wohoot

wohoot! My first hand at fanfiction… crazy ne? yea yea, I know, it probably sucks and such a waste of webspace and paper to say the least but bear with me… after all this is my first one… and its still in its infancy, so its just a first draft.

All Fruits Basket characters are property of their respective owners.

Whew, got that legal stuff out of the way…. So fear not, young grasshopper and read on….

“Tohru, are you okay? What happened?,” suddenly Tohru’s minds returns to reality.

“Tohru?!”

Momiji started frowning her face and waving his hand at the awe-stricken Tohru, who armed with a soaking mop is about to start mopping the Sohma building floor when she saw something on the street below.

“Tohru?”

A loud “plhack!” is heard as the mop in Tohru’s hand falls into the sparkling floor. Momiji wonders in surprise, as he saw the reflection of the glowing down button on the mirror-like floor.

“Yuki… what are you doing here?”

There was Yuki Sohma, standing almost divinely against the metal railings that separated the Sohma Building from the bustling street behind him. Yuki’s face was down-stricken, as if something unthinkable has happened, discernable only as a passing headlight illuminates his mysterious expression.

Tohru attempted to force her feet to move her body forward, but for some reason, she couldn’t.

“Yuki?! Please!! Tell me what happened? Did something happen back at the house? Did Shigure forget to reheat the soba noodles I left for the three of you?!! What happened, Yuki-kun, please tell me? Don’t worry, my shift ends in half an hour, as soon as we come home, I’ll cook something better for dinner. Gomen nasai!! I didn’t even think of dinner before I left for work today!!”

“Miss Honda… Everything’s fine, the soba noodles were yummy… it’s just that… I came here this evening…. because…”

“What is it Yuki?” Tohru struggles to ask, although she has the feeling that she was going to hear something that Yuki has been dying to tell her since that day…

[FLASHBACK]

“Do you think that by kneeling before me would change the curse?!!...”

Shigure and Yuki both held with all the strength in their hands to subdue Akito’s tearing grasp on Tohru’s flowing brown hair.

“You know nothing of our curse, and you can never lift this curse, the core of which I carry to death! You will suffer as we suffer!”

“I won’t allow it! You’re never coming back to live at that house again! Hatori! Erase this girl’s memory! Right now! Hatori!!”

“Tohru… I… I am so sorry, I couldn’t protect you that day in the main house… I tried… but I was so afraid,… I was so afraid of him… I’m so sorry…”

“Oh Yuki… don’t say that….” Tohru musters as she touches Yuki’s face as gently as she could, even though she could feel her own hand trembling.

“I’m so afraid of Akito, even as a child… Miss Honda, I’m not worthy of your kindness… I’ am so weak… unable to protect the ones that I love most… for what reasons? Because of my fear… I’m so ashamed… I should have done something to protect you.”

Tohru’s eyes filled with tears, as she held Yuki’s face in her hands. She knew that it was a risk… even how much she badly wanted to do it, she couldn’t possibly do out here, where he is most vulnerable, out here in the open.

So she did the next best thing, she softly cradled his head on herself and tried desperately to comfort her friend.

“Yuki… you don’t have to apologize… my mom said that you can’t blame yourself for things that you didn’t do… you don’t have to regret anything…” Tohru explains as she tries to comfort the troubled Yuki.

Yet, it seems so sudden now, as Yuki turned to face her. It seems as if the stars themselves were telling her about this moment, a moment that was now suspended in space. It seems so inevitable, as if the heavens above have decreed it.

“Miss Honda, I wasn’t too sure when I met you. Before you came to my life, you were just another girl, among hundreds who I saw everyday at school. Before I met you, I thought you were just another girl to push away, another that would never understand the real me… But, when I saw your face for the first time, when you were standing in front of our house… you gave me a reason to smile like never before…”

I was so happy, you were laughing

With a smile that melts everything away

Spring is still far away, inside the cold earth,

Waiting for the time to sprout

For instance, even if today is painful

And yesterday's wounds remain

I want to believe that I can free my heart and go on

I cannot be reborn

But I can change as I go on, so…

“Miss Honda, if you could so permit me… if I could be worthy enough… I think I have fallen in love with you…”

Mom, I can’t believe what’s happening to me right now. I’m so confused, but I have never been so sure in my life as well. You always told me that I would know when it’s the right time, when it comes.

I wish you were here to tell me what to do, Mom.

Yuki’s face is so warm, so why am I resisting so much? For the first time in my life, I wanted to shout and tell everyone how I felt. I have always tried to keep my desires from those around me. If I didn’t, I would just be asking for it. But… right now, I want to tell the whole world how I feel. I wanted to tell the world just how much…

I love Yuki Sohma.

“Ohh Yuki, you have been through so much. I can’t imagine how heavy this Zodiac burden must have been for you…”

No, I didn’t try to stop it, Mom. I knew that it was the right moment.

I closed my eyes and slowly gave way to breathing, gasping the air to fill my lungs with life, my newfound life, as Yuki pressed his soft lips against mine under the night’s stars and the twilight, I breathe in sweet refreshing life for the first in a long time…

“Yuki… thank you for saving my life. I think I have fallen in love with you too…”

Smile only at me and touch me with those fingers

This simple desire is everlasting

I want things to be simple

Let's finally get across this sea of mournful sorrow

For instance, even if today is painful

Someday it will become a warm memory

If you leave everything up to your heart

I understand the meaning our living here

It is to know the joy of having been born…

Let's stay together always. 3