Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Ayame's New Assistant ❯ Ch 2: How to Apologize ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Who owns Fruits Basket? I d-! *stares at the lawsuits* …don't.

 

A/N: Nyuuuuuu, Neko was having a wonderful vacation when something happened…it ended! How bittersweet that is. Well then, what better way to cheer myself up than write another chapter? Here we go!

 

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Chapter Two: How to Apologize

 

“Excuse me Nurse-san, but when will she…?”

 

“…will be up soon.”

 

“YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR…!”

 

“…-kun! D-don't…!”

 

The sentences were coming in and out of focus for Himawari. Her conscious started to fine tune all of her senses. Soon enough, the blonde came to and opened her eyes.

 

She found herself lying down in a small, dark room on a small futon. The door to the room was open, revealing to her that she was in a separate room connected to what looked like the nurse's office. What was she doing here anyways? The girl tried to sit up. But just as soon as she was up, Himawari was back down on the futon thanks to a splitting headache. The memories of her morning of the first day of her new school started to poor in.

 

So that's why she wasn't in class. Himawari groaned and put hand delicately to her forehead.

 

The groan did not go unnoticed, however, for soon the light in her room switched on, and numerous people walked in.

 

Another mutter escaped Himawari's lips, something about how the lights were too bright and she'd prefer them off.

 

Once her eyes adjusted, the first person she saw she recognized. It was the apologetic girl from that morning, something Tohru…

 

The second person she recognized too. The other classmate of hers she had met that morning, Sohma Yuki.

 

Two girls were to the left of Tohru. One wore a long dark braid that was put over her shoulder and had a blank stare that gave the impression she knew more than she was letting on. The other was blonde with side bangs falling in her face, and a somewhat menacing yet caring expression.

 

And lastly, an orange-haired boy was in the back corner of the room. His arms were crossed and his maroon eyes looked towards the ground in what looked like anger, but was probably embarrassment.

 

A nurse with dark hair pulled back in a tight bun stood in the doorway. “See? She woke up. Now I'm going to call her parents.” Her person than disappeared further into the actual office until out of sight.

 

“Samuels-san!” Tohru cried out in relief. “I was starting to think you would never wake up again…”

 

“Yes, our poor Tohru-chan almost had a heart attack…” the girl with the braid stated in a low, calm, and emotionless voice that seemed to fit her appearance perfectly.

 

“N…never? Wha…how…long?” Himawari managed to speak, her words a jumbled mess.

 

“It's about lunch time now,” Yuki answered in his magical way of understanding her perfectly. He was, after all, used to the stutters of rabid girls in his presence. “Honda-san wouldn't leave here until you were awake, and so the five people in front of you have been skipping class.”

 

Tohru blushed a bit, but nodded in agreement. The blonde laughed and hugged Tohru closer to her, talking about how cute the girl was when she felt guilty.

 

“Who…is everyone?” Himawari asked, her speaking starting to sound less hoarse.

 

“Oh! I forgot to introduce you to everyone!” Tohru exclaimed. “I'm sorry! Here…this Hanajima Saki or Hana-chan, this is Uotani Arisa or Uo-chan, and Sohma Kyou is the boy in the corner,” she introduced, acknowledging each person in turn. In return, Saki had nodded, Arisa had smiled, and Kyou had refused to look up from the ground.

 

“Another Sohma? How peculiar…”

 

This particular statement caught the neko Sohma's attention, and Kyou's head picked up to show a face of confusion.

 

“Oh! The Sohma family is a big one. They even have their own estate!” Tohru explained happily.

 

“Yeah. It seems that the family is mostly guys too, because their taking over the school,” Arisa added with a snicker.

 

Himawari merely nodded, letting all the information from the past few minutes sink in instead of asking for more she would never remember. She was able to sit up now, and dared herself to stand. It was wobbly at first and hands shot out to catch a falling body. They were turned down, however, for Himawari was able to support herself. She took a few steps to the wall so she was facing everyone and took a deep bow.

 

“I'm sorry for causing all of you to miss class,” the girl apologized. “But…thank you.”

 

“Tch, like we wanted to be in class…” Kyou finally spoke, causing everyone in the room to turn to him.

 

“Kyou-san…” Himawari gasped, surprised that the boy had finally spoken up. Kyou's eyes remained on the floor.

 

Before any other words could be exchanged, the nurse returned to the room.

 

“Samuels Himawari-san…your aunt is on the phone,” she stated.

 

Everyone turned towards the blonde, confused as to why it was her aunt and not one of her parents. Himawari gave no answer to the unvoiced question, but did give another groan.

 

She knew exactly what to expect next.

 

-.-

 

“HIMAWARI-CHAN!!!” Shima screamed into the phone, causing her niece to cringe and hold the phone a few inches away from her ear. “I was so worried about you! They told me about your horrible accident! I shall rush to the school and beat that evil boy who could even think about injuring my poor-”

 

“Oba-san!” Himawari interrupted her. “I'm fine, really. Like you said, it was just an accident. Everything's fine.”

 

“Oh, Himawari-chan! So noble!” her aunt sniffed. “I'm so proud to call you my niece!”

 

“Yes, I love you too Oba-san…” Himawari sighed.

 

“I'm going to call your boss and tell him that you can't make it to work today due to this terrible tragedy!” Shima decided on the spur of the moment, not bothering to ask if the younger girl was okay with it.

 

“But I'm fine!” Himawari insisted. “Besides, I was supposed to finally meet Sohma Ayame-san today…”

 

“No, you will not go to work today. You can meet this Sohma-san tomorrow!”

“But Oba-san….”

 

“Oh sweety, how am I supposed to care for you when you run away to work when you are in no condition to? You'll break my fragile heart if you deny me the right to at least act motherly towards my own niece…”

 

-.-

 

The guilt trip. It was a perfected art for Shima, and Himawari fell for it each time. The girl hung the phone up and lowered her head in a defeated fashion.

 

“Samuels-san!” Tohru called from the other room, walking up towards the girl. “Is everything okay?”

 

Himawari replied, “Hai. But I think it's time for us to leave the poor Nurse-san alone. Yuki-san said it was time for lunch, ne?”

 

Tohru smiled and nodded. “Yes1 Let's go to lunch!”

 

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A/N: And that's the end of the second chapter! Himawari has to refer to Yuki by his first name now since she met Kyou. It would be rather confusing after all….

 

Well, that's it for now!