𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄 | Fruits Basket FF

(13)

unrevised.
/ chapter 13 /

After breakfast, Ichika and Hatori decide to return to Shigure's house.

She couldn't help but feel a tad bit nervous during the entire car ride. After all, she was wary of Shigure and yet here she was, returning the man's house. Although she couldn't trust him yet, she had to remind herself that her newly found friend would be there for her. She had Tohru for support.

When they came to a stop, Ichika noticed two figures in the front doorway. She squinted her eyes to see one was standing and the other was sitting. The bright orange hair could be spotted from miles away.

Kyo..? And Shigure?

From the corner of her eyes, she could see Hatori shift in his seat and got out of the car. She followed suit and walked behind as they got closer to the house.

"Screw that crap about 'getting to know each other more'!"

She heard the orange-haired boy yell, the agitation in his voice was obvious.

The bluenette blinked a couple times before peeking her head out from Hatori's back and wondered what was going on.

"I hate Yuki, got it!" Kyo growled and balled his fists. "And that doesn't need to change!"

He huffed almost as if he was trying to control his breath. Perhaps even his anger.

"..Hatori-san.." Ichika gripped the back of the Dragon's shirt and stopped him in his steps. "What's happening?"

Hatori hushed her and turned back, standing a distance away with his hands in his pockets and didn't want to interrupt the scene. He, too, did not know what was going on.

"Why do you talk like it's your duty to hate him, I wonder?—" Shigure responded nonchalantly to Kyo's anger.

This made Kyo's body freeze, and Ichika noted the tightening of his fists.

"—With eyes that say you're afraid of getting to know him."

A cunning smile plastered Shigure's lips and this made Ichika shiver.

Kyo didn't respond for a few moments. He then suddenly turned around in a haste and made a run for it. He ran past the two dragon bearer's within a heartbeat and all was left was Tohru's voice calling him out from the distance.

"Kyo-kun, wait, please!" She exclaimed, running after him.

Having noticed Ichika and Hatori who had been silently watching, she made a quick bow to them before continuing her trek.

The bluenette turned back to look at Shigure who casually leant back and scratched the back of his hair. The expression on his face half-saying he didn't care and the other half saying he'd done a mistake.

"What?" Hatori finally said, approaching the Dog spirit. "What happened?"

Yuki who had been curious of all the yelling had stepped out of his room and wondered about all the commotion that was happening.

"Well, I got a teensy bit impatient, and I maybe pushed him too far." Shigure replied with a lopsided smile.

"Ah! Ichika-san, your forehead!" Yuki suddenly pointed out, the subject changing dramatically when no one questioned further as to what had happened.

She touched her forward as her fingers grazed over the material of the gauze.

"A-A few things happened over at the Estate." She tried to leave room for no explanations, but Yuki could already guess what possibly happened.