My Year of the OTP 2023 contribution for the prompt : Snow.
I'm sorry for the mistakes, English is not my native language. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer : Fruits Basket belongs to Natsuki Takaya.
Snow
Kyo stretched and he rubbed his eyes. They stung for having read too much. He had been revising for the next English test for over an hour and the words were starting to jumble in his head.
He looked out the window and he saw the snow falling. It was covering the garden with a white mantle. He opened his eyes wide, surprised. He had been so engrossed in studying that he had not noticed it was snowing. He rose from his chair, thinking that it was time for him to take a break. He left his bedroom and he went down the stairs. He headed for the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator door and grabbed the carton of milk. He had not seen Tohru. He wondered where she was. Maybe she was studying in her bedroom too. He saw Yuki enter the kitchen.
"Hey," Kyo said. "Do you know where Tohru is ?"
"She said she was going to the convenience store to do some shopping," Yuki answered, pouring himself a glass of water.
Kyo frowned. She was out in that snow! He hoped she had taken something to protect herself. He put the carton of milk back in the refrigerator and he went to the hallway. He sighed when he saw that she had forgotten her umbrella. He took it and walked out of the house. The convenience store was only a few blocks away.
Halfway, he saw her. She was holding a shopping bag, indicating that she had finished shopping and that she was about to go home. She looked up at the sky, watching the snow fall, and she was smiling. She was lost in that moment and she did not see him arrive. Kyo approached her and he put the umbrella above her head. Tohru opened her eyes wide and she looked at him.
"Kyo-kun?"
"You'll catch cold if you stay in the snow."
She smiled at him, embarrassed.
"I had forgotten to take an umbrella when I left and I was surprised by the snow. It's so beautiful, don't you think ?"
Kyo had never really thought about it. To him it was just snow and he had never found anything special about it. Tohru smiled in wonder, as if she let herself be carried away by the magic of the snow. Kyo blushed and looked away before Tohru noticed his flushed cheeks. There was something beautiful in what he saw, but it was not the snow that was falling. In his eyes, nothing could match Tohru's beauty. Kyo coughed lightly and took Tohru's bag to help her. She tried to protest, but Kyo told her that he did not mind.
"Come on," he said. "We better get back."
Tohru nodded and smiled at him. For the first time, Kyo found something special in the snow. It was Tohru who made it special and wonderful.
The end