Disclaimer: Yui doesn't own SDS. It's by Clamp!
When you grow up
By Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 5 – Okaerinasai. (Welcome home.)
For the next few days, I continued to go to school as always, but there was still that lingering feeling that nagged me a little. I guess it was also Sensei's voice haunting me a bit, but I tried to ignore it all the same.
If I thought positively, then things would turn out well, right?
That's what I always thought.
I cooked a number of desserts before he came home. But with that, the phone kept on ringing and ringing. Half of me was scared while the other part was saying, "What's so bad about a phone ringing?"
All the same, I didn't answer it at all. Instead, I got an answering machine.
That didn't help very much though. There would be numerous dial tones left as messages whenever I came home.
Only when Sensei called or one of my friends did I even think of answering the phone.
After about five days, someone knocked on my door.
"Sensei!" I shouted happily and hugged him.
"How many times do I have to tell you that you don't have to call me that?" he joked.
Half of it was in relief, and half of it was in fear.
I remember that I started to cry.
He just patted my shoulders as he pushed me inside my own home. Then, I let go as he closed the door behind him. I smiled as I wiped my tears and took his hand. "You're just in time. Have dinner with me, Asou-sensei."
Sensei looked to the ground with a slight smile as he followed me into the dining room. "Ah."
With his warm hands, I immediately felt safe. I almost didn't want to let him go.
"I'll bring everything to the table, so, just sit down."
He sat down as I fixed up the kitchen. "So, how was your trip?"
"Fine."
"Did the shigoto go well?"
"Yes."
I nodded my head. I had almost forgotten that Sensei didn't like giving details about anything. He was such a pro at what he did…
Oh, my… * sighs * It took a large amount of patience to get through to him. And it wasn't even that easy on my part either.
I just didn't get anything back then.
"Why didn't you call me to say you were coming back?" I asked as I sat down to eat with him.
"I thought I should surprise you," he answered as he looked away from me in slight embarrassment.
I laughed. "You're so funny, Sensei."
As we ate, I told him about school and what happened for the past few days. When I got up to get the special dessert that I had made for the day, he asked, "Have those phone calls stopped Hina?"
I stopped for a moment as I was cutting the cake. I shook my head. "No…they haven't," I answered softly. Then I turned around. "But there's nothing to be worried about, ne?"
Sensei sighed as he got up. "I need to smoke."
"Eat the desert I made for you first."
"I will. When I get back."
I sighed as I watched him go out through the back. I stood at the threshold of the door and looked at him as he began to look around as he lit his cigarette in the darkness. I walked over to him and took the cigarette.
"I don't want you to die early too…" I looked away from him as I ran back into the house. I put out the cigarette in the sink and threw it away.
Then, I just stood there leaning over the sink not knowing what to think.
He still stood outside. As I tried to smile, I took a slice to him out in the backyard. "Please try it."
Sensei nodded his head and ate it. "Umai," he commented.
"Hounto ni? Hounto?" I asked. "I didn't know if you would like this. It was the first recipe I tried, but I tried so many others…"
When we went back in, I washed the dishes as I asked, "So, where are you staying?"
"In a hotel not too far away from here."
I almost wanted him as my neighbor again…
It was very disappointing to hear.
"Then, you'd better get going," I said as I turned around while wiping my hands with a rag. "Don't walk back too late."
He nodded his head. "Ah."
As I followed him to the front, I smiled while folding my hands over one another. I almost had this feeling deep inside to tell him, "Don't go."
But, there I stood in front of him. "Thank you for co-"
Grab.
At that moment, he wrapped his arms around my shoulders. It was then that I knew how worried he was, but could never express it in words.
I sighed as I pressed my head on his chest like the little kid I was. I couldn't tell him I missed him because that wasn't enough.
I was…a bit scared...
"Sensei…" I mumbled softly as he let go.
As he turned around to leave, I grabbed his sleeve with my fingers. He turned his head to face me as I blinked at him. "Chotto matte kudasai." (Please wait a moment.)
"Yes?"
I ran back to keep him there a bit longer. I wrapped up all the snacks that I had made just for him and gave it to him. "This is all for you. Please tell me how they taste."
I then tilted my head with a smile. He nodded his head as he opened the door to leave.
"Sensei…" I blurted.
With the door halfway open, he asked, "Yes, Hina?"
"Na..nandemo nai." I waved my hand nervously. "Take care of yourself!"
I then ran up to him and pulled his collar to kiss him on the cheek. "For good luck."
Sensei cleared his throat as I waved to him goodbye and closed the door securely behind him.
I laughed to myself as I looked up to the ceiling.
"Yokatta…" I mumbled happily. "He came back safely…"
to be continued…
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Author's note: Gosh, I had three fics going on in my head today, but I did two of them. I'm happy that I'm doing suki dakara suki, but I hope I can pull off what I have in mind.
I'm just having trouble trying not to make them too ooc. Hinata's so innocent and Asou (what an adorable man) the stoic are hard to capture without stepping over certain boundaries. So, I hope that they're not too ooc. ^^;;;;;;;;;
When you grow up
By Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 5 – Okaerinasai. (Welcome home.)
