Summary- Akito has always favored Yuki in the public eye. But when alone his favorite isn't who you'd expect. What happens when he's tired of being separated from his loved one?
Disclaimer- Do not own Fruits Basket!!
God's Pet
Worried brown eyes glanced to the spot where Yuki usually waited to pick her up, he wasn't there. Either a sure sign something was wrong or the Prince of her school was busy with something else…or both. She picked up her pace to a jog; A series of worse case scenarios running through her naïve head, each getting worse as she took into account that she was dealing with Sohma's. With that in mind she went into a full on run. The few people she past saw her running as if her life depended on it.
Half way home she slowed to a walk. Her gasps for air and steps connecting with concrete becoming the only sound down the deserted road. The turn off for Shigure's path wasn't for quite awhile and her lungs could only handle her slow pace. She clutched her chest, if only she had taken her employers advice and left earlier, she would have been home already. The brunette shook the those thought from her head, nothing could be done about it now. Taking on anew determined face, she took a deep cleansing breath and made a sprint for the turn off; her lungs burning with the effort.
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Yuki had tried…TRIED to, some how, make his way into the neko's room. Each attempt thwarted by his dear cousin. At first, he had tried to get into the room so he could scold Kyo for being unable to avoid a scene such as the one Black Haru had managed to get them in that morning. It wasn't until he had heard Shigure's gentle whispers through the walls. He had decided then, that having such brittle walls were god-send. That and the fact his room was beside the feline's(1). So with little doubt he pressed his ear against the wall and listened. He couldn't make out very much except for the fact that Kyo needed to eat something. The strange thing was that he hadn't heard his rival speak though out the whole time Shigure had been in the room. So with interest peeked, he vowed, that before the day was spent, he would get into that room.
In all honesty, he couldn't understand what was wrong. Did the neko have a fever or something? Had he caught the flu? His short-tempered cousin had looked rather under the weather that morning, but that had been because of the rain…right?
He stood up from the wall, and glanced at his alarm clock. Shit. He rushed out of his immaculately clean room, becoming but a blur to his cousin Shigure who had just about stepped out into the line of fire. Just as Yuki had been about to jump down the stairs, the front door could be heard opening, and the cheerful voice they had all come to love sounded.
"I'm home!"
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Kyo sat in his corner, huddled over his drawn up legs, as if to hide away from this reality he found himself in; to disappear. To, for once in his life, not be noticed. It was pathetic and he knew it. Hiding in a corner. Curling in on himself like a frightened child…but he was a child…wasn't he? He was allowed to feel like this, right? One part of his mind thought so. It was totally normal to want to feel some sort of comfort after that particular beating, right? The other part of his mind didn't think so. Thinking he should just suck it up and be a man about it. He had been through worse, more mentally scarring events. A flash of a body lying still against the concrete came to mind. He flinched.
A tremor racked through his weakened body, the fever he had been fighting off since arriving home had finally set in it seemed. He clenched onto his legs.
'Shigure better come back with that medicine' was his drowsy thought.
He felt so hot.
The inu had spent most of his day caring for him, it had been annoying at first…but now, it wasn't so unwanted. He couldn't really remember what happened after…the…visit. To him it felt as if he had just fell asleep. He had just managed to 'wake up' from his stupor right before he had heard Tohru's greeting downstairs. Another tremor swept through him.
He didn't want to see her.
He didn't want to see anybody.
He wanted his shishou.
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Heh heh well this is better than nothing…right? I'd like to thank all who have reviewed my story. I couldn't have gone this far without you praise! And to one of you out there…if you're reading this…yes…I know Akito's little secret. It's just not going to become a factor in this fic.