Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Forget Me ❯ Mist ( Chapter 12 )

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Chapter 12: Mist

 

The clock read a late 10am in France, the boys were still asleep but the girls were already up with their suitcases. Tohru had woken up first, thinking that she had to make breakfast for everybody when she remembered that she was on holiday, all she had to do was basically relax. Karina came out of the bathroom with her hair done in a side ponytail and was complaining about jetlag.

 

After breakfast and when the guys had actually woken up, the five-some left the hotel and did some shopping on their own since the Eiffel Tower trip was going to start at 3pm when the time now was only 12:30. They chose to visit the bookstore first that also had some cute gifts that attracted Tohru's eye. She went straight towards the shining key chain section and browsed through the different colours.

 

“Tohru, is zat you're name?” A tall and muscular French boy appeared out of nowhere and handed her a flower.

 

“Y-y-yes….how'd you know?” She took the flower but was really surprised.

 

“I am very glad to meet you, I have finally found the girl of my dreams, the one I was destined to be with for eternity, wow…the colour of your eyes match the beautiful sparkling sea of turquoise. May I ask, will you be free in the weekend…”

 

“Hey, Lover-boy, stop the flirting will ya? She's not single you know.” Karina noticed that Tohru was a bit uncomfortable with Kyo's angry expression and shouted to the flirting machine.

 

“I'm not?” Tohru rephrased.

 

“No, you're not.” She winked at Tohru.

 

“She's occupied with that guy, over there, you see with the flaming orange hair, yea that's him, handsome, strong, their a great couple so if you know what's good for you, you'll leave them alone.” Karina teased the French boy as Kyo's face looked like a beetroot with Kenji laughing hysterically in the background behind the bookshelf.

 

“And I suppose you'd like to go out with me then, I mean after all, your hair reminds me of the golden sun?” The French Boy gave her a toothy grin while Kenji's laugh turned into a sour cough instantly as Kyo laughed back at Kenji. Karina was wondering why everyone was so interested in her hair colour.

 

“She's occupied as well.” Yuki butted in and put his arm around Karina's shoulder.

 

“Yea….what he said.” Karina played along with it as the boy left with embarrassment.

 

“W-who was that?” Tohru quivered.

 

“It's alright Tohru, he's gone, I betcha he's a player, you don't wanna mess with those guys seriously. Trust me, I've seen them at my old school.”

 

“Really? I'm just amazed that he knew my name.”

 

“Don't be that amazed.” Yuki came over and lifted the tag on her handbag to show a clear reading `Tohru Honda' followed by her phone number.

 

“And Hello Kenji?, you left poor Yuki to take over your role, what's up with that?” Karina walked towards Kenji and nudged him.

 

“I uhh…”

 

“You were? Lemme guess, staring at my hair colour that you are so attracted to that you forgot to protect me from the flirting loser?” Karina joked after hearing last times conversation between the guys.

 

“Yea…..haha…about that….” Kenji replied nervously.

 

“Let's just get out of this crappy bookshop and find something to eat, I'm starving.” Kyo pulled Tohru along with him and went out the door.

 

“But…we just ate breakfast?” Karina pointed out.

 

“He gets hungry easily.” Kenji commented.

 

“Yup, that's him, eating non-stop.” Yuki found it amusing.

 

They ended up at a small but fancy typical French café with everything on the menu under the expensive category. Even the drinks cost about 5 or more Euros at least, you could hear Kyo whining about Akito not giving them enough money to spend on things for themselves.

 

“So, have you guys got your camera? I've heard that the Eiffel Tower is beautiful in the afternoon when the suns shining and the park is all clean and green.” Tohru reminded.

 

“Yes, I've got mine.” Yuki replied.

 

“Do you think we'll be taking the lift up to the top floor for the great view?” Kenji asked and quickly shut his mouth when Karina gave him the death glare.

 

“I'm sorry KS, I…forgot…You okay?” He kissed her cheek.

 

“Barely.” Karina said sarcastically and returned to her drink.

 

“Yea if we have to go up, we'll take the stairs.” Kyo suggested.

 

“I think I'm going to get very scared when I go up. I'm quite scared of heights.” Tohru admitted and shivered at the thought.

 

“You're not the only one.” Karina added.

 

“Oh that's my cell phone.” Yuki grabbed it and answered the call from Akito.

 

“Yuki, how are you? Since it's nearly 2, I'm coming to pick you five up a little early. Can you make it? Because I thought maybe we could take the tour at the Lourve museum right after the Eiffel Tower. Is that alright?”

