Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ No longer alone ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )
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By: Ky0kichi 
Shigure plots
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Suspense / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.22.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 469 | Status: Completed
Shigure plots
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Suspense / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.22.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 469 | Status: Completed
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Wooooooooo. -Randomness, sorry?
Chapter 7- No longer alone.
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Kyo stirred in his sleep. He cracked one eye open to peak at his surroundings. Was he still on the roof? Had he fallen sleep..? He sighed. At the moment that short temper cat felt more content then he had ever felt in his life.
There was movement beside him that distracted him from his thoughts. Kyo remained lying as Hatsuharu yawned and slowly opened his eyes. He stretched, looking at his watch at the same time.
"Oops. I guess we fell asleep.." Haru glanced at the boy lying beside him. "School's been out for a little over three hours.." He smiled sheepishly, sleep still evident in his soft grey eyes.
"Great. Tohru's probably going crazy, if she's not zoning out like a space cadet she's endlessly worrying over nothing." Kyo ran a hand through his disheveled hair. "We should go."
"I'de love to Kyo..But, you're still laying on my arm.." Haru told him tugging slightly with the arm that was comfortably laying beneath the cats head. He had amusement written all over his face. Kyo flushed and jumped up.
"S-Sorry." He stuttered. Haru stood and straightened out his clothes, stretched once more then opened the door leading into the school and guestured for Kyo to enter. The older teen took a step forward then stopped.
"Haru, is this really okay?" He asked unsurely, he didn't meet the cows gaze and absent mindedly kicked at the ground. Haru let the door shut and stepped over to the cat. He used his finger to gently lift the nekos chin so that his gaze shifted from the ground to the taller boy in front of him.
"It's fine." He told him softly. "You deserve happiness too, ya know." He lowered his hand. Kyo blushed and looked away, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Yeah. Well, no one can find out, cause' I'll be damned if someone ruins this for me" Kyo stated in his ordinary annoyed tone.
"Okay, it'll be our little secret, kitten." Haru told him before he turned to walk back toward the door.
Kyo nodded, content with Haru's answer, then is registered.
'Wait..Did he just-' Kyo turned 20 shades of red.
"Wha..Don't call me that!" Kyo screeched, scowling at the cow who turned around to give him a confused look.
"What, Kitten? It's cute, I think it suits you perfect." He smiled and walked into the school. Kyo sat there for a moment, dumbfounded at the nerve of the younger teen. He shook his head disbelievingly and entered the school, he walked quickly to catch up with the cow before he got lost, if he hadn't already.
After standing outside the school gate bickering for fifteen minutes the two teens finally came to a decision. Since Haru hadn't been home since saturday..And it was now Monday, He would go ahead and return to the main house.
"Saturday?!" Kyo gaped "How is it that, in the short distance there is between Shigures and the main house, you manage to get lost for a whole day?!
Haru scratched the back of his head absent mindedly and smiled at the short tempered teen before him.
"Eheh..I can't help it, I guess I just get distracted by my own thoughts.." Kyo sighed at the cows explanation and pushed past him pointing forward.
"Come on lets go then.." Kyo told him as he began to walk in the the opposite direction from Shigures house. Haru smiled and jogged to catch up. Kyo yawned.
"If you're tired, you can go on back to Shigures ya know, I'm old enough to walk home by myself." Haru said in his usual calm voice.
"Tch! Yeah right! Ieave you to get your directionally challenged ass lost for another two days! The last think I need is Hatori constantly calling us asking if we've seen you wandering around.."
"Aw Kitten, I didn't know you cared that much." Haru poked the now furiously blushing cat.
"I thought I said stop calling me that!" Kyo scolded louder then he meant to. Haru raised a brow, the corvers of his mouth turned upword in amusement.
"Okay..How about KyoKyo?"
"NO!" Kyo screetched.
"Hmm." Haru thought for a moment. "What is it that Aya always calls you? Was it Lucky Kyo? How about that?"
"Having that annoying snake call me that is bad enough.." Kyo scowled. He was going to lose this fight, he just knew it.
