'"Ro, wait up Ro where are you going?" "I'm so sorry Ku, I can't stay!" "Don't leave me Ro." "I'm sorry Ku. But I'll come back for you, I promise...romise...mise."'
"Baby get up or you re going to be late for class," my father, Riku, called at me. I groaned "Do I have to go? It s not like missing the first day is going to kill me." "Hahaha I agree but to your misfortune your mother doesn't so come on." With a sigh I heaved myself off my bed without opening my eyes. I heard my door close and that was my cue to get out of my jammies. I stumbled toward my bathroom, cranked open the water, and slowly stepped in. The sudden coldness touching my body made my eyes shoot open. I opened the hot water and I gave a shiver of pleasure as the now warm water hit my body. With the sunshine coming from the window I could see my skin glowing with heat. I massaged shampoo into my bi-colored hair and rinsed it. When I got out I wrapped a towel around my body and grabbed another 1, I furiously scrubbed my hair with it. I put on my usual clothes (a denim skirt, a blue shirt, a white vest that went halfway down my torso, and my blue finger-cut gloves). When my hair was brushed and somewhat dry I clipped my Paopu fruit barrette and started walking down the stairs.
"C'mon Soku, you have to eat breakfast before you go to school." Mom (Sora) called.
"I don t want any breakfast," I whinnied but of course my wishes were ignored. "Breakfast is the most important food of the day." My dad whinnied mockingly. "Fine" and I gave my mom's trademark pout.
I ran towards my 8th grade class. We had just gotten back from summer vacation and I didn't want to be late. I got to my first period, picked a seat towards the back, and when the bell rang the teacher started talking meanwhile I stared out the window. At some point we all had to introduce ourselves. Just when I finished mine a boy with similar features to mine came running in breathing hard. I was supposed to be the last presentation but now he was next and he had to sit next to me. Something about him sparked my memory. I went to sit down and looked out the window once more. "My name is Roxel," he began. I automatically responded to that name. "I...is that you Ro." "...Ku" "Oh my god Ro," I gave a jump and a squeal of delight. He ran toward me and hugged me. "Where were you? I haven t seen you in years!" "It s a long story but I m sure Roxas and Axel want to see Sora and Riku." "Yeah I m pretty sure they do." I burst into tears. "What s wrong Ku?" he cooed as he brushed my bang out of my face. I crushed my face to his chest and whispered "I missed you so much when you left please don t ever leave me again." He wrapped his arms around me and said "I don t plan to. I never want to hurt you again." "I...love you, Roxel." He laughed softly and kissed me right under my jaw line and whispered in my ear "I love you too, Ku." During class I held onto his hand and stared deeply into his eyes. When we were dismissed from our first period the only 2 classes we had together were Sex-ed and P.E... Ironic O.o? I think so! My classes seemed to pass by slower than usual.
Time for Sex-ed and again the only seat open was next to me! We were sitting in the front row so we could hear everything... EVERYTHING. Besides the fact that Roxel glanced at me every time the teacher said something embarrassing, his constant urge to want to hold my hand, and especially the concept of this class was more than enough to handle. "That is the only class I have to blush in" I thought but there was more to come.
I changed into my shorts for P.E. and went outside. I said "hi" to all my friends and we all sat in a group. "Hey have you heard of the really hot guy no one has ever seen before?" my friend, Haruhi, asked. "Yeah," my other friend, Melody, responded. "I heard you know him, Soku." commented my other friend, Sakura. My blush confirmed it. Then we saw Roxel coming out of the locker room wearing a white, and almost transparent (yes I paid attention to that too!) and a pair of short- really short- basketball shorts. You could see his rock-hard six-pack which meant several hours of exercise. And for some reason my eyes automatically shifted to below his belt \\\\\\. I stopped them right on time. That fact made me blush even more.
He gave me a low wave and walked toward me smiling with joy. All my friends stared at me. He extended his hand to me and helped me up. He didn't stop there, though. He kept pulling me until I was flat against his chest. He didn't let go, he held me there, and slowly, but instinctively my arms wrapped around him too. I smelled scents of the streets of twilight town, the beach, and sea-salt ice-cream. My favorite scents ever, this made me remember our childhood trips with Roxas and Axel through twilight town to get to the beach and buying us sea-salt ice-cream. How I missed those days.
Everyone gasped and stared at us. Then out loud as if we were alone he said "I love you." I froze but automatically responded back. I buried my face deeper into his chest and held him tighter. When he let go I looked up at him in surprise, but in his eyes was the tenderness I had been waiting to see for many years. My iKey was playing "Sweet Dream or Beautiful Nightmare". What was Roxel? Was he a sweet dream? Or a beautiful nightmare? All I knew was that I loved him. And if this was a dream I didn't want to wake up without him. The rest of the questions only time would answer them. We were so caught up in the moment we didn't even remember all the people just sitting there ... watching us.
To Be Continued...