Sigh I'm hopeless. Really, there is no hope for me. How many months has it been since i've updated ANY of my stories!? God...I'm sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry and i pray to what gods there are that none of you have come to hate me too much. I humbly offer this chaper as some means of an apology. I'm sick, so I'm sorry if I end up making this chapter sound wierd. (-sneezes-) Please enjoy to it's fullest extent.
Oh, and just FYI, this isn't a yaoi story for those of you who were hoping for another. My other one, 'Stranded' is though.
Read on! (-coughs/sneezes-) Ugh...

Disclaimer: Well, if i owned Fruits Basket, there would be yaoi. Since there be no yaoi in the books, i guess i don't own it.

Yuki had gone to his Nii-san a week ago. When he had arrived at Ayame's shop, he still didn't have an idea of what it was he wanted to accomplish, but he followed through with the task of making the hat. Ayame had been surprisingly helpful and enthusiastic to make the hat, though he had a feeling that it had been more for the 'brotherly bonding time' than the fact that it was a gift for Kyo. It had taken quite a few tries to even make the stupid thing, and even when he had made a relatively decent looking hat, Ayame had still needed to do a few touch ups to make it look...well, normal. Either way though, it had been made and was now in Kyo's room.

Whether Kyo had it now or not, Yuki didn't know. The cat - or former cat, he should say - had gone upstairs a while ago, most likely to the roof.

He had placed the hat on Kyo's bed during the party, which was quite easy since they both ignored eachother effectively the entire time. Yuki wondered what effect it would have though, giving Kyo the hat. There wasn't really any doubt in his mind that Kyo still hated him, even if it had been a lot more subtle since the lifting of the curse. Actually, even before that it had been a little less intense. Kyo had changed somewhere along the line, Yuki knew. He had gotten calmer, nicer and even more polite, even if it was still tense when the two of them were together.

Yuki certainly didn't hate Kyo, or at least he didn't anymore. It was possible that he really didn't hate Kyo at all, even though he had been the thorn in his side since they met. In fact, it hadn't even started as hate, but more as...jealousy. He watched from a distance as Kyo moved around so freely with his other cousins, never under the pressure to be a good little school boy, or the perfect friend for Akito, or a tool. And Kyo hated him for being that person, wanting to have a place in the Sohma family that he was trapped in. It had made Yuki miserable, and over time hateful of how Kyo had thought of him as an enemy just because he was the rat. Indeed, Kyo had slipped into the role of rat hating the cat, cat hating the rat willingly, adding his own personal life to justify and intensify it. Yuki had fallen into it as well, though not quite meaning to do so.

Now though, Yuki wanted out of it. He wanted to leave the curse and everything that had been with it far behind him. Including his dislike for Kyo. The question was, would Kyo desert it as well?

Because really, what Yuki wanted was-

"Yuki-kun!" Tohru appeared in the doorway to the kitchen, snapping Yuki out of his reverie. "Would you go get Kyo-kun? It's almost time for dinner!"

"Sure..." Crap. He really didn't know what Kyo's reaction to the hat would be. If he had found it already...if he was angry...What if Yuki had only made everything worse than it already was?

Tohru, seeing Yuki's slight, discomforted expression, quickly added, "Oh, I could go get him instead! I wouldn't want to trouble you!"

"Ah, no! It's fine Tohru." Yuki said, putting a reassuring smile on his face. "I'll go get him." With that, Yuki turned and walked up the stair, Tohru watching him from the door as he went. She smiled lightly. He had called her Tohru again instead of Honda-San.

Yuki climbed the stairs, not bothering to hide the worry on his face since noone was around to question it. Really, what would happen if he had made it worse? If Kyo was angry now it would be even more tense to be around him than ever. The last time he had brought up a hat, or the hat, Kyo had been anything but willing to talk about it, or even really acknowledge it.

Kyo stood in front of Kyo's door for a moment before reaching out to knock on the door. However, there wasn't an answer. Yuki pushed the door open the door. "Tohru says dinners-" Yuki stopped. He had been prepared to make a quick retreat to avoid any possible anger.

Looking at Kyo though, he stopped.

Sitting at the edge of his bed, Kyo was holding the hat in his hands and just staring at it. He looked...sad...?

Cautiously, Yuki spoke to him. "Nii-San helped me make it."

Kyo's mouth opened, and after a moment formed into words. "You made this..."

Kyo looked up at him, his face expressionless.

Yuki nodded, wondering when he would blow up, or if he even would.

Kyo simply lowered his head, the hair hanging in his face blocking the view of his eyes.

Finally, Kyo spoke. "What-"

"Yuki-kun! Kyo-kun! What are you-?" Tohru stopped in the doorway. "O-oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt or anything - dinner is ready but there's no need to worry I can wait!" She made to leave, a bright blush on her face.

"No." Kyo said quickly, standing up.

Tohru stopped hesitantly.

"It's okay. We were just heading down." Kyo set the hat on his bed again, walking forward. "Right rat?" He thumped Yuki lightly on the shoulder as he walked by.

Yuki said nothing. What was this?

"Oh...okay!" Tohru said, walking after Kyo, who headed down the hall.

Yuki came out of the doorway, watching them. What was this? Did Kyo just brush him off? Or did he hate him still? Or...?

Kyo looked back at him. "Hurry it up Yuki!" He paused, looking back and smirking brightly at him.

Kyo had...accepted it?

Yuki felt a small smile form on his face as he walked forward to continue down the stairs, following Kyo.

Hmm. The ending of this chapter seemed a little week to me... I dunno. I might rewrite it when i read it over again tomorrow. (-sneezes-) I hope you all enjoyed that chapter! There'll be one more chapter on this story plot. After that I'll probably write random after-chapters of how Kyo and Yuki interact with eachother. Please review! I'll try to get to writing the next chapter soon okay? (I am still sick with nothing to do...so it'll probably be soon)