Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Blanket of Fear ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

was running. Not towards anything in particular…just running. She tired to see where she was going but a thick fog prevented it. She felt an edge and found herself on the roof of Shigure’s house. She looked around for Kyo but found only Akito laying on the roof instead, his robes hanging loosely on his body. She backed up and saw Kyo’s dead body laying sprawled next to Akito. She felt herself began to cry.
“No! No! Please no!” she screamed until her voice was hoarse. Akito just got up and started walking towards her. She glanced at Kyo’s body and his lifeless eyes stared back at her accusingly. She ran over to the edge of the roof and looked down.
“All I have to do is jump…” She prepared herself and was about to do it when she felt herself being pulled back. She looked behind her to see Akito and she began fighting as hard as she could to get to the edge of the roof.
“Stop! No! I’m not in love with you! I’m in love with-”
Tohru’s eyes flew open and she felt someone pull her towards the center of the roof. She turned around to see Kyo’s hurt, worried, and angry eyes staring at her.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” he yelled.
“Wha-”
“I’m up here on the roof and next thing I know you look at me and start yelling no! Then you run over to the edge of the roof and say something about jumping!”
“I was-”
“And when I try to pull you back you yell to stop and that you don’t love me, you’re in love with…I don’t know who! Although I can guess.
“I know about you and Akito,” Kyo had said, his eyes filled with disgust. The same look she had recognized as being in Hatori’s eyes.
“Kyo, it’s-”
“You don’t have to explain yourself.” Kyo had said turning and leaving the room before she could say another work. Kyo had pretty much avoided her after that. In fact, this was the first time they had spoken since except for a mere ‘Hello’ or ‘Good Morning.’
“I’m sorry, Kyo. I was asleep…” Kyo stared at her before accepting it as the truth.
“I believe you.” She smiled and then began to crawl off the roof.
“Thanks again for helping me, Kyo.” with that she went back to her room, leaving Kyo to ponder what had happened. The next morning at breakfast some of the tension between Kyo and Tohru had disappeared, much to the relief of the other members of the household. After everyone was done eating and ready to head to school Yuki and Kyo noticed that Tohru was not with them.
“Aren’t you coming to school today, Miss Honda?” Yuki asked. Tohru shook her head.
“Not today. I have a doctor’s appointment.”“Are you sick again? Because Hatori-”
“No! No! It’s just a checkup, that’s all.” Yuki nodded and they left for school. Tohru then went and did the dishes. After that she headed out the door.
“Bye, Shigure. I’ll be back in time for lunch.” She left and headed towards her doctor’s office. After she arrived and checked in she sat down in one of the chairs in the waiting room. I’m glad that things are getting better between me and Kyo. I have to explain to him that I don’t love Akito. But every time I try he finds an excuse to leave. She was snapped out of her reverie when her name was called. After several examinations and an explanation by Tohru of who she’d been feeling lately, the doctor gave her a serious look.
“Miss Honda, I’m not sure if you’re aware of this at the moment or not but…you’re pregnant.” Tohru sat stunned for several minutes as each word slowly sunk in.
“I’m…pregnant?” She asked weakly. The doctor sighed.
“Yes. I’m afraid so. You’ll need to go to a specialist to make sure everything goes smoothly…”
“I’m pregnant,” Tohru muttered quietly to herself. Although the baby is Akito’s…I will still care for it. Her face became determined as she though all of this.
“…and as you well know, there are other options, such as adoption and abortion if you wa-”
“No!” The doctor looked at Tohru in surprise.
“I -I know that I’m still very young…but I want to have this baby.” Her doctor gave her a brief nod before launching into details about how she would need to eat and go son. She spent the rest of the night in her room thinking about how to break this news to everyone.
Tohru left the principle’s office with a sigh. Now that the school had been notified about her pregnancy she didn’t have to worry about at least one thing. She went to class and sat down at her seat.
“Miss Honda!” Mayako snapped, breaking Tohru out of her thoughts.
“Yes?”
“I would appreciate it if you would pay attention in class!”
“Yes! I will. Sorry!” Mayako turned and continued her lesson and Tohru became aware of Yuki, Kyo, Uo, and Hana staring at her. She decided to ignore them and concentrated even harder on her work. After class Uo and Hana walked up to her.
“Hey! You feeling okay?” Uo asked.
“I-” Tohru was cut off by Hana.
“Your waves seem disturbed by something today. Are you sure that something has not occurred?” Tohru nodded her head enthusiastically.
“Okay then, but if you have any problems you know you can talk to us.” Uo said hugging Tohru tightly.
“Um…excuse me. But may I borrow Miss Honda for a second?” Tohru turned around to see Yuki standing behind them. Tohru followed Yuki towards a corner. He turned and looked Tohru in the eye.
“Miss Honda…Is it true, that you are going out with Akito?” Tohru started to deny it but then remembered the baby growing inside of her. She looked down.
“Yes…it’s true.” She said. Yuki went silent and she couldn’t bring herself to look at his face. After a while she started to say something when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Akito standing behind her.
“I see you’ve finally told the others about us. Good. But I’m lonely and came to pick you up.” tohru looked up at Yuki.
“Yuki, if you could please tell Uo and Hana who Akito is for me, I would be grateful.” Yuki nodded his head and left. Akito leaned in and whispered in Tohru’s ear.
“Uo is very pretty. It’d be a shame for her memories to be erased.” With that they turned and left. Once they reached the main house, Tohru gathered up her courage and decided to tell him about the baby. Please let him let me keep it…
“Akito. I have to talk to you right now. It’s very important.” Akito turned slowly and slapped Tohru across the face.
“Who gave you the right to be so insolent.” When Tohru just stood there, not responding, Akito lost his temper.
“Who!” he yelled before punching her extremely hard in her stomach. No! The baby… was the last thing she thought before loosing consciousness.

Sorry that this chapter was so short but thanks to everyone who reviewed. And just a question, how do you think this story will end? Oh! And so you know this story will have a total of 11 chapters and an epilogue and prologue. Thanks and I’m not sure if the teacher’s name is Mayako or not. If I’m wrong, please correct me. Thank you.