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ofoceansandtombsanew · 25 days

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Hello, hello, just want to say I love your Frubas posts about Kyo & Yuki's relationship and Tohru & Akito & Shigure's relationship. It's great and a few of my favorite metas ever.....(Yes, I'm also a multishipper).

About Fruba, what do you think about Hanajima and Uotani's relationship? Actually I really hate endgame between Arisa and Kureno. As someone who just followes Fruits Basket since anime reboot 2019, I thought that at least Uotani and Hanajima got open ending (ambiguous) relationship but this end, really?

Because you are the original fan since 2000s, are you surprised with Arisa/Kureno ending? Also, is it weird if I ship Ayame with Hatori (can you see the it)?

Please keep in my mind these are all just my personal opinions and being someone who read the manga and watched both the original and remake anime adaptations, it doesn't make me anymore an expert on the topic of Fruits Basket. I'm just a multishipper who yaps like I get paid for it (I'm glad you like my metas on it tho!)

But for me personally across all three versions of the series, I've never seen the relationship between Tohru, Arisa and Saki as anything but sisterly. If you ever see me talk about them and their relationship, it's going to be talking about how great their friendship and sisterhood is. How they lift each other up when they're down and worry about each other as if they're all blood.

I wasn't surprised at all when Arisa and Kureno's relationship came around the corner and I'm admittedly a huge Kurisa shipper. I like their chemistry, you can see how much they are into one another from day 1 and their desire to be with each but Kureno putting his happiness on hold because of the obligations he feels to stay by Akito was so good that the relationship payoff by the end of the series feels satisfying.

For me.

So I've personally never read any interaction between Arisa and Saki as romantic or ambiguous enough to be seen as romantic. BUT, huge however comma, just because I don't see doesn't mean others don't see it and I'm not gonna shoot someone down for shipping what they like or interpreting a relationship how they see fit.

You ship what you ship and if that's AriSaki, enjoy AriSaki.

And one multishipper to another, I don't think you're weird if you ship Hatori with Ayame. Ayame is very much pan and has an established sense of admiration towards Hatori and as much as Hatori gripes about Shigure and Ayame's shenanigans, he clearly cares about them as they've been stuck together for so long.

So I see your vision.

#look she's answering #anon #fruits basket #furuba #fruba #uotani arisa #hanajima saki #sohma kureno #sohma hatori #sohma ayame #animanga thoughts

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yellowbluemoonshine · 1 year

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Feminine Archetypes In Fruits Basket;

Honda Tohru - The Maiden;

Maidens are tend to be innocent, they give that ‘take care of me’ vibe. They are innocent and creative, sometimes naive and positive. They tend to be a little more sensitive. They have that youtfull energy, and childish curiosity. Maidens are also explore their sexuality very slowly. And their weakness is sometimes they can lack commitment, direction or they can be codependent.

I think all those traits fits really well to Tohru. Since she is very sweet, ‘take care of me’ type of character and positive and naive too. She also tend to be very codependent.

Sohma Akito - The Queen;

Just like any typical queen, Akito has that royalty energy. She is natural noble, elegant, she has confidence and natural leader, she has manners. Queens’s weakness are that they tend to struggle when they dont have partner. They are also very loyal and expect loyalty from them to the point they justify their partner’s toxic behavours. I know pre-redemption Akito is toxic but this is what actual Akito would be, if she actually had life and she deserves very good, loyal guy. Also, queens tend to easiely erase their female friends which is one of the biggest flaws they have.

Sohma Kagura - The Maiden;

Just like Tohru, Kagura also tend to be very naive, she has very youthfull energy. She is also very childish.

Uotani Arisa - The Huntress;

Huntress are adventreous type, they are passionate and competitive, though they sometimes might emotionally dumb. All those traits fits well to Arisa.

Hanajima Saki - The Mystic;

Mystics are asocial, they live in their small world, and they are fine with that. They have very cozy, comfortable energy. Which also fits very well to Hanajima.

Sohma Kisa - The Maiden;

Kisa is definitely ‘take care of me’ type of character, she is also very sweet, naive and innocent.

