Post by KarenaWilliams on Jul 31, 2005 14:08:00 GMT -5
Karena: This whole one-shot is in Momiji’s POV. Sorry, but I just couldn’t help myself. I got inspired to write this when I read Volume 11 of FB and saw what happens between Akito and Tohru and how Momiji tried to protect her. It’s a sad fic with a happy ending though! ^__^
Tara: KarenaWilliams does not (nor ever will) own Fruits Basket, any of its characters, or you. She does however own this plot, which is a miracle in and of itself really. I’ve seen her in Algebra and you would think that she wouldn’t be so good at anything…
Karena: That’s math Tara!!!
Tara: Oh.
Karena: Here’s the one-shot! ^__^
I should’ve known that the same fate as all of the others would meet to her too. She was the only thing that kept me always smiling, acting happy, and being myself. She loved me for who I was and even what I was. She tried hard to listen to everything and when I would cry she would come to me and hold my hands and allow my head to sink on her shoulder and cry all of my grief. Poor, poor (Name), she should have never been involved with me. I love her. I really do but Akito-sama took all of that away from me. I still remember when I first met her.
“Haru!” I called back to my taller companion. He just raised an eyebrow at my perkiness but shrugged it off and sighed. “Come on Haru-kun! Hurry up!”
“I’m coming Momiji but I don’t see why you want to hurry so much. Sure it’s the first day of school but who cares?” He said, aloof to everything else around him as he shoved his hands into his pockets and glanced away from me and to the side. I just ran ahead, wanting to get to school faster and before Haru could call me back I had ran ahead and into the school building.
The feeling of meeting new people was just too much to handle! I loved meeting new people even if I could never really be friends with them. Tohru Honda was the same. I had wanted to meet her so badly and when I had she was the best of friends that I have (or ever will) have outside of the Sohma family and I love her for that. I quickly whirled around a corner to smack into someone but not enough to transform. We both went sprawling and I quickly caught myself before I tumbled to the floor.
“Oh I’m so sorry!” Said a frantic female voice from in front of me. I glanced up to see a girl around my age and a little below my height scurrying around to get all of her many books gathered again. Her (color) hair swung slightly in her over bright (color) eyes and I felt like my breath had been taken away. She was wearing the girl’s uniform with the short skirt and long sleeved shirt. I hurried forward and began to help her, wanting to get to know her better but at the same time knowing that I could never be her friend in fear of us getting to close and Akito-sama hurting her.
“I’m sorry!” I said brightly to her, causing her to look into my brown eyes. I loved her eyes; they were so pretty and lively. I smiled brightly at her and handed her all of her books so she wouldn’t freak out anymore. “I wasn’t really paying attention. I’m Sohma Momiji. Who’re you?”
“Oh.” The girl said, blushing and looking down so her (color) bangs shaded her face, which I noted with some satisfaction that I had never felt before in my whole life, was colored a soft pink in a blush. I smiled and leaned forward causing her to look up into my eyes and our faces to be very close.
“I’m sorry. Please, tell me your name.” I whispered, begging her slightly but hoping that she wouldn’t think that I’m weird. She was so pretty and I felt something that I had never felt with anyone else before. I think that I felt attracted to her.
“Oh.” She said and smiled even though her cheeks were now a deep pink color. “I’m (Last Name) (Name). I’m in Class 2-D. What about you?”
“Same here!” I said, excited to be in the same class as this new girl. It would be wonderful to get to know her but in order to get to know her I would have to get closer to her and for me to get closer to her would mean she would find out about the curse that plagued my body. If she found out about the curse then she would have to meet Akito-sama and that would not be good. Not good at all.
“Well, maybe we can be friends!” She said and I looked into her dancing (color) eyes to see something that looked like a strong feeling of hope. I knew that I wanted to be her friend and maybe I could try. Maybe I could give her a chance.
