Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or it's characters. It belongs to Takaya Nasuki. Nor do I own the lyrics to "Breathless" they are property of The Corrs (R.J. Lange, Andrea Corr)

Hello: Well, I have to start off by saying THANK YOU for all of your kind reviews and to Bleed The Freak, & Joan Mistress of Magic for your song suggestions, which were all great and will be considered for future chapters.

A double thank you to awintersrose49 for your song suggestions and for allowing me to read your wonderful Fushigi Yugi lemon, which was very good and very inspiring.

Then I have to send an extra special triple big THANK YOU to Smiling Onigiri, for so many reasons. Lets see #1, for the song suggestions, #2 for writing "The Journey Home" which is a really wonderful Fic that I highly suggest you all read. Especially all you Kyo/Tohru lovers, because there is still a 50/50 chance that she will end up with Kyo in that story and in this one there isn't a chance in hell. #3 for so kindly offering to be my editor, which is simply the nicest thing ever, and for helping me out with numerous suggestions and being all supportive and super nice. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!! If this chapter is much better than any of my others it is all her fault.

Lastly, hello to Kativa-chan who is also super talented, and my wonderful friend. We have a cool little project that we are working on together, and we will be telling you about, eventually, when it is ready.

Lastly, lastly, this is one of my famous two version chapters. As always Fanfiction.net gets the PG-13 (which will still be a bit lemony, so don't read if you can't handle it), and mediaminer.org gets R. If you have trouble finding the mediaminer version e-mail me at Yukitherat@yahoo.com and I will be happy to forward you the link, and yes the R version is much longer, much better, and full of Yuki/Tohru goodness. He only transforms if he actually hugs the girl, okay. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

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Chapter Seven:Breathless

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Go on go on
Leave me breathless
Come on
Hey, yeah

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"I'm sorry, Miss…" I said automatically, and nearly bit my lip off in order to stop my own words. 'You are such an idiot!' I thought to myself. 'What did she just say to you?'

"I mean, I'm sorry, Tohru." I quickly added. I was relieved when she simply smiled at me sweetly. She didn't seem to be at all bothered by my embarrassing slip up.

Her arm, which brushed against my side as she retrieved the bar of soap from the dish behind me, caused the butterflies in my stomach to wiggle and stir. The moment of courage I had found on the beach seemed to have vanished, and in its place insecurity raged. Why was she doing this? What in the world would make her suggest that we bathe together? Was it even possible that she wanted to be with me?

She moved out from under the showerhead and softly touched my shoulder, encouraging me to take her place.

"Turn around." She said, and I assumed she didn't want me gawking at her any longer. I was confident that I was behaving disrespectfully, but I simply couldn't help myself. She looked so amazing, how could I possibly take my eyes off her? Secretly I blamed Akito and his dirty books, whose influence had apparently turned me into Shigure's evil twin. Certainly I wasn't always this perverted? 'Poor Miss Honda,' I thought to myself, 'having to endure the indignity of showering with someone as corrupted as I.'

"I'll wash your back." She offered, and my body responded without my consent. I quickly turned around, hoping she hadn't noticed. I willed my body to behave, but a moment later I felt her soothing hands upon the skin of my back and knew that it was hopeless. I was a pig, which was all there was to it.

"Yuki." She said, her voice betraying her anger and shock. I became suddenly self-conscious. Had she seen "it"? I briefly considered running away again, but her hands were still touching me and my feet simply refused to move.

"Akito? When did he do this to you?" She asked, and I exhaled. So that was what had caused her reaction, she hadn't noticed after all.

"I'm sorry, Miss Honda… I mean Tohru. It's not very attractive, is it?" I had done it again. Why couldn't I just get her name right? What was I thinking expecting her to wash my hideously disfigured back? Was I crazy? She must find it so appalling. I turned quickly and locked my eyes to the floor, wishing that I could simply disappear. "You don't need to… I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let you see."

"Don't." She whispered, and I could hear the compassion in her voice, along with the tears. "You don't need to hide anything from me. Please, let me finish." She said, and before I could answer she was standing behind me, brushing her lips against the tattered skin of my back. Of all things, she had found it in her heart to kiss me.

"Tohru," I whispered and held my breath. Wet tears rose to flood my eyes and my heart sung out as she kissed me yet again.

