Ohayo! Or not depending on when you read this. I think I should stop with the cliffies… Two chapters in a row of cliffies are horrible! Oh well deal with it! I don't own Fruits Basket!

Here's my story of why I haven't been updating! On Monday I had a field trip to Six flags Great America! The bus home was half an hour late so we were like sitting there wasting time! On Tuesday I had my graduation from Middle school / Junior High! I was barely even home! As soon as I got home I had to shower do my hair then go out to eat! So I was busy, but today is the last day of school so here I am!

Continued….

"Yuki---I--- I lo--- I love you!" cried the girl.

Yume's jaw dropped and she looked very angry. She clenched her fists and took a step forward.

"Yume! Stop!" Lei whispered harshly as he held her back.

"Let me go!" cried Yume softly.

"Yume, don't you want to see what he does?" Lei reasoned.

"Fine!" Yume replied obviously relaxing.

They went back to crouching by the door watching them both intently.

"What!" gasped Yuki with a shocked expression.

"I love you," Christy repeated more confidently.

Yuki looked uneasy.

"I know you are married but I can't help but love you… I just thought you had to know…" Christy told him softy.

Yuki bit his lip nervously.

"She did so much for me… I don't want to hurt her but I can never love her…" Yuki thought.

Christy leaned forward, her face getting closer and closer to Yuki's…..

Yume gasped but Lei covered her mouth with his hand. She struggled slapping his hand but Lei didn't flinch. She gave up and continued to watch angrily.

Christy's lips were only an inch away from his until he realized what she was doing. Yuki abruptly stood knocking her over.

"I'm sorry Christy. There is no way I could ever like you the way you like me. You're only a friend to me and that is all. Nothing else. I have a family that I love very much" Yuki told her clutching Sakura's blanket.

"Yuki…" whispered Christy as she started to cry.

"I'm sorry but Tohru is the only person I will ever love. Please forgive me. I know you already have done so much for me and I'm very grateful. But please understand, I can never love you," Yuki replied kneeling beside her and wiping away her tears.

She looked up at him.

"I'm so sorry for blurting out those crazy things…. I hope we can still be friends!" cried Christy.

"I'm glad you understand, one day you'll find a man who you'll love even more, believe me," responded Yuki.

Christy started to cry again.

"Please don't cry anymore… You don't have to stay in America anymore, I'm sure your parents miss you," Yuki told her.

"I made a promise to you that I would help you find your wife, and I won't leave until you find her... but if you would like I can stay somewhere else…" offered Christy.

Yuki smiled, "It doesn't matter, you do whatever makes you comfortable but right now I'm hungry. So I'm going to go get something to eat. You can tell me your decision later."

Christy nodded. Yuki got up and went to the door. He froze, smiled and opened the door sharply causing Yume and Lei to fall into the room. (They were leaning against the door)

"It's not nice to eavesdrop, is it, Mr. Lei, Miss Yume?" Yuki asked with a smirk.

Yume blushed mumbling, "Sorry…"

Yuki snickered while shaking his head.

"You have to learn to trust people," teased Yuki as he stepped over them and walked to the dining hall.

"This is your entire fault!" scolded Yume as she got up and kicked Lei.

"Ow! How is this my fault?" asked Lei with an innocent smile.

"This was all your idea! You made Yuki seem like a devious guy! How could you embarrass me like that! Now there is no way that he will ever think that I am a good person!" yelled Yume.

"How was I supposed to know? I only met him yesterday!" replied Lei.

"You should trust him! This is your fault!"

"Is that all you think about? If people like you or not?" asked Christy sadly looking at them.

"Huh?"

"Oh Christy is your name right? Are you okay? Do you need anything?" Yume asked politely.

Christy shook her head sadly.

"Well then I guess I'll leave you alone," mumbled Yume.

Christy didn't respond. Yume sighed and closed the door.

"I can't believe that I just said that! I'm so stupid! Now he feels all guilty! Why can't I just shut up! I'm such a retard!"

Christy silently scolded herself. Hot tears rolled down her cheeks. She hugged her knees sadly.

-------- Dining hall

"Damn it! How could I say that to Christy after all that she did for me? But I could never force myself to love her… She got me all the way here and I can't even give anything in return… Without her help I wouldn't be this close to finding Tohru and Sakura," Yuki thought as he clutched the blanket.

"She helped me find my way here and all I did was hurt her… Without her I wouldn't have Sakura's blanket," mumbled Yuki. (He found it when he was in the room with the white door)

"Sir, do you want anything?" asked the waitress.

Yuki looked up a little surprised.

"A cup of tea please," replied Yuki.

"Anything else?" the waitress asked as she wrote down his order.

Yuki shook his head, he lost his appetite. The waitress smiled and walked over to the kitchen. Yuki looked really depressed. He pulled out his wallet and stared at the picture of Tohru and him. The picture was stained with his blood but he would never replace it because it was a reminder of how hard they worked to be together.