“Yeah. I sure hope so!” I told her happily and seeing her smile made my little disobedience towards Akito-sama worth it all…
I knew now that that was what had started it all. All of those seeds of love that had blossomed in my heart for her had started then and had gotten bigger every time I saw her smile and every time I smiled with her. I was always so tongue-tied sometimes when I would hear her voice whisper or sing or just talk to me. I would have to fight so hard to try and not blush when we would get close and I would have to skitter away to make sure she didn’t find out, didn’t have to suffer like Mama had with me, I didn’t want her to be hurt. The curse could only hurt people, whether they were plagued by it or by association. It could only hurt, just like Akito-sama could only hurt people.
“Momiji-chan!” (Name) called, running up the stairs after me. I had been so close to hugging her. She looked like she had wanted to hug me too but I couldn’t allow that! If she did…if she did she would have to see Akito-sama and Akito-sama would hurt her! She would be hurt and I couldn’t let that. I hurried into my room and closed the door. Papa wasn’t home yet so I didn’t have to worry about anyone being home, it was just me and (Name).
“Go away.” I whispered through the door, hoping that she would listen and leave me alone. I just wanted her to leave before she could learn something that would only hurt her in the end. Or she could end up being like Tohru and just be used. That would be a lot worse. To have (Name) with me, to love her, but to know that I can never have her. That would hurt so much; I don’t think I would be able to take that.
“Momiji-chan!” (Name) said, knocking on the door and trying to open it. I had locked it so I didn’t have to worry about that. I let loose the tears that had been building up and cried into my knees. I heard (Name) sit down on the other side of the door but I didn’t care. I just kept sobbing. “Momiji-chan…” She whispered and I could tell she had pressed herself against the door. “Please…let me in.”
“No.” I said, my voice cracking as I tried to restrain the sobs that were now racking my body violently. I couldn’t let her in. If I did she would find out pain beyond pain because of me. This curse…this curse that plagues my body will be the end of me and I know it. It would be why I could never be with (Name) for all eternity, why I would die alone, and why (Name) would suffer even if I let her in. I couldn’t let that happen to (Name)!
“Momiji,” She said. Uh-oh, she had dropped the honorific. I knew that that couldn’t be good. I was really hurting her. I really was. I couldn’t handle this. She had to leave or I would break and let her in. “Please. Let me know what’s wrong. I only want to help. I want to be your friend Momiji and maybe…more than that…”
I broke down completely and unlocked the door so it swung open to reveal (Name) with tears in her eyes as she turned to look at me. I was crying completely now, tears running down my face and sniffling slightly, as I looked into her eyes. “You have to understand something though. Before we can be anything you have to accept. Please accept me (Name).” I cried as I flung myself onto her and then there was a poof. I looked up at her to see that she was clearly surprised. “Please, just accept me (Name).”
It took maybe five seconds before (Name) hugged me like there was no tomorrow. I cried into the shoulder my head was rested on as she stroked my back comfortingly. I loved her. I really did. No matter how much I tried to keep myself from doing it I had fallen in love with her and now there was no going back.
“I’ll accept you no matter what Momiji. I love you.” She whispered into my ear and I just cried harder. I wanted to be with her. I wanted to spend my whole life with (Name) and get married and have kids…but I knew that would never happen.
After that I only remembered being with her, loving her, holding her hand, and kissing her. I remember us going on picnics and being happy and cheerful together. She accepted me and took me with the good and the bad. She said she loved me and I knew that she wasn’t lying. I loved her too. I told her that everyday. We were seventeen and about to graduate. It had been two years since we had first met and we were hoping to get married. I knew that Akito-sama might not let us but I was hoping that he would. I wanted to marry her and have children with her. We talked about it a lot and (Name) always said she wanted twins, a boy and a girl. She said the boy should look like me and I said the girl should look like her. We were so happy together. Then came the day that I had to go talk to Akito-sama for permission to marry (Name). I wanted to be with her. I wanted to be with her but I didn’t want her to see Akito-sama. Unfortunately he said that I had to bring her and what Akito-sama says is law.