For the next few days, I continued to go to school as always, but there was still that lingering feeling that nagged me a little. I guess it was also Sensei's voice haunting me a bit, but I tried to ignore it all the same.
If I thought positively, then things would turn out well, right?
That's what I always thought.
I cooked a number of desserts before he came home. But with that, the phone kept on ringing and ringing. Half of me was scared while the other part was saying, "What's so bad about a phone ringing?"
All the same, I didn't answer it at all. Instead, I got an answering machine.
That didn't help very much though. There would be numerous dial tones left as messages whenever I came home.
Only when Sensei called or one of my friends did I even think of answering the phone.
After about five days, someone knocked on my door.
"Sensei!" I shouted happily and hugged him.
"How many times do I have to tell you that you don't have to call me that?" he joked.
Half of it was in relief, and half of it was in fear.
I remember that I started to cry.
He just patted my shoulders as he pushed me inside my own home. Then, I let go as he closed the door behind him. I smiled as I wiped my tears and took his hand. "You're just in time. Have dinner with me, Asou-sensei."
Sensei looked to the ground with a slight smile as he followed me into the dining room. "Ah."
With his warm hands, I immediately felt safe. I almost didn't want to let him go.
"I'll bring everything to the table, so, just sit down."
He sat down as I fixed up the kitchen. "So, how was your trip?"
"Fine."
"Did the shigoto go well?"
"Yes."
I nodded my head. I had almost forgotten that Sensei didn't like giving details about anything. He was such a pro at what he did…
Oh, my… * sighs * It took a large amount of patience to get through to him. And it wasn't even that easy on my part either.
I just didn't get anything back then.
"Why didn't you call me to say you were coming back?" I asked as I sat down to eat with him.
"I thought I should surprise you," he answered as he looked away from me in slight embarrassment.
I laughed. "You're so funny, Sensei."
As we ate, I told him about school and what happened for the past few days. When I got up to get the special dessert that I had made for the day, he asked, "Have those phone calls stopped Hina?"
I stopped for a moment as I was cutting the cake. I shook my head. "No…they haven't," I answered softly. Then I turned around. "But there's nothing to be worried about, ne?"
Sensei sighed as he got up. "I need to smoke."
"Eat the desert I made for you first."
"I will. When I get back."
I sighed as I watched him go out through the back. I stood at the threshold of the door and looked at him as he began to look around as he lit his cigarette in the darkness. I walked over to him and took the cigarette.
"I don't want you to die early too…" I looked away from him as I ran back into the house. I put out the cigarette in the sink and threw it away.
Then, I just stood there leaning over the sink not knowing what to think.
He still stood outside. As I tried to smile, I took a slice to him out in the backyard. "Please try it."
Sensei nodded his head and ate it. "Umai," he commented.
"Hounto ni? Hounto?" I asked. "I didn't know if you would like this. It was the first recipe I tried, but I tried so many others…"
When we went back in, I washed the dishes as I asked, "So, where are you staying?"
"In a hotel not too far away from here."
I almost wanted him as my neighbor again…
It was very disappointing to hear.
"Then, you'd better get going," I said as I turned around while wiping my hands with a rag. "Don't walk back too late."
He nodded his head. "Ah."
As I followed him to the front, I smiled while folding my hands over one another. I almost had this feeling deep inside to tell him, "Don't go."
But, there I stood in front of him. "Thank you for co-"
Grab.
At that moment, he wrapped his arms around my shoulders. It was then that I knew how worried he was, but could never express it in words.
I sighed as I pressed my head on his chest like the little kid I was. I couldn't tell him I missed him because that wasn't enough.
I was…a bit scared...
"Sensei…" I mumbled softly as he let go.
As he turned around to leave, I grabbed his sleeve with my fingers. He turned his head to face me as I blinked at him. "Chotto matte kudasai." (Please wait a moment.)
"Yes?"
I ran back to keep him there a bit longer. I wrapped up all the snacks that I had made just for him and gave it to him. "This is all for you. Please tell me how they taste."
I then tilted my head with a smile. He nodded his head as he opened the door to leave.
"Sensei…" I blurted.
With the door halfway open, he asked, "Yes, Hina?"
"Na..nandemo nai." I waved my hand nervously. "Take care of yourself!"
I then ran up to him and pulled his collar to kiss him on the cheek. "For good luck."
Sensei cleared his throat as I waved to him goodbye and closed the door securely behind him.
I laughed to myself as I looked up to the ceiling.
"Yokatta…" I mumbled happily. "He came back safely…"
to be continued…
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Author's note: Gosh, I had three fics going on in my head today, but I did two of them. I'm happy that I'm doing suki dakara suki, but I hope I can pull off what I have in mind.
I'm just having trouble trying not to make them too ooc. Hinata's so innocent and Asou (what an adorable man) the stoic are hard to capture without stepping over certain boundaries. So, I hope that they're not too ooc. ^^;;;;;;;;;