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“Homura!” She shouts his name from down the hall with sorrow and pain in her voice. The man ahead looks back and waves to us, either just being friendly or trying to avoid us. Nonetheless she would have none of it. The halls were packed with lost students trying to find where to go and she just pushed through them all, tears falling from her eyes, and I following close behind. I don’t know this girl or even the guy she calls for, yet here I am making sure everything turns out okay while Yehura sets up something nice for her. He’s such a wuss for this girl, its sad…
When we finally makes it to his office I close the door behind me and close the blinds, who knows what might go on here…
“Why didn’t you tell me you were going to leave this year?” Guess she is attached to this guy, close friends or something.
“Princess, I have no control over matters such as this. Only fate guides me.”
“No! Homura, you can’t leave! I won’t be able to function without your words to push me. And Haku will be upset too, you can’t just abandon us because the winds say you must wander! The fates guide but the heart leads. Does your heart tell you to depart from those who love you most?”
Wow, the tears are flowing and even some anger can be sensed. And this guy he just looks out the window while he plays with some object in his hands. I can see him roll it around between his fingers but what it is I don’t know yet. His calmness and serene voice makes this whole situation seem just...its not going to be pretty.
“Starlight, you know I love you. More than my own life, and you shall find out just how much I care for you and your brother when the time comes…”
I smell tears…tears and hugging…
“…You and Haku are more than capable of taking care of yourselves. You will be the owners of the village and you will need to be able to have people depend on you. Its true you guys have never even been out of arms reach from me, but it is time that go on without me.”
“I can, I can do everything I meant to do and do it well! But Homura, I love you. You just can’t run off and—“
“Flower, you are being very selfish right now. There are other people who need my help. I’ve done all I possible could for you two and you turned out to be the most perfect and amazing kids ever, what more could you desire from me?”
“Your love.”
Oh really? She wants love from her teacher…knew that girl was weird.
“You are the only man who has ever shaped the decisions in my life. I want nothing more than to be happy with you, Homura.” She runs up to him and hugs him, as tightly as I have ever seen someone give a hug without it being considered a choke. She’s still bawling her eyes out and he, now showing a slight look of concern, has watery eyes yet no full on tears.
“Angel…”
Just a moment here, but this man has called her every name but her own. I have a feeling someone isn’t sharing the same kinds of emotions as the other…
“…you know that I can’t stay in one place for very long. I feel chained up when I see the same faces all the time. And as much as I love looking at your face and the rest of you, I still need to get up and go.”
“Then I’ll go with you! If I can’t have you here with me then I’ll just stay by your side and follow you.”
“You’ve got the village to take of…”
“Haku can do it. He’s well qualified.”
“You’ve got Haku to take care of, and your little girly friend.”
“…”
He pushes her away from him and turns he head, looking out the window more. I think he’s starting to cry this time.
“I want you to come, I truly honestly do. You’re still my little girl, I want to be here for you always and forever. I want to protect you from all those boys who claim they love you, I want to be there when anything important to you happens in your life. But I just can’t, Huayuan, I can’t be there.”
“D-do you promise you’ll come back?”
He did it, he said her name and now she seem okay with the fact that this guy is leaving. Strange girl…
“Whenever you call I will come.” He looks back at her and fakes a smile, she on the other hand doesn’t stay long enough to see it. She had left the room and was running back down the hall.
“…tell her. Tell her that she has done nothing wrong. Its me, being a failure of a father, not her.”
“So you’re her dad then?” I’m just going to say this is all gross, girl loves father who is also a teacher. Eww.
“Technically she doesn’t have one. I just stepped in when I saw the two of them alone. I came here to teach so that I’d be able to watch them. Now I don’t even get the privileges to see them anymore…”
“Well you said you’d come back whenever she wanted. I’m sure she’s going to want to see you a lot.”
“She knows I’m not going to show up. She knows this better than anyone that I rarely stick to my word. Why she cares for me so much I do not understand.”
“She understands and that’s good enough for her I guess.”
“Guess so. Tell her something else for me?”
“Yeah.”
“Let her know that if she wants to wed that little Leaf kid instead of Riki then its okay. I know her and Rik aren’t as close as they used to be. And he’s a little too extreme for my angel.”
“Got it.”
I wander back to the room to find Yeh sitting next to her as she lays on the bed crying. He makes some sort of signal to me but I don’t understand it, he is on his own little high right now and I’ll just leave him at that.
 II Kojiro II · Fri Jun 27, 2008 @ 08:05am · 0 Comments |
