Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket
A/N: Ohh big Kyo/Tohru chapter, and I put in some Rin/Haru on request. I'm trying really hard to involve all the couples in this fic. But there are so many! I barely have time for Kyoru with all the stuff I have to put in! And there's a lot of Yuki/Machi stuff, because this fic is a lot about the hurdles of their relationship and how it progresses. But enough about my ranting. I keep saying this fic is nearing its end, but the chapters just keep coming!
"Boo."
Strong arms wrapped around Rin's waist as she watched the clouds float by through the window. She didn't need to ask who it was. She just smiled and leaned back against his strong chest. "What do you want, Haru?"
"Mmm, nothing. It seems like the whole incident that went on with Akito while we were out the other day is starting to blow over, even though some people are still a bit shaken. I would have beaten him up if I were there." Haru said into Rin's neck.
"Then it's a good thing we weren't. Good thing that Manabe kid's such an idiot."
"Ano, Rin? Wanna go for a walk?" Haru asked, lacing his fingers into her's.
"Sure, why not. Where to?" Rin shrugged, looking up at him.
"Just the convenience store. Kyo's sulking because we're out of milk." Haru explained.
"Okay then." Rin turned around and started for the door when Haru grabbed her wrist and spun her around, letting his lips meet her's.
As the kiss deepened, Rin murmured. "Mm, can the milk wait?"
Before Haru could answer, in a blur of yellow and pink, Momiji and Kimi appeared on either side of them. "PDA POLICE! There shall be no inappropriate PDA in this house, before the eyes of the children!" They said in unison, pointing towards Kisa and Hiro. ("Who are you calling a child?")
Rin snickered. "As if they haven't had any experience themselves."
Kimi and Momiji blinked questioningly at Kisa and Hiro, who flamed red and looked down, causing the two to grin.
"Y-Yeah, well, I caught you two making out on the porch yesterday!" Hiro pointed an accusing finger towards Kimi and Momiji, who flushed red and looked down as well.
Rin burst into laughter. "YOU TWO? MAKING OUT? THAT IS TOO GOOD!" She burst out, clutching her stomach, and wiping tears.
Haru placed a hand on her head as she recovered, smiling. "Come on. The convenience store?"
Rin nodded and followed him out. "As long as there's no PDA Police there..." She muttered.
As they strode into the path, Haru swung an arm around Rin's shoulder, pulling her close. "I'm proud of you. You've loosened up so much. You're laughing and having fun again. I'm glad."
Rin smiled and looked up. "Couldn't have done it without you."
"Nao-kun! Ohayo!" Kagura leaned over the counter.
"Ohayo, Kagura-chan..." Naohito nodded. "Usual?"
"Yup!" Kagura waved a lowfat yogurt.
Naohito took her money and tossed her a spoon, and leaned on the counter himself. "So, what have the idiots been doing lately?" He asked. It had been discovered ages ago that the rest of the student council was staying with the Sohmas, and Kagura had come around every morning to talk and fill him in on the insanity he was gladly missing. Kagura explained the Akito situation.
"Seriously? Manabe knocked him out with a potted plant? That idiot!" Naohito sputtered.
Kagura laughed. "That's what we were all thinking! But it worked, and Kuragi-san wasn't mauled with a coffee table."
Naohito sighed. "Damn, you've got one screwed up head of the family. Would you ever even DARE to have a relationship?"
Kagura fidgeted. "Well... if I liked them enough, I guess." She smiled and looked up at Naohito. "Is there anyone you like, Nao-kun?"
Naohito blushed and looked down. "W-well, I'm over Minagawa-sempai..."
"Good!" There was a pause. "Hey, look up, will you, Nao-kun?"
Naohito raised his head, and his lips were met instantly with Kagura's. They leaned over the counter in lip-lock for a long minute, until the bell above the door to the store rang. They jumped apart and looked back to see Rin and Haru staring at them.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here, Kagura?" Rin asked, eyebrows raised. Kagura blushed deep red, as did Naohito, and Haru and Rin both grinned mischievously. "So THAT'S where you've been disappearing to all the time. I see you're into younger men."
