Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Love.com ❯ Invisible Mood ( Chapter 1 )

Title: Love.com

 

Author: Takiko S.

 

Date: 08/19/2005

 

Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is copyrighted to Natsuki Takaya. All characters belong to her. Only the original characters in this story, belong to me. Others are all property of Natsuki Takaya.

 

 

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“Lately I have been addicted to something, and that something is…Shigure's computer! Recently, after Shigure was nice enough to take the time and get me an e-mail address and show me how to get on the world wide web, I have been spending hours of my free time on the computer. I know it is a slightly odd addiction, but I just found the chat rooms and I love watching all those people from all over the world talk. It is in a sense, exciting.”

 

 

“But for the past week I have been receiving messages from someone with the screen name; lone_cat101. Right away I found him interesting, we talked for hours about how our days went, what we liked and disliked. It was rather amazing to find out that I had so much in common with this unknown character. Right from the beginning, it seemed like I knew this person for years.”

 

 

“Miss Honda?” Yuki asked, while staring at Tohru with a confused stare. “Miss Honda, are you alright?”

 

 

“Huh? Oh, eh…yes I'm fine. I'm sorry what did you say?” Tohru asked, slightly embarrassed that she had been daydreaming while at the dinner table. With Kyo, Yuki and Shigure staring at her now like she was beyond confusing.

 

 

“I asked if you needed any help with your homework tonight? After all we are having our big history tests tomorrow.” He asked, politely.

 

 

“History tests? OH NO! I completely forgot about studying for my history tests!! I was online most of last night and I totally forgot!!!” Tohru thought in a panic, jumping up she knocked down a cup of hot tea.

 

 

“Tohru calm down, Yuki can help you study tonight and everything will be all right.” Shigure reassured calmly. “Now come on and sit down and lets finish this wonderful dinner!” He chimed and gestured toward the plate of food in front of him. A happy grin plastered on his face.

 

 

“Well I'm off…” Kyo stated softly as he stood. Leaving his dinner hardly touched.

 

 

Tohru glanced over and noticed this quickly. “Kyo, are you sick?” She asked worried. Standing up she quickly made her way over to him and placed her hand up to his forehead to check for a fever. “You're not running a fever.” She thought a loud.

 

 

“No, I'm not sick. I just have…things to do.” He said, “I'll be back later.”

 

 

Tohru, Yuki and even Shigure stared at the door after Kyo was gone. Confused by the cat's actions the past few weeks everyone was trying to come up with a reason as to why he would leave directly after dinner and then return late at night, even sometimes stay at Kazuma's dojo and go to school from there.

 

 

“I wonder what he's up to all day and night at the dojo?” Shigure voiced as he then munched on a piece of pickled radish. “He leaves about this time every day then doesn't get back home sometimes until 2 or 3 in the morning.”

 

 

“Maybe the stupid cat gets lost like Haru does.” Yuki spoke out. Which was only normal for Yuki, the rat to hate Kyo, the cat.

 

 

But Tohru just stood, her arms crossed. She was really worried about Kyo. He hadn't been eating a lot at dinner. What was wrong?

 

 

“Miss Honda, you should finish your food before it gets cold.” Yuki advised, kindly.

 

 

Tohru turned and smiled at Yuki, then nodded. She finally made her way over to her seat and began to slowly eat the dinner she had prepared. The whole time Kyo never leaving her mind, as worries started to flood over her.

 

 

But as she thought her mind behind to wonder back to that strange person online. Lone_cat101, who was this person. On the numerous accounts Tohru had messages him, she had always forgotten to ask his name. She seemed to always refer to him as his screen name, lone_cat101.

 

 

“Well I'm going to get of the house for a while. If you'd like to use the computer Tohru its free.” Shigure said with a smile. Standing his watched Tohru with a grin, she was nodding, her normal bright smile on her face.

 

 

Yuki slowly sipped at his tea as he watched Shigure leave then he himself stood. “If you're going to go online that would be a good chance for you to study for the tests, Miss Honda.” He encouraged, then smiled at her.

 

 

“Oh, I hadn't thought of that. That's a wonderful idea!” She chimed, placing her hands together smiling.

 

 

“Do you need me to help you start the computer up? Or show you how to use search?” He asked politely as he helped her clear the table. Since they were finished with dinner.

 

 

“No, Shigure showed me how to do all of that when he opened an e-mail address up for me.” Tohru said, smiling. Then it struck her…

 

 

<lone_cat101> Are you going to be on again sometime?

 

<sweetflower34> Yeah, I should be on again tomorrow night. The same time.

 

<lone_cat101> Would you like to talk again?

 

<sweetflower34> I'd love to. What time will you be on?

 

<lone_cat101> Around 9...What about you?

 

<sweetflower101> I should be on around that time too. I guess I'll talk to you then *Hugs lone_cat101*

 

<lone_cat101> Yea, we'll talk then -hugs sweetflower34-

 

 

“Oh no, I'm late!” She whispered as she glanced toward the clock to see `9:30' clearly on it. “Thank you for your help, Yuki.” Tohru finally remembered that Yuki had helped her carry the empty plates into the kitchen to be cleaned. Then she saw Kyo's, still full. Or at least