Destiny Brought Us Together
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A/N- Man, it's been a long while since I have been updating. Sorry about the wait guys, been really busy lately. Hope this chapter makes up for it though!
Disclaimer- I don't own Fruba and never will!
'Thoughts'
Enjoy this chapt!
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Chapter 2: Melting The Ice
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Akito cursed himself for the millionth time as he finally found a way onto Shigure's roof without having to go inside or make a lot of noise. 'Why am I even doing this?'
In order to get onto the roof he had to climb on the side, luckily there was a ladder already there. Once on the roof, Akito crept quietly down the side of the building, towards the first of three windows.
As he reached the first he looked inside, a confused look marred his face at what he saw. The cat, Kyo, was curled up in a ball on the floor with a small stuffed figure of a rat. 'Why does that beast have that...if not to destroy it?'
Shaking his head, Akito decided to worry about that new development later, right now he was here for a reason and he was going to do it.
Sliding quickly past Kyo's window, Akito continued down the roof towards the second window. Just as before, he glanced in and was rather shocked at what he saw.
Yuki was still awake, if just barely. He was clutching a slightly torn jacket to his chest as he laid down upon the bed, Akito almost jumped when he heard him speak. "Kyo...my Kyo..."
Akito suppressed a growl as he felt his fist clench in anger and slight confusion. 'Yuki likes that monster...never! I will not allow this, but I came here to speak with that girl. I will take care of these two later.'
Bending low, Akito moved away from Yuki's window before he went berserk and continued down to the last window. Slowly getting to his feet, Akito leaned over and looked inside.
His breath caught as he let his hand reach up and touch the glass of the window. Tohru was laying on her bed curled comfortably in her blankets, her hair was fanned out behind her head while her lips were slightly parted as her soft breath passed through them.
Shaking his head to get rid of the sudden onslot of thoughts, Akito rapped gently on the window hoping that no one else heard it.
It took about a minute before Tohru stirred and looked over, she shot up in her bed almost automatically at seeing him standing there looking innocently back at her.
She seemed frozen in place as her questioning eyes searched his own for an answer to such a late call. Akito shifted impatiently as he waited for her to open the window and allow him inside, but instead she seemed content to just gape dumbly at him.
Gritting his teeth in annoyance he pointed to the lock on the other side of the window, his eyes flashing with warning if she didn't obey.
'Idiot, nothing but a mindless idiot...then why did you come here?' Akito pushed those thoughts into the back of his mind as he watched the realization dawn on Tohru.
A soft blush lit her cheeks as she scrambled out of bed and quickly padded over, an almost inaudible squeak could be heard as she disengaged the lock and slid the window open.
Akito moved quickly, not allowing Tohru to lodge any protest as he ducked inside her room. Tohru only stood there, her eyes trained on the floor as that same light blush still feathered her soft cheeks.
Akito's hands itched to touch her skin, to feel her creamy flesh under his nimble touch. Trembling lightly, Akito shut the window for her and stalked over to her bed, sitting on the edge he eyed the room with muted interest.
The walls were bare and painted a sickening white, but there was a small yet rather worn dresser that sat in one corner of the room. ‘Adequate,’ was all he could come up with to describe it.
Turning his eyes back to Tohru, Akito let out an impatient click of the tongue when he noticed that she was shyly glancing between him and the floor. “Are you going to sit down or just stand there all day gaping like an idiot?”
Tohru let out a gasp as she rushed over and nearly tripped as she landed upon the bed at his side, her nightgown flying around her and smacking Akito right in the face.
Akito was utterly speechless as Tohru proceeded to burden him with thousands of heartfelt apologies. After a few moments though, Akito finally came to his senses as he got up from the bed and glared at her, “enough with the apologies! You’re giving me a headache.”
Rubbing his temples, Akito saw something-blue catch his eye. Without another thought, Akito moved over to the desk that sat at one side of the room against the wall, upon it rested a worn and beaten blue baseball cap.
It seemed very familiar to him, as he reached to pick it up Tohru suddenly snatched it away and held it cradled against her chest.
“Please don’t hurt it…this hat means so much to me.” Akito stared at the hat for several seconds before he turned and sat back down on Tohru’s bed, his eyes focussed upon the floor.
“Tell me…why is that hat so…important?” Tohru’s head snapped up at the sincerity in Akito’s voice, she started at him her eyes contemplative and confused.
The silence seemed to last forever, feeling his anger boiling up, Akito focused his eyes on Tohru and was surprised to see a soft smile lighting up her face. A light blush flushed across his cheeks and Akito averted his eyes quickly, hoping that she didn’t catch the flicker of unmasked emotion on his face.
“Answer the question woman, before I…” no matter how he tried Akito couldn’t finish his comment, ‘damn…what am I doing?’
