Disclaimer: I would've have cried to own this but no matter how long I cry I know I will never own this…
Author's Note: Sorry for the late update! Got a serious debate on the scene, I had three different scenes in mind… and long story short, I kinda lost my inspiration for this one… It'll depend on how much momentum I get by receiving your reviews… anyway, read and enjoy! This is kinda short so sorry!
The New Life: Eternal Love
By Hiroyuki11
Chapter VIII: A Secret Revealed... is it?
Miyu woke up again deep in the night, and yet she still could see Kanata sleeping at her bed, it's been 4 days already since she woke up. Those four days many had happened, one of them was Kanata was started to tell her bed time story... his voice is calm yet full of emotion, it was that voice that Miyu hears before she fell asleep. Recently she asks him to tell her a story early in the morning, and he did, but Miyu notices that all he tell her was: kiss, yes all the story he tell her involves a prince kissing a princess, either by breaking a curse or just awaken her... sometimes even reviving a dead person. By telling her this kind of story is he implying that he kissed her to wake her up...?
The door of her room opens but Miyu didn't hear it nor felt it, so, when she felt a hand touches her shoulders she almost jumps in surprise. She looks up at the person who dares to touch her, and she saw a smiling of a nurse named Nitta, "Oh, it's you..." Miyu said. Nitta was another person who seems close to Kanata, she always catches her looking at Kanata, and today was not an exception.
Nitta grins at Miyu, "How's your boyfriend?" Nitta said but Miyu didn't flinch.
Miyu sighs, "How many times should I tell you that Kanata and I are only cousins..." Miyu said looking intently at Kanata, "Or so that's what he told me..."
Nitta smiled at Miyu, "Do you want a DNA test?" Nitta said as she started her work, by checking Miyu for any signs of disease or anything.
Miyu shook her head, "Nah, I believe Kanata, he wouldn't lie to me." Miyu smiled at Kanata's sleeping face as she played with his hair.
"You're right," Nitta said as he smile at Miyu, "Anyway, I think you're recuperating fine... do you want to go home?" Nitta suddenly said, catching Miyu off guard.
"W-What?!" Miyu almost stuttered, whipping her head at Nitta.
"I can ask the doctor to release you early."
"Why?" Miyu asks an innocent question. Miyu was nervous for a many reasons... she was happy that she was going home but she was scared that her home wasn't home but a house or a temple, but at least Kanata was there. But Miyu can't wait to see what her home feels like, what it looks like...
"At this moment we were just observing you health... you're fine now."
Miyu was filled of hope, her mind was filled with beautiful things, cherry blossom trees, the old steps of a temple, the they at the mountain top and... Kanata's face as he told her, 'Welcome back home...' "I want to..." Miyu said with a smile at her face, "I want to go home." Miyu said at the smiling Nurse.
"I already ask the doctor..." Nitta said bluntly.
"Huh?" Miyu was caught by surprise, "...What do you mean?"
Nitta grins, "I knew you would come home, so I already asked the doctor."
Miyu's eyes widen, "What if I decline earlier? What would you do?"
Nitta just shrugs, "...I don't know, but if I were you I'll be happy to come home with..." Nitta looks at Kanata.
Miyu smiles in realization, "I guess so..." Miyu said, even he they were cousins Miyu still likes Kanata. Kanata was... Kanata, he's sweet, gentle, dependable, and caring. If they were cousins then, they were close, like brother and sister.
"I can release you after lunch..." Nitta smiled again.
Christine looks at the Doctor, "Ever since the first time I checked you, I've seen that you recover fast... right now I'm doing some observation." Doctor Yanagi said in a warm tone, quite strange coming from the usually cold doctor. "But I think you'll just fine by tomorrow, I can release you by then, Ms. Evans." but still the way he said Evans was strange, like he was not calling her. Christine dismissed it as awkwardness towards her alternate name.
Christine tilted her head as she smiled back at the Doctor, "Thank you very much!" she said cheerfully.
The doctor turned to leave but he looks at her when he was at the door, "Please have a rest, you'll need It." he said.
