Disclaimer: Fruits Basket doesn't belong to me, and it never will.

A/N: Firstly, sorry that this chapter's late. Secondly, sorry that it's this short but I really wanted to end it where I did. Lastly, I've changed a few things in the previous chapters but it has to do with the years in their high school. I've changed it so that there are only 3 years, like it should be in Japan, therefore Yuki, Kyo and the band are all in their final (3rd) year & all the other years would just shift down one (in previous chapters). There's no need to go back and re-read everything, just keep it in mind :) Thank you!

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Chapter 10: Unwanted Confessions and Long, Tiring Days

Dinner had been... fun. Almost.

The dinner had started off as relatively quiet with the passing of the various dishes made by Yuki's sister, Mimi, which had then almost immediately turned into an interrogation on Ayame-san's part, interrupted here and there by one of Hatori-san's questions.

All in all I had an amazing time, especially seeing Yuki being himself to an extent that I couldn't even have imagined. I found myself becoming less and less bothered by the fact that he was male and more and more intrigued by his entire being. He was so witty and had a sarcasm that I couldn't help but laugh at. He was a complete misfit in that family but for some reason they all made each other so happy and they seemed perfectly imperfect.

I smiled as I thought about the dinner last night and just as I was about to come back to the real world, I bumped into someone, promptly grabbing onto their forearm to make sure that they never fell.

"Kyo-kun. Just the person I wanted to see."

I looked down, slightly annoyed that my name had rolled off a tongue that made it seem completely the opposite to how Yuki said it. Namely, it was unattractive.

My eyes were met with the burning image of none other than Nidou Kagura.

I immediately let go of her arm at the sight of her and she stumbled backwards slightly at the sudden release.

"Nidou."

"Oh come on, Kyo-kun surely you can greet me nicer than that."

I would've tried smiling at her but if I did it would've merely come out as a sneer and with the sheer stubbornness she had shown me when she forcefully shoved her mouth against mine at Kazuki's birthday, I wasn't brave enough to face her wrath which I was sure would trample over her gleeful demeanour at the sight of it. I merely put on an (obviously fake) interested face and asked her if she hadn't had something to do before I (unfortunately) bumped into her.

"Why I was looking for you, Kyo." She said and the sweetness in her voice made me want to regurgitate.

"And why would you be looking for me on a Thursday morning?"

"Well, we're dating and you've been avoiding me very cleverly these past few days."

I stayed unmoving for a minute, replaying her sentence in my mind before I gave up with a laugh, "I'm sorry, I must not be fully awake yet, I just heard you say that we're," I said, motioning between the two of us, "dating. Could you repeat your sentence quickly?"

She shook her head in what seemed like amusement and clung to my left arm to my utter annoyance. I managed to somehow pull my arm out of her death grip.

"I'm going to tell you exactly what I said at Kazuki's party. I'm not interested in you. So leave me alone."

"Why? We're meant to be together, I know it! It's fate!"

Gosh, this is pathetic. "My feelings for you will never change."

"All you have to do is give me a chance! I can make you feel the same way!"

"I told you to give it up! I will never love you!"

Kagura looked hurt at my blunt response but was determined to make me see differently.

"You won't know until you try! You could at least give us a chance!"

"I can't!"

"Why not, dammit!"

"Because I'm going out with someone already!"

There was utter silence before an eruption of wolf-whistles and cheers came from my classroom. Apparently everyone had been very eager to learn about what was going on between me and Kagura and had been listening intently from the get-go.

"Kyo! You devil, you! You're going out with someone?" I could clearly hear Kazuki's voice amongst the crowd's and I groaned in response before turning to Kagura and staring intently in her eyes to get the message clear.

"It's true so please leave me alone. I'm not interested in anyone else but the person I'm going out with at the moment." I bowed once in apology before slinging my bag over my shoulder and opening the classroom door.

Kazuki immediately made his way over to me, slinging his arm around my shoulders. "You're going out with someone, right? You can't deny it since you just told Kagura-chan off, so who is she? Is she pretty? Smart? Funny? Come on! Details, Kyo! Details!"

My eyes roamed the classroom briefly and I made eye-contact with Yuki amongst the crowd. Hoping he would see the apology in my eyes for almost ruining the secrecy and sat down in my chair, ignoring all the questions being asked around me.

