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Who: Yuuko and Watanuki
What: Going ~~courting~~ shopping
When: After Watanuki had his bad dream and she told him he was going shopping
Where: The foyer and then town
Rating: G

If ever you need me; I'll be right here.

Yuuko was waiting in the foyer of the castle. She would help Watanuki feel better if it was the last thing she did. She had to take care of him. She had to keep him safe.

She stood, waiting and pacing through the hall. She could do this, she was strong, no, she couldn't, she had to. She needed to keep herself together. Watanuki needed her to. He needed her to be strong for him right now. She had some ideas in mind. Even if it frustrated and flustered him, he still would have his mind off the things that were happening.

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He was surprised at the sudden invitation to head to town from Yuuko. But the idea of visiting the town was an appealing one, since the only other times he went was to get Yachiru some paints. Not very much sight seeing.

Wiping his eyes free from tears (One's comments had hurt, even if it wasn't his intention), Watanuki walked towards the foyer to see Yuuko pacing the hallway.

"Ne, Yuuko-san." He hurried over to her. What was the plan going to be anyway?

She smiled brightly, taking the end of a sleeve and using it to catch the finished tears. She was wearing a low cut top with billowed sleeves and a butterfly on one shoulder front. Her pants were low cut bell bottoms in black. Today she was trying to be more like herself. Hiding all her blind fear inside her. “Watanuki-kun needs cheering up, ne?” She was so soft with the boy, so gentle. He was precious to her, even if he never knew that he was.

She plopped a hand on his shoulder. “I was thinking of belly button piercings ...” Yes, the teasing would start right about now. “unless of course you'd rather nipple piercings. I hear they make for all sorts of fun!”

If the boy had wanted to turn tail and run it was too late; Yuuko already had a good grip on him and wasn't letting go.

He was going to reply, but her next comment quickly and efficently put an end to that.

"I BEG YOUR PARDON!?"

Not funny!! THAT WAS SO NOT FUNNY!! If he found out that Zelman or Yukimura were behind this, Watanuki was going to stop making them food for a year. But he wouldn't put it beyond Yuuko to come up with the idea on her own.

"I wouldn't like either of them at all," he was frantically fighting the blush on his face. And he thought that only Yukimura and Zelman enjoyed bugging him.

She continued to drag him along out the door; pondering what to do on this outing that would entertain her and help to make him feel better. She leaned in close, so close that her breath was blowing into his ear. “We could always get something more intimate pierced.” She whispered.

It was quite an enjoyment to see that blush back on his face again.

Being dragged into town, fine. Being annoyed constantly, so be it. BUT THIS IS JUST GOING TO A BIT TOO FAR!!!!

"What??? No thank you!"

... It worked though. Even if he couldn't stop his blushing, this was...

Familiar.

She patted his hand patronizingly. “Now now Watanuki-kun, if you're going to be stuck in a foreign place you ought to try something new.” She teased. He was just so cute! Especially when his face was the color of a ripe tomato.

She continued dragging the boy along. He wouldn't get out of this at all. “Watanuki-kun would look so dashing as a bad boy.” She winked at him in quite the seductive way.

"I don't mind doing something different, but..." Did she just say what he thought she just said? No, just no.

He'd never hear the end of it from the samurai and vampire.

"I DON'T WANT TO BE A BAD BOY! I like me this way!"

This castle was insane. He knew that. Half the residents were perverted. He knew that too. But this was starting to get creepy! But it seems he wasnt' going to get a choice in anything.

'Yu' must be an unlucky character for him.

“Mmmm. She pretended to pull up his collar up with her freehand. “With your hair slicked back and your leather jacket.” She clucked her tongue approvingly. He would look rather entertaining. So, so interesting.

She would have to put that in motion today as well.

She was still quite close to him as she made their way down the path to the town. “We can have candy and treats.” She pushed closer to him. “Does Watanuki-kun like sweet things?” She knew very well that he did. She also knew very well that he would catch the put in innuendo and go bright red again. At this rate she was going to set her own record for making the boy blush.

The blood vessels in Watanuki's face was going to burst. There was no way that any person could be this embarassed by three different people. The last thing he needed was Yukimura, Yuuko and Zelman chatting over alchohol...

... Oh, wait... That was going to happen. Joy.

"N-No thank you!!" Blushing, blushing, blushing! The image of the three of them sitting at a table in a bar (with Yuuko and Zelman smoking... for some reason) while cackling evily entered his head. This was not cool.

"Yuuko-san! Isn't there something we can do that doesn't involve me getting into those outfits?"

