Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ A Sohma Family Christmas ❯ Shigure's Love, Hatori's Jealousy ( Chapter 8 )

Shigure met the car as it came into the driveway. The driver got out and opened the door for Hatori, who had something in his arms, but Shigure couldn't quite figure out what it was. Once Hatori was out, Shigure looked inside the car; there she was, adorned in black fur from head to toe, asleep against the window. Hatori was about to tap her and wake her up, but Shigure grabbed his arm at the elbow, "No, Ha'ri, let her sleep." He went around the car to her door, opened it, undid her seatbelt, and gently picked her up bridal style in his arms. He kicked the door closed and began walking back to the house. She felt body heat instead of cold glass on her face and briefly opened her eyes to see her husband carrying her back to the house, so she shut her eyes again and cuddled closer to him, allowing his body and his arms to protect her from the bitter cold.

Hatori watched as his cousin carried Akito into the house. How he cuddled her. How she slept so happily in his arms. He wished that he could show Mayuko that much love and affection so openly. He knew that he loved her, and she knew it too, but he never verbalized it to her and watching his two cousins so in love; Ayame with Mine and Shigure with Akito, it made him feel guilty. Little did he know that he would be given a chance to show her how much he loved her, much sooner than later.