A soft laugh filled the air, causing Akito to jerk slightly where he sat, ‘what is she laughing about?’ “It’s alright, I’ll tell you…as long as…”
Akito’s brows knit as he lifted his head and looked at Tohru, she had a finger tapping her bottom lip as she gazed into the far corner of the room. “As long as what?”
“Hmmm? Oh! Sorry…I’ll tell you, but you have to tell me something about yourself as well. Is that alright with you?” Intrigued, Akito simply nodded his head and watched as Tohru approached.
She sat next to him and set the hat in her lap, then leaning backwards on her hands she looked across the room.
“When I was little, I used to get teased a lot by other kids, mostly the boys. One day I ran from them and got lost in an alley, I was so scared that I stayed there the whole night. When morning came I awoke to the sight of a boy, I was so happy that I ran to talk to him but he ran from me."
"Not wanting to be alone, I followed and almost lost him several times, but he’d always appear as if he wanted me to follow him. Eventually he came to a stop and as I went to speak to him he set this hat upon my head, I looked up to see that he was gone."
"I was about to run again when I noticed the sign on the house at my side,” Tohru ran a finger gently over the rim of the hat.
“I was home…that boy had lead me from that alley to my house and I never got a chance to thank him. My friends tell me that I might meet him again, but as long as I have this hat, I will be content with him remaining but a memory.”
She let out a long sigh as she closed her eyes and smiled at Akito, he only looked at her with a surprised expression. After a moment or so passed, he lifted a hand and slowly took the hat from Tohru’s lap, he then examined it closely and soon dropped it onto the floor as he clutched his head in pain.
Akito’s head was aching horribly as he tried to shake it off, but then he felt a soft touch on his shoulder. Turning his head, Akito was surprised yet again when Tohru’s eyes were filled with worry and fear. “Are you alright Akito…do you need anything, can I help?”
Suddenly Akito’s eyes widened as he was struck with a memory that he thought he had repressed. A grim look came to his face as he sat up straight and looked down at the hat lying at his feet.
“It’s my turn to tell you something from my past…I think I have the very memory that might interest you.” He could see the look of confusion marring her features, as she looked at him in slight curiosity.
“This was several years ago, when I was young, a time that I don’t care to remember.” Turning his eyes from Tohru, Akito looked at the wall just as she had done, ‘I can’t believe I am saying this!’
“I was very sick at the time and was having Hatori drive me so that we could find Yuki, he had…esca…I mean…been out all night. We were worried when he didn’t return in that morning, so I made Hatori and Shigure take me with them when they went looking for him."
"The only description we had of him was from Kyo, Yuki had taken his clothing and favorite hat.” Akito could feel Tohru tense next to him and he asked himself again why he was saying this, but he could only continue, now that he had begun.
“We found him after much searching, he was standing before a small house in a rural part of town. I could see him out of the window, he was placing the hat upon a small girls head. He then turned and sighed us, he tried to run but Hatori caught him and tossed him into the back seat with me."
"I asked him what he thought he was doing…all he said was that he just wished to help someone. I didn’t understand him at the time, but as we drove off I watched as that same little girl was embraced by her mother and taken into the house. I watched Yuki the whole way home and all he did was look out the window.”
Akito turned to face Tohru, “He was the one who gave you that hat, I knew that it was familiar. He doesn’t know about it does he…” Tohru nodded her head as she bent and picked up the hat.
“I’m glad…that you told me. Yuki hasn’t changed much from what you’ve said, but…you being sick, that must have been really hard for you.” Akito chuckled dryly as he looked away, “it isn’t anything important, I was born with this and nothing can ever change that. It’s something I’ve come to terms with.”
“That doesn’t make it right Akito, you deserve a chance at being happy and healthy. If…if it will help, I’ll come and visit at the main house…maybe I can prepare this special remedy that my mother taught me before she died. That is…if it will help you out.” Tohru blushed lightly as she got up and placed the hat back where it was before.
Akito stared at Tohru in shock, ‘she…she would do that…for me? I really must be going soft, I…no…it’s probably just her pity…but that look in her eye.’ “You hardly know me Tohru…how…how can you be so kind to a total stranger?”
Akito didn’t know what to do, he had never expected this outcome. Tohru simply smiled, “I don’t consider you to be a stranger Akito, you’re my friend…and friends always help each other.” Akito’s head began to ache again as he felt his heartbeat increase, his eyes wide and shocked.
“I…I…I don’t know what to say…I’ve never really, had a friend before. In fact, I’ve never had any friends whatsoever. I could never trust someone enough to let them get close…but with you…I…just don’t know what to do.” 'I just don't know...'
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A/N- There you have it.
I hope that I didn't move too fast, but it was needed to get the characters where I needed them to be. I hopw you liked it, the next chapter is in the works, so until then, Ja Ne!
