Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ NECTAR ❯ Secrets & Lies ( Chapter 4 )

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Hello again:

First of all to my dear editor, awintersrose, THANK YOU, SO MUCH!!!! She really helped me to pull this chapter together and added just the right bit of everything that it needed to make it exactly perfect. At least I like it, and hope that you will too.

Also to Smiling Onigiri, thanks for all of your helpful suggestions, and for putting up with me.

And as always, Thank you to my dear loyal readers… who know that I love it when you read and also review… cause I do… you make me smile, and smiling is good.

And a final note: This chapter includes the wonderful FB character Kakeru Manabe, who I simply adore, he joins the FB crew in volume 9 of the manga, although the first Kakeru sighting was in volume 7. For any of you who are not familiar with Kakeru he is Yuki's cute friend in the Student Council. Anyone who is dying to know what he looks like can drop me an e-mail and I will be happy to send you a Picture. He's so hot! I simply love him.

Well, then, read on:

NECTAR

Chapter Four: Secrets & Lies

YUKI *

As I stepped out of my bedroom, my nostrils were assaulted by the pungent scent of leek soup. Imagining how Kyo would react when he discovered what Tohru was making for breakfast, I smiled and headed down the stairs to the dining room.

Miss Honda was bent over before the kotatsu ladling out large bowls of steaming soup. Since she hadn't yet noticed me, I stood back for a moment, and silently watched her at work. The school uniform that she wore was ridiculously short, and my present position was allowing me a tantalizing glimpse of the pale pink lace panties underneath. `Why are you looking?' My better half screamed at me. `Because she's hot.' The rest of me screamed back. I had been living with the temptation of Miss Honda's unbearably short skirts for far too long, and it was apparently starting to have an effect on me.

"Why are you making that crap?" Kyo's voice came bellowing down from the top of the stairway. I quickly averted my eyes from Miss Honda's bottom, and turned to see my irate cousin storming down the stairs. "I hope it's not for me, 'cause you know I won't eat it."

"Well, actually…" Miss Honda mumbled, but was cut off by Shigure, who stuck his head out of his bedroom door to yell down at us.

"Don't be mean to Tohru, Kyo. I asked her to make it." Shigure explained.

"Shigure isn't feeling well." Miss Honda added.

"Shigure's ill?" I asked. "So that was what was wrong with him yesterday. I noticed he didn't seem himself."

"He has a cold." Miss Honda confirmed.

"Oh sure, that asshole gets sick and the rest of us have to suffer for it?" Kyo grumbled. I whipped out my hand and slapped Kyo hard across the face. "What the hell was that for?" Kyo growled at me.

"Well, maybe if you had just stayed in bed while you were sick this weekend, Shigure wouldn't have a cold. He probably caught it from you, you selfish cat. Now sit the hell down and eat some soup." I pushed Kyo towards the table.

"No way am I eating that shit." Kyo hissed at me. "Are you trying to make me puke?"

"I said, eat it." Grabbing Kyo by the hair with one hand, I forced a spoonful of soup into his mouth.

"That's okay, Yuki." Miss Honda soothed, as Kyo spit the soup across the table. "I made Kyo chicken soup, here let me go get it."

"Don't bother, I'll just get something to eat at school." Kyo growled. Pulling away from me, he darted angrily out the door, barefooted. A short moment later, muttering incoherent curses, he rushed back to grab his shoes from the doorway, only to hurry off again.

"That jerk." I said. "I don't know why he has to act that way."

"Don't be too hard on Kyo." Miss Honda softly whispered to me.

"Miss Honda? What's wrong?" I asked her. "Why are you crying?"

"It's nothing." She told me, as she forced a smile to her face. "Yuki, could you do me a favor and take notes for me in class today?"

"You're skipping school, Miss Honda? Are you feeling ill? Do you also have a cold?" I wondered, concernedly raising my hand to her forehead. "You don't have a fever, but…"

"It's not that, Yuki. I'm not sick." She explained, as she gently brushed my hand away. "I'm just feeling a little tired is all, and I think that I'd like a day off."

"I see." I said. "I'll be happy to take notes for you then, but are you sure you're all right?"

"Yes, I'm fine, Yuki." Miss Honda assured me. "Here, I'll go get your breakfast."

"Actually, Miss Honda... I'm sorry, but I don't really have time to eat. I'm expected at a student council meeting this morning, and I'm already running behind." I apologized, as I sat down to put on my shoes.

"Well, at least take some fruit." She said, and handed me an apple from the fruit bowl on the table.

"Thank you, Miss Honda." I said, and grabbed my backpack up, before turning to her. "I'll see you when I get home." She grinned at me, and I once more found myself fighting off the desire to kiss her.

"Yes, I'll see you tonight, Yuki." Turning from me, she picked up two uneaten bowls of soup and headed for the kitchen.

Taking one last look at her, I walked out the door.

*

"Yo, ratboy, wait up." Kyo called to me as I entered the school cafeteria.

"What do you want?" I asked him, not bothering to stop. I missed breakfast, I was starving, and I certainly wasn't in the mood for Kyo's nonsense.

"I wanted to talk to you about Tohru." He said, grabbing me by the shoulder and forcing me to wait.

"What about Miss Honda?" I asked and waited impatiently, while Kyo stared silently at the bottle of juice he was holding. "What about Miss Honda?" I repeated louder.

"I was just wondering why she didn't come to school today."

"She's decided to say home. Apparently, she's not feeling well." I told him, my patience wearing thin.

"I'll bet." Kyo said crossly, and I had to hold myself back from punching him.

"What's your problem?" I asked. "Did you and Miss Honda have a falling out?"

