Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Forget Me ❯ Dimensions ( Chapter 1 )

A/N: HI this is my first romance story so please be nice!! It's the sequel to destiny unmasked but there are quite a lotta differences so don't worry about reading the first one to understand the second one too much although I would recommend that it would be easier. By the way this story does not include Machi Kuragi often, cos I don't like her character much plus it will be weird if she appears in my story. So apologies to people who like Machi. Just something you should know, maybe my characters will get a little OOC but that's later so yea. Hopefully this would be better than the first but I guess that's where you play your part in reviews. XD So I hope you enjoy this story and keep in mind that all comments are welcome and well appreciated! One more thing, the first chapter might be a little* boring because I'm just doing some introducing and blah but I promise you things will get good starting from the second chapter.

 

Disclaimer: Even though I dream about this everyday, I DO NOT own fruits basket….so sad…: (

 

Chapter 1: Dimensions

 

Introduction

 

Three months had passed since Karina discovered a connection with Kyo Sohma, not only being able to hug him without him transforming but finding out about her family past that led to Kyo being her half-brother which was quite dramatic. But it was good news to know that she had one member of her family that was actually blood-related since her other guardians the Yoshida family only took her in 3 years ago for a few months while her foster mother Nagisa died recently after an accident with fire at a hospital. Sure, her life was so mysterious and strange with a few bumps along the way but she knew that with her new friends, the Sohma's and Tohru Honda, she would be alright no matter what but who knows whether her confidence is going to gain what she needs to live happily?

 

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“Good morning my little sunflower, so what's for breakfast?” Shigure yawned as he came down the stairs to greet Tohru.

 

“Oh good morning Shigure, well I've made some sushi, would you like to have that for breakfast or… would you like to have…”

 

“Sushi will be just fine.” Shigure skipped to the kitchen grabbing the plate of sushi and sitting at the table eating with Yuki and Kyo staring at him.

 

“What? You two are giving me that glare again. What have I done this time?” Shigure paused.

 

“Don't call her your little sunflower, its embarrassing!” Kyo left the table whacking Shigure on the head along the way.

 

“Miss Honda, are you ready for school?” Yuki asked grabbing his bag and ignoring Shigure completely.

 

“Sure. Kyo are you coming?”

 

“Yea yea, be right there.” Kyo walked down the stairs.

 

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“Oh gosh, not school again…oh well at least there are only a few days left.” Karina woke up slamming her alarm clock so that it would stop ringing. After 30 minutes of getting ready, Karina was on her way to school eating her breakfast along the way since she woke up late.

 

`Hmm….maybe I should stop at the gift shop for a while, after all I want to give Tohru, Yuki and Kyo a small gift for fun.' Kaori thought as she changed direction.

 

She got a cup of coffee along the way as a wake-up solution since she was more of a sleeper-inner than an early bird. She chose a cat and rat key chain for Kyo and Yuki and a cute photo frame for Tohru since it reminded Karina of her cheerfulness.

 

“That will be 35 yen in total please.” The check out assistant said as Kaori paid the money.

 

“Thank you for coming, have a nice day.”

 

`I really hope they like this gift.' Karina could just imagine their reaction.

 

“Oh shoot!” Karina exclaimed as her bags fell to the ground along with hot coffee that spilled all over her uniform. She snapped out of her daydream and looked up and felt a rush of excitement. A some-what familiar face that she recognised, someone she had seen just a few months ago.

 

“Darn it…So Sorry.” The voice said as the boy looked up as well and met Karina's gaze.

 

“Karina!”

 

“Kenji!” They said in unison.

 

“What are you doing here?” Karina asked as Kenji lived 45 minutes away on train in Karina's old home town. (A/N: By the way for people who haven't read the first one, Kenji is Karina's old crush plus his family take care of her as her guardian but they have no actual family relationship as in no bloodline, just really close friends.)

 

“I uhh…well it's a long story but I'm so sorry, I just spilt coffee all over you're…wow nice uniform.” Kenji complimented in the middle of his apology which made Karina laugh.

 

“Nah, it's alright, I'll just get it cleaned up sometime later but anyway, where are you off to?” Karina shrugged it off.

 

“Okay, you're gonna laugh at this, I just came from the florist's shop and I bought these for you, I just didn't know I'd be seeing you so soon, I was going to buy a card here.” Kenji handed her a bunch of assorted and colourful flowers.

 

“Oh, why thanks…So how'd you know that I live here?” Karina questioned.

