CHAPTER VIII
Geez! A wish with the queen of cats! What a very great world.
"Okay," I sighed. There's no other choice anyway. "Iver decided. I'll go to the queen to wish myself back."
"No!" Youhi suddenly cried. Geez! What's with him? But then… He seems so sad.
"Geez!" I faced him squarely. "What's with you, really?"
"I just don't want you to go away!" he said. Okay! So he has a selfish side in him.
"It's my decision!" I glared and I took a step at him. "I want to go back! I don't wa---"
Ouch! I suddenly fell on my knees. Good thing Youhi's there to catch me.
'Weird,' I thought. The pain. It was so sudden. It's numbing me. My mind suddenly went blank and I felt it passed through my body, and then it's gone.
"Asahi? Asahi?" I can hear Youhi and the two calling me. But their voices seem so far away. I closed my eyes trying to clear my head.
"I'm okay," I said moments later. When I looked at Youhi, I can now clearly see the pain in his eyes.
"The effect is now taking place," Shi said quietly.
"I'll bring you," Youhi said. His voice seemed so much deeper now.
"What?"
"I'll take you to the queen," he said determinedly. "It really pains me to see you leave me. But it pains me more to see you suffer like that. So, I'll take you there no matter what."
"Youhi..."
He seems so…nice. I can feel my heart softening for him. My eyes filled with tears.
"Thank you."