"Tohru, tell me what to do… I'm so lost and confused without you… But don't worry I will find a way to get you back! No matter what! I'll never give up…"

"Found you!" exclaimed Yume running over to Yuki and taking the seat across him.

Yuki looked up shocked and confused.

"She was just worried that you were mad at her for eavesdropping.." explained Lei.

"Shut up! That's not all I wanted!" shouted Yume.

Yuki shook his head, "There's no need to apologize. We all make mistakes."

"Is that Sakura's blanket?" Yume as Yuki noticing the pink blanket in his arms.

Yuki nodded.

"Poor girl! She probably misses it but I'm sure she misses her daddy more…" exclaimed Yume.

Yuki smiled faintly.

"Whatcha looking at?" Yume asked him as Lei took a seat beside Yume.

"Nothing," Yuki mumbled closing his wallet.

"What do you mean nothing? Lemme see!" cried Yume as she grabbed his wallet.

"Yume, you shouldn't be so demanding. If he doesn't want to show you then he doesn't have to," scolded Lei.

"It's fine…" replied Yuki as he sighed.

Yume flipped his wallet open and smiled at the picture then stared in confusion.

"What's with the red stuff on the picture? You should take better care of your pictures," Yume told Yuki.

"Ignore her. She's just upset that Tohru's gone and is taking her anger out on you," responded Lei.

"But I'm serious! Your pictures should not have red paint on them! Well reddish brown," exclaimed Yume.

"I'm aware that it's dirty but that's not paint it's blood," replied Yuki calmly.

Yume and Lei's jaw dropped, "Blood!"

"Yes, blood," answered Yuki.

"Here you go sir!" the waitress said as she handed Yuki his tea.

"Thank you," Yuki told her.

"Why is there blood on the picture!" cried Yume.

"Whose blood is this?" asked Lei.

"It's my blood obviously. I would not be keeping other people's blood. It's a long, complicated story," answered Yuki after he took a sip of his tea.

"We have time! I'm really interested!" exclaimed Yume.

Yuki sighed, "My family isn't like any other. The head of our family, she isn't the nicest person. She is cruel and doesn't believe in love."

"I see, so what did she do? Like beat you up?" asked Lei.

"You wouldn't want to know," replied Yuki.

"Okay, so how did you even meet Tohru?" Yume asked.

Yuki smiled, "We were in high school together… Though we didn't start to become close until she stumbled upon our house. Since then I guess you can say we fell in love and are trying to stay together…" Yuki told them.

"That sounds cute!" replied Yume happily.

"Can I have my wallet back now? I need to pay for my tea," Yuki asked Yume holding his hand out to her.

"Oh! Sorry…" mumbled Yume as she gave him his wallet back blushing.

"Thank you," replied Yuki with a smile as he left several bills on the table.

Yuki stood up and slightly bowed.

"I'll be heading back now," Yuki told them before he left.

They both nodded.

"I don't know… He seems weird… What exactly did his family do?" Lei asked Yume.

"How am I supposed to know? All I know is that he seems very sad and lonely," replied Yume.

"I guess…" mumbled Lei.

"You guess? How could you be so cruel and heartless! Do you know how it feels to be in love and be separated? Have you ever been in love? It hurts! He is in so much pain right now and you can't even tell!" cried Yume as her tears filled with tears.

She covered her face with her hands and ran off.

"Of course I know what it feels like… To be in love… Separated because you don't even realize how I feel about you…" Lei whispered to himself sadly.

Yuki slowly trudged back to his room. He unlocked the door entering the dark room, not bothering to turn on the lights.

"I guess I'll sleep on the couch, in case Christy does come back…"

Yuki tiredly collapsed on the couch. (Of course he's tired! He's been up since 3 am!) He closed his eyes and started to drift off to sleep.

"Tomorrow I will work harder to find you, Tohru..."

? Tohru

Tohru sighed.

"I'm back here again… And without Yume! I hope she's okay… And Yuki… Is he in LA? What will Charlie do?" Tohru wondered as she stared out the window.

Sakura wailed.

"Don't worry, I know daddy will come for us…" comforted Tohru as she cradled Sakura.

Sakura yawned and she fell back to sleep again. Tohru smiled faintly as she placed her back in the cradle and covered her with a blanket. Tohru took a seat on the bed.

"Yuki… Where are you?"

Charlie barged into the room coming up to Tohru and grabbing her wrist. He pulled her up to her feet and smirked.

"I think it's time to give Yuki directions over here…" Charlie told her.

"What? Why are you telling him how to get here?" asked Tohru.

"You'll see… Now pick up the baby and follow me," commanded Charlie as he left the room.

"Wait! What are you going to do to Yuki!" cried Tohru worriedly.

