Spirited Away 2 – Hidden Love

(A/N: Hello guys! Sorry for the long wait! Been busy! And for UK fans, (ME!) I've been watching the Studio Ghibli Season on Film Four! AMAZING! Anyway thank you for reviews, follows and faves! Also, pillowpandabear 994, I'm sorry but I can't tell you that… yet!)

Chapter Seventeen

Haku woke up with the tasty smell of food, he quickly stood up and glanced at the bed, panicking when he did not see Chihiro, he bolted out of the balcony and was about to shout Chihiro, when he saw her, sleeping on the desk, with something clenched in her hand.

"Chihiro?" Haku whispered as he slowly walked towards her.

"Hmm… Haku?" Chihiro whispered in response to her name, as she slowly opened her eyes, she jumped back in surprise as she saw how close Haku had positioned his face towards her. She felt a small blush crawling onto her face. Haku jumped back as well, he too blushed as well, as he realized how close he was to her.

"Sorry, I was…" Haku cursed himself as he tried to make sense of things. Until he saw the slight glimmer from Chihiro's hand.

"What's that?" Haku asked as he pointed towards Chihiro's hand.

"What's what? Nope, nothing there, I mean, nothing…?"Chihiro babbled and brought her hand behind her back. Haku grinned a little and Chihiro gulped nervously. Before Chihiro was able to run away from Haku's clutches, he wrapped his arms around Chihiro and tickled her until her legs gave way from the constant laughter. Haku also laughed to himself as he gazed at Chihiro's smile. Once Haku had stopped tickling Chihiro, he gazed into Chihiro's eyes and he tightened his grip on her waist and began to lean in. Chihiro held onto Haku's free hand and slowly closed her eyes. Their lips inches away…

"Good morning guys!" Lin shouted as she swung the door open, she gasped as she saw Chihiro being held by Haku, their faces inches away. Lin grinned as she gazed at the sight. With the strong struggles Chihiro gave, Haku instantly let her go. Chihiro placed an arm over head and left Haku standing there, as the redness of anger and embarrassment overwhelmed him.

"Aww, where you two…?" Lin asked and Chihiro began to drag Lin away and quickly stopped to glance at Haku.

"I'll see you at breakfast," Chihiro explained to Haku and she faced Lin. "Come on Lin, we're preparing breakfast."

"We are?" Lin asked slyly and Chihiro shot a deathly look towards Lin, who instantly looked shocked.

"Erm, yes of course we are…?" Lin asked as she was dragged away.

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"So, go on, spill the gossip!" Lin shouted as Chihiro prepared breakfast, ignoring Lin completely.

"Honestly Lin, leave her alone!" Zeniba explained as she sat down beside Chihiro.

"Here dear, let me finish this off, and you can go get Haku," Zeniba offered and Chihiro nodded, she stood up and fell backwards against Haku.

"Good morning," Haku exclaimed to everyone and Chihiro quickly stepped away from him.

"I'm sorry," Chihiro explained and bowed down her head. Hakus shook his head and placed a hand over her head and lead her to the table.

"Let's eat!" Lin yelled and grinned innocently. Haku moved over to sit next to Chihiro, but then Lin abruptly sat in between them, again she grinned a huge innocent grin at them both. Haku looked away with frustration and Chihiro simply giggled.

Once breakfast was over and everything was tidied away, Chihiro ran and grabbed an art book and pencil. Once she was ready, she was lead outside by Haku, their hands, linked together.

"Such young love…" Lin whispered.

"Yes, I agree with you," Zeniba replied in Lin's head, making Lin jump in shock, leaving Zeniba chuckling to herself.

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Chihiro gazed at her surroundings, the vibrant and multi-colored flowers surrounding her as she and Haku ran through them, she saw one being plucked away and frowned. Suddenly, they came to a stop and the warmth of Haku's hand left hers.

"Wait here," Haku yelled at Chihiro as he ran back into the maze of flowers. Chihiro sat down and took out her sketch pad and began to draw the beautiful scenery around her.

