Finally Said V
Whoohoo! I'm back!
This is surely the very last chapter of this tiny little saga in my world of Fruits Basket. I may, or may not, post a sort of one-shot continuation (like I tried doing for this story until this stupid Torrance thing came up).
Please review. I hope you enjoy your reading today!
Warning: There may or may not be (that means there will be) lots of cursing in this chapter. Please forgive me if you don't find that pleasing to your eye.
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"You fucking idiot! You fucking moron! You fucking useless piece of crap!" The loud voice of an incredibly pissed off Arisa echoed throughout the hospital and had done so for several hours already. "You bitch, you better be alright or I'll kill you!" She was talking to Kyo, the boy she was in love with, that now was facing a life or death surgery to remove a .45 caliber bullet from his chest. The fucking idiot. The fucking idiot. Arisa had decided to shed no tears for him. She had already shed enough the last few torturous weeks. Instead, she had decided that screaming and yelling and cursing would help her to feel better. She had been silently crying for enough time.
"Please, you need to be quiet. You are distracting the doctor." A small nurse said as she opened one of the sliding doors that separated Arisa from her love. The nurse, in her white outfit, trembled as she spoke those words. "Please."
"The nurse is right, Uo." Said Tohru who as soon as she had found out about the incident had run to the hospital. Yukito, Shigure and even Kyo's sensei were also there, waiting for some news. Some good news. Arisa looked at the nurse with the scariest, meanest stare she could muster from her gang days, then her gaze fell on those big, red words that said: "Only staff up to this point." She sighed and suddenly her legs weakened, and she began to fall.
"Arisa!" It was the last thing she heard before she passed out. The last thing she saw was complete darkness.
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"I can't even begin to say what I think of you right now." Said a quiet, steady voice somewhere near her. "I can't believe you were stupid enough to think I'd cheat on you." Arisa tried opening her eyes, failing miserably. Something was gluing them together. "I can't believe you thought I'd ever stop loving you." She finally recognized the voice. That familiar voice that had comforted her and made her laugh. That had worried about her and that had made her feel like at peace. It was Kyo's. "I. I. I never thought you'd lose faith in me." Arisa tried opening her eyes again, but like the last time she was unable to do it. "To think, that I was going to ask you to marry me." Arisa's heartbeat increased. "You know, that night Torrance came by, you remember the dinner? Well, I was going to propose that night." She heard Kyo chuckle sadly. "I had actually tried proposing many times before. At the park, at the restaurant, at the amusement park. But now…" He let the words hang, she heard him swallow hard. She held her breath. " I don't think I want that." Arisa heard him move around a bit, then he heard him sniffle. Was Kyo crying? Arisa began to feel a painful lump in her throat. No. Don't say that. "I mean… I know it's cowardly of me talking to you now… but… I think we should take a break." He tried hiding another sniffle. "I don't think I can be with you right now… knowing that you never believed in me…" He finished and Arisa felt him lean and kiss her forehead. "I'm sorry, Arisa. I love you." He said and she felt a tear fall on her cheek. Kyo wiped it away with his thumb. Arisa heard him whisper, "I'm sorry." She tried desperately to open her eyes again, to scream, to yell, to curse, to get up and sucker punch that bastard but she couldn't make a single muscle in her body move. She couldn't move at all.
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"I'm so glad you are awake Arisa!" Tohru's chirpy voice filled the hospital room where she lay. Arisa nodded as a small smile crossed her lips. Tohru continued. "The doctor ordered some exams to figure out why you'd passed out."
"He said it's probably because of some sort of post-traumatic stress." Hanajima said as she walked into the room accompanied by Yuki.
"I'm glad you are feeling better Uo." Said Yuki. "I." He stopped, uncertain whether to continue what he had planned to say, he faltered again. "I'm really glad." A cold smile spread on his face and Arisa shivered. He was hiding something.
"How's… How's Kyo?" She asked after a few minutes of silence. Her voice was strained and she fought some rebellious tears back into her eyes. Tohru smiled kindly and took Uo's hand on her own.
