Cursed Love

By KyouXKagura

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of our well known characters but when it comes to Haku, Suu and Kison I own them and the plot!

Chapter Eight

Suu looked towards Kagura, who she treated much like an aunt, but couldn't help but ask:
"Oba-san, what's wrong?" She asked. Kagura just shook her head, telling them that she was fine. "Where is Kison-san?" Suu asked as she looked around. "I thought we could go out, we never do that anymore." Which was true, Suu had only went out with Kison when they were younger and Kison wasn't so distant, they used to have a laugh and even though it could have happened, they never even banged into each other and Suu never transformed into a tiger.

Kagura only had to reply with this:
"She went out, I think Kohaku-chan is with her." Knowing Kison she only could guess this – "She'll be at the park maybe." Suu nodded before handing her aunt a suitcase which caused both Kyo and Kagura to look at it weirdly but Suu had run out before they could say anything to her.

"Kison-san, I hope that you can forgive her, your mother loves you very much." He spoke the truth, Haku wondered if she could though, not only was she angry but Kison was upset and she was also probably upset at Haku too. Kison was actually upset mostly at herself because she harboured this curse and never picked up on it.
"I… don't know if I can. I will try to though." She added looking to the ground as she turned to see Kenai and Naru gone.
"Good, please at least do that. She'd be very happy at that." Kison nodded but her head jolted up by a scream.

"KOHAKU-KUN!" It was Suu and she was running towards them waving. The tiger seemed to be very happy today and maybe that was something that could rub off on Kison. She really needed to calm down and get happy too! Haku smiled as his cousin appeared next to them, the girl though was more interested in Kison. "Hey, Kison-san, what's wrong? You seem upset." She said in her squeaky but sweet voice that her mother Kisa was also known to have when she was younger.
"You never told me Suu." She didn't even end it with a suffix. "You never told me that you were cursed and there was a majority of a chance that I would be too." Kison spoke as she leaned back on the back of the seat that she was sitting on. Suu looked confused, but then it appeared that Kison had finally found out about the family curse…. What were they going to do? It was unacceptable for Kison to go blaming them too, they were in the same boat.

"Kagura-ai..." Kyou got Kagura's attention; she was looking out the window and was still worried about her daughter. "We should have known that we couldn't have been able to keep it a secret from her forever." Kyou was so frustrated with his wife, there were so many times that she was stubborn and this time she wouldn't even talk to him. She meant so much to him now, even though he originally didn't want to marry her, there was a reason why he did end up marrying her and it was because of a few things that had happened to them. One was when they were at Shigure's… it started off then, when she had given him the chocolate, except that she had to leave, she had said to him – You know, Haru-chan told me, that you and Yun-chan were getting along a little. He says if you two get to know each other better, you might be able to get along even more! I'd like that too. – It was those words and the seriousness in the face she showed and how sincere she meant them, although he still hated Yuki he knew then that Kagura could be serious and still be sweet at the same time.

Then there was the double date, he may have been forced to go with Yuki and Tohru but he did secretly enjoy it, not enjoy the movie, but the fact that Kagura wasn't trying to kill him. Then there was that other date, the one that made him actually think a little about Kagura. The one where she'd said that afterwards, she'd never annoy him again, that she'd leave him alone… Kagura had told him that she felt pity on him because his life was worse off than hers and that he was the cat of the zodiac. He had told her that he loved her only like a sister and hugged her, but truthfully then he did actually only love her like a sister. It would take a long time, after everything that she had done in the past for him to love her fully.
"Do you remember when you proposed to me, Kyou-kun?" Kagura had actually spoken? He turned to see her facing him, her face, those beautiful eyes and her features that he had found himself to admire when they were younger were still there, but just more elegant and beautiful.
"Which one?" He muttered under his breath. She forced him to the first time, the second time he said it through his own will.

Kyou had stood in the rain, outside her house knowing that her mother was out and that she would be all alone with Isuzu, unless Isuzu had already gone to Kazuma's with Hatsuharu again. Just thinking Haru's name made Kyou scowl, though the rain had already taken a lot out of the cat as he shouted up, quite weakly to Kagura.
"Hmm…" She had trailed off whilst looking out her window, seeing Kyou made the boar jump for joy before realising that she promised to leave him alone and not treat him like that. Yet she came down to see what he wanted, it might have been important.

"Can I come in?" She was sure that he had to, she knew exactly how the rain affected him and hated seeing him so put into his shell but knew with him like that then there was less of a chance for her to get upset because he wouldn't shout as much as usual. "I need to tell you something important, Kagura."
"Okay, Kyou-kun I'm listening." She told the cat as she sat down on the sofa, offering him the chance to sit next to her. Shocked as she was when he actually did she never took it to heart and hugged him like she was finding it hard not to do.
"I'm not good at this…" He trailed off; it had to be something important there was many things that Kyou wasn't good at. "ALRIGHT, I'LL…" He had to trail off as his head lowered from being in the rain. "Just say it."

Kagura was eager to hear whatever it was, but he seemed so annoyed with himself because he couldn't say it.
"I'M SORRY!" He shouted, no she didn't know what he was apologising for. "I shouldn't have been such an idiot to you when we were younger…" What? They were still only young, but she shook that off. "I do… I realised something… Kagura I do lo-" He still couldn't say it. He was kicking himself inside and he had to bite his tongue to not shout but unfortunately Kyou being Kyou did have to shout – "I DO LOVE YOU!" She was taken back, her whole body jerked back a little, her racing sped up and her eyes blinked a few times. "Well I just told you… are going to say anything in return."
"I…" She started but then stopped.
"What?"
"I don't know what to say."
"Then why did you start saying that?" He was brass but never shouted. "Why don't you just answer this question, seeing as we haven't really done it officially?" He looked away again something else he couldn't say. "Kagura… will… youmarryme?" He said all together but it seemed Kagura got the drift. She threw herself on him and nodded her head in excitement:
"Of course Kyou-kun, of course I will marry you! I love you too!"

"You were so brave to tell me that… I was so happy." She looked towards the window to see Suu and Kison, without Haku coming down home. She smiled and looked towards the ground now as she spoke to her husband as sincere as she did that Valentine's Day. "I still love you very much."
"You bloody well better." He spoke in return as he hugged her from behind. "I mean, I still… love… you very much too."