"Well. Then all that's left is Kyokichi or Koneko-chan" Haru stated thoughtfully. "But those are just last result seeing as they aren't as cute as Kitten or KyoKyo.."
Kyo was on the verge of ripping out his hair, but for some reason he didn't mind. But why were they..Well Haru, going through a list of available nicknames for him anyway? And exactly how long had Haru been thinking about these..? He was pretty sure they didn't just happen to pop into the cows head at that particular moment.
"Hey. How about calling me by..I don't know, my real name?" Kyo shoved his hands into his pockets, eyebrows furrowed.
"Where's the fun in that?" Haru teased. Kyo sighed in defeat.
"Fine, whatever. But if someone hears you and they start calling me that, I'm gonna pound you. I've already got enough people torturing me.." Kyo huffed. Haru nodded in agreement to that Cats terms. He was actually surprised the firey cat walking next to him had actually given up that easily..
'Well..if you call THAT easy..' Haru smirked to himself but said nothing. He could notice a difference in the cats attitude, he seemed more relaxed and content, even more talkitive, but not in that argumentive way. Was this the real Kyo? When he wasn't trying to prove his worthiness to other people? Haru rather liked how Kyo had begun to trust and open up to him.
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After a few minutes of silent walking, Kyo felt Haru slip his hand into his old, entwining their fingers together. Kyo continued to watch the path as they walked. He wasn't used to this type of thing, what was he supposed to do? His cheeks were tinted with a light shade of pink as he returned the gesture by by lightly squeezing the cows warm hand.
The main house came into view. It had been a long time since Kyo had even seen the main house. They paused at the gate, since Kyo being that cat, was forbidden from entering the main Sohma grounds.
"Well, this is where I stop." Kyo stated bitterly.
"Should I walk you home?" Haru asked him seriously. Kyo nearly fell over at the question.
"What?!" Kyo rolled his eyes. "Then what would the point of me walking you home be?"
Haru just looked seriously at him. Kyo looked at the ground, "I'm fine" he stated.
Haru sat there for a moment. "Okay. Well I'll see you soon." He gave Kyo's hand squeeze before he slowly released him and began walking toward the gate.
"Haru." Kyo said suddenly without even realizing the words left his mouth. Haru turned, his soft grey eyes looked straight into the cats burning red ones. Kyo shoved his hands back into his pockets.
"I..Just wanted to say thanks" Kyo's gaze bore into the ground.
Haru didn't say anything, he walked over to the silent feline and cupped his face in his hands. They just looked at each other for a moment before Haru placed a gentle kiss on the nekos forehead.
"See you soon, Kitten" Haru whispered into the boys ear. And with that, he turned and walked toward the house. Kyo blushed as he watched the white haired boy disappear behind the large gate, he smiled slightly and turned to leave.
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Kyo took a deep breath, letting the cool evening air flow into his lungs. It was like he had a new perspective of of everything around him, barely anything had happened to him yet he was truly happy at that moment. Nothing could ruin his mood right now.
He arrived at the house just as the sun set behind the horizon. He opened the door and slipped his shoes off before walking into the dining room, only to see everyone sitting at the table eating their food.
"Kyo! I was so worried about you! Is everything alright? Did something happen? Are you okay?" Tohru bombarded him with her worried tone as she began rise from the table. Kyo just waved for her to stay seated and resumed his seat at the table. Yuki quirked at eyebrow at the cats unusual attitude. Kyo looked up.
"What are you staring at?" Kyo asked simply, in an unsual calm manner.
"Uh..Nothing.." Yuki nearly stuttered, he'd been expecting the cat to blow up on him and threaten him like he usually did, so he didn't know how to react to the seemingly calm boy across from him. He usually wasn't the one who instigated the fights..
"Baka neko" he muttered. Kyo shrugged, he grabbed a riceball and took a bite out of it.
"So what's her name?!" Shigure chimed in, causing Kyo to spit his rice all over the table in front of him. They were all surpised by his reaction. Shigure smirked.
