A/N: Hope you enjoy ^-^;; Maybe. ~SEi
Disclaimer: I do not own xxxHOLiC. CLAMP does.
- - - - - - - - - - - Ch2. The Call
"Hello?" Watanuki asked through the phone.
Watanuki heard a faint "Holy shit, someone actually answered!" through the phone. He frowned at the rude language the caller was using.
"May I help you in anyway?" he asked.
"Huh?" The voice was closer now. It was a male teenager's voice, about 17 years old, Watanuki guessed. "Oh, uh... who is this?"
"I should be asking that. You're the caller, after all."
"Oh that's true, uh, I'm... uh, Pipipo Yellow!" A bird? A power ranger?
Liar. "... Harufumi Yousuke, you shouldn't lie to your elders."
"Oh shi-"
"And don't curse at your elders; there's no need to, really."
"Uh.." There was this silence between them before he spoke again. "Uh.." His voice sounded hoarse. "You.. H-How do you know my name? Who... who are you?"
Watanuki chuckled silently and then sat himself down on the sofa. "Don't underestimate 'receivers' - they may be psychic. However, I am a wish-granter. You don't need to know my name."
"..."
"Since you called, you must have a wish. However, there is a price to pay. Now... what is your wish?"
"What?"
"Your wish."
"I-I-I don't know w-what you're talking about. I d-don't have a wish. This was just-"
"An inevitable call."
"..."
Watanuki smiled into the phone. He was actually enjoying this phone call. It was like none other he had ever had. Perhaps.
"Alright, I give up. I'll tell you."
Watanuki waited until Yousuke replied, all the while fiddling with a thread on his yukata.
"I want a dog. I've been lonely lately and I want a dog as a friend."
"...But you already have a dog. She's lying on your lap right now, isn't she?"
As a reply, Watanuki heard a low bark and then a whimper.
"Th-Th-Th-That... uh..."
"You're not taking me seriously, are you, Yousuke-kun?"
"They never do anymore," whispered Mokona, who was sitting on the armrest of the sofa, listening in on the conversation and eating some bag of chips he found somewhere.
"I-I am taking you seriously!"
"You're not. How do I know? Because you're lying constantly to me. I told you not to lie, didn't I? Bad things will happen if you do..."
Watanuki heard a gulp through the phone. He laughed. "Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything to you." Yet. "I'm just going to wait until you tell me your wish."
"But like I said, I don't have a wish!"
"That's a lie. Your call was inevitable. Only people who have wishes can see, hear, or know of my store. You knowing the store's phone number while I don't know it myself, and calling, is inevitable."
"You sound like a really persistent Yuuko now, Watanuki," Mokona said as he continued to eat.
Watanuki grinned. "I'm just really bored and I haven't had any decent wish-granting lately."
"Is someone there?" asked Yousuke. He sounded suspicious of something.
"Oh. Yes. Mokona. He's my... helper." Watanuki gave the phone to Mokona.
"Hello there~ Yousuke-kun! If you don't tell my master what your wish is now, I'm going to fly over there and eat you!"
At that, Watanuki took the phone back quickly and apologized. "S-Sorry about that. Mokona doesn't mean it. He's just really.. haha..." He gave a forced laugh. "...Weird..."
The teenager on the other line gave a forced laugh as well. "I-I see..."
Silence.
I guess I shouldn't push him so much. It's just a cure for my boredom that I'm after, anyway... Watanuki smiled sadly through the phone. "Yousuke-kun?"
"Uh.. yes?"
"It's alright not to tell me right now. You can tell me again whenever you want to. So whenever you want to tell me, you can just call me right back again."
"Uh... But I-"
"Goodbye then."
"But I-"
Watanuki hung up the phone. Mokona stared at him and his hand still on the phone. Watanuki was frowning. He looked at Mokona with confusion in his eyes.
"What is it?" asked the creature.
"Who would..."
"...?"
Watanuki shook his head and smiled. "This is going to be interesting."
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