Cursed or Not (I don't care) [Fruits Basket fanfic]

07. Unrequited feelings

Important note: I'm not a native english speaker (nor a professional writer), and though I feel kind of comfortable with it, my level is far from being bilingual. Even so, I wanted to write this story in english so it can be reached by more people (specially Furuba fans). Please let me know any typo or mistake that I can have done in the comments of each chapter so I can polish it as much as possible. Thanks in advance and please enjoy it!

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- You need to sit down. Can you walk? - asked Shigure, still holding her shoulders - I can't carry you... you already know why - admitted, kind of ashamed of his 'nature'.

Nao nodded. Fortunately, the room was tiny enough to walk it in a few steps. Then advanced carefully to the bed, escorted closely by him, and sat down.

Shigure knelt down in front of her and gently placed the back of his fingers on her cheeks. As he expected, she was burning. Then rose his hand to her forehead and softly touched it. She had her eyes barely opened and breathed wearily.

- Your temperature is really high - he worried - I'm afraid I should call Hatori immediately.

- N-no... - Nao grabbed Shigure's arm weakly, as if that could prevent him from moving - That person... can erase my memories... right?

Shigure understood her concern. Though he knew that Hatori would only do that if Akito tell him to, the possibility that he had already received that order also concerned him. Hatori and Shigure had been friends since practically forever, but he couldn't trust him in that... He knew that Hatori would, literally, erase anyone's memories if required. No matter how important that person could be to him. He once had to do it... even to his fiancee. And Shigure didn't want Nao to have the same fate as Kana, for some reason he refused to the idea of her forgetting them... He knew it was selfish of him to recognize this, but he has always been like that.

- Ok, you win... I'm going to get some medicines. But if you don't get better soon I'll have to call him. - he asserted.

- T-thank you... - she forced a smile

- Now take some rest, I'll be back soon. - Nao lied down relieved and Shigure covered her with a blanket. When he was a few centimeters of her face he paused an instant to look at her closely. His expression transformed into something between pain and yearning.

- Why do you always keep me worried? - but Nao couldn't hear this, as she had finally fallen asleep, breathing smoothly this time.

Shigure hesitated, but instantly rectified and gave up in whatever he had in mind. "What am I even thinking about right now?". He got up immediately and left the room, hoping he could clear his mind while walking to the pharmacy.

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Tohru ran cheerfully to the living room, where Kyo and Yuki were waiting impatiently to hear the news. By her expression of joy, they assumed that it should be something good.

- Shigure-san just called - announced - He said he's going to spend the night out of home.

- What does that means? - Kyo interrupted, nervously - Has it something to do with Nao-san?

- He hasn't said much - confessed Tohru - but when I asked about her, he said that everything is going to be alright now.

- Always clear as an open book... - sighed Yuki - I guess we should trust him.

- If it's about him, I'm sure we can trust his words - smiled Tohru, much more lively than earlier that day. Yuki and Kyo exchanged a questioning look. She was definitely too innocent to think poorly of anybody, even when it comes to someone like Shigure.