"WHAT?" He gaped at the dog.
"Oh come now Kyo, you know. Why else would you be gone all day and be in such an..unusual might I say, but good mood when you returned..?" Shigure elbowed the now flustered cat. Kyo was speechless.
'THERE IS NO G-GIRL YOU PERVERTED DOG"
"Oh?" Shigure teased with that knowing smile.
"HENTAI!" Kyo screeched pointing at the inu before jumping from the table and running upstairs to mellow out. (AKA: Take a cat nap?)
"Well..That was odd." Shigure chuckled to himself.
"Yeah, but whatever it is that's brought about this change in Kyo is probably for the better, I've never seen him happy and he seemed so sad yesterday.Besides, it's not healthy to be angry all the time." Tohru smiled as she took the dishes from the table.
Shigure considered Tohru's words as he walked to his study, there was something going on with Kyo, and he was determinded to figure out what brought the change to the usually short tempered boy. His thoughts were interrupted when the phone rang.
"Helllloooo!" Shigure beamed obnoxiously. There was a slight pause before he heard a familiar low, calm voice.
"Hey." Came the voice.
"Hariiiii! So nice of you to call! It makes me glad to know you've been thinking of me! Oh how I've missed the soothing sound of your voice!" Shigure flailed. There was another pause.
"...I just talked to you a few hours ago." Shigure just nodded, as if the dragon could see him.
"I just called to tell you that Haru got back about a half hour ago, so you don't have to keep a look out for him." Shigure quirked an eyebrow.
"Is that so.." An grin broke out on his face.
'could it be that..?' Shigure hung up the phone and picked it up again, he knew who to call. They would figure out what's happened to get the fiery teen in such a good mood no matter what.
"GURE-SAN! Ohhh I knew you'de finally call!"
"Of course my dear Aya, I could never forget you, but listen..Do you want to come over for a few days? There are some things we need to figure out! I'll fill you in later.." Shigure cackled to himself.
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Muhahaha. Kyo's gonna be pissed. :XXXXX ANYWHO! There ya go. Hope you enjoyed, please review!
Wooooooooo. -Randomness, sorry?
Chapter 7- No longer alone.
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Kyo stirred in his sleep. He cracked one eye open to peak at his surroundings. Was he still on the roof? Had he fallen sleep..? He sighed. At the moment that short temper cat felt more content then he had ever felt in his life.
There was movement beside him that distracted him from his thoughts. Kyo remained lying as Hatsuharu yawned and slowly opened his eyes. He stretched, looking at his watch at the same time.
"Oops. I guess we fell asleep.." Haru glanced at the boy lying beside him. "School's been out for a little over three hours.." He smiled sheepishly, sleep still evident in his soft grey eyes.
"Great. Tohru's probably going crazy, if she's not zoning out like a space cadet she's endlessly worrying over nothing." Kyo ran a hand through his disheveled hair. "We should go."
"I'de love to Kyo..But, you're still laying on my arm.." Haru told him tugging slightly with the arm that was comfortably laying beneath the cats head. He had amusement written all over his face. Kyo flushed and jumped up.
"S-Sorry." He stuttered. Haru stood and straightened out his clothes, stretched once more then opened the door leading into the school and guestured for Kyo to enter. The older teen took a step forward then stopped.
"Haru, is this really okay?" He asked unsurely, he didn't meet the cows gaze and absent mindedly kicked at the ground. Haru let the door shut and stepped over to the cat. He used his finger to gently lift the nekos chin so that his gaze shifted from the ground to the taller boy in front of him.
"It's fine." He told him softly. "You deserve happiness too, ya know." He lowered his hand. Kyo blushed and looked away, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Yeah. Well, no one can find out, cause' I'll be damned if someone ruins this for me" Kyo stated in his ordinary annoyed tone.
"Okay, it'll be our little secret, kitten." Haru told him before he turned to walk back toward the door.
Kyo nodded, content with Haru's answer, then is registered.