Sohma Rin - The Huntress;

Huntress are more adventerous type, they desire freedom and one of the biggest of flaw of them that they sometimes might be emotionally distant. Riin always give me that ‘adventreous’ type of energy.

Kuragi Machi - The Sage;

This one was hard for me to find out but i think sage fits better for Machi since she is succesfull woman and tend to act with her logic. At least, it fits better compared to other types.

Extras;

Tohru’s mother is huntress. Sohma Kana is maiden. Shiraki Mayu is huntress. Sohma ren is very ‘toxic’ lover type. Minagawa Motoko might be maiden. Toudou Kimi might be lover type. I dont remember others. Mother type character doesnt fit to any characters. I write the type what those girls fit the most, they all great though, they all are different which is what makes it fun to analyze.

+ This is made for fun, inspired by this video, yeah.

#Fruits Basket #honda tohru #sohma akito #sohma kagura #uotani arisa #hanajima saki #sohma kisa #sohma rin #kuragi machi #honda kyoko #sohma kana #shiraki mayu #sohma ren #minagawa motoko #toudou kimi #female characters #feminine archetypes #furuba analysis

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runawaycarouselhorse · 1 year

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#Fruits Basket #is so beautifully written and drops these amazing lines of dialogue in every episode #Uotani Arisa #Honda Kyoko #Lamees' screencaps

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eurydicees · 1 year

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47 and Arisa Uotani/Saki Hanajima (Uo-chan and Hana-chan from FB) (or Tohru/Kyo if you’re not vibing with that)

hello my friend!! god it's been SO long since i've written anything about fruits basket, this was so much fun to try out. thank you!

summary: saki has a thousand thoughts in her head and none of them are her own. arisa, meanwhile, has a thousand words to say, and she wants to say them all to her. prompt: spotify wrapped #47, sit next to me (foster the people) pairings: saki hanajima/arisa uotani (it's light, but it's there) words: 910 warnings: none

in the quiet of the world (would you please sit next to me?)

Thousands of thoughts, spinning.

They swirl and they dance and they warp and they whisper. They grow and shift, melding together and wrenching themselves apart from each other. They mold the room into different colors, different scents, different heats. They fall apart and then come back together; they shatter and then rebuild. They come in waves, thousands of them.

Saki stands at the doorway of the cafeteria, lunch in hands, and trembles. The middle school cafeteria is huge, daunting; the exact kind of place that she hates. The kind that overwhelms and comes crashing down on her head, then shattering over her skull. Or not shattering. More like shredding to pieces when they touch her body. As if she is made of razor blades, cutting through the thoughts.

That helps, a little bit. Thinking that she can break the waves, let them roll off of her body and onto the floor in waterfalls or rivulets or maybe in little sheets of notebook paper with words written on it fluttering to the ground, torn up in between letters.

She takes a breath. It helps, a little.

(Thousands of thoughts, spinning. Swirling, dancing, warping, whispering. Growing, shifting, melding together, wrenching apart.)

(Rolling from the heads of her peers and slipping into her own mind in waves that fill her lungs like molasses.)

(She puts her hand directly into the waves and makes a fist and catches the water. Unfolds her fingers and lets it spill out as sand instead. Loose and messy, but controlled, at the end of the day. Resting—piling—on the ground she stands on. She steadies.)

Looking around the cafeteria, she tries to spot an empty table that she can sit at. All the tables look full, each seat taken up by kids who don’t want to talk to her. Enough rumors have already spread that no one wants her to join them at lunch. She knows that they’ve spread, knows what they say. People seem to forget that she has ears on top of powers. They’re so focused on ignoring her or taunting her that they forget she understands.

(That was then.) This is now:

“Hanajima!”

Saki blinks. Steadies herself again, then looks around the cafeteria for the voice that had called out to her. She sorts through all the faces—faces she doesn’t recognize but waves that seem familiar, mostly in that she gets a rush of them every time she steps into the school, no matter where she is—and tries to find someone that knows her name.

(Oh.)

“Hanajima! Over here!” Saki turns to the left; finds Uotani waving a hand up at her, back and forth, back and forth. “Come sit with us!”

