Title: Perfect Happiness
Haru has gone through severe times. But now they're are over and he's in love. Eventually the others find about everything. What will happen when they do? Rated T: M M relationship, and some other things, please read alot better than summary.
Disclaimer: I don't own fruits basket. Closest to owning it I've ever gotten is owning a copy of volume 8. Of course it'd be 8 (Haru's).
Chapter 3- So Sick
Momiji bounced around happily chant-singing, "Lunch time! Lunch time!" and ran out of the class to join the older group out on the roof. Haru was in no such hurry. He'd still go up there. Although he didn't know why. If he wasn't there would they even notice? Probably not. But he still did it.
By the time he got there they were all in deep discussion. Haru didn't care enough to listen to what they were saying. He just sat down between Yuki and Momiji; pretty much on automatic. He stared down at his lunch, while his mind drifted to Knox.
"Haru!" Yuki almost yelled as Haru glanced in the rat's direction. "Are you okay!"
Haru had bite back the urge to laugh in his face. What a stupid thoughtless thing to say. Yuki didn't really want to know how he felt.
"Of course he's just spacey!" Kyo said rolling his eyes taking a bite of his sandwich.
Haru just stared at Yuki blankly. Yuki shook his head annoyed.
"You know if you're going to sit with us at least try to pay attention!" Kyo snapped at the cow.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Haru said with blunt sarcasm. He went back to staring at his lunch allowing his mind to wander to better thoughts- and places- once more.
Kyo shook his head. "Damn. How come he never turns Black, anymore?"
"You were trying to turn him Black, again," Yuki sighed eyeing the cat and clearly stressed.
"So?" Kyo said obviously seeing nothing wrong with trying to bring out the enraged blackside of the cow. "I need a good fight. You always win against me."
Yuki shook his head annoyed.
"Oh, I know!" Momiji yelled happily.
"Shut up!" Kyo hissed at the bunny and started to chase him around the roof.
Haru glanced up to see the two. He sighed and gritted his teeth. That rabbit was making so much noise and Kyo definitely was helping the situation. Sometimes he wished he could just shoot them both.
"Stop chasing, Momiji-kun," Ou commanded as she had finally got up to the top step.
"Or what!" Kyo growled at the Yankee not stopping in his pursuit.
"Or you can forget tonight!" Ou warned angrily.
Kyo immediately stopped. "Why do you always do that?"
"Because I can," Ou smiled mischievously at him. "Now, I want a kiss."
That was one order that Kyo was happy to obey. Haru got annoyed at the situation again and zoned out, finally starting in on his lunch.
Haru was only too happy when school finally let out. He walked home by himself. Long ago he'd stopped walking with Momiji. Every now and then the bunny would catch up and attempt to talk to him. Most of those times Haru just ignored him. Today, the rabbit was nowhere in sight and he hoped it would stay that way.
He got all the way home with no intrusions from the rabbit. Feeling a bit happier he went up to his room and started-in on his homework.
About a half an hour later the doorbell rang. Haru glanced up from his work and wondered who was knocking on his door. 'It's probably Momiji,' Haru thought, a bit unhappily. He didn't go and get it in hopes that they'd leave him alone.
"Haru, come down here!" Hatori yelled up the stairs. Damn, it was Hatori, not Momiji.
Haru shut his notebook and left his room. Once downstairs Haru realized that the doctor was not alone. Momiji was with him, bouncing slowly up and down, eyes closed and a happy expression on his face. Haru grumbled audibly.
"Haru, I need you take Momiji to Shigure's house," Hatori told him. "I'd take him but Akito's very sick right now and I can't leave him."
"I don't want to," Haru said flatly and turned to walk back up to his room.
"Haru!" Hatori called him back, that impassive look still on his face, "I'm not asking you."
"And what right do you have to boss me around?" Haru asked lazily.
"When your parents are gone I'm in charge of you," Hatori reminded. "Now, take Momiji."
"Fine," Haru said simply, "I'll be right back. I've got to get my homework." He turned and left feeling quite put out.
After what seemed like ages of trying to drowned Momiji's mindless babbling the finally got to Shigure's. Momiji ran inside after Tohru had opened the door and let them in.
"Haru, you coming in?" Tohru asked a little worried because he was still just standing out there, "you'd better come in. It looks like its going to rain."
Haru shrugged and deftly obeyed. He sluggishly dropped his backpack in the entranceway.
"Momiji! And Haru! What a surprise!" Shigure yelled as he saw both them. He turned to Haru. "Haven't seen you in a while how've you been?"
Haru merely told him he was fine. Which these days was mostly likely true.
"Good! Good!" Shigure laughed, "Last time you were here you seemed kinda sad."
Haru stared blankly at him. Kinda sad? Sad itself was nothing but a mere understatement for the truth. Depressed, miserable, those words were much better than simply... sad. But even those words didn't quite describe how he had felt. Shigure really was an idiot. But who here wasn't. He nodded a little to Shigure pretending to agree.
