Hey Everyone! I just got back from vacation. I'll be going out alot for the rest of the summer but I will try my best to update every 3 or 4 days. How does that sound?
I really love writing this! It fill my heart with joy to know that so many people like this story! ^_^ Thank you.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket
Finding Haru ~~Samantha's POV~~
Today we are going to the Sohma summerhouse! I'm so excited; this is my first time vacationing with my family after all. Everyone had packed their bags and left them at the door ready to go. Tohru had finished most of her homework in the morning and now we just had to wait for the private bus and Hatsuharu. The bus isn't supposed to come until 2pm and it's 1pm right now, but Hatsuharu isn't here yet.
"The stupid cow must be lost" grunted Kyo walking in the living room.
"Does he get lost often?" I asked Kyo
"Yeah. When we were little I had to lead him to the bathroom." Kyo said irritated
"That's so nice of you!" said Tohru
"Huh?... Well I would have to clean up the studio if he pissed himself." Kyo said annoyed
"But you kept him from getting lost" added Tohru "That's a very nice thing to do." she gave him a big smile. Kyo quickly turned away from her blushing.
"It's not that big of a deal." he muttered
I smiled. Awe! Kyo is so awkward.
"Should we go look for him?" I asked turning to Yuki who was sitting next to me.
"I think that would be wise." he said standing up.
"Let's go find Haru!" jumped up Momiji grabbing my hand and leading me out the door. I grabbed my shoes and headed out with the others. I paused.
"Wait, maybe someone should stay here in case Hatsuharu finds his way here?" I asked
"That sounds good." said Yuki
"I'll stay." piped up Tohru, she didn't put her shoes on yet. "I still have some chores to do anyway. Come back soon!" She waved us off. Momiji, Yuki, Kyo and I walked into the forest. Kyo went up the gravel road. Yuki took the path to the left and Momiji and I took the one on the right.
Momiji was happily bouncing along the trail like a happy rabbit singing songs. I was a little behind looking around for Hatsuharu.
Momiji started singing a song I never heard of "Who's in the forest strolling? The birds and the bees sing Momiji! The frogs in the pond are calling, Momiji yes it's true!..." it's just so cute I lost track of what I was doing until I saw something white off in the trees. I didn't want to lose sight of it so I dashed into the woods. I lost sight of the white thing and came to a large rock shaped a bit like a butterfly.
"Hey." said a deep voice from beside me. I turned to face a boy with black and white hair. He is taller than me and is dressed in a black sleeveless shirt and black jeans. He has some piercings, a tattoo on his arm and some punk-like jewellery. He was also holding a black duffle bag like he was going on a trip. I guess this is Hatsuharu.
"Are you lost?" he asked monotone.
"Uh... Kinda..." I said. "My name is Samantha Sohma, may I ask what your name is?" I said slightly bowing.
"My name is Hatsuharu Sohma." he bowed back "It's nice to meet you."
"Ah! The pleasure's all mine!" I said smiling
He looked at me in the eye. "So you are Yuki's twin sister. Yes, you have the same facial features."
I tilted my head a bit. I haven't really noticed if we look alike or not. I haven't seen us both in the mirror at the same time.
Hatsuharu smirked "You have the same nose, chin and eyes. They are just different colours." he said nonchalantly
I smiled. He's nice; I like him. Oh! I just remembered everyone is still looking for him.
"You are headed to Shigure's house, yes?" I asked. He nodded "Then we should go back to the house, the others must be worried about us by now... Um..." I looked around and scratched my head "Which way is the path again?"
"A mystery" said Hatsharu indifferently
I turned to him with a smile
"Kyo told me you get lost a lot." I said turning to Hatsuharu. He nodded "Yeah. That's what happens when you are cursed by the cow. It is one of the reasons people make fun of the cow."
I frowned a bit. I can't really see much emotion in Hatsuharu, but I'm sure I could feel some sadness coming from him. I walked up to him.
"I think it's nice to get lost. When you are stuck going down the same route every day, it gets a little boring, and before you know it your whole life has gone by without a single happy surprise. Getting lost could be an adventure! I'd love to go on one with you someday." I gave him a smile.
He looked at me for a moment.
"We are lost right now." he pointed out, still with no emotion.
"Well it looks like we'll have an adventure! Let's go find the house!" I said excitedly. I took his hand and lead him the way I thought I had come.
We talked a bit. He told me about the time he first met Yuki. He said that when he gets angry there is a Black side to him that is very hard to control and very dangerous. Luckily he's in his White personality right now. After about 30 minutes of walking we came back to the same spot I met him. I recognize that butterfly shaped rock anywhere.
"Huh, it looks like we've come a full circle." I thought aloud and sat on the butterfly rock. I looked up at the sky. Hatsuharu sat down next to me. I was deep in thought. How do we get home?...
After a few minutes of thinking I turned to Hatsuharu. "Well, we are looking for home and we can not find it. Perhaps, if we look for this place, we'd be sure not to find it, which would be a good thing, because we might find someplace we weren't looking for, which might be the place were looking for."
