Love Me and Hate Me
Venvi
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket and all rights go to the creators. I only own my characters Madison, Jaykki, Daichi, etc.
Last Edited on May 19th, 2014
Love Me and Hate Me
Cinq: Our Secret To Yours.
Cause I wonder sometimes,
About the outcome,
Of a still verdictless life.
-Why Georgia, John Mayer.
It was this day of all days that had become one of very importance to that of Maddison Paige. December 30th, 2011. Not exactly New Year's eve. It was a day that Maddison Paige would never forget. It could have been fate, destiny, whatever anyone wants to call it or maybe it was just an accident. I sheer misstep and a late reaction, but no one would ever know.
The girl before mentioned was waiting outside with her white slash black haired friend, who had gotten lost the night before. Being the good person Maddison was at heart, she let Haru stay at her house, and since the Sohma's never answered their phone he spent the night.
"When is Yuki going to get here." Haru sighed, resting his elbow on his knee and his head in his hand.
"He'll get here when he gets here, do you have zero patients?" Maddie asked, giving the boy a glare. He shrugged his shoulders, letting out another sigh. 'If you're gonna be all gloomy why don't you go do something while you wait." She suggested, crossing her arms. "Go play on my xBox or something."
"No, thanks." He mumbled, closing his eyes as the sun barely shone out from the clouds. Maddie shivered from the cold, wrapping her jacket around herself. "Two more days and it'll be the new year." Haru whispered, a small smile curving at his lips. "I got lost heading over to Shigure's house. Was going to celebrate it with them over at Shigure's this year. Then I got lost." He explained.
"Oh." Maddison scratched her chin, giving him a smirk. He nodded his head, turning his attention away from the girl. "It'll be, 21 days that I have known the Sohma's by tomorrow." She nodded her head, putting a finger on her cheek.
"You've been keeping track of how long you've been friends with us?"
"Well, kind of." Maddison shrugged her shoulders, recrossing her arms. "Meeting you guys was kind of a big event." She gave him a small smile, turning her eyes to the sky. "I hope we will continue to be friends when the new year comes."
Haru nodded.
"I would like that."
"It'll be my first New Year's here." Maddie stated, ignoring his last comment. "My family use to try to get over here for New Years so my mom could be with her sister, but it was usually busy so we couldn't." She looked back towards the ground, remembering the times with her family.
"Why did you come move up here with your aunt?" Haru asked, furrowing his eyebrows as he looked at the girl. She shrugged her shoulders, not replying to his question. "Don't trust me, I see."
"Its a secret." Maddie put a finger over her lips as a small smile played on her face. He chuckled, rolling his eyes and tearing his gaze away from her. "I'd like to not think about it as well." She stated, her voice a whisper now.
"I get it." Haru shrugged this time, nodding his head.
"Okay."
That sat in silence for a couple minutes, waiting for Yuki to show up at any given moment.
"Yuki walks everywhere." Haru informed her, nodding his head as he stared up at the sky. "I worry a bit, you know. He easily gets sick, and walking around in winter isn't the best thing for him." He shrugged his shoulders, lifting his coat to go over his nose and mouth.
"Why don't they use a car?" Maddison asked, furrowing her eyebrows. "Everyone uses cars."
"Not them." He sighed, fixing the hat that was on top of his head. "Well, sometimes they do like going to some place that they can't walk to. But usually they just walk to wherever they have to get to in the city."
"Oh."
"Yeah, I worry about the guy." Haru mumbled, his breath disappearing in the air.
"Are you guys good friends?"
"Yuki was my first love." Haru stated, running a hand through his hair. "I hated him when we were kids. Then he said something to me and it was all great from there. I fell in love with the guy." He shook his head, a smile spreading onto his face.
"So you're gay?"
"Hell no." He answered, glancing at the girl. "It was only him that I ever liked. No other men interested me. I went through the phase were I thought I was gay, believe me I did. Girls are much more my thing then guys." He explained, putting his hands in his coat pockets. "Yuki was the only guy I did and ever will love."
"That's nice." Maddison smiled, rubbing her arms. "Yuki is a great guy. He's very kind and intelligent. Quite the princely type that everyone makes him out to be." She nodded her head.
"He's with Tohru, though."
"I know." Maddie replied, crossing her arms. "They are happy it seems."
"Kyo's not."
"Ky.. Wait, why, what?"
"He's unhappy about it." Haru stated, standing up as Yuki appeared in the distance. "Yuki!" Haru waved his arms, a smile spreading onto the boy's face. He hurriedly went down the steps and ran over to the dark haired boy, hugging him.
"You all ready, then?" Yuki asked, hands held behind his back as a smile graced his lips. Maddison nodded, getting up off the stairs. "Tohru forgot to ask over the phone, but we all were wondering if you would like to stay over for New Year's. You and your aunt."
"I actually have no idea where my aunt is at the moment.."
