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Chapter two - The week after it happened.
It was a week after that night. Kyo still stayed in my room with me even when I have the, all too vivid, dream of what happened. He was so understanding about everything. He held me as i cried after the dreams, he told me everything was going to be fine even when I could tell Yuki and Shigure were irritable from lack of sleep. They didn't know what happened to me yet. They just knew that Kyo and I were together. That was all they needed to know at the moment.
"Tohru, what's going on? Why have you been waking up screaming for the past week?" Shigure asked the next night before they went to bed, trying to cover up his irritability
"It's um, it's nothing. Just a bad dream."
"Alright. Well, if there's anything I can do."
"Thanks." I said before walking up to my bedroom. I was still waddling a little from a week ago, it would have been ever worse the day after the attack if Kyo hadn't made me stay in bed all day making an excuse that I he was sick and didn't want to be disturbed at all.
Kyo soon followed going to his room to change and going to my room to sit with me. He didn't rest against the headboard anymore, since then I've been holding onto him like a child in a thunderstorm. He didn't care, and he was well used to the screaming as well, or so he told me. I was happy to be in a relationship with Kyo and it was going pretty well, I say sorry constantly for waking him up all the time he just brushes it off. We haven't gotten past kissing on the cheek yet, he doesn't want to rush things, and neither do I.
It was probably around four in the morning, and I woke up feeling the need to go into the bathroom. I did what my body told me and I sat on the floor for a bit before I felt live heaving my insides out of my mouth, it was awful. Kyo must have heard because came in and held my hair up and rubbed my back while I threw up, and cried. 'I'm glad I woke up before I could start screaming.' I thought to myself. I would always be waking up screaming around this time in the morning, and no one could ever get back to sleep after that. I finally finished feeling like nothing was in my body and I would simply deflate to empty skin, I just sat against the wall with my head on my knees crying. Kyo was still with me, and told me that we need to go to Hatori at a decent hour, and told me not to go back to sleep so I didn't have the nightmare again. So I stayed up watching tv, and insisted that Kyo go back to sleep so he could take me to Hatori's, he wasn't gonna let me go by myself and I didn't want to.
It was around nine o'clock and Kyo came down the stairs.
"Are you ready to go?"
"Yes." I remember saying nervously, wondering what was wrong with me. We left to go to Hatori's complex/office at the main house.
--Normal POV--
9:30 AM
"Wow, it's good to get some sleep." Shigure said to Yuki while coming out of his room stretching
"That's very true, I thought i was gonna have to move somewhere else for a while."
"I know. I love Tohru dearly, like a sister, but those bad dreams are really getting to me. She's been acting weird since she came home last week, I heard she came home later than usual. Then I heard her sobbing and thought something happened at work. Next thing I knew she was screaming. Speaking of which, where is she? I never heard anything this morning."
"Kyo left a note saying that she got sick early this morning and they went to see Hatori."
"Oh, well since they're out, I'm going back to bed."
"Me too."
--Back to Tohru's POV--
I remember walking up to the house feeling nervous, Kyo was gonna wait at the gate like he always did, but I asked him to come with me. I told him,
"If it's bad news, I don't think I can handle it alone." He agreed to come in with me. We knocked on the door and waited a couple minutes, hearing footfalls throughout the complex, then he finally came to the door shrugging into his lab coat.
"What can I do for you?" He asked
"Tohru got sick around four this morning, and she said she's never been sick like that so, she wanted to make sure everything's okay." Kyo explained
"Alright, come on in. I'll run a few tests." I went into his office as Kyo sat outside of it waiting while I got tests done, he told me that it would be a little while before we got results, so I could go sit with Kyo. I walked over to the cushion he was sitting on and took my place next to him. He took my hand and laced his fingers with my own.
"Hatori said it would be around twenty minutes before we got results." I said to him, a little nervously.
"Everything's gonna be alright." He said before kissing my hand. I laid my head on Kyo's shoulder and drifted off into dreamland, which was not happy to see me. Just as I was about to let out a scream, Kyo shook my shoulder, "Tohru, Hatori's got the results." He said as I drifted, thankfully, back into reality.
"Tohru, I have your results. It may be a little shocking. Just be prepared." All I could think of, was that I was dying. "Tohru.....You're pregnant." My eyes widened, my chin dropped to the floor, I looked at Kyo and he showed the same face as me. "Is there something I need to know of you two?" He asked us accusingly
"It's not what you think Hatori! Hell, we only started dating a week ago!"
"Indeed, it would be too soon to see if it were more recent than a week. Tohru?" He suddenly turned to me
"I, um. Ha-Hatori. I was...Raped. Last week. Kyo's the only other person who knows. I didn't know it was unprotected." I said before putting my head in my hands and bursting into tears, on the verge of going into hysterics.
"Now now Tohru, it's alright. It's not your fault, you can get through this. Don't get too upset, you'll hurt the baby."
"I don't care....It's not mine. I don't want it. Get rid of it!"
"Tohru, I can't. I refuse to kill an innocent child. You can put it up for adoption when it's born, but for right now you have to deal with it."
"I can't carry that monsters child in my stomach!!! Get rid of it!!!" I said, more angry than I think I've ever been in my whole life.
"Tohru, do you really want to get rid of it? I'm sorry for this, but, what would your mother think of you if you slaughtered an innocent child?"