"He's fine." She giggled. "He's even walking now, even though the doctor told him he couldn't." Arisa let out the breath she had been holding ever since she saw how Kyo had fallen to the ground, clutching his chest with a bloodied hand. He was fine.
"Did he. Has he come here?" She said, her voice quiet and trembling. Maybe her mind had played some sort of trick to her. Her guilt-ridden mind. Yuki nodded.
"That's when we knew he had started walking. That was a few hours ago." He said, his gaze avoiding hers.
"Oh."
"I'm sure he'll be back Arisa, just give him time." Arisa looked up to a smiling Tohru, confused. Did she know something? Had he told her? What did she mean? What did she mean! Arisa stifled a dry laugh at her desperate thoughts.
"Yeah right."
"Uo…" Hana whispered as she closed her eyes in sadness. "You mustn't give up." Arisa looked away to the window. A bright, clear shy shone through and she did not miss the irony. Such a beautiful day… for the day he leaves…
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"Miss Uotani, Arisa, is it?" A tall man in a white coat and glasses asked as he entered Arisa's hospital room and read her medical chart. Arisa nodded. A couple of hours had passed since she had woken up; everyone had left except for Tohru. She, even after being attacked by a crazy bitch and exhausting herself by taking care of Arisa, remained by her friend's side at all times, and Arisa was indeed thankful for that.
"Have you figured out what's wrong with Uo?" Asked Tohru as she moved to Arisa's side, worried. The doctor nodded as he lifted his glasses from the lower part of his nose.
"Yup. She's pregnant." And then, the world exploded.
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"She's what? SHE'S FUCKING WHAT!" Deja vú hit the hospital staff as a loud, angry voice swept across the building, the only difference being it was a guy's voice this time.
"She's pregnant. Tohru just told me, right now. They told her about half hour ago." Yuki said in his typical calm and controlled voice. He was sitting on a chair next to Kyo's bed.
"G. God… Am I…" He grabbed his orange hair and in a cartoonish move began to try to pluck them out of his scalp in desperation. "Impossible… Impossible" He kept murmuring until a strong hand was laid on top of his head.
"Stop it." Kyo lifted his gaze from his lap and looked at Yuki curiously. "You should go talk to her right now." Yuki said and took his hand away from Kyo quickly. Kyo nodded as he dropped his hands to the side.
"Right now…" he mumbled. "Right now…"
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"You fucking bitch!" It was the first thing he said as he entered Arisa's hospital room. "You just HAD to go get PREGNANT!" He yelled across the room as he purposefully strode to her bed. "You fuck- ing…" He stopped flabbergasted. He looked around the room. One neatly done bed, one TV, one small bathroom, one bedside table, one light, one window, one chair, one Tohru. "Where's Arisa…?" He said, still astonished by the emptiness of the room. Tohru giggled quietly.
"She went to see you." She began to giggle again, this time louder. "I guess you two do think very much alike!" From behind Kyo another giggled joined Tohru's. Kyo turned around slowly, dangerously.
"You are both blockheads…" It was Yuki covering his mouth, trying to hide that girlish giggle. "You morons." He said and both Tohru and him exploded in laughter. Kyo growled.
"I'll go find her. If you see her, tell her to stop goddam moving." He slowly walked outside so as not to lose the last fragment of dignity he had.
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"Hey. Where's Kyo?" Arisa asked as she struggled with her blonde, long hair to make it into a ponytail. She entered Kyo's hospital room. Hana shrugged.
"He must be looking for you…" Arisa chuckled, that moron. "I'll go look for him." She turned to leave the room. "Hey, Hana, if you see him, tell him to stay still and that I'm looking for him." Hana nodded as she grabbed from inside the bag she had a magazine and lay down on his bed. If he ain't gonna use it…
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"Hey, Tohru! Prince!" Arisa lifted her hand in greeting as she trotted to meet her friends in front of her hospital room. The couple looked up and smiled.
"Hey, Uo, how are you feeling?" Yuki asked.
"Good, good. Looking for Kyo, have you seen him?" Tohru stifled a small giggle.
