Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Love And War ❯ Chapter 2

Love and War

Chapter 2

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[Yuki's POV]

As Kyou cursed and threw things at the wall in his room Yuki took a shower and tried not to think about the night before.

//School is going to be very unbearable// he thought dipping his head under the hot spray of water. He sighed reluctant to turn off the water. As he stepped out of the shower he grabbed his towel and wrapped it around his waist shaking his head vigorously to get some of the water out. He glanced at himself in the mirror he groaned seeing the wildness of his hair.

//This definitely is not going to be a good day;// he groaned and hit his head against the mirror.

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[Kyou's POV]

Kyou was having similar thoughts about the day.

//I hope that rat doesn't say anything to me. One word and I think I might kick his face in.//

Kyou then proceeded to punch the wall as hard as he could, leaving his blood in the dent he created. Quickly bandaging his knuckles up, he got ready for school, his personal hell.

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[Yuki's POV]

//What makes him so angry all the time?//

Yuki pondered this while going downstairs to the kitchen. He sighed, thinking about skipping on breakfast for a change.

It just wasn't the same without Tohru. She had gone to visit her grandfather for a couple of days. Even though she'd still be in school she wasn't here, at the house. Shigure had also gone this morning to see Hatori, the family doctor. Yuki remembered him mumbling something about drunken angels taking advantage of him and only Hatori could find a way to make them pay.

Yuki sighed and walked away from the house heading for his, Kyou's, and Tohru's school. Maybe Tohru could help him out with Kyou.

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[Kyou's POV]

Kyou hopped downstairs and discovered that no one was home.

//Oh well// he sighed //I don't need them anyway.// He tried looking at it with Tohru's optimistic eyes but that only increased his feelings of loneliness because she wasn't there.

One tear escaped his eyes. When he felt it he quickly wiped it away. //Why the hell am I crying? Aahh! If I stay in this house one more minute I'm going to go crazy!//

He stormed out of the house and slammed shut the door as hard as he could. //Why am I so emotional all of a sudden? It's a miracle Yuki wasn't there or else I would have attacked him.//

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[Yuki's POV]

Yuki was glad he could confide in Tohru. She was the only one he had told about his love for Kyou and she understood him. She didn't judge him at all. When he talked to her at lunch and told her about everything that had happened (Kyou in his bed etc.) she was very sympathetic but they couldn't come up with a solution.

"Just try to avoid conflict if you can." she had told him. But that was easier said than done. As Yuki turned on the light of his room he saw Kyou sitting on the edge of his bed with murder in his eyes. //Shit!// he thought as he was slammed into the wall.

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[Kyou's POV]

He couldn't take the Nezumi anymore, he ruined everything. Kyou fumed walking home alone that afternoon. He would have been fine if he hadn't seen Yuki and Tohru talking at lunch with their heads so close together as if conspiring. Everything inside him just broke, He realized or believed that he had no one. Instead of letting himself cry or become sad he got angry at Yuki.

//It's all Yuki's fault// he repeated to himself. Kyou knew that Yuki volunteered at the dojo until late tonight so he waited in his room for him. This time he was going to win. When the light switch flicked on he pounced going in for the kill.

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[Yuki's POV]

Yuki felt the first punch slam into his face at full force. Where Kyou's fist had hit started to go numb. Yuki tried to block him but it was no use Kyou had so much anger. Yuki was vaguely aware of Kyou's screams that he hated Yuki and it was his entire fault for everything.

Yuki's body was numb with shock and so he didn't really feel any of the damage Kyou was inflicting to his body. Kyou stopped when Yuki started coughing up blood. Yuki slowly slid to the floor. As Kyou started to leave the room Yuki grabbed his ankle. Kyou paused he seemed shaken now realizing what he did.

"Why" Yuki whispered.

"I can't stand you anymore. I can't stand it. I'm going fucking insane…" Kyou said harshly.

Yuki hadn't realized he was crying until Kyou looked at him strange.

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[Kyou's POV]

It had felt so good to release his anger on Yuki He wondered why he didn't fight back though. It should have felt good to win but it didn't.

He realized how much damage he'd cause the other boy. When he noticed Yuki crying that made him feel even worse. But not ever able to show his true emotions he roughly said "Why the hell are you crying?"

Yuki looked up at him with pain and a deep sadness in his eyes. It made Kyou cringe. "I love you."

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[Yuki's POV]

Yuki said those three words so softly that he didn't even know if he had said them himself. He saw the utter shock and surprise in Kyou and then the guilt.

"Just get out. You've done enough, right? I don't need your words right now." He softly sighed and rose to gently push Kyou out of his room.

Once he was out Yuki locked the door and located his CD player. The only thing that could ease his soul at all was Robin Trower and he needed that so much. As he put in the CD he noticed how low the volume was turned down. Yuki skipped to the song "Daydream" and turned the volume up as loud as it would go blasting it through the entire house satisfied at the way the walls were vibrating from the deep bass lines.

He curled up on his bed and realized that Kyou would never love him. Somehow he didn't mind the pain in his body it didn't hurt as much as his heart did.

//I'm split it two// he thought more tears running down his face.// I can't stay here now that he knows. I have to leave.//

Before he could think anymore the sounds of Robin Trower worked into his mind fading away the pain. The last thing he heard before he drifted to sleep were the words "We were spellbound ohhh spellbound"

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[Tohru's POV]

When Tohru heard the beginnings of the song she sat up in bed and started rocking back and forth. She hated it when Yuki played this song it always made her cry.

She thought of her mother and she started sobbing as quietly as she could, knowing that Yuki must be in pain to play this song.

He always played it when he was depressed about Kyou. She worried over him until the song sounded over her thoughts bringing with it the sound of the guitar. She always thought it sounded as if it knew pain and was crying out with her. So the tears streamed down her face and onto her pillow and she hugged it tight and drifted into sleep, memories of her mother's warmth pouring over her.

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The full lyrics to this song are:

We were laughing in a daydream

With the world beneath our feet

In the sunshine on the water

Where the skies and the ocean meet

We were spellbound

Shah spellbound

We were listening down old faithful

As the leaves fell to the ground

Whispering as we turned on

As the wind left at the sound

We were spellbound

Ohhh spellbound

We were spellbound

Ohhh spellbound

We were drifting in the garden

Where the flowers kiss the sky

And the birds sing out and wonder

As the day went sailing by

We were spellbound

Mmmmm spellbound

Ohhh spellbound

Mmm spellbound

Ohhhh

It is called Daydream and it's by Robin Trower

I really recommend you listen to it if you get the chance to.

It's a very moving song.