FUCK YOU TOO, CLAMP.
Spoilers for xxxHOLiC, chapter 185. I'm just writing this for the sake of my spite as a huge, big 'FUCK YOU' to CLAMP. The whole 'it's the abusive relationship that I can't just let go?' WELL, APPARENTLY, NOW I CAN.
Doumeki looked at Watanuki, before he nodded.
"Will you do the store while you're attending school?"
"Ah..." Watanuki sighs a bit, nodding. He looks tired in a way that Doumeki isn't sure he has seen him in forever. "Yes. I'll try, at least. Yuuko-san said that Wishes sometimes found her, so... I'm not really sure."
"I'll help," Doumeki shrugs. "I'm sure Kunogi will do the same," and Kohane, and probably many of those spirits he hasn't quite met but he has seen, through Watanuki's eye.
Watanuki looks shell shocked before he bows his head, clutching the kimono around him a little bit tighter.
"Ahh..."
"Let's go drink," Doumeki says, turning away from the ghosts that are not really there anymore, for all that they seem to flutter around butterflies in the air.
It takes a long moment, but then Watanuki starts walking behind him.
"You only say that because you want me to cook for you."
"Mmm," he agrees, and does not turn around, even with the way Watanukis' voice sounds raw.
Doumeki looked at Watanuki, before he nodded.
"Will you do the store while you're attending school?"
"Ah..." Watanuki sighs a bit, nodding. He looks tired in a way that Doumeki isn't sure he has seen him in forever. "Yes. I'll try, at least. Yuuko-san said that Wishes sometimes found her, so... I'm not really sure."
"I'll help," Doumeki shrugs. "I'm sure Kunogi will do the same," and Kohane, and probably many of those spirits he hasn't quite met but he has seen, through Watanuki's eye.
Watanuki looks shell shocked before he bows his head, clutching the kimono around him a little bit tighter.
"Ahh..."
"Let's go drink," Doumeki says, turning away from the ghosts that are not really there anymore, for all that they seem to flutter around butterflies in the air.
It takes a long moment, but then Watanuki starts walking behind him.
"You only say that because you want me to cook for you."
"Mmm," he agrees, and does not turn around, even with the way Watanukis' voice sounds raw.