Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ No longer alone ❯ Chapter 23 ( Chapter 23 )

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Ky o yawned irritably, ignoring his growling stomach as he scooped some rice into a bowl. He'de fallen asleep practically sitting up, which of course meant he woke with an aching back and a very very empty stomach, considering he hadn't eaten since he got back. But that wasn't really important. What was important is making sure that stupid cow got what he deserved for being wreckless and making making Kyo worry over him nonstop all day.
He sighed, glaring daggers at the innocent bowl of white fluff in front of him. He'd slept well past breakfast and lunch, much to his displeasure, since his back and stomach were obviously still pissed at him for it.
Tohru, of course, saved him food knowing he'd be hungry when he finally made an appearance. But that also proved to add to his misfortune. Because as soon as he stepped off the stairs the offending smell of leeks attacked his senses, automatically adding to his irritation. He pinched the bridge of his nose in an attempt to prevent the unavoidable headache that came with the stench. Sometimes he thought that Tohru made leeks to just get to him..Or her memory was really really terrible...
"Whoever discovered leeks should have died a long and painful death.." The fuming teen muttered under his breath, poking at the rice, still on the counter in front of him. At least everyone hadn't decided to stay crowded around the kitchen when they realized what kind of mood he was in. He really didn't want to put up with Shigures shitty sense of humor or Tohru's constant blabbing. And especially Yuki, who'de been giving him odd looks ever since they last talked.
Kyo was still to busy giving his food the glare of death to notice the presence behind him. He stilled when warms arms wrapped around his waist and pulled him back into a tight embrace. He remained tensed as the figure rested their chin lightly on his shoulder. Breathing deep to take in his scent.
The first thought that ran though his mind was: 'WHAT THE HELL?'
One of the hands slowly retracted from his waist and moved over his shoulder to steal a bite of his untouched food. Kyo furrowed his brows. He was not about to let some perverted freak sneak up and molest him then steal his food!
The other boys grip on the redheads body tightened as he buried his head in the crook of the nekos neck, reveling in the warmness his body was emitting.
"I'm so glad you're okay. I was scared I'de lost you." He mumbled against the boys neck. "I don't ever wanna lose you.."
Kyo, recognizing the familar voice, immediately whipped around in the taller boys grasp and wrapped his arms around the others bare chest in a death grip. After a few moments of enjoyable silence, one of them decided to speak up.
"Hmmmm. I don't know which I want more..To sit here with you clinging to my half naked body..Or get something to eat. Hmm..Decisions decisions." The ox drawled lazily.
Not getting a reply, Haru reached around, trying to detach the older boys hands from around his back but to no avail. But the cat was stubbornly locked in place.
"Uh..Kitten.. I think you're smashing my spine.." He whimpered quietly.
Nodding, Kyo reluctantly released him and pulled away, leaning back against the counter with a contented smile on his face. Haru silently wondered why his kitten was giving him such an odd look, especially after what had happened just days before..But, he pushed it aside and took a step closer to the cat, not breaking his gaze as he brushed his hand gently over his brow, pushing the wild red locks out of his eyes. He allowed his fingers to trace a line down the older teens face until his gaze fell upon the cut adorning his cheek. His fingers hovered over it for a moment before meeting the nekos gaze again.
"He did this to you..?" He asked quietly. Kyo didn't say anything, he just gave a small nod in reply. Haru felt a pang of guilt run through him. If he hadn't wasited time then Kyo wouldn't have been hurt, right?
He leaned forward and brushed his lips lightly over the incision and pulled the confused boy back into his arms.
"Gomen." He whispered into the cats hair. Kyo was lost. What the hell was Haru apologizing for? He's the one that brought him home in the first place, wasn't he? If anyone should be apologizing it should be him. But he remained quiet.
"I won't let him touch you ever again." The cow promised, once he released the redhead once again. Kyo flushed at the statement and looked away from his piercing gaze, crossing his arms over his chest.
"I'm not some princess who needs to be protected.." He snorted. Snapping back to glare when he heard the cow chuckle.
"Well..We can pretend this time, can't we?" He smirked, holding the cats face in his palms. Kyo was about to give a smartass remark but before he could get it out warms lips covered his.
Kyo reacted almost instantly, grabbing a hand full of white haired. He moved until Haru's back was pressed against the counter instead of his own, their lips never leaving one another. Kyo gave the tallers boys hair a little jerk, causing the ox to gasp against his lips. Kyo smirked to himself and forced the cows lips further apart with his tongue, dipping it in the heat of the others mouth.
Haru groaned and returned the cats ministrations just as hungrily as they were being given. Their mouths battle briefly for domination but once again, the cat persisted.
