Daa! Daa! Daa! Fan Fiction ❯ Making True A Promise ❯ Delving into Depression ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: I am not as creative as Miss Mika Kawamura, creator of Daa! Daa! Daa! Therefore I do not have any capacity to own it.

 

 

Chapter 4 - Delving into Depression

 

 

“Achoo! Oww... my head.” Kanata whimpered as he finished the last tissue in the tissue box. “Achoo!”

 

“Here. I made some warm honey lemon juice for you. It should make you feel a lot better.” Miyu said as she handed Kanata a clear glass filled with the said concoction.

 

“Thank you.” Kanata whispered in between his sneezes as he watched Miyu's retreating back sadly.

 

“Papa!” Ruu called as he floated to Kanata.

 

“Hey there Ruu. Achoo!” Kanata said as he opened another tissue box.

 

“Peppo! Peppo! Peppo!” Peppo exclaimed as it leaped toward the tissue box.

 

“Hey Peppo. It's not food you know.” Kanata laughed. “What are you doing?”

 

Kanata watched wide eyed as Peppo desperately pulled a sheet of tissue paper from its box and finally did it.

 

“Is this for me?” Kanata asked the pink fluffy jumpy thing in front of him handing him the thin sheet.

 

“Peppo! Peppo! Peppo!” It replied as it continued to jump over and over again.

 

“Thanks.” Kanata said as he took it and just held it in his hand.

 

“So this is where you all are. Dinner is ready and I prepared pumpkin soup just for you Kanata!” Wannya cheerfully said as he entered the TV room.

 

“We'll be right there Wannya, just give us a sec.” He answered as he dizzily stood up from his Indian sitting position.

 

“Alright, then. Don't take too long now.” Wannya said as he left for the dining room. “Come on Ruu! You're milk is ready!”

 

“Daa!”

 

Kanata desperately shut his eyes to get some sleep, which was avoiding him no matter how hard he chases after it. He sat up from his futon and took his jacket and went out of the room.

 

“The sky is so clear.” He muttered under his breath as he sat himself at the corridors of the main floor.

 

“Is your cold getting better?”

 

“Miyu? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be asleep?” Kanata questioned as he watched her approach and sit right beside him.

 

“I heard footsteps and I followed it.” She replied.

 

“Why?” Kanata followed-up as soon as she answered his first question.

 

“For no reason.” She replied quietly as she gazed into the dark sky.

 

“You were expecting it was him, weren't you? Takeshi…” He said defiantly.

 

Miyu was flabbergasted. “Ta.. ke.. shi…”

 

Kanata watched as she clasped her hands together and faced him.

 

“Miyu, she seems to be very important to you. Do you want to see her?” She asked calmly as he watched Kanata's features turn from sad to confused.

 

“What are you talking about Miyu? I am not joking with you.” Kanata said as his face flushed into a shade of crimson.

 

“Look at me.” Miyu said as she cupped Kanata's face with her ice-cold hands. “Do I look like Miyu to you?”

 

Kanata blushed as he gazed into her eyes, seeing only infiltrating sadness and a translucent shade of despair. They were bold and hardened my time.

 

Miyu took her hands from Kanata's face still in contact with his eyes.

 

“There was a boy in class earlier today, the one who gives out beautiful roses, he said Miyu had gleam in her eyes, which sparkled brightly specially when she smiled. I do not have that spark Kanata, the spark of innocence and dreams. I am on the verge of losing all hope now. But more importantly…”

 

A shocked expression never left Kanata's face as he heard her next words.

 

“I am not Miyu… ”

 

Kanata gulped before he continued.

 

“If you are not who I think you are… then who are you?”

 

The girl smiled warmly before she pushed on. “Tsukishino Mamoru… Tsukishino Mamoru is my name or should I say.. I am the ghost of Tsukishino Mamoru.”

 

Kanata's mouth gaped as the wind blew the chills in his spine.

 

“I have borrowed Miyu's body to look for Takeshi in the land of the living to see whether he was ever reborn. I know you have felt my weak presence but it clouded your senses because of having been worried about Miyu. I hope you forgive me.” She said as she turned away from Kanata.

 

“Miyu?-- Where is she then?” He asked worriedly.

 

“Do you want to see her?” She said sadly.

 

“What do you mean?” He asked, confused.

 

Suddenly Miyu's body fell on Kanata's side, her head falling to his nape.

 

Kanata desperately shook her right shoulder. “Hey, don't sleep on me now…!”

 

Miyu slowly opened her eyes. “Kanata?”

 

Kanata could only stare at her and watch her eyes glisten. “Miyu?” He said as he pulled her closer to him.

 

“You're so warm.” Miyu before she drifted back to sleep.

 

Kanata gazed at her sleeping face for a moment before uttering his words meant for Tsukishino. “Ghost of Tsukishino Mamoru, tell me how I can help you.”