She covered her mouth in mock shock. “Watanuki-kun!” She thought about something that would embarrass her ... everything embarrassed her. The soft blush of her own tinged her cheeks just enough to be useful. “Are you saying you want to take your clothing off? My my, my Watanuki-kun has become such an exhibitionist!” She squealed, poking her nose down his shirt.

She gasped.

“Such a manly physique!”

Watanuki squawked at Yuuko's actions.

"Yuuko-san!! That's not what I meant!!" he pushed her away gently before fixing his shirt. This was embarassing!

"I'm not and exhibitionist." What is with you people and annoying me?

The image was there again. He did not need that mental image to scare him, he was scared enough as it was. After all, if you were a barely legal teen being teased by three people who were older than you, wouldn't you get upset too?

Yup, he thought so.

"Where are we going anyway?"

“Shopping~! ♥” She said energetically. She wasn't going to tell him until they got there. Mmm, you're missing something there.” She poked his shoulders where the fix spirit usually stayed. She wondered if he would notice it, or if, even this far from it, the castle would rebel against her attempts.

Watanuki blinked, then sighed. It made sense to go to the town to shop. But.... What did she mean that he was missing something?

"Hmm? What do you mean?" he wanted to know, he honestly did! But if he tried, the castle will give him a penalty, and he didn't want a headache. This sounded like it would be fun, the last thing he wanted right now was to get a miraine.

... But she was right, something did feel like it was missing.

She snaked her hand around his shoulder as if she were imitating the spirit. “Have you been chased by any; since you've been here?” She was terribly curious about this. Had here been spirits here; could they come to this supposed paradise; or did they simply burn into nothingness.

She knew there were death gods. They were,in fact, spirits; but what of those who were simply existing? Those that gravitated towards Watanuki were generally benign, but not your believed normal spirits and the like.

Watanuki stiffened. This familiar feeling...

"... Sometimes, when I wander around the castle... Something follows me. None have attacked me. They just stand there, watching, calling..." He didn't know, he couldn't tell humans from spirits when they were far away. That was his limit. That had always been his limit.

Because to him, spirits and people were the same.

She nodded. “I wonder if the castle also took away your need for that boy as well.” She looked over Watanuki. No, there was no visible difference ... wait, there was ...

“You've lost your eye.” She commented evenly. It was as if she had known it was going to happen. Of course she had known it. It was an action she loathed to think about, but it seemed it had been done. Of course it had. She glanced at him from the side. “Can you still see through the other half of it?”

"Need for that boy? ... My eye?"

Watanuki didn't understand any of the questions Yuuko was asking him. Their meaning was lost, but there was something that made his heart ache. But what did she mean when she said 'other half'? Wasn't this his eye?

"You know why my eye is like this?" he stopped walking and looked at her. Ravenous castle be damned. He wanted to know.

She let go of his hand and reached to caress his temple, the side with Domeki's half eye. “Yes.” She replied, her voice almost a whisper. “I know how your eye became like this.” She leaned in, touching her forehead to his. She was so sorry, so sorry that she had failed then too. It was fate. Then and now it would be fate.

If they were ever to return he was be returning to such pain, without the knowledge that he needed, and she would be returning, to do this once again.

This was becoming irritating. He didn't want to be left in the dark like this, not knowing anything about himself, not being allowed to learn. This wasn't anything new, he's spent the last four months here, and the constant headaches were just another part of his life now.

"Tell me?"

“I did it.”

The answer was simple and correct. She had taken his eye at is own request. “You wished that I take it from you in exchange for another's. I did so, and the other requested the same.”

She let her eyes fall closed for a moment, steadying herself from the tears that threatened to come. She wanted to hug him and hold him close. Repeat over and over again that she was sorry, that she never wanted this to happen, but that would help nothing. “When I refused him he asked that I give you half of his eye. You posses that half” She tapped his temple once. “here.”

Watanuki stared.

This... His right eye was half of someone else's? This was something that he wanted? But why? Who? Chances are the castle will hurt him if he asked.

... His mood was dropping again.

"Yuuko-san, thank you for telling me."

She caressed his cheek, he was just as fragile as she was, he always was a fragile person. However, he was falling into a depression again and she couldn't allow that to happen; so she snaked her hand down and physically pinched his butt. “Watanuki-kun has been working out.”

Watanuki squeaked, before backing away quickly.

"Yuuko-san!!"

Oh yea. There will be hell to pay once she meets up with Zelman and Yukimura. If only he'd known how abolutely evil the three of them could be.

"Could we just get the shopping done without molesting me anymore?"

She waved her hand back and forth dismissively. “What fun would a shopping trip be without molestation?” She asked casually. Oh she was evil some days. She glanced back with her eyes only. She was sorry that she was tormenting him so much, but it was what he needed right now. Distraction.

