"Are you serious!?" Chihiro cried. Haku nodded his head, his face completely honest. "I can't believe she pulled such a mean trick like that on you!"
"For me, it's not that hard to believe. Yubaba is one wily old woman, and I'm sure the same thing is on everyone else's contract who works for the bitch," Haku said. He had just finished telling Chihiro the story of how Yubaba had kept him for an extra 5 years through the fine print on his contract. They sat in the rather extravagant and expansive bedroom of Chihiro, which included a queen-sized western style bed, a desk with a shiny computer, and even a fire place, which they had lit and were now seated in front of. Chihiro's parents were out of town for five days, which left the house all to them.
"That's so stupid! You should've just left anyways," Chihiro griped. Haku laughed softly as he stared into the fire.
"I tried, but it was like whenever I tried to fly off, something invisible grabbed me a yanked me back. You wouldn't believe how many times I tried to get away. Some of the workers even started making bets on how far I could get before I was dragged back to Aburaya," Haku said bitterly. Now it was Chihiro's turn to laugh. Suddenly, she stopped and quickly turned to face him.
"Wait a minute...if...if you're here, in this world, and you're a spirit...are you going to start to disappear? Like when I first arrived in the Spirit World?" Chihiro asked fearfully. Haku turned to her somberly.
"Yes. I'm going to disappear, Chihiro. I just wanted to get to see you one last time before I was gone forever," Haku said impassively. Chihiro looked mortified.
"No! NO! you can't leave me! You just got here! And-and-and...!" Chihiro could feel tears beginning to well up in her eyes again, and she stifled a sob. Then, she heard laughter. Haku was laughing at her. "Wha-what's wrong with you!? This isn't funny! It's HORRIBLE!"
"Oh, I'm not laughing at that," Haku replied nonchalantly. "It's the fact that you fell for it."
"Fell for it..." Chihiro echoed. "You mean...you mean you were...joking?"
Haku nodded his head, now laughing uncontrollably. Chihiro scowled and stood up and walked over to the bed. She grabbed the largest, heaviest, and hardest pillow(yeah, I know pillows aren't hard. Leave me alone) she could find, walked back over to the hysterically laughing Haku, and whacked him as hard as she could.
"Ow!" Haku cried, shielding his head with his hands. "What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me!?" Chihiro cried, whacking him again. "Nothing, except for the fact that the person who I haven't seen in 5 years has made a joke about leaving me again, knowing full well that I am an emotional basket case!"
"Hey, don't use insanity as an excuse," Haku said, jumping up and away from Chihiro's merciless pillow beating. "And I'm sorry! I figured you'd just catch on faster!"
"Yeah, well not all of us find certain things as stupidly entertaining as you do, Haku! Maybe you were laughing the entire time I was drowning in that damn river! Or perhaps you think my feelings are a joke, too!?" Chihiro hissed. Haku froze, and looked at her, a frown on his face and pain in his eyes.
"Chihiro, I would never-"Haku began, but she cut him off.
"Just be quiet!" Chihiro screamed, hurling the pillow at his face. This surprised him, and instead of dodging the pillow hit him full force in the face and knocked him over. Chihiro was suddenly overwhelmed with guilt at her actions. He had only been joking! He had even apologized, too. And now she had just practically killed him with a pillow. Real mature, Chihiro. Now he's going to leave your sorry ass and go back to the Spirit World. He's probably better of with Yubaba than me, Chihiro thought to herself.
"H-haku?" Chihiro asked in an unsteady voice. He slowly sat up, tossing the pillow to the side and clutching his face. "I-I'm so sorry! I...I didn't mean...I didn't mean to..."
Haku ignored her and pulled his hands away from his face, and that's when Chihiro saw the tiny trickle of blood coming from his nose.
"Ah! You're bleeding!" Chihiro cried, rushing over to him. "Hold on! Let me go get a cloth!"
Chihiro ran into the bathroom, grabbed a cloth, wet it, and rushed back into her room to see something that almost broke her heart completely. Haku was crying. Tears were streaming down his face as he stared into space, completely ignoring the blood dripping from his nose.
"Haku..." Chihiro whispered softly, walking over to the river spirit. She kneeled down next to him, and looking into his face for a few seconds. He refused to meet her gaze. She sighed and began to dab at his nose. She had screwed it up, she knew it. It was probably over. He was probably thinking of a way to escape right now. When the bleeding stopped, Chihiro returned the cloth to the bathroom, and walked back into her bedroom to find Haku standing up, staring straight at her. Wordlessly, he walked over to her, picked her up, and carried her over to the bed.
"H-haku! W-what are you...?" Chihiro blushed as Haku set her onto the bed and climbed in next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. A few excess tears dripped onto her own cheeks, and then he spoke:
"I've hurt you so much, and for that I am sorry. Don't feel like everything's your fault, because it's not. It's mine. All mine," Haku said softly, tightening his grip ever so slightly. "Please forgive me."
"Only if you forgive me for saying all of those horrible things, first," Chihiro said.
"I knew you didn't mean it...but it still hurt...but...I forgive you..." Haku said.
"And I forgive you, too," Chihiro whispered, burying her face into his chest and wrapping her arms around him in return.
"Then everything's just as it should be," Haku said. Chihiro nodded her head and yawned, sleep beginning to overtake her.
END
OMFG! Thank you so much for the reviews! I'm so happy! XD The reason Chihiro has such an extravagant room is because I think her family's bloody rich, and so therefore they bought an expensive house, and expensive houses have weird stuff like fireplaces in every room! Chihiro, the pillow murderer!
Now, I get to reply to each of you guy's comments! Woot! Par-tay!
Erkith: I argue with myself a lot. I'm very self-contradicting. I'm glad you like my plot! I was hoping it wasn't too...well...unoriginal...and thank you for agreeing on the symbolism! I had a friend on some message board read it and he thought the symbolism was shit! Well, screw him! Ha HA!
Fukari: Haku X Chihiro m.f.a! Thanks for the review!
tamhas owl: I will! Unfortunately, I'm a major ass procrastinator, which means chapter updates will be somewhat random...but, thanks for reading!
DreamCherry66: Glad you enjoyed it!
OMFG! You guys absolutely RULE! Haha! This was originally going to be a one-shot...but I'm thinking about adding one or two more chapters...Why? Because I CAN! Guhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuuuuuuuuuu! Oh, damnit...I just realized I don't have a disclaimer! EEP! Well, I'll fix that:
Disclaimer- I don't own Spirited Away. Mr. Hayao Miyazaki does. And he's one effing awesome mofo. Buy movie, watch movie, praise movie, praise Haku. Do as I say. No. I am not using subliminal messages...
Uhm...yeah...guess that's about it...hope you guys like it. Next chapter up soon, unless I have an arse-load of homework or something. Thanks again, guys!
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