Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Angel ❯ Tohru ( Chapter 4 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Laurie sat at the sohmas table... 'why now?' she asked herself, going into her own little world. 'why didn't Angel tell me before? I would have accepted it.' Laurie looked into her cup a clear brown tea swirled, she looked at it distastefully 'god I hate tea'. The dark haired girl thought to herself breaking from her usual thought process. She looked at Angel, she looked even more beautiful today as she laughed, Laurie loved to see her Angel laugh. There was something peaceful in the air and suddenly Laurie didn't mind. 'so what if things are going alittle fast and off' She smiled and set down the teacup.
"Angel.. I'll be right back.. Im gonna see if they have something else to drink" Laurie got up and stretched her knees, she didn't like how they had to sit on the floor to be at the table, unlike at her house where they had chairs. She walked to the kitchen.
Laurie's thoughts still swirled in her head, she saw how relaxed Angel was, but she still couldn't help but think selfishly about her. Laurie let out a sigh.
"wow.. they have absolutley nothing" Laurie sighed looking inside their fridge. She exited the kitchen looking down a long hallway and up the stairs, "I wonder where honda is' she thought. 'she wasn't down there having fun'. Laurie looked around corners trying to find Tohru. She found her in the upstairs bedroom folding clothes.
"Tohru?" Laurie said as she entered the room. "Why don't you come downstairs. I feel awfully uncomfortable being the only non-zodi-" Laurie stopped herself "I mean.." she tried to correct herself but it was too late.
"Its okay.. I know" Tohru said in a smiley way that made Laurie feel like scum 'why cant I be that way? why cant I be cool like that?'
"You- you're really lucky" Laurie said, the words creeped out quietly without laurie noticing. She smacked herself over the head in her mind.
Tohru blushed and began defending herself, her face twisted up... "No- I should never say that! I'm-" Almost as if she didn't want to say she was, laurie raised her eyebrow at Honda.
"Are you okay?" Laurie said looking at her puzzelingly "are you crazy? I only said you were lucky."
Tohru focused on her laundry for a bit. "Why do you say that?"
Tohru looked up. Making Laurie feel bad, she shouldn't snap at her like that.
"You got to know didn't you?" Laurie said "I wish Angel had told me, I could have been more understanding..." Laurie said
"but right now I can sit back and pretend to know whats happening to my Angel!.."Laurie felt her eyes swell with tears.
"...And the way you act..so happy and cool about it, it makes me jealous because inside its twisting me up in knots." Laurie finished, and closed her eyes. "you're lucky Honda, and I can't stand it"
Tohru looked at the shirt she was folding before looking up at the other girl.
"It wasn't easy for me either, and I had to learn all the secrets.. I still learn new things, but I like it this way, and I make new friends because of it" She said, looking at Laurie.
"How can you act this way? It's so positive." Laurie said laughing.
there was a long silence between them for a moment.
"How did you react?" Laurie asked, sitting on the bed beside Tohru.
"They turned into animals.. how was I supposed to react?" Tohru smiled and continued folding the laundry.
"So its true?" She said laying her head in her hands
"yeah"
"even kyo?"
"yep" Tohru smiled
"what does he turn into? " Laurie asked
"A cat"
Laurie fainted and fell off the bed and onto the floor.