"I'm sorry, I just. I didn't want this to happen. I'm only 17! I can't have a child this young! I'm not even married, what will people think? What will they say?"
"Yes, I know. People will say things. But, obviously, this child was placed inside your body for a reason. You were to be the child's mother for a reason."
"I guess you're right. I'll keep it..."
"Tohru," Kyo started "I will be here to help you. I'll help you take care of this child whether or not it's mine. I'll be here."
"Thank you. But.....Will you explain things to Shigure and Yuki? And Hatori?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you have anything for....Sleep trouble?"
"What's troubling you?"
"I've been having the dream where I get raped, and it's happened every night since that night, and I always wake up screaming. I disturb the whole house, and I can tell they're agitated with me..."
"I'm sure it'll pass with time. If it does not subside in a month, give me a call."
"Okay, thank you."
"You're very welcome. Come back monthly for a check up on the baby."
"I will. See you soon."
"Goodbye." He said before we walked out the door towards Shigure's house.
"Kyo? Will you call someone who can sound proof my room? I'm sure it'll do you all a favor."
"Sure. But let's go home and rest now okay?"
We arrived back home to find Yuki up and Shigure just waking up. He rushed to my side and bombarded me with questions the only one I understood was,
"Tohru, are you alright? Tell me the truth, what's been going on?"
"C'mon Shigure I'll tell you." Kyo said leading them all to the table. "Tohru, last week, was raped." Kyo said for me then started the whole story, he got every detail correct. Then told them that I was pregnant, and how I was going to keep the baby, and he was going to help.
"Oh my, we'll all help. Everyone will help. It will be alright Tohru." Shigure said placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Thank you Shigure." I said adding, "I'm going back to bed, I've been up since four. Sorry if I scream again, Kyo's going to call someone to soundproof my room."
"Well, it's alright. We understand now why you've been screaming. Say Tohru,"
"Yes?" I said drowsily
"Do you happen to know where this thing took place? I hate to sound like a police officer when I say it but, if we can find out where it happened, it can prevent what you're going through to everyone else your age, or younger."
"Yes. I can take you there after I sleep, okay?"
"Alright. Thank you."
I woke up screaming again, and looked at the clock. I had only slept for a few hours. I made my way downstairs groggily and said to Shigure,
"We can go now."
"Alright. We'll make a stop at the police station and get someone to come with us." So we went to the police station first and got a few officers to come with us after a lengthy explanation of things. "I remember walking for about five minutes before seeing my work building. Here it is. I didn't make any turns or curves, I was just walking straight." I explained. After about five minutes, I spotted the apartment building recognizing the graffiti outside on the wall. "Here we are. I think he lived in apartment number, 324. I saw it when I walked out and almost fell over."
"Thank you Tohru, are you sure you want to come inside?"
"Yes. I want to see the monsters face that may potentially be on his unborn child. It's disgusting." We made our way up the stairs to the third floor i stopped in front of door 322 and said "This one is it. I can tell. There was a huge dent, and there was a mark under the number." I said pointing to the thing that looked like a piece of tape covering the peephole. The police men knocked on the door, but there was no answer. After about five minutes they kicked the door in. They ran inside and pulled the man out by his hair already in cuffs.
"Is this him Miss?" They asked me. I took a long look at him trying to remember his face in the poor lighting that I saw him in and was sure.
"Yes. That's him."
"Sir, you're under arrest for the rape of a minor. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be held against you in the court of justice."
"YOU BITCH! HOW COULD YOU RAT ME OUT?! YOU'RE SO STUPID! I COULD HAVE HAD ANY OTHER GIRL BUT I CHOSE YOU! YOU'RE SO DUMB!" He yelled at me
"You should have thought about that before you impregnated me with your child!!!" I said angrily
"Come on Tohru. You don't want to hurt the baby." Shigure said leading me to a chair in front of a table with stacks of paper on it.
"You're carrying my child?! How?! I can't believe this! Don't tell it to find me." I turned to him fuming
"It won't even know you're name, you bastard!" Astonished at myself for cursing, I've never cursed.
"Tohru, calm down. Don't over excite yourself."
"Alright." I said looking down at the table. I saw bits of color sticking out so I pulled them out to find pictures of me, everywhere. From when I walked to school, outside the entrance to the woods where Shigure's house is, after work, at the park. Everywhere. I started crying. Shigure saw me and took me out of the apartment.
"Tohru, it's okay. He won't be see the light of day for a long and I mean a long time."
"I want him in there forever." I said before walking away angrily.
"Tohru, you can't upset yourself so much, you'll hurt the baby."
"I know. I'm just stressed, I don't know what I'm gonna do about school. I haven't even told Uo and Hana." I said before placing my arms around Shigure and placing my head on his shoulder.
"I know, and you have every right to be, it's okay. We'll all get through this. You don't start showing until about four months. You'll be close to summer vacation when that happens."
"That's a little more comforting. But what about when I go back to school for my last year?"
"I'll take care of it. Don't worry, we'll work it out." He said before letting me go. We made our way home in silence and got there in time to see the men who installed the soundproofing material leaving.
"I just want to tell you all," I started, saying to everyone "Thank you, for the support, and future support. I couldn't do this without you guys.
A/N: So tell me, what do you think? Good? Bad? Lemme know!
So, I'm not big on saying, or typing, 'oh my god' so that's why it'll say 'oh my' you can fill in the blanks yourselves. lol :D
