"After being with you, Himawari-chan... it's just sometimes, but..." "Have bad things happened?" "Does that have anything to do with you, Himawari-chan?" "You finally realized?" "I was wondering when you were going to say it, but it really did take a while, didn't it?" "It was like that when we first went home together too, wasn't it?" "When you invited me to go to a café, there was a traffic accident ahead of us." "And when we did the night of 100 ghost stories, scary things happened." "There was also the time I asked you to investigate that Angel-san thing, right?" "I thought that after all that, there was no way you'd come and talk to me, but you were the same as always." "Watanuki-kun, you see scary things, right?" "They're called spirits, right?" "Yuuko-san told me about them." "But I'm not one of them." "I'm a normal human after all." "Well, kind of." "But you know..." "For some reason, whenever people are with me, bad things happen to them." "My mom and dad are immune, it seems." "But apart from them, there are no exceptions." "I have no idea about my relatives or siblings, 'cause I'm an only child." "The first time I realized it was probably when I was four years old." "I went looking for my ball in the garden next door." "After I had, there was a fire there and the whole place burned down." "They said that the fire started in the garden, right from the place I picked up the ball." "After that, kids I was friendly with were always getting into accidents, and the lady in the neighborhood who doted over me attempted suicide." "My homeroom teacher was stabbed by the man she was having an affair with and went under police investigation." "It must have been around my third year in elementary school." "My grandmother thought I might be possessed by something bad, so she took me to a shrine." "The priest there said," ""There's nothing possessing her, nor is this a curse or some kind of power."" ""She's a normal girl."" "Just as Grandmother relaxed and said, "Then it was all just our imagination,"" "he shook his head and looked at me with an enormous amount of pity and said," ""However, this girl will bring bad luck to others." "She does not choose the recipient herself, but brings it to everyone except for her parents, who brought her into this world."" "They exist;" "things that, just by talking to them, or touching them, or getting involved with them, bring bad luck to those around them." "Even if they're human." "No, because they're human, they exist." "Oh, and the reason my parents are immune is since if I had brought bad luck to them," "I probably wouldn't have been born." "And then, on the next Thursday, my grandmother who had taken me to the shrine passed away." "It's true that she was elderly and sick." "But I thought, "Ah, that must have been my doing."" "That's why I was wondering when you'd realize, Watanuki-kun." "Himawari-chan." "Well then, Watanuki-kun, take care of yourself." "Thanks for all those lunches, they were great!" "Farewell. {Does this sound too formal, would a simple Goodbye convey well enough the eternal parting?" "}" "Wait, Himawari-chan!" "I'm sorry." "For what?" "For surprising you." "I fell so suddenly, after all." "As an apology, when I get better, I'll make something special just for you." "You did hear what I just said, didn't you?" "Yeah, but you know, when you give me sweets, I feel like I've ascended to heaven, and just seeing you puts me in a good mood for the whole day." "When you call out "Watanuki-kun," and laugh and talk to me, they're all nice things to me." "I am so happy to have met you, Himawari-chan." "This time, you might end up dead." "I won't die." "How can you say that?" "I have no proof, but" "I'll survive through determination." "I really like you, Himawari-chan, so I won't make you cry." "You really are stupid, aren't you, Watanuki-kun?" "That's so mean, Himawari-chan." "I want a chiffon cake." "A strawberry chiffon cake, with pink cream filling, too." "All right." "We'll keep it a secret from Doumeki-kun and eat it just the two of us, right?" "Of course!" "Bye, Watanuki-kun." "See you soon." "See you soon." "Keep it quiet that you know about the chiffon cake." "It's a secret for just me and Watanuki-kun." "All right." "But we'll eat lunch together, all three of us." "Yeah." "Yuuko-san, about Himawari-chan..." "To cure her nature of bringing bad luck, the price is too large." "That would require her to give up all her happiness in life." "Himawari-chan." "Go back to sleep." "It'll still be a while until you're healed up, and also, you won't heal completely." "You mean my little finger?" "Yes, your right little finger won't move anymore, even if all your wounds heal." "It's fine." "But, please... keep this a secret from Himawari-chan." "The thing I love most of all is to see Himawari-chan smiling." "I understand." "Who were the ones that paid the price for my injuries?" "One was Himawari-chan." "The other was?" "It was Doumeki-kun." "What did the two of them pay with?" "I made a promise with the two of them that I wouldn't tell you." "The price Doumeki-kun paid was to provide the quantity of blood you lost." "You and Himawari-chan have both become my customers in order to grant your wishes." "Watanuki-kun, you liar." "You told me