#Hajime Sohma

[lilyginnyblackv2]

My Queer Fruits Basket Headcanons

Image: An image of the bisexual flag with images of Haru, Ayame, and Mine in the middle of the flag. On the top part of the flag there is white text that states their names (Haru, Ayame, Mine) and on the bottom half of the flag is large white text that states: Bisexual.

Thoughts: I feel it's very common to view Haru as bisexual in the fandom for very obvious reasons. For Ayame and Mine they give me chaotic bisexual vibes, but I can totally understand if some people view Ayame as Pansexual. That's an another queer interpretation of Ayame that I can totally understand. I also know that some people view a few other characters in Furuba as bisexual, and I can see and understand some of those as well. But these three are the main ones for me (and there is only so many characters I can fit onto one flag, lmao).

Image: The image of the AroAce flag with Kazuma Sohma in the center of it. White text with Kazuma Sohma is across the top part of the flag and white text with Aromantic Asexual is across the bottom part of the flag.

Thoughts: In one of the little messages that Takaya-sensei wrote on the side of one of the chapters (which was translated and included in the old TokyoPop manga volumes), she mentioned how Kazuma tried dating a woman once. It didn't work out and he is dedicated to Kyo and his family. Plus, maybe its just projection (since I am aroace), but Kazuma just gives off big aroace vibes to me. He doesn't seem to care about romance in the slightest, and just seems to be very happy and content with being a parent and caring for his Kyo (his son) and the other Sohma children (also, eventually, his grandchildren and Tohru).

Image: The pansexual flag with an image of Momiji (post glow-up) in the center of the flag. "Pansexual" is written across the bottom of the flag in large, white text, and "Momiji Sohma" is written across the top of the flag in large, black text.

Thoughts: There are no really thoughts here. There's nothing that really hints or even vaguely implies a pansexual reading of Momiji, it's just more how I feel like this is a sexual orientation that works for Momiji as a character. I can just easily see this for him, is what I am saying, lol.

Image: The image of Kyo and Tohru from the Kyoto Trip, where Kyo takes Tohru's hand is overlayed the demisexual flag. Kyo x Tohru is written in large, black text at the top of the flag, and Demisexual is written in large, black text at the bottom of the flag.

Thoughts: Honestly, I can see both Kyo and Tohru being demiromantic as well. This may be a hot take, but I feel pretty much all Shonen Jump Battle Shonen protags are on the aspec spectrum in some way. A lot of the time, people are just like "they're dense protagonists" but an aspec reading of them really explains so much, imo. Kyo is basically a Battle Shonen protag stuck in a shoujo, so that's why I feel this way about Kyo. Tohru is very similar in a way though too. Kyo does show to be a bit more aware of sexual things in general, more so than Tohru anyway, but both are very "dense" in regards to things like this, and both of them really require a bond to form before we see them thinking about romantic and sexual things in regards to their relationship. Of course, there is a trauma element involved with all of this as well, but I don't think that negates an aspec reading of the Kyoru relationship.

Image: The gay flag with an image of Hajime and Mutsuki from Fruits Basket Another sharing Valentine's Day sweets with each other. Next to their image is the term "Gay" written in large, black text. At the top of the flag is white text that reads: "Hajime x Mutsuki" and at the bottom of the page is white text that reads: "Fruits Basket Another."

Thoughts: Among fans who have read all of Fruits Basket Another, this pairing is actually fairly common and "popular." I've written posts before about the queer and romantic undertones to their interactions and the above image that I used, from the textless omake at the end of Vol. 4 of Fruits Basket Another, is basically a soft confirmation (in my eyes) that the two are a canon romantic pairing.

Image: Images of Mutsuki, Ayame, Momiji, and Ritsu are all overlaid on the genderqueer flag. There is large, black text in the middle of the flag that reads: "Genderqueer" and the character names for Mutsuki and Ayame are at the top of the flag, while the character names for Momiji and Ritsu are at the bottom of the flag. They are all written in large white text.

