Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny Brought Us Together ❯ Chapter 4: No Longer Alone ( Chapter 4 )

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

A/N- Yo! Sorry about the really and I mean, really long wait, I hope you guys will still read this though...anyway I don't own fruba, never did.

So, without further ado, enjoy chapt 4!

Both jerking away from one another, Akito and Tohru turned to see that they had just gained an audience.

Yuki was glaring at Akito and Kyou was at his side, Hatsuharu, Momiji, Hana, and Uo right behind them. Their expressions clueless and worried.

“Y…Yuki-kun…uh…what are you doing out here?”

Her hands clutched together before her, Tohru’s face turned a deep red, her eyes focusing upon the ground at her feet.

‘Why are they out here now? Please don’t make it so Akito has to leave...I don’t want to be alone...’

Narrowing his eyes at the disruption, Akito stepped in front of Tohru, blocking her from everyone’s view. Letting a cold smile cross his lips, he tilted his head to the side as he gazed at everyone before him.

“Hello Yuki, what do I owe this…honor?”

Gritting his teeth, Yuki clenched his fist as he glared at Akito. At his side, Kyou shifted to where he was facing Akito as well, his expression full of spite.

“To answer your question Miss. Honda, class just ended and I was looking for you. But…what are you doing here Akito, what have you done to Miss. Honda?”

Snickering, Akito turned to where his back was to Yuki, Kyou and the others. Lifting Tohru’s chin, he gave her a smile as he leaned a little closer, “remember…don’t tell them anything about us talking before, just go a long with me.”

Nodding her head, Tohru returned the smile. Turning again, Akito stepped to the side and glanced over at Haru.

“Just visiting, after all…it was the only way I could repay her for coming to see me. Haru, Momiji…who are these ladies behind you, it is rude not to introduce them.”

Flinching, Momiji gripped Haru’s arm, moving closer to him. Haru merely glanced down at him once before jutting a thumb at the two behind him, he could tell something was up, but totally refused to let anyone else know about it.

“These are Tohru’s friends…they…”

Stepping foreword, Tohru smiled gently, “Akito-san, this is Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima.”

A smirk struggled to appear upon his lips as he noticed the looks those two were giving him. Forcing it down he gave a half bow, “It’s a pleasure. Now, Miss. Honda…may I have a moment?” Turning to face Tohru, Akito waited.

Trembling again in anticipation, Tohru swallowed thickly, “S…sure…I’ll be right back.”

Bowing to the others she turned to Akito, he nodded his head and started walking around the side of a building, she only followed.

Once they were all the way around and out of the sight of the others, Akito turned to face Tohru, his eyes soft and gentle. He never wanted to give Tohru that cold and damaging look that he just gave everyone else, ‘she deserves better.’

“Tohru…thank you for saying that you’ll stay with me, but I wanted to warn you now…when you come, the other’s must think it is by force. Do you understand?”

Tohru’s eyes widened at that, but other than that, you could hardly tell if she was affected by what he told her or not. A moment passed before Tohru looked down and let out a sigh, lifting her head, Akito could see determination and her resolve shinning in her eyes.

“Yes…I understand Akito, but I want to do it anyway. I want to stay at your side…I feel more alive when I am with you, no matter what it takes, I am with you.”

Shocked, yet happy, Akito reached out and took Tohru’s hand. Giving it a gentle squeeze, Akito gave her a true smile of happiness.

“Thank you Tohru…but we best get back to the others, remember, just go along with what I do.”

Nodding her head, Tohru nearly frowned when Akito released her hand and started foreword. Taking a deep breath and silently asking the other’s for forgiveness, Tohru followed after Akito as they walked back into the open and towards the others.

Hana and Uo were talking, Haru was being held in a headlock by Kyou and Momiji was trying to pry them apart. Yuki was standing by himself with his arms crossed over his chest, anger seemed to be radiating off of him.

Clearing his throat, Akito caught everyone’s attention, “Miss. Honda will be leaving with me…we have unfinished…business to take care of, so if any of you have anything to say, please do so now.”

Unable to keep herself from turning away from the looks that Hana and Uo were sending her, Tohru took a step closer to Akito for support and thus caught Yuki’s attention.

“What did you do Akito, what did you do to her?!”

Yuki’s fists were clenched and he was sending Akito his most hateful glare, he even started approaching nor caring that Uo or Hana were there, moving towards Tohru as if he was trying to get between her and Akito.

Seeing this, Akito moved quickly. Just as Yuki was about to reach Tohru, he roughly gripped Yuki’s shoulder, stopping him in his tracks.

