Return of Sen: Chapter 2
"You think you're so hot just because you managed to escape Yubaba, but you aren't!" She folded her arms.
Chihiro shook her head. "No I don't!" Then it hit her. This girl is human!
"Yes you do!" the girl contradicted. "And I'll kill you for it!!" She gave one last glare and dashed in the Bathhouse, leaving Chihiro stunned and confused.
"Haku, who was that girl?"
Chihiro sat at the small table in Haku's room, on the top floor of the Bathhouse. Haku, having changed out of his school uniform and back into his normal clothes, set two bowls of rice on the table and sat across from her. (We've never seen him EAT, now have we!?)
"What girl?" he asked, picking up the chopsticks poking out of his bowl.
"This afternoon... a girl that works here threatened me..."
"Threatened you??" He frowned. "What did she look like?"
"Well, first of all, she's human!"
"Oh... Yui!" Haku nodded, smiling again. "Oh come on, Chihiro, Yui wouldn't threaten anybody! She's a good worker and a wonderful girl!"
"Hmm." She just stared down at her rice. Haku's smile faded at Chihiro's face. She looked so sad that he didn't believe her.
"Here," he said gently, reaching over the table and smoothing a loose piece of her hair back. "I'll talk to Yui. I'll find out what's going on. How's that?" His hand brushed her cheek, lingering there for a moment... another moment... Slowly, Haku put two fingers under her chin and tilted her head up. Neither dared to breathe. Chihiro's heart beat so fast she thought it might pop. Haku crept forward very gradually until their lips were only a hair apart-
"Knock knock!" came Lin's voice outside the room.
Haku jerked back, pulling his hand away quickly. Disappointment rushed through Chihiro as Lin ambled in, carrying a rolled-up futon on her shoulder.
"Hey you two!" she grinned. "I figured Sen wouldn't want to be crowded in our room during her visit, so I brought her stuff up here! It's ok for her to stay in your room, isn't it, Haku?"
"Oh... of course." Haku smiled. "Is that alright with you, Chihiro?"
"Uh... huh..." She tried to smile and nod.
"Great!" Lin dropped the bedding on the floor and unrolled it. "Well, I gotta get back to work. See ya!" She strode out. Chihiro sat down on the futon.
"Haku... I think I'll just go to sleep now. Good night," she said. Haku glanced at her.
"Alright, but..." He reached over and lay his hand on the top of her head gently. "Wouldn't you rather sleep in a bed? You can use mine, if you want, and I'll sleep on the futon."
She looked up sharply into his kind face. "Are you sure?" He nodded. "Well... I guess so..." Inside her chest, her heart hammered at the thought of sleeping in Haku's bed. She let a faint smile cross her face as she stood again and went over to Haku's bed. He smiled back as she slid under the covers.
"Good night Chihiro. Sleep well."
Chihiro curled into a ball under the sheets, inhaling deeply the scent of Haku... to her, the most wonderful scent in the world. She wished she could smell it for the rest of her life.
After awhile, Haku heard the girl's breathing even out. He stood beside the bed, gazing down at the sleeping Chihiro. He chuckled softly as she let out a loud snore, then leaned down and gave her upturned cheek the most feather- light of kisses.
"My sweet Chihiro..." he whispered into the night before leaving the room. He was going to make good on his promise: he was going to talk to Yui.
This chapter's (which in this case includes the non-chapter chapters that got the fic removed in the first place) reviewers:
Irusta, Rachel Black, marywolfe32, Destiny's Fate, Lilly, Maruken, Alec Khushrenada, kingster0517, Bandit, Kaoru Gal
And I missed a few reviewers last chapter (moushi wake arimasen!!!): Caitie B, indigocornflower, angelkiss1719, Kaoru Gal
I appreciate all your reviews! THEY WERE NOT IN VAIN!!! lol
"You think you're so hot just because you managed to escape Yubaba, but you aren't!" She folded her arms.
Chihiro shook her head. "No I don't!" Then it hit her. This girl is human!
"Yes you do!" the girl contradicted. "And I'll kill you for it!!" She gave one last glare and dashed in the Bathhouse, leaving Chihiro stunned and confused.
"Haku, who was that girl?"
Chihiro sat at the small table in Haku's room, on the top floor of the Bathhouse. Haku, having changed out of his school uniform and back into his normal clothes, set two bowls of rice on the table and sat across from her. (We've never seen him EAT, now have we!?)
"What girl?" he asked, picking up the chopsticks poking out of his bowl.
"This afternoon... a girl that works here threatened me..."
"Threatened you??" He frowned. "What did she look like?"
"Well, first of all, she's human!"
"Oh... Yui!" Haku nodded, smiling again. "Oh come on, Chihiro, Yui wouldn't threaten anybody! She's a good worker and a wonderful girl!"
"Hmm." She just stared down at her rice. Haku's smile faded at Chihiro's face. She looked so sad that he didn't believe her.
"Here," he said gently, reaching over the table and smoothing a loose piece of her hair back. "I'll talk to Yui. I'll find out what's going on. How's that?" His hand brushed her cheek, lingering there for a moment... another moment... Slowly, Haku put two fingers under her chin and tilted her head up. Neither dared to breathe. Chihiro's heart beat so fast she thought it might pop. Haku crept forward very gradually until their lips were only a hair apart-
"Knock knock!" came Lin's voice outside the room.
Haku jerked back, pulling his hand away quickly. Disappointment rushed through Chihiro as Lin ambled in, carrying a rolled-up futon on her shoulder.
"Hey you two!" she grinned. "I figured Sen wouldn't want to be crowded in our room during her visit, so I brought her stuff up here! It's ok for her to stay in your room, isn't it, Haku?"
"Oh... of course." Haku smiled. "Is that alright with you, Chihiro?"
"Uh... huh..." She tried to smile and nod.
"Great!" Lin dropped the bedding on the floor and unrolled it. "Well, I gotta get back to work. See ya!" She strode out. Chihiro sat down on the futon.
"Haku... I think I'll just go to sleep now. Good night," she said. Haku glanced at her.
"Alright, but..." He reached over and lay his hand on the top of her head gently. "Wouldn't you rather sleep in a bed? You can use mine, if you want, and I'll sleep on the futon."
She looked up sharply into his kind face. "Are you sure?" He nodded. "Well... I guess so..." Inside her chest, her heart hammered at the thought of sleeping in Haku's bed. She let a faint smile cross her face as she stood again and went over to Haku's bed. He smiled back as she slid under the covers.
"Good night Chihiro. Sleep well."
Chihiro curled into a ball under the sheets, inhaling deeply the scent of Haku... to her, the most wonderful scent in the world. She wished she could smell it for the rest of her life.
After awhile, Haku heard the girl's breathing even out. He stood beside the bed, gazing down at the sleeping Chihiro. He chuckled softly as she let out a loud snore, then leaned down and gave her upturned cheek the most feather- light of kisses.
"My sweet Chihiro..." he whispered into the night before leaving the room. He was going to make good on his promise: he was going to talk to Yui.
This chapter's (which in this case includes the non-chapter chapters that got the fic removed in the first place) reviewers:
Irusta, Rachel Black, marywolfe32, Destiny's Fate, Lilly, Maruken, Alec Khushrenada, kingster0517, Bandit, Kaoru Gal
And I missed a few reviewers last chapter (moushi wake arimasen!!!): Caitie B, indigocornflower, angelkiss1719, Kaoru Gal
I appreciate all your reviews! THEY WERE NOT IN VAIN!!! lol