Story: Every Waking Moment

Rating: K-T (it'll vary)

Word count: 385

Pairings (throughout the story): HatorixTohru, with mentions of KyoxKagura and YukixMachi

A/N: Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket.

V is for "Vacation"

They—well, he—finally had a vacation, away from patients for one whole week. Just him and Tohru.

And the rest of the Sohma family.

Hatori knew Shigure was scheming something, especially when he practically interrogated him on where Tohru and he would be staying. He saw the whole bunch of them, waiting for them to arrive. She was excited to see them; he was not.

So there he was, sitting on a couch with Shigure and Ayame, while she was whisked away by the others to go to the beach. "Hatori has you all to himself every day. We're taking you out to have fun," oh, how he hated his family sometimes. "Ha'ri!" Shigure whined.

"What?" He seethed.

"You weren't listening to Aya's wonderful story about his store!" Ayame put a hand up to his heart.

"I'm crushed, Ha'ri! You were never so cold-hearted before! Why the sudden change?" Ayame cried. Hatori just stared at Shigure.

"All he wanted was his dear friends to help him and listen, but you were daydreaming!" He sighed. He would be relaxing with Tohru right now if Shigure hadn't brought the entire family. Just then, the door flew open; it was Momiji.

"Everyone! We're gonna light off some fireworks," Hatori didn't even realize it was close to dusk, "so everyone should come outside!" Shigure and Ayame looked at each other with so much glee. Hatori watched them both head for the door.

As the hordes of people left, only one came back in and sat down next to him. He smiled. "How was the beach?" She smiled.

"It was great! The water was nice, but I think I got a little burnt in some places," she leaned forward and he looked at her back; she was right. Tohru leaned towards him and rested her head on his lap. She looked exhausted.

"Do you not wish to see the fireworks tonight?" She closed her eyes.

"I-I would love to, but I think I would fall asleep watching them," she whispered. He placed his hand on her head and started combing through her hair. She snuggled more into his body. And as the fireworks went off, he didn't care. He just stared at Tohru for maybe an hour and kept smiling.

This was what a vacation had to feel like.

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