Faithless (Fruits Basket fanfiction)

Faithless (chapter 7)

I do not own Fruits Basket.

Short. I know - and I keep making excuses for it.

Sorry.

Anyway...ON TO THE STORY!

Why did I run away from him? Is it because of Yuki? At that moment, that's what I thought. It isn't a good thing to hurt someone just because you find yourself falling for someone else.

Is that what I'm doing? Falling for Kyo? I thought to myself. Standing next to my frilly-sheeted bed, I stared out into the night.

It had been over seven days since that night. That's how long our little fling lasted – one night. How could one night make me feel this…different?

Kyo seemed to want to speak to me. He even told me that he wanted to 'talk about us.' But I just couldn't. I was rejecting him. This hurt me and I knew that it hurt him. I couldn't subject Yuki to that pain. But was it right to subject Kyo to it?

My mind had been clouded with one topic, other than Kyo, over the past week: Akito. Since I met the head of the family, Akito always seemed like a boy. Has that been a lie all this time? If so, is 'she' jealous of me for being with Kyo? It seems conceited for me to even think this, but I can't help it. The look in Akito's eyes while attacking me… They seemed to be filled with jealousy. Is that just how the head of the family feels all the time? Or is it something else?

I cleared my head of these insane thoughts for one split second before seeing someone that brought the thoughts back.

"Kureno," I said, walking over to the dark-haired Sohma. The man possesed by the rooster glanced up at me just as a tiny flock of sparrows fluttered by him as if they were afraid of him. For a moment, I was surprised. But then, I remembered: his curse was broken a long time ago.

"Hello, Tohru," he replied. As he stood up, Kureno watched the birds fly away before turning to face me. "If you're going to ask me to talk to Arisa again, I won't." That hadn't even crossed my mind. I had all but forgotten about him and my best friend. Uo wanted to see him – he knew that. But he didn't leave.

"I wasn't," I whispered, bringing myself away from Uotani. Seeing Kureno Sohma reminded me of the question that had been haunting me since the night I met Kyo in his room. "Is Akito a girl?" I asked bluntly. At first, Kureno seemed astonished at my curiousity, but he breathed and answered with a nod.

"Akito isn't a boy. On the day Ren – Akito's mother – gave birth to the head of the family, she was…" Kureno began to explain. He was at a loss for words for a moment. "Well, she was pissed when Akito turned out to be a girl. I guess she was jealous of the attention her daughter received from the father. So because of this, Ren made sure that Akito was raised as a boy."

"Oh," I breathed.

"Why do you ask?" Kureno wondered.

"Well, something happened last night," I began. In a slur of words, I told Kureno all about what happened with me and Kyo.

*FURUBA*

Once I finish explaining that incident, Kureno was at a loss for words once again. He stared at me before speaking again.

"Is that why you asked? You think Akito's jealous of you being with Kyo, huh?" Kureno concluded. I nodded. "That's an unlikely possibility, considering the cat is usually hated by the majority of the Sohmas."

Shrugging, I looked behind me. The two of us said our goodbyes. As Kureno left, I stared behind me, never turning around; that would make that forward. Now that I knew of Akito's true gender, something made me wish to go see her. So I did.

On my way to the Sohma's main house, I let my mind wander. Well, it wasn't exactly wandering.

Why was I going to the main house? Was it to make some friendly conversation with Akito? Was it to tell her that there was nothing going on between me and Kyo?

But I couldn't tell her that. Why? That's simple: that's a lie.

I find it strange that the one time that I find someone whom I really like, something stops me. Yuki. As much as I liked Kyo, Yuki was my boyfriend.

At least, that's what I thought…

…Until I saw him holding hands with someone I didn't recognize.

I think you all know who the girl is. If you love Fruits Basket, you should know. If you know who she is, this isn't much of a cliffhanger.

You know what's ironic? In the manga, Kyo is the one who rejects Tohru. In this story, Tohru's kind of the one rejecting Kyo (for now). But no one falls off a cliff here…not yet, anyway!

I don't know why, but I like it when certain characters get hurt – even my favorite or my own characters. Wait…especially my favorite or made up characters. I honestly don't know why… By the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

And now for some bad news:

 I might update this during my online-story-writing-break (since it's already written on Fanfiction...), but I don't know. The reason for this break isn't because of writer's block; it's just that I don't like writing on these writing sites anymore. I don't want to dread updating them...so...yeah.  Sorry. (1/21/12) And if you want to read this on Fanfiction.net in case you don't feel like waiting for the next chapter, go to:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6456509/1/Faithless

R/R/KR!

-Pamela