Saki frowns, the enthusiasm in the wave rocking her just as her hand rocks in the air. She feels disjointed as she walks over, like a puppet with one broken string, but focuses on her breathing as she walks over to Uotani. She channels all her energy into looking okay, looking normal, looking like she knows what she’s doing and like she’s not at place at all.

She is, but they don’t need to know that. There are other things: things that they should know, things that they shouldn’t know, things that she wants them to see, things she doesn’t want them to see. There is more to her than the rumors, but she isn’t sure—

(Oh.)

“Hello,” she manages to say.

“Sit with us,” Honda offers. She smiles, tilts her head. “Is that okay?”

Saki licks her lips; runs her tongue over the chapped and chewed part of her mouth. “Is that okay with you?”

Uotani laughs. “Of course. Come on, we invited you over here, didn’t we?”

“Okay,” Saki says, trying not to sound as uncertain as she feels. Judging by Uotani’s smile, she doesn’t succeed very much.

But, oh: she wants to sit; she wants to know these girls, understand them, let them understand her; she wants to be honest with them that she isn’t good and she wants them to choose her anyway. She doesn’t know if this is a realistic idea, if this is something that she can choose. She doesn’t know if—

She sits down. Puts her lunch on the table. For so much of her life, she’s felt like she’s been on the run. She’s been trying to ignore the whispers and waves and crashing of the water against the shore; she’s been trying to replace it with silence, a silence where she can focus. For so much of her life, she’s been falling beneath the riptides.

Uotani smiles at her. She’s pretty—and that’s a train of thought that Saki probably shouldn’t start on, for a myriad of reasons—and she laughs a little when Saki slowly starts unwrapping her lunch. “No need to be so nervous, Hanajima. Oh, Tohru, by the way—”

Uotani immediately launches into some conversation that Saki isn’t quite following, but even if she isn’t following the definitions of the word, she can follow the easy pattern of cause and effect of Uotani’s words. Uotani has an easy, blunt, honest, manner that Saki can deal with. It’s calming. She’s sitting next to Tohru and across from Uotani. She’s in the cafeteria. She’s eating her lunch. (It’s quiet. Waves rolling off of her back instead of shattering there.)

(Uotani is very pretty, really, and maybe she can go down that path if she really wants to. If it stays quiet for just a little longer.)

#ask #my writing #ahhh this was fun ! i miss them :')#fruits basket #saki hanajima #arisa uotani #fruits basket fanfiction #furuba #uotani arisa #hanajima saki

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kursed-arcana · 2 years

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karura · 1 year

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lasting friendship

#animangacreators #furubaedit #dailyfuruba #dailyflicks #userblorbo #animationsdaily #dailyanimatedgifs #shoujo-net #dailyanime #animationsource #furuba #tohru honda #saki hanajima #arisa uotani #maylaposts

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hello-there-nice-to-meet-you · 10 months

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Can't express my love for fruits basket.

#anime #fruits basket #fruits basket the final #kyo sohma #kyo soma #tohru honda #kyo x tohru #saki hanajima #arisa uotani #momiji sohma #kureno sohma #ayame sohma #shigure sohma #isuzu sohma #yuki sohma #machi kuragi #hatsuharu sohma #kagura sohma

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honeygriot · 4 months

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Me and my bad bitch besties who don't play about me

#kimi ni todoke #from me to you #fruits basket #tohru honda #arisa uotani #saki hanajima #ayane yano #chizuru yoshida

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mokacheer · 3 months

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♡ 14 Days to Fall in Love ♡ with: @apparently-artless

⤿ Day 2: Since the beginning and always ( Fruits Basket )

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matchingshoujo · 1 year

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Saki x Arisa Matching Icons

#anime #shoujo #fruits basket #fruits basket 2019 #fruba 2019 #fruba #matching icons #metadinhas #best friend #saki hanajima #hanajima saki #arisa uotani #uotani arisa

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ofoceansandtombsanew · 1 year

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Tohru Honda: a Subversion of Shoujo’s Nice Girl Trope

Fruits Basket absolutely nails subverting your expectations of character tropes in anime.

