you, I understood why he did it. You are truly a great person Miss Tohru. You two are meant for each other."

"I am a slave and Kyo is my master, there can't be love between us," I mumbled sadly.

Yuki frowned a little. "The words 'slave' and 'master' are merely titles forced upon you two. You shouldn't have to give up the love of your lives for what you didn't choose to have in the first place," he said.

I looked at him admiringly. Then I wrapped my arms around him. This shocked him a little.

"Yuki, you're such a great friend," I said.

He smiled.

"I'm glad I talked to you," I said.

"I'm glad to have been of service to you," he said in a joking way.

I let go of him.

"Should I go tell Mr. Hamasaki that you'll be heading over to Kyo's after dinner?" he asked.

"No, I don't want to go to see him…" I paused.

Yuki looked confused. "Why not?" he asked.

"Because I want to see Mister Kyo tonight," I said.

"Mister Kyo? That filthy rich fool?" he asked realizing who I was talking about.

Yuki still didn't know that Kyo was Mister Kyo. He still thinks that Mister Kyo was just another one of my "costumers".

"Yes," I replied simply.

"But why---" Yuki said before I interrupted him.

"Yuki, please, just let me do this," I pleaded.

Yuki forced himself to accept my request. Mrs. Hamasaki called "Mister" Kyo right before dinner to tell him that I wanted to see him. After dinner, I changed into a white collared button down dress shirt and a knee length pink skirt. I slipped on a pair of sandals and headed to see "Mister" Kyo. When I got there, I asked Mr. Hamasaki to blindfold me. He didn't understand why, because he already knew that I knew who this "Mister" Kyo really was. However, he did as told. He guided me into the house where another escort took me to "Mister" Kyo's room.

When I finally reached that room, I pulled my blindfold off. I examined the darkness around me. I couldn't see a thing.

"Mister Kyo," I called.

I waited patiently for an answer. This was it, the last thing that I wanted to do before I left. The room was mysteriously quiet. I waited…