Christine shook her head, "…I'll look at the moon for awhile, and I think it's beautiful." She said, and then she continued, "Besides, the news you brought me prevents me from sleeping." It's true… Christine is excited that she was soon going out of the hospital. But she didn't plan of going home… she just have to surprise Kanata after all.
The Doctor just nodded while he glanced slightly at the moon, he smiled a small smile.
"What?!" Kanata exclaimed, he just woke up and Miyu already assaulted him, "What do you mean going home?" he asked a giggling blonde at his front.
Miyu can't help but giggle at his expression, it was a wise decision to tell him that first thing in the morning, and stole a hug while at it. "Don't you want me to go home with you?" She pouted. She spent her remaining hours thinking and stabilizing herself, in truth she was very nervous about her new home… or old home.
"N-No, No… it's not that…" Kanata waves both of his hand in defense, "I do want you to go home, it's just that…" Kanata gulps, 'It's just that, it'll hard to explain Lou and Bawmeow to you…', "It's just that, father is not there… he left, so we… err, but where not actually alone." Kanata tried to explain to Miyu, since Miyu's outburst at the 'Cousin' thingy, Kanata had thought about how to lie to Miyu… well, it's not actually a lie.
"Oh… so who's living with us…?"
"Your brother and your uncle…"
Miyu raises a brow, "…Aren't they supposed to be with mom and dad?" Miyu asks. Miyu occasionally see them, but nobody told her that they were leaving with them… she thought they visits at the temple occasionally. Speaking of parent, she hadn't seen them, and yes Kanata did tell her that they were busy but they were neglecting their duty as parents.
"They work at NASA, where they work for an insane amount of time training and researching…" Kanata said casually, "Do you think they would have time for their child… children?" Kanata asks rhetorically.
Miyu smiled sadly, "I never saw my dad and mom, when will they visit me?" she asks herself.
Kanata smiled softly as he patted Miyu's shoulder, "Don't worry they'll come… they did came several times before." Kanata lied, both Miyu's parents never came after their last visit, NASA had forbidden them to, and so they only call at the temple to ask about Miyu's condition.
Miyu looks at Kanata and then she threw he hands around him as she hugs him, "Thank you for being here with me every time I woke up…" she whispered in his ears.
Kanata blushes slightly, this is, after all, not a soothing hug. "I-It's OK, your parents entrusted you to me after all…" Kanata whispered back.
The door opened suddenly as Nitta strode in, but stops in the middle of it as she saw the hugging 'couple'. She quickly puts a hands her mouth as she smiled foxily, "I'm sorry to disturb you two... after all you two will be living with each other and you have to catch up with your... activities." she quickly went out, effectively evading the two youngsters shout at her.
"So, Miyu, do you still want to take the offer I made…?" Nitta said mischievously as she nudged Miyu's side.
"What do you…?" Miyu never finishes as she blushed hard, Nitta was mouthing DNA… which means about the DNA test she mentioned last night. "N-No, I don't want to…" she said occasionally stealing a glance at Kanata.
Kanata looks at Miyu and then at Nitta and back to Miyu… he was wondering what they mean about the offer. In the end Kanata just shrugs, he had a feeling he will never know it…
"Anyway… did you already tell Kanata…?" Nitta said.
Miyu nodded, "Yup."
"Thank you for saving me the trouble… if I'm the one who told Kanata, he might have hugged me in happiness." Nitta said slyly.
Both Kanata and Miyu blushes at the same time… "N-No we don't!" they both said, after that they look at each other, blushing harder.
"Ah… Young Love…" Nitta said clutching her heart while looking far away… making the couple blushes even harder. "I never did experience this kind of love…"
"Nitta-neechan!" Miyu and Kanata both said.
Nitta smirked, and then she looks at Kanata seriously, "As much as I have fun teasing both of you… there's another matter came up… Kanata." She looks at Kanata, "Would you join me at the hallway?"
Kanata looks surprised for a moment before standing up, "Sure." He looks at Miyu and smiles, "I'll come back…"
Nitta nodded and looks at Miyu smiling, "He won't be long…" she said as she stood up and went to the door along with Kanata.
Miyu looks at them before they disappeared at the door, she somehow felt uneasy about this…
"What's this 'another matter came up'?" Kanata asks, looking intently at Nitta.