'Wait..Did he just-' Kyo turned 20 shades of red.
"Wha..Don't call me that!" Kyo screeched, scowling at the cow who turned around to give him a confused look.
"What, Kitten? It's cute, I think it suits you perfect." He smiled and walked into the school. Kyo sat there for a moment, dumbfounded at the nerve of the younger teen. He shook his head disbelievingly and entered the school, he walked quickly to catch up with the cow before he got lost, if he hadn't already.
After standing outside the school gate bickering for fifteen minutes the two teens finally came to a decision. Since Haru hadn't been home since saturday..And it was now Monday, He would go ahead and return to the main house.
"Saturday?!" Kyo gaped "How is it that, in the short distance there is between Shigures and the main house, you manage to get lost for a whole day?!
Haru scratched the back of his head absent mindedly and smiled at the short tempered teen before him.
"Eheh..I can't help it, I guess I just get distracted by my own thoughts.." Kyo sighed at the cows explanation and pushed past him pointing forward.
"Come on lets go then.." Kyo told him as he began to walk in the the opposite direction from Shigures house. Haru smiled and jogged to catch up. Kyo yawned.
"If you're tired, you can go on back to Shigures ya know, I'm old enough to walk home by myself." Haru said in his usual calm voice.
"Tch! Yeah right! Ieave you to get your directionally challenged ass lost for another two days! The last think I need is Hatori constantly calling us asking if we've seen you wandering around.."
"Aw Kitten, I didn't know you cared that much." Haru poked the now furiously blushing cat.
"I thought I said stop calling me that!" Kyo scolded louder then he meant to. Haru raised a brow, the corvers of his mouth turned upword in amusement.
"Okay..How about KyoKyo?"
"NO!" Kyo screetched.
"Hmm." Haru thought for a moment. "What is it that Aya always calls you? Was it Lucky Kyo? How about that?"
"Having that annoying snake call me that is bad enough.." Kyo scowled. He was going to lose this fight, he just knew it.
"Well. Then all that's left is Kyokichi or Koneko-chan" Haru stated thoughtfully. "But those are just last result seeing as they aren't as cute as Kitten or KyoKyo.."
Kyo was on the verge of ripping out his hair, but for some reason he didn't mind. But why were they..Well Haru, going through a list of available nicknames for him anyway? And exactly how long had Haru been thinking about these..? He was pretty sure they didn't just happen to pop into the cows head at that particular moment.
"Hey. How about calling me by..I don't know, my real name?" Kyo shoved his hands into his pockets, eyebrows furrowed.
"Where's the fun in that?" Haru teased. Kyo sighed in defeat.
"Fine, whatever. But if someone hears you and they start calling me that, I'm gonna pound you. I've already got enough people torturing me.." Kyo huffed. Haru nodded in agreement to that Cats terms. He was actually surprised the firey cat walking next to him had actually given up that easily..
'Well..if you call THAT easy..' Haru smirked to himself but said nothing. He could notice a difference in the cats attitude, he seemed more relaxed and content, even more talkitive, but not in that argumentive way. Was this the real Kyo? When he wasn't trying to prove his worthiness to other people? Haru rather liked how Kyo had begun to trust and open up to him.
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After a few minutes of silent walking, Kyo felt Haru slip his hand into his old, entwining their fingers together. Kyo continued to watch the path as they walked. He wasn't used to this type of thing, what was he supposed to do? His cheeks were tinted with a light shade of pink as he returned the gesture by by lightly squeezing the cows warm hand.
The main house came into view. It had been a long time since Kyo had even seen the main house. They paused at the gate, since Kyo being that cat, was forbidden from entering the main Sohma grounds.
"Well, this is where I stop." Kyo stated bitterly.
"Should I walk you home?" Haru asked him seriously. Kyo nearly fell over at the question.
"What?!" Kyo rolled his eyes. "Then what would the point of me walking you home be?"
Haru just looked seriously at him. Kyo looked at the ground, "I'm fine" he stated.