“Akito-sama.” I spoke softly as I led (Name) into the dimly lit room. I could feel her squeeze my hand before I had to let it go and we both got on our knees and bowed our heads in respect. I glanced up at Akito through my eyelashes and saw that he was watching (Name) with such an utter look of revulsion that I knew he was thinking she was horrible. But she wasn’t horrible! I loved (Name) because she was graceful, beautiful, and smart!
“This is the girl?” Akito asked, pointing at (Name) and looking down at her slightly with disgust. “Such a retched girl. What do you want to ask me Momiji?”
“I want to ask you…” I began, my voice quavering slightly as I spoke for fear that if I said anything wrong that (Name) would suffer the same fate as Kana. “If I have your permission…”
“Spit it out!” Akito hissed, impatient to know what I wanted to ask so badly. He glared slightly at (Name) and then went back to smirking at me casually.
“If I can marry (Name), Akito-sama.” I spoke softly and instantly I knew that Akito was angry. He got up, practically shaking with rage, and turned his full fury on the girl sitting besides me. I was transfixed. I was experiencing so much fear that I couldn’t move, I could only watch as Akito advanced on (Name). (Name) didn’t even realize what was happening. She looked up at Akito with clear (color) eyes and looked confused.
“You want to marry Momiji?” Akito hissed at her and instantly I saw the thought flash through (Name)’s eyes. She knew something was wrong. Terribly wrong.
“Yes.” She said and I could tell that she was refusing to allow her voice to waver.
“Do you think I would let you marry him?!” Akito said, his voice slowly becoming louder. “We don’t need trash like you!”
Then he hit her so hard that the slap seemed to reverberate off of the walls. I just watched with wide brown eyes, horrified that my body still wouldn’t move to help my only love. Akito grabbed (Name) forcefully by the wrist and yanked her up. He slapped her again and this time she fought to get out of his grasp.
“YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BE IN THE SOHMA FAMILY!!” Akito yelled at her and practically threw her into a wall and I flinched when I heard something in (Name)’s body snap with a loud echoing crack. I watched as (Name) looked up at Akito while blood slowly began to drizzle out of her mouth but she just lightly wiped it away like it was nothing. “WE DON’T NEED YOU! YOU’RE NOTHING! WHY WOULD WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE YOU?! DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BREAK OUR CURSE?!!”
Akito grabbed (Name) again and this time threw her forcefully through a paper door and she slammed into a wooden pole outside and slid down, holding her head in her hands. I could hear her crying as she lies there and I felt my heart crack.
“Akito!” Shigure yelled, running forward and grabbing the head of the Sohma house forcefully. Soon enough Hatori hurries forward and helps him but I just sit there. This was my entire fault. All of it. I can’t believe that I had actually thought we had had a chance.
“Momiji,” Akito said, turning towards me with a weird look in his eyes. “If (Name) gets better, which I doubt she will, you are allowed to marry her. Only because I don’t think she will get better.”
And then he walked away. I watched as Hatori hurried forward and helped (Name) to her feet and he examined her quietly. “She’s going to have to go to the hospital.” He spoke to me blankly and I nodded and walked forward. I could only hope that she gets better.
So now it’s been one year since that day and somehow the Sohma curse has been broken. I’ve been to the hospital every day to check up on (Name) but today I get to go tell her that the curse is gone. She hasn’t really been responding but the doctors tell me that her voice box will never be the same. They said somehow she had damaged it and that it won’t heal for another couple of years. I felt horrible when I heard that but (Name) didn’t seem to care. She didn’t seem to care about a lot of things anymore.
Slowly I slid the door open to the hospital room that (Name) occupied and entered silently. I slid the door again and walked forward to where (Name) was sitting, her (color) hair shining slightly in the sun since she was sitting by the window. She turned when I entered and I saw her smile slightly at me. I smiled back and sat down beside her.