"Oh, well, I'm sure she's okay." Yuki put a hand on her shoulder, giving her a nod. They started heading back down the street. "Where did Hatsuharu go off to?" Yuki stopped, looking around for the ox.
"Probably went off without us, thinking he could get there by himself." Maddison shrugged, continuing to walk down the side walk. "He seems to do that, ever since I've met him."
"Yes, he tends to go off on his own." The boy nodded his head, catching up with Maddie and slowly adapting to her steps. "He'll find his way back home eventually." He shrugged, walking beside the girl.
"My aunt, I think she would love to come and hang out with you guys on New Year's."
"Really?"
"Yeah, my aunt loves being around people on holidays." Maddison nodded, smiling at the older boy. "She's a very people person, something that we don't really have in common." She sighed, rolling her suitcase behind her. "Everyone says we are so much alike, but once you get to know us, we are very different."
"I see." Yuki rubbed his chin, glancing away from Maddie.
"I wonder if my aunt stayed at Hatori's.." Maddison mumbled, furrowing her eyebrows as she stared at the ground.
"What?"
"My aunt." Maddie explained, using hand gestures. "Went over to Hatori's yesterday, for some reason." She rubbed the back of her head trying to remember the reason but nothing coming to mind.
"Why would your aunt go over to Hatori's?" Yuki asked, rather quickly. He stuck an arm out in front of Maddie, making her stop. "Why would she go over to his house?" He asked again, squinting his eyes at the girl.
"I-I don't know.." Maddison shrugged, stepping away from Yuki. "T-They're friends, or something! How should I know?!" She told him rather exasperated.
"Hatori doesn't have friends." Yuki mumbled, letting his arm fall back to his side and continuing to walk. Maddison stayed a bit behind him, staring away from the boy. "Hatori is.. He's not a man to consider becoming friends with." He explained, hugging himself. "Why on earth would your aunt befriend him.." He glanced back at the girl who didn't look like she was going to reply anytime soon.
"I'm not very worried about her." Maddison shrugged, putting her free hand in her pocket. "Jay knows how to get out of tricky situations."
"W-What.."
Jaykki was currently holding a drink in the kitchen of Hatori's house while Momiji stood naked at the other side of the room with a snack hanging out of his mouth. They both just stared at each other with confused expressions.
"..."
They stayed silent for awhile until Jay quickly turned around and headed out of the kitchen, making her way back to the familiar room but bumping into Hatori. She fell backwards, falling into another person behind her. She fell backwards, hitting her head onto the floor and landing onto something fluffing. From the other direction she heard a poof and then something small hit the floor.
"G-Get off me, please." She heard something squeak from under her. She slowly sat up, crawling over to the wall and sitting against the wooden material. "Thanks!" She rubbed her head as she opened one eye to take in the scene before her.
The once fully grown man with the cold stare that intimidated anyone was now a seahorse, staying quite still on the floor. She turned her head to the other person she fell into, and opened both eyes as she say the blonde haired, girly boy was now a yellow haired rabbit. She stared at both of the creatures, sinking against the wall as far as she could. They both stared back at her.
"Before you freak ou-"
"W-What the hell!" Jay screamed, quickly standing up and keeping her back against the wall. "Y-You're animals. You've turned into animals, what?!" She put a hand on her forehead, turning her attention to the ceiling. "No, no, its because I hit my head on the floor. That's why. This is all fake, just a dream. I am unconscious right now, I bet." She nodded her head, slowly sliding back onto her butt.
"Jay." Momiji the bunny put a paw on her leg and she let out a scream. "Please stop freaking out!"
"Y-You're a bunny!" She yelled, pulling her leg away from the thing. "You turned into a bunny! And Hatori turned into a sea horse!" She pointed over at the silent creature who was still not moving.
"Listen, Jay!" Momiji yelled, a bit of desperation in his voice. "We need to put Hatori in some salt water!"
"A-And you can talk. You turned into a bunny and you can talk. You've turned into a talking bunny. I turned you into a talking bunny!" She shouted, crawling away from the talking rabbit.
"Ms. Paige."
"Y-You guys are talking!" She lifted up the bunny, shaking it. "How the hell is this happening?! I hit my head, yeah?" She fell back against the wall, dropping the bunny back onto the floor.
"Ms. Paige."
"Be careful with me!" Momiji said, falling onto his paws. He hopped off towards the sea horse, bumping it with his nose.
"This isn't real, this isn't real." Jay pulled at her hair, her breathing fast. "Its all just in my head, yes. That is it." She nodded her head, legs shaking.
"Ms. Paige!"
Jay jumped at the loud shouting, and slowly turned her attention on the two animals who were staring at her. She slowly went over to them, falling onto her knees and picking up Hatori. She examined the sea horse, her eyes wide.
"I really did turn you guys into these didn't I?" She asked, the questions in her head spinning. "You really are a sea horse and a bunny." Jay murmured, turning her eyes onto the bunny who had a smile on its face.
