Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Not a Moment Too Soon ❯ Falling ( Chapter 1 )

AN: If the beginning of this story looks familiar, than it probably is. This reads strikingly similar to the following fic, (not on purpose) but I thought I'd cite it anyway. I promise it is different after the first chapter, to read Caitlin's fic, (PN ShiiChan921,) “The Right Thing” click on the link below.

http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_st.php/67378

 

He loved her. He had to tell her. Yuki gasped as the thought formed in his mind. `I have to tell her.' He opened the door of his room. After all the commiserating he had done over the past few months, he was ready. His heart raced. `I'll tell her.' Yuki's entire body tingled. He closed his eyes. Visions of her beauty danced behind his eyelids. So nervous, his breath was heavy. He walked down the hall to the stairwell. A noise behind him caused him to jump. `What the hell?' He spun around.

 

“Tohru?” He asked.

 

The muttled mass of hair turned to face him. Two faces met his, guilty and blushing. They were so obviously caught in a moment of heated passion. Tohru's lips were slightly swollen.

 

`Kyo finally won,' he thought. His heart exploded and settled in the pit of his stomach. He was going to throw it up. He had to get out of there now. He apologized and stumbled down the stairs.

 

“Yuki, wait.”

 

He heard Tohru call after him, but he refused to turn around. Pulling on his shoes, he opened the door. `It would be raining, perfect.' He walked outside. A tiny hand gripped his shoulder as he stepped off of the porch.

 

“Yuki, I'm sorry.” Tohru pleaded.

 

“What do you have to be sorry for, Miss Honda?” Yuki asked, not willing to look at her. His voice was steady; his pain was not betrayed. `Go away! Go away!' He thought.

 

He walked into the rain; she followed. The hand remained fast, and spun him around. Tohru gasped as she looked into his eyes. Her intrusion angered him, but he smiled when he looked at her. His smile was cold. The anger faded into chilling animosity. He was nothing but a void. In the darkness, his silhouette melded with that of Akito's. She wasn't sure who she was looking at until the lightning flashed violet in his eyes. He snapped around and continued into the rain. Tohru stood with her mouth open, she couldn't move. The image of Yuki's contempt for her was permanently burned into her retinas.

 

“Tohru? Tohru? Are you O.K.?” Kyo asked.

 

She didn't reply.

 

“Listen if he yelled at you, I swear I'll. . .” Kyo started

 

She shook her head. “No, he. . . I don't know, he didn't look mad, just. . . I can't describe it.”

 

“Come inside, rain sucks.” Kyo pressed.

 

Tohru ran into the woods after Yuki, Kyo on her heels.

 

When Yuki was sure he was out of her sight he began to sprint. He felt bad for being cold, but what else could he do? `I can't be mad at her, she didn't know.' His foot caught in the mud. “Ouch!” His ankle throbbed. He stood and continued running as fast as he could. He didn't know where he was going. `Even if she did know it wouldn't change anything.' He had to get away faster. `Who could love a disgusting creature like me anyway?' Akito's foul words echoed in his brain. He ran from his memories. Pain accumulated in his ankle, but he refused to let it slow him down. Rocks. He was falling again, this time down a hill, or a little cliff, he wasn't sure. He grumbled standing up. He was bleeding. He staggered onward, never making it but a few steps before crashing onto a bed of rocks. The rain was blinding, drilling into him like missiles of ice. He was on a ledge; he peeked over the edge as he lay flat on his belly. `Can I move?' Yuki was barely able to stand. He contemplated throwing himself off of it. He smiled coldly and thought better of it. He turned to leave before he changed his mind when the rocks beneath his feet began to tremble. He tried to scramble up the hill. Their jagged edges sliced his gentle hands as he clamored for anything steady. It was to no avail. The ground gave way beneath him; he and the ledge he was formerly standing upon plunged to the ground. He cried out when he hit the ground, but his screams were buried beneath the piles of rocks raining around him.