Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Sleepless in Sohma House ❯ Chapter 3: Torn ( Chapter 3 )
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By: Yuki_The_Rat 
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.05.2003 | Updated On: 10.05.2003 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 1.1K | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.05.2003 | Updated On: 10.05.2003 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 1.1K | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or it’s characters. It belongs to Takaya Nasuki. Yuki too, sad but true.
Sleepless in Sohma House
PART THREE
TOHRU *
Tohru was having a hard time seeing through her tears. As she headed away from the Sohma house and into the woods she felt a pair of orange, cat shaped, eyes watching her from the rooftop.
“I’m so sorry, Kyo, I know you want to talk; but right now, Yuki needs me more.” her words, spoken like a quiet prayer, gave her the strength to keep from turning back.
The truth was, Tohru really wanted to see Yuki. In fact, she needed to see him, and not only to set things right. At the same time she was well aware that she had some serious, unfinished, business with Kyo, and that by leaving this way; by chasing after Yuki, she was making a choice. She wasn’t sure if it was the right choice. She was a girl in love for first time, wasn’t that supposed to be a good thing? The problem was that Tohru Honda was in love with two different boys, and she felt pretty sure that she loved both of them equally. She had been aware of this fact for quite some time now, just as she was aware of Yuki and Kyo’s feelings for her, she had simply been refusing to acknowledge any of it. To acknowledge it meant she would have to deal with it, and she couldn’t bear choosing between Yuki and Kyo. In her heart she knew that either choice would be the wrong choice, because she could not imagine losing either of her two dearest friends. Now, however, it was something she could no longer avoid.
This morning when she woke, the first thing that she saw had been the look of betrayal on Yuki’s face. Tohru had gotten a good look into Yuki’s eyes. She had no doubt about the extent of pain she had caused him, at that moment everything became crystal clear. It was Yuki. There was no other option.
KYO *
Standing on the roof, Kyo watched as Tohru headed into the forest. The orange haired boy was quite familiar with Tohru’s benevolent nature. He knew that she would always attempt to give everyone around her exactly what they needed, regardless of how much she was inconvenienced in the process, it was one of the things that made him love her so much. Still, it killed him to watch her chase after that idiotic rat?
Last night Kyo had attempted to lay everything on the line. He had paid a visit to Tohru’s room, under the guise of wanting to borrow a school book. As usual, Tohru had started talking about nothing of particular importance. Kyo seated himself at the edge of her bed pretending to listen, while actually he was just trying to get up the nerve to spill his guts.
The problem was that he couldn’t find an opening. When you get Tohru Honda started, the girl just goes off, and so Kyo found himself sitting next to her, for what felt like hours, as she went on and on and on jabbering away with that silly grin on her face. To Kyo it was all just a lot of candy coated nonsense, he had better things for them to talk about, but he just couldn’t seem to get a word in. Finally, when Kyo was just about to ask her to shut up for a minute, so that he could speak, Tohru drew her blanket around herself and stopped talking long enough to yawn. ‘Shit, she’s falling asleep!’ Kyo panicked, and he made his move.
Taking one of Tohru’s hands in his, Kyo leaned in to look her in the eyes. “Tohru, I have something that I need to talk to you about, so you need to be quite for a minute.” Being so close to her was making him dizzy, she smelled like cinnamon and vanilla. He wondered what her lips would taste like.
“Kyo?” She questioned, and Kyo saw her eyes fill with something that made him extremely nervous. Without thinking, he leaned closer to her, close enough that he could feel her breath on his cheek.
Unfortunately, he got too close. With at loud pop the room filled with orange and Kyo, immediately, transformed into a cat.
“Shit,” Kyo the cat cursed, “why the hell, did I have to transform now?”.
“Oh, Kyo, I’m so sorry,” Tohru started, flustering about in her dopey fashion, and apologizing for something that wasn’t her fault.
“Why are you sorry? You didn’t do anything wrong.” Kyo grumbled and crawled forward to face her again.
“Well, I shouldn’t have moved right then, and…” Tohru continued.
“It’s not your damn fault!” Kyo screamed at her, “so shut up, already.”
“Kyo? I… I… I’m so sorry.” and now he had made her cry.
“Tohru,” Kyo said, trying his hardest to keep his voice calm. “please don’t cry. I’m not upset with you. It’s just that I have something that I really need to tell you.”
Crawling into Tohru’s arms Kyo proceeded to lick some tears from her cheek. This, for some reason, only made her cry harder. Finally, feeling let down and exhausted, Kyo decided to just lay down on her fluffy pillow and wait for Tohru to calm down. He never expected to fall asleep.
“And once again that damn Yuki, has won.” Kyo mumbled, jumping down from the roof and walking off into the woods, towards the mountains, heading home to his master. ‘You better plan on letting me move back in old man, cause I sure the hell can’t stay here anymore.’