Thoughts: There are definitely more specific queer headcanons that you can have for all of these characters and their gender presentation, but I'm choosing genderqueer for my own headcanon because I feel it is a more simplified, umbrella-like term that can fit all of them. If you are a fan of Fruits Basket, then I feel the inclusion of Momiji, Ritsu, and Ayame are all very self-explanatory. But, I know not as many people are as familiar with Fruits Basket Another and Mutsuki, so the main reason Mutsuki is here is because of these moments from Another:

Basically, Mutsuki absolutely loves Ayame and is similar to Ayame in the sense that he is comfortable (and likes/enjoys) wearing dresses and engaging in more outwardly feminine appearances. He's nothing like Yuki in this regard and very happily states that Ayame went out of his way to make the dress (costume) that he wore for Sports Day.

These are all just my personal queer headcanons for some Fruits Basket characters and pairings. This was sort of spurred on by the recent artwork that Takaya-sensei did of Ayame for this new year (2025 - The Year of the Snake). In this new artwork, Ayame is extremely feminine looking and his queerness as a character really shines through, so it caused me to think about this headcanons again and just write this up.

Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions on those and have a great night, everyone! :D

[friedwizardwhispers]

Sometimes I just think about Takaya telling us right when the finale of fruits basket was airing that the Kyoru child we see at the end was the second brother and therefore we don't know if Hajime is even married right after writing the valentine day extra which had Hajime and Mutsuki eating chocolate together.

But it could mean nothing.

[loovergurl]

LOOK AT THEMMMMMM ‼️‼️‼️ THIS IS THE SHIT N NOW YHEY HAVE KIDSSSSSS 😢😢😢

[eurydicees]

look in the mirror, you look more like me than i do (fruits basket genfic, 10807 words)

If it were really up to Kyo alone, the Curse would stay hidden away in memory, far from where his children can touch it. But then Yuki tells Mutsuki everything, and Kyo is forced to think a little harder about whether or not he wants to tell Hajime about his past. (Just Kyo and Tohru and Hajime and a secret that doesn't rest easy. And love, too, above all else.)

sure, people have already written about kyo telling hajime about the curse, but i haven't. so obviously that had to change. notably, i have not read the sequel so please take everything about hajime with a grain of salt. and yes this is going to be part of a series of fruits basket fics. don't worry about it. i'm clearly going through stuff.

[cinderella-ish]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fruits Basket - Takaya Natsuki (Manga), Fruits Basket (Anime 2019), Fruits Basket Another Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Honda Tohru/Sohma Kyou, Sohma Momiji/Original Male Character(s), Sohma Hajime/Sohma Mutsuki Characters: Sohma Hajime, Sohma Kyou, Honda Tohru, Sohma Momiji, Sohma Mutsuki, Sohma Yuki, Original Male Character(s), Sohma Hatsuharu Additional Tags: Manga: Fruits Basket Another, First Crush, Nostalgia, Family Fluff, Parenthood, Growing Up, Light Pining, Beach Holidays, Summer Vacation, Light Angst Series: Part 23 of lovers alone wear sunlight Summary:

At their annual family beach trip, Hajime wrestles with some big feelings.

[mrsmarymorstan]

"Takaya has never made anyone actually gay! Stop trying to force it!"

EXCUSE ME ARE MY GRANDCHILDREN A JOKE TO YOU?!

[silmarillaure]

If he isn’t albino I have a theory that Akira Sohma gets his white hair color from a zodiac ancestor

Hajime Sohma’s hair is a less bright version of his father’s orange hair but it’s still an unnatural color and he’s not a zodiac.

It would be cool if a previous snake possessed Sohma was his ancestor, but in my opinion it would be even better if a rat possessed Sohma was his ancestor and therefore Akito’s because I think it would add another cool layer to the god/rat relationship of Akito & Yuki (who even shares a lot in common with Akira such as illness weakening them, a soft nature, & insane ethereal beauty that made people obsessed with them).

[fruitsbasketcase]

My boys!! They are so cute together ❤️

[d-parke]

I made two different versions of this but I can’t get over the similar face expressions! 🥰

[psy-ay-ay]

boyfriends behaviour

[thecitybee]

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[lilyginnyblackv2]

OMG! The text message isn't from Hajime - it's from AKITO!

