Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Can I sleep with you tonight? ❯ Hidden secrets revealed ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any characters associated with the anime/manga. Although I do own all four Dvds *wah* The anime was good but it was never finished :'( *wah*

Author's Note: Can you believe this is the 4th chapter??? Neither can I... anyway... This chapter was started well before the 2nd chapter was finished which I find quite funny. Oh well whatever chapter I can write still gets written. When I go into the whole thing about what Hatori had to suffer through, I am referring to when Akito refused to let him become engaged and blinded him in one eye.

Warning!: This chapter contains a LEMON so if you are underage or just don't like reading that type of thing please continue to read the fic until they start to remove their clothing...and begin again 3 lines from the end. The lemon is an essiential part of this story so I could not take it out, but please do not feel that you cannot read this because of it.

Now onto the chapter ~~~>

Chapter 4 ~ Hidden secrets revealed

She had been sitting outside waiting for Hatori to return for quite a while. When he and Yuki had gone in to see Akito, Hatori said that he would be right back to check on her. But after some time he still had not returned and neither had Yuki.

"I wonder what's taking so long?" she said aloud to herself.

Getting up, she decided to look around on her own a bit, seeing as there was no one there to stop her. She had always been with someone, Momiji or Hatori mostly, when she was here, so she had never gotten to see much of the main house, although if she had wanted to see the entire thing she would have had to stay much longer than the short times she had been there previous.

Passing one door, she couldn't help but stop. She had always wanted to go in, just because no one was allowed.

Looking around as she did, she opened the door just enough to see inside. Just as she had been told it was a library. But what a library it was. Vast shelves of books lined every wall and stacks of them scattered the floor, every title ever imaginable. Although it looked as if no one had ever set foot inside. Years of thick dust settled on everything, from the windows all the way down into the cracks of the floor.

As she slipped in and closed the door to this long forgotten room, she felt a rush of adrenaline. The chance that she could get caught made her blood flow faster, her heart pounding in her ears.

Doki, Doki, Doki.

As she walked across the dust laden floor, she turned to a shelf. Blowing the dust off the books she picked up one, one that looked as if it would fall apart in her hands.

As she wiped off the remaining dust, the book began to reveal its title. "The Cursed Family."

Thinking this book to be only fiction, she opened it and began reading. To her astonishment the book was about the Soumas. Now intrigued she read on.

She had never been told about the curse. Of how it came to be or even of who had curse them, and now, in her hands, she had more than enough answers to answer more than any one person would ever want to know about the Soumas.

As she flipped through the pages of the old, tattered book, she came upon something quite interesting. A passage entitled "Breaking the Curse."

As she read further down the page, the old ink had become smudged, but as she squinted, she gasped as she saw a line that would change the lives of all the Sohmas forever.

"If a member of the zodiac is able to find true love and is able to share of themselves with the other person, then and only then will the curse be lifted from them."

"I wonder why no one has ever found this before?" but as thought of where she was, she began see why no one ever had.

She was after all in Akito's private library. No one was allowed in, not even Hatori.

She remembered the first time she had come to the main house, how long ago it had been. As she had passed the door, she had looked at it as if trying to see through to the other side.

"That's Akito's private library. No one's allowed in there, not even myself," Hatori had told her, seeing her looking at the door, as if she were about to barge in.

Before she had only thought that Akito had not wanted anyone to go through his personal things, but now as she looked at the smudged words under her fingers, she couldn't help but wonder if this was the reason for all of the secrecy surrounding the room and the book that held just as many secrets.

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Looking toward the door, he heard her move from the chair he had left her in.

'I wouldn't blame her,' Hatori thought to himself, he had left her there for over an hour with nothing to do but wonder what was happening behind closed doors.

Before they had entered Akito's study, he had thought to only be able to escort Yuki inside, but as the discussion dragged on and became more heated Akito would glare in his direction as if to say, 'Do you remember what I did to you when you tried this? Nyo, Hatori-koi?'

That alone kept him in place, knowing that if things escalated to such an extent he would be there to save Yuki from such an ill fate as he had suffered.

Past memories of the heartache he felt when his own koi had been taken away from him replayed in his head as Akito continued to tell Yuki exactly why he and Tohru could never be together.

"Yuki, you are mine and mine alone. You are to do as I say or I will have Hatori erase that girl's memory just like I did when you were younger. Do you remember that my chibi nezumi? Do you remember how lonely you were? I could do it again and I will, be sure of it. I will make your life miserable." Akito stated calmly, although there was an underlying feeling of impending doom in the eerie calmness that surrounded Akito.

Just as he had been when he had been made to come before him, Yuki remained quiet, simply nodding his head every so often.

After a long pause, Akito spoke up.

