Bumps in the Road

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.

A.N. This is my first Fruits Basket fan fiction. Actually this is my first fic I've ever posted that's not Harry Potter. I hope you like it. I also stuck with using the Japanese honorifics because it annoys me when Tohru is called Miss Honda in fan fiction.

Chapter 1: What a Surprise!

It was a Tuesday around 3:00. Kyo and Yuki were having there normal after school fight. At the moment Kyo was holding on to Yuki's arm in an attempt to defend himself from any more punches.

"Would you like anything to eat Haru Kun?" Tohru asked.

The boy suddenly stood up, "Be my girlfriend Tohru!" he said, surprising the whole room into deathly quiet. Haru's cousins seemed unable to speak, let alone move.

"Okay," Tohru said, to startled to think about her answer.

This seemed to wake Kyo and Yuki up.

"No," Kyo said, leaping in front of her.

"He could be dangerous," Yuki said, appearing beside Kyo.

"I'm not dangerous!" Haru said.

"It's okay. I'll be okay," Tohru said breathlessly.

"What if he turns black?" Yuki asked.

"She'll be okay. Didn't you hear her?" Haru asked, sounding indignant for once in his life.

"If you hurt her, I'll kill you," Kyo said menacingly and stormed out of the room.

"For once, I agree with the cat," Yuki said, sitting down at the table.

Torhu was still could barely process what had happened in the past few minutes. She sorted through all her thoughts enough to realize that she had just agreed to date Haru.

'Oh no," she thought sadly. She knew she didn't like Haru in the way she should to have answered the question the way she had. 'Oh well, I'll give it a try.' She concluded, never one to hurt any one else's feelings or not try something.

Kyo still hadn't come down from his room at dinnertime, and Tohru was beginning to get really worried.

"Where's Kyo tonight," Shigure asked, sitting down.

"Up in his room sulking," Yuki said, although he didn't have much of a right to talk. He was definitely sulking too.

"Why?"

"Because Tohru is Haru's new girlfriend."

"Why flower!" Shigure said, pretending to be indignant. "Why didn't you tell me? It would have been much nicer coming from you instead of from the prince here. You've hurt my feelings."

"Sorry," Tohru said blushing. She had been deep in thought about how her first boyfriend ever was going to be Haru.

"That's okay," he said, laughing.

'Stupid Haru,' Kyo thought angrily for the ten-thousandth time. 'Why did he have to ask her? She could never have said yes if he didn't ask her.' He could not bring himself to blame Tohru at all.

He spent hours wondering whether she was actually in love with Haru.

"Why did this have to happen?" he said aloud.

"Kyo?" The object of his thoughts said, knocking on the door, "are you all right?"