Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket.
A/N: Okay, so I've been doing a LOT of fan fiction-ing recently. But what else can I do, I've had nothing to do but pack for the move to my new house. ARGH. Okay, I'll stop now. Well, here's chapter 3 and hopefully the next time you hear from me, I'll have a life…
"RAMEN! RAMEN!" Manabe chanted as they all snapped their chopsticks in half and murmured an "Idakimas". Manabe began shoving the ramen into his mouth. They all ate their food with some idle chat, until somebody finally got sick of Manabe's lack of manners.
"Hey, don't you know how to eat?" Uotani snorted disapprovingly.
"No, it's just that I'm just SOOO hungry, Ari-chan!" Manabe grinned.
"ARI-CHAN? WHAT THE HELL KINDA NAME IS THAT?" Uotani fumed and tossed some ramen at him.
"It's your new nickname from me! Just like how I call Yuki Yun-Yun!" Manabe laughed.
I'll kill him… I'll wring his ungrateful little neck… Uotani reached out to strangle him, but Hanajima stopped her.
"A little nickname between lovers isn't so bad…" She said calmly.
"LOVERS?" now she started on Hanajima.
"Sorry, toots, but I'm already taken. Ah, I love my girl…" Manabe proceeded to daydream about his girlfriend.
"DON'T CALL ME TOOTS!" Uotani paused. "But me too… I… also like somebody…" She added quietly. Hanajima was silent, and Tohru looked at her with sad eyes. The rest of them were just plain confused though.
"Don't worry, Arisa. If Kureno loves you, he'll come back for you…" Hanajima patted her back.
"KURENO?" Both Yuki and Kyo dropped their chopsticks.
"Like the Kureno?" Kyo sputtered.
There was no answer.
Well, at least somebody noticed that they didn't want to talk about it, so she broke the silence. "Kimi is full! Kimi thinks we should get out now, if we want to reach by sunset!"
"Yes!" Tohru and Kimi laughed and talked together, for they had already acquired a friendship throughout the lunch.
As they got up, Uotani mouthed a silent thank you to Kimi, who just smiled back.
Once again, Yuki and Manabe were arguing over who would drive.
Yuki: "I only agreed to halfway!"
Manabe: "So? I want to drive the whole way!"
Yuki: "Don't be stupid!"
Manabe: "I'm not being stupid! I want to drive!"
Kimi: "Kimi wants to drive too!"
Yuki and Manabe: "NO!"
Finally, somebody broke the argument. "I'LL DRIVE!" Uotani yelled, silencing the two.
"Yay, Ari-chan is going to drive!" Manabe happily hopped into the backseat next to Machi who sat between him and Hanajima.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!" Uotani jumped into the front seat next to Kimi, and started the car.
"That's what I told him about 'Yun-Yun'. The idiot never listens." Yuki muttered before getting in his seat and raising his voice as he closed the door. "Hey! How come you let her drive, but you won't let me drive!"
"Just because."
And so the argument started up again.
"They're such idiots, aren't they?" Hanajima commented to Machi.
"Yeah…" Machi nodded in agreement.
"Kyo-kun?" Tohru asked.
"Yeah?"
"Y… You're hand…" she had turned scarlet.
Kyo noticed his hand had strayed to Tohru's leg at some point. "OH! I-I'm sorry! I hadn't noticed!" Kyo turned red as well, and quickly withdrew his hand.
"EWWW! KYO-KUN'S A PERV! SICKO! MOLESTOR! SEX FEIND!" Manabe burst out from the back seat.
"YOU SHUT UP!"
"Hey, lets sing a song!" Manabe suggested.
"Yay! Kimi wants to sing! Kimi wants to sing!"
"I know." Uotani grinned and got into the spirit. "Ninety nine bottles of beer on the wall, ninety nine bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around ninety eight bottles of beer on the wall!"
"YEAH!" Manabe and Kimi joined in.
Five minutes later the three were still singing just as enthusiastically, but Kyo had had enough.
"Sixty five bottles of beer on the wall, sixty five bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around—"
"WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?"
"Hey Ari-chan?"
"What?"
"Are we there yet?"
"NO."
"…."
"Hey Ari-chan?"
"What?"
"Are we there yet?"
"NO."
"…."
"Hey Ari-cha—"
"NO!"
"Hey Yun-Yun?"
"What?"
"Are we—?"
"NO!"
"But I was going to ask if we were going to make it there in time for dinner…"
By the time they had reached, the sun had almost disappeared. Tohru was asleep, leaning on the door, and it took every muscle in Kyo's body to keep him from wrapping his arms around her.