"Yeah, I'm really a bunny and Harie here, he's really a sea horse!" Momiji explained, putting a paw on one of Jay's thighs.
There was a loud poof, and Hatori appeared human, falling backwards onto his bum, naked. Momiji was standing, naked, once again. Jay's eyes were trained on Hatori as they trailed down his body and she quickly let out a scream as she turned around and started to crawl back to the kitchen while whispering to herself that everything was all in her head. Hatori quickly grabbed his clothes, pulling them back and and pushing Momiji to his room.
Jay sat in the kitchen, a cup of hot coffee in her hands. She was staring wide eyed at the wall waiting for the two guys to come and explain to her about everything. She had been sitting in there for what seemed like twenty or so minutes. She took another sip, her hands wrapped delicately around the mug. A bunch of questions were running through her mind, and she was a little afraid of those two at the moment. She put her mug down as the two men walked into the kitchen.
"I better get a good effing explanation." She stated, squinting at the two of them. They both took a seat across from her, the only one staring at her was Hatori. Momiji was looking down at the hands folded in his lap. Jay pulled her hands away from the mug and crossed her arms.
"Ms. Paige, the Sohma's are a very confined family." Hatori stated, sitting up straight in his chair. "We do not indulge ourselves in the world out there, or with other people because of our curse. Yes, this is a curse that our family has." He stared at her with a cold stone expression. Jay leaned forward, resting her head on her hand. "Our curse is that thirteen members of this family transform into the animals of the Zodiac when-"
"Hugged by the opposite gender or are under a lot of stress." Momiji finished, a apologetic-like smile gracing at his lips. "I am the rabbit in the Zodiac, Hatori is the dragon. Yuki's the rat, Kyo's the cat, Hatsuharu is the ox, and so on." He gestured with his hand and looked up at the women. "I don't want Hatori to be the one that says this because I know how much it tears him up inside." The rabbit turned to look at the man who was sitting next to him. Hatori looked down at the boy with a expressionless face. "He looks like nothing can get him, but this does." Momiji got up from his seat and went over to the woman.
"What..?" Jay shook her head, trying to take in all the information that had just been given to her. "You guys turn into the Zodiac animals and.. Wait, what? What doesn't he like, what?" The woman turned her eyes on the approaching boy. He stopped once he was close enough and put a hand over her own.
"I'm afraid that your memories must be wiped." He gave a sad smile, gripping onto Jay's hand. "Don't worry though, it won't hurt or anything. You just won't remember us, or that any of this happened."
Jay pulled her hand away from the boy and turned her gaze to Hatori who was staring at her with the same hard, cold, expressionless face. She backed up into the counters, gripping onto the edges of them.
"Y-You, no, no one is messing with my memories!" She yelled, looking between to two males in the room. "My memories do not need to be wiped! I will not let you do that to me!" She stomped her foot onto the floor, head over to Hatori and leaning down in his face. "You will not do anything of the sorts, Hatori Sohma." She growled, trying to look as threatening as she possibly could but failing.
"You think that Hatori wants to do that?!" Momiji squeaked, thrusting his arm out and pointing at the man.
"Why would you stand up for someone who takes away people's memories?" Jay asked, standing up straighter and turning to stare at the boy. She had a sort of intelligent woman air about her in the moment. "What sort of person does that?" She raised her hands up in the air as she furrowed her eyebrows. "All I can think of is bad people, in the stories and shows, movies. Bad people. Why would you stick up for bad people?"
"Hatori isn't a bad person!" Momiji yelled, walking over to the man and putting a hand on his shoulder. The older man slowly trailed his eyes to the small hand on his shoulder. "He's my family! He takes care of me, feeds me, clothes me, everything! Ever since I was a child. Ever since my family didn't want me, Hatori took me in! He's like my dad, and I'll fight for him!" He was panting once he was done, glaring up at the older woman.
"This is the first time I've seen you act so mature and defensive, Momiji." Jay stated, quite taken aback at his sudden attitude. She nodded her head, turning to look back at Hatori. "Why would you have to erase my memories? You don't like to do it, then why do it in the first place?"
"Akito does not like outsiders knowing our secret, so I must erase any knowledge of us from them if they ever find out." Hatori explained, standing up slowly and turning towards Jay. "I was going to erase Maddison's memories, along with your's. Akito isn't very fond of you two."
"Who gives a damn what Akito thinks?!"
Hatori and Momiji were quite taken aback by the sudden snap of Jay's voice. She had a hand on her hip and was tapping one of her feet on the floor. They both gave her a confused expression as she glared at the two.
"Akito is the head of the house." Momiji stated, pointing a finger up to the ceiling. "Whatever Akito says, we must obey it. He's like a God, if you want to think of it that way." Momiji put that finger on his chin as he looked away in thought.
"Have you heard of the story about the Zodiac, Ms. Paige?"
"Yes."
"Then you know there is a God in that story, correct?"
"Yes."