"Be quiet Rin! Don't tell anyone! Or I'll tell them that I caught you doing it TWICE over the summer!" Kagura squealed, squirming with embarrassment.
"Whatever." Rin scoffed. "None of my business anyway. Hey, boyfriend, ring up this milk, will you?"
A very red Naohito scanned the milk and muttered it's price.
"Make sure to use protection, and try not to get the counter too dirty..." Haru said unaffectedly as he paid.
This time Naohito was sure his whole body was on fire as he yelled. "THAT WAS OUR FIRST KISS, YOU PERV!"
"Nn? What's this?" Haru said, ignoring him. He plucked a poster off the wall.
"Oh that?" Naohito looked at it as well. "Well, this town has a summer festival fair thing coming up this weekend. If you guys want to go, it's supposed to be a lot of fun." He said, handing Haru the change.
"Hm. Well, you can count on seeing us there. You should ask her to go with you." Haru winked, jerking his head towards Kagura, who was yelling at a teasing Rin. He took a flyer and turned back. "Come on Rin, let's head back."
Rin and Haru left, and Naohito looked from the flyer to Kagura, who was tossing out the yogurt, looking extremely flustered. "Ano, Kagura-chan?"
Haru and Rin came back from the convenience store and announced the news about the festival and got the whole house buzzing with exitement. Kagura practically skipped in next, announcing she had a date. When she told them who, there was an outburst of laughter from Manabe.
"HOW THE HELL DID SHORTY MANAGE TO GET A DATE WITH A HOT OLDER WOMAN?" He choked between fits of laughter. "WAY TO GO SHORTY!"
"You're going out with Naohito?" Yuki asked disbelievingly.
"Good job Nao-chan!" Kimi cheered.
Machi just watched silently.
Meanwhile, Kyo was staring at the flyer Haru had brought for a long time. He was silent, and you couldn't really tell what was going through his head. He left the flyer on the coffee table (lol) and walked into the kitchen, leaning on the doorframe. He watched Tohru for a bit as she hummed and bounced around the kitchen, clumsily dropping a spoon and then scolding herself as she picked it up and washed it. She had just dried it and turned around when she realized Kyo standing there. "Oh, Kyo-kun!"
"Hey Tohru..." Kyo said, looking down with a slight blush. "I..."
Apparantly, she hadn't heard him because she bounced up and squealed. "Kyo-kun! Did you hear about Kagura and Naohito-san? SUMMER LOVE, KYO-KUN! So... KAWAII!" She squealed, spinning in circles.
Kyo chuckled. "Yeah... cute..."
"Oh, did you need something Kyo-kun?" She stopped and turned to look at him.
"Ah... N-no... just dropping by..." He cleared his throat. "Ja..." He quickly turned and left, before banging his head repeatedly against the wall. Moron... just ask her...
I'm trying... but for some reason... I just can't get over these insecurities that are welling up inside of me... Choking my words...
He groaned. "Goddammit!" He stormed off down the hallway, before walking straight into Kazuma.
"Kyo, aren't you looking flustered." He chuckled and waved a flyer up. "You don't happen to be planning on asking Tohru to this are you?" He raised his eyebrows.
Kyo blushed. "Shishou! Shut up! I'm not asking anyone to anything, dammit!" He crossed his arms stubbornly.
Shishou smiled. "Well, good luck then. I'm sure she'll say yes." He waved and continued down the hallway.
Damn him... Kyo twitched, before heading out to the backyard, which had a tall old tree that gave him straight access to the roof.
Kazuma headed down the hall in the opposite direction when he bumped into Hanajima. "I seem to be bumping into everyone today. Oh, hello, Hanajima-san."
"Hi Kazuma-san." Hanajima smiled.
Kazuma was continuing down the hallway when a hand grabbed the sleeve of his kimono. "W-Wait... Kazuma-san..."
Kazuma turned around in surprise. "Yes?"