Momiji is introduced as the cute childish boy but boom we are slapped with the fact that he a mother who hated him so much she had her memories wiped of him. Shigure right off the bat looks like the typical perverted uncle of anime when in reality he is one the most manipulative characters in the series. Ayame is the flamboyant, boisterous one whose bravado hides his regret and desire to repent for his past neglect of his younger brother. Which ultimately brings me to the protagonist of Furuba itself, Tohru Honda.

I'll make it no secret that I have a huge soft spot for Fruits Basket as a series. It was the first manga I read, I watched the 2001 series and I was right on the hype train when I saw it was getting a remake that would follow the manga storyline. But I did my best to be as objective as possible in this essay of sorts saying why I believe Tohru is a great example of subverting the "Nice Girl Protagonist" of Shoujo. Tohru is the protagonist of Fruits Basket and when it comes to those who don't like her, it seems she can be hit or miss due to the assumption that she is perfect.

The general consensus of those who do not like her or find her bland compared to the rest of the cast is that Tohru is a perfect and bland protagonist with no issues of her own. That all she does is wave her healing wand of warm smiles and makes everything better for those around her.

However, that opinion couldn't be more misguided. In reality, Tohru is just as emotionally broken as the Sohmas and they mend her heart just as much as she mends theirs. As such, I hope to show those who find her bland or otherwise boring that there is more substance to Tohru's character than they believe.

At first glance, Tohru does seems like your typical Shoujo protagonist. She's nice, almost to a fault. She would rather talk her way out of a situation instead of throwing hands, she doesn't get mad in situations other typically would, and she has a hard time asking for help. Oh and with a dash of anime originality, she's an orphan. However even as early as episode 1, you can see hints that Tohru is not going to be the usual nice girl protagonist with her desire to work and be as independent as possible. The mangaka does a great job throughout the series showing with hints and broad examples that Tohru is just as complex as the colorful cast around her.

Ironically enough though, when hints of Tohru's trauma are sprinkled throughout the series it is seen as annoying even when the Furuba takes time to give insight into why she does the things she does.

She mentions her mother constantly in anecdotes of whimsical stories or snippets of wisdom her mother imparted her with.

Compared to the death of parents to other anime protagonists, Tohru's situation is a bit more unique. Tohru's father may have died when she was young but the same cannot be said for her mother, Kyoko, who died fairly recently. When the series begins, Kyoko has only been dead for a few months and it is more than apparent as early as episode 1 that Tohru is desperate to keep any semblance of her mother's existence alive. Kyoko died before Tohru's first year of high school even ended and worse, was told in the middle of class. Tohru has had barely any time to heal from this loss and it is evident in how she talks to her mother's photo.

Yes, in Japanese culture, it may be typical to have photos of departed family members, making a shrine for them and leaving offerings from time to time. But Tohru takes this to a completely different level, showcasing how deep her trauma runs.

When she is digging frantically to take out her mother's photo after the landslide destroyed her tent, she cries "She can't breathe in there. She's in pain." And that's just episode one.

Nobody completely over the death of their parent would speak like this, referring to a photo as a living person. She lost her mother and she didn't even get a chance to say goodbye, even feeling guilt to an extent about the situation. Tohru didn't wake up to tell her mother that she would see her later. There is no way that simply getting up to tell her mother goodbye would have changed the outcome of her fate, but Tohru still feels that way. That it didn't matter if she had tests or work or the next day, the one she should have put first was her mother.

Anyone who has or is currently experiencing the grief of losing a loved one has likely done the same. Wondering if, if the situation was anything other than illness or old age, there was something they could have done. Things they should have said or could have said differently. What more could they have done to help and the feeling is all consuming. Even if it is unprompted, they somehow will manage to insert their lost family or friend into a conversation that didn't include them or may randomly begin talking about them. A lot of the time, these people don't even realize that they're doing it which is shown in season 2 with Tohru when Hiro asks her why she talks about her mother so much.

She is too positive.

