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Goodbye
For: self-imposed
30-minute fic challenge
Series: Fruits Basket
Word Count: 319
Posted: 2004.5.29
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She
wouldn't let him turn the hallway lights on.
It's all right, Yuki-kun.
He watches her as she sits in the genkan, lacing her boots, using a
sliver of moon shining through the door to guide her fingers. In the dusky hallway she looks thinner, smaller. When she shifts her hold on the laces, her
fingers cast faint dancing shadows on the wooden floor.
He
wants to turn the lights on so she could tie her shoes properly. He wants her to look at him. He wants to pull her into his arms and bury
his face in her hair. He wants to press
his mouth against hers.
He
wants to turn the lights on.
His
finger taps against the switch.
"Yuki-kun,"
she says, still bent over her boots.
He
lets his hand fall, guilty. "No
lights, I know."
Her
head shoots up a little. She could be
smiling. "No, I mean... Kyou-kun and Kagura-san, weren't they
supposed to spend the night here?"
There
were probably other questions she wanted to ask. Uncertainty pains him. "The Cat changed his mind."
"...I
see."
She
bends her head again, pulls the laces of her left boot into a neat ribbon.
He
wants to ask her if she wanted Kyou to stay.
He wants her to say it's him she needs.
But he says nothing. He stays in
the shadows as she finishes lacing the second boot, straightens up, brushes
fingers against her skirt. "I'll
be taking my leave now, Yuki-kun."
Stay.
"Sorry I wasn't able to help much today."
"Oh
no, you've done so much for me."
She smiles at him, or at least in the direction where she thinks his
face is, then bows. "Thank you
very much."
He
wants to turn the lights on. "I'll
walk you to the bus stop, Honda-san."
"I'll
be all right." She bows
again. Slinging her bookbag over her
shoulder, she opens the door.
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