 

“I'm good…umm…I think we can make it.”

 

“Okay, where are you?”

 

“At the café around the corner of the hotel.”

 

“Great, see you then.”

 

“Bye.” Yuki hung up and looked at the others.

 

“We're going to the Lourve Museum after the Eiffel…and we're leaving now.”

 

“Right, let's go then.” Kenji said.

 

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With the car that Akito had hired, they drove to the Eiffel Tower site where a lot of kids were playing in the sunshine on the nice green grass beside the tower. You could see that Tohru had the biggest smile on her face when they got out of the car simply because she found it fascinating and hard to believe that she was here, at the wonderful Eiffel Tower in Paris, Europe.

 

“It's just a tower, nothing to be excited about.” Kyo rolled his eyes but went along anyway.

 

They took the long stairs to the top of the tower and got out their cameras and started snapping pictures. Tohru then walked off and explored the place while trying to avoid the height difference. Amaya and Akito took the lift because Amaya didn't want to ruin her Gucci shoes by going up the hundreds of stairs.

 

“Hey Yuki, can you take a pic of me and Karina?” Kenji asked handing him the camera.

 

“Sure.” Yuki agreed as they posed. But just before Yuki could press down on the button, Kyo called out to them.

 

“Damn, did you hear that?” Kyo asked. (He's got good ears…cos he's the cat….of course)

 

“I think so.” Yuki replied.

 

“Hear what?” Karina and Kenji asked in unison.

 

“That's Tohru's voice!” Kyo sprinted off as the others had no choice but to follow.

 

When they got there, they found Tohru hanging off the other side of the handrail on the Eiffel Tower. She was screaming for help and her knuckles were white and were gripping onto the bars for life. Below her was the 300 metres of death and the kids on the grass that were shocked.

 

“TOHRU!” Kyo ran forward and noticed the broken handrail next to her that she must've leaned on before it broke. He saw her right hand slipping and started to grab it just in time as he pulled her up with all his strength with some help with the others.

 

When he got her up, Tohru was in tears and was crying on Kyo's shoulder but didn't hug him since she knew it would only cause more trouble if she did. Kenji and Karina stood there without saying anything as Yuki went to examine the handrail.

 

“Go get Akito.” Kyo said.

 

“What is Akito going to do anyway? He wasn't here to help so he can't have saved Tohru and he still can't right now. Calling him will fix nothing.” Yuki answered coldly.

 

“Just go get him dammit and tell him that this damn trip is nothing but a dangerous and stupid FAILURE!” Kyo was mad and was holding Tohru's hand as she continued to sob.

 

“Failure?” Akito came around the corner with Amaya next to him.

 

“Yes, that's what I said, Tohru nearly died because of this darn trip! Let's go back now!”

 

“Kyo…What did you say?”

“I said LETS GO BACK NOW!”

 

“No, I mean as in Tohru.”

 

“The handrail was half broken, I think Tohru leaned on it and she slipped. She was hanging onto the other rail and she could've died.” Karina explained with her head hung low.

 

“….Tohru, are you alright?” Akito went over and helped her up and pretended to be all caring.

 

“Y-y-yes…thanks to Kyo, who saved me.” Tohru looked at Kyo lovingly and smiled at him.

 

“Uhh…umm…yea, whatever.” Kyo blushed and looked away.

 

“We should…get to the museum now, it's a Monday, it closes early.” Amaya couldn't care less about Tohru and urged them to hurry up.

 

They all went down except for Kyo and Tohru as Kyo noticed a cut on her arm from the broken rail. He ripped a bit of the bottom of his T-shirt and used it as a bandage around her arm and tied a knot then took her hand again and led her down the stairs.

 

“Kyo…”

 

“Hmm?”

 

“Thank…you. For always being there for me.” Tohru said quietly but enough for Kyo to hear.

 

“Your Welcome.” Kyo replied.

 

An hour later

 

The Lourve museum was just…plain…huge and it took a while to get through just half of the art filled building. Tohru walked in the back with Kyo and the others led the way through the museum. Akito was quite far ahead with Amaya, Yuki was walking behind Karina while she and Kenji were betting each other to who could find the Mona Lisa first.

 

“I found it! That one over there!” Kenji exclaimed and ran towards it as Karina just sighed.

 

“Umm…Karina…about last night…you really…did mean it…did you?” Yuki caught up with Karina.

