OK, this is the last chapter to the story, sorry it's not longer. I hope you like it, and sorry if you don't.
Disclaimer: I dont own Pretear. BLA BLA bla...
REVIEWS:
animegurl13 : SOO sorry I said Kayate, can't believe I missed that, I will go hang myself now. I really liked your random girl suggestion, unfortunately, the ending was already written. Maybe in a future fan fic!
Kat: You'll probaly hate this ch, it's REALLY long. SORRY
KeyQuis: Yeah, I think so too, but oh well. It's already written.
"Oh, Hayate, this is wonderful!" Himeno cried, flying on her back and skimming above a cloud. She loved the feeling on her hand as she dragged it through the cloud. The feeling of millions of tiny water particles brushing against her skin, then making way as her hand pushed through.
Hayate loved the feeling of her happiness. Whenever she experienced a new joy, it flooded his mind with light and hope, making him feel happier than he ever could of imagined.
"Hey, Hayate?" She asked, flipping onto her stomach and hovering on the edge of a cloud. Seriousness filled her voice.
"Yes, Himeno?" Hayate replied.
"Well, I," She fumbled around for words but gave up. "Never mind." There was silence, then Himeno spoke up again. "Hayate?"
"Yes, Himeno?" He said drowsily.
"Thank you."
"Your welcome."
She stayed there, hovering just above the cloud, until she felt them both almost about to fall asleep. Flying back home, she landed by the pond, and Hayate left. They stood there, side by side, watching the reflection of the setting sun shimmer on the water's surface.
"Thank you, for prêating with me today," Himeno said, turning and walking towards the mansion.
"Your welcome, Himeno," Hayate replied, not using her regular Tulip Head nickname. They walked together in silence, until they reached the front door. Himeno turned to face Hayate.
"Well, this is where I leave you, good sir," she said, bowing to Hayate awkwardly, bringing a smile to his face. He straightened up, and bowed to her is well.
"And this is where I depart from you, as well, my fair lady," he said, sending Himeno into a fit of giggles.
"Well, thank you, Hayate," She said, and before thinking about it, she bent down and kissed him on the cheek before running into the mansion and slamming the door shut behind her. Hayate stood there, stunned, before he raised his hand to his face. He could still feel her powder soft lips grazing his skin softly. Slowly, dazed, he turned and walked down the path towards the gate leading to Leafeania.
"So where were you all day, Himeno?" Mayune asked as soon as Himeno slammed the door close.
"Nowhere, just out, in the garden, by myself, looking at flowers and stuff, in the garden." She quickly shut up and ran up the stairs to her room, leaving a suspicious Mayune behind.
'She's up to something,' Mayune thought. 'I want to know what.'
Himeno ran to her room and closed the door. She walked outside and leaned on the rail, thinking about the day's events. Hayate had been polite to her all day, and had even apologized, something she rarely saw.
The memory of the kiss came back, too, and Himeno still felt his soft skin under her lips. 'Oh, Hayate,' she asked. 'Why are you so cruel at times, and so wonderful at others. Why did I have to chose you to fall in love with?'
Suddenly, she heard a ping, and Sasame appeared next to her, leaning on the railing as well.
"Sasame!" Himeno said, jumping back out of surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to talk to you," he said, and Himeno blushed. "About what?" She asked nervously, although deep down she knew the answer.
"About Hayate," he replied, and she quickly shook her head.
"I have no idea what your talking about, Sasame, really, I don't." She said, shaking her head.
"Oh, Himeno, you and Hayate are so much alike." Sasame said, looking out over the gardens. "Himeno, I heard what you told Mawata last night. I didn't mean to."
"You heard that! No one was meant to hear that! I didn't even mean to tell Mawata!" Himeno cried, turning bright pink. Then, a thought came to her mind, and she gasped in horror. "Oh, Sasame," She said, covering her mouth with her hands. "You didn't tell them, did you? The other Leafe Knights? You didn't tell him, did you?"
"No, Himeno, that is your choice. I just came to tell you, I know he hurts you deep down, yet he does not mean it. It hurts him worse when he sees the pain in your eyes. He doesn't mean it, it just pops out."
"Well, why does he always call me Tulip Head?" Himeno asked, folding her arms across her chest and slouching against the wall.
"Himeno, I want you to think on this. Out of all the flowers in the garden, which ones are best taken care of? Which kind of flowers does he work the longest on, Himeno? Do you even know Hayate's favorite kind of flowers?" Sasame turned to leave, but then stopped. He didn't look at Himeno. "Himeno, don't loose the chance. Tell him. What's the worst that could happen? He'll not return your love? He'll hate you?"
"Hey, Sasame," Himeno called. "What happened when, you know, I died after the battle?"
"What do you mean?" Sasame asked.