Tohru's positivity is one of the most easily seen aspects of her character. Where others might see the glass half-empty, Tohru sees it as half-full. Her positivity is even noted upon by characters within the show, Saki (Hanajima) mentioning that she doesn't believe she could personally smile like that so soon after the death of a loved one.

Tohru doesn't like thinking about her problems. She doesn't like expressing her sadness. She doesn't want to worry those around her when they likely have their own problems to worry about. Saki predicts that this ability Tohru has to act this way is because she would scold herself if she ever showed a hint of sadness. And Saki was right because we see Tohru later on doing exactly that, crying but forcing herself to try and smile and scolding herself for not keeping it together.

Rather than let Yuki comfort her when she is in tears, she smiles and completely changes the topic even though tears are coming down her face.Tohru tells Kyo that she needs a minute to get herself together because breaking down in tears in front of him wasn't what she planned. She was supposed to smile when she saw him again.

Tohru would rather pretend everything is fine even when she is seconds away from falling apart because toxic positivity is something she struggles with.

No one can be that positive all the time, not even Tohru.

Tohru has a hard time asking others for help.

Yes, Tohru is kind-hearted by nature but she genuinely does believe that she could burden those she troubles for help. Considering how her maternal side of the family wanted nothing to do with her and her paternal side of the family talks poorly about her, it isn't difficult to see where that frame of thinking came to be. When her mother died, her paternal side of the family didn't argue over who wanted to take Tohru in, they argued over who should take Tohru in and that is an important distinction. Even more so the fact, they had these arguments in front of her. When it was finally settled that she should live with her grandfather and that was uprooted due to upcoming renovations, it makes sense that she would rather be homeless in a tent than bother her friends who don't have the space to provide for an additional person even if that.

In Tohru's mind, it was shown very clearly by her family that she is a burden. She's an extra mouth to feed and an unwanted mouth at that, as her family never holds back in disparaging Kyoko even if Tohru is present.

As such, when Tohru is in a situation where she has no other choice than to accept their help, she believes she should be extremely grateful. They're taking their time to help her when they easily could have done otherwise, so why should she want more? Why should she complain? If she has any desires, she pushes it down because of that belief because she feels awful and that she shouldn't want for more when people are already going out of their way to help an extra mouth to feed. Because of this mentality cultivated by the bulk of her paternal relatives mistreatment, she will seldom voice her wants.

She never gets angry or upset.

To say Tohru never gets angry or close to physical in her reactions is far from the truth. Tohru gets angry when the issue impacts those that she cares about.

Tohru can tolerate being mistreated but she will always draw the line at the abuse being directed to someone else. When she first meets Akito and she sees Yuki's clear discomfort and fear, she pushes Akito away from him immediately. When she witnesses Momiji being punched by Akito, she immediately steps in and places herself in front of Momiji to physically shield him. When Rin tells her not to meddle with the curse and involve herself, Tohru, without cruelty, shoots back that she will absolutely meddle and involve herself because she refuses to lose the people she cares about to someone who has clearly been abusing them emotionally and physically for years. Tohru's tolerance for mistreatment has a limit, she is just unfortunately not included in that limit. So when we finally see her get angry in a scenario that includes herselfー when Kyo tries to run away because he feels he doesn't deserve her love, it's incredible.

There is so much more to Tohru than meets the eye. Tohu's reaction to Yuki getting a cold isn't just Tohru overreacting for the sake of being a nice girl, it's because her father died from a cold he brushed off and that cold turned into a fatal illness. For Tohru, colds aren't something that can just be brushed away because what if it turns into something worse.

Tohru would rather wear clothes until they practically fall apart than buy new clothes because she knows that she can't just spend her money haphazardly. But when it came to Valentine's Day and wanting to express her gratitude for those who cared about her, she had no problem dropping an entire check to purchase the ingredients to make enough chocolate for everyone.

She disregards herself and the efforts she puts forward. When she feels she has failed in helping Arisa, she specifically says "everyone around me has always helped me and when it is my turn to do the same, I can't." These aren't problems she overcomes herself by simply "smiling through the pain" as some who discredit her argue. Tohru is repeatedly loved and helped by those around her who care for her and opens herself up to receive that love and help over time. She is taught by her grandfather and Sohmas that is okay for her to be selfish and ask for things.

