Chapter 2: Anything for his love
It was few days after the Valetine's day when the woman appeared to Yüko's shop.
She looked so sad and lonely that Watanuki, who was working at the shop as usually, felt really bad for her.
Among his other chores, he was also serving the tea for Yüko and her customer. That way, he also heard what they were talking about.
"You can make wishes come true, can't you?" the young woman asked desperately, playing nervously with her short brown hair.
"For a certain price, yes", Yüko pointed out and the woman sighed with relief.
"Please, make my wish come true! I'll give you anything!" woman pleaded
"I'm sure you'd do that", Yüko replied dryly and then asked:"So what is that you wish for?"
"There' s a man, I love him... I've loved him so long, but he doesn't even notice me! I want him! I want him to love me! This is killing me, I can't sleep, I can't eat, I only think about him all the time!" the woman bursted out suddenly.
"I want him to love me! Please make my wish come true!" The woman asked again, looking so obsessed that Watanuki was starting to feel strange. That seemed so suspicious, some how...
Yüko was smoking her pipe, looking absent-minded.
"There's a price. Those earrings you have", Yüko simply stated and the woman blinked her eyes.
"These...?" She touched gently another one of the earrings, looking a bit taken aback.
"...But these have been in our family for ages... My mother wore these earrings at her wedding and her mother before her and..." The woman explained nervously as she played with her earrings.
"That's the price", Yüko looked at the woman with no emotion to be seen.
The woman hesitated for a moment and then she simply nodded and took off her earrings.
As she handed them to Yüko, Yüko stated:"Your wish has been granted."
The woman shut her eyes and sighed happily.
"Thank you so much..." the woman smiled as she got up and bowed at her.
After a while when Yüko still hadn't replied the woman was obviously starting to feel uneasy and prepared to leave.
"Well, I'll be going now. Thank you again!" The woman waved her hand still smiling as she left the tea room.
"I wonder if she'll be happy now", Watanuki wondered aloud as he heard the out door shut.
"You'll find out. I have the feeling that this won't be last time we see her", Yüko answered, obviously still deep in her thought.
Her remark made chills go down Watanuki's spine.
It seemed that this wasn't going to end well.
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Almost exactly week after her first visit, the woman returned to the shop.
She looked really scared and nervous, and was constantly playing with the ring on her pinky finger.
She didn't have the ring last time, so Watanuki knew it had to be from the man she loved.
"So did you wish come true?" Yüko asked nonchalantly as Watanuki served the tea once again.
"Y-yes, it... It did... But..." The woman stuttered, looking even more nervous.
"But?" Yûko encouraged the woman to continue.
"His, my boyfriend's, ex-girlfriend... She... She killed herself after... He left her..." the woman was struggling to continue and to burst out crying.
"It can't be my fault, r-right? She did that herself, didn't she?" The woman asked suddenly, looking at Yüko.
Yûko smoked her pipe and after a moment answered:
"True, it was her own decision."
The woman looked relieved and sighed. She was already about to say something when Yüko continued.
"But it was your wish that drove her to that state of mind. You knew that she was dating with the man you loved. That way, it was the outcome of your wish."
Watanuki stared at the woman, speechless. How could she wish for something like that if she knew the man was already dating?
The woman looked absolutely horrified.
"But I didn't want her to die ! I didn't mean it!" the woman exclaimed, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Maybe you didn't, but it really doesn't matter. She's already dead," Yûko replied emotionlessly, and the woman sobbed even more.
"What you should realize, is that if you wish for something, there's always the outcome. The good and the bad. Did you even once stop to think how your wish would effect on the other people? That way, you have no one but yourself to blame", Yüko answered, finally looking straight at the woman.
"W-what s-should I d-do know?" the woman sobbed among her tears.
"There's really nothing to do. She's dead, isn't she?" Yüko replied harshly and the woman buried her face to her hands, crying even more.
Then Yüko got up, went closer to the woman and pulled her face near.
"But you got your wish, didn't you? That's the most important thing, right?" Yüko breathed.
-A/N: Sorry this took so long, I've been so busy with my studies, I'm so stressed right now.(Okay, I've been making my cosplay costume also, but now it's finished. I'm going to cosplay Yûko-san! Yay!) the idea for this story had been in my mind for a long time, so i finally decided to write it down.
Thank you for those who review, without you I wouldn't have continued the story. Some of you asked me to tell more about the two sisters, so now I'm asking if i should get back to them? I can do that if you wish for it. Opinions are appreciated!
By the way, the name 'Carnival Of Rust' is actually a really good song by Poets Of The Fall . It's really amazing!