"All I remember is waking up, and Hayate being above me. Why, Sasame?" She looked at him, questions burning in her eyes.
"Himeno, there are many things that happened that day that you may never know. For that one, you should ask him. But, Himeno, out of all of us, I think he hurt the most when we, when he, thought you were gone." Sasame disappeared in a ping, and Himeno was left there to think alone.
'Easy for him to say,' she said, lying on her bed, swinging her arm back and forth over the edge. 'He has Takako. He has nothing to worry about.' She felt her eyes closing, and soon she was asleep. But deep in her mind, a thought kept repeating.
'Tulips, the answer is Tulips.' She did not notice the silent black figure that stood outside her window, watching her while deep in thought.
The next day, Himeno knew what she must do. After breakfast, she jumped up and ran outside."Hayate? Hayate!" she called, searching the garden for the wind knight. She found him by the tulip bed, gingerly plucking dead flowers array from the healthy ones. "Hayate?" She said, walking up to him.
"Oh, Himeno, I didn't notice you were coming!" He said, startled, dropping a flower. "I was just tending the garden."
"Oh," she said, nodding. "Hey, Hayate, I have a question."
"Yes," He said, continuing his work. His hands seemed to move with a stiffer nature, he didn't pick the flowers as carefully.
"Well, you remember, you promised you would come back from the battle, because you had something to tell me, and you know, you had to come back so you could tell me." She gave out a nervous laugh. Hayate stiffened, but kept his back to the girl.
"What about it?" He asked.
"Well, you never told me." She replied, searching his body for any hints.
"I don't have time to be bothered by your silly questions, Tulip Head," He replied angrily, standing up and shoving past her as he hurried away quickly.
"Hayate!" She cried after him. "HAYATE!!" 'Oh, never mind,' she said, sitting down. 'It's useless.' She reached over and plucked a red tulip from its stem. She twirled it in her fingers, watching as the sun reflected on the silky petal.
"Himeno!" She heard some one say, and she looked up to see Mannen, Hajime and Shin standing in the garden.
"Hey," She said, giving Shin a hug as he ran up to her.
"Ooh, pretty," he said, looking at the flower.
"Yeah, I don't get why Hayate uses Tulip Head as an insult," Hajime said. "Tulips are pretty. If some one said my head looked like a flower..."
"You'd be wearing a dress," Mannen said, punching his friend's shoulders. The boys rolled on the ground for a coupled of minutes, fighting, until they finally stood up.
"Sasame sent you guys, didn't he," Himeno asked, looking at the boys.
"Well..." Mannen said, looking at the ground.
"Umm..." Hajime stuttered, faking interest in a Tulip.
Shin was the only one who could lie. "Nope," He said, shaking his head and looking up at Himeno with his large, adorable eyes.
"Yeah, well, you tell Sasame that I don't know what he's talking about. I'm fine. I know when people hate me, I'm over it, really." She got up and walked away, leaving the kids to stare after her.
"He shoulda kissed her again," Hajime whispered to Mannen and Shin. They both nodded in agreement and giggled.
"We need a plan," Sasame said, looking from Takako to Mawata. "We need to get them together somehow. This can't go on. Himeno is on the verge of hating Hayate, Hayate is on the verge of hating Hayate..."
"I don't get it..." Mawata said. "They knew before, had to of. I mean, they almost kissed outside the church, so why, all of a sudden, the hush hush of feelings?"
Sasame and Takako both turned and stared at Mawata, wondering how she knew about the almost kiss (No one knew about the almost kiss, not even them)
"Hey," she said. "I have my ways. That, and Himeno talks in her sleep. Loudly. I'm surprised you never heard anything, Sasame. Or Hayate never heard anything. Or my father never heard anything and fired Hayate." They all sat silent for a few moments, then Takako got an idea.
"Mayune!" She said. "She's evil, she'll know something!"
"Why should I?" Mayune asked, staring at Mawata in disgust.
"Because, because...because if Himeno is in love, she'll have too much on her mind to worry about looking for your traps." Mawata said. "And, because... Sasame will be your personal man servant for three months!" Sasame gave her a startled look, but she pushed him towards Mayune anyway.
"Alright, fine, I have a plan. If you have 2 people bickering constantly, what do they need to do? Tell each other everything." Mayune said, getting an evil look in her eye. "So, to make them talk, you have to..."
"Now, remember," Takako said, "This has to look like its Himeno's fault. They have to get in a fight." Sasame and Mawata nodded in agreement. They then looked down at Shin. "Ok, Shin, you know what to do?" Shin nodded and clapped his hands together excitedly.
Sasame took out a walky talky and spoke into it. "Kei, you ready?" "
Yes," Kei replied through the other end.
"Ok," Sasame said, sitting down in the office chair. "This better work, Mayune, I had to beg a lot of people. Including the fire department not to come when they detected the system shutting down."
