Wandering
Chapter Five
Return
Suki submerged her hands in the warm, soapy water, and began scrubbing the dish. She was staring idly at the setting sun, thinking.
Kaika... when will you be back? Where are you going? Who were those people?
She bent her wrist and wiped a tear out of her eye with it. She would've used her hand, if it weren't for the soap.
"Kaika-dono," she whispered to herself.
Cyter was standing at the doorway to the kitchen, a worried look in his eyes.
Suki finished washing the dishes and dried off her hands. She started up the stairs, walking past Cyter, not noticing him, because she was too busy concentrating on not crying. She sat down on her bed. She began to get out of her dress, when she heard the creak of the door open.
"You PERVERT!" she screamed at whoever was unlucky enough to be holding onto the doorknob at the time.
Taking advantage of the cloud of feathers, along with a little bit of blood, she pulled her dress all the way back on. She stood up and walked towards the person lying on the floor, in the doorway.
"Cyter! I'm so sorry! I didn't know it was you!"
There he was, lying on the floor, half-unconscious and bleeding from the nose. Feathers from the pillow were falling all around.
"Pretty stars... pretty, pretty stars..." he said in a dazed voice.
She picked him up and dragged him towards the bed.
Oh, boy, picking up feathers and re-stuffing the damn pillow. What joy, she thought, sarcastically.
She lifted him onto the bed and set about gathering the feathers. After about fifteen minutes, she had successfully re-stuffed the pillow and put it under Cyter's head.
"What happened?" he asked, upon waking.
"You walked in on me while I was changing."
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a worried, yet angry Suki glaring at him.
"Have you ever heard of knocking, Cyter-kun?"
"Sorry. I was just worried because you had walked past me without noticing I was there. You seemed so sad."
"I was just... thinking about Kaika."
Cyter nodded, sadly.
"I know, you miss him and you're worried. I'm sure he'll be fine, though."
Suki smiled sadly.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Trying to cheer me up. It won't work, but at least you didn't give up."
She hugged him, a few tears in her eyes.
"Thank you... for everything."
* * *
A week passed before Kaika came home. Suki ran out to greet him, leaving behind half-washed dishes. She was crying and laughing at the same time.
"Kaika-dono! You're home!"
He smiled.
"It's good to be back."
He followed her inside, where he sat down, and she got the rest of the "family." They spent hours talking, and Kaika got hugged many times.
It may be dull, it may be boring, but it's my life, and I love it, Suki thought to herself.
* * *
Later that evening, when Suki had finally gotten around to finishing the dishes, she felt something strange. Cyter was in the kitchen with her, getting a quick snack.
"Cyter-kun, do you notice anything strange?"
"Not really. I've been feeling a little lightheaded, but I think that may be because I might have a cold."
Suki shrugged. A strange glowing was coming from under the water. She pulled her hands out of it, and realized that they were what was glowing.
"What the hell? Cyter-kun...!?!?"
Cyter looked at her helplessly. His hands were glowing, too.
A bright light flashed. The next thing Suki knew, she was back in that room in the library. She looked up at the clock. They had been in there for over a month, but it had only been three hours.
She looked at Cyter.
"Was it... a dream...?"
"It couldn't be! Your clothes, my clothes, your necklace..."
* * *
Suki sat down on her own bed, and looked down at the skirt for her school uniform.
It wasn't a dream. What could it be...? she thought miserably to herself.
She felt herself beginning to cry. The last thing she had remembered before starting to wash the dishes was confessing her love to Kaika.