AN: SORRY GUYS. I didn't update this for a few weeks, but I did not have access to an internet, let alone to my beloved fanfic. So here are two chapters to make up for my absence.
Chihiro sat there for a few minutes, staring into the eyes of a boy who showed her true kindness.
With a frown, she took his hand.
"We'll play a game."
He looked at her quizzically.
"I'll go through the alphabet, and each letter that is right, you can squeeze my hand. That's like cheating the system, huh?"
He smiled at her, nodding vigorously.
"A."
Nothing.
"B."
Nothing.
This went on until she reached "H." She felt a strong squeeze.
"H! Perfect. Lets keep this up."
But after going through the entire letter system, she only had "H".
A deep crease knitted her brow, and she pondered for a moment.
"Would you mind… if I called you… Hajime?"
{AN: Hajime means "Beginning"}
His eyes searched mine with sadness before he nodded. I took his hand in mine, which was cold and clammy.
She gasped, as a scene played out in her head. It was of a door. An intricately carved door made of aspen wood.
The cold hand she had been holding onto tightly pulled away from her. When she looked up, Hajime was trembling, his eyes wide and his lips pursed.
"I'm sorry!"
Chihiro apologized but she was not sure what it was she was apologizing for.
He rose up, his eyes looking off into the distance and he looked down at her, unsure of how to tell her what was on his clearly troubled mind.
He took her hand, this time with a guarded expression and another scene played out in front of her. A bridge- Wait- A stairwell? A Door.
Not the same door she had seen before, but a bland brown one. He released her.
Hajime pointed at her, and with his index and middle finger, made a walking motion.
"You want me to… go that path?"
He nodded.
"Will you come with me?"
He shook his head.
"Oh…"
Chihiro chewed her lip for a minute, before he tugged at her shirt impatiently.
What do I do?
Before she could think over it anymore, he took her hand and led her back up an alley, and further into the labyrinth she had spent so much time earlier trying to escape.