A/N: Urgh, I'm really sorry for being this late. I had a writer's block on this one and I just left it for awhile.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, and I do not own the image I use for this fanfic.

**"Furikake": dry seaweeds and fish that is used in Japan as toppings for many kinds of food.

Chapter 5: Yuki's New Thing

What was up with calling him by his name? "Kyo, I'm all yours."

"Stop talking bullshit."

Yuki didn't say a thing. He just observed the almost-stolen condoms in his hand, his beautiful eyelids half closed. He had such a beautiful face. Almost like a girl. "I guess..." he looked up at Kyo "You don't fully realize what I am. What you did."

The orange haired teen followed him with half curious eyes. He wanted to know. But at the same time, he also wanted to run away. Kyo felt exposed, Yuki realized.

"What else to know? You're a faggot."

The words made the mouse's eyes widen for a moment before they shrank back to their usual composed size "Oh." he sat on the bed, and put back the condoms in the box "You must be glad." he looked away, placing his hands between his thighs in an unusual manner "You have this information about me."

Kyo frowned a little. Maybe he was too stupid to tell, yet he had never thought about using Yuki's secret abusively. He felt a little stupid now. Yuki had always made him feel this way "I-I'm not like that..." his large honey eyes moved quickly from Yuki's face to the pale long hands "I'm not like you!" that's right. He wasn't a stupid traitor like Yuki was, not like he was loyal to the rat in the first place, yet, there are things that shouldn't be told nor touched by some people and whether Yuki was a faggot or not was his own business.

Well, was that it? So maybe he should go then, since Yuki just sat there with his eyes digging into the floor. Maybe Yuki could be a complicated person in addition to being a jerk. Whatever. Kyo started toward the door.

"You really are stupid."

"What." he turned around.

"You have an opportunity to beat me. You do. I will do anything you want. Anything." and as Yuki said those words, he looked up at him. He wasn't crying even though Kyo had thought he was. But of course, that rat wasn't normal. He wasn't crying although he should. He was really asking for it, wasn't he?

"Stop fucking with me." Kyo muttered "If you want to prove yourself, stay away from Tohru. Just stay away from her, okay? If you like men so much, go get yourself one, but stay away from her. She's-..." he paused. What was he saying? He suddenly realized that he was standing in front of Yuki, pointing at him. His cheeks flared up. Yuki was staring at him. Then those irking lips stretched into an annoying smirk "What!-? What are you smirking at! Who do you think you're smirking at! She's nothing for me, but because she lives here, it's my duty to protect her! It's because she's too nice! She's too innocent, she won't understand...!"

"'She's mine', right? Is that what you wanted to say?"

"She's not anybody's... She's just special."

Yuki quirked an eyebrow, his shoulders relaxed by now. He looked at the window "I cannot promise such a thing."

"You said that you'd do anything."

"Yes, but not that. I cannot. Because I love her, too."

No, there was nothing else to talk about. Kyo didn't look at Yuki. He just went out, he didn't even close the door behind him. He just walked. Somewhere. He found himself back in the living room, plopping on a small military-green sofa. Yuki was like that. He could lie. He had done it once, he could do it anytime. He was a deceiving creature - a mouse. He had admitted that he liked men. And he didn't like Tohru, he actually loved her. How was it supposed to make sense to anyone? Yuki was in love with her? But why? Why her? There were plenty of girls for him to choose from. At school, girls fantasized about dating him. It was true that the curse could drive some girls away... Kyo could feel the corners of his mouth sinking down. He couldn't control it, somehow, he wanted to cry, but he tried not to. He didn't understand any of this. In a battle between him and Yuki over Tohru, he knew that Yuki would win. He knew it. He couldn't do anything about it. It was out of his control. It was actually good for him that Yuki liked men. Kyo-kun... If Yuki liked men, he couldn't be in love with Tohru. But, Tohru was great, wasn't she? Kyo-kun?... She was maybe an air-headed, silly girl, she was sometimes too childish, too submissive, whiny, she also got embarrassed about stupid things... Yet... He really liked her. He didn't know if it was love or not; Yuki had been pretty confident when he confessed about his love for Tohru. On the other hand, Kyo wasn't like that "...Is he going to be okay?"