"I love you, Yuki. I will never forgive Akito for doing this to you." She vowed.

'I should tell her that I am all right,' I thought. 'I should assure her that I have gotten better at dealing with Akito. These days he is so sick and weak all of the time that he doesn't frighten me so much. He still has power, he could hurt me if he really wanted, but it isn't necessary for you to worry so, my Tohru.' I didn't get the chance to tell her this, however, because a moment later I felt her tongue sliding across my back and lost the will to speak. I closed my eyes and reminded myself to breathe as her tongue ran along my shoulder blade then stopped to lick tiny circles on my neck. I shivered, relaxing into slender fingers, which held me by my waist.

I turned in her hands, marveling at the whisper of her fingertips as they played over my stomach momentarily before moving slowly up to my chest. My eyes were following her hands along my skin so I didn't see her watching me. Sensing her gaze, I looked into her eyes and smiled nervously.

I lifted my hand to her face and pushed her wet hair behind her ear. I wanted to know what she was thinking. I needed to be positive. It was altogether obvious how much I wanted her, my entire body was begging for her. I was dying to kiss her, to touch her, to taste her. I had never wanted anything so entirely. Yet I held back, uncertain. If I moved, if I even breathed too loudly, would I break whatever spell we were under? I didn't want this to end.

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The daylight's fading slowly
But time with you is standing still
I'm waiting for you only
The slightest touch and I feel weak
I cannot lie, from you I cannot hide
And I'm losing the will to try
Can't hide it, can't fight it

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She smiled back at me before retrieving the soap and slowly working it, with nimble fingers, into a bubbly, fragrant potion. She then placed her hands upon my chest, and I allowed myself a small sigh as her relaxing fingers sailed along my skin, pausing here and there, before moving on to my shoulders, my arms, my hands.

I felt hypnotized by each of her movements, and at that moment I understood that I belonged to her completely. She had always been, and always would be, the only person that I could ever love.

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So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny
This loving feeling
Make me long for your kiss
Go on, go on
Yeah,
Come on,
Yeah

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She knelt down and starting at my toes gently washed my feet, then my legs. She worked slowly, magically, and I watched her every move with the fascinated curiosity of a restless virgin. I groaned loudly when her hands found their way to the top of my thighs and brushed tenderly against my throbbing manhood. She gazed up at me, biting her bottom lip as if considering something. She worked the bar of soap once more into an effervescent mass before dropping it to the floor and taking me into her loving hands.

I moaned loudly as her fingers ran lightly across my length, experimenting. She stroked and caressed, tender at first, and then moving faster to find her own silent rhythm. My breath quickened, my eyes closed. Within seconds, to my humiliation, I lost it. My body shook, my mind exploded with bright light and visions. I shivered intensely, uncontrollably, spilling my warmth into soft, accepting hands.

"Tohru… I'm sorry, I…"

"Shhh… Don't… It's fine, Yuki." She grinned at me. "I wanted you to."

Recovering the soap, she used it to clean up the evidence of my enthusiasm, and allowed the water to rinse it away. I closed my eyes because I was crying again. It was ridiculous, but I couldn't control my emotions. The very thought that someone might actually enjoy granting me, the dirty, filthy rat, such pleasure, that someone might actually care for me, was simply too much.

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And if there's no tomorrow
And all we have is here and now
I'm happy just to have you
You're all the love I need somehow
It's like a dream
Although I'm not asleep
And I never want to wake up
Don't lose it, don't leave it

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"Yuki… how do I ask this?" She mumbled quietly, and stood up to face me.

"You can ask me anything." I told her as I reached to shut off the water to the shower and then to the bath, which was nearly running over.

"What is possible?" She asked me. I didn't understand the question at first, but then I noticed her blush and it was unmistakably clear what she was asking.

Taking her hand, I lead her to follow me as I stepped into the spa-sized bathtub. I waited for her to seat herself before sitting beside her, trying to think how best to answer.

"It is possible for us to… do everything." I stopped and smiled before placing a gentle kiss upon her lips. "We'd just have to be very careful, and I suppose it wouldn't be what you might call conventional."

"I don't mind." She whispered as I kissed her again. "I just want to be with you completely. Yuki, is that all right? Can we be together, just for tonight?"