"While all of us, Momiji, Yuki, Hatsuharu, Shigure, and more including I, play the part of the animals." He glanced away from the girl pausing for a second before they came back to her face. "Akito got the God role."
"Oh." Jay furrowed her eyebrows as her gaze turned to the floor. "Well, I'm sorry about everything." She trailed up Hatori's body until her eyes landed on his. "I know how hard it can be to have a curse on you." She whispered, almost inaudibly.
"What?" Hatori tilted his head a bit, expecting for her to repeat what she said but she didn't. "If you mind-"
The phone rang.
Momiji ran to pick it up, coming back and handing it to Hatori.
"Its Shigure, he wants to know if you wanted to go over for New Year's Eve and New Year's, including Jay." Momiji stated, giving the phone to the older man and giving a smile to Jay. "Guess he won't be wiping your memory for a while." He whispered to the older woman.
"Shigure?" Hatori questioned, turning away from the two and heading over to the sink. "Yes, what do you want?" He went silent for a moment, staring out the window above the sink. "I thought you were going away with Ayame?" Momiji and Jay glanced at each other before looking back at the man. "Who will be there?" Hatori nodded his head, putting a hand on the edge of the sink. "And you want Ms. Paige to come?"
"Yeah, Shigure and them were wondering if you wanted to go over for New Year's Eve and New Year's." Momiji elbowed her as Hatori continued his conversation on the phone. "Maddison said that you would like that apparently, and so they were wondering if you guys wanted to hang out then." He shrugged his shoulders, a giant toothy grin gracing his face. "It'll be more fun for you guys if you come and join us!"
"I suppose I will go over there, Shigure." Hatori nodded his head again, slowly turning around to face to two. "I think she will say yes to your offer." He glanced at Jay who nodded her head quickly. "Shall I bring anything for tomorrow?"
"We don't usually do anything big." Momiji informed the older woman. "The Sohma's usually have a big banquet here and everyone comes but sometimes Shigure has a little party at his house, inviting some of the Sohma's. I guess this year he's doing that instead." He shrugged his shoulders, his eyes shining brightly.
"Well, it sounds lovely." She clapped her hands, a smile spreading onto her face. "I haven't spent New Years with people before." That caught Hatori's attention and he stared at her before tearing his gaze away.
"We will be there." Hatori sighed, putting his free hand in his pocket. "Okay, alright, Shigure. Goodbye." He hung up the phone, and Momiji quickly took it from him and ran out of the kitchen. "It seems I will not be erasing your memories so soon." He stated, glancing at the older woman.
"I suppose not." A smirk tugged at her lips as she stared at the man.
"I will be able to chat with your niece tomorrow." Hatori nodded his head, heading out of the kitchen. Jay ran after him, grabbing onto his arm and glaring up into his face.
"If you do anything to that girl you'll wish that you would've had erased my memories right then and there, Hatori Sohma." She threatened, her voice dangerously low. The sides of his mouth twitched upward before they fell back into the same, cold frown. He slowly glanced down at her hands on his arms. She quickly removed them and he nodded at her, heading down the hallway and into the familiar room. She followed.
"I will not hurt her, you do not have to worry, Ms. Paige."
"Jaykki." She corrected him, crossing her arms. "Or Jay, I like Jay the best. If you could please stop calling me "Ms. Paige" I would be very gratefully." She nodded her head, watching as the man took a seat in his chair and opening up his computer.
"I will not hurt her, you do not have to worry, Jaykki." He repeated, correcting himself with her name. He turned his head slightly to look at the woman and watched as she smiled and clapped her hands.
"We're getting somewhere!" She said excitedly, tilting her head as she smiled at him. He stared wide at her, quickly shaking his head and turning back to his computer.
Maddison was rummaging through her bag which was laying on a bed. She was currently standing in a spare bedroom that the Sohma's had for her stay for the couple nights. She searched through her suit case, looking for her phone. Once she found it, she fell onto the bed and stared up at the text message that her aunt had sent.
Will b going 2 Shigure's? Was that his name? For New Years, hope u havent changed ur mind.
-Jay-Jay
Maddie smiled, quickly texting her aunt back and setting her phone on the bedside table. She headed out of her room and down to the kitchen were Tohru was making supper. It had gotten late.
Yuki, Tohru, and Maddie had spent the day inside and playing board games together plus helping with some clean up around the house. None of them really mind as they got to be around each other and have a great time. By the time that Haru had shown up, they had finished the chores around the house. He went off to Shigure's room to sleep while Shigure wasn't home.
"I'm so excited for tomorrow and the day after that!" Tohru stated, making a rice ball as she leaned against the kitchen counter. "I'm really looking forward with spending the New Year with you, Maddison!" She smiled at the girl as Maddison shrugged her shoulders.
"So Hatori and Momiji are coming as well?" Maddison asked, leaning against another kitchen counter with her arms crossed. Tohru nodded her head in reply. "Eh, guess Hatori will finally be able to have that chat with me." She sighed, running a hand through her hair.