He blinked. Turquoise eyes were staring at him. He gaped. They blinked.

"Ah! I'm really sorry!" Tohru jerked away, her feet somehow managing to tangle together and she slipped backward.

"Tohru!" Kyo jumped and grabbed her hand before she could fall.

Their eyes met for a second before both of them fell, Tohru on her bottom, and Kyo on top of her, transforming immediately into an orange cat with a furious red star on its forehead. The cat growled as it was picked up by small shaking hands "Oh no, what have I done!"

Kyo sighed. At least she looked fine now. He... was glad. Tohru smiled a little at him as she cradled him in her arms. He tried to get away from that embarrassing position without hurting her, but his claws got stuck in her shirt and he meowed, displeased "Ah, oh, I'm sorry. It was just a reflex t-to hold you like that...! I-I'll put you down immediately!" but when she tried to pull him away from her, she found out what had been keeping him silent. His claws were stuck in her shirt, on top of her breasts.

"K-Kyaaa!" Kyo wasn't sure if this were heaven or hell. But he was glad, he at least got to touch them, even as a cat "K-Kyo-kun, you're stuck!" she pushed him to the left, then to the right. But seriously, pushing him away wasn't going to work, but to pull him forward. Like this he couldn't turn back to his human form.

A few minutes later, Tohru finally calmed down a little. Panting now, she held him close to her chest, a little red in the face. With this, he managed to pull out his claws from her shirt "You've... succeeded." she chuckled wearily. Yes, he had.

She finally stood up, and put him down. He jumped back on the sofa and crawled underneath his abandoned shirt, poking his head out. At this, the girl smiled, ducking down to observe him "Kyo-kun sure looks cute as a cat." she sweat-dropped when he hissed at the comment. That's right, calling a boy cute was insulting, wasn't it? At least, that was what Yuki had told her. But Kyo really was cute "N-Not in a bad way of course," she hurried to correct herself "I meant cute in a manly way! Yes, that's right!"

"I... don't mind being called cute by you."

She eeked, covering her eyes as a naked Kyo appeared before her, sitting on the sofa with his shirt on his lap "I-I'm sorry!" she turned around, a soft blush decorating her cheeks "It really doesn't offend you?..." she peeked behind her shoulder, but turned instantly back around when he suddenly stood up, her ears releasing white smoke.

"No, I don't mind about things like that." he stepped in front of her, fully dressed "But if you tell that to anyone, especially to the rat-boy..." he narrowed his eyes. Tohru instantly shook her head.

"No, I won't tell anyone! I promise!" she assured him, and then smiled widely "Kyo-kun really is cute."

Kyo could feel his cheeks heating up a little, and he looked away. What was with that smile of hers, anyway? "W-Whatever." he scowled a little, but then, couldn't help but smile back at her. She was so cute. For a moment she kept smiling at him like that, until her smile naturally faded and her eyebrows slightly knitted. Kyo frowned at that "What's up?"

She shook her head "It's nothing, but em... You look a bit troubled."

Kyo blinked. How did she-...? "Humph." he sat back down "You should stop worrying yourself about other people." he grabbed the TV's remote control and turned it on.

"Is that so...?" Tohru lowered her gaze, but then suddenly smiled down brightly at him "Oh it's already this late! I have to prepare dinner!" Kyo watched her as she got that determined look in her eyes and marched toward the kitchen "Leek-free meal for Kyo-kun is coming r-right up!"

He sighed. She was just trying too hard. He was glad she was okay, though. He had been so worried.

That evening, Kyo was finally able to talk to Tohru again. Shigure was in his room, finally working on his novel, or so he said. His editor though was invited to dine with them. It seemed to calm her down somehow. Although Yuki didn't seem to appreciate the way she was stuffing food into her mouth while crying tears of despair. Kyo was eating quietly. Now that he could look at Tohru in the eyes, he wasn't so worried to look up anymore, but then he had Yuki's glare on him. What the hell did that mouse want? Would he stop staring at him like that?... It made Kyo feel uncomfortable. Even more than usual.

Those eyes were observing him.