I didn't trust myself to speak, so I answered without words by allowing my lips to travel along her face to her throat. With my lips I worked at her neck, kissing and sucking the pale skin, before licking a slow path to her ear. I was planning to whisper to her, to promise my undying commitment, but I became entranced with her flesh and found myself needing more of it. I sucked at the lobe of her ear, and used my tongue to tease the tender skin just behind, before moving back to her lips.

She moaned sweetly against my lips and her tongue pushed into my mouth, searching out my own and twirling around it irresistibly. Feeling her that way, inside of me, revived me. I instantly came back to life.

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So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny
This loving feeling
Make me long for your kiss
Go on, go on
Yeah,
Come on

*

My hands dove into the water, grabbing her by the waist to lift her up so that she was standing before me. Her blue eyes peered curiously down into my own. I lowered my hands gradually down the silky curves of her hips, allowing my fingers to savor the warmth of her body. I wasn't really certain what our boundaries were, as I only knew what I had learned while trying my hardest not to pay attention to Shigure. Holding my breath, I silently prayed that I wouldn't transform and drown myself as I placed the side of my face against her firm stomach and put my hands on her hips. I was hugging her, the only way that I could without transforming. A few moments later, when I found myself still human, I looked up at her with tears of joy in my eyes. It wasn't impossible. There was hope.

She was so beautiful with her long wet hair clinging to her skin. 'I will wash it later,' I promised myself. It was something I had always wanted to do, but first things first. After all, I owed her.

I flicked my tongue out, licking her across her stomach. "So good," I heard myself whisper, for I had never tasted anything quiet like her, a subtle blend of gardenia and spice. I wanted to consume her, to devour every inch of her, but above all I wanted to please her. That was most important.

I kissed my way gradually upward until I was standing again, my eyes locking with hers as my lips met with the silken skin of her breast. I stopped to nip playfully at her pert nipple before taking it into my mouth and sucking on it tenderly, still watching her face. She mouthed my name silently before closing her eyes and leaning back against the wall in surrender. I smiled, bringing one hand up to cup her neglected breast, while the other traced smoothly along her stomach to brush across a mound of petal soft down before sliding between her legs to touch the warm wetness at her center.

"Yuki!" She moaned, and my knees grew weak. Feeling myself losing balance, I pulled back. I didn't want to stop, but I feared I might fall against her. If I transformed now it would ruin everything. She opened her eyes, looking both disappointed and concerned. I grinned, leaning in to kiss her while taking both of her hands into my own. Keeping her mouth glued to mine, my tongue finding and dancing tenderly with hers, I led her to the opposite side of the tub. There was a ledge, built to hold bath products but thick and sturdy enough to suit my purpose. I released her hands but kept her lips locked to mine. I swooped my hand across the ledge, sending bath products flying everywhere, then grabbed her by the hips and sat her down on the ledge, positioning myself between her knees.

Only then did I break our kiss.

"I want…" She started.

"What? What do you want? I'll do anything for you." I confessed lovingly, my hands moving down to rub across the skin of her inner thigh.

"You." She finished and leaned over to kiss me. My heart smiled, and then my body laughed because her hands were touching me again. Her fingers enfolded themselves in my hair, pressing lightly at the back of my head, as if it could bring us closer. Her tongue left my mouth to swirl across my neck, and then up to whisper sweetness into my ear.

"Mine now." She said so softly that it sounded like a prayer.

"Only yours," I promised, capturing her mouth again and kissing her heatedly as I ran my hands up between her legs.

Timidly, I pressed one finger into her warm, wet core. When she bit my lip painfully, it spurred me on. I pushed into her deeper, marveling at the way she groaned loudly and squirmed against my hand. I slid another finger into her, stretching and kneading, pushing deeper and faster with each thrust. Freeing her lips, I pulled back from her. I watched her for moment, slowing my hand and lowering my mouth to her breast to kiss and then suck her ivory flesh into my greedy mouth.

"Yuki," she whimpered, arching her back and pressing herself against my hand. "Please, don't stop." I smiled then, and stopped. I removed my hand completely. Her eyes flew open, her lips pouting, and I couldn't help but giggle.

"Lift your legs up." I requested, and she did, bringing her knees up so her feet were resting on the ledge. "Lift them higher." I told her, and when she just looked at me, not sure what I wanted, I grabbed a hold of her feet and lifted them to drape over my shoulders.

