Author's Note: Hello there!! I'm back and I'm so very sorry for the long update. Please forgive me. I know all of you guys must have been waiting for a long time, and I'm sorry. I guess I lost track since I got so much to do but I'm trying my best, I'm trying to write this story and do school work at the same time. I appreciate all of you guys for still reading my story and reviewing that means a lot It seems so long since I've updated and since I've made you all wait for quite a long time I made this chapter a bit longer just for you guys!! Isn't that great! No? probably not, but I'm sorry. I hope it cheers you all up anyways. Okay read and ENJOY!! Hopefully you will submit a review at the end.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You must read this so you won't get lost in my story in the future chapters. I caught a error in chapter 8. Remember when I said that Chihiro had been missing for 6 months? Well what I meant to type down was more like just 6 days to a week. Not 6 months, I don't know where I got 6 months from but I really had meant for it to be only 6 days, 6 months is way too long. So to correct that error Chihiro had been missing for 6 Days. Okay! I don't know but I was thinking of reposting chapter 8 just to correct that error for future readers.
Special Thanks To All Of My Reviewers And Readers: I want to thank you all for still reading my story even after a long period of times, and I hope you all will still continue to read and review. You all are my encouragement to keep writing this story. Without you guys I probably give up long time ago. Sorry that I cannot answer your question. There are so many to answer. Anyways if I do ever take very long to update, please forgive me.
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Lonely Heart
Chapter 9: Meeting again the same way
The following morning Chihiro was more quiet than usual. She didn't want to think about last night incident. The more she thought about it the more she it made her feel weird. Lin notice the quietness and decided to ask.
"Chihiro why are you so quiet this morning?" Chihiro turn to face Lin.
"Oh... it's nothing; I just feel a bit tired that's all." She lied turning away as soon as she saw Lin giving her a strange look.
"Are you sure?" Lin asked again unsatisfied with the answer that she got from Chihiro.
"Yeah...I'm fine don't worry, last night I couldn't sleep because it was kind of cold." She painted a false smile onto her face hoping that Lin wouldn't ask any further question especially not about last night. After that short conversation Lin and Chihiro immediately return back to washing the dishes.
From behind Chihiro and Lin were Maylou and her 2 friends: Yuri and Kiko.
"Hey I heard that-...uh what's her name, was it Chihiro?" Miko started talking all of a sudden.
"Yeah... and what about her?..." Yuri replied and waited for Kiko to finish what she was about to say about Chihiro.
"Well I heard that she actually got Master Haku to take his dinner the other day." Kiko blab on.
"Oh! Yeah I heard about it too, everyone was like talking about it." Yuri said.
"Big Deal, so she got Haku to take his meal, don't mean he actually ate it. I mean she probably begged him to take it." Maylou answered very annoyed just hearing Chihiro's name being mention.
"Its 'MASTER' Haku.And is that jealousy I smell?" Kiko spoke up sarcastically giving Maylou the eyeballs.
Maylou face turned cherry red ."No! Of course not, of course I'm not jealous. I just don't like her okay." She half yelled at the 2 girl but quiet down as soon as she notice people were starting to stare at their direction.
"Suurree Maylou... we both know that you have your eyes set on Master Haku." Yuri gave Maylou the side looks. Kiko and Yuri then started cracking themselves up. Maylou gave them both the icy death glares making sure they got her message. Kiko and Yuri suddenly calmed their selves down giving Maylou their full loyal attention.
"Okay, since you 2 are finally up to speed I can finally start talking." Maylou mock the 2 girls.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Yuri asked.
"Well no one knows Haku better than me, and if she thinks she could just come to this castle and take the spot light away from me, that's where she's wrong." Maylou smirk evilly.
"Um... Maylou how can you know Master Haku better than anyone when you never, I mean 'never' talked to him before. I know you stock him but you never dare talk to him." Kiko said out loud giving out true information about Maylou.
"Will you shut up! And let me discuss my plan." Maylou raised her voice to Kiko. Kiko gulp and shut up immediately as told like a dog.
"Ahem... like I was saying. My plan is to have Chihiro bring Haku breakfast and he would simply yell at her or even better yet, kick her out of the kingdom for disturbing his sweet morning." Maylou glared towards Chihiro's direction.
"Wow... brilliant idea."Yuri spoke up.
"Yes I agree."Kiko said afterwards.
"Watch and learn girls." Maylou took a tray of food from the counter, which was quite cold already and walked towards Chihiro's direction. Chihiro was mopping the floor when she felt a hard tap on her right shoulder. She turned around only to face a smiley Maylou holding a tray of cold food.
"Hi Maylou, good morning" Chihiro greeted Maylou with a smile.
"Hi Chihiro." Maylou faked a high tone in her voice and pasted a false smile onto her face.
"Did you need something?" Chihiro asked while she stop mopping the dirty floor.
"Oh... yes...um the Queen order me to ask you to bring breakfast to Master Haku." Maylou lied at the top of her airhead. Chihiro was suddenly confused to hear this.
