kimi no soba ni itai.
by doink-chan
A note from the doink:
Thankies for all the feedback on Kouyama Mitsuki's Inbox chapter 5! doinkies really appreciates it! Chapter 6 will be up tomorrow, so in the meantime here's a one-shot Takuto x Mitsuki story. It takes place in episode 19 of the anime, so if you haven't watched up to that episode yet and don't want to be spoiled, hit the back button on your browser.
Disclaimer: I do not own Full Moon wo Sagashite, and I never will. FMoS belongs to Arina Tanemura, Shueisha, Studio Deen, TV Tokyo and NAS.
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Mitsuki's viewpoint:
I woke up in a shack on the beach. Just a simple shack…I could hear the waves crashing on the shore as I awoke. All of a sudden, I heard a voice singing outside.
It was a male voice, clear and crisp and beautiful, singing my song.
I went outside, and saw Takuto standing there in a black shirt and black pants, without his wings, without his cat ears, singing.
And at that moment, I realized something.
Takuto had come to save me…
That day of the commercial audition, even though I felt sick and had to go to the hospital..I had to look for Takuto..Most of all, I wanted to apologize to him. I didn't know that shinigami were not supposed to remember their pasts.
I blew on my whistle as hard as I could…yet Takuto was still not there…
I eventually collapsed in the street, as cars stopped instantly. I was certain I was going to die any moment now…but then I felt a mouth on my own mouth, breathing into me deeply. It was enough to revive me and when I opened my eyes…Takuto was there…him and I rushed to the audition only to discover that Madoka had won. Then, and only then, he took me to this beach, to comfort me…
I felt I couldn't go on singing if Madoka had won the commercial..then Eichi-kun would not have seen me…but Takuto gave me the courage…enough to tell Ooshige-san and Wakaouji-sensei about my condition and about the shinigami…
As I hear Takuto singing…I realize that I want to be with him, even though he is a shinigami, and I am a human…
Kimi no soba ni itai. I want to be by your side…
Takuto is the one who soothes my soul…
Takuto, aishiteru.
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(Takuto's viewpoint)
I still could not believe that I had risked everything to save that chibi, even though Meroko had told me not to.
Mitsuki…you are so naïve.. Why don't you know that Eichi-kun will not come to see you? Why don't you know he is long gone now?
But I must continue to keep the dream alive…
Meroko warned me that Mitsuki and I are alike. If I spend too much time with Mitsuki…I might become a ghost…
Well, doink Meroko. I don't care if I become a ghost…as long as I am with Mitsuki.
Somehow, I pity her. I pity her sickness and her isolation. I want to give her happiness. And the only way she can be happy…is to become a singer.
I still haven't found the words to tell Mitsuki about Eichi-kun's fate. I don't even want to tell her. I fear that she might become a shinigami just because she cannot survive without Eichi-kun in her life. I want to prove to Mitsuki that she is wrong…and that I love her…
I want to be by Mitsuki's side. I want to hold her and comfort her. I want to be like the father that she never had…because I do care for her although I do not show it. I never really have showed it…because shinigami are supposed to be cold-hearted.
I hope that one day, we will be together, Mitsuki.
-----owari------
