There she is again, the girl of my dreams, the only light in my
life but the only girl I will never have … Kairi. She is as beautiful as the most stunning sunset but she will only ever see me as a friend. "Sora wait up!!" My angel Kairi says with her sugar sweet voice. I turn slowly and her smile so beautiful catches me off guard as it always does, I turn a shade red and stutter "Yeah Kairi? What Is It?" She replies "Oh nothing just wanted too see what you were up to up to after school, we haven't hung out in ages" My heart skips a beat as her lips choke on the last word and I see her face turn into a mask of pain, my arms yearn to hold her, my lips want to mold themselves around hers and it took everything I had to simply tell her "I would love to but I'm grounded…" tears swim in my eyes and threaten to give up my darkest secret not even my angel knows. Kairi wrapped her arms around me and whispered in my ear "I miss you Sora, I can see there's something you're not telling me … why wont you" she barely manages to choke out the last word. My body stiffens as I prepare to lie to her, "I miss you to Kairi … and .. I'm not hiding anything from you … I care about you so much …" I couldn't finish my sentence, the words choked me to much, so I held her close for a few minutes then let go of my angel, my light in the dark and headed home.
"Sora you worthless piece of trash!!" He bellowed at me before his fist collided with my face again. I felt blood trickle out my nose and it was hard to keep my left eye open but his fist continued to collide with my face. I didn't make a sound, instead I reminded myself of how beautiful Kairi looked today, how her red hair looked mesmerizing in the sunlight and how her smile lit up my entire world. I felt his cigarette burn into my skin but still I barely made a sound, a traitor tear trickled down my cheek … "Aww look that baby is crying, it's your damn fault Sora! , If you had of been home on time none of this would have happened!!" He spat at me before shoving me in the kitchen so I could fix him dinner. I got the pan out and got some eggs, I tried so hard not too wince in pain, my whole body ached with the bruises nobody saw. I made him dinner as quick as possible so I wouldn't have any more bruises on my black and blue body then I went to my room and checked my phone. I had one text message; it was from Kairi of course, 'Sora meet me at the corner store in fifteen minutes'. I checked the clock and saw I had five minutes to meet her; I shrugged into my hoodie and covered my face as best I could. I snuck out my window so my father wouldn't see me, unfortunately I forgot the rose bushes were beneath my window and landed straight in the thorns. The thorns ripped and dug into my flesh, I bit my lip so hard it begun too bleed just too keep quiet. I stood up out of the bush and ran towards the corner store trying to forget the pain because Kairi could read my eyes like a book.
"Sora why won't you take off that hood?" Kairi asked in a quite voice. I didn't give her an answer I just wrapped my arms around her, needing her in my arms in this very moment was more important than anything else too me. I held her tightly although my arms screamed in protest, her eyes met mine with curiosity and confusion written in them but I would not answer her questions. This moment as imperfect as it was for her, was the best moment in my entire life. I leaned my lips towards her ear and whispered "I'm sorry Kairi, you deserve better than this … I'll see you in a week" then before traitor tears could betray me I ran off into the night leaving her there alone and confused.
I opened the blue school doors to have every damn person look at me, they should be used to my absences by now but yet again they're all staring at me like I'm some kind of prodigy … pfft as if. Then I see her, my beautiful Kairi, she runs up too me with tears streaming from her angelic blue eyes. I wrap my arms around her perfect body and tell her "Jeez Kairi you'd think I was gone years for the way you're acting". Kairi laughed and squeezed me tighter, she whispers "I missed you Sora" in my ear and my heart skips a beat and makes it hard for me not to follow its desires. I loosen my grip on Kairi and say "C'mon kiddo let's go endure another maths lesson" She shoots me a bright smile and holds my arm; she does this anytime I've taken time off for 'personal reasons'. Kairi practically drags me too class and then even pulls my seat out for me, she really is too kind. Out teacher begins the usual lecture but I can barely focus on a word with the goddess seated next too me, I spend all lesson glimpsing at her luscious lips, getting absorbed in her warm smile and getting lost in her beautiful blue eyes whose depth is a far as the ocean is wide. "Sora!!" my teacher bellows at me, stealing my attention from the angel sitting next too me. It seems I'd been that lost in the beauty that is Kairi, that I'd neglected to answer a question the teacher asked and as result he wasn't happy. "Detention Sora!" The teacher spat at me before turning back to the black board, allowing me to return my attention to the one thing in this classroom that held any interest for me, Kairi.
