Yay! Chapter 2 is finally out! We still haven't figured out a name, so the fic is still nameless. Thanks to all that reviewed the last chapter. Really helped us get this next section written up. *wink wink nudge nudge* coughreviewcough
Disclaimer (forgot this last time)- Not ours…wish Haku could be mine but he can't…
Chapter 2
Last Time:
"Chihiro!" Masaki hissed again. "Snap out of it! We're here!"
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"Mou, Chihiro," Masaki said as she flopped onto her temporary bed for the next week, "I don't know what gotten into you. You seem so distant lately."
Chihiro glanced at her friend as she began to move into the log cabin that she and her classmates would be sharing for the next week. She smiled wryly at her best friend who was watching her on the bunk. "I guess I get the top bunk," Chihiro said.
"You still haven't answered my question yet! What is so important to think about that it causes you to drift off during Sensei's lecture? You've never done that before, or I haven't seen you do it at least," Masaki said as she rolled off the bed to start unpacking her things. The other girls who were supposed to share their cabin were outside watching the other kids, especially the boys, grab their things off the bus and lug them to their respected cabins.
Chihiro was one of the few girls in their class not oogling boys. Instead she was daydreaming. And Masaki was determined to find out what she was daydreaming about.
'Maybe it was a boyfriend? First love?' Masaki thought as Chihiro continued to unpack her things. Masaki was doing the same unconsciously but her mind was on Chihiro.
Chihiro had never spoken about love and crushes to Masaki, except once. It was a short statement. Masaki couldn't recall Chihiro's exact words but they were about a dragon-boy, flying, and a faceless man from a dream. It was then that Masaki had decided Chihiro had a wild imagination; that or she was insane and hiding it well. The topic was rarely mentioned after Chihiro had first told Masaki, but sometimes Masaki couldn't help teasing Chihiro about her dream boy/dragon. That was what had compelled her to buy Chihiro that silly white jade necklace that happened to be shaped like a dragon for Chihiro's 14th birthday. Masaki had gotten it off some street peddler; it was cheap and Masaki had forgotten about her best friend's birthday until two hours before the party. So Masaki bought it and later teased Chihiro about taking her dream boy with her everywhere. As far as Masaki knew, Chihiro still had the necklace. She wasn't sure, though, if Chihiro still wore it everyday like she had when Masaki had first given it to her.
Masaki was so involved with her thoughts that she didn't realize she had unpacked all her things until she heard giggling behind her.
"Masaki-chan. You know you cannot unpack thin air. It is much to difficult."
"Chihiro! Stop teasing! And you still haven't answered me! What do you keep thinking about? Wait...it can't be, can it?" Masaki said, ending her statement with an air of mock-horror.
"It can't be what?" Chihiro questioned.
"You've got a boyfriend and you didn't even tell me!"
"What?! No! I don't have a boyfriend!" Chihiro said, horrified that Masaki suggested such a thing.
"Then what is so mind-boggling that you must constantly think about it?" Masaki asked.
Chihiro sighed. Masaki was so persistent. If she didn't answer her question now, Masaki would keep asking her until she drove Chihiro insane.
"I...I just get a weird feeling around here, that's all. I have these flashes of dreams. Its like I've been here before, when I was really little. That or some place similar to this. Its just I don't remember ever being here."
"Well, nothing that happens is ever forgotten, even if you don't remember it. So it was probably a dream," Masaki said as she slid her empty bag under the bed and turned to face her friend. "Oh no, not again!" She exclaimed as she saw Chihiro slip into dream world again.
Nothing that happens is ever forgotten, even if you don't remember it.
"Chihiro!" Masaki yelled into Chihiro's ear. "Wake up!"
"Ah!" Chihiro jumped at Masaki's yell.
"Why do you keep doing that?" Masaki sighed.
"That phrase, I've heard it before."
"Really? Whe…"
Masaki was stopped in the middle of her sentence as one of their classmates rushed into the room. "Sensei's calling a meeting outside. Said it's about tonight's activities."
"Oh, okay. Thank you for telling us Ryoko!" Chihiro replied as she stood up.
"Come on, let's go Masaki."
"Okay. But you have to tell me more about it later on!" Masaki said as she lifted a finger and waved it in air.
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Posted 10/14/02 by PAS