“(Name).” I said, wanting to see if she would respond. She had been responding lately to everything, which Hatori said meant that she was getting better. She would even smile some and I was hoping that she would keep getting better and won’t have to worry anymore. “I have something to tell you.”
She nodded.
“The curse…it’s been broken.” I whispered and her (color) eyes widened drastically. I smiled at her and she just practically beamed at me. I was taken aback when she flung herself on me and hugged me like there was no tomorrow.
“I’m so…happy…for…you.” She said and I smiled wider when she spoke into my ear. Her voice was still so soft and couldn’t be said in anything but a whisper but it meant she was getting better.
“There’s better news.” I told her, backing away from her slightly so I could see into her eyes and slipping out a dark blue velvet box. “Akito-sama said that if you got better I could marry you. You’re getting better (Name).” By now I could see tears start to pool in her eyes. “(Your Full Name) will you marry me?”
Right then she broke down completely and nodded her head rapidly while hugging me again. I just smiled. I was going to be with (Name). Akito-sama must have thought that she would never get better but would only progressively get worse. So bad that I would have to have Hatori erase her memories. But she’s been fighting that for the past year and now we’re of legal age to get married.
(Name) broke away from my embrace and smiled at me. “I love you.” She said in a strong whisper and I leaned my forehead against hers and smiled.
“I love you too.” I whispered back before she leaned her face forward and claimed my lips with hers. Maybe that saying really was true. Love endures…
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Owari*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Karena: How was that? I worked really hard on this one-shot to try and make it long and good. Really hard. Ask anyone.
Tara: She did. When Val and I came over to see if she wanted to go hang out she just kept typing and said in a monotone ‘Must continue writing’.
Valerie: It was quite funny! (Laughs)
Karena: Anyways, please review for this one-shot and tell me what you thought! I personally liked it and I think I’m getting better at Fruits Basket one-shots. My first one was that Reader/Yuki one: Lunch Time Tales.
Tara: You’re definitely improving.
Valerie: REVIEW!!!
Karena: Oh and tell me what one-shot you might want next so I can start writing it maybe. OH! And tell me if you liked the form I wrote this in. I don’t know if you’ll like it since the POV was Momiji’s and not your own. Please review and tell me!
Tara: Arigato!
Tara: KarenaWilliams does not (nor ever will) own Fruits Basket, any of its characters, or you. She does however own this plot, which is a miracle in and of itself really. I’ve seen her in Algebra and you would think that she wouldn’t be so good at anything…
Karena: That’s math Tara!!!
Tara: Oh.
Karena: Here’s the one-shot! ^__^
Love Endures
I should’ve known that the same fate as all of the others would meet to her too. She was the only thing that kept me always smiling, acting happy, and being myself. She loved me for who I was and even what I was. She tried hard to listen to everything and when I would cry she would come to me and hold my hands and allow my head to sink on her shoulder and cry all of my grief. Poor, poor (Name), she should have never been involved with me. I love her. I really do but Akito-sama took all of that away from me. I still remember when I first met her.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
“Haru!” I called back to my taller companion. He just raised an eyebrow at my perkiness but shrugged it off and sighed. “Come on Haru-kun! Hurry up!”
“I’m coming Momiji but I don’t see why you want to hurry so much. Sure it’s the first day of school but who cares?” He said, aloof to everything else around him as he shoved his hands into his pockets and glanced away from me and to the side. I just ran ahead, wanting to get to school faster and before Haru could call me back I had ran ahead and into the school building.
The feeling of meeting new people was just too much to handle! I loved meeting new people even if I could never really be friends with them. Tohru Honda was the same. I had wanted to meet her so badly and when I had she was the best of friends that I have (or ever will) have outside of the Sohma family and I love her for that. I quickly whirled around a corner to smack into someone but not enough to transform. We both went sprawling and I quickly caught myself before I tumbled to the floor.