"What do you care?" Kyo mumbled and raised his head defiantly. Now I noticed that Kyo's eyes were red rimmed and blood shot. Had Kyo been crying?

"Kyo, are you okay?" I asked more kindly. I didn't really want to get into this with him. I had worries of my own, and I really just wanted to grab some lunch and find Kakeru. Once again, my Vice President couldn't be bothered to show up for this morning's meeting, and I was feeling a little annoyed at him for it. But on top of that, I missed him. I simply wanted to spend my lunch hour with my friend, and I could really care less about Kyo and his problem. Unfortunately, whatever was bothering Kyo was also affecting Miss Honda, and thus it became my problem as well.

"It's nothing." Kyo grumbled, and stared down at his feet.

"Fine then." I said, and started to leave.

"Well, it's just that I don't want to talk about it here." Kyo admitted.

"Come on, then." I said, and lead the way out of the cafeteria and down the hall to the student council meeting room.

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KAKERU *

"Okay then, here we are." The sweet sound of Yun Yun's gentle voice penetrated my dreams.

"What about him?" And who was that? I recognized that voice as well, but couldn't quite place it.

"Ignore him, he's not important." Yuki said. Now that was insulting! I should have said something, but that would have meant getting up, and I was quite comfortable just as I was.

"Why is he even here? And sleeping! Is he always like that?" The other asked.

`Hey I belong here.' I thought to myself `I am the Vice President. Why are you here?'

"Don't worry about him, Kyo. You said you wanted to talk about Miss Honda, now talk. I don't have all day." Aha! So it was Kyo, Yun Yun's orange haired cousin, and they were going to talk about her, that girl that they were both so infatuated with. Now this could get good.

"She's in love with him." Kyo said in a low voice. "With Shigure."

"Excuse me?" Yuki questioned. "What in the hell are you saying, you stupid cat? Miss Honda and Shigure? Are you out of your mind? She would never."

"She does, you moron! She said it herself." Was that a growl? Did Yun Yun's cousin actually growl at him? "The night that you stayed at the main house, I told Tohru how I felt about her...and she told me that she's in love with Shigure."

"WHAT?" Yuki hollered, and I opened my eyes just a crack, because I had to see the look on Yun Yun's face. Denial, just as I expected. "That's insane. Miss Honda and Shigure? It's crazy. Shigure's too old for her, and he wouldn't…" and then dawning. "Of course he would. Shigure, that fucking bastard!"

"It's true." Kyo whispered, his eyes filling with tears. "They're together now, they're a couple."

"I'll kill him. I'm seriously going to kill that perverted bastard." Yuki yelled, and stormed towards the door, only to be tackled by his cousin.

"What in the fuck are you doing? Get off of me!" Yuki screamed at him.

"Did you not hear me, rat boy? Tohru's in love with him! We can't do anything about it. They are in love with each other."

"Go away." Yuki whispered, and pushed his cousin aside. Kyo stood up and offered his hand out to Yuki, only to have it slapped away. "I said go away, Kyo. Get the hell out of here. I want to be alone."

As Kyo turned to leave, and Yuki broke down and cried, I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep once more. What I really wanted to do was to go to him. I wanted to take him in my arms and comfort him, but there were so many reasons that I didn't. First of all, Yuki Sohma, my adorable Yun Yun, was straight. He would never tolerate such attentions from another guy. Worse than that, I couldn't even imagine how angry it would make Yuki if he discovered that I had been eavesdropping on such a personal conversation. As cute as he was, Yun Yun wasn't a guy that you would ever want to piss off.

*

YUKI *

The bell rang, signaling the end of the lunch break.

`I need to get to class.' I decided, and yet I didn't want to move from my space on the floor. `You told Miss Honda that you would take notes for her.' The decent part of me remembered, and I pictured her tearstained face from this morning. `This isn't easy for her, either. It's probably killing her that she's causing Kyo so much pain.' I realized. `And, I guess, I can understand her not wanting to be with that cat, but what in the hell would make her choose Shigure over me?'

Pulling myself to my feet and brushing the chalk dust from my uniform pants, I glanced over at my still-sleeping Vice President.

`That guy can sleep through anything.' I thought to myself, and that single thought, coupled with the simple feeling of happiness that I got whenever I was anywhere near Kakeru, made me feel just a little bit better.

`How long have I felt this way about him?' I wondered, as I moved across the room and sat down beside him. He was one of my three closest friends, and I would be lying if I said that I didn't have a crush on him. If only he wasn't a guy… But does it really matter?

`Yes, because I'm not gay!' I reminded myself. `I'm in love with Miss Honda. She might not be in love with me, but that doesn't make me any less straight.'

`But he really is cute, isn't he?' Something hidden deeper within me considered thoughtfully. It had always been that way with me, there was a side that I showed to others and a side that I hid away. If anyone ever really knew about the true me, the me that I kept locked away…

If they only knew what I was feeling right now…

Leaning forward, I pushed a strand of thick black hair out of Kakeru's face, before moving in, even closer. `He's not cute, he's actually gorgeous.' I realized. I had never been this close to him, so near that I could almost taste him. If I could just lean in a tiny bit more... Holding my breath, and closing my eyes, I gingerly pressed my lips to his. `Soft!' How could a boy's lips ever be this soft? Or feel this amazing? A tiny groan escaped me, as my body came alive. `This was… This is wonderful… He's so… He's…' I opened my eyes, so that I could see him. I wanted to see the face of the boy that I was kissing. As my eyes were met by a pair of sleepy gray orbs, cruel reality set in. Hard. Kakeru's eyes were wide open, which meant… `He's… AWAKE!'

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End of chapter four, see you in chapter five. : )

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