Yuki and Manabe were fighting again, and Uotani and Kimi were chatting in the front while the radio blasted some J-pop singer. Hanajima and Machi had sort of got a—could you call it a friendship? Well, in any case, they were talking quietly together.
"Oh, Uotani-san, you turn into that place." Yuki directed, and the car came to a stop in front of a large summer home in traditional Japanese style.
"WHOA! Prince, Orangey, you got a MANSION down here!" Uotani gaped as she got out of the car.
"It is most impressive…" Hanajima agreed.
"Nice, Yun-Yun!"
"Kimi likes it too!"
"Tohru?" Kyo nudged Tohru awake.
"H-Huh? Kyo-kun…?" Tohru got up and rubbed her eyes. Realizing the position she was in, she quickly bolted up. "I-I'm sorry!" She jumped out of the car, and Kyo followed.
"You apologize way too much, Tohru." Kyo lightly tapped her on the head. "Besides, car rides can be tiring…"
"You got that right! Especially for the driver!" Uotani stretched and yawned. "So, where are we going to crash?"
They all headed inside and Yuki and Machi lagged slightly behind. "So, do you like the place?" Yuki asked her casually.
"It's… peaceful…" She replied quietly.
Yuki smiled at her. He knew she'd like it.
The room arrangements were as followed: Tohru and Kisa, Hanajima and Uotani, Kimi and Machi, Hiro and Momiji, Haru and Kyo, Yuki and Manabe, and Hatori, Ayame, and Shigure, who all shared one.
"It looks like we won't get to share a room with Tohru…" Uotani said disappointedly.
"Yes, but we don't really have a curfew or anything, so you can visit anytime you want! Plus, there's someone I'd like you to meet!" Tohru said cheerfully as they went into the living area where they met up with the rest of the people who had gotten here early.
After the proper introductions had been made, Tohru hugged Kisa. "I LOVE YOU!" She turned to Uotani, Hanajima, and Kimi. "ISN'T SHE ADORABLE!"
"Hey!" Uotani patted her on the head and Hanajima smiled at her.
"Oh, you are the cutest! Kimi loves you too!" Kimi took a turn to hug the girl.
Kisa just blushed.
"Hey! Would you get your hands off her!" Hiro pushed through, not being able to stand the fact that so many people were fawning over his girl.
"Oh, this one's cute too!" Kimi went over to hug Hiro.
"Get off me!" Hiro pushed away.
"Feisty one, aren't we?" Uotani turned to Hiro.
"Oh my… so protective of your girlfriend… how honorable…" Hanajima said in her usual creepy way.
"Ah…" Hiro backed away from her a bit. Once he got over his scared moment he blushed. "Wait a sec! She's not my girlfriend!" Not yet… He added in his head.
Kisa was blushing too.
"But, I… I'll protect her anyway…" Hiro said.
"Aw, how noble!" Kimi took a second try to hug him, but once again, he pushed her away just in time.
Now lets go over to the other side of the room. "Hey! Ayame! Long time no see!" Manabe greeted Ayame. As you could guess, he got along pretty well with him and Shigure.
Meanwhile, Hatori was having a small "problem" of his own.
"Wow! You're a doctor! Kimi loves doctors!" Kimi's eyes sparkled as she looked up at Hatori.
"Um… t-thanks… I think?" Hatori backed away nervously, sweat dropping.
"All of the Sohma men are so handsome…" Kimi gazed dreamily at him.
"Um… I… I already have a girlfriend!" Hatori said quickly.
"Oh, I have a boyfriend too!" Kimi giggled.
What… What is with this girl? Hatori backed into a wall. She has me cornered!
"Kimi! Stop harassing Yun-Yun's cousin!" Manabe called.
Kimi backed off, huffing. "Can't Kimi flirt with Yun-Yun's handsome older cousins a little bit?"
"Y-YUN-YUN?" Shigure burst out laughing, and Hatori seemed a bit amused himself.
"SHUT UP!"
"So, what's for dinner?" Manabe leaned back on the couch.
"Well, we don't really have time to make anything, but there's ramen!"
After dinner, Momiji and Haru had arrived, and tired from their journey, everyone headed to bed early.
"Ah, there are so many innocent high school girls sleeping right down the hall…" Shigure told Hatori as he looked dreamily towards the door.
"Just shut up and go to sleep, you pervert!"
So… you like? YOU LIKE? I just went to the pool with my friends, so maybe I am starting to get a life! (Cries super-deformed style as the light shines down)
