Never Give Up
By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.
A/N: Okay, this is probably just going to be another short chapter, so , whatever. Oh, and Haa-kun (Hatsuharu) calls Shigure "sensei" and Isuzu's nickname is Rin. Just for those of you who don't read the manga or aren't that far yet.
Chapter Seven:
"Tohru! You're home!"
"Oh! Momiji!" Tohru stared as Momiji jumped to his feet from where he sat at the table as she came in through the back door, followed closely by Yuki and Hatori.
Hatsuharu, who had one arm around Isuzu and the other around Kisa, jumped up as well upon seeing Yuki and went to him, tugging on the Prince's shirt; Isuzu waved at them.
"Sissy!" Kisa jumped up and ran to Tohru, throwing her arms around her with a big smile; she pulled away a little with a slight frown. "Sissy, your stomach is swollen. Are you okay?"
"Hmm? Oh, yes! I'll be okay soon." Tohru tried to smile but instead yawned. Yuki was instantly by her side.
"Miss Honda, would you like some tea?" he asked, helping her to sit down.
"Yes, please."
Yuki immediately went into the kitchen, followed by Hatori, who was muttering something about how Yuki would somehow find a way to burn Tohru's tea.
Tohru smiled, then jumped, startled, when Momiji placed a hand on her stomach.
"You are swollen!" Momiji frowned, concerned. "Are you sure that you're okay, Tohru? Did you run into something hard?"
"Oh, no. I'll be fine soon, I promise!" Tohru smiled and tried to laugh Momiji's questions away as Yuki and Hatori came back from the kitchen; Yuki handed her a cup of tea and took her jacket from her; Isuzu narrowed her eyes at the Rat as Hatsuharu trailed absentmindedly behind him as Yuki went to put the jackets away; Tohru took note of it.
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"So where exactly is Kyo?" Isuzu asked Hatori.
Half an hour later, everyone was still in Shigure's house, waiting for him to return. And Isuzu, who had been watching Yuki's every move as he treated Tohru like a glass rose, had finally asked the question that all of the sohmas wanted to know.
Abruptly, Tohru stood up, startling Yuki, who had been about to pour her more tea.
"Miss Honda!"
"I'll be in my room," she said quietly. "I still have some homework to do."
As Tohru left to go up the stairs, Isuzu stared after her for a moment, before shrugging Hatsuharu's arm off her shoulders and standing up as well; she followed Tohru without a word.
Momiji, Haru, and Kisa stared after the two for a moment before turning to the Dragon and the Rat for an explanation.
Hatori sighed.
"There's something that you should all know," he said, "about Kyo."
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Upstairs, Isuzu caught Tohru by the shoulders.
"Tohru, are you okay? Huh?" Isuzu had spun Tohru around to see that the girl was in tears. "Tohru?"
"Oh, Isuzu!" Tohru cried. "I just don't know what to do!" She buried her head in Rin's shoulder; Isuzu, though shocked, helped Tohru to sit down.
"Okay, spill. What is it? It's about the Cat, isn't it?"
Tohru nodded miserably.
"What is it?"
"May sixteenth," Tohru murmured.
"Huh? Tohru, today is December sixteenth. Are you running a fever?"
Tohru didn't seem to hear her. "Five months," she whispered. "There are exactly five months until May sixteenth."
"Tohru?"
Tohru looked up into Isuzu's eyes.
"Kyo said that he'd only be gone for two weeks!" she sobbed. "He's been gone for four months now! But he has to get back before the week of May sixteenth, he just has to!"
"What's May sixteenth?" Isuzu asked. "You graduate a whole week before then, so what's the big deal? Isn't Kazuma going to tutor Kyo so that he can graduate, too?"
"No, that's not it…Isuzu?"
"Hmm?" Isuzu leaned forward a little.
"May sixteenth is the baby's due date."
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"You mean Sissy's pregnant?!?"
Everyone in the room jumped at Kisa's loud volume.
Yuki nodded miserably and Hatori sighed, rubbing his temples.
"Four months," he muttered. "She's four months along, and neither Kazuma nor Kyo know yet. Kyo should be home soon, but you all know his Shisiou. Loses track of the time when he's with the Cat."
Momiji scowled. "I can't believe that Kyo would do that to Tohru! What was he thinking?"
"That's just it." Hatsuharu stood up. "He probably wasn't thinking." he rounded on Yuki. "And just where you during all of this, Prince Yuki? Where we you? Were you sleeping? Or were you awake and you could hear them going at it, but you didn't want to say anything because you were embarrassed?"
"Now Haru, this isn't the time to go black--" Hatori started, but Hatsuharu rounded on him as well.
"Shut up, Ha'ri! Did you know about this as soon as it happened? Huh? Or were you happy when you found out that she was knocked up? You knew that once Akito found out about this, then he would stop pressuring you, to make people forget all the time, that he would have someone else to pick on."
"Haru-"
"Quiet, Kisa!"
Kisa's eyes filled with tears; Hatsuharu had never gone black on her before; Hatsuharu instantly calmed down.
"Kisa! I'm sorry Kisa," he murmured, pulling her to him in a hug; Yuki breathed a slight sigh of relief. Haru hadn't had much time to be black this time around.
Hatsuharu let Kisa go and turned to Hatori.
"Ha'ri, when did Shishou tell Sensei he would bring Kyo back?"
"Right after Christmas, at the latest." Hatori looked slightly surprised. "Why do you ask?"
Hatsuharu turned to Yuki, who nodded.
"He won't be back for another two weeks?"
Hatori turned to Isuzu as she came down the stairs.
"Where is--?"
"Sleeping. Ha'ri, how could you not tell us about Kyo and Tohru?" Isuzu demanded. "Do you know what happened up there?" When Hatori didn't answer her, Isuzu continued angrily. "She's just cried herself to sleep, that's what happened! She's worried sick, she has no idea what she's going to do, and the only person that she really wants to talk to is that damned Kyo, and he's the one who got her into this mess!"
"Rin--" Yuki started, but she cut him off.
"Hatori, she's going to make herself sick, do you not realize that? She hasn't even told her two best friends, she's had no one to talk to but Yuki and Shigure, but she doesn't want to make them worry. She told me everything that happened that night, so don't try to tell me that I can't be angry with Cat-boy. From how it sounded, it was originally Kyo's idea in the first place. And you!" Isuzu rounded on Haru; he flinched. "Just what the Hell were you thinking, giving Kyo condoms? As far as I'm concerned, this is just as much your fault right now as it is his!"
"But I-" Hatsuharu cut himself off as Rin glared at him.
"Maybe it's best if we no longer mention Kyo to Tohru," Hatori said. At least not until he gets back."
"You mean until Haru and I bring him back," Yuki said quietly.
"What-"
Hatori was interrupted by the door swinging open.
"Shigure, you're home! Huh?" Momiji stopped short. "Ha'ri, get over here now!" he yelled. Shigure stared at him bleakly as Hatsuharu jumped up and pressed a dishtowel against his heavily bleeding chest.
"Akito knows," he muttered as Hatori sat him down and began to wipe away the worst of the blood to see how bad the damage was.
A/N: So, give me flames if you want, I really don't care, because I have Dr. Pepper and rootbeer! Lol, reviews or no more.
Oh, and my computer program thingy is still acting up, so it may be a little while. Sorries, and thanks for putting up with me!
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