Hatsuharu looked at me with a blank stare, I'm not sure if he understood what I said or not. But he said "Okay."
So off we went again into the woods. We were looking for the place we had just been and sure enough we ended up at the back Shigure's house. Tohru had a worry mark on her forehead scrubbing the table and looking out into the forest (not in our direction), and Kyo was standing on the roof trying to get a better view of the place. He spotted us first.
"Oi! Where the hell where you?" he yelled jumping down from the roof. He surprisingly landed on his feet like a cat. Oh, well I guess he is a cat, but it's still impressive. Tohru ran over to us and gave me a hug.
"I was so worried! Are you okay?" she asked turning to Hatsuharu and giving him a bow as a hello.
"Yes, perfect!" I said cheerfully.
"Uh huh." said Hatsuharu blandly looking off in the distance. He put his arms out and walked around Tohru. I looked behind her to see where Hatsuharu was going and found Yuki walking out of the forest with Momiji close behind.
"Oh. There you are." said Yuki
Hatsuharu lightly punched Yuki in the chest. "Hello Haru" said Yuki
"Samantha!" called Momiji "I'm sorry! I didn't know we got separated! I'm sorry!" he ran over and gave me a big hug.
"Get off of her!" yelled Kyo hitting Momiji in the head knocking him to the ground
"Wahhhhh! Kyo's hitting me!" Momiji whined
Tohru started freaking out a bit by waving her arms and saying "Are you okay Momiji?! Do you need ice?!"
I knelt down beside him so I was eye level with him "I'm sorry Momiji, I was the one who wandered off. I should have told you where I went." I said my eyes filled with guilt.
Momiji stopped crying and looked at me confused
"Well if you hadn't gotten lost than you wouldn't have found Haru." said Yuki coming up behind Tohru
"Yes." I said perking up "And we had a nice adventure too!"
"Yes." Hatsuharu replied and I thought I saw a slight smile.
"Whatever." said Kyo "Are we going to get on the stinking bus or not?"
"Alright." I said
"Summer house here we come!" cheered Momiji
We walked to the front of the house to pick up our bags and took them to the bus that was now waiting at the front of the house. I took my fedora hat and flipped it onto my head.
"That was amazing!" gasped Tohru "How did you do that?"
"Teach me! Teach me!" begged Momiji
I smiled at them. And took off my hat. "First you hold the back with the inside towards you, you flip your wrist up so the front of the hands at your elbow and lift the hat to your head." I showed them in slow motion and handed it to Momiji. He missed his head the first time flinging the hat behind him, but he got it the second time.
"I think it would look really cool if Kyo did it." I said with a smile handing the hat to Kyo.
Kyo hesitantly took the hat and flipped it onto his head.
"Yupp, cool." I grinned " 'Like a boss' as my friends would say." I laughed.
"Yuki would look much cooler than Kyo." said Hatsuharu nonchalantly
"Oh yeah punk?!" challenged Kyo
"That's right stupid cat!" yelled Hatsuharu his eyes showing an wicked glint
"Uh oh... Black Haru." said Yuki
"Dammit! Who turned you black this time?!" shouted Kyo
"You did stupid cat." Yuki muttered.
"No one asked you damn rat!" Kyo yelled at Yuki "And don't expect a fight from me!" Kyo shouted at Hatsuharu
"Oh are you afraid I'm going to beat you?" taunted Hatsuharu
This got Kyo's attention. He immediately got into a fighting stance saying "Bring it on!" They started fighting.
"No!" squeaked Tohru waving her arms in fright.
I watched amazed. Kyo and Hatsuharu are really good fighters, but Kyo looks like he's winning. Kyo punched Hatsuharu right in the face leaving a bright red mark.
I can't believe someone can change personality so fast, Hatsuharu seemed like such a kind person just a minute ago.
Suddenly Hatsuharu was flying through the air backwards. Kyo had kicked him in the stomach.
I ran over to him.
"Are you okay Hatsuharu?!" I asked worried, kneeling beside him.
"Ow..." was all he said getting a glazed look in his eyes. I guess he turned back to White Haru. He turned to me and noticed the concern in my eyes.
"I'm okay." he answered, then turned to Kyo "You've gotten stronger Kyo."
Kyo just turned to the bus and walked in muttering to himself.
I helped Hatsuharu up and we went into the bus.
It was very spacious. The seats were facing a low table in the center of the bus, a TV sat at the top front of the bus and a small stereo system sat at the back. I sat near the back, Haru on my right, Yuki beside him. Momiji sat on my left, then Tohru and Kyo.
Tohru and I looked at the bus in awe as we started moving.
"This is even nicer than the bus we went on to the hot springs!" exclaimed Tohru
"Yes, it is very nice. Much more spacious than the one I took to grad. My puffy dress took up half the bus!" I laughed.