"Yuki's upstairs in his room," Shigure told him, as he went back to his study.
Haru merely nodded again. They suspect nothing. They never have and never will. Too busy wrapped up in their own silly lives to worry about the cow. But by now it was too late. Better have them not start to worry now, if they even would.
Haru decided that he should at least go up and see Yuki. Even though that was one of the last things on his to do list. Better to keep up an appearance anyway. He'd make it short.
Yuki admitted him after he knocked twice. The rat didn't look too thrilled to see him. Haru inwardly thought likewise but none of that notion was present on his ever stoic face.
"Haru?" Yuki asked, kind of surprised it been a long time since that ox came to visit his home, "What are you doing here?"
"I came with Momiji," Haru explained, "you don't want to see me?" He already knew the answer, the answer Yuki would give and the real answer.
"Of course," Yuki said, with so little hesitation that it made almost made Haru sick.
Haru stared at him with his usual blank expression waiting for Yuki to do or say something.
"Umm... I'm doing my homework," Yuki said after a few seconds of awkward silence, "could you go so that I can concentrate."
Haru dutifully nodded and exited looking to Yuki a little sullen, but in reality he was more than happy to.
Ever since that day Yuki'd been so worried that Haru would blow up and hit him or something. But Haru never did and he stayed away more and more. Yuki became more and more awkward around Haru. He wanted to apologize but he just couldn't, something always kept it from it. And Haru was avoiding him too. There was this big gap in between the two of them. Yuki was way too reluctant to fill it. When Haru was around he acted like everything was all right. By now, he'd convinced himself that Haru was all right. It happened so long ago. But Haru still does avoided Yuki a little. Maybe he is over it. Yuki could never be over it, he just couldn't forgive himself. That's why he always felt so uncomfortable around Haru. Why he always pushed Haru away.
On his way downstairs Haru met up with Kyo.
"Hey," Haru greeted and continued on his way downstairs.
"A 'hey,' and then you walk away!" Kyo yelled at him causing him to stop on the stairs midpoint. He turned and stared at Kyo.
"Yeah, that's all," Haru said quietly, "do you want more than that?" Kyo stared at him angrily but said nothing. "I didn't think so."
He turned around again and continued on his way. He could hear Tohru and Momiji in the kitchen. The rabbit was being very loud and telling one of his stupid tales again. Having decided against that route he went to retrieve his backpack from the main entrance. He still had math and science homework to do. Fishing through the pack he found his larger-than-life math book and sat down at the coffee table. It hadn't been five minutes before Momiji came bouncing in.
"Haru!" he yelled ecstatically, "there you are!"
Haru gave him a weary nod, "Please, don't bother me I have homework I need to do," and without waiting for a reply he went back to his work.
Momiji frowned, "Can't you do that later?"
"No," Haru said not taking his eyes off the page.
Momiji whined so more, "c'mon, Haru, play with me! You never play with me anymore!"
"Homework comes first," Haru said with a small nodded.
"Do you not like me anymore?" Momiji asked suddenly serious.
"What gives that impression?" Haru asked with underlying sarcasm unnoticeable to most people. As he said it he finally looked in the rabbit's direction.
"You just don't..." Momiji began but than remember what Hatori had told him so he didn't finish his sentence. Instead he yelled out, "I want ice cream!" with a cheer and turned to Tohru.
"I think we might have some," Tohru said wondering aloud, "but you'll have to wait until after dinner."
"All right," Momiji sighed, "but I'll be fine, your cooking is delicious!"
"Oh, it's not that good," Tohru said with a blush as she and Momiji went back into the kitchen.
Haru vaguely wondered both what Momiji was going to say and what made him stop mid-sentence. Could it have been something important? Momiji had been in a quite a serious mood when he was about to say it. He gave it a little more thought before he decided to chalk it up to nothing.
He decided to go back to his homework and not worry about it. As misfortune would have it a few minutes later Kyo came down. When Kyo saw Haru the cat started in on him about how he was here and so he shouldn't do his homework right now.
"How 'bout now?" Haru teased flatly, but was otherwise uninterested in Kyo's little ploy. Kyo was just trying to make him mad again, so he'd go Black. It just wasn't going to work. Kyo glared at him. The only thing Kyo was succeeding in was making himself angry. "I didn't choose to come here. Hatori made me."
"Really," Kyo said sarcastically, "and I thought you would want to see Yuki."
Haru shrugged and went back to his homework. Kyo left deciding not to waste anymore time with him.
He was just about finished when Tohru came in to tell him dinner was ready. Thanking her quickly the two went back to the kitchen to eat. Nothing eventful happened during dinner, except Yuki and Kyo fighting. But that was business as usual.
End of chapter 3-
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