YUKI *
As Yuki tore through the woods, he was mindless of the tree branches that were striking out at him from all directions, nor did he notice the rocks and twigs that were biting into his feet. In his hurry to escape he hadn’t thought to put on any shoes, and his, once clean, white socks were now stained with dirt and blood.
Yuki was shattered. His mind and heart engulfed by a deep inner sorrow. He no longer recognized himself as the handsome teenaged prince that he was, in a instant Yuki had regressed to his childhood. He was, simply, a lonely little boy, shunned by his parents, ignored by his brother, and betrayed by the person that he loved.
TOHRU *
Tohru wasn’t positive that she knew where Yuki had run off to, but she had a pretty good idea where he might be found. ‘Unless he doesn’t want you to find him!’ whispered a voice in her head that sounded remarkably like Akito Sohma. Pushing the image of the head of the Sohma family out of her mind, she instead tried to picture her mother’s face.
“Oh, mom, what am I going to do? Yuki and Kyo, I’ve messed it all up. I am so stupid. I knew it, all of this time. I have been too happy. I have just been asking for it.” Closing her eyes she waited for her mother’s reassuring words to come. They didn’t.
‘That’s right, you are stupid, you’re just a stupid ugly little girl. Now go back to Sohma house, pack your things, and move far far away.’ This time Akito’s voice was accompanied by the memory of Yuki’s tear filled eyes.
Sucking in her breath, Tohru shook her head sadly. This was the first time, since her mother’s death, that Tohru was unable to feel her presence, instead she felt darkness, sadness, and shame.
Biting her lower lip hard enough to draw blood, and wiping away her tears with her sleeve, the whimpering girl continued along the forest path.
YUKI *
Yuki’s heart was pounding and he was barely able to breath by the time he found himself, once again, standing in his garden looking down at the remaining strawberry plants.
“Why, Miss Honda?” He whispered, and he pushed away the image of Kyo in Tohru’s bed. “You were the one. You were the only one. How could you, and with that stinkin cat, of all people!”
Suddenly, overwhelmed with anger, Yuki took a giant leap into the air. Landing in the middle of the strawberry field, he was pleased by the feel of the berries being crushed under his feet. The enraged boy then proceeded to go on a strawberry killing rampage, jumping around and kicking up dirt like a man possessed until all of his energy had been used up, and he was choking on the dust surrounding him. Dropping to his knees, and fighting for air, Yuki continued to pound the innocent berries into the ground until he had exhausted himself completely. Finally, with a loud pop, Yuki transformed. The little rat took one last punch at the ground before he collapsed to lay nearly lifeless, his tiny body unrecognizable, covered in strawberry juice, dirt and tears.
***
Bye for now!
Sleepless in Sohma House
PART THREE
TOHRU *
Tohru was having a hard time seeing through her tears. As she headed away from the Sohma house and into the woods she felt a pair of orange, cat shaped, eyes watching her from the rooftop.
“I’m so sorry, Kyo, I know you want to talk; but right now, Yuki needs me more.” her words, spoken like a quiet prayer, gave her the strength to keep from turning back.
The truth was, Tohru really wanted to see Yuki. In fact, she needed to see him, and not only to set things right. At the same time she was well aware that she had some serious, unfinished, business with Kyo, and that by leaving this way; by chasing after Yuki, she was making a choice. She wasn’t sure if it was the right choice. She was a girl in love for first time, wasn’t that supposed to be a good thing? The problem was that Tohru Honda was in love with two different boys, and she felt pretty sure that she loved both of them equally. She had been aware of this fact for quite some time now, just as she was aware of Yuki and Kyo’s feelings for her, she had simply been refusing to acknowledge any of it. To acknowledge it meant she would have to deal with it, and she couldn’t bear choosing between Yuki and Kyo. In her heart she knew that either choice would be the wrong choice, because she could not imagine losing either of her two dearest friends. Now, however, it was something she could no longer avoid.
This morning when she woke, the first thing that she saw had been the look of betrayal on Yuki’s face. Tohru had gotten a good look into Yuki’s eyes. She had no doubt about the extent of pain she had caused him, at that moment everything became crystal clear. It was Yuki. There was no other option.
KYO *
Standing on the roof, Kyo watched as Tohru headed into the forest. The orange haired boy was quite familiar with Tohru’s benevolent nature. He knew that she would always attempt to give everyone around her exactly what they needed, regardless of how much she was inconvenienced in the process, it was one of the things that made him love her so much. Still, it killed him to watch her chase after that idiotic rat?
Last night Kyo had attempted to lay everything on the line. He had paid a visit to Tohru’s room, under the guise of wanting to borrow a school book. As usual, Tohru had started talking about nothing of particular importance. Kyo seated himself at the edge of her bed pretending to listen, while actually he was just trying to get up the nerve to spill his guts.
