Chihiro's POV:
I felt so embarrassed when I woke up and Haku was there, he must have thought I was a right weirdo, falling asleep outside his door. I didn't worry about it too much though he looked like he had something to tell me, the only thing that bothered me now was what it was.
We sat down and he sighed, 'Chihiro I need to talk to you.' Haku said seriously 'yeah?' I urged wanting him to say whatever it was fast, I couldn't tell if it was going to be good or bad. A moment of silence had passed before I realized he wasn't gunna say it soon 'Haku just tell me' I said, I tried to hide my anxiety but it just wanted to burst out like there was no tomorrow.
He sighed again before he said 'Chihiro I need to tell you something before you go...' he trailed off 'go? Go where?' I asked anxiously, I didn't want to go anywhere, the thought made me feel dizzy, and did he want me to go back to the human world? I hated it there; it was filled with nothing but loneliness and emptiness. 'I won't go' I said, it barely came out in a whisper but he still heard me 'Chihiro, you have to go' he said.
My heart momentarily stopped, he wanted me to go, well I wasn't going and he couldn't make me. I took a breath and calmly said 'Haku, I'm not going, I can't go back to that place. There's nothing there for me' he looked a little surprised but quickly composed himself 'your parents Chihiro, your friends, a normal and safe life' he said.
I shook my head 'what?' he asked, 'I don't have any friends there, and after the first time I was here I could never really get along with anyone in the human world, every day was filled with emptiness and I couldn't stand it' I hated the fact that I was moaning about this but if it was the only way to stay then I'd do anything.
'Chihiro, your parents will be heartbroken won't they? You can't just leave them' Haku said, I could start to feel myself getting angry and upset at the same time but I chose to hide it 'they're dead Haku, they left me. No one will care if I don't go back to the human world, this is my home I belong here I just know it. I'm sorry but I'm staying no matter how much you want me to go' once I had finished I felt a lump rise in my throat so I got up and started walking towards my room when out of nowhere Haku grabbed my hand and pulled me close to him 'You're so silly! I never said I wanted you to go' he whispered.
My heart started pounding like a drum again, I pulled back to look at his face and I saw that his expression was serious although a little smirk threatened to appear at the corner of his lips. 'Why did you say I need to go then?' I asked 'is it not obvious, it's more dangerous here then it is there, and I'm scared' he said as his face went about 50 shades redder than I'd ever seen it.
'Scared of what?' I asked urging him to go on 'losing you, it's a myth but if a human stays here in the spirit world then eventually they'll grow weak and die, this world is too strong for you and if that's not the case then what if something happens to you? I would never forgive myself, not just that but if you stay I won't age but you will and then eventually I'd lose you anyway' he finally took a breath and closed his eyes for a moment.
I was speechless and confused what did he mean by losing me? As a friend or does he see me as something else, I could tell he was having a hard time telling me all of this but I wanted to find out if he could ever feel the same about me as I do him 'Haku, we can find a way for me to stay, but there's something I wanna know first' I said. I was so nervous I almost didn't noticed that he had nodded as a reply 'what do you mean by losing me?' I wanted to take it back the moment I'd finished asking him.
'You still don't get it do you' he said 'get what?' I asked, but before I'd finished he'd brought his lips to mine until my knees buckled and he had to hold me up. He pulled back to let me catch my breath and then he said 'I'm only going to say this once, I love you. I have ever since you dropped that shoe into my river, as time went by I loved you more and more. What scared me the most was that you couldn't love me back' he looked so nervous it nearly made me giggle, I wrapped my arms around his neck 'you idiot' I said before I kissed him again.