Kyo was the first to break the kiss. Nibbling on the taller teens bottom lip playfully, he used his knee to spread Haru's legs apart, allowing him to press his body closer. He gave his lips a playful lick before placing light butterfly kisses on his face, working his way down his neck where he occasionally stopped to lick or nibble at the sensitive spots.
Kyo was now exploring the skin around his collar bone. He found a soft spot and bit down then ran his tongue over it soothingly. Haru shivered, and stifled a moan at the redheads actions.
"Hey..I a-ah..I thought I was supposed to be doing the ravishing..?" He panted, tightening his grip on the cats shirt. Kyo grunted in response before claiming his lips again, demanding entrance, which the cow happily obliged.
A small squeak from across the room caused Haru to break the kiss. He turned toward the noise to see a furiously blushing Tohru.
"Oh....Tohru, hi." He greeted, giving her an innocent smile, ignoring the fact that he was still being pressed against the counter.
Kyo, not seeing the girl or ignoring her altogether took advantage of the opening Haru made and attacked his neck once again. Haru gasped and tried to turn his head back to look at the boy, but the redhead's hand in his hair allowed him little movement. He bit his lip and swallowed the moan that threatened to escape his throat as Kyo sucked at the sensitive skin of his neck.
Haru tried to ignore what the cat was doing while coming up with an excuse, even though it was useless.
"Uh..We're just.." He was trying to say but was cut off as an involuntary gasp escaped his lips. "Ergh..Getting some..Uh..Food, yeah. W-we'll be out in a sec." He stated breathlessly.
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Tohru re-entered the dining room, beat red.
"Is everything alright Ms.Honda?" Yuki asked, noticing how nervous and embarassed the looked.
"Eh? Me? Ehehe! Nothing's wrong, why would something be wrong? Ahaha." She laughed nervously, scratching the back of her head. Yuki shrugged at the questioning look Hatori gave him. Tohru sat down, regaining her natrual color. Shigure tapped the table absently.
"Huh. I wonder if Haa-kun is awake?" He wondered aloud and quirked a brow when Tohru involuntarily turned another 20 shades of red. The dog was about to make a assumption about the girls behavior when the door to the kitchen swung open, and Kyo stepped into the room with a bowl in each hand. He was followed slowly by a limping Haru. (A/N: You have to remember they're still injured, Haru's ankle is twisted..)
They sat at the table quietly. Everyone was staring at them except Tohru, who avoided them completely.
"What?" Kyo asked, oblivious to why all of the inhabitants at the table seemed to interested in him.
"Oh, it's nothing Kyo, you're just a bit flushed, that's all." Shigure winked. Kyo just stared at him for a moment, seemingly unfazed by the implication.
"So?" He snorted, taking a bite of rice.
"My, Haru. You've got a nasty little mark on your neck, maybe Hatori should check that out?" The dog pointed out. Haru looked up from his food with a bored expression.
"Nani?" He felt the side of his neck and realized Kyo must've left a hickey there.
"Nah." He smirked. Shigure quirked a brow, looking from Haru to Kyo, then to a blushing Tohru. Yuki also seemed equally curious as to what had happened.
Haru sighed and pushed his bowl away. He didn't see why his family had to be so thickheaded. It was painfully obvious..But nooo. They overlook the obvious and go for the most complicated answers, they wouldn't acknowledge it unless it was spoon fed to them..But that's okay, because the looks on their faces would be priceless..There was an akward silence as everyone directed their attention at him.
Once again, Haru sighed in exasperation and folded his hands over one another. It's not like they had anything to hide anymore anyway..
"Not that it's any of your business..But since you're so eager to know. Tohru just happened to walk into the kitchen while I was being molested against the counter." He deadpanned, with his usual impassive expression.
Tohru's blushed darkened. Yuki fought to keep down the heat that was rising to his face at the bluntness of the cows statement. Shigure looked shocked at the confession and Hatori was sending a menacing glare in Kyo's direction, who seemed oblivious to the conversation as he was still munching on his food.
They all sat in relative silence for about 10 minutes, no one knowing what to say. Kyo was absently chewing on one of his chopsticks while Haru zoned out, staring blankly at the table, obviously lost in his own thoughts.
"Hm. A Mystery." Haru chirped suddenly with a thoughtful expression.
"Huh?" Kyo asked, looking at him along with everyone else at the table who had directed their attention to the ox. Haru looked up curiously.
"Wha? Did I miss something?" He asked, bewildered.
"Uh..Well..You-" Yuki started, but was interrupted as Haru began coughing, attracting everyones attention again.
"Itai. Gomen ne." Haru apologized with a hand over his mouth.