“I think I'll buy some cake ... and maybe a lollipop ... care for a penguin?” She tossed the last back to him. A black flat hat with a red sash around it.

"The normal kind,"

Watanuki caught the hat and stared at it.

"A penguin? Isn't that a rather strange thing to buy?"

Still, she looked like she was having fun, no reason why he shouldn't find something to enjoy as well.

“Not if you're planning on saving the world.” She replied offhandedly. She continued walking, pretending to ponder this situation. They were entering the town finally. One of the shops, a ladies garment shop had such large and fluffy dresses that she just couldn't resist. They were like Victorian ball gowns, only ore puffy.

There was a beautiful lavender one that had caught her eye perfectly. Low collar, tight waist, the ribbing was just perfect, and the ruffled sleeves made it even more fun.

“Watanuki-kun ...” She gestured him over, hiding the evil grin she had. “What do you think of that?”

He tried to stifle his laughter at the 'saving the world' line. A penguin to save the world? Definately haven't heard that before.

"Ari?" Watanuki looked at the dress on display. Truthfully, he didn't like it all that much. Then again, he never was one for Victorian styles, he'd always enjoyed the traditional kimonos more.

"... I didn't know Yuuko liked these kinds of dresses..."

“I like all kinds of clothing; so long as it looks just right to for the wearer.” She tugged on his arm, dragging him inside. When the attendant came she whispered something to the woman who quickly left, only to return with a dress similar to the one in the window .... in Watanuki's size.

Yuuko took and hand and pushed the boy into the woman holding the dress. “Try it on~!”♥

He wasn't even going to fathom how she knew his size and he barely caught himself before he fell... But wait, what?

"I WILL NOT!"

No way was he going to wear that thing. No way at all. Because who knew what Zelman or Yukimura might do with the information that, yes, Watanuki did try on a dress. This was not funny.

I wish we could have nap time. Why don't we? Just stop in the middle of the day and bed down. Then get up and finish the day.

She batted her eyelashes and pouted ever so cutely. “Pleeeeeeeeaaaase Watanuki-kun ♥ .” He wasn't getting out of here until she got a picture of him in that dress ... and many others.

Watanuki, on the other hand, wanted to get out as fast as his legs would allow him to. There was no way he was going to put on those dresses!!

"No!!"

He had to fight off the urge to roll his eyes at her. Seriously, there must've been something he did wrong in another life for her to bug him like this.

The pout became worse when he had said no. Of course she would have to do more to convince the boy to do as she wanted. So of course, small tears started to form inside her eyes. She had to admit, the things she had known before she had lost her confidence were quite useful.

"A-ah!! Don't cry!" Watanuki reached out for her.

Sure, he didn't want her to cry, but in all honesty, he didn't want to wear that dress either. But if this continued, then it would appear that there was no choice for him besides to swallow his dignity (or what remained of it) and just... Put on the dress.

"... Fine, I'll put it on, just... Don't cry, please?"

She wiped away her tears and smiled happily. Inside, there was a smirk. She had gotten exactly what she wanted from the situation, exactly. “Really?”

Her eyes were wide as saucers and she looked every bit the part of the excited and hopeful schoolgirl.

Watanuki flinched. This was not going to end happily for him...

"Yes... I'll wear it."

... Might as well make his defeat official... Sigh...

Her arms flew around him happily. "Watanuki-kun makes me so happy!" She exclaimed.

Once again, he sighed in defeat. There was no way he was ever going to win any battle of wills against Yuuko... Or Yukimura... or Zelman...

Shuddering at the thought, Watanuki gently pulled Yuuko off of him and went over to the shopkeeper to take the dress. Perhaps the most disturbing part wasn't him agreeing to the dress, but the fact that the shopkeeper just kept smiling. Seriously, what was wrong with these people?!

"I'll... Be back in a bit..." he said as the shopkeeper lead him off to the dressing area.

She smiled devilishly to herself as she pulled out a camera with which to take some ... indecent exposure shots with.

It took a while for him to finally put on the dress. He couldn't help but wonder how women could put on things like these, they were so... Troublesome.

"This is so embarassing..." he muttered to himself before exiting the changing room, completely unaware of Yuuko's evil plan.

There was a bright flash followed by several more and the woman was taking more of the boy's face. he looked so cute dressed up in frills!~

The first thought in his head when he saw the flash was "What?"

The following thoughts were much less coherent, but more or less involved fear and embarassment. Mostly embarassment, after all, with the people he knew... Well...

"YUUKO-SAN!! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

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