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Sequel to I'm Home
My Valentine
by Maru
Shisouko_09@yahoo.com
Note:
This is the result of a week long stress so just bear with me :) I hope you'll like it. It's dedicated to my friends the Black Knights, to Alli and to all YYH fans out there! :D
He looked up at the heavens and saw the clearest sky. He stood there like that for a moment, relishing the good warmth of the sun. That was when he felt a soft tug on his shirt. He looked down upon the cute little girl who had purple irises and a cascade of sky blue hair.
"What are you doing?" the little girl asked.
He smiled tenderly at her, though it was rare he ever smiled like that. / She reminds me of her. / "I'm just looking at the sky and thinking about how beautiful it is." It was a lousy response, but that was his answer.
The girl looked up and smiled, eyes showing her excitement. "You're right, 'niisan. The sky is very pretty."
He just smiled to himself, thinking of how this little girl reminded him of her. The way she looked, the way she thought, the way she acted, even the way she smiled.
His thoughts were interrupted when the girl asked again, "Why do you sit beside that tree everyday? My mommy always brings me here everyday to play and I always see you just sitting here. Why is that?"
"I'm waiting for someone." he replied.
"Do you meet here everyday?" she asked again.
"No. I'm just waiting for that person to come."
"If you're not sure if that person will come, why are you still waiting here?"
He smiled at her nosy attitude. "Because I know for sure she'll come here. I just don't know when. Only time will tell."
The girl looked at him with a quizzical look. He glanced at her once more, and then looked up at the sky.
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If there were no words
No way to speak
I would still hear you
He looked at her as she walked out of his room. He knew she was feeling a little down that day because she was still confused on where she belonged. He then decided to cheer her up.
"Botan..." he called.
"Yes, Koenma-sama?"
"Oyasumi nasai." He then turned, murmuring to himself. / What a baka you are, Koenma! /
"Oyasumi, Koenma-sama." she bowed and left.
"Okaeri." he added. He didn't know why but that was the only word that had come out of his mouth. But somehow, that simple word brought a smile to her lips. And that smile llifted his heavy heart.
If there were no tears
No way to feel inside
I'd still feel for you
He didn't know when exactly it started. All he knew was that he was in love with that bubbly airhead and he didn't know why. All those years, he had learned to care for that guardian deity of death, but he never had the guts to say it to her face. He didn't know how she would she react. So he kept it to himself.
And even if the sun refuse to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart
Until the end of time
You're all I need
My love, my valentine
The halls of Reikai were unusually quiet that day. The only lit room is where Botan lay as she slowly disappeared into air.
"Botan, why did you do it?" Koenma knelt beside her bed as he held her hand tightly to his chest.
"My duty is to serve the Reikai. And by saving you, I've fulfilled that." She tried to smile but it seemed even smiling caused her great pain.
Koenma closed his eyes as he remembered how Botan shielded herself to protect him from a Spirit ball the youkai had shot. He remembered how he attacked that youkai with reikei spirit strong enough to shatter a world and then afterwards watch helplessly as Botan fell, wounded from the attack.
"Botan!" he yelled.
"Ko- Koenma-sam--" Botan rasped weakly.
"Shhh. You must rest, okay? You'll get better."
"Don't be s-silly, Koenma-sama. We all know I'm dying." she tried to joke but Koenma looked at her with a firm face.
"Stop that. You're not gonna die. You can't die," he said firmly.
"And why is that, Koenma?" she asked, dropping the -sama since Koenma had always let her call him by his given name when they were alone together.
"Because.... I- I..." he was cut off when Botan pointed at the calendar.
"Look Koenma. It's almost Valentines Day. Advanced Happy Valentines." she greeted, trying to distract him. It almost made Koenma cry right there. It was the anniversary of her death too. That meant...
"You know what that means right? It's my time to be reborn," she said, finishing Koenma's thoughts.
All of my life
I have been waiting for
All you give to me
You've opened my eyes
And showed me how to love unselfishly
/ Yes, it's Botan's time to be reborn to the world of humans. To be a ningen again. To start all over again... and to leave me all alone in this paradise I call home. But paradise will never be the same, for it'll be missing something: Botan, the source of my life. /
Koenma looked at her with determined eyes.
"Then promise me one thing. Remember the big tree that grew in the park where you died? I'll be waiting there every Valentines Day to wait for you. That's where I'll tell you my secret."
He then offered his pinky so they would have the pinky promise like they always did whenever they made a pact.
Botan stifled a laugh but nevertheless agreed.
"Till then, ne, Koenma?"
"Yes till then..." he answered as the light left the room leaving Koenma with a single tear on his face.
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"What happened next?" the girl asked when he stopped.
"I don't know. It hasn't happened yet," he answered. The girl then hopped off the bench as her mom called her name. "I have to go. Mom's calling me. Thank you for that wonderful story, 'niisan. Tell me when it ends, ne?"
He nodded as the girl started to walk away. The girl stopped, then turned.
"I know. The ending will be like how we met. Botan will approach Koenma while he's looking up at the sky. Right, 'niisan?"
"Hai." he simply answered as a voice called out a again.
"Peony! Peony!"
"Coming mom! Bye!" the girl then ran as fast as she could.
Koenma looked at her with a smile on his face. Maybe 15 years or more... the right time will come for them to meet again.
I've dreamed of this a thousand times before
In my dreams I couldn't love you more
I will give you my heart
Until the end of time
You're all I need
My love, my valentine
"Yes, maybe someday. And that someday could be Valentines Day, just like it is now, although now may not yet be the time"
You're all I need
My love, my valentine
"Botan... My valentine." he whispered as he disappeared into thin air.
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