“Oh I’m so sorry!” Said a frantic female voice from in front of me. I glanced up to see a girl around my age and a little below my height scurrying around to get all of her many books gathered again. Her (color) hair swung slightly in her over bright (color) eyes and I felt like my breath had been taken away. She was wearing the girl’s uniform with the short skirt and long sleeved shirt. I hurried forward and began to help her, wanting to get to know her better but at the same time knowing that I could never be her friend in fear of us getting to close and Akito-sama hurting her.
“I’m sorry!” I said brightly to her, causing her to look into my brown eyes. I loved her eyes; they were so pretty and lively. I smiled brightly at her and handed her all of her books so she wouldn’t freak out anymore. “I wasn’t really paying attention. I’m Sohma Momiji. Who’re you?”
“Oh.” The girl said, blushing and looking down so her (color) bangs shaded her face, which I noted with some satisfaction that I had never felt before in my whole life, was colored a soft pink in a blush. I smiled and leaned forward causing her to look up into my eyes and our faces to be very close.
“I’m sorry. Please, tell me your name.” I whispered, begging her slightly but hoping that she wouldn’t think that I’m weird. She was so pretty and I felt something that I had never felt with anyone else before. I think that I felt attracted to her.
“Oh.” She said and smiled even though her cheeks were now a deep pink color. “I’m (Last Name) (Name). I’m in Class 2-D. What about you?”
“Same here!” I said, excited to be in the same class as this new girl. It would be wonderful to get to know her but in order to get to know her I would have to get closer to her and for me to get closer to her would mean she would find out about the curse that plagued my body. If she found out about the curse then she would have to meet Akito-sama and that would not be good. Not good at all.
“Well, maybe we can be friends!” She said and I looked into her dancing (color) eyes to see something that looked like a strong feeling of hope. I knew that I wanted to be her friend and maybe I could try. Maybe I could give her a chance.
“Yeah. I sure hope so!” I told her happily and seeing her smile made my little disobedience towards Akito-sama worth it all…
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
I knew now that that was what had started it all. All of those seeds of love that had blossomed in my heart for her had started then and had gotten bigger every time I saw her smile and every time I smiled with her. I was always so tongue-tied sometimes when I would hear her voice whisper or sing or just talk to me. I would have to fight so hard to try and not blush when we would get close and I would have to skitter away to make sure she didn’t find out, didn’t have to suffer like Mama had with me, I didn’t want her to be hurt. The curse could only hurt people, whether they were plagued by it or by association. It could only hurt, just like Akito-sama could only hurt people.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
“Momiji-chan!” (Name) called, running up the stairs after me. I had been so close to hugging her. She looked like she had wanted to hug me too but I couldn’t allow that! If she did…if she did she would have to see Akito-sama and Akito-sama would hurt her! She would be hurt and I couldn’t let that. I hurried into my room and closed the door. Papa wasn’t home yet so I didn’t have to worry about anyone being home, it was just me and (Name).
“Go away.” I whispered through the door, hoping that she would listen and leave me alone. I just wanted her to leave before she could learn something that would only hurt her in the end. Or she could end up being like Tohru and just be used. That would be a lot worse. To have (Name) with me, to love her, but to know that I can never have her. That would hurt so much; I don’t think I would be able to take that.
“Momiji-chan!” (Name) said, knocking on the door and trying to open it. I had locked it so I didn’t have to worry about that. I let loose the tears that had been building up and cried into my knees. I heard (Name) sit down on the other side of the door but I didn’t care. I just kept sobbing. “Momiji-chan…” She whispered and I could tell she had pressed herself against the door. “Please…let me in.”
“No.” I said, my voice cracking as I tried to restrain the sobs that were now racking my body violently. I couldn’t let her in. If I did she would find out pain beyond pain because of me. This curse…this curse that plagues my body will be the end of me and I know it. It would be why I could never be with (Name) for all eternity, why I would die alone, and why (Name) would suffer even if I let her in. I couldn’t let that happen to (Name)!