 

“It's just…our relationship lost its sparks okay? That's all…I mean, even if it doesn't work out, we'll still be friends.”

“Oh…”

“Hey do you think Kyo and Tohru could have a chance together? Their so cute together and perfect for each other.” She changed the subject.

 

“Umm…I guess.” Yuki didn't want to mention the fact that he once loved Tohru.

 

“Well, gotta go, see if that painting is really the Mona Lisa or not.” Karina ran off purposely to avoid talking to Yuki. It wasn't that she didn't like him; it was just that every time she was with him, she would end up talking and revealing more than she would with anyone else.

 

“Hey Tohru, how's your arm?” Kyo felt that she was a bit quiet.

 

“Oh umm…it's fine, thank you.” Tohru grinned and tried to forget about the feeling of terror that she felt earlier today.

 

“You're really scared of heights aren't you?” Kyo read her mind and forced the question out of nowhere.

 

“Yes, Apart from haunted houses…haha…that's the other thing that trips me up…What about you?” Tohru asked nervously.

 

“Uhh….I don't know.” Kyo said dumbfounded.

 

“Okay.”

 

“Perhaps…seeing a person I care about getting hurt or…even….I dunno….like for example, my master, he's the most important person in my life and yea….”

 

“So…you're afraid of losing the people you love?” She rephrased.

 

“Uhhh…I guess so.”

 

“Me too.” She admitted.

 

“So….among those people….does that include…umm….me?” Tohru bit her lip and asked.

 

“Uhhh....well I guess….you and Karina….not that damn rat Yuki though.”

 

“Oh…thank you.” Tohru smiled.

 

“I know I said that heights and haunted houses were the only things but…there are more, but now that you've told me, I thought of my mom and my dad and how, both of them have been gone for a while now…and I miss them so I understand what you mean by losing a family member or…something like that.”

 

“Yea.” Kyo agreed.

 

“Umm…Tohru?”

 

“Yes Kyo?”

 

“This is….for…f-f-or you.” Kyo handed her a gift as her eyes lit up with excitement. It was the cute little key chain that attracted her eye early this morning just when they were at the shop, Kyo must have bought it secretly.

 

“Kyo…this is wonderful….Thank you so much!” She beamed at him.

 

“No problem, uhh hey we better catch up or else we're gonna get lost.”

 

“Okay.”

 

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”So, you're telling me that you don't even have a damn plan for this darn place?” Ayame gritted her teeth and started to argue with Akito again.

 

“Relax, your work is done, I've given you your money; that is all we have to do…for today.”

 

“Crap!” She cursed.

 

“What is it now? Your Prada sunglasses?”

“No you bastard! It's my nail, I broke it, do you know how much it cost to take this manicure? Do you know the amount of nail polish they put on and the number of nail varnish coatings on top?”

 

“Don't call me a bastard or I'll fire you right here, right now.” Akito frowned.

 

“Go ahead! I don't enjoy working for you anyway! The pay is way too low and it's not enough to buy my own sports car!” Amaya shot back.

 

“Shut up, I don't want to hear about these stupid cars! I'll give you a pay rise if you shut your mouth or if you just asked for it!”

 

“How much?”

 

“5 million Euros, are you happy?” Akito fumed.

 

“FINE!”

 

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“So where are we off to tomorrow?” Karina asked as they relaxed in the hotel swimming pool.

 

“Nowhere interesting.” Kyo replied, staying away from the water and preferring to keep lying on the sun chair.

 

“Well tomorrow, Akito said we could have free time but after that we're going to Rome.” Kenji threw the beach-ball to Karina

 

“Wow, that fast?” Yuki finished swimming his length of the pool.

 

“Yes, that was rather short and we still have more to explore in France….Oh well, I'm just happy that I've been here.” Tohru got ready to go into the water.

 

“You know it's weird, Akito said he wanted to be friends with us, and yet he's like…not even talking to us, letting us do the activities on our own while he sticks with his fiancée.” Karina pointed out.

 

“I'm glad he's letting us do things by ourselves. Even though he may have changed, I still hate him.” Kyo scoffed.

 

“I know…but don't you think it's just….not right?” Karina lingered on and threw the ball back to Kenji.

 

“Yea, but I don't care if we're friends or not, we'll just have fun while we're at it.” Kenji answered.

 

“Hey Kyo, you should come join us! You look bored.” Karina teased.

