Chapter 12 - A Fairytale

Tohru closed the door to her room and leaned against the wall. She was getting married to the man of her dreams in a few short weeks. Tohru knew that they would feel like decades however. Tohru pulled out her PJ's and began to change. Once she was dressed she picked up the picture of her Mom and clung it to her chest. She thought dreamily to herself as she flipped her covers over. She placed her head against her pillow and thought happy thoughts, she wondered what she would tell her Mom is she could give a summary of the past month. Tohru sat up. She had a great idea! She ran to her desk and pulled out a paper and a pen. She began to think and then finally let her pen hit the paper.

Dear Mom,

It's been a long time since I've talked to you, but this is very important! I need to tell you the story of what has happened to me recently. Let's go back to the very beginning. I still remember the very first day that this whole mess started. I don't mind the mess so much now, it brought me to my love, and it made me a better and stronger person today! Anyways, let's get to the story! It all began a few months ago.

My fear of thunder storms is still the same, and sadley this time it started a whirlwind of troubles. I got startled by a storm in the middle of history class, which led to people to call me 'Baby Tohru' the girl who was afraid of a simple little thunder storm. People gossiped about me, left mean notes on my locker. But the worst one of all was the poster.

Two girls in my class, Minami and Mokoto, put up posters around the school of a baby with my head pasted on it. The caption said something about me crying and needed my 'mommy'. It hurt me because...well...I don't have a 'mommy' here with me right now. I ran out of the building and ran straight home. I threw things around in my room, including your picture (sorry!) until a horrid thought dawned on me. That I should commit suicide. I thought nobody loved me, so I made up my mind to end my life, right then and there. I went down to the kitchen and grabbed a knife.

I walked out into the woods where I was going to do it, I was crying but continued to tell myself that it's the 'right thing to do'. Right before I was about to do it, Yuki found me. He told me that he loved and then...he kissed me. I was in utter shock but glad too. I loved him for who knows how long and he saved my life. I dropped the knife but it fell and cut my leg. Yuki stood right by my side and helped me, telling me that he would never let anything bad happen to me. I was taken to the hospital where Hatori began to work on my leg, he also had to give me blood because I lost far too much from the cut.

Eventually I recovered enough to go home. I didn't go to school though, Yuki just brought me my work. I was too afraid to go back to school. But at one point Yuki made me. People continued to spread rumours, saying I made everything about being in the hospital up. I tried to run away but one of the kids in the hallway triped me and I fell onto my injured leg. Yuki helped me up, but then everyone realized that I wasn't making everything up!

A month later...today...Yuki took me out to my favorite park and he proposed to me. I accepted and our wedding is going to be after graduation! I hope you will be able to see it from heaven Mom.

I learned something very important these past few weeks. When you get bullied you become a stronger person, and you realize you can become better than the bully, and you can live a happy life. But also, it will always get better, I mean look at me! I got bullied, and now I'm to be married to be most popular guy in school! I guess everything always works out Mom! Kyo and Uo have just started dating and they are super happy! The only people we aren't happy are Minami and Mokoto who are now being dissed by the social community for 'making everyone look stupid'.

I guess this makes it a fairytale ending for everyone!

I love you Mom.
xoxo
Tohru

Tohru placed a piece of tape around the note so that it would stay closed she opened her window. The wind rustled through her hair as she extended her arm. She let go of the note as it flew through the wind and into the sky. 'A fairytale ending...' Tohru thought. She closed her eyes and smiled. She heard a soft knock at her door and in entered Yuki with a note in his hands. Tohru opened it and read outloud:

'Every Prince needs a princess, will you be mine?' Tohru looked up from the small slip of paper.

"This really is a fairytale!" she said softly she leaned in and gave Yuki and hug and then, Yuki placed his lips onto hers. Finally, everyone could live happily ever after.

This story is dedicated to anyone who has or is ever being bullied.

Everything will get better, but only if you tell someone before it's too late. If you don't, you'll never have your fairytale ending.

Let's learn to love each other.

Stand Up and Speak Out.

Thank you for reading this story it means the world to me!

I do not own Fruits Basket or any of the characters used, I simply wrote this story because many of my classmates are or were being put in the same big question to face as Tohru and so I decided to make a FanFic speaking to all Fruits Basket fans about the topic.

Good luck everyone, and please be kind to one another.

- tayrox