Roxas pounded to his house. The text was still clear in his mind. "I'm sorry. I love you. Goodbye…"
No! He wouldn't let this happen. He burst through the door of his house, and pounded up the stairs. He froze as he came to a lavender and pink door. He tried to open it, but it was locked. "Kairi, open the door."
No response was heard. "Kairi, if you don't open it, I'll break it down."
"Go sniff away." Came a quiet voice on the other side.
Roxas backed up, and then came at the door, full-force. The door fell down, and Roxas silently walked in. He saw the long haired redhead sitting on the bed with a gun pointed at her temple. Her fingers trembled on the trigger.
"Kairi," he said as he carefully crept toward her. "Put the gun down, and we can-"
"No! I'll do it! I can't take it anymore!" she threatened as she pressed the gun harder into her temple.
She searched desperately for an escape. He saw the fear and pain in her eyes. He also saw the desperation of trying to obtain relief. He protruded ever closer, one baby step at a time. "Kairi, I know this has been hard for you, but it'll get better, I promise. Just put the gun down. Please, don't do this to me." He begged.
Her grip loosened a little when he said this. He took his chance, and violently chopped Kairi's hand. That caused her to drop the gun, and while she was reaching for it with her other hand, Roxas pulled her into a tight hug, not allowing her to get free.
She struggled restlessly to get out of her brother's grasp, but he was too strong for her. In realization of this, she ceased all of her struggling, and proceeded to ball her eyes out. Roxas never let go of her. He knew her pain like the back of his hand.
When she finally calmed down, Roxas loosened his grip a little, and picked up the gun. He threw it out the window, much to Kairi's dismay, and then he gently held her arm, and examined where he had struck her hand. She winced every time it moved. He then sort of pushed her into bed, and went away.
He went to the phone, and dialed a number. "Hi, it's the Strife kids. I need a favor."
Kairi couldn't sleep. She couldn't get her mind off of what happened. She had been driven to near insanity, and was desperate to find relief from all of the stress, all of the madness, and of the pain.
She felt her hand once more, but searing pain erupted in it. She silently made her way to the stairs. She quietly walked down to get a spare cast, but she heard Roxas talking on the phone. "…should we come tomorrow morning? …okay, thanks." He said as he hung up.
She quickly grabbed the cast, and made her way back to her room. She got back under the covers and hid the cast right before Roxas walked back in. "Hey, Kairi, you still awake?" he asked sheepishly.
"I hate everybody." She said aggressively.
"I'm sorry if it's my fault."
"Of course it's your fault!" she snapped. He flinched away from her anger. "If you hadn't gotten in that fight with mom, then we wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have had to…" she trailed off.
"…get so desperate." He finished. Roxas walked over, and sat on the bed.
Kairi nodded and began to sob into his chest. "I'm sorry it had to come to this but…"
"But what?" she asked.
"You need to pack your stuff. You have your first day at the rehabilitation center tomorrow."
Kairi's eyes widened. "You're sending me to REHAB?!" she yelled.
He nodded slowly, before being slapped across the face with Kairi's good hand. "B-but I d-don't need REHAB. Y-you s-said things w-would g-get b-better."
"It's just a place where you can think things through."
Kairi yanked free of his grasp. "No, that's not it! You just don't want to have to deal with a suicidally depressed person!" Kairi yelled.
Roxas accidentally grabbed her bad hand, and she cried out in pain, but he wouldn't let go. "Kairi, I love you more than life itself. I just can't stand to see you like this."
"You're hurting me!"
He let go, and Kairi ran through her doorway, Roxas at her heels. She busted down the front door, but the slowdown allowed Roxas to catch up. He blocked her path.
She bolted around and headed for the window. She quickly opened it and climbed out. Roxas still followed her. She ran into the woods, and hid behind a tree. Roxas seemed to have lost her whereabouts. "KAIRI!" he yelled. He was desperate for his sister's wellbeing.
She remained silent as he walked by. Then she bolted in the other direction. She would never get out of this madness. She headed back to the house, and searched for the gun that Roxas threw out the window.
Soon she lost hope, and ran into the streets. She wandered there for a while, and she eventually found a hollow spot underneath a bush where she could sleep and not get caught by Roxas, or so she hoped. She closed her eyes, and fell off into a deep sleep.
Roxas was filled with panic. Kairi had run away when she was suicidal! He kept begging that this was all just a bad dream, but with no luck. He ran back to the house, and rummaged through his secret stash of stupid stuff that even Kairi didn't know about. He found the gun she had bought, and was relieved that she didn't get her hands on it.
He put everything back in his stash, and bolted around the streets, searching every nook, cranny, trash can, and sewer in the slim hope that he would find her. He saw the sun starting to rise, and that made his search a little easier. After another hour of searching, he caught a glimpse of red under a bush. He tiptoed to the bush, and parted it to see.
He sighed a heavy sigh of relief that she hadn't done anything she would regret as he watched her chest steadily rise and fall.
Kairi woke to find that she wasn't lying on grass. She was in someone's arms. Her eyes shot open when she saw the familiar blue eyes and dirty blond hair. She quickly scrabbled out of his grasp, and darted away from him. He followed, of course, and he herded her towards a building. "Kairi, wait!" he ordered.
She ignored him, and plunged into the building. She froze when she saw the sign that read "Welcome, you'll be better in no time, here at the Rehabilitation Center of Destiny Islands."