we're all made of glitter and nightmares (and baby, we thrive)
Tsubasa Chronicle Month 2023
- Day 6: xxxHolic
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The day Doumeki marries Kohane, Watanuki opens a bottle of saké at seven in the morning (and tells himself, like the lying liar he is, that it's in celebration, because surely he'll see less of the bastard now), the small gift box he's prepared and never got around to actually giving away sitting almost ostentatiously in the middle of the small, low table by his divan.
Mokona, Maru and Moro are… somewhere around the shop, making themselves scarce, though Watanuki doesn't get why. It's not like he's upset. He has no reason to be.
Sure, he pities poor Kohane-chan for getting saddled with an oaf for a husband, and sure, he's maybe a touch bit sad that, despite that, he can't see what a beautiful bride she'll make.
But other than that, Watanuki is fine.
(The bottle's empty in half an hour. The second one is already a third empty by the time eight a.m. rolls around.)
He's just about ready to sink into sleep, perhaps take a stroll through some dream if he can manage it, when the front doors open and his name's being called.
…That can't be right, he thinks, blinking against the languid haze he's been enjoying. He shouldn't be here.
"Watanuki?" comes the second call, and yes, alright, he's getting up because apparently it's not really a hallucination.
He goes into the shop's genkan, and stops in the doorway.
"Oh," slips out between numb lips.
Doumeki and Kohane stand just inside the doors, both dressed impeccably in traditional wedding attire, both looking at Watanuki with clear determination in their eyes.
(And oh, how Watanuki loves them.)
"What are you doing here?" he asks when he feels like he can breathe again. "You should be getting married right about now. Or did I remember the time wrong?" He didn't. He knows he didn't. So why-
Doumeki snorts (and Watanuki wants to bristle at the exasperation in the noise), but it's Kohane who speaks, voice soft. "You can't come to the wedding. So we decided to come and see you."
"Kohane-chan… You shouldn't have…"
"You're an idiot," Doumeki says, letting go of Kohane's hand and walking up to Watanuki. He pokes him between the eyebrows (because even on his damn wedding day Doumeki makes it a point of being a pain in Watanuki's ass), and then again for good measure. "As if we wouldn't. You'd cry."
Watanuki does bristle then, because he absolutely would not.
He huffs, pushing Doumeki's hand away from his face. "Wait here," he tells them before stepping back into his salon and picking up the small lacquered box.
Then he walks back out into the entryway and pushes the gift into Doumeki's chest. "Here. Your wedding gift. Now go get married. I'm sure your families and the other guests are waiting and wondering where you ran off to."
"Watanuki," Doumeki starts, and there's something on his face, something in his voice that has something in Watanuki's chest clenching painfully. No. You can't. You can't. It's already…
Watanuki shakes his head, just a bit, and the faintest smile graces his lips. "Your bride's waiting. Kohane-chan," he turns his attention to the young woman that's finally joined them. He hugs her. "You're beautiful. I'm thankful I got to see you."
Kohane returns the hug, her lower lip trembling ever so slightly. "I wish you could have been there with us."
"I know. But things are the way they're supposed to be."
"I still hate it."
"I know."
"Shizuka-kun does, too."
Watanuki opens his eyes on a sigh. Yes. "I know." And so do I.
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Mirabel: I will never... be good enough for you... will I? No matter how hard I try....no matter how hard any of us try...
Mirabel: You're the one breaking our home!
Abuela Alma : Don't you ever...!
Mirabel: The miracle is dying because of you!
What I analysed in Relationships between Kohane Tsuyuri and Suzu Fujibayashi (Tsofph Season 1) Those who wish harm on others will wish harm to themselves just like Kohane's mother. This time Abuela Alma was different, she wish for this miracle to continue forever because this is a symbol of her husband, Abuelo Pedro and her happiness. Because in time in her past, Alma met a man named Pedro during a celebration for the Day of the Little Candles in their village, where they fell in love and eventually got married a short time
Abuela Alma: I was given a miracle... a second chance. And I was so afraid to lose it... that I lost sight of who our miracle was for...
