Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Sleepless ❯ Chapter 2

"Chocolate..." he said softly as he walked in with her and they took a seat at a booth, a waitress moving over to them holding a small booklet.

 

She smiled a bit as she looked to the waiter. "I think I want a vanilla cone."

 

"I think I'll have the same thing," he said softly as he looked up at the waitress.

 

She wrote down the orders walking off. "I thought you said you like chocolate."

 

"I do, but I wanted vanilla today." Smiling a bit, he tilted his head and looked at her. She looked up to him blushing a dark red as she looked down slowly.

 

Slowly the waitress walked back out with their cones, handing them to the two. "Enjoy," she said before walking off, Yuki smiling as he took the ice cream. She took her ice cream as well looking back up to him as she took a few licks. He slowly ate his own, watching her as he did so.

 

"This is a nice place I don't think I've ever been to a place like this..."

 

"I've only been once," he said softly as he looked around, "I don't come into town too often... Shigure usually does all the shopping."

 

"Not anymore I think I got it pretty much covered now." She smiled kindly taking a few more licks.

 

Nodding slowly, he continued to eat the ice cream, his eyes falling closed just a bit. He was enjoying it; it'd been so long since he'd had anything like this.

 

".... Yuki-kun is this considered a date...?"

 

He blinked a couple of times and blushes. "Uh... I-I don't know... Shigure would probably call it one..." She nodded lightly as she looked to her ice cream cone that was almost done. He too slowly ate, his eyes falling closed a bit as he enjoyed the soft, smooth flavor on his tongue. She finished her cone now her eyes opening slowly as she looked up to him.

 

Slowly he placed the last bite into his mouth and wiped it with a napkin. "Well... that was delicious, wouldn't you agree Miss Tohru?"

 

She nodded lightly. "Yes it was very good thank you Yuki-kun for treating me to this..."

 

"Anytime," he said softly as he closed his eyes and tilted his head a bit, smiling. Slowly the waitress walked over with the ticket, Yuki taking out a bit of money to pay the waitress and leave a tip.

 

She stood up now bowing to Yuki as she reached for his hand. "Where do you want to go now Yuki-kun?"

 

"Let's go shopping for those clothes..." he said as he smiled at her, looking down at their hands as his closed over her's and held it.

 

She nodded lightly. "There's a pretty nice thrift shop near here." She started outside now of the shop.

 

Following her, he smiled, rather enjoying the feeling of her hand in his. She made her way down a few blocks to the second hand store. "You don't have to come in Yuki-kun."

 

"This place," he asked softly as he tilted his head a bit and looked up at it. She nodded lightly as she stepped inside looking around for something nice.

 

Slowly he walked in behind her and glanced around as well, his eyes closing just a bit. "I thought you were intending to go somewhere else..."

 

She shook her head slowly. "I can't afford to get expensive clothing." She pulled off a light pink dress from the rack holding it too her chest. "How does this look?"

 

He turned and looked at her, after having been turned towards some of the clothes around him. When he saw the dress on her, he blushed a bit and looked down, "I-It's beautiful..."

 

She smiled faintly. "Its got a few holes, but I can sew them up when we get home." She draped it over her arm as she moved around the cramped room.

 

His lips parted to speak, but he wasn't sure what to say. Slowly he reached out and took the dress, placing it on a rack and taking her hand to lead her out of the store and into another, more fancy store nearby, going to the dresses section.

 

"Yuki-kun I can't afford this." She spoke up barely above a whisper as she looked up to him sadly.

 

"I'll help..." he said softly as he smiled at her, "I... want to. I want you to have something nice... since you do so much for us... and we don't really do anything for you..."

 

".... You give me a place to stay that's all I really need." She leaned back against the wall of the department store looking to him.

 

"But even still... Shigure has been getting money from you for that... and I didn't know..." His head tilted a bit as he looked down at her, "you were supposed to stay with us for free... with nothing more than your work around the house being your fee..."

 

She looked down slowly nodding. ".... Its fine though I really don't mind it."

 

"No, Miss Honda, its not fine... you can't be expected to do everything and still be charged rent..." Slowly he placed his hands on a pink dress, pulling it out and holding it out to her. "It looks just like the one you wanted... but it's new..."