"Will you..." Hanajima was nervous for once, and not quite sure what to say. "Will you go to the fair with me... even if you don't like me, even if... you only see me as a child... just for one night... will you... humor me, please...?" Her heart was beating a mile a minute and Kazuma was just staring at her with wide eyes.
Kazuma smiled. "Of course. I'd be happy to. Besides, I'm looking forward to seeing you in a yukata."
Hanajima blinked before grinning. "It will be a black one."
Kazuma laughed.
"Shishou-san, do you know where Kyo-kun went?" Tohru asked Kazuma as he passed the kitchen. She had finished cooking lunch, and now she was seeking out Kyo to see if he wanted to go swimming with everyone else.
"I believe he's on the roof." Kazuma told her.
"EH? HOW?" She asked, searching frantically through her head for any place that could lead up there. Her eyes went wide. "DID HE CLIMB THE GUTTERS?"
Kazuma laughed at the mental picture he got of Kyo shimmying up the gutter and shook his head. "No, no, he climbed that old tree outside Kuragi-san and Toudou-san's room."
"O-oh..." Tohru said, blushing with embarrassment.
"Yeah. Go find him. I think he wants to ask you something." He winked and swept past her and continued down the hall.
Tohru looked back at him in confusion, but then shrugged and made her way outside to the tree. She gave it a determined look before taking a deep breath and climbing up. After almost falling a couple of times, she made it to the roof and hoisted herself up with some effort. She kneeled at the edge of the roof and saw Kyo a little ways down, eyes closed, leaning back on his hands.
He's sleeping... She smiled gently and watched as the wind ruffled his hair and swept his peaceful features. She padded noiselessly up to him and knelt by his side, trying to decide whether to wake him or not. The longer she watched him, the faster her heart paced, and the hotter her face got. He looked so... attractive lying there like that. She leaned over and brushed his hair as gently as the wind and slowly placed her lips on his.
At that point, Kyo, who had been awake the whole time, realized that it wasn't a cat or bird that had tapped on the roof, or the wind that had brushed his hair. The sensation of soft lips on his brought his thoughts to an abrupt halt and his eyes snapped open.
Tohru savored the kiss but when she opened her eyes, she had Kyo's garnet eyes staring straight back at her. She jerked away so quickly she lost her balance.
"Tohru!" Kyo's fast reflexes kicked in and he quickly leaned forward and grabbed her hand, pulling her back towards him. With a thud, he landed on his back and Tohru landed on her hands and knees, straddling Kyo. Both were frozen in this awkward situation, hardly able to breathe, their hearts hammering for all their worth.
"Kyo-kun... I can explain... I just... uh..." She stopped. The truth was, she couldn't explain. There was no way around this situation. She just took a deep breath and closed her eyes, bracing herself for the rejection.
"Tohru..." she didn't open her eyes, but felt instead, Kyo rolling her over so they switched positions. She opened her eyes to see him looking down at her seriously. She opened her mouth to talk but Kyo beat her to it. "Shh. Close your eyes." Tohru obeyed and felt his lips press against her's and she kissed him back, tangling her fingers in his hair. She felt her head spin as the kiss deepened and their tongues tangled inside their mouths. She moaned as his fingers slipped up the inside of her leg as the other hand stroked her face.
Kazuma looked up from the backyard to the roof to see how things were going and almost started laughing as he saw them on top of each other, making out for all it's worth. Good going, Kyo.
That was when Kyo slipped and fell on top of Tohru, and a poof erupted through the roof. Tohru blinked, now lying with a cat on top of her stomach, his clothes on her legs. Not that his shirt hadn't come off long ago anyway, and Tohru's was halfway unbuttoned. When your animal instinct took over, boy did it take over. Both of them blushed and Tohru scrambled to fix her clothes, both avoiding eye contact, Kyo muttering something like "damn curse".
"Ano... Tohru?" The orange cat asked.
"Y-Yes Kyo-kun?"
"Do you want to go to the festival with me?"
"I'd love to!"
O.O Damn that was dirty! I still can't believe it myself. Well, you wanted more Kyoru! (sweatdrop)