Haru sat there for a moment. "Okay. Well I'll see you soon." He gave Kyo's hand squeeze before he slowly released him and began walking toward the gate.
"Haru." Kyo said suddenly without even realizing the words left his mouth. Haru turned, his soft grey eyes looked straight into the cats burning red ones. Kyo shoved his hands back into his pockets.
"I..Just wanted to say thanks" Kyo's gaze bore into the ground.
Haru didn't say anything, he walked over to the silent feline and cupped his face in his hands. They just looked at each other for a moment before Haru placed a gentle kiss on the nekos forehead.
"See you soon, Kitten" Haru whispered into the boys ear. And with that, he turned and walked toward the house. Kyo blushed as he watched the white haired boy disappear behind the large gate, he smiled slightly and turned to leave.
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Kyo took a deep breath, letting the cool evening air flow into his lungs. It was like he had a new perspective of of everything around him, barely anything had happened to him yet he was truly happy at that moment. Nothing could ruin his mood right now.
He arrived at the house just as the sun set behind the horizon. He opened the door and slipped his shoes off before walking into the dining room, only to see everyone sitting at the table eating their food.
"Kyo! I was so worried about you! Is everything alright? Did something happen? Are you okay?" Tohru bombarded him with her worried tone as she began rise from the table. Kyo just waved for her to stay seated and resumed his seat at the table. Yuki quirked at eyebrow at the cats unusual attitude. Kyo looked up.
"What are you staring at?" Kyo asked simply, in an unsual calm manner.
"Uh..Nothing.." Yuki nearly stuttered, he'd been expecting the cat to blow up on him and threaten him like he usually did, so he didn't know how to react to the seemingly calm boy across from him. He usually wasn't the one who instigated the fights..
"Baka neko" he muttered. Kyo shrugged, he grabbed a riceball and took a bite out of it.
"So what's her name?!" Shigure chimed in, causing Kyo to spit his rice all over the table in front of him. They were all surpised by his reaction. Shigure smirked.
"WHAT?" He gaped at the dog.
"Oh come now Kyo, you know. Why else would you be gone all day and be in such an..unusual might I say, but good mood when you returned..?" Shigure elbowed the now flustered cat. Kyo was speechless.
'THERE IS NO G-GIRL YOU PERVERTED DOG"
"Oh?" Shigure teased with that knowing smile.
"HENTAI!" Kyo screeched pointing at the inu before jumping from the table and running upstairs to mellow out. (AKA: Take a cat nap?)
"Well..That was odd." Shigure chuckled to himself.
"Yeah, but whatever it is that's brought about this change in Kyo is probably for the better, I've never seen him happy and he seemed so sad yesterday.Besides, it's not healthy to be angry all the time." Tohru smiled as she took the dishes from the table.
Shigure considered Tohru's words as he walked to his study, there was something going on with Kyo, and he was determinded to figure out what brought the change to the usually short tempered boy. His thoughts were interrupted when the phone rang.
"Helllloooo!" Shigure beamed obnoxiously. There was a slight pause before he heard a familiar low, calm voice.
"Hey." Came the voice.
"Hariiiii! So nice of you to call! It makes me glad to know you've been thinking of me! Oh how I've missed the soothing sound of your voice!" Shigure flailed. There was another pause.
"...I just talked to you a few hours ago." Shigure just nodded, as if the dragon could see him.
"I just called to tell you that Haru got back about a half hour ago, so you don't have to keep a look out for him." Shigure quirked an eyebrow.
"Is that so.." An grin broke out on his face.
'could it be that..?' Shigure hung up the phone and picked it up again, he knew who to call. They would figure out what's happened to get the fiery teen in such a good mood no matter what.
"GURE-SAN! Ohhh I knew you'de finally call!"
"Of course my dear Aya, I could never forget you, but listen..Do you want to come over for a few days? There are some things we need to figure out! I'll fill you in later.." Shigure cackled to himself.
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Muhahaha. Kyo's gonna be pissed. :XXXXX ANYWHO! There ya go. Hope you enjoyed, please review!