Yuki... Fingers slipped down Kyo's pants and entered his pocket, pushing inside, almost brushing against his crotch... Kyo swallowed. He couldn't forget that sensation. It made his whole body chill. No, Yuki was in love with Tohru, too. He loved her. Kyo found himself finally daring to look back at Yuki. The gray haired teen was indeed staring at him, one corner of his mouth being lifted into a smug smile. Kyo almost growled by his feline instincts, but kept quiet nonetheless. For a moment, both of them stopped eating and just stared at each other. Kyo was specifically locking his eyes with Yuki's smirking mouth.

What the hell was wrong with that rat? What did he want? Kyo was about to open his mouth when suddenly-... "Kyo-kun, would you like more rice?"

He blinked "Eh, what?" he looked back at Tohru, only then realizing he was holding his empty bowl of rice for awhile now "Uh... Sure." the girl smiled at him and took the bowl from his hand, serving him another portion of rice "Thanks." he resumed eating, fuming as he caught Yuki trying to hide a smile with his hand "Grrrr... What?-!" the cat finally snapped.

"Kyo-kun..."

Kyo ignored Tohru "What the hell do you want?" he faced the mouse. Yuki simply put a bottle of furikake in front of the angry Kyo.

"You like furikake on your rice."

"I know what I like. I don't need you to tell me." he snatched the bottle from the table and covered his rice with the green topping, before he started to stuff the mix into his mouth, joining Mitsuru (Editor-san) wild pace of eating. Tohru sweat-dropped a little at the scene but didn't say anything. When she looked up again, she found that Yuki was smiling at her. She smiled back at him.

He handed her his empty bowl of rice "Please."

"Here you go."

Next morning, Sohma residence, 6:30 AM

The alarm clock went off. It was a chilly morning and the window was half-opened, allowing the fresh morning chill to enter the bedroom. Kyo Sohma dug his head into his blanket until his body was entirely hidden "Jeez..." he muttered. He wasn't exactly a night person, but he wasn't a morning person either. He was used to getting up early though, from living with Shishou. He had used to wake every morning at 5:00 AM, go for a morning run and get back just in time to prepare breakfast. Yes, he used to prepare his own breakfast back then, but sometimes Shishou woke up earlier than usual and had breakfast served by the time Kyo came back from his morning training. Even though now he got so much spare time to sleep, Kyo missed his life living with Shishou... He sighed under the blanket, causing the small fabric mountain to sink down "Shishou..." he softly let his eyes open a little.

"You really are attached to Kazuma-san."

He jerked under the blanket. This voice... This vo-... He froze as something warm brushed his shoulder through the blanket, before squeezing it. It was... a hand. His eyes flew open as he jumped out of his blanket like a cat in distress, hissing as he held onto his 'touched' shoulder.

Yuki stood there by the bed, his right knee kneeling on the mattress as he smiled down at Kyo. The said cat looked literally frightened "Ouch. Don't hold it as though it was damaged by my touch." Yuki lowered his gaze. He was already dressed up in his school uniform.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Kyo slowly relaxed his hold on his arm, and withdrew his hands to his sides. Sitting now fully on the bed with his torso exposed, wearing only a pair of sweatpants.

Yuki observed him for a moment before settling his eyes on Kyo's pants "I came to wake you."

"You really think I would believe that?"

"So why do you think I'm here, Kyo?"

Kyo scowled "Why do you keep calling me 'Kyo'?"

"It's your name 'Kyo'."

"You know what I mean, you've never called me 'Kyo' before! And what the hell are you staring at?-!" he followed Yuki's gaze down to his pants. What was in there to look a-...

"You're hard."

His face flared up as he pulled the blanket hurriedly to cover his lap "Because it's morning!" Ugh! What the hell was going on here?

"Do you need help?" Yuki moved his other knee over the bed so that he sat on it.

"N-Not from you!" Kyo's eyes widened. But he froze as Yuki crawled closer to him. He... couldn't move. Something in the way Yuki was looking at him, somehow made him flinch. He wasn't sure what it was, but he was scared of it. Yuki was scary.

The rat stopped and sat on his shins before Kyo "Not from me? Then maybe from Honda-san, perhaps?"

Kyo could feel his body getting colder and wetter. His palms and armpits were sweating "If..." he paused and looked away "If you get any closer, I swear that I'll kill you."