Book 2- Sequel to Courage of the Spirit. A Spirited Away Fanfiction.
A few more days in Chihiro's new life. Will her fledgeling relationship with Haku blossom? Or fall foul of the differences between immortal and mortal? An Epilogue to Courage of th...
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Chihiro awoke with sunlight pouring through the windows. She groaned and blinked. Having slept in Haku's home for the past few days, she was not used to strong sunlight. She turned over and saw a shock of green-black hair on the pillow beside her. She had a hazy memory of falling into bed with him after the party had continued on to the very early hours. Linca had excelled herself, everyone had had fun and no one except Zeniba and Linca had noticed her brief absence. She had thanked Haku's demon who had subtly changed into a Yuna as soon as Chihiro had returned. She had talked to Elessa and discovered that the demon was not dangerous unless summoned incorrectly. Elessa said Haku had saved her when she had been trapped on this plain of existence; now she did him the odd favour in return.
"It's so nice to meet you finally; I tell you if I was not a creature of pure energy I would be sorely tempted." Her eyes followed Haku around the room. "But he is obviously crazy about you; the rest of us just have to drool." She sighed. Chihiro tried to smile at the demon's joke, though her brain shouted: "HANDS OFF HE'S MINE!" She knew the creature was just trying to pay her a backhanded compliment. And by the end of the night, Chihiro was looking forward to meeting the demon again at some point.
Chihiro looked around the room. It was in a reasonable state of disarray, but she knew Haku's sitting room and study would look like a bomb had hit it. Still, it was not like she had to clean it. Through the wonders of magic, Haku could divert the mess to the bathhouse midden or the kitchen/laundry for cleaning.
"Now where was he when I had to clean my room as a teenager?" she thought to herself. She yawned, stretched, scratched her head and sat up. She was still wearing the loose shirt and trousers she had arrived in. She needed to get to her room and sort herself out. She made to pull the covers back when something yanked at her foot and pulled her down the bed. She squeaked but knew the culprit was Haku, even though his hands were around her waist and had been nowhere near her feet. He flicked her unruly hair away from her neck and nuzzled into it.
"It's too early to get up yet, stay a little longer," he mumbled sleepily.
"It's 10.30 Haku," she corrected.
"But we did not get to bed until late... stay," he almost whined. He wriggled closer to her, almost pinning her in position with the weight of his body. "Besides, you're the best pillow I've ever had."
"We have things to do today," she said sternly, but she found herself relaxing anyway.
"I know," he breathed into her neck. "I have a meeting with Zeniba at 11.30, an inspection of the baths in the afternoon and a stack of papers to cast my eye over..."
"And you have an appointment with me in practice hall three," she interrupted.
"I do?" he mumbled. "Since when?"
"Since I decided Rin needs a bit of a workout."
Haku sat up rubbing at his eyes and looking adorably sleepy, however, when he glanced down at her his emerald eyes showed annoyance.
