A/N- And I have to apologize again… -_-" I am a terrible person. This story just doesn't get updated enough… sorry…
Anyway, I PROMISE ON MY LIFE, that there will be a new chapter out next Friday. My Update Schedule is on my profile, and this fic is supposed to be updated every other Monday, but the next time this fic is supposed to be updated is Christmas Eve, and I have two other holiday-themed stories that are supposed to be out that day, so I moved the update to next Friday.
Anyway, I'm doing what I call the Great Month of Stories, so if you read/watch Fairy Tail or Bleach, you might want to check out the December Schedule on my profile. If you don't, then just wait patiently for the next chapter!
Disclaimer- I promise, I don't own Fruits Basket. You can tell which characters I own, since they weren't in the anime or the manga.
Emiko's POV-
"Hey, Bitch, I'm going to go look around, okay?" Kimberly half-asked, half-stated.
Emiko turned and looked at her normally cheerful and sassy cousin, who was standing on the porch staring pointedly away from her and Shigure, a look of hidden pain in her eyes.
~But why does looking at me and Gure make her sad...?~
"Um... That's okay, I think. Right Gure?" Emiko replied hesitantly. Yuki and Kyo had told her often not to go wandering off into the woods by herself, but Kimberly could take care of herself.
Shigure sent Emiko a look that obviously asked 'what did I do wrong', and said, "It's fine. Are you sure you don't want to come inside, Kimberly?"
"Yeah, I'm sure," Kim said, putting her things down on the porch, "I'll bring these inside later."
"O...kay," Emiko said hesitantly as Kimberly stepped off the porch and wandered off down one of the paths.
"Miko? Why is she so upset?" Shigure asked her, concern on his face.
Emiko shrugged as they stepped inside the house, "I don't know, Shigure. She's been a little weird ever since she got here, but it hasn't been that bad. It's just…" She trailed off.
"Just what?" Shigure asked, taking Emiko's bag from her and placing it with all the other guest's bags at the foot of the stairs. It was quite obvious that they were all unsure of where everyone was sleeping tonight.
Emiko looked up into Shigure's warm grey eyes, "It seems to be whenever she's around a couple."
"Oh," Shigure nodded knowledgably, "Troubles of the heart."
"Who's having troubles of the heart?" a voice that Emiko had heard only a couple of times asked.
"Hello, Hatori-san," Emiko said, smiling at him. She had met him a couple months ago, when he had come to pick up Tohru, since she was going to see Momiji.
"Hello, Emiko-san," Hatori replied, facial expression never changing. He turned back to Shigure, "So, who were you guys talking about?"
Shigure pointed a thumb outside, "Miko's cousin. She got here, and then went off into the woods."
Hatori's brow crinkled, "Are you sure it's a good idea for her to be wandering off in the woods by herself?"
Emiko smiled, "Don't worry, Kimberly can take care of herself. She's strong."
"That wasn't what I was referring to," Hatori said.
Emiko and Shigure exchanged confused glances. Finally, Shigure asked, "Then what were you worried about?"
Hatori walked around them and put his shoes on, "She's obviously emotional, so she's probably not paying attention to things. She could get hurt."
After Hatori had exited the house, Emiko looked up at Shigure with confusion written on her face, "I'm not trying to insult Hatori-san, but he's never met Kim. Why does he care so much about her?"
For a split second, Shigure got a strange look on his face, but it disappeared before Emiko could decide if it was really there, "Who knows? Hatori has always been weird."
Emiko looked at Shigure for a second to long, before shaking off her suspicion that he wasn't telling her something, "Okay. So where is everybody else?"
Shigure led her into the living room, and he sat on the couch. When she went to sit next to him, he smirked and tugged her into his lap. When she blushed, he laughed, finally answering her question, "Well, Hatori went to find your cousin, as you know. Tohru decided that she needed to go to the store to get more things to cook for dinner since we had so many guests, and Momiji said he wanted to go with her. Then Yuki and Kyo got into an argument about who was going with her, and eventually they all left together for the store."
Emiko cocked her head to the side, "So, that means we're all alone?"
He gave her a slightly predatory smirk, "Yup. We're all alone."
The way he said it caused a huge blush to spread across her cheeks, "D-Don't say it like that!"