"Haru. You need to be back upstairs resting, you're still sick and you're not even fully clothed. Not the mention you're not supposed to be walking on your ankle." Hatori droned.
"Hai hai.....I'm going.." He pouted as he stood and began walking toward the door. "By the way, your face looks pretty bad. Maybe you should rest, maybe then you wouldn't be so anal." He muttered. Hatori gave him an irritated look that obviously meant he didn't appreciate the comment, then turned his gaze to Kyo.
"You too Kyo, what did I tell you?" He admonished.
"Me? I didn't do anything!" He retorted, but only recieved a cold and demanding look from the dragon. Kyo rolled his eyes.
"Whatever." He stated and left the room as well.
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"Does it hurt?" Haru asked quietly as he ran his fingers over the stitches in the cats chest. Kyo sighed and shook his head. He hadn't wanted Haru to see it, afraid he might blame himself for it somehow.
"No, so don't worry about it. You should be worried about recovering yourself." He declared, trying to sound as annoyed as possible.
"Demo, if I had gotten there when I was supposed to when tou wouldn't gotten hurt." He said. Kyo could see the hurt in the ox's eyes. He didn't get why that stupid cow was beating himself up over it. Kyo rolled his eyes and put his hand over the cows, which was still over his chest.
"Look. I'm proud of it these." He stated seriously. "Years from now I'll be able to look at this scar and know that someone cared enough to go against Akito alone just for me." He smiled at the placid teen, but quickly replaced it with an empty scowl. "So stoping being such a woman." He demanded, swatting him upside the head playfully. Haru's eyes softened a bit and nodded, laying down.
"G'night Kyo." He said into the darkness.
"Hey Moomoo. Can't you be quiet for once? I can't sleep when you're talking." He snapped sleepily. There was a silence until Haru spoke again.
"Did you just call me 'Moomoo'..?" He asked in an amused tone. When he didn't get a reply he just smirked and closed his eyes, waiting for sleep to claim him.
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Knock Knock
Haru stifled a yawn and rolled onto his side with his back towards the door.
Knock Knock Knock.
Ignoring the noise, he tried to resume his slumber, not knowing or caring who was at the door. Who knocks in Shigures house anyway? The fact that they were wasting time with such a fruitless gesture meant they were obviously not important enough to lose sleep over. Whoever it was was gonna have to wait, because Haru had no plan of acknowledging them at the moment. He had sleep to catch up on. You just don't disturb a mans sleep this early in the morning. Especiallt with obnoxious knocking noises.
Knock Knock Knock
Haru twitched. He'd just gone from sleepy and slightly irritated, to sleepy and flat out annoyed. Did they not know how to give up? He was pretty sure he made it clear that he didn't want to be bothered when he didn't answer the door..Unless of course..Being greeted with silence after knocking three times meant. 'Knock harder, I'll give in eventually!'
Haru sat up and glared at the door, hoping maybe the person on the otherside would feel the intensity of his gaze and flee.
"What?" He asked, loud enough for them to hear.
The door slowly slid open. Haru remained sitting in the bed, but kept his gaze on the door since he was a bit curious as to who had the audacity to wake him up at.....Okay so he didn't really know what time it was..But that's irrelevant.
His eyes hardened as he watched Kagura hesitantly step into the room and slide the door shut. He glared at her back for a moment before he spoke.
"Leave. I have nothing to say to you." He stated before laying back down with his back to the girl, knowing if he looked at her any longer he would most likely lose his cool. Staring at the wall in front of him, he silent waited for the sound of the door opening and closing, signifying her departure, but it never came. Her presence alone was enough to make him feel like he was Blacking out.
Soft footsteps crossed the room behind him. He tensed as he heard her sit down in the chair near the bed.
'She's really good at ruining things lately' He thought to himself bitterly.

Kagura stared at Haru's back for a moment. She'd decided the night before that she'd come and attempt to fix things between her cousins, or at least let them know how bad she felt for what she did.
She'd pulled Kyo off to the side when she'd first gotten there. He'd seemed a bit reluctant to be alone with her but he allowed her to drag her off anyway. She had immediatley burst into tears at the sight of the cuts and bruises he'd be given. She tried to apologize, but he'd just brushed it off and smiled, saying it was okay and that he was 'used to it'. She'd never felt so terrible in her life. She was always the one boasting that she loved Kyo the most and was one of the only ones who did, yet she was the one that put him in the position to be hurt.
Then to her surpise, Kyo had asked about her wounds, and made sure she was alright, as if nothing had happened between them. He almost seemed like he cared more then he used to.. She explained what happened with Haru and was expecting anything other then what she got. Kyo had looked away and apologized. APOLOGIZED!