"Oh, it will, trust me," She said, reapplying her makeup in a compact mirror.
They were currently at the FM Awayuki radio station. Sasame had asked Himeno and Hayate to come help with a show, and Mawata suggested to Himeno her and Hayate should come together, they were both going to the same place.
Himeno and Hayate walked into the main lobby and headed towards the elevators. Sasame, Mayune, Mawata, Goh, Shin, Mannen, Hajime, and Takako all watched on the video surveillance from the security office. Upon entering the elevator, they were joined by a Miss Tain, an old deaf woman who Mawata had no problem convincing to help. The elevator doors closed and Sasame nodded at Shin.
"Good luck, buddy." Shin disappeared and reappeared on the elevator. No one noticed him, and he pushed Himeno into the wall, causing her to bump the controls. At that exact moment, Kei shut down all energy to the elevators, causing them to be trapped. Shin reappeared in the surveillance room, and all gave him a high five.
"What now!" Hayate demanded, punching each control, trying to get the elevator to work. "GREAT GOING, TULIP HEAD, NOW WE'RE STUCK IN HER FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG!!"
"Don't blame me!" Himeno yelled. "I was pushed!"
"Yeah right!" Hayate said. "Pushed by who? CASPER!"
"Probably YOU!" She shouted back. "Trying to be mean again!"
"Well, whatever, I'm out of here," Hayate said, getting ready to disappear.
"Wait, Hayate, stop!" Himeno cried, grabbing his arm. "There's other people in here!" She whispered, nodding towards the old lady.
"FINE!" Hayate said, throwing his arms up in the air. "Whatever Miss Tulip Head wants! It's her fault we're in here IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
From the surveillance room, everyone had gathered around the screen to watch the action. "Wow, they're really going at it!" Goh said, laughing.
"Look at Miss Tain, good thing she's deaf." Mawata said, pointing to the little old woman who stood in the corner, acting as if nothing was happening. "Oh," Mawata said suddenly. "Look, this is it, Himeno's about to cry." She glared at Sasame, and then went back to watching the screen.
"Yeah, well... well," Himeno said, tears forming in her eyes. "Well, you're a j...jerk!" Himeno said, curling up in a corner in the fetus position and sobbing into her hands. With each sob the shook her shoulders, Hayate's heart ripped a little more, but he would not bring himself to give in, not yet.
He stood facing the other wall, until finally listening to Himeno got to him too much. "What's wrong now, Tulip Head?" He asked, cursing himself for saying Tulip Head.
Himeno's sobs worsened, and Hayate knelt down next to her. "Himeno?" he said, real concern in his voice.
"Leave me alone," she sobbed. "Leave me alone."
"Himeno, I'm sorry," He said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"No your not," she said, her tears subsiding. Shaking his hand off her should, she stood up and faced the wall, arms folded across her chest.
"No, I really am sorry," he said, looking at the ground and shuffling her feet. "
Then why do it!" Himeno cried, spinning around and pointing a finger at him. "Why, Hayate!?! You are the nicest guy in the world one day, then the next, you're a major asshole. When you wanna be, you can put Sasame to shame on being nice, but on other days, I would prefer Fenrir over you! So why, Hayate?"
"Mumble mumble," he said, still looking at the ground, his face turning bright red.
"Ooh, ooh!" Hajime said, pointing at the screen. "He's gonna do it!"
"SHUT UP!" Everyone in the room yelled, silencing the child.
"What?" Himeno asked, stepping closer.
"I said, to hide my feelings." He said, still looking at the ground.
"I don't understand," Himeno said. "What feelings?"
"These feelings," Hayate said, grabbing her and pushing his mouth against hers. Himeno stiffened with surprise, but quickly found herself opening to his kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him back.
"I'm so sorry, Himeno," he said at last, putting his head on her shoulder and wrapping his arms around her in a tight embrace. "I never meant to hurt you. All along, I loved you more than anything else."
"And I loved you," Himeno said, tears spilling down her cheeks.
In the surveillance room, everyone looked at the screen in shock. Finally Mayune spoke. "See, I told you it would work."
"Kei, you can make the elevator operative again," Sasame said, watching the screen as he saw Himeno and Hayate jerk as the elevator started moving. Miss Tain got off the next floor.
Everyone rushed out to wait by the elevator. When the door opened, Himeno and Hayate were in a deep kiss, and upon seeing them, Hayate quickly reached out and pushed the 'close door' button, his lips never leaving Himeno's.
The couple quickly disappeared from everyone's view, but that didn't stop them from jumping and cheering at their victory.
THE END.
Well, ok, I hope you liked my story. It wasn't the greatest thing I've ever written, but I tried. Please review!
And I'm SO SORRY this chapter was so long, its midnight, and I have to catch a flight at 6 in the morning.