"Hatori, go. Leave us alone to talk."

"Hai, Akito-sama," he said, casting a sympathetic glance in the direction of Yuki, who seemed too absorbed in what was just said to him to even realize that Hatori was leaving him all alone with Akito.

As he walked out of the doors, he looked around searching for where Tohru could have gone.

"Honda-san," he quietly called, hoping that neither Yuki or Akito had heard.

Proceeding down the hall, he began to open door after door until he came upon one he had never been able to open.

Opening the door, looking around to see anyone had seen what he had did, he peered inside.

"Honda-san?" he said, surprised to find her.

"Hatori-sama!" she yelped, trying to hide something in the pocket on her skirt.

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As she reread the passage time after time, she still couldn't believe that breaking the curse could be that simple.

Breaking her out of her thoughts though was the sound of the door opening, threatening to reveal all the secrets she had uncovered.

'Oh no! What am I going to do?' she thought, trying to figure out how she would be able to take the book with her.

Without thinking, she ripped a few pages out of the book.

"Honda-san?" the voice said, coming for the door.

Quickly, she hid the papers in her pocket, hoping he hadn't noticed.

"You shouldn't be in here, come on lets go before we get caught," he said, holding his hand out to her.

Taking it, she wondered if she would ever be able to return to the room that she knew held captive so many of the Soumas' hopes and dreams.

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"Shigure-sama! Tadaima!" Tohru called out, letting not only Shigure, but the rest house as well, know she was home.

"Kangei ie Tohru-kun," Shigure called from his office.

"Kare wa doko ni minna?" she asked, hoping that Yuki wasn't at home.

"Yuki-kun is still at school and I believe that Kyou-kun is out with Kagura-chan."

"So Kagura-chan's back?" she asked.

"Hai. I think she came back for Yuki's birthday party."

"Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Ne?"

"Hai. Well I wanted to... ummm..." she stumbled on her words, a deep blush on her face, "I wanted to... give him.... a.... special present."

"What kind of.... OH!" Shigure said, a lecherous smile on his face.

"Well... Hai, I wanted to ask you if... umm you could make sure the party ends early so.... uhh...."

"Hai, I understand. End party early, Special present," he mumbled to himself as he wrote the instructions on a piece of paper and tossed it amongst all of the others on his desk, as if he would forget them.

"Arigatou gazaimasu," she said bowing to him, hoping he wouldn't tell anyone of her plans.

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He sat in the other room, trying not to notice that she was there.

'You're mine Yuki. Remember that. End this now or I'll make her forget, forget all about you," Akito's evil smile had been burned into his memory that day. When he had come home, he hadn't known what to do. On one hand, he could disobey Akito and risk the chance that he would erase her memory, but then he could tell her that they shouldn't be together anymore. But which was better? Knowing that she would always remember the love they shared but was hurting because he had rejected her like he had been rejected so many times before or suffer himself but be able to know that she was in no pain because all the memories they had made were no more.

That had been weeks ago but he still didn't know. So he did the only thing he could think of, ignore her.

He left early for school every morning, went to the secret base late at night, and sent Shigure to pick her up from work instead of going himself. He had even found excuses to skip meals.

But now he saw this was just as bad as her not knowing that he existed all. He hated not being about to talk to her, hold her hand, kiss her, but most of all he hated not being able see the smile, the smile that was so undeniably Tohru, that he loved so much.

Another problem was that his birthday was coming up. There was no possible way he could avoid her then.

'Chikosho, how am I going to get out of this one?' he thought to himself.

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The day of the party was a busy one to say the least.

She had gotten up early to clean up, decorated, and had made the cake all in about an hour.

"Finally done," she said out loud to herself, as she finished writing 'Happy Birthday Yuki!' on the cake.

Wiping the icing that had gotten on her hand off, she took off the apron she was wearing ,and went up stairs to work on her other plans for the day.

Although she didn't know if her plan would even work out. Yuki had been ignoring her for the past few weeks. Also no one had told her anything that had gone on while Yuki and Hatori were in Akito's room.

"I don't know what happened but I'm sure tonight will cheer him up."

As she walked to the store, her heart was racing. She was actually going to do this, she was going to give Yuki exactly what he wanted, a life free of the curse of the zodiac.

When she got to the store though, her heart was racing for a completely different reason. As she picked up the package of condoms, she didn't know if she would be able to acctually buy them without dying of embarrassment first. But when she got to the register, the woman behind the counter had been really nice.

"You really are a brave girl, I would have never even been able to look at a package of these without dying of embarrassment first," the woman had said, making Tohru blush.

"Arigatou, It's sort of a surprise for my boyfriend," she said, trying to control the uncontrollable urge to run from the store without even a second thought.

