In The Eye of The Beholder: Chapter 2
Kirameku was up with the sun. She had always been an early riser, but it was today that she would get her very own Angel. She walked over to her window, and pulled back the curtains. She stood there for a little, absorbing the warmth of the sun's early rays. 'Mom's probably not up yet…I guess I'll make myself a waffle to hold me over.'
Kirameku's mom never woke up nearly as early as Kirameku did. Her mom normally woke up around noon, and since Kirameku wasn't a good cook, she'd always had to wait until the afternoon to eat breakfast.
But today was different. They had to leave at 11:30 to go meet Hari. Kirameku still had to wait 3 hours or more, but she was ok with it. She walked into their kitchen, and pulled out a box of waffles. She took out one, and headed towards the toaster. When she reached down to make sure it was there, her hand hit the countertop.
She sighed as she began to feel around the counter for the toaster. It didn't help her very much that her mom was a bit absent minded at times. She finally bumped into the toaster. She put her waffle in, pushed the button down, and walked over to the fridge. She always had chocolate chips and whip cream on her waffles. If her mom was there, that wouldn't happen, but she was never awake early enough to stop her daughter.
Kirameku had gotten the chocolate chips, the whip cream, and a plate out before the waffle was ready. She turned her back towards the counter, and leaned on it for a moment. 'My very own Angel…I can't wait…' She sighed as the toaster popped. She took out her waffle, put it on the plate, and immediately put the chocolate chips on so they would melt. She brought her plate and the whip cream over to the table, then went and got a glass of orange juice.
She ate her waffle, and decided to go get changed. She heard water running in her mom's room, and assumed her mom was taking a shower. She got changed, and when she went back downstairs, sure enough, breakfast was being made.
"Good morning!" Kirameku's mom called as she finished breakfast.
"Good morning." Kirameku said as she sat down.
"After we finish breakfast, you need to call Hari to let her know we're heading out." Kirameku's mom said.
"Ok, I will. Are you gonna drop off and pick up?"
"Yeah, Hari is coming over afterwards and her mom will pick her up around 5. Sound good?"
"Sounds great!" Kirameku smiled as she began to eat. Breakfast was uneventful, and it was eaten in silence. Kirameku was planning out everything about her Angel, and knew almost exactly what she wanted her Angel to look like. After breakfast was done, the two cleaned up, and headed out the door. Kirameku grabbed her sunglasses, and they were on their way to Piffle Princess.
When they arrived, Kirameku grabbed her cane from the back of the car, and kissed her mom goodbye. She walked into the Piffle Princess, and went up the escalator. She could smell food from the café, and as she got closer, she could hear the whoosh of Angels on the Layer. She could tell what it must have looked like, judging by the sound of the Angels moving.
"Kirameku! Over here!" Kirameku snapped out of her daydream, and recognized the voice of Hari, and walked in the direction it came from.
"Hey! Hari, I thought you were coming later!" Kirameku smiled as she sat down.
"Aww…. why'd you wear your sunglasses?"
"My eyes tend to make people nervous. You know that!" Kirameku smiled.
"And you know I don't like talking to you when you wear your sunglasses. It makes me feel nervous when you wear them." Hari smiled.
"Fine…I'll take them off." She took off her sunglasses, and put them in her pocket.
"You wanna go downstairs and get your Angel stuff?" Hari asked.
"Sure. Just one question. Why don't you get an Angel too?"
"I don't know…watching is satisfying enough for me." Hari stood up, and the two friends walked downstairs. They went over to the Angel supplies, and picked up an Angel Egg. "You want to go up to the desk and ask for instructions in brail?" Hari asked as she held up the package.
"You mean do I want you to go ask. And yeah, that would help." Kirameku put the package back on the shelf, and followed Hari to the desk.
"Excuse me." Hari said.
"How may I help you?" The lady behind the desk smiled.
"I was wondering if you carried Angel Eggs with instructions in brail."
"I'm not sure. I'll check." After a few moments of typing on the computer, the lady turned back to the two. "I'm afraid none have been made." The lady replied turning back to the two girls.