The problem was that he couldn’t find an opening. When you get Tohru Honda started, the girl just goes off, and so Kyo found himself sitting next to her, for what felt like hours, as she went on and on and on jabbering away with that silly grin on her face. To Kyo it was all just a lot of candy coated nonsense, he had better things for them to talk about, but he just couldn’t seem to get a word in. Finally, when Kyo was just about to ask her to shut up for a minute, so that he could speak, Tohru drew her blanket around herself and stopped talking long enough to yawn. ‘Shit, she’s falling asleep!’ Kyo panicked, and he made his move.
Taking one of Tohru’s hands in his, Kyo leaned in to look her in the eyes. “Tohru, I have something that I need to talk to you about, so you need to be quite for a minute.” Being so close to her was making him dizzy, she smelled like cinnamon and vanilla. He wondered what her lips would taste like.
“Kyo?” She questioned, and Kyo saw her eyes fill with something that made him extremely nervous. Without thinking, he leaned closer to her, close enough that he could feel her breath on his cheek.
Unfortunately, he got too close. With at loud pop the room filled with orange and Kyo, immediately, transformed into a cat.
“Shit,” Kyo the cat cursed, “why the hell, did I have to transform now?”.
“Oh, Kyo, I’m so sorry,” Tohru started, flustering about in her dopey fashion, and apologizing for something that wasn’t her fault.
“Why are you sorry? You didn’t do anything wrong.” Kyo grumbled and crawled forward to face her again.
“Well, I shouldn’t have moved right then, and…” Tohru continued.
“It’s not your damn fault!” Kyo screamed at her, “so shut up, already.”
“Kyo? I… I… I’m so sorry.” and now he had made her cry.
“Tohru,” Kyo said, trying his hardest to keep his voice calm. “please don’t cry. I’m not upset with you. It’s just that I have something that I really need to tell you.”
Crawling into Tohru’s arms Kyo proceeded to lick some tears from her cheek. This, for some reason, only made her cry harder. Finally, feeling let down and exhausted, Kyo decided to just lay down on her fluffy pillow and wait for Tohru to calm down. He never expected to fall asleep.
“And once again that damn Yuki, has won.” Kyo mumbled, jumping down from the roof and walking off into the woods, towards the mountains, heading home to his master. ‘You better plan on letting me move back in old man, cause I sure the hell can’t stay here anymore.’
YUKI *
As Yuki tore through the woods, he was mindless of the tree branches that were striking out at him from all directions, nor did he notice the rocks and twigs that were biting into his feet. In his hurry to escape he hadn’t thought to put on any shoes, and his, once clean, white socks were now stained with dirt and blood.
Yuki was shattered. His mind and heart engulfed by a deep inner sorrow. He no longer recognized himself as the handsome teenaged prince that he was, in a instant Yuki had regressed to his childhood. He was, simply, a lonely little boy, shunned by his parents, ignored by his brother, and betrayed by the person that he loved.
TOHRU *
Tohru wasn’t positive that she knew where Yuki had run off to, but she had a pretty good idea where he might be found. ‘Unless he doesn’t want you to find him!’ whispered a voice in her head that sounded remarkably like Akito Sohma. Pushing the image of the head of the Sohma family out of her mind, she instead tried to picture her mother’s face.
“Oh, mom, what am I going to do? Yuki and Kyo, I’ve messed it all up. I am so stupid. I knew it, all of this time. I have been too happy. I have just been asking for it.” Closing her eyes she waited for her mother’s reassuring words to come. They didn’t.
‘That’s right, you are stupid, you’re just a stupid ugly little girl. Now go back to Sohma house, pack your things, and move far far away.’ This time Akito’s voice was accompanied by the memory of Yuki’s tear filled eyes.
Sucking in her breath, Tohru shook her head sadly. This was the first time, since her mother’s death, that Tohru was unable to feel her presence, instead she felt darkness, sadness, and shame.
Biting her lower lip hard enough to draw blood, and wiping away her tears with her sleeve, the whimpering girl continued along the forest path.
YUKI *
Yuki’s heart was pounding and he was barely able to breath by the time he found himself, once again, standing in his garden looking down at the remaining strawberry plants.
“Why, Miss Honda?” He whispered, and he pushed away the image of Kyo in Tohru’s bed. “You were the one. You were the only one. How could you, and with that stinkin cat, of all people!”
Suddenly, overwhelmed with anger, Yuki took a giant leap into the air. Landing in the middle of the strawberry field, he was pleased by the feel of the berries being crushed under his feet. The enraged boy then proceeded to go on a strawberry killing rampage, jumping around and kicking up dirt like a man possessed until all of his energy had been used up, and he was choking on the dust surrounding him. Dropping to his knees, and fighting for air, Yuki continued to pound the innocent berries into the ground until he had exhausted himself completely. Finally, with a loud pop, Yuki transformed. The little rat took one last punch at the ground before he collapsed to lay nearly lifeless, his tiny body unrecognizable, covered in strawberry juice, dirt and tears.
***
Bye for now!