"Hatori wanted to talk to you?" Tohru asked, stopping her rice ball making and furrowing her eyebrows as she stared at the girl. "Why does he want to talk to you?"
"I'm not really sure." She grumbled, glaring at the floor. "Its annoying me how nervous I am about meeting him. I mean its not like he's the head of the Sohma family, you know?" She shrugged her shoulders, holding onto the edge of the counters.
"Hmm."
"Wah!" Someone shouted, and a loud tumbling noise from out in the hall interrupted Tohru and Maddison's conversation. They both rushed out to see what had happened, and watched as Yuki landed on his butt on a couple steps from the bottom floor. He blinked his eyes a couple times as the blood dripped down the side of Yuki's head. "Whoops.." He whispered, letting an awkward grace his lips.
"Did you just fall down the stairs?" Maddie asked, going over to the boy and checking out his wound before Tohru could do it. "Don't worry, Tohru, go make supper. I can take care of this." She laughed as Yuki nodded his head. "Well we gotta get this fixed up. You stay right here." He nodded his head as Maddison went to the nearest bathroom and got out a washcloth and running it under the sink. She wrung out the washcloth, finding a big bandaid and heading back to the boy.
"I'm a bit clumsy sometimes." Yuki stated, shrugging his shoulders.
"That's alright." Maddison chuckled, walking over to the boy with the two things in hand. As she was making her way to him, she tripped over someone's shoe and fell forwards. She let out a squeak before she landed onto Yuki. A loud poof was heard, and smoke engulfed Maddison. "What-" Once it cleared, she slowly lifted herself up and looked to see a small rat with a little blood running down its head.
"Try not to freak out, if you could, Ms. Paige." The rat spoke.
Maddison paused, dropping the two things in her hands to the floor. Tohru popped back out of the kitchen to see what was happening and slowly took in the scene before her. She stared wide eyed at the two, freezing in place.
Maddison let out a breath, backing up into the wall.
"What, the, fuck." She breathed out, staring down at the rat. "What the fuck!?" She yelled, turning her head to look at Tohru. "Do you see this?!" She asked, pointing at the rat who was laying on the stairs. Tohru nodded her head, making her way over to the other girl. "H-He turned into the rat, how does that happen?!" She squeaked, her hand shaking. "I-I fell on him and he turned into that!" She let her arm fall back to her side. "Wait... Did I turn him into that?!" Tohru didn't answer as she made her way closer to Maddison. "I turned him into a rat!"
"Maddie, please, stay calm." Tohru begged, reaching out and putting a hand on her arm.
"I turned Yuki into a rat!" Maddison shouted, backing away from Tohru and into the corner. "I-I turned him into a rat, Tohru. Look!" She pointed at the rat again, her eyes wide. "How.. How does that happen!?" She looked between the two. "What.."
"Maddison, please, we will explain this." Yuki stated.
"And he talks." Maddie rubbed her forehead, trying to process all this in her brain. "I turned Yuki into a rat, and he can talk. Rats aren't suppose to talk! Well first, people aren't suppose to turn into animals!" She yelled, pushing on her head on both sides. "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god."
Kyo strolled into the room, freezing mid-step as he looked down at the rat that was on the steps and at the freaked Maddie in the corner. He slowly put his foot to the floor as everyone turned to look at him. He looked between each of them, his eyebrows furrowed, then he let out a loud laugh.
"Look who's fault it is this time!" Kyo laughed, pointing at the rat.
"Kyo.." Tohru sighed, her shoulders falling down in defeat. Maddison looked at Kyo with frightened eyes and he quickly stopped his laughing.
"You're scared?"
"No." She shook her head, but her expression told him otherwise. "Maddison Paige is never scared!" She shouted at him, but her voice betrayed her.
"Such bullshit, oh my god." He laughed again, causing Maddie to glare at him. "So glad that its not my fault this time." He nodded his head, crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall.
There was a loud poof and Yuki appeared back in his human form, naked. Maddison stared at him before letting out a scream and running to the kitchen. Tohru quickly turned around, her cheeks flushed red. Kyo let out another laugh as Yuki sighed. The dark haired boy slipped back on his clothes and picking up the bandaid from the floor. He put it over his wound then went after the girl.
"You could be a little more sensitive, you stupid cat." Yuki stated, brushing off his shirt as he headed into the kitchen. "She's a person, who doesn't get any of this. You remember how Tohru was when she first found out." He looked up at the cat who was now frowning. They all went into the kitchen where Maddie was standing by the fridge with her forehead against the object.
"Yo, Maddison." Kyo called, hands in his pockets as he leaned against the kitchen counters. She didn't look over at him. Tohru went over to the girl and put a hand on her shoulder, whispering things into her ear. "Yo, Maddison, why don't you stop being a girl and listen to us, yeah?" He asked, his face completely expressionless as he tilted his head and stared at the girl.
"And you're still a bastard." Maddie grumbled, turning to face them going back to her normal, cold state.
