The End…

You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know…

Sora awoke to a dull grey sky and a heavy heart. Just yesterday he had left him to pursue something different.

"Why even wake up, he's gone… I will have nothing to look forward to ever again" he said as a lone tear trickled down his face.

He had contemplated many things that morning: What his life now amounted too, what to fill his empty life with, and could he ever be happy? He, Riku, had been the one Sora had depended on to set his life straight. Now that he was gone, everything Sora held back or confined to Riku was let out rushing about like the ocean.

Today had been school and everyone hadn't known about Riku, not even Kairi or Kei, some of the twosome's greatest friends. He stood outside Kairi's house waiting for her to come smiling, looking as though she'd hours to prepare for the day. Don't misinterpret what I just said he thought Kairi was a lovely girl, but she was not the one that was destined for him… Riku was.

"Sora, get a move on we still have to stop and get Riku and Kei!" Kairi exclaimed as she pulled her arms around his waist to hug him.

"Kairi… I have something to say, Riku won't be coming to school today," before he could finish his sentence she had interrupted him.

"Oh is he sick? Kei said something about there being a cold virus going around… I guess it really does prove that he's an idiot!" she began to laugh.

Sora winced as he shook his head in agreement. They set off running to get to the other end of their neighborhood.

They stopped at a small dreamsicle orange house and waited for a small blond headed girl to run down the driveway. She looked small delicate, almost pixie like. She stopped before them, looking up with apologetic eyes.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting" she remarked as she began to bow frantically.

Half way to school the dreaded question was asked by Kei. Sora began to look at his feet and stutter trying to find a believable reason.

"Riku wasn't at home yesterday? I mean he left my house after dinner, so I don't know where he could have gone!"

All Sora could hear was a small voice inside himself calling him a liar, saying that he knew exactly what had happened to him. He kept yelling at it to shut up, until he actually yelled it outside. The girls turned to him and shook their heads becoming silent. He began to make gestures only a crazy person could understand, trying to convince the two that he hadn't meant them but someone else.

"No one else is her love…" Kairi looked at him genuinely concerned about Sora's wellbeing. He would never yell shut up to a woman, he was much too kind.

"Sora, if something is wrong you know you can always tell me... No matter what it's about..."

The rest of the trip to school was silent, except for the occasional attempt to start conversation by Kei. As soon as they were there Sora seemed more distant, not wanting to answer question or participate in sports.

One by one teachers notice the difference in Sora's attitude, and one by one they tried to see what was wrong. He just shook his head and talked his way out of the corner he had been shoved into.

Ring, ring, ring! All students got up and started to pack their bags, talking about what they would do now that school had ended for the day. Sora got up and talked to a pale, red head.

"Ah, thank you! I really needed someone to take my cleaning shift, I owe you big time!" she smiled and ran off to the safety of her clique.

He grabbed a broom and began to sweep. At the end of his cleaning, Sora wondered why he had chosen to do this. He walked straight home and slammed his door shut, slammed a CD in the player, and cranked it up.

Sora's mother came in with a worried face.

"Sora, the neighbors want you to turn your music down... You never listen to it this loud... What's wrong baby?"

Something in Sora snapped and he began to scream "Nothings wrong! Why is everyone so concerned! So what if I was silent for the day isn't that what everyone wanted? Why can't everyone just mind their own business?"

His mother's face dropped and tears began to flow, "Why doesn't my baby tell me anything anymore?". She ran out of his room.

"What did I just do; I just made my own mother cry... What kind of son am I?" Sora said as he rummaged around his room, searching for something.

'I found it' he mouthed as he began to grab a shiny razor from out his drawer. He began to smile as the razor drew closer to his skin.

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Legal Stuffs- I don't own any of the characters in this story other Kei... I just say this so I can't be yelled at by a few crazy people for claiming them as my own D!

Random-ness/Preview- Okay, fan girls don't hate me because Sora is contemplating suicide... He probably won't, I don't make any promises though. So... What up? Please review this so I can know what to change, ect.

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P.S.: Also, the whole "I guess that it proves he really is an idiot" thing is a whole cultural thing in Japan. It is believed that only idiots can catch colds.