Shigure laughed and gave her a quick peck on the cheek, "Sorry, Miko. But your face is really cute when you blush."
Emiko pursed her lips slightly, and gently smacked his shoulder, "That doesn't mean you should do things to make me blush on purpose."
Shigure gave a falsely sad sigh, "Oh, alright. If you insist."
"I do," she said, fake imperiously.
They smiled at each other, and Emiko said, "Shigure?"
"Yes?" he asked, raising an eyebrow questioningly.
"If we're all alone," she started, looking at him from under her eyelashes.
"Yes?" he asked again.
"Does that mean that no one will stop me if I try to kiss you?"
Shigure smirked, "Not only will no one try to stop you, I think that one hundred percent of the people in this room will encourage you."
She smiled again, this one less innocent, "I thought so."
Slowly, she shifted so that she was no longer sitting sideways across his lap; now, she was straddling him. She brought her lips to his jaw line, and left a trail of slow, gentle kisses across it.
"What are you doing?" she heard Shigure ask, voice rougher then normal.
She giggled against his jaw, "You always kiss my neck. I guess it's my turn, right?"
She felt Shigure swallow, "Oh."
With a long, teasing stroke, she brought her lips to his. Shigure's mouth opened the very second their lips touched, and he tried to spear his tongue in her mouth, but Emiko pulled away, giggling, "Nuh uh uh. I already said that it's my turn."
Shigure smiled a slightly nervous smile, "A-Alright."
Emiko could tell that he liked that she was leading their kisses for once, but was obviously nervous about relinquishing control. Gently, she leaned in again.
When Shigure kissed her, their kisses were always fast and heated, as if they would die if they didn't kiss now, now, now. When Emiko kissed him, however, their kisses were slow, and teasing, as if they had all the time in the world, as if nothing would ever stop them.
Slowly, their kiss got hotter and hotter, until she finally dragged her tongue across his bottom lip. Instantly, Shigure's mouth opened, and she leisurely slid her tongue into his mouth.
Just as her tongue was starting to explore his mouth, they both heard the front door open. Their eyes opened in shock, and they quickly separated, smoothing hair and clothes.
"We're back!" Tohru called, stopping in the doorway to the living room, "Oh, hi, Emiko-chan. I didn't know you were here already. Where's your cousin?"
"She went for a walk," Emiko said, doing her best to control the raging blush on her cheeks about almost getting caught, once again.
A young, girl-ish voice she had never heard before quickly asked, "Emiko-chan? Isn't that Shigure's new girlfriend?"
"Yes," came Yuki's voice.
"Hey, where's Hatori?" Kyo asked as he walked into the living room and plopped down in the nearest chair.
"He, also, went for a walk," Shigure replied. Kyo raised an eyebrow before shrugging, obviously not caring.
Suddenly, a young blonde boy stood in front of Emiko. He shifted, cutely nervous, "Hi. I'm Momiji."
Emiko smiled at him, "It's nice to meet you, Momiji-kun."
All of a sudden, the young boy dived for her, "Oh, I just want to hug you, Emiko-chan!"
Shigure's arms wrapped around her, yanking her back into his lap, "Sorry, Momiji, but all of her hugs are mine, now."
Momiji looked at Shigure and Emiko with wide eyes for a second before grinning widely, "Oh. Okay. I'm gonna go help Tohru-chan!"
As Momiji ran out of the room, Emiko looked up at Shigure, "Gure, I wouldn't have minded hugging Momiji-kun."
Shigure smiled and gave her a quick peck on the lips, "Yes, but I don't like sharing."
She blushed up at him, her smile growing.
Slowly, their lips drew closer and closer until-
"Eew. Get a room," Kyo said from his chair.
Their foreheads fell together, and they stared into each other's eyes, faint annoyance on both of their faces. It was like they were in an anime. Every time they tried to kiss, someone would interrupt them.
"I'll guess I'll go help Tohru, too," Emiko said, standing up with a sigh.
She glanced back at Shigure once on her way to the kitchen, and caught him staring at her hips as she walked. With a light blush, she left the living room.
~Was he…? Was he really staring at my hips while I walked? Oh god. What else does he stare at?~ she thought, blushing slightly heavier.
But her blush grew to ridiculous proportions when she realized that she didn't care…