Hate or Love?
A/N: And yet I have slacked off once again! Sorry, I got so much stuff going on right now, my birthday was a few days ago and now we're preparing for my party (Yay! 14...) Sorry, but the ruler line isn't working for some reason, so I'm gonna have to use a normal line. So anyway, I'll shut up now.
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is not owned by me.
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Chapter 12: Onwards to the beach!
"-sigh- Maybe I should take a few packets of these?" Kyo was searching through the cupboards of his kitchen to see what he could take to the field trip to snack it. It was so early in the morning and he was the only one up, that's what he thought anyway.
Coming in through the door, was the perverted man that we all know an love. "Well, what do we have here?" Said Shigure, in his sing-song voice. He looked over Kyo's shoulder to see what he was holding. "-gasp- Oh my, you're packing food? Could it be that you're eloping with Tohru?" Shigure grinned as brightly as ever, although he got a punch on the head from Kyo.
"I've already told you to stop saying nonsense!" Kyo said angrily. He picked up his bag and headed straight towards the door, only to be stopped by Shigure in the process. "Get outa my way! I gotta stupid field trip to go to..." Shigure stood there, still smiling as always. "Oh really? Well then be sure to make your move on Tohru!" Shigura gave him the thumbs-up. "Shut up!" Kyo pushed Shigure out of the way with raging force, and got out of the house before a certain rat woke up. It was on his way to school and for the first time, he was slightly happy about it.
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"Late late late late! How could my alarm not work this morning?" Tohru was running to her school like crazy! She kept bumping into random people on the street and saying sorry everytime, how annoying?
As she came face to face with her school building, she we relieved to see the clock which indicated she was only 5 minutes late. "I'm glad I'm not so late...I think I might have come earlier than Kyo, but I don't think he'll even show up." Thought Tohru, walking into the building. As she walked through the hallway, she was surprised at how silent it was. Since nobody ever when to school that early, it seemed as though she broke in the school.
"It's so empty...Where am I even supposed to go?" She continued walking down the hall, looking out of the window and admiring the beautiful sun shining brightly. It was great to know that their beach trip was going to be sunny. Tohru decided to head to the office and see if anyone was there or if someone knew what she had to do.
"Good Morning, office lady!" Said Tohru happily. The lady sitting at the desk gave her the evil eye. "I have a name you know." She said, looking at Tohru through her glasses. "S..sorry! Umm could you please tell me why I had to come early?"
"Honda, right?" Tohru flinched at the call of her name, and paid attention. "Yes, that's me!" Tohru responded. The lady then opened her drawer and took out a piece of paper and handed it to Tohru. As Tohru scanned the paper, she was confused as to what it was for. The woman grew angry that Tohru had no idea what the paper was for. "Just how dumb are you? -Sigh- The paper has a list of everyone's name. It tells you who you'll be paired up with to share a change room."
"Oh, thank you! Umm, where do I go now?" The lady chuckled. Tohru really didn't know anything, did she? "You're meant to wait for everyone to come, and as they come, you tell them who they'll be sharing a room with. Here, take this extra copy to give to Sohma Kyo." She gave Tohru an other list that had the boy names on it.
"Is Kyo here? I haven't seen him..." She said, disappointed. "I saw him through the window, I think he went to his classroom." Said the lady lazily. She was trying to get Tohru to go away but of course, Tohru didn't notice.
"Thank you office lady!" With that, Tohru left the office and when to search for Kyo. "How many time do I have to tell that girl, I have a name!" Thought the woman as she continued with paper work.
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Tohru was on her way to her and Kyo's classroom, when she suddenly remembered about the lists of who's partnered with who. She took out the girls list and looked straight at her name. At first she thought it was a miss-print, but it wasn't "I'm paired with Kagura?" She thought. "Why Kagura? Of all girls...Many people know I don't get along with her, even the teachers! But wait...if I'm paired with Kagura then that means..." Tohru then looked over at the boy's list and searched for Kyo's name. "Just what I thought."