Losing everything in the span of one night, Alma never had time to properly process her pain and mourn as she had to raise her infant children alone and lead the refugees from her village. The responsibility that was imposed on her as guardian of the miracle made her a hardened woman and since the day she lost her husband she has been afraid of losing her home and family again.
She was given a miracle also her wish but in the end that wish became to hurt herself. Mirabel didn't get a gift and the door disappeared. Alma, fearful for the family's magic, asked Bruno to look into the future to see what this meant, as no Madrigal child had ever been denied a gift before. However, Bruno would never tell Alma about what he saw and disappear without saying anything. Alma never knew why her son abandoned the family and blamed Mirabel for Bruno's disappearance and pushed her away. Fearful that Mirabel's lack of a gift meant the family had not proven themselves worthy of the miracle, Alma increased the family's efforts to serve the community. Although she meant well, Alma also inadvertently put too much pressure on her family, with some of her grandchildren growing up with some emotional trauma from her expectations.
"blamed Mirabel for Bruno's disappearance and pushed her away"
Go back to xxxholic story when Kohane's mother said
So that means if Kohane lies to her mother, her mother won't get her any mercy like she feels revenge for her husband. Her mother will blame Kohane all eternally.
The same way for Abuela Alma as well. Because just Mirabel didn't get a gift and the door disappeared. In Abuela Alma's view, this candle is the symbol of her husband which means Mirabel rejects her husband's wish. On top of that Bruno left this family, which makes Abuela Alma blame Mirabel for Bruno's disappearance and pushed her away.
"Her wish for the three of us to live happily ever"
"And I was so afraid to lose it... that I lost sight of who our miracle was for.."
Both Kohane's mother and Abuela Alma, They keep wishing for happiness to not disappear again but their heart was already hurt and had a fracture inside them that never heal. They thought they were strong enough to take care of themself and their family. In the end, they hurt their own family.
The same way for Mirabel as well. How many times does she need to wait for her chance? Until the destruction of Casita....
It was because of this, that Alma was constantly looking outwards for a problem or even a threat to all she held dear, that she never thought to look inward until it was too late, which is when she finally realized, her family had been broken because of her, not Mirabel or Bruno, and why she never once considered that her well-intentioned actions were the problem. Casita knew and Casita gave Mirabel "The connection of family Broken Family Ties and family love bond" That's why Mirabel didn't get a gift. If she gets like Kohane, no matter how much Mirabel tries she will not save Abuela Alma who was broken just like Kohane can't save her mother. Mirabel needs to be normal. Normal people had something more than people had magic or gifts, normal people had bravely and were more enthusiastic than someone who has everything.
“Well, my little friend, I am not, because the truth is, gift or no gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family.”
The candle gave people happiness the happiness itself is a miracle that means "I am just as special as the rest of my family" Mirabel makes everyone happy and makes the bond of the family from broken. Mirabel is the miracle not because of her magic or gif but because of her love like Alma's husband, Abuelo Pedro's love for everyone to be happy even Alma.
That's why Bruno said, "You're the real gif kid. Let us in."
This picture told us enough and with Mirabel's cloth with butterfly. You remember there was a butterfly that flew away when Alma met Pedro during a celebration for Day of the Little Candles for the first time.
Love also means wishing too. Just like Yuuko said, if you keep wishing, one day it will come true. Also the same as Cinderella when she sang "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" too.
"Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true"
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starter for @zhonde (kohane & yuzuki)
kohane’s smile was soft as a new visitor approached the temple, she set aside the broom she’d been using to sweep the temple grounds. “welcome,” she said, voice soft as she gestured towards the temple. “please feel free to take your prayers there, if you would like fortune telling, all you need to do is ask.”
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