 

“No way, I'm perfectly fine here.”

 

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The next day

 

“Tohru?” Karina put on a sweet smile.

 

“Yes Karina?”

 

“I think you and Kyo should do something together today.”

 

“Oh…really? Like what?”

 

“Well, since we've got free time and the whole day to ourselves, why not go somewhere like…I don't know; what does Kyo like to do?”

 

“Well…Kyo likes martial arts…”

 

“Great! Take him to a movie…and pick action.” Karina suggested since she wanted to get Kyo and Tohru on a date.

 

“Oh…umm.”

 

“Like….a date.”

 

“A-a-a d-date?” Tohru stammered.

 

“Yes, you heard me, now go next door and ask him, he likes you, so he can't refuse.”

 

“Well…I don't…know…”

 

“Come on!” Karina pushed her out of her room and listened at the door as Tohru went to the boys' room and knocked on the door.

 

“Good Morning Kyo….”

 

“Tohru…”

 

“Umm…would you….like to see a movie….an action movie today…with me?”

 

“Uhh….movie?”

 

“Oh…umm if you don't want to, don't force yourself. I was just asking since we…”

 

“Okay, I'll go.” Kyo replied and closed the door.

 

“Shot Tohru!!” Karina grinned.

 

“Umm…okay…” Tohru was still nervous.

 

“You'll be fine. I'll take care of Yuki and Kenji and all you have to do is go on that sweet romantic day with your one and only Kyo…and don't worry, if he does something wrong, just tell me.” Karina reassured her and went off to help choose an outfit for her.

 

“So…let's see, I think this one is nice.” Karina held up flash black jeans with a bluey greeny top that matched Tohru's eyes.

 

“Oh…Uhh…I don't normally…”

 

“Try it on.” Karina urged as Tohru went off to the dressing room.

 

She came back out after a few minutes and Karina whispered one word. “Perfect.”

 

Next she curled Tohru's brown silky hair so it was nice, long and wavy when it was normally straight and she added some mini-clips onto the sides of her fringe. The make-up wasn't too heavy as Tohru wanted a natural look and so she dabbed on some clear lip-gloss and light blue eye-shadow then smiled at her when she was all done.

 

“You look….fabulous!”

 

“Uhh thank you.” Tohru looked at herself in the Mirror and spun around.

 

“Okay, you're all set.”

 

“Thank you Karina…but what about you? Are you going to do anything with Kenji?” Tohru asked.

 

“I thought about it, but I don't want to leave Yuki alone, it'll make him feel left out, so I can handle two for one day don't you think?”

 

“That's very nice of you, are you sure you don't need…”

 

“No, I don't, I'm fine, all I want you to do is have fun…okay?”

 

“Yes…thanks.”

 

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“Kyo, Kyo, Kyo.” Kenji chimed.

 

“What?”

 

“Please tell me you're not wearing that to the movies.” Kenji raised his eyebrow.

 

“Why? What's wrong with what I'm wearing.”

 

“I already went over and Tohru looks great…but you….no….you gotta get changed now.”

 

“Into what?”

 

“Into this.” Kenji shoved a pile of clothing at Kyo.

 

“You're kidding?”

 

“I wish I was but no.”

 

“God, you guys or girls are so fussy.” Kyo closed the door and got changed.

 

“See you later, and don't burp when your eating, might put her off you know?” Kenji called out to him when Kyo was all ready to go when Kyo only ignored him.

 

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“So…what do you guys wanna do today? I mean, the two lovebirds are gone to the movies.” Karina questioned as they sat on the chairs at the park outside of their hotel.

 

“Up to you really.” Yuki replied.

 

“Yea, you can choose.” Kenji put his arm around her shoulder.

 

“Okay, let's go on the romantic Seine River cruise…what do you say?”

 

“Uhh….” Yuki paused.

 

“Listen, I know it's the three of us and it doesn't make sense but what else can we do?”

 

“Well….” Kenji didn't get to finish his sentence when Karina gave both guys a peck on the cheek.

 

“Sure!” Kenji changed his sentence.

 

“Okay…we'll go.” Yuki gave in.

 

“Thanks guys, you're the best!” Karina laughed.

 

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A/N: So next chapter, I decided I'd give them a break for a while and let Kyo and Tohru…spend some….quality time together and the others…go to on the cruise. And so…it may sound happy but not to put you guys down but it'll go back to the horrible things that Akito still has left to do when they go to Rome…and etc.

 

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