A/N: Chapter 2! Lemme tell ya, it took me forever to overcome writer's block when I initially wrote this. As in, 3 months. So be grateful I added this story after all this was said and done.

Also, I apologize to any Yuki/Haru fans. I just couldn't do it. DON'T KILL ME! *runs*

Also, I do not own Fruits Basket.

Chapter 2

"Welcome home, everyone!" an especially cheery Tohru said, smiling, when the Sohmas reached the door.

"We're glad to be home, Honda-san," Yuki replied with a sigh of relief.

"Are you two okay?" she asked him and Kyo, noticing their exhausted/pained expressions.

"Yeah, I'm all right," Kyo reassured the brunette. "Got a little bit of a sunburn, but it's no big deal."

"Are you sure? Do you need me to take a look at it?"

Kyo's eyes grew wide, and he blushed. "Um...no. No...I can put something on it, and I'll be just fine. Don't worry about it."

"O--okay, if you're sure," Tohru replied. "Well, anywyay, dinner's about ready. I just have to put a few things away. Hatori-san, Momiji-kun, Haru-san, you're welcome to stay, if you want to..."

"Uh, well, thank you for the offer, but I probably should be--" Hatori began, but Shigure interrupted him.

"Nonsense, Ha'ri! Stay a while! Besides, I don't believe you've had the honor of trying Tohru's amazing cooking yet!"

Tohru blushed at his compliment. "Oh, um...thank you..." she said quietly as they headed inside.

Things around the dinner table were...awkward, to say the least. Yuki tried his hardest not to keep eye contact with Haru for too long, Momiji kept trying to get a second look at his lovely work of art from earlier, Haru laughed quietly to himself, and Kyo had to use every ounce of self-restraint he had not to skewer the rabbit's hand with his chopsticks every time it came within three inches of his shirt.

Shigure, being Shigure, was enjoying the spectacle immensely, Hatori rolled his eyes in annoyance, and Tohru, being the space cadet that she was, did not notice any of it.

"So, did anything interesting happen today?" she asked.

Haru chuckled. "Oh yes indeed, interesting things certainly did happen today, Tohru."

Yuki and Kyo gave him a death glare.

"W--what?" Tohru asked, confused. "Is there something I should know?"

"Well, let's just say there's more to what happened to the two of them than they're letting on," Shigure said slyly.

"Honda-san, don't listen to him," Yuki said, suddenly glad to have something else to focus on. "He doesn't know what he's talking about."

"Um...all right," she said rather hesitantly. She still knew something was up...Kyo and Yuki were acting really strange. She tried not to worry too much. Instead, she gave the two boys a kind smile.

After dinner, Tohru took the dishes into the kitchen to wash them. She didn't realize that Yuki came in behind her.

"Er...Honda-san? Do you need help?" he asked.

"Yuki-kun!" she said. "You, um...startled me...but, um, yes. Thank you."

"Oh, well, sorry about that," he said, walking over towards her. He picked up a plate and started scrubbing.

"Um, Yuki-kun?" Tohru said. "That one's been washed already..."

"Oh..." he said, blushing. "Sorry, I'm just...I've had quite a bit on my mind today, I guess..."

"It's okay," Tohru said, smiling. "Hey, if there's anything bothering you, you can tell me..."

"Um, well...I'm just, well...confused...about how I feel about Ha--um, someone..." he said, choosing his words as carefully as possible.

"Well, if you think that you feel a certain way about someone, then you should tell that person," Tohru said simply.

"Yeah, I know," Yuki said. "But the thing is, I'm str--ah, not sure whether this will make things awkward."

"Yuki-kun, if this person feels the same way, then you shouldn't have anything to worry about," she told him.

"Okay," Yuki said. "Thank you, Honda-san. You're very helpful."

"Oh," she said, blushing. "N--no, it's nothing, Yuki-kun! I'm just glad to do what I can..."

Yuki helped her put the dishes away, then he went to find Haru. Tohru was right; he needed to be honest about his feelings. He found the ox sitting in the living room watching TV.

"Hey, Yuki," he said as Yuki sat on the couch next to him.

"Haru...Um, there's something I need to tell you, um..." he stammered, looking down.

"Yes?"

"Haru, I--"

Then it dawned on Yuki. What was he thinking?! He was a guy, and so was Haru. Something was wrong here. I must have been suffering from temporary insanity, he thought. The heat...the heat was getting to me...

"Yuki?" Haru asked. "What is it?"

"You, uh...you've got something on your face..."

"Um...okay," Haru said, confused. He rubbed his cheek, then asked, "Did I get it?"

"Yeah, you got it."

Just like I got my mind back, Yuki thought.

(meanwhile)

Tohru was in her room, thinking about what she had said to Yuki earlier that evening.

"If you think you feel a certain way about someone, then you should tell that person," her own voice echoed in her head. Why couldn't she listen to her own advice? Here she was, madly, deeply in love with Kyo, and she was too much of a coward to tell him that. She thought that maybe he felt the same way, but she was still afraid. Then she thought, If I could tell Yuki-kun that, I should be able to do it myself.

She had made up her mind. She stood up and headed down the hallway to Kyo's room.

"Um, Kyo-kun? Can I talk to you?" she asked from his doorway. Then she noticed his lack of a shirt and (although she secretly liked it) squealed, "I'm sorry! I'll come back later! I mean, if you're changing or something--"

"No, it's fine," he said, facing her. "I just took it off because the material against my sunburn was beyond irritating, and..."

"Kyo-kun, did you put medicine or anything on it? If you need any, I'll go get it--"

"Tohru, it's fine," Kyo said. He had his arms folded across where the burn--or at least the writing--was, in an effort to hide it from Tohru. "But anyways, enough about that. Didn't you have something you wanted to tell me?"

"Oh, well, yes," she replied timidly. "Kyo-kun, I've been thinkig a lot lately, and well...I lov--um, is that my name...on your belly?"

"Uh..." be began, then muttered "dammit!" under his breath. "Okay, yes. But I can explain. I was asleep, and the stupid rabbit attacked me with the sunblock. But...it is true--I've loved you for a long time now."

Tohru sighed in relief. "I'm so glad to hear you say that, Kyo-kun, because, well...I love you too."

"So I take it Tohru found it?" Momiji said from the hallway. Tohru and Kyo both jumped. Kyo sighed in exasperation and walked over to him.

"Um...don't hit me!" he cried, then was surprised when all the cat did was pat him on the shoulder.

"I just wanted to come over here to say, well...thanks, squirt. You're really not that bad at times..."

"You mean it?" the younger Sohma asked, his eyes wide.

"Yeah. Now go play somewhere else. I wanna talk to Tohru."

"Okay! Don't do anything inappropriate to her, Kyo," Momiji said.

"Don't push it, kid."

Momiji simply laughed, then ran off.

"Aww," Tohru said, "that was really sweet of you."

"Yeah, well..I guess you just have that effect on me," Kyo replied, then planted a soft kiss on her cheek.