Chapter 2: Just Passing through
By: Laurel
Diclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket in any way.
The shops lined the street. Each had a sign with 'sale' boldly displayed. People scuffled too and fro slightly crowding.
As are three well known characters walked down the street a path was made for them, when people saw the attractive Yuki-kun and the attractive Kyo-kun. Mostly male's eyes were on Yuki-kun and the girls were eying Kyo.
The two took no head at the attention; they were used to it by now. But poor Tohru was not, she looked back and fourth to each side of the crowd blushing. A sweat drop appeared on her head and her heart beat fast she almost felt dizzy.
Oh, I hope I don't get another fever, she thought to herself remembering all the bills and tuition for school. That needed to be paid soon.
"Tohru!" An excited voice called out. Tohru looked up from the supermarket floor. She had been spacing out again.
She saw a boy who looked more like a girl; he was in a pale peach color shirt with a long beaded necklace and sky blue short-shorts.
"M-Momiji...How are you?" Tohru exclaimed, surprise to see him.
Momiji walked up towards Tohru in his usual manner. He took out a lollipop out of his mouth; it was red.
At the moment Tohru was alone, Sohma-kun was getting the TV dinners out of the freezers towards the back of the store.
And Kyo-kun was getting the bread. After the incident in the woods he didn't want to be near Yuki if he could help it.
Momiji and Tohru talked awhile, about little things.
But when Tohru asked Momiji casually why he was out and about so early in the morning he looked down, sad.
His smile stayed but it faded slightly.
Thinking Tohru had offended him or made him sad in some way. Tohru started to ramble.
"W-well you don't have to tell me or anything. I mean you're probably just shopping and I'm keeping it from you! Oh gosh I'm so sorry!" She said, arms flaring out.
Momiji laughed a little, covering his mouth. Then he went silent.
"Its ok if it is you Tohru." He said sadly.
He looked down at his feet so he could tell it.
"Akito…wanted to see Mama today…I don't know why." He said as he looked up crying.
He spoke again getting sadder by the second.
"They might have found out about Momo-chan"
Tohru bit her lip, she knew she was being awful, but she wanted to know the rest. When things came to Akito it was still very mysterious.
He had said to not come near the members of the Zodiac. But he still had not erased her memory.
"You know how daddy hates it when I'm around Momo or Mama, he's really mad now, he wants me to go away for today…"
"Oh Momiji!" Tohru cried out, she wanted to hug him but knew that this was a place where people could see him transform.
So instead she tried to smile for him.
"Momiji if you want I think it would be ok if you stayed at the Sohma home for awhile." She offered.
But Momiji just smiled back, there was no trace of the pain he was in the moment before.
"Thank you, but no thank you Tohru." He said looking past her.
He was staring so Tohru turned around to look at what he was looking at.
Yuki and Kyo were coming back towards the direction in which they were standing.
Poking her Tohru turned to see Momiji again.
He took a few steps from her and waved a goodbye.
"I'll see you!" He exclaimed, leaving.
"What was Momiji doing here?" Kyo-kun asked suspiciously. As he walked up to her first, a bag of bread was in his hand.
Somehow Tohru did not want to share the news about Momiji. She knew Kyo would find out sooner or latter. But she wanted to prolong the sad news so she could think about the situation.
So she put on her best smile, after hearing Momiji's story.
"He was just passing through..." She said. Knowing how sad those words really were.
Hmm that was a dramatic chapter, maybe I should make it a Romance/drama like the rest of my storys?
Anyway please review, I really really need them to give me the streangth to write, yes it really does make a diffrence. So please take out a little time out of you're day and review this story.
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