Moments later, Haku silently sat down behind Chihiro and placed a flower necklace around her and then placed the prettiest flower on Chihiro's ear. She turned around and greeted Haku with a cute smile.

"Wow, the flowers are so pretty," Chihiro explained and turned away from him to focus on her drawing.

"What are you drawing?" Haku asked as he leaned from behind Chihiro towards the drawing, Chihiro relaxed against his chest and pointed to the scenery around her.

"It's beautiful… Isn't it?" Chihiro whispered and Haku nodded, resting his chin on Chihiro's shoulder.

"Chihiro, I…" Haku whispered in Chihiro's ear, but Chihiro suddenly stood up, banging her shoulder on Haku's chin.

"Oh Haku! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to!" Chihiro explained and Haku chuckled, shaking his head.

"It's fine, so tell me what brought you to nearly killing my chin?" Haku asked and grinned as Chihiro gave him a look of disapproval.

"I just thought, how about if I draw a picture of you?" Chihiro asked and Haku shook his head furiously.

"No thank you," Haku explained and Chihiro sat in front of him, pretending to be a puppy.

"Aww, why not?" Chihiro asked and gave up when Haku looked away. "Fine…" However, Haku carried on looking into deep space, whilst Chihiro was looking at him puzzled.

"Over there, look," Haku explained and pointed at the bathhouse, it looked plain and boring, until Haku put his thumb and forefinger together to blow a magic spell. The flower petals spun around and around, making the fallen cherry blossom petals swirl up into the air. They constantly swirled around and on top of that, the Sun was shining between the petals, shining everywhere. Chihiro stared in awe at the beautiful scenery; Haku sat behind Chihiro and placed his chin onto Chihiro's delicate shoulder.

"That's what I would like you to draw, but this time, not killing my chin," Haku explained and Chihiro nodded.

"Do you mind if I add one thing into it?" Chihiro asked as she stared at the silence of the spinning petals, she leaned back into Haku and picked up her pencil.

"Nope, I don't mind whatsoever," Haku answered and stared at Chihiro's intensity towards her drawing.

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An hour went by and Chihiro lifted her drawing in the air.

"Haku, I've finished!" Chihiro explained and Haku nodded his head as he continued looking down at his hands, as he fiddled with the bracelet.

"Here you go, it's all yours," Chihiro explained and gave him the picture; Haku's arms went around Chihiro's body to grab hold onto the amazing masterpiece. However, what struck Haku the most was not the amazing background, but the amazing white and turquoise dragon.

"This is me right?" Haku asked as he stroked the painting of the dragon.

"Yeah, but it may not look like you and all, because I sort of forgot and there's that part which may look out of place and then there's…" Chihiro was suddenly stopped at her complaining as Haku placed a finger over her lips.

"You should stop complaining, because this is amazing! It looks like the exact background and me! Who are giving it to?" Haku asked and Chihiro looked up to him.

"You stupid! That's why I drew you in the first place!" Chihiro explained and Haku chuckled.

"Thank you Chihiro, really thank you…" Haku whispered and Chihiro smiled.

"No problem…" Chihiro whispered as she felt Haku's arms around her neck and when his arms left, there around her neck was a necklace. There was a shining love heart, wrapped around a beautiful pearl scale, the metal strips around the scale forming a shape of a love heart, shone against the moonlight.

"Wow, it's so beautiful… But I can't accept it… I mean, it's beautiful yes… But surely it couldn't be for me," Chihiro whispered and Haku nodded.

"Please accept it, like I am accepting you drawing," Haku explained and Chihiro finally nodded and leaned back against Haku, who leaned against the ground.

"Goodnight Chihiro, ani roken tu…" Haku whispered and soon found Chihiro and himself asleep.

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(A/N: Hello there guys! I hope you liked that chapter… and because all of you guys were saying how you really thought the necklace was sweet, I thought just for you all I would let Haku give the necklace to Chihiro! :3 Hope you liked it! Anyway, please R&R and chow!)