There is an image of the text message Tohru gets (and the family gathers around to read). I always just assumed it was from Hajime because, well, Tohru's his mom. Though, I have occasionally thought that it was from Mutsuki, since we see him with his phone out recording and taking photos of Shiki making the cookies, etc. But then I really thought about the image that we are shown above the message. This image:

It's from the food that Akito and Shigure are shown eating and sharing together:

Here's the full image of Akito and Shigure:

So, in conclusion, the text message is from Akito! I can't believe it took me that long to figure that out, lmao! But, also, that means that Tohru's whole family, Kyo included, are gathered around to read a message from Akito about something happening in Shiki's life and her life in general.

Like, how beautiful is that!? I love how, in the end, Akito ends up becoming closest with the "outsiders" of the Sohma family (and the Zodiac Cult). It's a gorgeous way to show the evolution of Tohru and Akito as foils to each other and just the parallel of how things are at the start of Fruits Basket vs how they are here at the end of Fruits Basket Another - all that growth - so precious! <3

[friedwizardwhispers]

Kyo's (and Tohru's) greatest fear, that will continue to haunt him through his oldest son:

[all-too-random]

Fruits Basket Another Headcanons: Mina Sohma Edition

• Mina Sohma was born via a surrogate to Momiji Sohma (31) and his husband, Megumi Sohma (28)

• Her birthday is April 5th (possibly in 2013-2014 if I did my math right)

• Almost as soon as she was born, Momiji began calling her "Mii" for short, which means "beauty"

• She is one of the youngest Sohma cousins, only being older than her own brother and Hiro & Kisa's youngest daughter

• As a baby, Mina was always looking around, smiling, and giggling

• However, she was not exactly an easy baby. Getting her to sleep at night was extremely difficult, and she'd often get cranky during the day because of it.

• It was a pretty often occurrence that Momiji would come back from the office in the evening to find his husband sitting up in a chair, cradling Mina against his chest

• That seemed to be the only way she would sleep, and it was always in the early afternoons

• Due to their work schedules, Mina was closer to Megumi than Momiji during her early years

• Momiji had to work long hours, and was often gone on business trips. Meanwhile, Megumi was home every day by 4:00, and he was always the one to pick Mina up from daycare

• When Mina was about 3-4, though, Momiji would occasionally bring her to work with him, and Momo would help keep an eye on her. She's always had a wonderful relationship with her aunt because of this.

• She was a very shy toddler, pretty much always clinging onto her parents or her aunts. • She did like most of her older cousins, but Hajime and Mutsuki frightened her when she was very young. Mutsuki was very loud, and Hajime was usually glaring.

• She grew out of this shyness after starting school; now she almost has zero concept of stranger danger

• she visits Hajime and Mutsuki all of the time, too, and Hajime will sometimes take care of her when she is sick

• Age wise, she is closest to Miyoko (Kyo & Tohru's daughter) and Izumi (Hiro & Kisa's oldest daughter), who are both roughly a year older than her

• The three of them have a knack for getting into trouble....and then getting right back out of it because they are so cute

• (Usually, Miyoko & Izumi find the trouble, and Mina just goes along with it)

• Ironically, they're also the three cousins most prone to getting into arguments at family gatherings ("Mina, you go play on one side of the house. Izumi, go to the other. And Miyoko, you go outside.")

• Although they are eight years apart, Mina was always very close to Riku and Sora. They both loved playing with her; Riku has definitely let her paint his nails

• They also both take her to the batting cages; Riku usually just cheers from the sidelines. Sora will bat, but she is comically bad at it, and Mina always laughs about her lack of skill

• She first got into baseball when she was about five. Her fathers had tried getting her into dance first, but she never really enjoyed it. • Still, she's definitely more of a "girly-girl" than a tom-boy

• Aunt Momo is definitely her favorite Sohma adult, but she also really loves Tohru and Rin

• On her other side, she also has Aunt Saki (she definitely thought her aunt and her father were witches, and thought that was the coolest thing ever. She was very upset to find out the she did not possess any powers like theirs) and her cousin Rio

• Rio absolutely loves her; that side of the family was not very big, so she was his first cousin. She loves Rio, too. They make bracelets together.

