Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Secret of Despair ❯ The Realization ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

She went through the neighborhood and then into the forest and now she had cleverly hidden in the insides of a large bush. She just hoped the loud sound of her beating heart wouldn't give her away...

Then piercing gray eyes peered at her and all went black...

...Tohru woke up with her lungs aching and her back stiff, where was she? She was lying on Hatori's inspection table for his patients. Her head ached and she felt as though she was on a hangover. How would she know how a hangover felt? Well that's another story for another time when she had drunken much more than her share and fooled around with him... no this was a different him. A good him, a hot him. A him she loved.

Anyways she tried to remember what happened, oh yes she was hiding from Akito and Hatori was after her. She remembered seeing Hatori's cold gray eyes and everything going black. Did he erase her memories? COld black fear entered her mind as she panicked. But wait then why did she remember everything?

Hatori walked in at that moment and Tohru instinctively flinched. "Tohru I'm sorry i was suppose to erase your memory last night." he said very plainly.

"Then why didn't you?" asked Tohru tentatively. She wasn't sure whether she wanted to know or not but she did want to know what was going to happen to her. She was scared, she felt helpless. Here was the man she trusted almost like a father and last night he had chased her down like she was a common criminal. ouch.

"Tohru you know i would never do that to you. You are almost like the daughter that i never had and always wanted." He said looking at her tenderly and Tohru could see he was telling the truth. Tohru was surprised and almost smacked herself for thinking Hatori could have betrayed her and hurt her in some way.

"Now what's going to happen Hatori? Akito hates me. He's going to ruin my life and everybody i loved will be taken away from me somehow or worse... he will hurt them because of me." Tohru said she couldn't help the hot burning tears. Everything was going so wrong. How could it have gone this way. Life was so good just a couple days ago, she was spending time with him and he told her he loved her. She thought she could never get happier. She thought life was perfect at last. It was so much more than she could ever ask. Then this happened.

It was all her fault. She should not have let it bothered her and pretended it never happened. Why didn't she? It bothered her so much because what she saw felt so wrong to her soul. It went against everything she believed in. She could not help remembering... thinking.. about it every day.

"Tohru..." Hatori spoke breaking into her thoughts.
"Tohru the only thing i can think of doing is maybe... just maybe you can pretend that i erased your memory. I was only suppose to erase your memory for the night you saw Akito and um.. Ms. Akito. "

"WHAT that was his wife?" Tohru impulsively shouted, shocked. "No, of course not but that's what we call her? We meaning by me and the other parts of the staff that also have knowledge of their... gatherings." Hatori looked down.

"But that's not the point, The point Tohru is that last night i was suppose to have you forgotten the last couple months and to have implanted a different memory in your mind." Hatori said matter of factly.

"Yes? What was it if i might ask?"

"I was supposed to implant in your mind that you and Akito were very close. Almost like brother and sister. I was supposed to put memories of you two having fun together. And you are to visit him very friday for a get together visit you two have been doing for years. Tohru you cannot be scared. You cannot show a morsel of fear, because Akito is like a dog he can smell fear. You know what Akito will do if he discovers i have not erased your memory and that you still carry his...dark secret."

"oh..." this was a lot for Tohru to swallow. Why would Akito put memories of good feelings toward each other in her memory. Would she be able to hide her fear? If she messed up her AND Hatori would be ravaged by Akito's wrath. But she was willing to take this chance, so she could keep her memories... so she could remember him and those times spent with him in the sun, at the lake, in the closet... She wanted to cherish those things forever and for her, memories were the only thing she had left. Tohru didn't have anything else. So she would protect her memories with her life. And hopefully she would not ruin Hatori's life in the process or hurt anyone else.

"Hatori Okay. I will. And thank you so much for not ... you know." She smiled at Hatori the best she could. He had done a great thing for her. He had defied Akito, the one person Hatori feared and never disobeyed, only except for the people he loved.

Hatori smiled back at her fondly. He truly loved this girl, her sweetness; her tenderness just always reminded him of his love. Tohru was like the spring, but she was just as delicate as well. And Hatori would do anything to protect her, even if it meant his life.

The next day Tohru returned home and everything was just the way she left it. Shigure was working inside teasing his editor and talking about his book. Kyou was sleeping peacefully on the ground. Tohru could see his satisfied kittish smile and she couldn't help but blush, even though he couldn't see her. Tohru had the incredible urge to run her hands through his hair. It looked absolutely soft, and Tohru was acutely aware that she aware of that. Yuki was eating, and he was eating her food that she prepared! She had made a special treat for him made from the vegetables from his garden for his birthday a couple days ago. Oh how that made her happy that he was eating it. Yuki looked so happy, Tohru could see that his violet eyes were luminous with happiness. His eyes always made her blush. They seemed to be piercing at her kindly all the time.

"Hello everyone! I'm back from Hatori's house!" Tohru exclaimed to the quiet household.

Kyou woke up with a delightful shake with his head and Yuki was already on his way with a illuminating smile on his face. BUt before either of them could get there Shigure beat them to it.

"Oh our lovely flower! You're home again. Oh how you light up this home! We've missed you so much. Kyou was cranky and Yuki didn't eat any of my cooking." Shigure whined.

Tohru laughed well naturedly as she saw Kyou and Yuki look away in disgust of Shigure. Everything was all right again. Or was it? She looked at him. HIm, the one she loved. The look in his eyes changed... something was different.

Him can be either Kyou or Yuki so VOTE please! )