Here's that Omake that I promised.
Now that I got some encouraging reviews (that doesn't mean I haven't got them before; I'm just saying.) I now know how this story will all end. Want to find out? You'll just have to read when it comes. XD
Mean, aren't I?
For now, Enjoy~!
Omake 3: Watanuki's conversation
"You have got to be kidding me."
"I assure you…I'm not."
"But that's impossible!"
"Nothing's impossible….it's only impossible if you believe it is."
A pause.
"Did it work?"
"No."
"Damn it!"
The mismatched-eyed shopkeeper chuckled at the reaction his apparently other self was having. "Don't act so surprised. Unlike us, there's bound to be more versions of Doumeki in every world." 'And god-forbid if I have to meet more than one of them….' He thought angrily to himself. "Believe me, I'm not any happier about the situation then you are."
"Really? You're unhappy? How do you think I feel?" Watanuki argued. "I've been with the jerk since we were kids. You have the luxury of just meeting him in high school." He shouted. "Not to mention he eats like a pig, very insensitive and is freaking popular no matter what he does. He can have an expression of a brick and girls throw panties at him!"
The shopkeeper raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah? Try dealing with an older Doumeki who hangs out at your permanent house, drinking his ass off and practically stuffing his face on everything you've cook. And with Mokona around I have two gaping blackholes that'll never get full!"
Watanuki paled. "Oh god, an older Doumeki? I can barely handle the one that's my age right now!" Then a thought came to him. "Oh god, what if we get stuck together when we get older? I can't stand that! Imagine; just being with him as long as you live! I'd kill myself!"
"….ahem."
"Oh…sorry."
"Look, it's not the end of the world." The shopkeeper calmly said. "And before you scream it out, most likely fate didn't dealt you with a joker card…..though from your perspective, it might as well been." 'Among…other things.' He added mentally.
Taking that statement into consideration (major consideration), Watanuki finally calm down a little. "Fine. I guess….with everything I'm going through and what you already know; it couldn't get any worse."He then chuckled. "I mean it's not like I'll marry the jerk, right?"
"…."
Watanuki paled at the expression the shop-keeper was expression. "You're joking!"
"I am." The shopkeeper smiled.
The poor teen held his chest with a tight grip. "God…don't scare me like that!" He then sighed. "I don't think I can keep up with all the fake scares."
"Oh please." The shopkeeper scoffed. "Compare to my experiences, you're only getting a sudden tap on the shoulder." His expression then softened. "Sometimes, I missed those….everything that I have ever known and loved had been withering away before my very eyes."
Blinking at the tone change, Watanuki went up to the shopkeeper and sat down in front of him. "How long has it been?"
A small sad smile reached the other man's face. "It's been so long that I forgot to keep track." He then waved his hand around and an orb of light appeared. "So long that I can do this perfectly."
Watanuki stared in awe. "You mean magic, right?"
"Yep."
"Did you ever want to be a shopkeeper?" Watanuki asked.
Frowning a bit, the shopkeeper shook his head. "I didn't much choice in the matter; not that I care either way." He then snapped his fingers and the orb disappeared. "I wanted to grant her wish after all."
"Her?" Watanuki was a bit confused. "So…you did all of this for a girl?"
"You'd be surprised of the men who would do anything; even risk their lives just for someone they loved; unrequited or otherwise." Then the shopkeeper then sighed. "But yes, in simple terms, I did."
Watanuki whistled. "Wow, she must be very special if it meant you to be a magical shopkeeper or something?"
"Special?" The shopkeeper chuckled. "Oh no. If anything, she's too indescribable for words." He then sighed. "If you think Doumeki's bad, try being a slave to a woman who drinks like a fish, eats like a pig and is worse than your average boring professor at whatever school you're in right now."
"That bad?" Watanuki cringed.
"She makes getting you balls cut off look less suffering." The shopkeeper groaned. "At least when you get them cut off, you won't have to deal with the pain anymore."
"….I'm not sure what to be more freaked out of." Watanuki uttered. "How bad that chick was or that you made a very gruesome but somehow accurate analogy."
"But you get my point, right?"
"In a weird way, yeah."
The shopkeeper chuckled a bit. "Despite her bad points, she was a very good person. I owe her everything for all she's done for me…..in a figurative way." He then added after a short pause.
Watanuki snorted. "Right."
"I know that your life has gotten a bit…dull and dreary…" The shopkeeper said. "And that your head's probably hurting with the things I'm telling you but believe me when I say that there's nothing to worry." He smiled. "Unlike me, you'll have a…semi-normal life."
"You say semi-normal like something will happen."
"With Doumeki as your best friend and chairman that's making you, her slave; can you blame for being truthful?" The shopkeeper shrugged.
"…" Watanuki blinked. "Yeah… you're right about that." He then crossed his arms. "Doesn't mean I like it one bit, though."
"Don't worry. I didn't like the arrangement either. And life's like that. You don't get what you always want." The shopkeeper said with a strained smile. "But never mind that, how about we talk about something more….uplifting?"
"Like what exactly?"
"Like maybe….that girl you're friends with…now what was her name again?" The shopkeeper fakely pondered. "Hima-something or other…."
"Himawari~!" Watanuki suddenly cheered out. "That's her name. And a great name it is~!"
"Really?" The shopkeeper said with a smirk. "Do tell."
"Yeah, it means 'sunflower'." And Watanuki swooned. "And it fits her, she had this beautiful smile that lights up the night sky and her hair looks like perfect silk compared to others and that she's very nice and is very popular in fact there's this one time that…."
The shopkeeper leaned back let his counterpart talk about his crush with a knowing smile. 'It's been a long time since I was like that; just worrying about the little things like girls and grades. When that disappeared? Well no matter. I'm glad that I got to be here with this Watanuki.'
Then the shopkeeper frowned at a sudden thought hit him.
'But I'm not sure if I have the heart tell him that the Himawari I know up and got married with another man….surely it won't happen to his world's Himawari….right?'
One could only imagine.
END
I predict a waterfall of tears and over-dramatic whining from you-know-who. Just saying. XD
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