"Did you go as someone's date?" Momiji asked
"No, I graduated early at my old school. But I'm taking high school here with you guys." I smiled. I turned to the stereo system and found a wire. "Hey, I can play music. May I?" I asked everyone
"Sure." said Yuki
"Whatever." Kyo looked away
"I'd love to hear your music!" said Momiji, Tohru nodded in agreement.
I took my iPod out of my pocket and played Don't Stop Believing by Journey.
"I know this song!" said Tohru
Kyo perked up and turned to look at us
"Yes, it is a classic." I said "A perfect road trip song!" I started singing along "A singer in a smoky room, a smell of wine and cheap perfume." Tohru and Momiji joined in "For a smile the can share the night, it goes on and on and on and on..."
For a while we continued listening to my music. Rock, dance, classic, country, but mostly pop (yeah, I know, random combo). Yuki, Tohru and Kyo's reactions to songs by Kesha and Lady Gaga were hilarious. I guess they didn't expect me to listen to them. Hehe.
"Tohru, how come you call Yuki Sohma-kun?" I asked out of the blue.
She looked at me with a confused look.
"It's not that anything's wrong with it of course!" I panicked "I was just curious."
Still a little surprised Tohru looked at Yuki and blushed "Uhm..."
"You can call me Yuki if you want Miss Honda." said Yuki giving her a gentle smile and blushing a bit.
"Okay." she smiled blushing as well.
Alright, I got them past formalities. I smiled. "So what do you want to do first, once we get to the summer home?" I asked changing the subject.
"Let's go to the beach!" said Momiji
"Well, we have to get unpacked first." said Yuki "by the time we finished it will be dinner time."
"Yeah." I sighed "Then we'll go to the beach tomorrow!" I said to Momiji
"When should we look for stag beetles?" asked Tohru
"How about the day after?" I suggested
"We can have a forest expedition!" cheered Momiji
Kyo just huffed and looked away. I looked at him and Hatsuharu. "Kyo, Hatsuharu, what would you like to do?" I asked
"I don't care." muttered Kyo
"Mhm." said Hatsuharu
"Okay." Tohru and I said
By the time we got to the summerhouse it was around 5pm. The summer house is huge! Like a mansion! They even had maids. Tohru was awestruck and her mouth hung open in amazement. I helped Yuki and Hatsuharu take the bags out of the bus and walked inside. The house looks even bigger on the inside. There were staircases leading up to the left and one to the right.
"Tohru and Samantha can take the rooms on the right and we can take the rooms on the left!" Momiji said excitedly.
"Sounds good." I said
"Okay!" agreed Tohru and followed me up the stairs. I took the room on the left of Tohru's.
My room is so big. The far wall was just window looking out at the forest and beach. The bed was king size and had a light blue cover that looked really soft. I jumped on the bed; it's so comfy! I put my clothing in the closet and walked back downstairs to explore the house. I met up with Momiji, "Do you want to explore the house before dinner?" I asked
"Sure!" he smiled. We turned to our left. We found the dinning room, the kitchen, a bathroom and a room with a grand piano!
"Oh how beautiful!" I said quickly walking to the black instrument looking it up and down.
"Do you play piano?" asked Momiji
"Yes!" I answered enthusiastically
"You can play it if you want." he gestured to the bench
I hesitantly sat down looking at the piano. I placed my hands on the keys and my foot on the pedal. I started playing my favourite piano song, Memory from Cats
I lost myself in the music, it's a little sad but so beautiful. It really plays with your emotions I thought as I played. When I finished I heard more than one person clapping.
I quickly spun around noticing everyone was standing by the doorway.
"That was so beautiful Samantha-chan!" Tohru said clapping
"Samantha is a master pianist!" piped in Momiji
I blushed "I'm not that good." I denied
"You are good." said Yuki "What song were you playing?"
"It's called Memory, it's from the musical Cats." I said looking at Kyo and Tohru.
"I love that musical!" said Tohru
"I new you would say that." Kyo smirked.
"Samantha-chan, you must really love music." commented Tohru
"Yes, yes I do!" I grinned "Even when I'm sad or scared I find music makes me happy." I put my finger to my chin "I also like it when people sing to me. It makes me so happy to see others enjoy themselves."
Hatsuharu walked over to the piano tapping the bottom notes absentmindedly.
"Hatsuharu, would you like to learn a piano song?" I asked him with a gentle smile
He looked at me then sat down next to me.
"I wanna learn one too!" said Momiji excitedly sitting on my other side
I looked over my shoulder "Tohru, I can teach you too."
"Okay!" she said skipping over
I heard Kyo leave the room; Yuki sat in a chair behind us watching. I explained which notes were which. Momiji told me he knew how to read music because he plays the violin. Maybe we can play a duet someday?
So after my explanation I had Haru playing the base, I was playing the melody, and Tohru and Momiji were playing accompaniment. It sounded really cool!
The rest of the evening went by really fast and it was already time for bed. So tomorrow we will be going to the beach, I can't wait to go swimming!