Well this is kind of inspired by chapter 159 of XXXholic Well this is kind of inspired by chapter 159 of XXXholic
Disclaimer: I really don't own xxxholic….so there!
Alone
Watanuki has always been an annoying bastard. He never shuts up and is so easily provoked. He yells at me for no good reason….ok so I egg him on a little bit but he makes it so easy!
I know that I never paid him much attention for years. I heard about his parent's death and all and I remember him being absent from school for a few days but that was it.
The guy was always really loud and jumpy…always freaking out over nothing. I never thought anything of it until one day…
I was walking home from school and it was pouring rain. Then I spotted something. Watanuki was standing by the side of the road, no umbrella, no nothing. Just standing there holding this cat. They were both soaking wet. I looked closer and realized the cat was dead. Probably hit by a car.
I was tempted to go over and ask why he was holding road-kill when he whispered:
"I'll die like this too. Alone." That was when it hit me. I had never noticed before, Watanuki is always alone. I mean he is a decent enough guy so there is no reason he shouldn't have friends. He just that sort of guy that everyone sees and then forgets about. Nobody cares about him anymore.
Watanuki gently placed the cat on the grass and turned to go, he froze when he saw me. I could see that he was expecting me to make fun of him about the cat but I didn't. It didn't really seem right.
"Need an umbrella?" I asked him. He just glared at me as if I had made a joke at his expense. In his defense I normally would have. So Watanuki just stormed off without a word.
Next day we went outside for lunch and I looked around for him. He was sitting by himself under a tree. It occurred to me that he always ate lunch by himself.
Without further ado I walked over and sat down next to him.
"What do you want?" he demanded
"Nothing" I stated. He still looked at me as if he didn't trust me but I ignored that and ate my lunch. After a while he ignored me and pulled out his bento.
As he opened the lid he abruptly sneezed. It was really loud and I glanced over at him.
"Standing in the rain often causes one to catch cold you know" I told him. He glared at me and returned to his lunch. Or tried to. He sneezed 3 times in a row. With a sigh I reached in my pocket and found that pack of tissues that was stuck in one of the pockets for god knows how long. I pulled out the pack and handed it to him.
Our eyes met and then silence fell. This time it wasn't awkward….but now I couldn't resist.
"May be idiots are more susceptible to colds" I mused aloud. He started yelling about how rude I was and so on.
But he still made a bento lunch for me the next day.
I always kind of wanted to mention that day. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't realize I heard what he said. But I figured that kind of thing should simply be forgotten.
People aren't meant to be alone.
Watanuki isn't alone anymore and that's what matters.
Plus with all the trouble he gets into he would be dead without me saving his ass every time.
well thats it R&R please