• Speaking of which, Mina is a jewelry making FIEND. Beads are EVERYWHERE. Both Momiji and Megumi have a necklace that they must wear all of the time because she made it for them.

• Her younger brother, Makoto, was born when she was five years old

• At first, she actually hated being a big sister. She did NOT like that her parents' attention was no longer focused on her. She would refuse to hold or play with her brother most of the time.

• In fact, she would even ask to stay with Aunt Momo just so she wouldn't have to be around him (and so she could be the center of someone's attention)

• It didn't take long, though, for her parents to figure out what was going on, and they had a conversation with her about the change in their family dynamic, but they also made sure to give her equal attention

• Now, she likes having a younger brother, and she's always trying to teach him new things or make funny faces

• Watermelon is her favorite food in the world, but ironically she doesn't really like candy or cakes

• She collects plushies, and Momiji always brings her one back from business trips • What she does like is hot chocolate. When Momiji comes back from a business trip, the two of them always drink hot chocolate together.

• When Mina gets older, she does join the school softball team.

• She does not follow her cousins to Kaibara, though, and actually goes to a very prestigious all girl's school nearby

• Her grades have always been very good, but she does get in trouble sometimes for being unable to sit still or talking out of turn/too loudly

• She has dreams to travel the world before eventually taking over the business of her grandfather and father

[wonderwoman6199]

So whenever I lack inspiration I try redrawing an old piece. This is one I’ve wanted to redraw for awhile now. Honestly, even when I first posted it I wasn’t very satisfied with. I thought the characters felt too distant and the shading was practically nonexistent.😅I kinda rushed it the first time because I just wanted to finish. This time I tried putting more effort into the shading and posed the characters more intimately. I’m pretty happy with the result!✨💖🍙🐈💖✨

[cinderella-ish]

Hm, for question #18, let’s do Yuki! 🩵

Ooh, ok! (Again, for this ask game!)

So, between the time the curse ends and they all graduate, I think Yuki would come out of his shell more and more and drop some of his princely act to the point where some of the fan club girls are like "we were really fawning over that?!" By the time he gets to college, he's completely done pretending, and the friends he makes in his undergrad all like his weird self. He still has some classmates who are aware of how handsome he is, but he doesn't have nearly the mystique he did back in high school, and everyone knows he's actually kind of a disaster (and his girlfriend is a bit scary) so no one harasses him.

I like to think Yuki and Kakeru went to the same university (seems likely they went to Kyoto U). I think Machi joined them, too, once she graduated a year later. I think he and Machi got married the day she turned 20, and she got pregnant with Mutsuki during her final year of university, even though they used contraception. Yuki became a stay-at-home parent once Machi was ready to start working, and eventually they moved back to Tokyo largely so they could split childcare costs/responsibilities with Kakeru and Ayame, and so Yuki could go back to work.

I think Yuki would've continued to grow closer with Ayame through the years, and would've stayed close with Haru and Kakeru forever. I also think Yuki and Kyo would've eventually grown to be actual friends, though neither of them would admit that for literal decades. When Yuki and Machi start visiting Tohru and Kyo together (instead of Yuki going alone), Kyo and Machi end up hanging out while Yuki and Tohru have time to catch up, and they end up pretty good friends. I don't think Yuki would've stayed particularly close to any of the other Sohmas, though he makes his appearances at holidays and family events after Mutsuki is born and befriends all his cousins.

(I also believe Kyo was Yuki's first love.)

I've seen a bunch of different theories for what Yuki does for work. He's obviously very good in school, and I personally see him building upon what he got out of student council. His arc, to me, always seemed to push him further away from the Sohmas as time went on, so I actually really like the idea of him having a job that required occasional international travel. I could see him as a diplomat, since he was quite good at working with a variety of challenging personalities and I think he'd be able to navigate delicate situations quite well.

