River of Love

By: Chibi Silver Neko

Summary: First attempt at Shigure x Tohru. Shigure has always been fond Tohru, whom he calls his 'little flower'. But what happens when his brotherly instincts slowly turn into love? Shigure x Tohru fluff.

Silver: And here we are, almost at 100 reviews and this only the twelfth chapter. This story is now at 99 reviews. Wow. I am truly impressed. Thank you everyone!

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Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. Fruits Basket belongs to Natsuki Takuya-sama! No suing.
" . . . " - talking

' . . . ' - thinking

italics - song

Bold and Italics - a flashback or a dream

Bold - Shigure's dog instincts is speaking

A/N - Just in case, I'm warning you all now: there maybe spoilers from the anime and manga! And Shigure may seem a little OOC. But it goes well with his struggling feelings for Tohru! And there will also be swearing, because of Kyo's bad mouth. n.n

2nd A/N - Since I'm going to bring a female Akito in here, and there's a strong sexual attraction between her and Shigure, I'm going to warn you all now, there is going to be sexual content intended in this chapter. And maybe for the rest of the story. I'm still unsure of later chapters though. Please do not be offended if you don't like this stuff. Just skip through it for your sake.

Chapter Twelve

Tohru let out a giggle as Shigure nibbled at her neck, kneeling over her, "Shii-chan . . . " The girl managed to say in between giggles, "St-stop!"

"Why should I?" Shigure whispered, nipping her neck once more, causing her to squirm underneath him.

His little flower tried to avoid his nips as she tried protecting her flesh from him, "Shi-chan!"

The Inu chuckled and leaned closer to her, planting a kiss on her nose, "You can't resist me forever, Tohru-chan." He whispered into her ear.

The Novelist kissed her lips before trailing down the Onigiri's neck, making his way to her collar bone. Tohru gasped softly, arching into him.

"Shigure . . . " The brown haired cried out, her cheeks growing warm as she blushed.

Shigure nuzzled her neck, kissing her skin, "I know . . . " He whispered into her skin.

Yuki looked up as the phone rung, refusing to stop.

"Kyo-kun, Yuki-kun? Could one of you get that? Please?" Shigure's voice called out from upstairs, making the Nezumi roll his eyes.

The silvery haired teen rolled his eyes as he stood. He made his way over to the stand, picking up the reciever.

"Moshi moshi, Sohma Shigure's house. Sohma Yuki speaking." His voice said softly as he held the reciever close.

"Otouto! Konnichiwa!" Came the voice of the one person Yuki greatly disliked, his older brother, Sohma Ayame.

Yuki had to hold the phone out as his brother called out happily through the reciever. After recovering from hearing his brother yell, the Nezumi blinked, before returning to the phone.

"Hello, Oniisan, you didn't call to speak to me, did you?" Yuki asked, hiding the dread in his voice.

He really didn't want to talk to anyone right now, much less Ayame.

"Why, Otouto, why wouldn't you want to talk to your dear Oniisan, hm?" Ayame said in a fake hurt voice, causing Yuki to twitch his eyebrow in irritation, "But that is not why I called. I called for Gure-san. Is he home, Otouto?"

"Hai, I'll get him." The Sohma Prince secretly sighed in relief, glad that his brother had called for his cousin and not for him.

Yuki gently set the phone down before walking upstairs. He stopped as soon as he came to Shigure's bedroom door. His pale hand reached up only to stop as a moan met his ears. Yuki blushed slightly as he knocked on the door.

"S-shigure? Are you in there?" He asked.

Shigure's frustrated growl could be heard inside as there were movements. A few moments later, the door opened and Shigure stood there, an annoyed expression was on his face as he looked down at his cousin.

"What is it, Yuki-kun?" Shigure asked, running a hand through his hair as he shut the door behind him.

"Um . . . " Yuki nervously shifted, looking away, "Ayame is on the phone . . . " Was the Rat's reply before quickly running off.

Shigure gripped his hair, greatly annoyed at being interrupted from his time with his little flower. The irritated Inu walked downstairs, making his way to the phone. He picked up the phone, pasting a false smile on his face as he spoke.

"Aaya, hello!" He said happily, hiding the slight anger in his voice.

"Gure-san! Finally! I have some news!" Ayame replied loudly into the phone, forcing Shigure to hold the phone out at arm's length as well.

"Ah, well, what is it?" Shigure asked, his eyebrow twitching in annoyance.

"I shall tell you when I come over. You aren't busy, are you?" The Hebi asked, his voice booming through the phone.

"Well, not really, bu-"

"Good! I will come over in an hour. Ja'ne!" Ayame replied, hanging up before Shigure could say another word.

Shigure gripped the reciever in his hand, gritting his teeth in anger. He put the phone back on it's stand, trying to hold back his anger. Yuki softly walked back in, nervously glancing at his cousin.

"What did Ayame-niisan want?" He asked, sensing the Novelist's irritation.

"Oh, nothing, but to tell me something that could wait until later . . . But nooooo, he just has to come over . . . Just to tell me something that's not all that important . . . " Shigure ranted, clenching his fists at his sides.

Yuki's eyes widened in fear, "He's coming . . . here?" He whispered.

"Hai." Was the dog's reply.

Before Shigure could do anything else, Yuki had run off, running outof the house. Shigure growled.

"Damn phone call . . . " He whispered, returning to his room.

Japanese Words

-chan - used at the end of ayoung child'sand agirl's name that is close with one

-san - used at the end of a name in respect.

Shii-chan - Shigure's pet name given to him by the younger Sohmas, mainly Momiji.

-kun - used at the end of a boy's name.

Otouto - little brother

Moshi moshi - hello on the phone

Konnichiwa - Hello!

Aaya - Shigure's nickname for Ayame

Gure-san - Ayame's nickname for Shigure

Oniisan - Older brother

Hai - Yes

Nezumi - rat

Inu - dog

Hebi - snake

Ja'ne - Bye

Onigiri - rice ball

Note - About Tohru being called, 'Tohru-kun'. We all know that Tohru her self is a girl and not a boy, but the name Tohru is a guy's name in Japan. And in the manga, people often added -kun to Tohru's name, because of that purpose. Even Shigure calls her Tohru-kun.

Silver: I hope you all have enjoyed this chapter! Ja'ne!
A/N - Had to fix an error.