“Momiji,” She said. Uh-oh, she had dropped the honorific. I knew that that couldn’t be good. I was really hurting her. I really was. I couldn’t handle this. She had to leave or I would break and let her in. “Please. Let me know what’s wrong. I only want to help. I want to be your friend Momiji and maybe…more than that…”
I broke down completely and unlocked the door so it swung open to reveal (Name) with tears in her eyes as she turned to look at me. I was crying completely now, tears running down my face and sniffling slightly, as I looked into her eyes. “You have to understand something though. Before we can be anything you have to accept. Please accept me (Name).” I cried as I flung myself onto her and then there was a poof. I looked up at her to see that she was clearly surprised. “Please, just accept me (Name).”
It took maybe five seconds before (Name) hugged me like there was no tomorrow. I cried into the shoulder my head was rested on as she stroked my back comfortingly. I loved her. I really did. No matter how much I tried to keep myself from doing it I had fallen in love with her and now there was no going back.
“I’ll accept you no matter what Momiji. I love you.” She whispered into my ear and I just cried harder. I wanted to be with her. I wanted to spend my whole life with (Name) and get married and have kids…but I knew that would never happen.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
After that I only remembered being with her, loving her, holding her hand, and kissing her. I remember us going on picnics and being happy and cheerful together. She accepted me and took me with the good and the bad. She said she loved me and I knew that she wasn’t lying. I loved her too. I told her that everyday. We were seventeen and about to graduate. It had been two years since we had first met and we were hoping to get married. I knew that Akito-sama might not let us but I was hoping that he would. I wanted to marry her and have children with her. We talked about it a lot and (Name) always said she wanted twins, a boy and a girl. She said the boy should look like me and I said the girl should look like her. We were so happy together. Then came the day that I had to go talk to Akito-sama for permission to marry (Name). I wanted to be with her. I wanted to be with her but I didn’t want her to see Akito-sama. Unfortunately he said that I had to bring her and what Akito-sama says is law.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
“Akito-sama.” I spoke softly as I led (Name) into the dimly lit room. I could feel her squeeze my hand before I had to let it go and we both got on our knees and bowed our heads in respect. I glanced up at Akito through my eyelashes and saw that he was watching (Name) with such an utter look of revulsion that I knew he was thinking she was horrible. But she wasn’t horrible! I loved (Name) because she was graceful, beautiful, and smart!
“This is the girl?” Akito asked, pointing at (Name) and looking down at her slightly with disgust. “Such a retched girl. What do you want to ask me Momiji?”
“I want to ask you…” I began, my voice quavering slightly as I spoke for fear that if I said anything wrong that (Name) would suffer the same fate as Kana. “If I have your permission…”
“Spit it out!” Akito hissed, impatient to know what I wanted to ask so badly. He glared slightly at (Name) and then went back to smirking at me casually.
“If I can marry (Name), Akito-sama.” I spoke softly and instantly I knew that Akito was angry. He got up, practically shaking with rage, and turned his full fury on the girl sitting besides me. I was transfixed. I was experiencing so much fear that I couldn’t move, I could only watch as Akito advanced on (Name). (Name) didn’t even realize what was happening. She looked up at Akito with clear (color) eyes and looked confused.
“You want to marry Momiji?” Akito hissed at her and instantly I saw the thought flash through (Name)’s eyes. She knew something was wrong. Terribly wrong.
“Yes.” She said and I could tell that she was refusing to allow her voice to waver.
“Do you think I would let you marry him?!” Akito said, his voice slowly becoming louder. “We don’t need trash like you!”
Then he hit her so hard that the slap seemed to reverberate off of the walls. I just watched with wide brown eyes, horrified that my body still wouldn’t move to help my only love. Akito grabbed (Name) forcefully by the wrist and yanked her up. He slapped her again and this time she fought to get out of his grasp.
“YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BE IN THE SOHMA FAMILY!!” Akito yelled at her and practically threw her into a wall and I flinched when I heard something in (Name)’s body snap with a loud echoing crack. I watched as (Name) looked up at Akito while blood slowly began to drizzle out of her mouth but she just lightly wiped it away like it was nothing. “WE DON’T NEED YOU! YOU’RE NOTHING! WHY WOULD WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE YOU?! DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BREAK OUR CURSE?!!”