"Here you go, have a nice day," the woman said, handing her a small bag.

"Hai!" she replied, nearly running for the exit.

Once home, she safely stored the little bag of fun in her dresser drawer for later.

"Wow I don't believe I did that," she told herself, a bit surprised that she had been the one to do it.

"Did what?" asked Yuki's voice, as he stood at the door.

"Oh...umm nothing," she lied.

"Hai. Well I'll be going now," he replied, turning to leave, although wishing that he had been able to stay longer. How he longed to just talk to her. In the past weeks he had not even said ohayo to her, and now he just longed to be able to talk to her as carefree as he had before without the possibiliy of her in danger.

"Yuki-kun matte," she quietly pleaded with him to turn back around, and to her surprise he did.

"Hai Honda-san," as he said this, she visibly shuddered. This was the old Yuki talking, not the loving, openhearted, prince that she had come to love.

As tears began to well up in her eyes, she thought to herself, 'I've done all this for him. I'm only trying to help him and he shuts me out.'

When she had started to cry, he couldn't help but feel bad, for he had caused the tears. These were no tears of happiness, these were tears of pain.

"Tohru-chan, Gomen," he said wiping the tears, that were now soaking her shirt, away, "Gomenasai for everything. I know I've been ignoring you, but it's for your own good. Believe me, if you stay with me you'll only end up getting hurt."

"Demo Yuki-kun I want to be with you no matter the risk," she said, now clinging to his sleeve as if that were the only thing keeping him from slipping away from her forever.

"We can't. I care about you too much to see you suffer like this. Akito will take you away from me if we don't end this now. He'll erase your memories of your times here, all the people here. He'll erase all of your memories of me. Gomen, demo we can't," his voice getting softer and more gentle with each passing second.

"Hai, demo... I need to tell you something. I didn't have any money to buy you a present, demo I did think of something you might like. So later, after the party come up to my room and I'll give it to you, Hai?" she said, the smile that belonged there now present again.

"Hai."

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The party went off without a hitch. To say the least it was the best party any one of guest had been to. But in just a short while all the games and fun were over and the guests were leaving.

"Kobanwa, Tohru-chan," called Momiji from the car.

Waving back at him, she began to feel butterflies begin to form in her stomach.

'It's now or never,' she told herself, as she headed up to her room.

Sitting on ther window ciel, she looked up at the sky. If she wouldn't have known better she could have sworn that her oka-san's picture was painted in the stars.

"Oka-san, I hope you are alright with this. This is the only way Yuki will ever truely be happy. If you were here, I know you would tell me to do what I think is the best choice, and this right here is the best choice. This way Yuki-kun and I can be together, although I do wish that we could wait but..." she said, laughing.

As she sat there, the stars stirred above her head, making the face of her mother seem to smile.

'You've choosen well Tohru-chan,' was heard, the voice unmistakably Kyoko.

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As he entered her room, he saw her sitting in her window, staring out at the night. She was the picture of perfection, as the moonlight shone on her face, making her look ethereal. How could he not love her, how he could he stay away from her? He couldn't and that's all there was to it.

He had tried to stop loving her, he really had, but when she would look at him with that smile of hers, he felt all the love that he was trying to deny rush to the surface.

Turning around, she saw her prince, looking as handsome as ever. She knew that he would come, even if he was under strict orders from Akito not to be left alone with her.

'Arigatou Shigure-sama,' she thought to herself. Shigure had told her earlier that he would end the party early so she could have time to give Yuki her present alone. Even he, being the hentai that he was, had left the house.

Standing up, she slowly walked over to him.

"Tohru-chan," he began, but as he did so she wrapped her arms loosely around his neck and drew him in for a long kiss.

The kiss was something more than a kiss would have been normally, this kiss was one that would be remembered for a long while.

While still kissing him, she began to walk backwards till she felt the bed hit her from behind.

Pulling away, to his surprise, she laid on the bed.

"Tohru-chan?" he questioned.

"Yuki-kun," her voice holding a seductive undertone, "I told you I didn't have enough money to buy you a present, ne?"

"Hai," he said, his voice shaky.

"Well I still wanted to give you a present. So...here I am. I'm yours," all the while thinking to herself, 'I can't believe I'm doing this!!!'

"We can't. Akito." was all he said, all words escaping him.

"Forget about Akito for tonight."

"Dame, I can't let you do that. I don't deserve to be the person you give away your innocence to."

"Demo Yuki-kun, I want to. Aishiteru," she said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the bed with her, "Onegai?"

"Demo Tohru-chan," he said half heartedly.

"It's ok, I'm ready," she said, smiling up at him.

Silently giving in, he leaned down to kiss her.