"Oh," She realized. "So that's okay then. You won't."

"I won't." I told her, though I hadn't known for sure until I tried.

My eyes looked down, admiring the beauty that lay open to me, calling to me, inviting me in. Desire churned violently inside my stomach, pleading for release. Taking her by the hips I pulled her forward, positioning myself carefully at her entrance.

Her eyes fluttered closed and her tongue flicked out to lick nervously along her lower lip.

Breathing deeply, I fought back the impulse to dive into her. The sensation of having her so close was overwhelming me. I wanted to submerge myself within her, to claim her for my own. Instead I eased into her slowly, painstakingly, savoring the tantalizing feel of her warm, moist flesh blanketing me, engulfing me. When I drew back again she writhed lasciviously against my swollen arousal, causing my body to shudder and all prudence to desert me. I forced myself into her, burying myself perfectly, but painfully, within her luscious velvety folds.

"Don't!" She cried out suddenly, her body tensing up, nearly pushing me away.

"Tohru?" I pulled back, chastising myself for being so selfish and hurting her. "Forgive me, I shouldn't have. I'm hurting you, we'll stop."

"No, really, I'm so sorry." She cried, an ocean of tears streaming down her cheeks. "Don't stop, please. It hurt just for a moment. I will be okay."

"I can stop." I told her, although the idea of leaving her, of stopping, was unbearable. "If you're not… if you don't want to…."

"I want to." She promised. "I want to, so bad. Please, Yuki. I need you to make it better, to make him go away."

Her words were so strange, I almost pulled out. I thought it best to wait until I was sure she was ready. I couldn't though, because a moment later all my good intentions were lost when her legs wrapped around my waist and she pulled me deeply into her

"Please." She repeated yearningly, wrapping her fingers in my hair and running her tongue along my lips. I groaned loudly, pulling out gradually then sliding back in. I tried to pace myself, wanting to hold back, I was so afraid of hurting her again. She wouldn't allow it. She seemed to need something else, something faster, something rough, something unreachable. Her body rocked against me, wantonly arching and twisting beneath my hands. I moved with her, working to keep up the frenzied pace she was setting. I drew out quickly, to drop back in. I pulled out, only to plummet in further.

Within me I could feel it. It was so close. I held it back, needing to please her, wanting her to be first. I bit my lip, tasting my own blood. She felt so warm and so tight that I couldn't wait, it wouldn't wait.

"TOHRU!" I screamed as the first powerful shudder ran through me. My body tightened, demanding release, but I continued to hold it back. She bucked up against my hips, pushing her hot, tight passage firmly over my aching member. I grabbed her by the hair and forced her mouth tightly to mine, kissing her feverishly and thrusting into her forcefully again, and again, and again.

"OH!" She cried out suddenly, "YUKI…I… I…" her body trembled viciously with her climax and what was already so very tight became even tighter, sending me over the edge. My body screamed and I let go, releasing myself into her warm, welcoming depths just before losing my balance and tumbling down on top of her to transform into a tiny, wet, satisfied rat.

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And I can't lie
From you I cannot hide
And I've lost my will to try
Can't hide it, can't fight it,

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Miles away, a phone was ringing. I crawled up her stomach, past her breast, to sit upon her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to transform like that." I told her. "I lost my balance, it was terrible of me. Did I ruin it?"

"No." She whispered, turning so that she could place a tiny kiss upon my head. "It was wonderful. I love you, Yuki."

I nuzzled my face against her cheek, and then peered around at the mess that we had made. The tub, once full, was now nearly empty and on the floor behind us bath products were scattered and broken.

"Was that the phone?" She wondered.

"I think so. It must have been Shigure. I'll call him back in a while."

"We should get out then?" She wondered, picking me up with gentle hands and sitting me on the ledge.

"Actually, if you don't mind refilling the tub, I think we could probably use another bath." I smiled up at her and she smiled back.

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So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny
This loving feeling, Make me long for your kiss

Go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
Go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
Go on, go on, go on come on, leave me breathless
Go on, go on!

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Well, then another chapter complete, and to my dear animelubber you better be super satisfied with this chapter full of Yuki/Tohru, because it isn't getting any better than that.

Another chapter will make it to you guys eventually, I must first update "Nectar" So it will be after I do that, most likely.