At last, the long wait is over! I don't own fruits basket by the way...


"You're late," Ryotaro told Sayuri as she reached the backstage.

"No I'm not, it's only 6:30 in the evening," Sayuri said giving back Ryotaro's coat.

"What took you so long?" he asked her frantically.

"How come you're becoming so hot-headed? Miki-chan and I had dinner in a friend's house; I brought my sister home, and got myself a coat so that I won't have to borrow your coat when we have to go home later at midnight!"

"Don't you know that Minagawa-san is looking for you?" He told her as he was fixing the band equipment.

"Minagawa-san?" she looked at him, "what is she asking?"

"I thought you'll never ask--"

"It's a good thing you're back from your vacation Sayuri," a sweet female seducing voice entered the room. It was Motoko Minagawa, the owner of the bar. Sayuri watched her walk like a fashion model, admiring her long reddish hair, she seemed like a goddess. "We've run short of staff members tonight Sayuri, here…" she threw a bunny costume at the black-haired girl who obviously seemed awed by her presence. Then the black haired, gothic loving girl stared at the costume on her hands. "We need more waitresses tonight, please be one."

"But Minagawa-san," Ryotaro interrupted "We are gonna have a gig tonight, don't you think you'll overwork her?"

"Taro-kun, your brother told me that your gig would be at 9 pm, for the mean time, we need her,"

"Wage increase Minagawa-san?" Sayuri asked.

"Yes, and maybe some tips from the costumers," Motoko answered her.

Sayur's eyes sparkled, MORE MONEY! "I'LL TAKE IT!"

"Don't you ever feel tired sayuri-chan?" Ryotaro asked her.

"No! not at all, I'm fine," Sayuri imagined herself at a pool of money "I wish she would ask me freaquently,"

Idiot! Ryotaro thought.

Motoko gave a sly smile "Enough of your concern Taro-kun,… I expect you to go to work immediately,"

"YES!" Sayuri answered enthusiastically.

--&--

It sure was a busy Friday night! Sayuri thought as she cleaned the bar, it is already reaching 1 am. She was mopping the floor when she reminisced the recent events; Friday nights bring a lot of visitors: and since they had a good time, she was able to collect lots of tips; she even recalled how the crowd cheered when she and her band mates performed. Sayuri sang herself a tune and imagined herself swimming in a pool of money again.

"Sayuri, you've done pretty well tonight," Reiko Mitsuishi, the head janitor told her.

"Thank you Mitsuishi-san, if that means more money then I'll accept any offer Minagawa-san tells me," sayuri answered in a cheerful voice.

"Don't you ever feel tired?" the head janitor asked in amusement.

"Tired is not a word in my dictionary especially the word S-I-C-K,"

"Oh Ri-chan, don't overdo yourself," The old woman told her "please, in the end, you'll be the one who'll suffer the most,… anyway, where do you need the money?"

"I want to get rich!"

The head janitor snorted. "Youth," she whispered to herself. "Hey sayuri-chan, won't you mind if I go a little earlier, I have to assist with Kimi, and she's a drunken costumer again,"

"Kimi Toudo?"

"yes, and her father hired me to become her governess, saying that she keeps on going to Minagawa's bar then just to play with boys or just get herself drunk,"

"I thought Toudo-san and Minagawa-san are rivals? Then why is she here?"

"I don't meddle with the affairs of others," then Reiko got her coat, "I'll be off then,"

"Yes, it's alright, I'm almost done with my work," sayuri told the elderly woman. She felt her cell phone vibrate. She flipped it open and read a message from Ryotaro:

Are you already home?

Sayuri smiled at his concern and replied:

Yes, I'm home, don't worry.

She giggled. "He is such a nice friend, unlike his twin brother Tomo-kun, hmp, that bastard!"

As she finished putting the cleaning materials into their rightful place, she put on her coat and went to the door. Going outside, she closed the remaining lights that were open, when she heard a groan. As she tried to find the source of the groan and as much to her surprise she saw a handsome man with golden curls, in his hand was a shot of glass and a bottle of liquor was beside it. On his back he wore a bunny back pack.

Sayuri's eyes grew wide… "Usagi-kun…"