Something Like Love (xxxHolic)

Chapter 8 - "What do you feel for me?"

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Watanuki stopped and quickly looked around, still surrounded in darkness. His sudden outburst left him out of breath and sudden tears threatened his eyes.

"Who are you?" Watanuki called, holding back the tears.

"Who are you talking to?" The woman asked. Her tone had been the same for the past three questions and Watanuki guessed that there have been people saying the same things as him.

"Would you shut up, spirit?" He mumbled. "You have no business in my affairs. I'm sorry you had to die here, but you're not going to get anywhere with asking questions!"

"You're the one asking questions though." A chilly voice said by his ear. Watanuki jumped and reflexively sung his arm in the direction of the voice. "Whoops," the voice said. "That was close."

Watanuki took a step back and turned, running. "This is the first time I've ever wanted Domeki with me." He chuckled, panting as he ran into the dark. Running was probably a bad idea because Watanuki unexpectedly ran into a solid object.

"Eh? A human?" A deep, stupid voice muttered. "Does this mean I can eat the human?"

"Shit," Watanuki muttered, taking quick steps back. "Don't believe anything you see, don't believe anything you see." He repeated, trying to find his way through the darkness.

"Hmmm..." Domeki hummed, pressing his face into Watanuki's neck. Watanuki felt a blush creep up as his heart beat faster.

Watanuki pushed a hand to his neck, still feeling the warmth of Domeki's mouth. "I have to stop thinking about this." Watanuki thought. He didn't move, trying to think of what Yuuko would do. He sighed. "This would be better if I actually had powers."

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Domeki woke up with a start. He panted, seeing nothing but darkness in his right eye. The sun was peeking through the doors and windows and Domeki squinted, seeing nothing through his right eye.

He got up from his futon and stumbled to the bathroom. Turning on the light, he glanced at the mirror and blinked in relief.

"He's still alive then." Domeki thought. "That's good."

He slowly worked his way through his room, seeing as there's no way to control the vision of his right eye. He made sure he didn't bump into anything. He washed his face and changed his clothes, walking out of his house without eating and making his way to the Shop.

The Shop was in sight and he walked through the gates, blinking when his sight went back to normal. He panicked and quickly walked to the door, opening it. Maru and Moro stood there, smiling at Domeki.

"Welcome back," They chimed in unison.

"I'm back." Domeki patted their heads and they giggled, grabbing his wrists and pulling him to the main room.

"Since you came here, that means that you have seen something," Yuuko said as the two opened the door.

"Ah, yeah," Domeki said, bringing a hand up to his right eye. "But it was nothing but darkness."

Yuuko slowly put her lips to the mouthpiece of her pipe and breathed in. She looked deep into thought as she breathed out the smoke. "Hmm... That sounds like a good lead."

"Can we get him now?" Domeki asked, clenching his fists.

"Not yet," Yuuko said, glancing at Domeki's hands. "Tell me Domeki; do you love Watanuki?"