Disclaimer- Ok by now you all know I do NOT own the Fruits Basket characters (which I love so much! lol)
This chapter is kinda like a flash back type thing for Akito and Hari. They go to this place that they used to go to as kids and they remember their times there. Stuff like that. Hope you like it!
Chapter Nine
The Park Bench and Swing Set
They stopped at a tree. Not the tree by Akito's house but a tree at a park, or what looked like it used to be a park. The swing set was rusty and the monkey bars were falling apart.
"This is…"
"It's the park we used to play at!"
Akito looked at Hari, smiling at the thought of them as little children.
"We used to play here with everyone else, remember Akito?"
Akito nodded still surprised.
"Yes, I remember."
He walked over to the park bench, the only thing that was still in one piece that had not rusted or had any destruction caused to it. He sat down.
"I haven't been here in ages…"
He bent forward slightly, leaning his arms on his knees. Hari walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"You know…"
Hari began. Akito looked up at her.
"Uh?"
"You know… I heard that you stopped going outside."
Akito looked away. He stared at the swing set a couple feet in front of them.
"I heard that you began yelling at people again, and…"
He looked up at her again.
"…and when I heard this, I was upset. I was upset that you would do something like that. I know you're better than that Akito. I know…"
"It's ok."
Hari stopped and looked down at Akito, still staring at the swing set. He began talking again.
"You don't have to force yourself to stay with me. I know I've done things and I know that everything you've just said right now is true. But just because we used to be friends doesn't mean you have to come here today and stand here by me."
Hari was confused. She sat down by him on the bench.
"Akito, I came here because we are friends not because we were friends."
Akito smiled. Hari looked at the swing set, the one Akito had been staring at the whole time.
"Yuki used to come here with us too right?" Akito asked.
"Yes."
"We haven't gotten along recently… Ever since you left."
"Why?"
"I don't know…"
Akito sighed and looked up to the tree that was shading the park bench they were sitting on.
"Yuki and I never really got along, you know that."
"Yes. But the way I remember you guys, is different. We all used to be friends."
"That just started when you came…"
"Really? Why?"
"Because… You treated us different. You treated us like we were human and not just another person of the Sohma family or an animal..."
A short second later Hari smiled then got up from the bench.
"Let's go Akito! We're going to be late!"
Akito got up and they left the park together to go to Hari's friend's house to eat.
I thought that was cute. Aren't they cute together? lol. Oh and another thing, who's the friend? Do you guys know? lol. Well, you're in for a surprise. lol.
Next Chapter - Next one is of Akito and Hari at her friend's house. lol.
Hope you liked it as much as I did! Thanks for reading!