Never Give Up

By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.

A/N: Okay, this chapter is longer than the last one, so, um…I just lost my train of thought…

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Chapter Twenty-Four: Plans

Tohru looked up and smiled as Yuki came into the kitchen.

"Strawberries?" he asked, holding up a small basket; he had obviously just gone to his "secret base". "They're the first ones to ripen."

"Yes!" Tohru laughed and took the basket from Yuki so that she could wash the berries. Yuki laughed as well.

It was now May second, and Tohru was now just two weeks from her due date. Their class would be graduating in just a few days, and they had only just finished making all of the paper flowers for the ceremony (of course, all the flowers that Yuki had made had been stolen by his fan club. Surprisingly, as it was quite obvious that Kyo was taken (even if Tohru hadn't been pregnant), Kyo's flowers had been taken as well). And it seemed that Tohru was no longer nearly as nervous as she had been after her false contractions had happened. Quite the contrary, actually. As May sixteenth, Tohru's due date, drew closer and closer, she seemed to have acquired a calm contentedness. She seemed so happy, and to have so much extra energy.

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Upstairs, Kyo looked up and grinned as Kazuma walked into his room.

"How are you doing, Kyo?" Kazuma asked, picking up a book and leafing through it.

"Great!" Kyo said, turning back to his homework.

"You're lying, Kyo."

"Yeah…so?"

Kazuma shook his head. It was just a little too obvious that Kyo was still freaked out from what had happened the other day.

"Kyo, if there's anything that's bothering you about this, then you need to tell me, or at least Hatori."

"What do you mean?" Kyo was refusing to look at Kazuma.

"I mean that if there's any more questions that you have about Tohru or the baby, or about what's going to happen when Tohru goes into labor, then just ask."

"I know, Dad."

"Well, is that what's bothering you?" Kazuma asked. "Or is it something else? Kyo?"

"No, it's just that, well…"

"What?"

"Shigure just told me a couple minutes ago that…that my father called."

"Ahh…" Kazuma bit his lip. "Well, that does present a problem."