You know that feeling you get when you just know something's going to happen that'll ruin an excellent opportunity for you? One that you've been waiting for a real long time? Yeah, that feeling. That's the exact feeling going on in me as I walk up the stairs to Twilight High for the first time since my sophomore year. I'm not a really superstitious person, who looks for signs or writes down dreams I think will change my future if I follow it. But this feeling seemed to be spilling over me like a hot shower since I woke up this morning.
"Hey! Kairi!" I hear the familiar sound of my best friend's voice but decide to ignore it until she approaches me. I hear the sound of her footsteps jog up and stop beside me as I stare through the glass of the double-doored entrance to the place that seemed off in some way.
"Heeey!" Yuffie tries again, nudging me with her shoulder, "Ready to go? Class is gonna start soon. I was hoping we could get breakfast at the cafeteria before heading to class."
"Yeah, okay," I agree hurriedly so she'll stop talking. I feel her eyes on me.
"You okay?" she asks pulling me by the arm. I nod and follow her in the building.
I look around at all the lockers and Welcome Back! signs that cover the plain white walls and can't help but frown.
"Something's…different," I mumble when I find the right word. Yuffie scrunches up her nose and looks around.
"No, not really," she replies, "you sure you okay?"
"Yeah," I wave it off, "just a little tired. No biggie." I force a smile and follow her down the hall. Maybe I just need some food in my system. We talk about summer vacation -well she does most of the talking- and say our hellos to people we haven't seen in awhile until we reach the cafeteria. We get in the short line for food as I look around for the person who made me want to start eating breakfast at school in the first place last year.
"Hey, Kai, look, it's Sora," Yuffie whispers, finding him before I do. And there he is. Sora, who I'm convinced, is the most beautiful guy on the planet. You can't even say he's hot or sexy, or anything of that nature. It just wouldn't fit. But that's what's so special about him. He's simply beautiful. Like an angel. He looks really nice today. I like how he looks in blue. He laughs at something his friend Riku says and I can't keep my eyes off of him; the way his blue eyes narrow into pretty slits of ocean water and how he throws his head back and somehow manages to make it look both childish yet graceful at the same time.
"Hey, Kairi," Yuffie's voice invades my thoughts. I turn and realize the line has moved.
We get our food and head to the spot we sit at every morning. It's different then the one we sit at during lunch because someone always takes it. It's the one in the back by the window. I resume my staring at Sora, who's now got more friends sitting with him. I look to his left and see the guy that could ruin a perfect morning. Not that this morning was very perfect. He could make a bad one worse, too. Demyx. Sora's best friend. Why in the world an angel would befriend a demon, I'm still not so sure. They've been best friends since Sora moved here from Destiny Islands last year.
Demyx has hated me since the start of freshman year for some reason completely unknown to me. But I don't care because I'm not too fond of him myself. He'll make your day hell just because it amuses him. He's pure evil and well aware of it. But he's popular because of his looks and guitar skills. Well that's why I think so, since he's got no other good qualities. I think he's bipolar too.
"Hey there ladies," I hear faintly as a body stands right in front of me, snapping me out of my trance.
"Good morning, Cloud," Yuffie says, picking at a muffin she got.
"Mornin'," he chirps as he sits directly in front of me.
"Cloud, you're not a window, y'know," I tell him. He turns around then looks back at me with a grin.
"Havin' your daily Sora fantasies," he states rather than questions, since he already knows the answer to it.
"Was. But I was interrupted," I mumble, grinning back.
Cloud is my other best friend and only connection to Sora, since he and Sora are friends. He's lucky. He gets to talk to Sora. The only conversation we had contained eleven words.
I had been walking out of third period last year.
"You're Kairi, right?" he had asked. I was so shocked he knew my name and could barely hold in my excitement.
"Y-yeah," I had answered.
"You dropped something," he held out a paper, "Here." It had just been homework that had slipped out of my binder.
"Thanks." I had replied, disappointed.
"No problem," he had smiled that pretty smile then walked past me down the hall.
And that was that.
The ball rang, reminding us to get to class. Cloud, Yuffie and I threw our trash away and walked to the door.
"Hold on," I tell them, turning back, "I forgot my binder."
"Kay," Yuffie says, "See ya at passing period." I nod and head back. I'm glad to see my binder is right where I left it. I quickly grab it and turn around running straight into someone.
"Sorry," I murmur, when I regain my balance. I look up and forget to breathe.
"Whoa there," Sora says with a grin, "Be careful." He picks up my fallen binder and hands it to me. I can only nod. Demyx snorts from next to him.
"Yeah, watch it," Demyx adds as they walk away.
I watch him leave and feel the strange sensation that something bad is going to happen, once again. And ignoring it is impossible.