Her friends teach her that she helps them so much and that in reality they feel like they are never there to help her when she needs it.Her friends get upset that the same amount of money she would spend on them, she wouldn't spend on herself.

She is told that the way she villainized Katsuya after his death because doesn't make her dirty or a bad person because she was a child that was scared to lose her mother. That her fear and desperation to make her mother acknowledge her was understandable. That mimicking her father in her attempt to draw her mother's attention probably helped more than she realized.

Tohru is not just a "Nice Shoujo Girl" Protagonist, she is a girl with trauma who would rather focus on the issues someone else has than look to her own.

Like I said before, this isn't me trying to get Tohrus haters to like her. People are entitled to like and dislike whichever characters they please, but it is a complete disservice to Natsuki Takaya's writing to say Tohru is bland and has no struggles of her own. Tohru has many problems and struggles she has to deal with throughout the series and seeing those issues she overcomes being brushed aside as her being perfect and having no problems is a complete oversight. As such, I just simply wanted to peel back Tohru's layers and showcase that just as characters such as Momiji, Shigure and Ayame are more than the tropes they are introduced as, Tohru is as well.

[i wrote this on reddit too]

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cinnabun-faerie · 1 year

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Fruits Basket Reactions: Doing the "Hide! My boyfriend/girlfriend/partner is coming!" prank on them

A/N: I'm finally starting to do Fruits Basket stuff! I'm super excited! I hope you all enjoy!

Arisa (Uo)

"Ha! Yeah right. Who's your other partner? Hana?"

You anticipated that she would not fall for this prank of yours, so you had been prepared. Like rehearsed, Hana suddenly came through the door.

"Y/N, are you ready for our date?"

This caused Uo's jaw to drop.

Hatori

He would give you a tired glare when you appear before him and tug at his sleeve. Even though you knew he knew what you were doing, you still did it. It was fun. To you, sure. To him, not so much as you had gotten Shigure & Ayame doing it.

"This is the 10th time you have done this, Y/N. While I'm not so bothered by you doing it, Shigure & Ayame have somehow gotten involved. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"

"No of course not."

Kureno

You weren't expecting him to laugh and let you know that he knew of this prank. He would pull you in for a hug before mentioning that he was your only partner.

"Aw! Who told you? It was Shigure, wasn't it?"

"Actually it was Ayame."

It would be then that he notices your pout and rests his forehead against yours. "If you do it again, I'll make sure to hide, okay?"

Kyo

As usual, you catch him off guard and he rushes to find somewhere to hide. He hadn't really even thought about what you said. He would be hiding behind a chair in a kitchen when Yuki would see him and laugh at him.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Stupid cat. You're their boyfriend."

"Y/N!"

Momiji

Rather than rushing to find a hiding spot, he would worry that it was true. It couldn't be, right? By the look on your face, you seemed pretty serious. His heart would break a little. He needed to know.

"Do you really have another partner, Y/N?"

Saki (Hana)

Honestly? She'd humor you when you run over to her giggling. She just liked seeing you smile. And honestly, some of these things you came up with also got her to laugh.

"Oh no. Wherever should I hide?"

Shigure

He would smirk when you'd come up to him while he was writing. You really thought you could mess with him, Y/N? Well, he could play that game.

"Is that so? Just in time for them to see who really knows how to take care of you. Shall we head to the bedroom while we wait for them?"

Tohru

She would blink a few times before rushing to find a hiding spot. She didn't want to be seen by your- wait a minute. You got her again. She would laugh and tell you that she would surely get you back.

Yuki

He would have been sleeping when you come into the bedroom and whisper it to him. So in his sleepy state, he gets outs of bed and walks downstairs. He almost makes it outside the door when Shigure's loud and confused voice fully wakes him. Expect to be the victim of his death glare.

#fruits basket #fruits basket reactions #hatori sohma x reader #arisa uotani x reader #yuki sohma x reader #kyo sohma x reader #shigure sohma x reader #kureno sohma x reader #momiji sohma x reader #tohru honda x reader #saki hanajima x reader

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