Beautiful Ending

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Chapter 1

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As she walked through the cafeteria, I couldn't help but stare. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only guy in this whole school who noticed the confidence in her step. That's something very rare in a place like Destiny Islands.

Her name is Kairi.

"Hey! Sora! Reality called! They want you back on Earth!" my brother, Roxas, said waving a hand in front of my face.

We all laughed. Roxas is the kind of guy that you can't stay mad at. He knows everybody's weak spot.

He knew well enough that mine was embarrassment and Kairi.

I glanced back just in time to see her best friend, Namine, sit down beside her at a table with a few other girls.

I turned back to my food. "What is it?" I asked nobody.

"The menu said it was meatloaf." said Wakka.

"Yeah, well it looks like blood covered shit!" Roxas said enthusiastically.

We all got up and left the cafeteria. It was wet and damp outside. It had just rained the night before. We walked the paved path down to the concession, swiped a few pops, and headed back, all in silence. We never really talk much. It's just a group of six. Roxas, Tidus, Wakka, Axel, Riku, and Me. Axel is the oldest. He's 18 and graduating this year. Roxas, Tidus, and I are all sophomores, while Riku and Wakka are juniors.

As we walked into the cafeteria, I looked around frantically trying to find those big cerulean eyes.

I didn't find them.

The teachers started urging the students to get to class.

All the students started rushing through the side door leading out to the lockers. I lost the guys in the crowd. I was getting pushed and shoved by the stampeding school.

I saw an opening. I dashed for it. I heard a scream and the next thing I knew, I was on my back with someone on top of me. (A/N – I know what you're thinking…way too cliché!)

When I realized who it was that I had knocked over, my face turned into a tomato.

"S…s…so…rr...y" was all I could get out.

"It's okay…It isn't the first time I've been knocked over in a huge crowd!" Kairi said with a giggle.

I smiled at her. "But how many times have you fallen on them?" I asked.

"You'd be the first."