Chihiro's Return

chap 9

Chapter 9: Finding ideas

Haku's POV

I woke up in the middle of my sleep, for some reason I couldn't sleep well. I felt odd, it's like my body feels lighter, like I lost about sixty pounds or something. I looked at my hands and I was shocked, my flesh was transparent, I can see the floor through my hands.

"Chihiro! Chihiro!.." I panicked, I shook her to wake her up

"Mmm.. What?" Chihiro mumbled, she faced me with her eyes half opened

"Chihiro, I'm see through!" I shrieked (almost sounding like a little girl, which was embarrassing to hear)

"What? How come?" she jolted up from her bed and came up to me, I stared at her anxiously

"Spirits also fade when they enter the human world like what would happen to humans when they go to the Spirit realm." I hastily explained choking on some words

"Haku.. relax, ok?" she rubbed my shoulder trying to calm me down, and reached for something in her pocket "Here, I saved some for you in case something like this would happen. " She placed a piece of candy inside my mouth, I chewed it and swallowed. I looked at my hands, they were solid again. I took a minute to catch my breath.

"Thank you Chihiro." I said

"You're always welcome Haku.. Besides, you helped me a lot of times before." Chihiro said, I smiled at her.

We didn't go back to sleep after that, we chatted and bonded with each other until dawn.

The morning was lovely, the sun shone brightly through the windows of the house. Chihiro, Haku, Yuko and Akio gathered on the dining table to eat breakfast.

"So... Hatsu right? Why did you accompany Chihiro going here last night? Aren't your parents looking for you?" Akio said looking up from the newspaper that he was reading to face Haku

"I wanted to make sure that she was safe." Haku said

"Why? Are you her boyfriend?" Akio cocked an eyebrow

"I-"

"Dad, Haku's an orphan, his apartment was burned yesterday while we were at the party and nothing was left of his belongings." Chihiro said as she cut Haku off

"What?!" Haku whispered to Chihiro looking confused

"Trust me." Chihiro whispered as she winked at Haku

"I didn't hear any news about some apartment that went on fire -" Akio said

"Oh.. You poor thing. You stay here as long as you want." Yuko said sympathetically as she cut Akio off of his statement

"Thank you ma'am." Haku said

Akio didn't seem to agree that much on the idea of letting Haku stay in their home as long as he wanted, but he had no choice but to say yes after what Chihiro said, besides he wouldn't want to seem rude by saying no.

"Mom, Dad? Could Hatsu and I go to the mall later?" Chihiro asked

"Sure honey, just be back before five o'clock ok?" Yuko said, Chihiro nodded.