"Miru, are we…I mean, should we go home?" Min asked me the next day. Morning had come, and I hadn't left my room since I got back. Min had come in earlier to talk to me, and so proposed the aforementioned question.
It was generally the same question Kyo asked last night.
"I don't know. I don't want to go, but we should. Now that we know how to pass dimensions, we could probably visit either place, wherever we want to stay." I replied. My mind kept drifting to Haru. If I left, both of us would be heartbroken.
"Okay, I know you have Haru here, but seriously, Miru. I've got nothing to do with this place, besides you. And I know that you love him, but you have a family. You're my best friend; I don't want to lose you."
"Great, now you're making me feel guilty." I sighed, turning away from the cool breeze coming from the sliding door to face Min, although I couldn't see her. "Minbou, go home. Don't worry; I'll go back and forth between dimensions frequently, to see you, my family, and Haru equally. I don't want to face everyone just yet though; and besides, there's something I still have to do here."
"And what's so important that you're delaying going back?"
"Someone's still out to get me. And despite being blind," I flinched ever-so-slightly at the word, "I want to find him. I have to. I bet he's some sort of angel hunter…"
I heard Min sigh in defeat.
"…Min?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm hungry." Min chuckled a bit, and I heard her turn to leave before stopping at the door.
"Miru, I almost forgot. How do we pass through dimensions?"
"…A wish, Min. We make a wish." A soft smile touched my face before I followed Min into the kitchen.
Kyo was quieter than usual during breakfast. I guess he was embarrassed when I rejected him last night, but I didn't bring it up, and neither did he. It was an unspoken agreement.
I was still uncertain as to how I'd go about finding this 'angel hunter' dude, but I bet it'll just hit me one day. I had decided, during breakfast, that I was going to go with Min back home, to make sure people think we're still alive and such. But once that's over with, I'll come back and find the guy who shot me.
"Min, I'll come back home with you," I began as we washed the dishes after breakfast. I felt Shigure's presence on the other side of the door, most likely eavesdropping, but it didn't matter. He deserved to know, and we weren't going to tell anyone other than him. "But then I'm coming back here immediately."
"Yeah, yeah. Unfinished business and whatever."
"Thanks for not trying to rip my head off. And if Shigure can stand there in his free time, I'm sure he could help us put away the dishes." Even though I said it like I was talking to Min, I heard Shigure fall on the other side of the door, then slowly open it.
"Heheh…" I just handed him a plate to put away.
"Are you sure you want to be doing this?" Shigure asked as he helped me make my way through the woods, Min on my other side.
"Positive." I replied in a steady voice. Everything will go as planned.
"What about Haru? And Kyo and Tohru, everyone will be devastated to know that you've gone."
"…I know. It's better this way."
"Miru doesn't like goodbyes." Min explained. "It gives the feeling that it'll be forever before you see the person again."
Finally, the ground evened out slightly, and I felt Shigure let go of my arm. "Here we are."
"Thanks, 'Gure. We'll be sure to come back soon. Expect to see me in about a day."
Min and I stepped forward, and I put out my hand to touch the side of the old shed. I turned to face Shigure. "See ya."
Our wings snapped out simultaneously, causing disruptions in the air currents. Dried leaves blew around us dramatically, and with each one hand on the shed, and one hand holding the others' hand, we wished for home.
And then…well, I don't know exactly what happened next with Shigure in FB, because I went home. I opened my eyes to white, all a dimmed white. I took my hand off the shed and let go of Min's, pulling off my blindfold and wrapping it around my wrist.
I looked around with a big smile on my face. Home. I was home. Min was beside me, grinning just as wildly as I was. "I can see!" I exclaimed, stating the obvious.
But for me, the obvious was a big deal.
We both 'squealed' in happiness, then froze, unsure of what to do. Should we make a dramatic entrance? How 'bout getting on some make-up, ripping our clothes a bit and saying that some idiots took us hostage?
My stomach rumbled.
"I'm hungry."
The two of us walked inside, heading straight for the cupboards and pulling out a few trademark ingredients; peanut butter, sprinkles, chocolate chips, maple syrup, and bread. Putting it all together, we sat down at the table to eat '10 o'clock sandwiches'.
Unfortunately, it wasn't as traditional as usual, seeing as it was 1pm.
As Min and I were grinning and silently laughing at our unspoken plan, my brother just so happened to waltz up the stairs from the basement.
"…Miru?" He said after a beat.
"Nope, you just stayed up too late and now you're hallucinating. This hallucination suggests that you start going to bet at a more reasonable time."
"Oh my god, Miru, it is you!"
"No shit Shirlock! I'm not pac-man."
Then dear brother Edmund did something said brother would never do if I hadn't disappeared.
He hugged me. And it wasn't even Christmas.
It was then that I started choking on my sandwich of peanutbuttery goodness.
For some reason, dad felt the need to host a big party on behalf of my homecoming. Everyone wanted to know where we had gone, but I just told them I didn't remember, and that during this memory lapse, I probably changed into the awesome black kimono I currently wore. Min played along, and thank goodness we were best friends and on the same wavelength, or else we would have come up with completely different stories to tell everyone. Memory loss is the easiest of all to explain.
So before the aforementioned big party bash began, I disappeared.
Quite literally.
Min knew where I went. Shigure knows where I'm going. And Haru knows where I am. Because I still need to find that angel hunter, and so going back to where he first shot me is easiest.
Starting with the dimension.
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