"Glad to have your royal bitchy highness back." He smirked, eyebrows raised. She shook her head, shrugging her shoulders.
"Can I explain, Ms. Paige?" Yuki asked, putting a hand on her shoulder. She pulled away from him, but nodded her head. "Our family, the Sohma family has a curse over them." He began, keeping his eyes on the girl. "We turn into the animals of the Zodiac. I turn into the rat, Momiji is the rabbit, Hatsuharu is the ox-"
"That's why his hair is white and black!"
"Yeah, pretty much." Haru yawned, entering the kitchen without his shirt on. Kyo let out a growl as he shoved the ox out of the room. He came back with an annoyed expression on his face.
"What's Kyo?" Maddison asked, pointing at the ginger with a glare.
"He's the-"
"I'm the cat." He grumbled, looking away from all of them. "The only one that isn't accepted into the family, and its all because of this damn rat!" He stated, pointing at the boy. "You've heard the story, you know what happened." He crossed his arms, glaring at the back of Yuki's head.
"Well, that's all fucking weird." Maddie stated, shrugging her shoulders. "Fucking weird, indeed." She went over to the table and took a seat. "Anyway, I'm starving and I want food and frankly I don't care about your whole cursed family shit because you're my friends and it doesn't matter to me."
"Oh." Yuki tilted his head, a smile falling onto his face. Tohru ran over and hugged the girl, letting out a squeal of happiness and quickly went back to working. Yuki glanced at the cat who was still glaring at him. "You keep your eyes on me long enough and I might burst into flames."
"Good, I hope you do."
"You are such a fool."
"Fuck you!" Kyo yelled, shoving Yuki into the wall. Yuki looked calmly back up at the boy.
"That the best you could come up with in that small brain, you have?" A cold smile turned at his lips, and Kyo aimed to punch him but his fist met with the wall instead. His fist went through the wall, making a big hole where Yuki's head just was. The shorter boy gut punched the ginger, and then with one leg he kicked him in the chest and sent him flying across the kitchen into the counters. "You will never be more then a stupid cat." Yuki blurted out. Kyo tore his gaze away from the rat, getting up with a hand on his stomach.
"I don't have to deal with this shit." He stated, heading out of the house and to his favorite place, the roof.
"Its crap like that, that makes him go all batshit crazy." Maddison pointed out, letting out a sigh. "If you didn't egg him on, he wouldn't go ballistic. Jesus Christ."
"He pursues a fight with me, Ms. Paige." Yuki stated, turning his attention onto the girl. "Its what he does, he craves a fight that he'll win. He has hope he will beat me one day."
"Let's hope that he does." Tohru said, and Yuki hesitated, but then nodded.
"What?"
Tohru and Yuki exchanged looks between each other.
"What do you mean you hope that he does? Its not a competition, is it?" She furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at the two. "He just wants to fight you."
"Maddison.."
"What?!" She asked, her voice raised a bit. She didn't know why she was getting all angry at the moment. "We're friends, you can't keep secrets from me." She told them.
"If Kyo doesn't beat me in a fight by the end of high school he will be confined to the Cat Room, which is isolation." Yuki explained, his hair covering his eyes as he replied to her. Maddison stood up from her seat, taking in the information.
"What..!?" She said for the third time that evening, her eyes going back between Tohru and Yuki. "Who decided that?!" No one replied to her. "That's not fair! What bullshit!" She yelled, balling her hands into fists. She pushed past Yuki, and stood outside the kitchen for a couple seconds.
She huffed with anger, not because she was mad at the whole cat confinement thing. She was a little angry about that, but she was mostly upset because her friends had lied to her. The only friends that she had in this dumb town had been keeping secrets, and who knows how much other secrets that were still keeping from her. She let out a frustrated yell as she went to go find Kyo. She grabbed her coat, and took his own just in case. She hated that she felt the need to be nice to the stupid ginger now.
"Kyo!" She screamed, walking outside and the cold quickly engulfed her. "Ginger!" She yelled, putting on her coat and looking around for the stupid cat. She hugged the coat tightly to her chest as she searched around for Kyo.
The boy she had been calling was staring down at her with slit-like eyes, almost resembling a cats' eyes. He watched as she searched around and noticed that she was holding onto his coat. He scoffed, crossing his arms and leaning back onto the roof as he stared up at the night sky. He could feel the anger in his chest, and the hair on his arms, and the back of his neck stand up.
"There you are!" She yelled, spotting the cat on the roof. "Jesus Christ, answer when you're called you bastard!" He didn't reply to that. She furrowed her eyebrows as she stared up at him. "How'd you get up there?" She asked, looking around for any possible way to get up onto the roof. Once she found the ladder that had been placed on the side of the house she began to climb. "What, giving me the silent treatment now?"
"You're so fucking pathetic, I swear to god." He laughed, shaking his head. Once she got onto the roof she chucked his jacket at him.