you wouldn't make me cry." "But, it was the first time anyone ever said" "they were happy to meet me." "I'm so glad that Watanuki-kun survived." "I'm so glad that I took Watanuki-kun's scars as the payment." "Thank you." "I'm also happy that I met you." "Yuuko-san." "How long was I asleep?" "Six days." "Um, Yuuko-san, Himawari-chan..." "I contacted her, and told her that you had gotten a lot better." "Doumeki-kun too." "I don't really care about that." "Yuuko-san." "You're not going to say it, are you?" "Say what?" "That you'll pay the price yourself, so you'd like to do something about Himawari-chan." "I thought of saying it, but..." "If I did something to pay for that, and Himawari-chan found out about it, I wonder how she'd feel." "She probably wouldn't be happy, and it would probably hurt her immensely." "Just like I don't want other people to get hurt because of me," "Himawari-chan surely doesn't want to hurt anyone else." "That's true." "That's why I'll try my best to make Himawari-chan laugh even the tiniest bit more." "I'll do everything I can." "Good children should definitely get a pat on the head. {This is definitely what good children should get}" "I'm not a child!" "Huh, again..." "Go to sleep." "So that you can heal even just a little bit faster." "You're going to see Himawari-chan, right?" "And Doumeki-kun too." "But..." "It seems like I'm sleeping all the time, and there's so much to do." "Then take this." "What is it?" "The payment received for draining the water from the well." "That's why it's yours, Watanuki-kun." "Go to sleep together." "If you do that, it will grow." "Just as you wish it to." "So warm..." "So kind..." "I'm being embraced by kindness." "That's why I can become kind." "I'll grow up kind." "I wonder how I'll become." "How do you want me to become?" "I want her to be happy." "I'm sure she was lonely, and I'm sure she was sad." "But, to that girl who still laughs in spite of that, even the tiniest bit is fine." "I want her to be happy." "All right, I understand." "So that she can be happy." "So that she can truly smile." "I'll be born." "It's not here." "It's gotten bigger." "Are you the one who was talking to me while I was asleep?" "So it hatched, huh." "This is..." "I see, so it turned out like that." "This bird won't be affected by Himawari-chan." "In some ways, it's the same as Doumeki-kun." "That's why it'll be fine, even if it's with Himawari-chan." "It's not like it can do anything for her, but it will be able to stay with her without anything happening." "To her, that will surely be something truly wonderful and important." "Just as you have gotten involved with lots of people and changed through them," "Himawari-chan has changed too." "And from now on, you'll both keep changing." "If you believe strongly in yourself, and have someone who will believe in you as well, you surely will." "Yes." "Ah!" "What great weather!" "My injuries are finally healed, and for the first time in a while I can go to school!" "Ah!" "Hey!" "Wait!" "Himawari-chan!" "And Doumeki." "Yuuko-san said you would be out of bed today, so I waited here with Doumeki-kun." "Thanks, Himawari-chan!" "You changed your hair?" "Ah, I just let down the back a little." "It suits you!" "You're so cute!" "What is it?" "It looks like it." "What does?" "!" "He means it looks like your injuries have all healed up, right, Doumeki-kun?" "Say it with your own mouth!" "Are you Gonta-kun or something?" "Gonta-kun?" "Yuuko-san told me about him." "There was this guy called Noppo-san, and..." "What a cutie!" "Himawari-chan, do you like birds?" "Then, if you would, can you please take care of him?" "Thank you, but..." "This little guy was born for you, Himawari-chan." "Huh?" "And that's why I was so surprised!" "When I woke up, he was there." "So you gave birth to him?" "I did not!" "Ah, he was just kissed!" "Is it a male?" "I don't know, but that's too enviable!" "Watanuki-kun." "What?" "Thank you!" "What are you gonna pick for a name?" "What will it be, Himawari-chan?" "His chirp sounds like "Pi," so how about that?" "Huh... {Not lit but less stupid than lit!" "}" "Then how about "Pa?"" "That's just like the baseball league." "Then how about "Po?"" "Um, I think it's okay to stray away from the P's, Himawari-chan." "Hey, I know!" "Watanuki-kun, will you give him a name?" "Huh, me?" "You're the one who gave him to me, after all." "Then..." "Then..." "Tanpopo." "Why?" "Because he's yellow." "You're just like Himawari-chan." "You're just a simpleton!" "How dare you take offense to my naming sense!" "You have a flower name, just like me." "I think he likes it." "Tanpopo!" "Nice to meet you!" "That's good, it's a forgiving bird." "What was that?" "!" "You really do get along well, don't you two?" "You've got it all wrong!" "Yuuko-san!" "Yuuko-san!" "We got some oden noodles from the little fox!" "{Kitsune or Fox?" "}" "I guess he was really happy when you gave him the balloon." "Now, anyway, I believe you have a wish?" "How did you know that?" "I don't mind granting it, but don't forget that there's a price." "I know that!" "Then I'll have you come out with me." "Where?" "It's a secret." "Next time, on holic Kei:" "Extra Anecdote:" "Return Gift." "Thinking up three new menus every day is tough work."