He as was in complete awe of the girl, no women, below him. She could be so giving, so caring, so loving. Akito had been wrong, she had been the person, the only person, to accept him for who and what he was, and to love him for it. She had given him everything. Her friendship, her trust, her love. And now she was willing to give him the one thing that would prove to him, and the world, that she was his, and his only, forever. Her body.

She could feel his breath become ragged as he began to kiss his way down her frame. Stopping at the collar of her shirt, he slid one shoulder to the side to gain better access to the skin that he so needed to touch.

Although still hesitant, he began to unbutton her pajama top.

Her room began to spin as he unbuttoned her top agonizingly slow. The images of her room seemed to melt away, leaving only him.

Silky skin, the same skin that he had so longed to touch, was now his. Sitting up, she allowed him to remove the top from her and throw it beside the bed. His hands shook slightly as he raised them to her chest. His hands molded perfectly to her, as if his hands were made for her only.

As she leaned into him, she caught his lips in a kiss. A kiss of love, of trust, and of longing.

Pulling apart, he began to nibble on her ear. Once he had tired of her ear, he kissed his way down her face and neck to finally come to where his hands had been moments before.

Kissing each lightly, he made his way further down. Coming to the top of her pants, he looked up to her. Her face was a vision, one that he had only dreamed about. Her cheeks flushed, eyes glazed with passion, and her lips red for earlier attention.

"Tohru-chan?" he shakily said, his voice deeper than normal.

"Hmm?" she asked, but was answered not by words but by a hand slightly tugging at the ties that held the garment in place.

Locking eyes with him, she gave a slight nod.

Overjoyed, he untied the ties and slid the pants off of her, making sure to run his hands down her legs as he did.

Shivering, she felt something begin to build in her abdomen. As if a coil was tightening, tighter and tighter.

'His turn,' she thought as she sat up.

Confused, he just looked at her until her saw her begin to unbutton his own shirt. As the shirt fell away, she ran her fingers lightly over the smooth planes of his chest, soon moving lower to feel the muscles of his stomach flex as she moved over them.

Boldly, she hooked her thumbs on the top of his pants and began to pull them down. As she brushed against his member, he couldn't help but groan.

Trying to regain his control, he laid her back on her bed, careful of being too close. With one last look up at her, he removed the last remaining barriers between the two of them.

Now fully unclothed for the first time, she felt no embarrassment, nor any apprehension as she stared up at the man she truly loved with all of her heart.

Just before slowly entering her, he bent down to whisper in her ear what he hoped he would be able to tell her for the rest of their lives, "Aishiteru Tohru-koi."

Never having even thought of being able to share of himself with another, he couldn't believe the feeling of this. It was bliss.

All of her fantasies of this night were now coming true. Through out all of the preparations of today, she had not thought it would feel like this. She felt as if she could fly, and if Yuki had not been holding onto her she probably would have.

They had not had sex, they had made love. What had just transpired between them was truly the pure essence of the phrase.

Laying in the after glow of what they had done, Tohru had hoped it had worked.

Leaning over, she grabbed his hand, pulled him to her, and hugged him tight.

To his surprise, where a nezumi should normally be, a man was in it's place, unable to believe that both of the dreams he had had since he was a child had finally come true.

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Dictionary :

Arigatou : Thank you

Arigatou Gazaimasu : Thank you very much

Nani : What

Konbanwa : Good Evening

Dame : No

Sensei : Teacher

Nyo : Huh?

Nushi : Master

Doo itashimashite : You're welcome

Hai : Yes, Okay

Matte : Wait

Ototou-kun : Little brother

Ashita : Tomorrow

Nezumi : Rat

Baka : Idiot, Stupid

Neko : Cat

Inu : Dog

Kami-sama : God

Gomen : Sorry

Daijobou : Are you ok?

Okaa-san : Mom

Ja ne! : See you later

Ashiteru : I love you

Mattaku no Baka : Damned Fool

Imouto-san : Little Sister

Nani : What

Ojisan : Uncle

Aniki-kun : Older Brother

Hentai : Pervert

Chibi : Little

Doushita no? : What's wrong?

Ohayo : Good Morning

Doki : Sound of a Heartbeat

Ne : Right

Irowa towa kankei ga nai sore : I have nothing to do with that

Nakayoshi : Friendship

Chikosho : Damn

Koi : Lover, Honey, Darling

Kare wa doko ni minna : Where is everyone?

Kangei ie : Welcome home

Tadaima : I'm home

Demo : But

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AN : Arigatou!!! Aishiteru Minna ^_^ I really hoped you liked this chapter because I had fun writing it. Please R&R and if you have any ideas as to what I should do next feel free to suggest away.