"That's none of your business, now is it? Now hurry up and get the baby!" ordered Charlie impatiently.

Tohru looked scared but gently picked up Sakura so she wouldn't wake up. She hurried and ran after Charlie who was at the end of the hallway.

"Stay here! Don't even think about running away! I'm not afraid to shoot so do your best and just obey me!" advised Charlie as he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.

Sakura started to cry. Tohru rocked her back and forth trying to comfort her but Sakura continued to cry.

"Shut up! If you want to see your husband you better keep that baby quiet!" yelled Charlie angrily.

Tohru stroked Sakura's back lovingly, getting her to quiet down.

"That's better; now stay quiet so I can call your husband…"

Charlie dialed the number. The soft moan of the ringing could be heard.

Sunshine Hotel

Yuki slowly woke up to the shrill ringing of his cell phone. He jumped out of his bed when he realized that someone was calling him. He fumbled around his room looking for his cell phone. The shrill ringing continued.

"Damn it! Where did I leave it?" cried Yuki as he dug around.

Yuki tossed the blanket and pillow of the couch. He pulled out the cushions and saw his phone underneath the last cushion. He grabbed it as soon as the ringing stopped. He flipped his phone open and stared at the screen.

One missed call

Caller unknown

--- --- ----

"Damn it! It was him again!" yelled Yuki slamming his hand against the thick wood table.

? Charlie/Tohru

"I guess your husband doesn't care about you anymore," commented Charlie as he closed his cell phone.

Tohru looked worried.

"Did something happen to him?" Tohru wondered worriedly.

"I feel nice today so I'll do you a favor and try to call him again," Charlie her as he redialed the number.

Sunshine Hotel (Youkou Hoteru)

His cell phone rung again. Yuki hurriedly picked it up this time.

"Hello?" asked Yuki.

"Hello Yuki. How are you today?" greeted Charlie.

"Where's Tohru and Sakura? What did you do to them?" Yuki asked.

"So distrusting! I'm hurt!" cried Charlie in mock surprise.

"If you did anything to them I'll have my revenge and it'll be twice as worse as anything you did to them," warned Yuki.

Is that a threat? What will you do? I wonder… ooh! I'm so scared!" teased Charlie.

"What do you want!" Yuki asked impatiently.

"I was planning on telling you where I am but if you're going to be mean…"

"Charlie!"

"Maybe if you say please I'll tell you… Come on say it! Go on! Please Charlie! I want to hear you say it!" exclaimed Charlie.

"Please Charlie…" mumbled Yuki softly.

"What did you say? I can't hear you! Say it louder!" cried Charlie.

"Please Charlie," Yuki told him.

"That's a lot better! Now say Charlie you are the best!" ordered Charlie.

"Charlie!"

"Well you don't have to if you don't want to know where Tohru is…" replied Charlie.

"Charlie--- you--- yo- you a-…" stuttered Yuki.

"Come on! Say it! Charlie you are the best! Just say it!" exclaimed Charlie happily.

"Charlie you're the best…" Yuki told him softly, "Now tell me!"

"You're no fun!" whined Charlie.

"Charlie, tell me!" yelled Yuki.

"All I have to say is, go ask that idiot Yume, if she's still alive that is…. She knows this place… She was the maid here anyways… Come here, me and your family will be waiting in the back…" replied Charlie before he hung up the phone.

"Charlie!" shouted Yuki.

Yuki tossed his cell phone onto the couch and ran to the lobby. Lei was standing at the counter. Yuki ran up to Lei.

"Where's Yume?" Yuki asked impatiently.

"I don't know… I haven't seen her since last night…" answered Lei.

"Damn!" cried Yuki clenching his fist.

"Why do you need her?" Lei asked.

"I need to talk to her. Do you have any idea where she is?" replied Yuki.

Lei shook his head. Yuki ran off.

"Maybe Christy has seen her… But what if she's still upset with me? I have to check though because Yume is the key to finding Tohru and Sakura,"

Yuki knocked on the white door sharply. No answer could be heard. Yuki slowly opened the door. A small girl was huddled in the corner. Yuki walked over to the girl. He lightly tapped her shoulder. Dark eyes looked back up at him. Her eyes were red and swollen. It looked like she had been crying.

"Yume? Where is Christy?" asked Yuki.

"I think she's sleeping… I'll go check," replied Yume.

"Never mind… What happened to you?" Yuki asked her worriedly.

"Nothing... What did you need?" Yume asked.

"Do you know where Charlie is?" asked Yuki.

"Um... I knew where his old hideout was but knowing him he probably moved…" answered Yume.

"I don't think he did… Can you help me get there? Please… He gave me a call telling me to go," begged Yuki.

"Of course I will," replied Yume.

The end!

Remember to review! I'll get to work on chap 15 now!

Preview:

"Tohru!"

"Yuki!"

"Back off! Don't get any closer or I'll shoot!"