"Home late again Sora?" He spat at me before taking off his belt and whipping me with it. I bit my lips as the belt begun too tear through skin as he beat me repeatedly, I thought of how Kairi looked today but that wasn't enough this time. I grabbed the belt as it was about to make contact with my back again and pulled my father towards me. I grasped his throat in my two hands and spat at him "If you want to live, you miserable damn excuse for a father you will not beat me ever again, got it?" I felt his fist collide with my mouth and I tasted blood, I loosened my grip for only a second and he pushed me down to the ground. I struggled against his grip but it didn't falter. His enraged eyes stared straight into mine, I could smell the alcohol on his breath as he threatened me, "Boy if you ever f*cking pull a stunt like that again it will be your last!!" I shivered with fright as he spat out the last word before releasing me and shoving me into the kitchen, demanding dinner.
"Sora what happened to your mouth?" Kairi questioned me with her angelic voice. I cursed myself internally as I started to lie to her "Playing footy with Dad when he booted the ball and it smashed into my face." The words sounded like lies, even to me. Kairi's eyes begun to swim with tears and she wrapped her arms around me. "I know you're lying Sora .. I just .. wish you'd tell me" She choked on the last word before her knees faltered, leaving me too hold her up while she tried to reclaim her balance. She squeezed me tight and I held her against my chest, I took a deep breath as I struggled with my urges to confess my love for her, instead I just held her there until the bell rung and we had to go to class. I stood there for several minutes watching her walk off then I started walking to my own class.
I heard my phone beeping, my first reaction was to check it and that reaction I did follow but it was my fatal mistake. I finished reading the message; it was from Kairi of course. I slipped into my hoodie and was ready to sneak out my window but he was there, a bottle of beer in one hand and a knife in the other. A menacing smile spread itself wickedly across his face as he beckoned me forward with one disgusting finger. I stood frozen to the spot while he slowly crept forward; until his bloodshot eyes bore themselves into mine did I realize properly what he was going to do if I didn't move. My survival instincts kicked in after he breathed out "You're the reason Artay left us!" He raised the rusty blade high and screamed; I ran into the bathroom and locked the door. I grabbed a piece of paper and scrawled words that I hoped would reach Kairi someday because I knew I wasn't going to live through the night. As I signed the note, the door burst open and he came flying in. I put the note in my pocket and made a dash for the one place I knew she'd find it. I ducked past my drunken father and headed for my room, I got out my phone and started to text Kairi the location of the note but I didn't get too far when my father barged in with the blade. I tried furiously to finish the message but the blade was driven into my arm that was holding the phone and I only just managed to click send before I dropped the phone, it fell straight into the small puddle of my blood that was now forming. I tried to fight back but all my attempts were futile. His filthy hands pinned me down to the floor, my hair was saturated with my own blood and he held his rusty knife at my throat. I could smell the alcohol and dope on his breath as he said "My darling Artay left because of you, you're a waste of space and now I'm ridding myself of you, I don't care what happens next but I hate you kid. Goodbye you disgrace to humans everywhere!" I felt the blade slice into my throat, the pain was unbearable and I felt my blood pour all over my skin. I thought that was the full extent of the torture I was to endure but it wasn't, I felt the blade cut into all my main arteries. The pain begun to fade and I knew I was dead; the feeling of all the hot sticky blood all over my body faded and so did the smell of an alcoholics breath. In my very last thoughts I pictured Kairi's perfect body and her angelic voice whispered "I love you" then everything went black forevermore.