"You know Evans?" Nitta ask.
"Who's Evans?" Kanata asks again.
"Melissa…" Nitta whispered.
"What?"
Nitta smacked her forehead, "Melissa Evans, The pink-haired girl!" Nitta shouted.
"Melis…sa? Oh!" Kanata said, 'Christine Hanakomachi…' Kanata thought, 'I should take note of that…', "Yes I know, Melissa Evans."
"I know, it's just that she's going out of the hospital the same time as Miyu," Nitta said, and continued upon seeing Kanata's shock face, "Apparently she recovered fast… must be her genes." Nitta muttered the last sentence.
"Damn, that means I'm going to pay all the expense today… right?" Kanata ruffled his own hair.
Nitta nodded.
"Can you stay by Miyu's side? I'm going to call home today." Kanata said.
Nitta nodded again, and then Kanata runs off.
"See you later!" Nitta shouted as she waved at Kanata's back.
"Is this Bawmeow?" Kanata asks.
"No."
"Then who's this?"
"It's Momoka Hanakomachi Age 4 Class 4-" The little voce said.
"I'm Kanata… could you please call Bawmeow for me please?" Kanata cuts Momoka's speech.
"Oh! It's you… sure thing." Momoka said, "BAWMEOW! KANATA IS ON THE PHONE! HE SAYS IT'S URGENT!" she shouted.
After a while the familiar pet sitter voice answered. "Hello? Kanata? What's wrong?"
"Both Miyu and Christine are going out of the hospital, and I need all the money I need…" Kanata pauses as he hoped that all the money he saved would suffice. "Bring them here…"
"Sure… I'll bring Momoka and Lou too…"
"Don't bring Momoka, I think Christine doesn't want to see her yet…" Kanata said while looking around.
"Then what should I do?" Bawmeow asks.
"Send her away… bring a hooded jacket to Christine, I think I'm being watched." Kanata said, as he felt someone watching him.
"O-Ok…" Bawmeow stuttered.
"Call her Melissa Evans…" Kanata said, and then said, "Bring the MINIMIZER (1), if things got worse, we could shrink her."
"What happened there…?"
"I'll tell you later… and its Christine's right to tell you if she wants to." Kanata said, ending the conversation, "Don't forget the money, robe and the MINIMIZER…" Kanata said and then he whispered the last words, "Meet me at the cafeteria in your kid form."
The door in Christine's room opened, Christine thought it's the doctor, but she was surprised that it was Kanata. "Oh! Hello… Kanata."
"Good Morning… how are you?" Kanata said.
Christine smiled at Kanata, "I'm fine…"
"I'm not talking about your body…" Kanata smiled. Christine looks at the white sheet of the hospital bed. "…that bad. Eh?" Christine just nodded. "I'm sorry."
"No, it's okay."
"I heard you're going out of hospital this noon."
"Yes." Christine said, still looking at her feet.
Kanata smiled reassuring towards her, "Where will you live? And… how?"
Christine's eye widens for an awhile, "My father is looking for me, right?"
Kanata nodded. "Melissa Evans… I suggest you sleep now, I'll wake you up when we're at the temple." He said, hinting Christine that he had a plan.
"Sure… just do what you can, I trust you…" Christine closes her eyes.
"Goodbye for now…" Kanata said, as he left the room.
Kanata had been waiting for Bawmeow while eating at the cafeteria. He had been slurping the ramen when someone tapped his knee, Kanata looks at his left to see a kid, with a big back pack and an unusual oblong purple eyes. "What can I do for you little kid?" he asks.
The little kid, known as Bawmeow smiled uncertainly, it isn't an act… he doesn't really know what to ask Kanata. "Uh…"
Kanata then leans towards Bawmeow, "Room 512. Then transfer into a blonde hair man, with a French-like look with a suit and suitcase and pay Christine… err, Melissa Evan's Hospital expenses." He whispered, and then he motions Bawmeow to sit in the opposite chair as he leans back.
Bawmeow sat on the other side, still, the uncertainly remains as he tried to analyze the information given to him.
