"Nyanko-sensei, don't eat other people's food in their own house!" Natsume scolded the mainekineko and picked his struggling body off the table. Immediately, he apologized to the teenage-looking boy who seemed to be the owner of the place, "Sorry that we intruded without permission."

The boy waved the apologies away, "Nah, you were brought here by fate… This is a shop that grants wishes; what is yours?"

Natsume faltered a bit at the question before smiling gently, "I already have everything that I want… My wish had already been granted. Thanks for the offer though."

This seemed to pique the boy's interest as he sat up. Intently, he studied Natsume's features,

"You have lots of spiritual power… That must be why you can see though have no wish." Natsume flinched at the emphasis on 'see' and squeezed Nyanko-sensei tighter. Said cat glanced up at his face before turning to the shop owner,

"And you have lots of spiritual power… Something not meant to exist?"

"Saaa, who knows…? And you are a youkai sealed in a cat statue?"

"Saaa, who knows…?" Nyanko-sensei smirked and looked up at Natsume again, "Oi, you sure you don't want your wish granted? I thought you wanted to stop seeing youkai!"

Natsume widened his eyes at the idea… The idea of being normal and not being the only one to see them… Not being bullied anymore or chased by those weird spirits everyday… But then, he thought about all the good youkai that he saw. And all the meetings he had, the new friends he made, and all the youkai that he helped before… He grinned,

"Nah… It's true that I wanted them all to disappear before… That I wanted to be normal and stop having to run away from them everyday… But now, seeing isn't so bad. With these eyes, I saw many things—all both good and bad. And I was able to help people with my sight. I don't wish to stop seeing youkai anymore!"

Nyanko-sensei smirked and ran outside. He paused in the doorway, "Oi, Natsume! We have no business here so let's go get some Nanatsuji manju!"

"Sensei! You were the one who ran inside first! And it's almost time for dinner; you'll get fat!"

With that, both left the shop, leaving the boy bewildered.

…

After buying the groceries, Doumeki headed towards the usual place. He walked into the shop and found Watanuki lying on the couch, one arm covering his eyes. Doumeki placed the bags on the table and commented,

"You look like a creep. Did something good happen today?"

He expected the boy to start hissing like a cat, but he didn't. His smile only got wider,

"Yeah… I met someone today… He was just like me."

Watanuki grinned as he thought of that boy who visited the shop a while ago. He, too, at first wanted all the things he saw to disappear and leave him alone. But after meeting her, he felt as if seeing the supernatural wasn't so bad…

Just like that boy and his cat.

A/N: I found it in my pile of drabbles and thought that I might as well publish it. Watanuki and Doumeki might be way OOC since the last time I read xxxHolic was like two years ago; three maybe... And it was written at a bad hour of night.