 

She blushed lightly seeing him act this way toward her. "I'm going to go try it on now I'll come out when I get it on so you can see." He nodded lightly and smiled a bit, his eyes slowly falling closed just a little bit. She moved to the dressing room closing the door behind her as she tried on the outfit. As soon as she buttoned the dress she walked out of the room blushing looking up to him.

 

He slowly lifted his head, as it had been down while he leaned against the wall waiting on her. Once he saw a glimpse of her, he blushed slightly and turned his head, "y-you lo-look beautiful... Miss Honda..."

 

She blushed a darker shade of red. "Thank you Yuki-kun." She smiled faintly looking to him.

 

Smiling, he nodded and looked down at her, "Let's get it..."

 

"Thank you Yuki-kun for buying this for me." She walked back to the dressing room getting undressed changing back into her normal clothes.

 

"Don't mention it," he said through the door in a soft tone of voice, his eyes closed as he leaned against the wall once more. She stepped out now as she looked up to him the dress folded over her arm.

 

Smiling, he glanced down at her and took her hand, walking towards the checkout counter. "Is there anything else that you'd like..?"

 

She shook her head slowly. "Nope I just wanted to get a new dress." She looked to him smiling her carefree way as she sat it the dress on the counter. Smiling, he took out his wallet and paid for the dress that she'd laid upon the counter, glancing down at her.

 

She blushed a dark red now before looking down. "Is there anywhere else you would like to go?"

 

"How about that movie..? You could wear your new dress to the theater..?" He smiled glancing down at her still, his hand gently lifting her chin.

 

".... I got this dress for something special I don't want to ruin it or anything...." She blushed at his touch.

 

"You're right... but still... let's go to a movie?"

 

She nodded lightly. "What kind of movie would you like to see?"

 

"Anything that you want to see," he said softly as he looked down at her still, his head tilting a bit, his smile spreading lightly over his lips.

 

"There's a movie about this fish that looks really cute." She looked to him smiling.

 

Slowly they approached the theater, Yuki slowly approaching the ticket window and requesting two tickets for the movie that she'd requested. The woman handed the two the tickets Tohru moving ahead of Yuki wanting to at least buy snacks and drinks. Walking in behind her, he walked up and handed her the tickets, smiling as he looked at her. She blushed lightly as she took the tickets grabbing two drinks and a large popcorn.

 

Smiling softly, he took one of the drinks and looked at it. "Thank you Miss Honda. I hope that you enjoy this movie."

 

"I hope you do too." She smiled stepping into the theater. Walking in behind her, he slowly reached down to take her hand as they walked further into the place, looking for good seats.

 

She moved in toward the middle she looked around. "... There are a lot of little kids."

 

"Of course there is... it seems that there are a lot of children that would want to see this movie, after all, it is animated." She looked down nodding as she took a seat in the middle.

 

Slowly he sat down beside her and smiled, still holding her hand as he looked up at the big screen. He wanted to stay close to her, to hold her hand. "It should be a good movie... animated movies are always nice..."

 

"Yeah and it looks really realistic as well." She sat back now in her seat. He nodded softly as he sat back in his seat fully and took a sip of his drink and watched it.

 

She was smiling threw out the film. "... The small orange one reminds me of someone..."

 

His head tilted a bit as he glanced over at her, "Who? I don't know anyone that's like that fish..."

 

"Kyou-kun is... always trying to prove others wrong."

 

"Ahh..." he said softly and nodded lightly, glancing over at her. She smiled giggling watching the movie now taking a few pieces of popcorn. He ate the popcorn as well, his eyes on the movie, lifting his drink to his lips to sip of it.

 

 

She stepped out of the dark theater smiling still holding onto the half eaten popcorn. "That was so much fun Yuki-kun!"

 

"Yea, not often I get out and do such things..."

 

"Sorry if it seemed childish...." She looked down slowly. "Thank you for taking me...."

 

He smiled softly and reached down to take her hand in his, "It was fine, I liked it."

 

She smiled blushing as she held his hand too. "Hatori-san would have been cute if he was in the movie as the sea horse daddy." He chuckled softly and nodded his head as he walked out with her, holding his drink in his other hand.

 

"Are you ready to head home Yuki-kun?"

 

"Are you," he said softly, looking over into her eyes.

 

"I've done what I wanted to today." She smiled. Nodding softly, he slowly began to walk towards the house with her, holding her hand lightly.