Tohru walked even faster to get to the classroom. She was even more eager to see Kyo. She finally made it to her classroom door, and slid it open, expecting to see Kyo. "Good Morning Kyo! You have got to see th-" She stopped talking and she looked to her left then to her right and there was no Kyo anywhere.
She walked over to his desk and noticed his bag was there. "His bag is here...but he's not..." Tohru suddenly got an idea in her head. Although she knew it was wrong, she just had to do it. She was curious to know what was in Kyo's bag. She went to reach for it but then that little voice in her head stopped her. "What am I doing? I have no right to invade on his privacy...But...I want to know if there's anything about him in that bag...about his past...about the curse!"
Tohru grabbed the bag and opened it. She ruffled thought it hoping to find something, but all she found were the usual things you would take to a beach. She looked a little further into the bag when she felt a piece of think paper. She took it out and looked at it an awe. A photo of Kyo when he was younger, but that's not all she saw.
Kagura was standing beside him smiling brightly while Yuki was in the background standing with an other boy that had dark hair. "Who's that with Yuki? Yuki looks upset with him. This boy's hair is very dark and his face expression looks...evil." She then looked back at Kyo in the photo. She looked adorable, yet he had similarities with how he looks now.
Suddenly, something on Kyo's wrist caught Tohru's attention. She examined it carefully and knew what it was. "So Kyo used to wear that bracelete around his wrist since he was small? I wonder why he still wears it...Maybe for good luck?" She decided to shrug it off. She put the picture back into Kyo's bag where she found it and sighed.
"I was hoping to find something about the curse... But all I found was a picture of normal things..." She went and sat back at her own desk, waiting for Kyo to come back, he was sure taking his time. 5 minutes passed, and he still wasn't there.
She suddenly heard footsteps approaching. "That must be Kyo!" She thought. She looked casually around the room and noticed that Kyo's bag was still open. "Oh no! If I don't close it he'll know I looked through it!" Tohru got up from her chair and walked to Kyo's desk, closing the bag just before Kyo entered the room. Tohru turned around to face him. "Good Morning, Kyo!" She said with a nervous laugh.
"Umm Hi Tohru...Why are you standing at my desk?" Asked Kyo, confussed. Tohru started waving her arms in the air like when she get's nervous. "Oh umm my earring fell and I was looking for it!" She lied. Kyo rose an eyebrow. "But you don't have ear piercings..." He stated pointing to her ears. Tohru grew a sweat mark on her forehead and chuckled.
"Oh did I say earing? I meant my...umm bracelete! I think I hear it land under your table or something." She said quickly, covering up her mistake. Kyo's face turned into anger as he was reminded of his own bracelete. He looked his wrist with sorrowful eyes and Tohru got even more curious than before. "Umm, Kyo?" She asked.
Kyo looked up from his wrist at the call of his name. "Yeah?"
"I've been wondering... that bracelete...around you wrist...is it someth-" Kyo then interruped from her talking. "It's nothing. Just something I promised my family I'd wear, okay?" He said, trying to change the subject. Tohru nodded in agreement and silently replied, "Oh okay..."
A moment of silence passed and the two grew uncomfortable.
"So umm, did ya find out why the hell we had to come so early?" Asked Kyo, looking a Tohru who was sitting on her desk moving her legs in the air like a little kid. "Oh that's right!" She opened up her bag and went through her stuff for the beach, in search of the papers the office lady gave her.
"The lady at the office gave me these. They're lists of people we're being paired up with to share a change room." Said Tohru, looking down at the girls list in her hand. "I got paired with Kagura." She said, sounding not too happy. Kyo found that a little too suspisious. "What? No way!" He said. Tohru then took out the boy's list and handed it to Kyo. "Take a look at who you're paired up with." Said Tohru.