"I'm pathetic?!" She screeched, glaring down at him. "You're the one acting like a drama queen and hiding out on the roof. What kind of hide out is this, its god awful." She sat down next to him, pulling her legs up to her chest.
"Why don't you just go back inside." He growled, sitting up and dropping his coat back onto her. "You're annoying and I don't want you out here hanging around me like some child clingy to its mother."
"You are a bastard, and I hate you." She shook his coat off her, taking it and slamming it into his lap. "Now take your damn coat because I did a nice thing for you and brought it out to give it to you." She grumbled, holding back onto her legs. "Just because you can turn into a cat doesn't mean you're invincible. You could still catch a cold or pneumonia or something."
He didn't reply.
"So you come up here when your mad, its kind of stupid." She shrugged her shoulders, staring up at the sky with a bored expression on her face.
"Well at least I can pull myself up onto the roof while you probably couldn't throw a punch to save your life." He growled, glaring once again at the girl. She slammed a fist into his shoulder, not even hurting him a bit. "Point proven."
"At least people actually like me." She snarled, her nose crinkling up as she glared back. The tension between them was crazy, the rage emitting off the two teenagers and into the cold winter night. Kyo broke eye contact, tearing his gaze away and looking back up to the sky.
They both went silent.
"Sorry." Maddison grumbled, staring down at her feet. Kyo didn't respond but she thought she saw him nod his head out of the corner of her eye. "You hate me, don't you?" She sighed, resting her head on her knees.
"For fuck's sake, I don't hate you!" He yelled, throwing his hands up in exasperation.
"Well, you sure don't act like it."
"Just shut up."
"You know what fuck you." Maddison spat, starting to stand up. Kyo kept his gaze on the sky as Maddison made her way back to the ladder. She slipped on the ice, flailing her arms as she tried to keep from going off the roof. Kyo was fast and quick, grabbing onto her arm and keeping her from falling.
"Try not to kill yourself." Kyo snarled, pulling her back up and putting both his hands on her shoulders. "Wouldn't want everyone to think it was me who killed you." He stated, waiting until she got her balance to sit back down again.
"Whatever."
Kyo looked back up to the sky, running a hand through his ginger hair.
"Hey, is that a shooting star?" Maddison asked, pointing up at the sky where there was a falling star. Kyo nodded his head and Maddison slowly sat back down next to him. "They are quite pretty." She whispered, her eyes stuck on the shooting star. Maddison held her hands together in her lap and closed her eyes, wishing silently on the star. Kyo watched her, his face softening just a bit.
"What'd you wish for?" Kyo asked, pulling his gaze away from the girl as she opened her eyes back open.
"Well if I told you, it wouldn't come true now would it?" She smirked, glancing over at the ginger.
"It'll probably come true, knowing you wish it." He shrugged, watching the star shoot out of sit. Maddison turned her attention onto the cat, taken aback by his comment. She let a smile slip onto her lips.
"Something is happening, Shigure!" Akito yelled, throwing a vase at the wall. It shattered to small pieces onto the floor. Shigure jumped at the sudden violent act and quickly regained himself. "Something weird is happening!" He shouted, huffing with anger.
"Calm down, Akito."
"Calm down!?" He screeched, turning his furious eyes onto the man. "These two women are invading into the Sohma family!" He slammed his fist into the wall. "I will not allow it!"
"Maybe its for the best." Shigure shrugged, resting his head on the table as he watched the other man.
"For the best?!" Akito growled, balling his hands into fists. "Ruining a family is for the best, Shigure?"
"That's not what I meant, Akito, and you know that."
Akito turned towards his window, looking out it as snow slowly fell to the ground.
"I know."
"Mhm." Shigure nodded his head, watching the man with a look of what seemed like adoration.
"I don't want them destroying what I've created." Akito mumbled, resting his head against the windowsill. "What if I had their memories erased, do you think that would change things, Shigure?"
"I have this feeling that it won't." He replied, letting out a yawn. "I think they were brought to us for a reason."
"I have that feeling to." Akito nodded his head, rubbing the back of it. "I have a lot of feelings, but the curse weakening is the biggest."
"I have that feeling as well."
"I don't want the curse to be broken." Akito whispered so quietly that Shigure couldn't hear him. The man sitting at the table furrowed his eyebrows at Akito, wondering if he had said anything.
"Did you say something?"
"No." Akito answered rather quickly. He turned around to Shigure and tilted his head. "Are you coming over here to celebrate New Years Eve, and New Year's?"
"Nah, I got some people over at the house for some celebration this year. Including the Paige's." Shigure shook his head, and looked up at the man. "Ayame quit on me the other day, because he wanted to help set up at the Main House, so I didn't get to soak in my hot bath." The man pouted, thinking about himself bathing in the hot springs.
"Ayame can be unpredictable sometimes." Akito chuckled, putting a hand over his mouth as he did so. It was almost as if he was giggling.
"Sometimes you seem so girly." Shigure smiled, his eyes shining with adoration as he stared at the older man.