 

“Umm…you see you never told me where you lived so I had to make a few phone-calls and I checked the residential/phone book, I guess it took me a while just to track you down. I decided that I should visit you since the last time you came was about 3 and a half months ago and keep in mind that you didn't say goodbye.” Kenji explained.

 

“Sorry about that, I just remembered something that I had to do, oh my god, I'm late!!!” She suddenly realised as she looked at her watch.

 

“Late for…?”

 

“School duh, sorry love to chat but I gotta go, thanks for the flowers, here's my address, come around sometime. BYE!” She called out after throwing him a small card with her address and phone number on it.

 

“Uhh…bye.” Kenji waved, this was the second time she had to go somewhere, and maybe it was just sheer bad luck or bad timing, just when he was going to tell her something, she had to go.

 

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“Kyo, Yuki, Tohru!” Karina called out to them as she gave them the wrapped gifts.

 

“Karina, hi, what's this?” Yuki asked.

 

“It's a gift, for all of you, hope you like it, I uhh have to go to the bathroom bye for now.” Karina ran off just remembering her awful looking brown-coffee stained uniform. She used hot water to soak her uniform then she wiped it with a paper towel but it just left her uniform looking like she just fell into a puddle of water.

 

“Oh man, I'm gonna look like a complete idiot for the rest of the day.” Karina groaned as Tohru came in.

 

“Thank you for the gift Karina, what's wrong?” Tohru changed the subject as she saw Karina's frustrated face.

 

“Coffee, spilled, stained, I can't get it off.” Karina simplified her words.

 

“Here let me help.” Tohru offered as she led Karina to a room with a single washing machine.

 

“I had to use this once, but I'm just glad that this school has something like a washing machine.” Tohru laughed as she tossed Karina's blazer into the machine.

 

“Thanks Tohru.”

 

“No Problem.”

 

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After school, Karina got a call from Kenji asking her to meet him at dinner at this fancy restaurant. She quickly agreed craving for nice meal after having simple food everyday at home by herself. She ran home and got dressed then hung her spring clean uniform (thanks to Tohru), grabbed her purse and her cell-phone and called a cab to the city.

 

“Table for two…uhh I think.” Karina requested as the waiter seated her at the seat next to the window. The restaurant sure was fancy, very purplish indeed with nice carpet and tasty looking food, she'd hate to see the bill but with Kenji's wallet around, she had nothing to worry about. Not that she always relied on Kenji's money of course since she liked being independent but every time Kenji insisted on paying.

 

`The positives of being rich I guess.' Karina sighed.

 

After waiting half and hour, Karina started to get bored.

 

`Where in the world is he? He asked me to come at 6:30pm and right now it's nearly 7:10pm.' Karina took out her cell-phone and dialled the reply number.

 

“Hello this is Kenji Yoshida, I'm currently unavailable, please leave a message after the beep.” The voice machine told Karina.

 

“Kenji, I'm here at the restaurant, waiting, waiting, waiting, so how long do I have to wait and where are you?” Karina put on a bored voice as she shut her phone and ordered a drink since she was getting really thirsty from the evening heat.

 

An hour passed and Karina was getting fed up from waiting after calling Kenji twice again with the answer machine leaving her irritated. It was now close to 8:15pm and Karina had already eaten her meal by herself, again, as always. She paid the bill at the counter then left the restaurant figuring out what to do next. Then her cell started to vibrate as soon as she stepped out of the restaurant.

 

“Hello?”

 

“Karina, I really apologise.” Kenji's voice made Karina cringe.

 

“Where have you been, I've been waiting since 6:30pm now its 8:15pm, I've eaten and I've left the restaurant now what's going on?”

 

“Karina, it's hard to explain, perhaps we can talk tomorrow somewhere.”

 

“Kenji…you just left me there…oh just never mind…fine I'll see you tomorrow, please don't be late.” Karina pleaded.

 

“1pm tomorrow, lunch at a café, I'll be there, starbucks.”

 

“Okay.” Karina closed her phone and took a cab home again.

 

`Tonight was complete waste, I had no fun, sitting there and eating by myself. To tell the truth, I feel like such a loner sometimes, I mean normally people would admire independency but right now, I'm sick of it, I want to rely on someone, I want to have fun with someone but most of all I want to be with someone' Karina was lost in her thoughts as she drifted off to sleep.

 

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A/N: So yea, I did tell ya that my first chapter was going to be a little boring but please tell me what you think of it so far. Thanks for reading anyway!