"He was just here a few minutes ago." Said Yuki noticing how Tohru was probably not going to answer soon. She was still fighting some giggling urges. "He said to tell you to stay here, so that you two could talk." Arisa frowned.
"Like hell I'm taking orders from him." She said determined. "You tell him if you find him to stay still, I want to talk to him." She quickly turned around and started walking back to Kyo's room. "I'm going to look for him."
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"Hey, Hana!" Kyo said in between gulps of air. Sure, he had begun to heal extremely well but he still had been shot in the chest not to long ago. Hana shook her head side to side.
"She's not here." She said and turned a page from her magazine. "She was here but then she left." Kyo looked at her puzzled until he finally realized who Hanajima was talking about. "She said to stay still, she needed to talk to you." Kyo snickered.
"Like hell I'm following orders from that bitch." He quickly turned around to leave the room. "If you see her, tell her to stay still that I want to talk to her." Hana nodded and flipped another page.
"Sure, sure." Kyo left the room.
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"You bitch!" He screamed from across the hall.
"You moron!" She screamed back.
"How dare you leave the room!" They both screamed at the same time. "You should've staid with-"
"Hana!" Said Arisa.
"Tohru!" Yelled Kyo.
"I can't believe I ever dated you!" Screamed Arisa as she got closer and closer to Kyo.
"I can't believe I ever date you, you bitch!" Said Kyo in response, also moving as fast as he could to meet up with Arisa. He had to get to her; he had to tell her how he felt. But when only a few large steps were between them Kyo fell to the ground clutching hopelessly his chest. Arisa ran up to him.
"Kyo, are you ok? KYO!" He chuckled.
"Goddamit woman, stop screaming." He said as he struggled to breathe properly. "I am having trouble breathing." He stopped to try to gain his normal breath again. "I shouldn't run and scream at the same time…" he said when he felt he could speak without problems again. It was then that he realized how close he was to Arisa. He smiled.
"You look gorgeous." Arisa blinked in surprise, he continued to smile. "I guess it's true that whole 'pregnant women glow' thing I've heard." She blushed and his smile grew wider.
"Well, you don't look too bad yourself consider you were shot…" She returned his smile. Silence fell among them.
"Goddamit woman. Why do I still love you?" He whispered as he turned his eyes the ground.
"Goddamit, Kyon-Kyon. Why do I still love you?" With her hand she pulled his face back to hers and soon her lips found his. Just as the kiss had begun, it ended.
"So, you were going to propose?" She said as she helped Kyo get up from the floor.
"A hella bunch of times." He said, Arisa frowned deep in thought, and then began to speak.
"Would." She stopped and Kyo looked at her. "Would you."
"Would I what?" He said annoyed.
"Would you marry me?" Kyo took a step back in shock.
"Wha- What?" Arisa smiled, a great weight had been finally lifted from her shoulders.
"Would you marry me, Kyon-Kyon?" He began to blush. "Since you said you wouldn't propose again, I decided to do it." She gently pinned him to a wall. "So, what'd ya say? Marry me?" Kyo stood speechless; enjoying the warmth Arisa's body gave him. Then, an idea occurred to him. He shook his head in denial.
"No way" Arisa paled, he grinned. "You are going to marry me. Not the other way around." His face turned serious for a moment. "I never cheated on you, Arisa." He grinned again. "I love you too much!" Arisa finally let out the nervous laugh that she had been holding just as her breath.
"You bastard…" She whispered as she hugged him tightly, tears forming in her eyes. "You scared me." Kyo hugged her back and chuckled.
"Not as much as you've scared me." He said and then felt a slight slap on his back. Finally things were back to normal. Finally.
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So what'd ya guys think?
The ending is kind of weak… it tends to happen with me… because I rush. But when I return to revise this whole thing I shall change it. So, I just figure I'd post this up now so you guys would know the conclusion.
I'm thinking of doing a one-shot of the wedding, as well as one of life post-wedding. Maybe a holiday special…
But of course, you've gotta review or I do nothing.
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