The Wallflower Fan Fiction ❯ The journey ❯ Sudden insight ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Author note: Yet again I do not own The Wallflower and I do not make any money from the writing of this fanfic. I do not have a beta so any feedback you would be willing to give me would be very much appreciated even though I am writing this fic more for myself. In other words please review it takes one minute to tell me if I have caused you pleasure or pain.



Every day leading up to the party Sunako was spending an hour or two in her room with the door locked going over the photo album she had made. Within the week she was looking at them with the lamp on in her room with no effect. Though no one in the house was there to see, a smile lit up her beautiful face the moment the back cover closed. It was actually working. She continued smiling as she went downstairs to prepare the last meal she would have to cook until the party. The boys told her that tomorrow she would be banished from the kitchen by the caterers who needed all day in the kitchen to prepare for the meal that night. That meant that she would be treated to breakfast and lunch outside in a restaurant. As a safety measure to make sure her hard work wouldn’t be for naught she had burned her sweats in the yard yesterday and filled her closet with more form fitting if still dark colored clothing.
In the meantime Kyouhei had been trying to deal with the fact that by helping Sunako he might loose her. He hadn’t told anyone but Hiroshi his feelings but he had a feeling everyone knew how he felt, everyone except Sunako that is. His chest still felt a little tight but he knew what he had to do, Sunako couldn’t stay cut off from everything and everyone forever, he had to help her even if it would break his heart.
The rest of the guys were busy turning the house into a haunted house when they saw Sunako coming down the stairs. Three men and one female suddenly found themselves peaking out from behind furniture. “Oh no, what horrible thing has happened now? Was there another murder?” By this point Yuki was completely freaking out. Anytime he saw that smile he knew something gruesome had happened. The rest of them just shrugged their shoulders not knowing what was going on and soon they heard the most melodic sound coming from the kitchen. They slowly left the safety of their positions behind the furniture and crept up to the door Sunako had sauntered through. As they peaked in and saw it was truly Sunako singing Yuki screamed something unintelligible concerning a mass murderer heading their way before fainting. The rest just stared on in utter shock as The happily singing Sunako filled a pitcher with cold water and poured it over the unconscious boy on the floor.
Yuki awoke with a start and began to panic about the mass murderer who had escaped from jail and was on the loose. Of course Sunako was the one to deal with the outburst. “Yuki, there is no mass murderer on the loose, I’m just happy that everyone I care about will be gathered in this house tomorrow for a party thrown specifically for me. I know none of you really appreciate the holiday like I do and I really want to thank you all for going to such great lengths for me.” The smile she then turned on the boys had them leaving the room absolutely stunned. The zombies dragged their feet into the main living area with an equally stunned Noi following thoughtfully behind them.
“Something has happened, this isn’t just about the party something has already changed inside Sunako. I don’t understand it have any of you seen anything happen lately that could bring such a miracle?” Noi held her chin up from hitting the table with her neatly manicured hand as she spoke. When she heard no verbal response she looked up to find the three boys mutely shaking their heads. It seems that at this time the power of speech eluded them. They stayed in the same positions until Sunako called them in for dinner. The boys sat down to once again be shocked , after serving them and Kyouhei Sunako sat down in a chair to eat the meal with them without having on any protective covering at all. Not only that but they finally realized she was not wearing her normal house sweats. Even though these changes were exactly the kind they wanted it was all happening too fast and it was more than they could ever hope for and the party wasn’t even until the next day. Ranmaru, Yuki, Noi, and Oda all looked at each other and a heavy sense of foreboding fell upon them. They didn’t know what exactly the problem was and how it had happened but even though all the changes were good they felt for the first time inviting Michi to the party might actually have the reverse affect on the girl they were all suddenly so proud of.
That night after dinner the sun with all his radiance and moon with her dark beauty walked up the stairs together only to go their separate ways. Both were in love with each other and standing within arms reach but both still felt too afraid to reach out and make the first move. When Sunako got back to her room she studied the photo album one last time to make sure it was not a fluke but this time instead of just a single lamp she turned on the overhead lights. She flipped through the album once again with no affect. She promised herself the moment she turned the last page that tomorrow she would touch the most radiant of beings and not have a nosebleed. She promised herself that she would find a way to show Kyouhei that she truly loved him back, that she would be able to stand by his side in the sunlight creature of darkness or not.
I another room in the house a radiant being was praying with all his might to a god whose gifts he did not enjoy. He had been gifted with a natural radiance that attracted the attention of all those he did not like and pushed away the only woman he had ever found himself caring for. Even though he had issues with his creator he found himself for the first time down on his knees begging not to loose the woman he loved with all his heart to the one man who had almost destroyed her not so long ago. Even more than that though, he prayed for her happiness and for her life to be returned to her since she hadn’t really been able to live since her heart had been torn. “Please, if your truly out there just let her finally find the peace she deserves. Allow her to be happy, even if that means she is not with me.” Silent tears rolled down his cheeks as he said the words and a lump formed in his throat. “Even if she never loves me back just give her happiness.”