(A/N: I'm not going to write in italic anymore… It looks funny for a whole chapter to be in italic… Well anyways, here's the second chapter; and thanks to all of you who reviewed sniff I feel so loved! … Enjoy!)
(Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Fruits Basket, a.k.a. Furuba. If I did… that'd be tight.)
Eternal Flames Chapter 2: Shared Anger"CRAP!" Kyo shouted when the cool early morning rain-water hit his skin as he shut the front door. He planned on leaving before Yuki and Tohru so he wouldn't have to walk with them; ignoring the befuddled look he received from Shigure for skipping out on breakfast with them. 'Damn Rat… He ALWAYS gets what he wants because he's so damn 'special'… 'Kyo thought as he opened his umbrella and continued on his walk to Kaibara High. Being so caught up in his thinking, he didn't notice Hatsuharu coming towards him…
"Hey Kyo!" Haru called out to the neko, observing his frustrating expression. 'Then he must know about Yuki and Tohru… Oh yea… he did see it…' Haru thought, remembering what he had heard in Hatori's and Shigure's phone conversation…
Flashback
Haru woke up around 4: oo a.m., hoping he could get to Kaibara early so he could see Yuki. He decided to walk over to Hatori's for breakfast since his refrigerator was empty and since it would still be some time before he would head for Kaibara. As if on cue, the phone rang as soon as Haru walked through the door. Hatori answered it before Haru had a chance to…
"Hey Hatori!" Shigure barked (A/N: Well, he IS the dog… .') from the other end of the line.
"Why would you call me this early?"
"Because I know you're always up around this time!"
"Why did you call…?"
"To tell you something that happened between the two 'lovebirds' last night!"
"'Lovebirds'?"
"Yuki and Tohru of course! Yuki asked Tohru to be his girlfriend and she accepted! Kyo and I witnessed it, but they don't know that! Isn't it lovely? Oops, gotta go, Tohru's coming down to cook breakfast! "
Hatori looked over to Haru, who had a look of disbelief on his face. 'Yuki…and Tohru… boyfriend and girlfriend!' Haru stared in shock at the ground before him. He knew Yuki liked Tohru, but he didn't know he liked her like that. 'After all these years of trying to win Yuki's heart… and this is what I get? Damn Rat, you have no right to play with our emotions like that!' His Black-side thought in grief. 'I wonder how Kyo feels about this, him liking Tohru and all.' Haru thought as he raided Hatori's refrigerator for some milk and cereal. 'Kyo's much better then Yuki, he wouldn't mess with our emotions like that. 'His Black-side thought angry that Yuki would just forget him like that. 'Maybe Kyo would care…' …
End Flashback
"What do you want?"Kyo asked the Ox, barely paying any attention to him. His mind was like a broken record, stuck on the images of Yuki and Tohru in the hallway, Tohru's smile and the words she said wouldn't go away… 'Of coarse I will Yuki!' …
"Kyo, Kyo!"
"What!"
"How many times do I have to say your name before you answer me!"
"…Sorry…"
"Huh?"Haru couldn't believe his ears. 'Had Kyo… actually said sorry… to me?' Haru thought in disbelief that the adamant, orange-haired neko would never apologize to anyone… except for maybe Tohru. 'But after what she's done, he probably won't even apologize to her… And why should he apologize to her anyway? She should be apologizing to him! Setting him up like that! Yuki did the same to me… after all these years, how hard I tried to win his heart… And then Tohru comes along, she hasn't known him for as nearly as long as I have, but she still takes him from me… Yuki, I don't need you! You really are a dirty Rat!'
Before either of them could realize it, they had arrived at Kaibara High. Saki and Arisa advanced towards the Zodiacs, wondering why it was only Haru and Kyo, no Tohru or 'Prince Charming' with them.
"Yo, Orangey, where's Tohru and Prince Charming?"Arisa questioned, unaware of how infuriated Kyo already was.
"Shouldn't they be here by now…?" Arisa succeeded in making Kyo even more livid.
"There they are." Everyone looked behind them, in the direction Saki was pointing. Sure enough, there was Tohru and Yuki, holding hands and laughing about something. Kyo glowered; Haru narrowed his eyes; Saki looked perplexed; and Arisa's eyes grew wide in shock.
"Are they going out?" Arisa asked, turning towards Haru since Kyo looked like he was ready to kill.
"…Yes…" Haru answered, his eyes still narrowed at the 'lovebirds'.
"Hana-chan, Uo-chan, guess what!" Tohru asked, waling over to them with her eyes beaming in delight and her hand still entwined with Yuki's.
"You and Prince Charming are boyfriend and girlfriend…right?" Arisa asked, eyebrows raised with a smirk played across her features.
"Hai!" Tohru replied, grinning at her friend.
"When did this happen…?" Saki questioned her friend.
"Last night." Tohru retorted, suddenly remembering a certain neko, who would not be pleased that she was girlfriend to Yuki. She looked over at the orange-haired neko. He was standing next to Haru, who seemed to be busy glowering at Yuki. 'Oh yes… Haru loved Yuki… didn't he? He must be furious at Yuki for asking me to be his girlfriend… I only made matters worse for him by accepting; but I couldn't turn Yuki down, that would be so callous of me to do such a thing to Yuki…' Tohru was brought back to reality by the sound of school bells, for she wasn't paying attention to what Arisa and Saki were conversing about… most likely about her and Yuki.
'This is gonna be one long day' Haru thought, noticing that both Kyo and Yuki were looking daggers at each other. 'I wonder what will happen next…' Haru thought as he saw the other five head the opposite direction of him towards their own class. He walked into his classroom, sat down and stared out the window. 'I wonder if I can cheer Kyo up after school…After all, we both got the short end of the stick this time. Maybe I should pursue Kyo, not Yuki… I wonder how that would make him feel…' Little did Haru know, Kyo was sharing the same thoughts.
(A/N: Yay, I've completed the second chapter! cheers I originally had a different plan for this chapter, but it did fit in with the story smoothly. I just finished this and it's almost 5 a.m. here in Texas! Luckily for y'all, I happen to be nocturnal. I hope you liked it, and please review, the more reviews I get, the faster I'll update! And I haven't even wrote the third chapter yet… .' … I'll start working on it in the morning!)