"Shut your trap!" Akito hissed, pointing at him. "Do not say things like that." He turned away from Shigure, looking back out the window. "And stop staring at me like that as well. I am the head of the Sohma house! You are a peasant compared to me."
"Well if you put it that way." He shrugged, leaning back in his chair and staring up at the ceiling. "I should probably head home soon. Tohru probably won't be willing to start supper without me." Shigure sighed, getting up from his seat.
"I want to know what they're like."
"Who?"
"The Paige's." Akito stated, glancing at the younger man. "I want you to come back and inform me after your celebration and tell me what their like."
Shigure didn't say anything as he stared at Akito. He tore his gaze away, heading to the door and putting his hand on the doorknob.
"You know, you could always come and celebrate it with us."
"That is a idiotic idea, Shigure. Don't be so dumb."
"Of course, my apologies." Shigure chuckled, opening the door and leaning against the doorway. "I'll be off then, Akito. I'll see you, whenever I decide to come back. Or whenever you call for me." He nodded his head before heading out of the room and starting his way back home.
"Oh, Shigure, you're back!" Tohru exclaimed, excitement present in her eyes. Shigure nodded his head and she directed him into the dining room where Yuki, Kyo, and Hatsuharu were sitting.
"We've been waiting for, old man!" Kyo shouted, pounding his fist onto the table.
"Sorry, sorry." Shigure waved his hand, a smile on his face. "So you must be Tohru's friend."
"Yes, I'm Maddison Paige." Maddie smiled, standing up and going over to Shigure. She stuck out her hand and Shigure took it. They shook hands for awhile until Maddie finally pulled out of Shigure's grasp. "Um, its good to, uh, meet you Shigure."
"Ditto to you too." He ran a hand through his dark. "I've heard a lot about you, no one ever mentioned to me about how beautiful you are." He smiled, his flirtatious personality starting to come.
"I'll hit you." Yuki stated, keeping his eyes on the two standing in the room. Maddie let out an awkward chuckle as she rubbed the back of her head.
"I'm just trying to be nice!" Shigure pouted at Yuki who just kept looking annoyed each second.
"It seems like you're trying to be perverted." Haru said, looking between Maddie and Shigure. "She's still illegal, old geezer."
"I am not an old geezer!" Shigure yelled, making a childish angry face. "I am a young adult who is very attractive for your information!"
"Can I shoot myself now?" Kyo grumbled, resting his head on his hand.
Tohru smiled as she started to come out and serve the food, setting each food item in front of everyone. She waited for Shigure and Maddie to sit down before serving them their share. Shigure began to dig into his food quite fast, and Tohru soon came out with her own food and sat down next to Yuki.
"This is quite amazing, Tohru." Yuki smiled at his girlfriend, using her first name.
Kyo snapped his head in their direction, before quickly turning his attention back to his food. Maddison furrowed her eyebrows as she stared at the cat. She shook her head, turning to Shigure.
"So what animal do you turn into?" She asked, stuffing some food into her mouth.
"She knows?!" Shigure yelled, making everyone at the table jump. They all nodded slowly and he let out a frustrated sigh. He turned back to the girl and gave a small smile, "I am the year of the dog, so therefore I turn into it."
"Oh, cool." Maddison shrugged her shoulders, going back to eating.
"Does everyone know what we're doing tomorrow to set up?" Shigure asked, looking at each of them.
"Yes. I have a list on the fridge for all the chores tomorrow." Tohru nodded her head, a smile on her face as she held her hands in her lap. The food on her plate was gone. "It starts at seven and I think we'll have everything done by then. We did clean up the house pretty nicely today. Except.." She trailed off, remembering the shoes that were strewn all over the stairs. "Um, Kyo." He slowly turned his gaze onto her. "If you could pick up your shoes, that would be helpful. But I mean I can do it if you want!"
"Let the stupid cat do it."
Kyo glared at Yuki before turning his eyes back on Tohru. "Yeah, I can pick'em up."
"Thank you." She nodded her head, smiling at the ginger but he turned his head to look at Maddie before he could see her smile. Tohru turned her gaze to Maddie who wasn't paying any attention to the cat. She slowly turned her eyes back on Kyo and then onto the hands into her lap.
"Things are changing." Shigure sighed, a smile turned up at his lips as he rested his head on his hands.
Oh god this chapter was so long, I'm not even sorry though. I think that the other chapters might be a bit long too because of the celebrating and stuff. And yes this is in 2011 because that was when I published it onto this site so I am sticking to that year.
Shout out to Linale Ashley M. Thanks for reviewing!
If anyone would be willing to make any fan art or wants to have their art for Fruits Basket shown, then just leave a review about it or message me or something. I wouldn't mind promoting your art down in the little author's note thing. I also want to see some Kyo & Maddison art because I am thinking of making my own.
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Next Chapter Preview: The New Year's Eve celebration begins! Hatori, Momiji, and Jaykki head over to Shigure's and Hatori finally gets to meet Maddie!
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