"Why couldn't you do it?" Chihiro asked nicely wondering why the Queen wanted her specifically to bring breakfast to Haku then the other servants around.
"Oh, The Queen wanted you to, because she was so impress that you actually got Master Haku to finally take in his dinner the other night so that's why she wanted you to bring breakfast to him as well." Maylou smile making sure Chihiro didn't think it was a lied, which it was.
"Okay then I'll make sure to bring it to him later." Chihiro replied returning to her work.
"No! You can't wait!" Maylou made sure everything had to happen now.
"Why? Are you sure he's awake, I mean I don't want to disturb his rest, because it's only 5:30 in the morning?" Chihiro sure did not want to disturb him she knew it wasn't right because who know, he's probably still sleeping.
"Oh, I'm pretty sure he's up already you don't have to worry. Just give the tray of food to him like how you did the other day." Maylou lied again trying to get Chihiro to just take the tray of cold food to him already, so that she can face his morning anger first hand.
"Okay if you say so." Chihiro let go of her mop, washed her hands, grabbed the cold tray of food and slowly made her way up the stairs to Haku's chamber. As Chihiro left the kitchen the three girls giggle evilly at the corner. "This is going to be interesting..." Maylou grinned evilly.
Chihiro walked slowly though the large hall observing pictures of painting trying to kill time but it only seemed as if time was going backwards. She then remember last night incident and now she really wanted to turn back. As she was lost in her own mind wondering back to last night she didn't realize until she had already reached a certain place where she didn't want to be at. When she notice it, it was too late she was already standing in front of Haku's chamber, no turning back now. She stood in silent afraid to knock or even make a noise. Chihiro suddenly felt strange because she was just standing in front of the door without knocking for quite awhile already. She stood there like a statue, her mind warned her to just leave and pretended that he refuse to take his breakfast or stay and let him take his anger on her and who knows where that'll end up. She continue to stand there being a statue and let the voice in her head argue with itself whether she should knock the door and face his wrath or run back down stair and say that he was too spoil to open his chamber door. Chihiro then started to debate with herself. Stay and face danger or run and save her life. Hmmm... Only two simply choices. She surely didn't want to see him since she remember him saying to stay away from his chamber and don't let him ever see her again especially near his room. She didn't know but she had been standing there talking with herself for almost the entire morning without ever knocking or making a move. 'What should I do? This is just exactly like last time, no different. History is going to repeat itself from this point on.' she thought. Then she finally made up her mind on what she was going to do. 'I'm going to take the easy way out this time so I won't have to face that evil, spoil, stupid, cruel, crazy, mental, psycho-path, pathetic, brainless, brat, dark prin-'. Just as she was having fun name-calling him, to her surprise she hadn't even notice that the door had been open for a long time already. No one knows how long. She stopped thinking and focus on. She lift her head a bit and peered at him. Fear struck her. There he was standing there with arms crossed on his chest, wearing all black standing right in front of her almost too close. As he stared at her he notice that it seemed as if she had just got out of a trance. Chihiro blush at why she was name-calling him in her head when he was obviously standing there that close. She remember that she was still standing in front of him so as quickly as a blink she backed up getting away from him.
"Oh! Hi... H..Haku...I mean Master Haku." She quickly bow nervously then decided to greet him.
"Um...good morning." She smiled at him.
"What do you want?" He demanded in an emotionless tone and stared at the bowing girl. She looked up at him and answered.
"I came here to bring you your breakfast." She gently handed the tray to him. Haku stared at the tray and glared at her.
"I don't want it so don't ever bother bringing it you pathetic girl." He spoke with a hint of anger in his voice. Chihiro backed up with fear in her eyes.
"I only did as I was told." She spoke defending herself hoping to escape his wrath.
Haku continues to stare at her. "By who." He demanded with anger raising every second that passed seeing fears grow in her eyes. She stared down at the floor and spoke softly.
"By The Queen." Haku couldn't believe what he just heard. He looked at her and could see that she was afraid of him.
"I don't care who order you to bring me anything, I don't want it so don't ever bring it you worthless servant." He hissed then turned around and started walking away.
'Worthless servant? Pathetic girl?' Chihiro was suddenly bother by the way he had called her and to say that she addressed him as MASTER. As Haku walked away Chihiro called out to him. "Master Haku..." Her anger build inside her even though she's not that kind of person by nature.
Haku stopped once he heard her.
'She dare stop me?' he thought as he waited for her to finish without turning to face her.
As soon as she got his attention she continue.
"You know... I do have a name and it's not 'GIRL' it's Chi-hi-ro..." She said loud enough for him to hear. 'Chihiro?' her named ranged a bell in his head. After Chihiro finally said it to him suddenly she regretted what she had said. 'Okay I'm dead.' She thought. But to her surprise and luck nothing happen. Instead Haku kept walking away.
'So she got the guts to bring me breakfast AND tell me her name. Interesting...' he then continue to walk silently deep in thoughts as he made his way towards the Kohaku River.
Author Note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Until next time. Don't forget to read the IMPORTANT NOTICE above if you haven't already. Its important.