I think he would start a little indoor herb garden in college, even though he never learned how to cook so he'd never actually use the herbs in a culinary context. Kakeru would tease him about it every time he'd come over, and would then use the herbs to cook something. Machi would help him keep it up once she joined him. I think she'd know some basics of cooking, but they'd basically live on takeout and convenience store meals (and Machi wouldn't even trust Yuki to microwave them at first!). I think Mutsuki would eventually be his gardening partner, and he'd have a vegetable patch once they moved back to Tokyo.

By the time Mutsuki can walk, I think Yuki and Machi would be resigned to keeping a neater living space, but he'd find all sorts of ways to keep it from being too "perfect" as an expression of love to her. I think they'd hire cleaning staff but Yuki would either give detailed instructions on how to keep things just messy enough for Machi, or he'd come home early on the days they clean to mess things up before she got home.

I think, as a parent, it's clear Yuki and Machi are very loving. I think they'd both take a lot of joy in experiencing Mutsuki's childhood with him, since they both kind of lost out on their own childhoods, and they'd encourage his creativity, sometimes to their own chagrin. Yuki would be kind of amused by all the mischief Mutsuki gets up to, though he'd still try and redirect Mutsuki's energy when necessary. I see them practicing a very gentle positive discipline style. I think he and Machi would be a pretty balanced parenting team, and they'd just want Mutsuki to have the freedom neither one of them had as a kid, as well as an abundance of love.

I think Yuki would have a relationship with his mother after high school, but it would be on his terms or not at all. I got the sense that he had hope for their relationship after her last appearance in canon, so I think he'd want to give her a chance to be in his life. I think it would be tough, but he'd also be patient because of the way his relationship with Ayame changed. I think their biggest hurdles would be related to his marriage to Machi and to Mutsuki's upbringing. If his mother was able to respect his decisions and not try to control him (or Mutsuki), then I think they'd continue to have a relationship, even if it's not particularly close or warm. Part of me hopes she'd eventually be able to apologize for selling him when he was a child.

I think Yuki would be Hajime's favorite uncle, and the two of them would take breaks from family events together a lot when Hajime was growing up (Hajime because he'd need a nap, and Yuki because he can only deal with so much of his family).

As a husband, I think Yuki would get gifts for Machi fairly often. I think he'd tease her all the time, and their (rare) arguments would usually end in laughter. If he proposed with a ring, I think he'd get Machi something like this. I think they'd continue to be a bit oblivious about PDA and

NSFW headcanons below the cut!

I think both Yuki and Machi would both turn to sex for comfort, on both hard days and good days. I don't think they'd often communicate verbally about sex, but they'd have a really good intuition about each other's needs and desires.

I think Machi would panic if she felt she was expected to "perform" during sex, while Yuki would love knowing he made her feel good. So, I can't see Machi riding him or giving head, for example, while I imagine Yuki would go down on her as often as possible and love figuring out what she likes. I think they'd use each other's names a ton during sex, and their first few times would be a bit rushed and frantic but they'd eventually settle into their own style (with lots of teasing from Yuki). I can see him regularly getting her all worked up only to make her wait a little longer, smirking the whole time.

I see Machi as a bit of a pillow princess and Yuki as a bit of a service top (oof, there are a bunch of contradicting definitions of this, but here, I'm using "top" to mean "the person performing the act on their partner" and "service top" to mean "topping in a way that prioritizes the bottom's pleasure."). I think they would occasionally have one of two very, very light Dom/sub dynamics. When Machi is the Dom, I can see the dynamic being very straightforward where she tells Yuki what she wants and he gladly provides. When Yuki is the Dom, I can see a bit of a brat/tamer dynamic developing, with lots of teasing from Yuki, of course (I'm currently writing a chapter of like the flowers and the bees where they begin to explore this dynamic - it'll be chapter 4 when I post it!). I don't think either of them would be at all aware that they're engaging in light BDSM, and they wouldn't really have words for it, but it'd come to them pretty naturally because it's basically already their dynamic from outside the bedroom.

So... those are my headcanons for Yuki! Thank you again for asking! 😁