WOOT! Another chapter! I'm doing pretty good on this one, huh? Yeah, I thought so. REVIEWWWWWWWWWW!
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RECAP:
Lin smiled. 'She looks so peaceful…' she thought, 'I hope nothing can spoil her dreams, especially after what she's been through. She deserves an escape…' Lin sighed. She set her food on the nightstand beside the bed and walked through the door.
"Sweet dreams."
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Haku walked into the bathhouse bustling with movement as usual, but something was different. The workers didn't seem any different, the guests didn't seem any different either. But there was this unseen flame, excitement, or something. Haku pondered what it could be as he trudged into the elevator. Each worker bowed and greeted him as they passed, with a bounce in their steps. He crossed his arms and leaned against the elevator's side as it sped towards the top floor.
It began to bother him since he couldn't think of something by the 7th floor (A/N: I actually don't know how many floors there are, but I'm going to pretend there are 10) and the journey from Zeniba's was long and tiring and all he felt like doing was lay down and rest. He didn't want to trouble himself trying to figure out the sudden change of tone in the bath house.
He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed, things were much more complicated and serious since Chihiro had left and he had taken over the bath house... Gah! There he want thinking about her again. Try as he might to avoid it, every train of thought led to her. He had tried to imagine what she looked like now. Every time he visited her, it was but a shadow in the dark. Only at night would he dare to enter the human world, so only at night could he attempt to send her memories of them, hoping she hadn't already forgotten and him and everyone at the bathhouse.
Haku ran his hand through his hair, now unevenly cut and tied back in a small ponytail. No more thinking tonight, he'd been doing too much of it recently, he needed a night to relax and lay back. Just relax and... think of her.
The elevator doors opened and there Lin stood, humming and smiling to herself.
"Oh, hey, Haku! Glad you're back!" She grinned.
"Hey, Lin." He replied tiredly. He was going to ask her what she was doing up there, but he decided he didn't want to ask. He began walking passed her to his room when Lin began walking beside him.
"So, where'd you go this time?" She asked.
"To Zeniba's," He replied. Everyone was acting so strangely, he thought.
"Oh, right, what for?"
"Just for dinner, and to talk."
"Sounds fun."
"Er... Yeah." They were at his bedroom door and Lin smiled at him. "I'm er... Going to bed now..."
"Oh, right, okay!" She started walking away very slowly, glancing over her shoulder. Haku rolled her eyes at her odd behavior and opened the door into his room.
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Lin glanced over her shoulder, taking baby steps as she faked walking away from Haku. She knew that he suspected something was up because she was acting so strangely, but Lin really wanted to see Haku's reaction when he saw Chihiro. Lin really didn't know he was coming so soon, but Chihiro would really like it if she got to see him right away. As soon as she saw Haku's face disappear behind the door, she sprinted back and peeked inside.
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'Oh God...' Chihiro thought. There she stood, disheveled and wrapped in numerous bandages, in front of the very boy, or man, her heart had been longing, bleeding, and desiring to see for years. He was tall and well-built, but not super muscular. His hair wasn't in the bowl cut she remembered, but his bangs hovered around his eyes unevenly and the rest was tied back. Chihiro blushed with thoughts she knew she shouldn't be thinking. She looked to her feet and mentally shook herself.
"Um... Hi." She murmured. Sheepishly brushing a stray piece of hair away from her face.
Haku had been surveying her as well. Her brown hair was pulled back messily, the extra pieces of hair framing her face. Haku tried busying himself with the curves of her face instead of the curves of her now developed body, but impressively failed.
"Hello, Chihiro." He choked.
They stood, staring at each other, both their hearts in their stomachs. And suddenly, Chihiro fainted.
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Heh heh, she fainted:laughs sinisterly: Well, there's Haku for ya! His name was even the first word of the chapter! Heck yes! I'm on a roll with this one so I'm just gonna keep writing and writing until I reach a writer's block! Which I really don't want that to happen cause I'm having fun with this one...
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