Shit, today's going to be a long day.

I was on my way to a Student Council Meeting when I felt a tug on my arm and the next thing I knew I was pushed up against the wall in an unoccupied classroom by none other than Kyo who seemed to be hugging me as tightly as he could.

I could sense the distress radiating off his body so I encircled my arms around his waist in response, rubbing his back and nuzzling him in return with a soft sigh. "Rough day?"

"You have no fucking idea. Why won't people just leave me alone?"

I chuckled softly, "Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you announced that you're seeing someone in front of most of the final years simultaneously rejecting one of the hottest girls in the school."

"So what? Although it happened by mistake, I didn't think it would spiral that much out of control. Do you know how many 1st years have chased me down yelling 'How could you?' I don't even know who those people are!"

I couldn't stop from laughing slightly and I was soon met with Kyo's murderous glare.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's just... Mimi was speaking about how a lot of the girls' in her year are interested in you but I never thought that you'd have captured the hearts of our 1st years as well." I teased.

Kyo groaned whilst he hugged me for the second time that day, a bit less tight than before.

"I don't want to talk about it anymore, I just wanna hold you and forget about everything."

I blushed deeply, thanking any deity out there that the classroom was slightly dark, "How did you know I was going to walk pass here anyway?"

"I know which route you take to get to the Student Council room." Kyo stated almost matter-of-factly.

My body went stiff slightly, "Kyo... you know that that's creepy, right?"

"It's not like that! I was touring the school one afternoon in my first week here and I saw you walk past, after wondering whether I should follow you, you had already disappeared so I thought about what was around here and with the map's help I saw that the Student Council room was nearby.

"Like that's supposed to make me feel any better." I mumbled softly to myself.

Kyo laughed in response and he whispered into my ear, "Sorry. I felt like such a stalker afterwards but I couldn't help myself."

"Thank god you're my boyfriend, otherwise there would've been some serious trouble."

"Ooh, punishment? I love punishment." Kyo said as he moved in to nip at my neck.

"Kyo, your idea of punishment is way different." I said softly before gasping in response, "We can't do this. I'm going to be late."

"Just a few more minutes." Kyo said, leaning up and capturing my lips in a fiery kiss. I sighed in appreciation and snaked my arms around his neck, moaning softly.

We broke apart slightly, still incredibly close to each other. "Fuck, I love it when you do that."

"Do what?" I whispered as I bit his lower lip slightly.

"Moan so deliciously into our kiss. Like this." Kyo said as he expertly slid his mouth over mine and his arms wound around my lower back, hands spreading across it doing all sorts of things that made me melt into his arms and moan against my will, just like he'd wanted.

I felt Kyo's hand slide further down across my ass and under my thighs, lifting me so I could wrap my legs around his waist. He then walked forwards, pushing us both into the wall.

"I hate to –mmh– end this but I've really got to –ah fuck– go. Now, Kyo."

Kyo sighed and let me down, not letting go of me completely just yet.

"When am I going to see you again?" Kyo asked, looking me in the eye, his eyes fogged over in slight passion.

I chuckled, "Tomorrow. At school."

Kyo groaned again and hugged me one last time, mumbling about how it wasn't the same because he couldn't touch me and then let go seeming to put on a persona of strength. "Okay, I'm good."

I smiled at him slightly, amusement laced in my tone I said, "There you go, see you can hold out for less than a day."

Kyo's expression seemed to change to a torn one and a few seconds later he kissed me chastely on the forehead.

I pouted, "Is that all? I want a proper goodbye kiss."

"Nezumi, if I give you a proper kiss right now, we'd never stop." Kyo pointed out with a smirk, taking my hand and planting a kiss at the back of it, before he walked past me smacking me lightly on the ass before he opened the door and left, leaving me utterly speechless and completely hot.

I made my way over to the band and sat down with a sigh, I hadn't been able to see them for a while because of Student Council duties but luckily my Tuesday lunch period had cleared up and I was able to spend a little more time with them.

"Hey," Aki whispered to me and I looked at him quizzically, "How are you holding up?"

"I'm okay... why do you ask?"

"You know, with all this who's-dating-Kyo nonsense going on the past couple of days. I can't even imagine how stressful it must be for the two of you."

I stared blankly at Aki, my mouth opening and closing like a gaping fish.

"How did you... what?"

