Fruits Basket, Kyo 007. The roads might be different but the place we end up is the same
Title: Walls
Author: Klove0511
Theme(s): 007. The roads might be different but the place we end up is the same
Character/Pairing: Kyo Sohma
Fandom: Fruits Basket
All I see anymore are these four walls. One window, barred. A dirty bedroll. And I should be sad. I’m the cat, and I’ve been caged. But you know what? I’m not, because I know she’s out there somewhere. She’s out there and alive, and Akito will never get to her again.
It was our senior year, and I was about to be put in that special room. The one reserved for me, the one for the cat. Akito made me visit it, no matter how much Shishou tried to protect me. Akito wanted me to see exactly the sort of place I would be living in for the rest of my life. I can still see it, like it was yesterday.
The sun is low, and everything is turning golden. The first day of summer break. My last summer break. And Akito leads the way through the gardens, and I am powerless to do anything but follow him. The curse of the cat, of the whole fucking zodiac, to do exactly what the bastard wanted at all times. And there it is, at the very back of the property. A tiny little hut, one room, one window. No kitchen, since the cat isn’t fit to eat anything but what he’s been given-usually stale bread, from what I hear. A filthy bed. And no lock on the door. I stare at that door, conspicuously missing its lock, and I don’t even bother asking why. I know. If Akito ordered me in there at that moment, I would walk in and never walk back out, not until he told me I could. In the corner there is a tiny space heater, and I shiver. My sole source of heat in the winter will be the dirty blanket and that heater from the 40s. I am going to die in this room.
I can feel my hair bristle. If I were in cat form, my hackles would be raised and I’d be hissing. It sickens me how well I know that. How much my demon is whispering in my ear about how it feels and what it wants. My skin crawls as Akito and I stand in silence next to my prison. Then he opens the door.
I panic for a moment, thinking that this was it; he was backing out on his promise. I still had six months to beat Yuki; I could do it! I just, I just needed more training. But I hadn’t been training. I’d been trying not to fall for Tohru. I’d ignored the Rat, and I was never going to beat him. The door is opened wide, and Akito gives me a sick grin. I suppress a shudder, and then motion in the doorway catches my eye.
Tohru. Dirty. Thin. Half-dressed. My mind goes white.
I don’t remember anything of what I did, but I know that I did it. I can still see the aftermath on my hands, like the day of the accident. The other day I’ll never forget. Tohru explained it to me, later. The first time she visited me in prison. The zodiac didn’t think I should be jailed, but Akito had his followers, crazy as he was. And Tohru refused to say what he’d done to her in that room. So I went to jail, where I’ll be for the rest of my life. In a tiny cell, with one window and a dirty bed. And I’ve never been happier in my entire life. Now, at least, Tohru is safe from the biggest monster of us all.
Author: Klove0511
Theme(s): 007. The roads might be different but the place we end up is the same
Character/Pairing: Kyo Sohma
Fandom: Fruits Basket
All I see anymore are these four walls. One window, barred. A dirty bedroll. And I should be sad. I’m the cat, and I’ve been caged. But you know what? I’m not, because I know she’s out there somewhere. She’s out there and alive, and Akito will never get to her again.
It was our senior year, and I was about to be put in that special room. The one reserved for me, the one for the cat. Akito made me visit it, no matter how much Shishou tried to protect me. Akito wanted me to see exactly the sort of place I would be living in for the rest of my life. I can still see it, like it was yesterday.
The sun is low, and everything is turning golden. The first day of summer break. My last summer break. And Akito leads the way through the gardens, and I am powerless to do anything but follow him. The curse of the cat, of the whole fucking zodiac, to do exactly what the bastard wanted at all times. And there it is, at the very back of the property. A tiny little hut, one room, one window. No kitchen, since the cat isn’t fit to eat anything but what he’s been given-usually stale bread, from what I hear. A filthy bed. And no lock on the door. I stare at that door, conspicuously missing its lock, and I don’t even bother asking why. I know. If Akito ordered me in there at that moment, I would walk in and never walk back out, not until he told me I could. In the corner there is a tiny space heater, and I shiver. My sole source of heat in the winter will be the dirty blanket and that heater from the 40s. I am going to die in this room.
I can feel my hair bristle. If I were in cat form, my hackles would be raised and I’d be hissing. It sickens me how well I know that. How much my demon is whispering in my ear about how it feels and what it wants. My skin crawls as Akito and I stand in silence next to my prison. Then he opens the door.
I panic for a moment, thinking that this was it; he was backing out on his promise. I still had six months to beat Yuki; I could do it! I just, I just needed more training. But I hadn’t been training. I’d been trying not to fall for Tohru. I’d ignored the Rat, and I was never going to beat him. The door is opened wide, and Akito gives me a sick grin. I suppress a shudder, and then motion in the doorway catches my eye.
Tohru. Dirty. Thin. Half-dressed. My mind goes white.
I don’t remember anything of what I did, but I know that I did it. I can still see the aftermath on my hands, like the day of the accident. The other day I’ll never forget. Tohru explained it to me, later. The first time she visited me in prison. The zodiac didn’t think I should be jailed, but Akito had his followers, crazy as he was. And Tohru refused to say what he’d done to her in that room. So I went to jail, where I’ll be for the rest of my life. In a tiny cell, with one window and a dirty bed. And I’ve never been happier in my entire life. Now, at least, Tohru is safe from the biggest monster of us all.