Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ To Know Who I Am (Iris Chain) ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Iris (To Know Who I Am Gureru Version)

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Forget the poll. I decided that it was too hard to let this idea go, and thanks to Koishii I'm going to write at least a part for each couple that I think fits… By the way, she beta-ed this too. *glomps*

I don't own anything related to either Fruits Basket or The Goo Goo Dolls/Iris.

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*Shigure*

"And that's another smash hit from America: the Goo Goo Dolls. This concludes our show for the evening. Join us again next-"

I snapped the radio off. The song had spoken to me again, just as it had last week on the American music station.

It started by accident. I didn't mean to work past six o'clock that night a week ago. I didn't mean to leave the radio on. I didn't mean to get so intrigued by the English pop-rock song.

I didn't mean to fall in love with her.

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I peek into the kitchen, hoping to abscond with a snack without her noticing. Alas, I am foiled again. She doesn't realize that she is blocking my path by slicing vegetables. I could get around her. But I'm not complaining. I adore watching her. She is such a wonderful sight. I could spend days looking at her.

Mind you, a year and one half is much, much longer than a few days. I do believe I reached my limit some time ago.

When simply looking was no longer enough, I realized that my subconscious was looking at her in my sleep. I also realized how naughty my subconscious could be.

I began to constantly seek her out, be it for a cup of tea or a little chat. For reasons unknown, her presence calms me.

I fell into a habit of dreaming about her, even more than I had before. I am beginning to believe Haru and Hatori: I am an incurable pervert. Maybe when she graduates high school and leaves my house, these thoughts will leave me alone. It will be better…

Of course it won't.

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*Tohru*

I thought I felt someone watching me as I cut up the vegetables for dinner. I had already learned that I can't be distracted while I am cooking, so I shook it off and started humming. I didn't realize it, but the tune was the same one I had just heard playing on the radio. I didn't really listen to the words, but the melody got stuck in my head.

When I turned around, I saw the hem of a gray-blue yukata fleeing the kitchen doorway. I smiled. Shigure was trying to sneak a snack again. This situation would have been even more amusing if the rice hadn't started to burn…

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I can't believe I almost let the rice burn! That's the SECOND time this week! I've got to keep my mind from wandering. That song distracted me again. And Shigure… Did I just sigh? I don't know why I think about him so much now.

I check the dining room. Nobody is in there yet. Surprising, I would have thought one of the boys would be saying how hungry they were. After I knock on Shigure's study door to tell him that dinner is ready, I head outside. Kyo is easy to spot on the roof, but I have to go all the way to the secret base to find Yuki.

When I get back inside, Yuki isn't behind me anymore. I hear both his and Kyo's voices drift in from the yard; they might be a moment or two. At least they know better than to bring their fights inside, now that Shigure has finally gotten tired of the bickering.

Again I'm blushing just thinking of Shigure. When I get inside, he is already arranged in his place at the table, patiently waiting for the rest of the household to gather. He smiles when I come in. My face gets even hotter, which means that my blush got deeper. I don't mean to blush. I just can't help it. I think it's the way he looks at me sometimes, when his eyes get that dark sparkle. My chest feels heavy and tight, but at the same time it feels like I'm floating on air. When I think about this, the only think I'm sure of is that I don't have a clue what's going on.

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