"I'm not sure if you realise, though you were pretty preoccupied at the time, but I saw you and Kyo kissing in the old music room last Tuesday. I ran back in because I forgot a textbook there and there you guys were. Are you guys not going out yet? I'm sorry, I don't mean to pry."

I blushed faintly, glad that Seiji and Sou were in a heated discussion.

"No... I mean, yes, we are but no, you're not prying. Have you... you know?"

"Told anyone?" Aki finished and I nodded in response. "No. I haven't even told Seiji. I thought that you'd want to tell us on your own terms but I just wanted to let you know that you've got at least one person to confide in if you're not ready to tell anyone yet."

I smiled sweetly at Aki, "Thanks, Aki. It's okay, Kyo and I spoke about it already, he's okay with friends and family knowing."

"What? So he's hiding his relationship with you?" Aki asked, slightly irritated and I shook my head vigorously in response.

"No! No, it's nothing like that. I'm the one who wants to keep it quiet. I don't want everyone finding out I'm gay just yet and well... Kyo's not really gay."

"It didn't look that way on Tuesday."

I couldn't stop myself from laughing at Aki's confused face. "I'm an exception." I said and Aki smiled at me in response, "I'm happy for you Yuki."

"Thanks, Aki." I sighed and then cleared my throat, successively gaining Sou and Seiji's attention. "I'm not going to hide this from you guys it's already been a week and you deserve to know. You've been there for me through everything so I feel confident that you guys will support me on this." I said, earning a hand squeeze of support from Aki. "Have you heard those rumours going around about Kyo dating someone?"

Sou and Seiji nodded their heads slowly, both visibly confused by the randomness of the subject.

"How could we not? It's been circling around like crazy. Supposedly he's going out with a busty woman from out of town." Sou interjected and I shook my head slowly.

"I know... who he's going out with."

Sou looked plain old shocked whilst Seiji merely looked inquisitive at my news.

There was a moment's silence before I spoke again, "Me."

The surprise that overcame Seiji's face easily showed that he understood but Sou's expression was just filled with bewilderment.

"What about you?"

I sighed in exasperation. "I'm the one Kyo's going out with."

A short laugh left Sou before he noted the seriousness of all our faces. "Wait. You're serious? The dude's not even gay."

"I know." I replied shortly.

"You know? And yet... you two are going out? Since when?"

"Since last week Tuesday."

"So he's interested in girls and you? That's not hard to imagine considering the fact that you loo—"

"Finish that sentence and you won't live to see 5th period." I challenged and Sou immediately shut his mouth by stuffing a piece of food from Seiji's lunchbox into it, earning a glare in response and a slight smack on the hand when he reached to do it again.

I looked at my friends quizzically before raising my voice about it, "Why are you all so calm?"

Seiji looked around, "Did something happen?"

"I just told you some really shocking news! And here you guys are; sitting around eating lunch as if nothing happened!"

"Well, of course you know we're happy for you, Yuki. I thought that was a given."

"You guys aren't put off by it?"

Seiji and Aki both pulled their necklaces with matching rings on from under their shirts with smiles on their faces. "As if we would be." Aki said sweetly, his other hand landing briefly on Seiji's knee before picking up something from the lunchbox and eating it.

I turned to Sou awaiting for his response. "Yuki, you're not seriously asking me this right? I've been hanging out with you guys since Junior High. Seiji and Aki have been together since then and we've all known that you were gay too. If I had a problem I would've definitely pointed it out by now."

I smiled down at my friends before following their lead and lying on my side, facing the food.

"I have the most awesome friends." I said suddenly and was promptly glomped by Sou in response, Seiji and Aki chuckling as they watched me try, in vain, to get Sou off of me.

Lunch break ended way too fast and soon Sou and I were saying goodbye to Seiji and Aki and made our way towards our classroom.

"Haven't you heard? Someone saw them together, I swear, I'm not making this up."

"It was only during lunch, it could've been anyone."

"Another person saw them together at a café close to the train station just a ways out of town during the weekend, why would they go through all the trouble of going out so far away when there are good enough cafés right here? It's fishy if you ask me."

"How sure are you about this?"

Sou and I looked at each other in confusion. "What are they on about?" Sou said, opening the door just in time to hear the next words loud and clear.

"I'm positive. Kyo's going out with the President's sister."

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