Disclaimer: I'm so sorry! I forgot to put a disclaimer up on my last
chapter! Forgive me! But...I don't own Fruits Basket, Ms. Natsuki Takaya does! I'm really sorry...I really am...Forgive me...
Chapter 2: Red handed
Ritsu reached the room where his mother's voice had called him. He stood quietly behind the door, letting out a sigh Ritsu brought his hand up to his head and stroked his hair. Then he felt it. Something tickled down his arm. He glanced over and noticed that his cut was still bleeding, a lot! Ritsu gasped and pulled down his sleeve.
"RITSU!" A voice came and the door shot open. "RIT--!" his mother called out as she stood in front of her son. "Where have you been?" She asked softly then looked at his hair. "What did you do?"
"I...I cut it," he said simply and put his hands behind his back.
"..." She tried to say something, but nothing came out. After a few attempts, she just turned around and walked inside the room and started to apologize. "I'm so sorry! Forgive my son! He's just trying to fit in! Forgive him!"
Ritsu sighed and tried to ignore his mother. He walked into the room and bowed. "Hello Shigure-san. Hello Yuki-san, and you to Kyo-san. Good
morning...Ms.Honda..." he said and a slight blush appeared on his face.
Shigure nodded his head, Yuki smiled, and Kyo looked away. Tohru stood up and smiled that smile that Ritsu adored.
"Ritsu-san! Hello! I'm so glad to see you! And you cut your hair! it looks great!" She smiled happily.
Ritsu smiled and realized that his heart was racing.
Ritsu's mother looked up to see how pleased Tohru was to see her son, so she just stood and smiled. "Ritsu, dear, can you show Tohru to her room?"
Ritsu bowed his head and said, "yes. Ms. Honda, this way." Ritsu walked to the end of the room and picked up Tohru's bag, and opened the door for her. Once she got out she closed it and started to walk down the hall. "So, Ms.Honda...I'm sorry to pribe but...how long are you guys planning to stay for?"
Tohru shrugged. I'm not really sure but I believe Shigure is close to deadline, and that he's running away from his editor again." She smiled and shook her head, "I think he said about a week." She looked up at Ritsu as he showed her the way. "How are you? Why don't you visit anymore? Are you on vacation?"
Ritsu laughed, "so many questions. Well, let's see...I'm fine," he lied. As he lied his heart ached. "I don't visit because I don't have time." Another lie, another ache. "And I'm here because my mother is sick again." The truth, but his heart still ached. He forced a smile and sighed as he felt his heart pound. Ritsu decide not to talk, maybe the pain would stop.
"Ritsu are you ok? Does your chest hurt?" Tohru asked softly, and her eyes showing only worry.
Ritsu notice that he had put his hand over his heart. He looked into her deep brown eyes and a blush showed up on his face. Quickly he turned his head and he stopped at a door and opened it, "this is your room."
Tohru looked into it and a smile went across her face, "wow! It's so clean!" She gasped.
Ristu smiled, "well go on in."
Tohru smiled and said, "come on!" She grabed him by the left wrist.
Pain shoot through his whole body. The pain was so strong he felt like collapsing. Tohru had, unknowingly, grabbed right where his cut was.
Tohru pulled Ritsu into the room and dragged him to the window. she let go of his and rested her hands on the window ceil. "It's beautiful."
Ritsu brought his hand to his face and looked at his wrist. He noticed that his kimono was covered in blood. Gasping, he put his hand behind his back, and started to walk backwards.
"Oh, Ritsu. This is wonderful!" Tohru moved her hands away from the ceil and she looked it, and saw that it was covered in blood. Tohru looked at her hands and saw her hands, too, were covered in blood. Tohru stared at it for about a minuet the screamed at the top of her lungs.
Ritsu ran to her, "Ms...Tohru? What is it? What happened?"
Tohru fell to her knees, and stared to cry, "I'm bleeding! I don't even know how."
Ritsu went to his knees and took his sleeve and started to wipe her hand. "See, Ms. Honda? You don't have to cry. It isn't your blood." He looked at her and smiled.
Tohru stopped crying and blinked. "Then...who's...blood...is...it...?" Tohru looked at Ritsu's arm, and gasped. "Ritsu-san! You're bleeding!"
He flinched. "Uh...no...I mean...uh...it was...but..." Ritsu stood up and ran out of the room.
Tohru stood and ran after him. She got to the hall way and there was no sigh of him. She sighed and looked down at her red hand.
A/N. Sigh! I'm so sorry it took forever to get the 2nd chapter up but, man! It was hard to write... Well I hope you liked it! And review!
