Chapter 8
Pairings Yuki Kyo
Disclaimer: I say it unwillingly, grudgingly, and out of pure force of law…I do not own Fruits Basket.
Okay so my birthday is on June 22 and my mom has been asking me what I wanted. I don't really like to ask for things and I'm not picky when it comes to presents. I usually only ask for one thing and I perfectly happy. (Nothing expensive either…guess I'm weird like that) Well I finally figured out what I want. Panic! At the Disco is playing at the House of Blues the day after my birthday and the tickets are dirt-cheap! Only one thing is wrong…they just sold out. tear Now I have no clue what I want and I'm back to square one…
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Kyo awoke first, the first thing he noticed before opening his eyes was something warm and tight encompassing him. Images of the night before suddenly flooded his brain and it was a welcome assault. He didn't dare move, he didn't want his lover to wake up just yet. Their current position was too reassuring. Reassuring of their love, their hope, and their future together.
Yuki didn't begin to stir until some time later; even Yuki couldn't sleep all day. Very weakly, the rat wrapped his arms around Kyo's waist. "Morning Koneko."
"Mornin'." Kyo nuzzled his nose into the crook of Yuki's neck and let out a content breath. The two of them remained still for some time until it dawned on them that they were still in school. The rat groaned and pulled his hands away from his lover and brought them to his face. "What's the matter Yuki-koi?"
"I have a sonnet to write for Language Arts class. I was going to start it a few days ago but…" Yuki didn't have to finish, Kyo knew good and well that 'a few days ago' referred to the day he got shot.
"Well go write it, I don't want you to fail just to keep me company." Yuki was about to protest but Kyo pulled out of his lover and rolled off of him. "I'm just going to get some more sleep like a good patient I guess." Yuki brushed his lover's hair from his face and kissed his forehead before leaving.
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One Day Near
by Yuki Sohma
(Note: I, Christina Brown, wrote this Elizabethan sonnet in standard form)
Though we would rather forget the past days
We will continue on living our lives,
Like the plant that grows in the place it lays.
Too afraid to leave and take life's dives.
Moving somewhere new acts as a taboo
So we continue to hide from ourselves,
Afraid to venture out like a bird's coo.
Like books we live to collect dust on shelves.
But maybe one day near we will not hide.
Our confidence will return bit by bit.
Maybe one day we will stand side by side.
We will jump from the place where we sit.
One day near we will stand up and be proud.
On that day our voices will be heard loud.
Yuki leaned back from his desk and pushed his pencil away. I hope that's good enough to pass…I hope it makes sense. The rat sighed and rubbed his eyes before going in search of his lover again. Considering he was in the library downstairs and Kyo couldn't leave the dorm, it wasn't a very hard search.
No sooner had Yuki turned the key did he see flaming tresses peeking out from under a blue quilt. He made his way (excuse the archaic metaphor) quiet as a mouse to the bed. He stripped down and eased his way under the covers next to his Kyo-kun. He gently wrapped his arms around that tanned, toned stomach, nuzzled his face into Kyo's neck, and drifted off to sleep again. (Yuki was excused from class for a few days I order to grieve for his ahem cousin)
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Mmmm…what's that…oh, Yuki must be sleeping. Kyo smiled in his drowsy state and wrapped his arms firmly around Yuki's pale ones. All mine little rat. Kyo idoly rubbed his thumb across the skin of Yuki's hand. He in a slight predicament, he loved the way things were so warm, and how they were pressed together (he is a cat, picture how they like to nap all day in the sun, right there in the middle of the carpet) but he wanted to wake Yuki up, he wanted to kiss him and be kissed by him. I won't wake him, too much stress, he needs some sleep. At least he stripped down.
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Their position had shifted but Yuki was still off in dreamland somewhere. Now his arms were hugging loosely to Kyo's hips, and he sat up doing his own homework. He had to go through hell to get that paper.
(Flashback)
Damn! I can't believe he's still asleep. Paper, paper…a pencil too…in the desk right? Kyo leaned over Yuki who was all but plastered against him to reach into his nightstand. Yuki refused to be roused or to even flinch. He stayed stiff as a board, firm against Kyo, as the cat fumbled to get a hold of a notebook. He knocked over his alarm clock, spilled some water, almost knocked the lap over, pricked his finger on a sewing needle, Damn! What in the Hell is that doing there!, but finally managed to get the paper. Thankfully the pencil was tucked safely into the spiral.
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He tapped his pencil against the notebook in a repetitive manor and stared off into space as if the poem would just materialize in front of him. Finally the idea came to him. Quickly his fingers skirted over the paper in a creative frenzy. Damn good if I do say so myself.
Let's Stay Together Alwaysby Kyo Sohma
(I personally wrote this in a 'found poem' style)
From far away, let your eyes shine,
With a smile that melts everything away.
You're just beginning to notice the days are shining,
Because you know the joy of having been born.
Don't fear the passage of time,
Spring is still far away, inside the cold earth.
Let's stay together always.
Be exposed in a state of purity
Like a flower whose petals have fallen.
Someday it will become a warm memory.
If you leave everything up to your heart
In some miracle we could still brush into each other.
I cannot be reborn,
So hold me gently.
I'm falling further down
And there's no way out
So even if today is painful
And yesterday's wounds remain
Let's stay together always.
(Lines 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16 are from Sleepless Beauty by Nittle Grasper. Gravitation Soundtrack
Lines 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, and 19 are from For Fruits Basket found in Fruits Basket soundtrack.)
Kyo turned his head to his lover and whispered thanks to him. Yuki was his inspiration and Kyo was Yuki's. He eased himself back down until he was lying flat against the bed and turned his lips to the rat's ears. "I love you." He kissed his ear and hugged the nezumi close.
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Okay so I hope you liked it. I really did write those poems. The sonnet is actually in Iambic pentameter and it has the standard rhyme scheme. A found poem is where you 'find' words from some other piece of literature, one or more pieces of literature, and rearrange the words until you get an original poem. Hope you guess liked it, adi88 requested some poetry and there you have it.
TBCR&R