Akito grabbed (Name) again and this time threw her forcefully through a paper door and she slammed into a wooden pole outside and slid down, holding her head in her hands. I could hear her crying as she lies there and I felt my heart crack.
“Akito!” Shigure yelled, running forward and grabbing the head of the Sohma house forcefully. Soon enough Hatori hurries forward and helps him but I just sit there. This was my entire fault. All of it. I can’t believe that I had actually thought we had had a chance.
“Momiji,” Akito said, turning towards me with a weird look in his eyes. “If (Name) gets better, which I doubt she will, you are allowed to marry her. Only because I don’t think she will get better.”
And then he walked away. I watched as Hatori hurried forward and helped (Name) to her feet and he examined her quietly. “She’s going to have to go to the hospital.” He spoke to me blankly and I nodded and walked forward. I could only hope that she gets better.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
So now it’s been one year since that day and somehow the Sohma curse has been broken. I’ve been to the hospital every day to check up on (Name) but today I get to go tell her that the curse is gone. She hasn’t really been responding but the doctors tell me that her voice box will never be the same. They said somehow she had damaged it and that it won’t heal for another couple of years. I felt horrible when I heard that but (Name) didn’t seem to care. She didn’t seem to care about a lot of things anymore.
Slowly I slid the door open to the hospital room that (Name) occupied and entered silently. I slid the door again and walked forward to where (Name) was sitting, her (color) hair shining slightly in the sun since she was sitting by the window. She turned when I entered and I saw her smile slightly at me. I smiled back and sat down beside her.
“(Name).” I said, wanting to see if she would respond. She had been responding lately to everything, which Hatori said meant that she was getting better. She would even smile some and I was hoping that she would keep getting better and won’t have to worry anymore. “I have something to tell you.”
She nodded.
“The curse…it’s been broken.” I whispered and her (color) eyes widened drastically. I smiled at her and she just practically beamed at me. I was taken aback when she flung herself on me and hugged me like there was no tomorrow.
“I’m so…happy…for…you.” She said and I smiled wider when she spoke into my ear. Her voice was still so soft and couldn’t be said in anything but a whisper but it meant she was getting better.
“There’s better news.” I told her, backing away from her slightly so I could see into her eyes and slipping out a dark blue velvet box. “Akito-sama said that if you got better I could marry you. You’re getting better (Name).” By now I could see tears start to pool in her eyes. “(Your Full Name) will you marry me?”
Right then she broke down completely and nodded her head rapidly while hugging me again. I just smiled. I was going to be with (Name). Akito-sama must have thought that she would never get better but would only progressively get worse. So bad that I would have to have Hatori erase her memories. But she’s been fighting that for the past year and now we’re of legal age to get married.
(Name) broke away from my embrace and smiled at me. “I love you.” She said in a strong whisper and I leaned my forehead against hers and smiled.
“I love you too.” I whispered back before she leaned her face forward and claimed my lips with hers. Maybe that saying really was true. Love endures…
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Owari*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Karena: How was that? I worked really hard on this one-shot to try and make it long and good. Really hard. Ask anyone.
Tara: She did. When Val and I came over to see if she wanted to go hang out she just kept typing and said in a monotone ‘Must continue writing’.
Valerie: It was quite funny! (Laughs)
Karena: Anyways, please review for this one-shot and tell me what you thought! I personally liked it and I think I’m getting better at Fruits Basket one-shots. My first one was that Reader/Yuki one: Lunch Time Tales.
Tara: You’re definitely improving.
Valerie: REVIEW!!!
Karena: Oh and tell me what one-shot you might want next so I can start writing it maybe. OH! And tell me if you liked the form I wrote this in. I don’t know if you’ll like it since the POV was Momiji’s and not your own. Please review and tell me!
Tara: Arigato!
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