Series: Fruits Basket
Pairings: Souma Ayame & Souma Hatori
Status: one-shot, complete
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Notes: Felt randomly inspired to write a Fruba drabble..... (Weird, na?)
There were nights when he dreamt that he led a normal life. One that didn't include having parents who didn't care about him, one that included being loved by everybody. Yet every time he awoke, the dreams dissipated and he would be alone again. Kuramae Mine, his assistant, was a close and dear friend, and together they shared dreams of making his establishment famous and widespread. Still, he had no particular attachment to her. The one person he loved was a part of his own family, actually, and someone he respected too much to ask for a personal, intimate relationship. Someday, he would have to pay for keeping his distance, because that man was also his doctor, and staying away from his doctor only meant endangering his delicate health. Still he stayed away, because he feared that if he were to close the distance between them, he would grow feverish and change. Not that his reptilian form would disgust Hatori, but because he didn't want to remind him of the curse which bound their fates.
Some nights, he would lay awake while he dreamt that his reality was only a nightmare.