“I haven’t done anything to her…now, if you will excuse us, we have to be leaving now. Come on Miss. Honda, we’re leaving.”

Shoving Yuki away, Akito turned his back to him, Tohru looked undeceive for a moment before she gave a nod of her head and turned her back upon the others as well. All the while silently hoping that the others would forgive her in the end for what she was going to do.

“Tohru! Wait!”

Jerking at the betrayed sounds in Uo and Hana’s voices, Tohru turned slightly to look back at them, they both were looking at her as if she had just lost her mind.

“W…where are you going Tohru?”

Not wanting to break her promise to Akito and with a heavy heart, Tohru turned away and started walking, but what happened next surprised and impressed her greatly.

Akito didn’t wish Tohru’s friends to hate her, so he turned to face her friends and bowed deeply, ‘why the hell am I doing this?’ Ignoring his own thoughts, Akito continued, he’d sort this all out later for now he just wanted to get Tohru out of here.

“She will be accompanying me to my home, I swear that no harm will come to her so you hadn’t worry. You may also come to visit her if you wish, Yuki and the other’s can show you the way. Until then, we must be going now.”

Turning again, Akito looked over at Tohru, she still had a surprised look in her eyes and Akito had to fight down a smile of triumph.

Noticing that she was now being looked at, Tohru felt a blush stain her cheeks as she moved to Akito’s side, shifting uncontrollably as his eyes seemed to wrack her form continuously.

‘She seems rather embarrassed…that blush only increases how adorable she looks right now, damn…better get moving so that I can have her alone again.’

“Let’s go…”

Nodding her head, Tohru followed at Akito’s side as he started forewords and moving across the courtyard, leaving behind a group of confused and angered people.

They walked for several minutes in silence, but as they neared the main house, Akito came to a stop and seeing this Tohru did as well. He simply turned and gave her a look, before reaching out a hand and gripping hers, flashing her a smirk he took off running.

Tohru kept up as best as she could considering that Akito was darting between trees and bushes making his way towards his side of the house, but Tohru found it weird that Akito seemed to be healthier than she had ever seen him before. Not to mention that he was being completely graceful as he ran, as if he was born to run, but what really got to her was the look of happiness in Akito’s eyes as he ran.

This thought brought a gentle smile to her face and Akito noticed it immediately, stopping next to a mailbox, Akito turned to face her completely. Unable to stop himself, he reached out a hand and cupped her cheek, sending a dark blush across Tohru’s face.

“What is it Tohru…” his voice was soft and gentle as he ran his thumb in a small circle upon her cheek, Tohru shivered at how gentle he was being and her face burned even darker with a blush.

“Umm…I…I just wanted to say that you’re…” taking a deep breath, Tohru clenched her eyes shut as she forced the words past her lips and ended up practically yelling them in Akito’s face. “You’re very graceful when you run!”

Immediately Akito’s eyes blew wide and Tohru pressed her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide as well, ‘I can’t believe I just did that! I was so…rude, I need to apologize.’

“Akito, I…I’m sor…” Tohru was cut off when Akito pressed his lips to hers, for a few moments Tohru could only blink in surprise but when she realized what was going on, her blush returned with a vengeance and she couldn’t help but let her eyes drift shut as she pressed back into the kiss.

For several moments neither moved for fear that the other would pull away, but as both realized that they would need to breathe soon, they both pulled out of the rather awkward but still welcome kiss.

When Akito’s eyes opened one look at Tohru’s face told him exactly what he had just done, but it didn’t make sence to him. ‘I know I have been wishing to kiss her for a while…but why did I? Isn’t she just a friend to me and nothing more? Nothing makes sence anymore…but…I, I don’t regret that kiss, in fact I am glad I did it. At least now she knows I have an interest in her…but what that is exactly I need to figure out, maybe sooner than I thought…’

Tohru let her eyes open as she looked to the ground at her feet, her hand rising to touch her still moist lips, ‘did…did he really just, kiss me?’ A small smile crossed Tohru’s lips at that, ‘my first kiss…Akito…’

Her eyes drifted up to gaze upon Akito, his eyes were unfocused and apparently he was lost in thought, Tohru was glad for this as she let her eyes roam over his still form. Tohru’s blush darkened as she found that Akito was rather attractive, something that Tohru hadn’t really thought about before, but now…she didn’t know quite what to think ...


A/N- And there it is...I hope that this made up for the wait, anyway, I'm halfway done with the next chapt, but it won't come out until after christmas and new years...sorry, anyway, till next time...Ja Ne!