Shop Keeper
Watanuki is alone in his bedroom, and is thinking things through.
I find myself walking on a lonely path. At least in my dreams I can walk around the city. I round a corner and kick a stone. sighing to myself, I remove my glasses and rub my eyes with my index finger and thumb.
I remember Yuuko everyday. Wishing she was here beside me. Where did she feel she had to go? I know hitsuzen. That's how the world works. I just don't understand why she had to leave so suddenly and with hardly any goodbye. It hurts to be left alone so quickly.
She removed me from my self-pity, and made me see the greatness of my gift. Not to hate who I am, but to cherish who I choose to be now. She always knew just what to say. To make me angry or to make me smile. Just a variety talent that I always looked forward to. That was Yuuko. The first person to make me see myself as I always should have.
I miss her, and her constant mistreating of me. No, I am not masochistic! She just made every last one of my dull, boring and predictable days seem worth living and full of excitement. She had that aura of magic that always kept me on my toes. She made everything seem so run of the mill and normal, that the real shocking stuff hardly affects me now. She was preparing me for this day, from the day she met me. I laugh at myself now for not realizing it sooner.
Now that I'm in charge of the store, I've learned how to keep Mokona in control. Domeki still pisses me off sometimes, but he's actually a good friend. Himawari.. What can I say she's happy with her relationship; which means I'm happy for her too; well that's the current measure of things.
I still feel a little incomplete when I don't see Yuuko, but I hold a constant hope. In my heart I know that someday I'll see her. That's a fact that will stay deeply engraved in my soul.
-Watanuki K.