"Thanks anyway." Hari smiled, and lead her friend back to where the Angel Eggs were. "What should we do now?" Hari asked, picking up another egg and looking at it.
"We're going to get all the supplies we need, and you're going to help me make me Angel." Kirameku said with determination.
"Alrighty then…" Hari took the Egg package, and the two headed to find the other supplies they needed.
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"Read the first thing!" Kirameku got more excited by the minute. The two were now in Kirameku's room. All the Angel stuff littered Kirameku's bed, and the friends were trapped in the middle. The Angel package was open, and the Egg lay on the bed in front of Kirameku. Hari pulled out the instructions, and began to read them.
"'You're Angel Egg is filled with a shock-absorbent liquid. Open it in a bathroom or someplace with a drain. The shock-absorbent liquid is not edible. Small children must take caution-'"
"-Skip that part! I'm not a child!" Kirameku laughed. They walked into the bathroom, and Kirameku opened the Angel Egg in the sink. The liquid oozed out of the egg and onto Kirameku's hands. "Eeew…that feels…icky…"
"Yeah…the Angel looks kinda creepy too…" Hari said before continuing. "'After the doll is removed from the Egg, carefully wash the shock-absorbent liquid off with warm water.'" Hari emptied the liquid from the Egg, and Kirameku washed the doll off with warm water. Hari also washed the Egg out with water, and dried it. Kirameku dried her Angel, and the two walked back with the Egg, and the Angel.
"Next comes the hair." Hari said. "We bought rusty orange colored hair. You need to pick the length." Kirameku thought for a moment, and then held out her hand.
"I want to do the hair." Hari handed the scissors and hair over to her friend. Kirameku carefully put hair on the Angel's tiny head. She put her fingers into the holes in the scissors, and measured the hair to about shoulder length with her other hand. She carefully cut through the Angel's hair, and ended up making it a perfect cut, exactly the way she wanted it.
Hari wasn't too amazed. She'd known Kirameku since preschool. "Next we set up the computer stuff. I'll do that."
"Sounds cool." Kirameku and Hari each opened a box, and plugged in the computer and started it up.
"Put the Angel in here…" Hari said as she took the Angel from Kirameku. She put it in the small glowing column. She then proceeded to read the directions. "'It's time to choose what kind of Angel you want to make. Do you want speed or power? Lightweight or heavyweight? Select you parameters.'"
"I want speed, and heavyweight." Hari typed I it in, and the lighted column lowered itself, and the Angel stayed suspended above it.
"'It's now time to name you're Angel.'" This put Kirameku into deep thought. She had never thought of what to name her Angel. After a few minutes, she finally came up with a name.
"Yugure." Hari typed it in, and the Angel opened her starburst green eyes.
"She's done." Hari smiled as her friends face lit up.
"Clothes!!!" Kirameku exclaimed. She ran back to the bed, and threw herself on it. "Ok, I'm gonna make the shirt, you make the skirt. I want it to be white. And I the bottom left corner on the front I want three pink flowers in a triangle, and in the same place on the back, I want three yellow stars the same way." The two got out the cloth, and began to work. After and hour, both pieces of clothes were finished. The skirt was exactly as Kirameku wanted it.
The shirt was blue, and on the front were pink flowers, all in different places. On the back were yellow stars in different places. She immediately put the clothes on her Angel. She put two black hair clips on Yugure, one on each side. She also put plain white sneakers on Yugure's feet.
"Done…I've made my Angel…" Kirameku rubbed her fingers on her Angel's face, and smiled.
"If only you could see her…" Hari marveled at the Angel her blind friend had just made. This was the beginning of a long, hard journey. But Kirameku and Yugure could handle it.
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Hooray! Chappie 2! Ok, this was originally when Misaki just started, but I found it too hard to alter CLAMPs plot line, so it's going to be 1 year after the manga ends. Oh, and if you like this story, you should read my other one, One Second Counts! *shameless advertising*