Kyo took the list from Tohru and looked at his name. "I'm paired with that rat?" Said Kyo as if it was some kind of joke. Tohru nodded. "This was purposely done." Said Kyo. "Kyo... I think it was just coincidence! Aren't these things drawn at random?" Asked Tohru. "You idiot, no! The student council take care of these things... I remember a few days ago, Yuki was in his room for who knows how long! This explains it...He did this on purpose." Said Kyo, with venom.
"I'm sure there's a good reason! Maybe he wanted me and Kagura to get along better, and you and him too!" Tohru explained, trying to sound as optimistic as possible. "Or maybe rat boy and Kagura are planning something." Thought Kyo.
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"Ding-Ding Ding-Ding" The speaker was about to make an announcement. "Would all 3rd year students please report to the bus bay for the field trip."
"Hurry up Tohru, we're gonna miss the bus!" Said Kyo impatiently, crossing his arms. "I'm coming! Just making sure no one is left behind." She said. Kyo looked round and noticed everyone was practically gone. Tohru then came running back. "There's no one left." She said. Kyo looked at her like she was stupid. "Oh really? I just noticed..." He said sarcastically.
They then both began running towards the bus bay, hoping the buses were still there. They were in luck. The 3 buses were there alright, but the students were already in them. "Ah crap! What bus are we in, Tohru?" Kyo said, waiting for her answer.
"We're meant to be on bus 1, but it looks a little full..." She said pointing at it. "Who cares, let's go." Kyo grabbed her hand, not realizing what he was doing, and ran to the bus so they wouldn't be any later then what they already were.
"Made it!" Thought Kyo, as he and Tohru climbed onto the bus, still holding hands. The bus was filled but there was an extra seat for them save in the back thanks to Uo and Hana. As Kyo and Tohru walked to the seat, they noticed they were getting stares from everyone. Boys were wolf whistling, girls were gossiping. "Where have I seen this before...?" Thought Kyo. He then realized he had been holding Tohru's hand the entire time! "No wonder they're staring! And what the hell am I doing holding her hand!" Kyo yanked his hand out of hers and started their 'acting-we-hate-each-other' game.
"What hell do you think you're doing, stupid?" Said Kyo to Tohru. Tohru seemed confused at first but then she realized what was going on. The whole bus was waiting to see what Tohru would say next, even the bus driver! "It was your fault anyway! Dragging me like that... What do you think I am, a table cloth?" She said sharply. Kyo grinned evilly and replied. "Why yes, yes I do!"
The whole bus started laughing at Kyo's comment, so they made advantage of everyone laughing and sat down before anymore things could happen. They took their seats behind Uo and Hana.
"Yo, orangy! You better not talk crap about Tohru like that." Threatened Uo to Kyo. He looked at her like she was stupid. "I thought Tohru told you about us not hating each other as much, Yankee!" He said. "Yeah well, go easy on the insults, you made Tohru the laughing stock of the bus!" Kyo seemed ashamed. "Well what else could I do? It was either that or people talk badly about her again." He thought looking at Tohru who was looking out the window, watching the cars go by. "Wait, cars?"
"Since when did we start moving?" Asked Kyo. Hana looked behind her seat to face Kyo. "We've been moving since you and Tohru sat down. And I bet you didn't see Yuki's bus drive past, did you?" Said Hana, emotionless. Kyo just then noticed Yuki OR Kagura wasn't on his bus! Thank god, he didn't want any problems at that moment. He just couldn't be bothered.
"Hey Kyo! Look, there's Kagura waving to you on the bust next to us." Kyo looked through the window, and there was Kagura doing whatever she could do get Kyo's attention from her bus. "-Sigh- This is going to be one long bus ride." He thought.
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A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long for me to finally post this! And sorry I didn't make this chapter about the actual field trip! That'll be in the next chapter though! THANKS ALL WHO REVIEWED! YOU ALL ROCK!
-Until some other time, hopefully soon!
Sweet-Priness-Kagome