The Promise
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away or any of the characters
Four years later...
"Red rosy lips and eyes so bright,
Hair that flows into the night,
Eyes glance back, full of light,
What I'd give to see this sight."
She wrapped her hair into a ringlet around her index finger, then released it to spring back against her head.
"Chihiro?"
"Hmmmm? What's that then?" she looked up from her drawings innocently.
"My poem, I thought you were going to help me write something for this competition?"
"Yeah, of course I am, let's hear what you've got so far-" I guess the stare I gave her said enough.
She blushed and returned to playing with her hair.
"That was...really...captured the essence of...ummm" she looked down again. Pink cheeks glowing more by the second.
"I'm sorry Kai, I was daydreaming," again I thought. Still she looked even more beautiful when her face flooded with colour. She gave me a soft pout and I forgot the reason why I was annoyed with her.
"That's ok. It's not finished yet; something about it isn't quite right-" Chihiro had pulled me towards her on the bed.
"Perhaps you need a break?" Hands trailed up my arms until they found my shoulders and neck, then she grabbed my face in her delicate, yet firm, hold, causing every part of me to tingle – in a good way. My lips brushed against her cheeks, one by one, then hastily her lips met mine and the feverish kissing took over. I let my hands rest safely on her waist, well they were safe until her top rode up slightly with her movement and I found myself touching her bare flesh. So smooth...
She attached both hands to the back of my neck, intertwining her fingers in my hair to stop me from going anywhere. Our breathing rates picked up and Chihiro moaned slightly into my mouth. My lips took her bottom lip between them and sucked gently, whilst I was pulled from my side-sitting postion to lay on top of her, I could feel her smile and returned it gladly, sliding my tongue across hers. We continued like this, eventually her fingers slipped under my shirt, it was so warm and so wonderful.
"Chihiro..." One of her legs hitched up around my waist.
"Haku-" As quickly as that I pulled away catching my breath, she lay beside me shocked by her own words.
"Kai?" I swung my legs off the side of the bed to get up "Kai, I'm so sorry, stop, please don't go. Please?"
"I'm not going, don't worry, just looking through your sketchbook" I decided and lifted it from the edge of the bed. I thumbed the pages carefully – on nearly every one was a boy, maybe a little younger than me, but much more youthful – some had dragons drawn around them, a few had cuts across the boys face and hands.
"We were asked to draw an emotional memory" she tried to reason.
"That's him isn't it? That wasn't even real for goodness' sake!" She got up and walked round to stand in front of me.
"Believe me or not, that isn't just him, it's you, I don't care if you can't remember it, it happened okay? And that was the worst experience of my life seeing you hurt – I was the worst possible thing I could think of ever happening."
"Really? What about moving away from your home when you were young? Your parents' divorce? Being sent to a psychiatric hospital when you were only twelve? Even your parents shouting at you for getting ink down your new school uniform on your first day!"
"Kai, no, this hurt, so much so that I thought I would die right there if you hadn't pulled through."
"But it's not real!" I tried to put my arms around her to comfort her, but she forced them away.
"Don't be like that. Can't you just accept that I believe it, even if you don't?"
"Yeah, sure, it's just hard when your girlfriend says someone else's name when you're being intimate."
"It's not someone else though, it's you!"
"Chihiro, it's not. I'll always be second best because your heart belongs to him. I love you, but I don't know how much longer we can go on like this. You need to make peace with the fact that it was all a dream." The now sobbing girl in front of me collapsed in hysterics. I sat down next to her and put my arms around her, Chihiro's face fell into my chest and I held her against me. I rocked her for what felt like hours, until it was nightfall.
"I'm sorry," I whispered into her hair. Her head shook.
"No, it's my fault, I know all of it's stupid. I just can't let go." She looked up with red eyes and dry lips. I kissed her full on the mouth.
"Let's just forget it, okay?"
Author's Note
Later than expected and not as long as I wanted but I will update tomorrow, so hope you enjoyed this, let me know what you think :)