She gave him the more accurate details as to what she heard happened with Akito, and apologized a couple more times before excusing herself. She'd been avoiding it as long as she could. She wouldn't admit it but she was almost terrified about talking to Haru..She knew it would be harder, it almost seemed like what happened affected Haru more then it had Kyo himself.
She was relieved to know that Hatori would accompany her and wait outside in case Haru went black again....

"Haru.." She tried, but got no response. Figures. She sighed and looked at her hands, which were laying limply in her lap.
"..I know you're upset with me..Well, more then upset..Beyond words I'm sure..And I understand that. But..I just wouldn't feel right if I didn't tell you how sorry I am for what I did.." She stated sadly. "I was being selfish..And I got so mad that Kyo chose you over me..I-I didn't think to hesitate to get my revenge.. I didn't even think about the consequences of my actions..I deserve what I got and ..I..I'm so sorry Haru.." She paused to take a deep breath. "Now I see..That you're the one that truly deserves to give Kyo his happiness. Not me..Or anyone else...I..just wanted to tell you that.."
Just after her little monologue the door opened and Hatori peeked inside. Probably wondering why Kagura was talking to Haru while he was sleeping..
"Kagura. We're leaving. Haru needs to rest, he's still recovering." He stated. The boar nodded and began to head to the door.
"Kagura."
She paused and glanced at the white haired teen as he spoke, not bothering to hide her surprise at his sudden inclination to speak.
"I'm sure Kyo was glad to have your apology. But, I won't accept it. I don't feel bad for what I did to you. I'll never forget what you did and I'm not sure if I'll ever feel the need to forgive you." He stated coldly, not even bothering to look at her while he spoke. Kagura nodded in understanding, letting a tear trickle down her face.
"I know.." She said, then she was gone.
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..4 hours later..
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Kyo grumbled. Haru'd been sleeping all day. Tohru sent him to wake up the lazy cow for dinner, and that was 20 minutes ago,,,,,
"Kyoooo? Are you guys decent?" Shigure asked cheekily, poking his head in. Kyo rolled his eyes.
'What's the point of asking that question if you're gonna look anyway..?' He thought to himself, deciding that the dog was a complete moron and i didnt' matter.
"Yeah. Haru won't wake up. Water didn't work, shaking didn't work either. Hell, I even jumped up and down on the bed and he didn't even budge." He stated, clearly annoyed.
Shigure thought for a moment. 'Wait..Shigure thinks?'
"Well...Maybe he won't wake up because you're being to rough! " He queried. Kyo sweatdropped.
"That doesn't even make any sense Baka Inu!" He growled.
Shigure shrugged and gave him a "Suit yourself." before heading back to dinner. Kyo furrowed his brows in irritation.
"This is so soo stupid.." He grumbled to himself as he crawled on top of the cows sleeping form.
"Wake up!" He hissed, giving his face a few light smacks.
No response.
He pinched the cows nose, thinking he'd wake up if deprived of oxygen for long enough, but he absently opened his mouth to get the air he needed to continue sleeping... Kyo sighed in defeat. He should just let Haru starve.....But then again he didn't really wanna sit down there with Shigure and Yuki alone....
"Oi." he said in an irritated tone and leaned forward, their noses almost touching and spoke in a sing-song voice.
"Wakey wakey....It's time to eattt..." He intoned, poking the ox's face. "Ohhh Koushi-chan, time to get uppp." He drawled, thumping Haru on the nose. He quirked a brow when he saw the cow smirk and crack an eye open.
"Don't tell me you were awake this whole time.." He warned. Haru blinked at the cat innocently as he sat up.
"Well..Can you blame me? I'm pretty sure you wouldn't act that cute around me while I'm concious, so I had to improvise.." He teased.
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Tohru, Shigure and Yuki paused as they heard a loud thump from upstairs. They listened attentively as the noise went from one side of the house to the other and finally heard someone walking and what sounded like something being dragged down the stairs.
"Well..I'm guessing he got Haru up." Shigure retorted.
And enraged Kyo appeared in the doorway, holding a slightly dazed Haru in a headlock. They all glanced at them in question. Kyo began dragging the cow across the room.
"You guys were hungry right? How about SMOKED VEAL?" Kyo asked, smirking evilly while he tightened his grip on the taller teens head.
Haru paled. "That's.....Thats's mean...." He whimpered.
Everyone in the room aside from the two bickering in the background sweatdropped.
It seemed things were back to normal....
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HAR! Now. If someone whines that this chapter is to short, I'm gonna smash my face into the nearest wall. >_< So please review!!
By the way, any of you who don't know what veal is..It's the meat of a calf..lol n.n