Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ And As She Grows ❯ Year Twenty-Two ( Chapter 15 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
AND AS SHE GROWS
A Fruits Basket Series of Drabbles

Written by Miyu, Vampire Princess


AUTHOR'S NOTE: This series follows my story, "Her Tears." You don't need to read it to understand this, but I strongly encourage it. Each chapter is a 200 word drabble dedicated to the life of Kyo's daughter as she grows up. Kyo/Tohru centric with a crossover twist. Told from Kyo's point of view. Possible SPOILERS for those not familiar with the end of the manga. Standard Disclaimers appear at the end of the chapter.


YEAR TWENTY-TWO


How the hell did this happen?

The entire dinning room is chaos. I know the space is smaller than they're used to. The furniture not as expensive as they're used to and the food more plain than they're used to. The Hitachiins are rich after all. But we asked Kyoko's future in-laws to have dinner with us to discuss their impending wedding.

"I really think smaller curtains would look beautiful."

"And the walls are too drab. Perhaps a yellow?"

"No. A light blue."

"No, something neutral."

"I think you're right."

And instead, they're trying to give my humble home a makeover.

Throwing back another shot of sake, Hikaru's father also drinks his down. The man seems pretty down to earth compared to his wife and children. Then again, I'm sitting here amazed, while my wife and daughter get into the decorating spirit with everyone else.

"Are they like this at home?"

"Sometimes worse." Hitachiin-san says as I pour him more sake. "But it is what they do best."

"How do you cope?"

"I simply stay out of the way."

It's good to know what we're getting into.

"What about pink?"

"I love pink!"

But right now, I need more sake.

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continued....

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DISCLAIMERS:
Fruits Basket is the property of Natsuki Takaya/HAKUSENSHA - TV TOKYO - NAS - Fruba Project and licensed by FUNimation Productions (anime) and Tokyopop (manga) for distribution in the US and Canada. Characters are used here without permission. No money is being made from this story, so please do not sue.

Hikaru and the Hitachiin family are a part of Ouran High School Host Club, which is a brilliant manga by Bisco Hatori. Originally published in 2003 by HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, this masterpiece is being translated and published by VIZ Media for fans in America and Canada. I do not own a single piece of the characters used in this story. They were kidnapped and used here without permission.