Kanata did not wait for Bawmeow to think as he spoke again, "After you paid it, change into Dumpling-san and give me the money…" Bawmeow was going retort saying the he would give the money, when Kanata shook his head. "After you give me the money, return to Christine and transfer into a…"
The plan proceeded smoothly, many are deceived, including Miyu and Christine… although Bawmeow didn't what truly happened, he followed Kanata's plan smoothly. Now he was truly amazed at Kanata's cleverness…
Now he was waiting for Kanata to arrive at the park, although Christine insisted to sit at the swing and he permitted it… and now Christine had an unreadable expression…
Now he was waiting for Kanata to arrive at the park, although Christine insisted to sit at the swing and he permitted it and now Christine had an unreadable expression...
"Is there something?" Bawmeow said, Christine quickly snap her head upwards, obviously she forgotten about him.
"...N-no, I'm fine." Christine said, looking downwards.
Bawmeow looked at her before looking at the clouds and then sitting at the other swing. "I don't know what happened to you and Kanata-san., but you know... Kanata-san cares for you, he wouldn't leave you alone." at this Christine looks at Bawmeow. "After all, he's a nice guy."
"I guess..." Christine smiled slightly, "Thank you... Dumpling-san," Christine said as she too looks at the clouds.
"Sure, say... you're going to move with us? I've seen your bag and suitcase under the porch." Bawmeow said, making Christine look at him.
"So, you found about it..." Christine sighs, and found the ground interesting as she looks down, "Father and I had fought, and this time I can't take it anymore... I ran away, and to be less suspicious I left my things at the porch while I wait for Kanata near the hospital."
"I see..." Bawmeow muttered. "The situation seems bad... if Kanata intend to use IT. Kanata cares for you if he's risking this much to save you..."
Christine looks at Bawmeow, raising her brows, "What do you mean?"
"Wait a little longer... I have a feeling that Kanata will tell you the truth about us..." Bawmeow said smiling sadly.
'Don't tell me... that... that... Kanata is...' Christine thought as she was listening to Bawmeow intently.
"Christine... I'm not what you thought me to be... Kanata, Miyu and I had been keeping secrets with you... because when you found out, we think you'll flip." Bawmeow said solemnly.
'So it is true! THAT rumor is true... I can't believe it.' Christine thought, 'I never did understand their looks at each other when I'm at the temple, like I'm invading their privacy, like their talking with each other in eye to eye. Then one of them will make me busy then the other run away doing something behind my back!'
"Kanata and I are different... I'm-" But Bawmeow was cut.
"Gay."
"Yeah, I'm...ga-WHAT?!" Bawmeow whipped his head towards Christine.
Christine took that look as how-did-you-know look, "It's because I always saw you and Kanata hiding something from me, sometimes Miyu helps you two... now that answers one of the 7 wonders of our school, whether Kanata is gay or not... I mean there are so many girls who worship him and he didn't give them a damn. He even made several girls cry... but I won't tell anyone, you've done so much for me that-"
"NO! WE'RE NOT GAY!" Bawmeow shouted comically swinging his arms up and down, "I MEAN TO TELL YOU THAT ME AND LOU ARE ALIENS AND KANATA AND MIYU ARE HIDING IT FROM YOU!"
"Alien...?"
Opps...
Bawmeow look behind him to see Miyu and Kanata, Miyu said and Christine both said Alien at the same time... while Kanata had his hands in his forehead.
"Err... I mean... we're... foreigners."
お早う
Well that's all folks... I hope you like this sorry for the very long wait... if you like it then review I might get my motivation back and then write as fast as I can until I lose my momentum. It's really a mistake to update all of my fanfiction last January, and bad thing is, nobody reviewed much and I lost my motivation... having work that hard, without appreciation is really painful, you know...
If you're wondering why Bawmeow replied 'foreigner' then here's the explanation.
Alien - gaijin - Foreigner
Well... that's what I think about it though... well, there's another word though, and I think it's more appropriate: gaikoku. But, where's the fun in that?
(1) What's the name of Lou's Toy, who minimizes things...? Like toys?
But really, I just continued this because, I got stuck planning my other fanfiction. I'll try to reply on you reviews so check your mails when you review, ne? –Hiro
I would like to extend my apology to winry rocabell and KawaiiAlthea for the long wait... even if you read this or not please forgive me.
