Hey! I'm new at writing, so if you review, please be nice!
Oh and... I've never actually played much of Kingdom Hearts so... it's gonna be REALLY out of character. Oh well! Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or the characters... I WISH I did... but I DONT.
The sound of an alarm clock woke me up. I drowsily reached over to turn it off, and in doing so, knocked it right off my nightstand. I partially got up, using as little energy as physically possible and looked down on the floor; there lay my now broken alarm clock. 'Oh well,' I thought, 'at least it shut up.' I lie, like my alarm clock, back down on my bed, unwilling to get up, unwilling to work.
"Sora!" a voice outside my bedroom door, followed by loud banging, was easily recognized. "Sora, honey, get up! You'll be late for school!" I rolled my eyes. "It's summer, mom," I muttered as I placed my pillow over my head, trying to sleep again. "No, it's August 23rd today, honey," I heard my mom say, still outside my locked door.
I took the pillow off my head and glanced to the right were my calendar was. She was right. It was August 23rd. It was the first day of school. I quickly got up and heard my mom walk away, humming. She probably heard noise and figured I was up. I walked into my bathroom and took a quick shower. When I walked out of my bathroom, I looked over to where my clock should have been, and found it still there on the ground. It was an older clock, not digital, and now, no ticking could be heard from it. I smiled and got dressed. At least it gave me an excuse to buy a new one.
I opened my bedroom door to find my mom leaning against the opposite wall, casually. "Ready to go, honey?" she asked me, holding up the car keys. I laughed. "Mom, this isn't where we used to live. The school is like a block and a half away. I'll walk." We walked down the hall towards the kitchen. "Ah, right," she said, quietly and threw her keys on the kitchen counter. "Mom, you okay?" We had just moved because of the recent divorce of my parents, so mom was still sometimes out of it. She nodded and looked over at the clock above the sink. "It's 8:15, you should go," she told me. I nodded and smiled lightly at her to try and comfort her. I grabbed my empty backpack and left.
I'll admit, I felt sort of bad leaving my mom alone in our new house. I told her this once before and she simply said not to worry about her and focus on school. To me, it didn't seem right that my mom would have to care for herself and a kid alone. I mean, sure, I knew she could, but it didn't seem right. I hate my father. The whole reason for all of this was him. He had been cheating on my mom, his wife. Oh, you have no idea how much I wanted to hurt him. My mom and I, we have a close relationship so I guess you can only imagine.
"Walking to school is a little odd," I mentioned to myself while walking. I was always driven to school before. I heard someone slightly laugh behind me. I turned around, while still walking, walking backwards I guess, and found a boy about my age walking behind me. He smiled but I turned back around and kept walking. 'Why was he laughing?'
"New?" I heard him ask. I stopped, waited for him, and kept walking, now walking next to him. "What?" I asked. "Are you new?" he asked again, smiling the same way as before. "Um, yeah. How'd you know?" I asked awkwardly. He laughed again. "Everyone around here walks to school. There's only one bus for the school and only 5 students take it. So for you to say that walking to school is odd, you either must be one of the five bus takers or new," he explained. He was odd too. It seemed like he was analyzing me, breaking me down to the very specifics. I glanced at him as he looked forwards towards the upcoming school. He was taller than me, by a lot, and had shoulder-length silver hair. Although I am straight, I must say that he was rather cute.
"What's your name?" he asked, as we began walking through the parking lot. "Sora," I muttered, now looking at the school. It was really small compared to my old school. I guess that didn't matter much, though. "Yours?" I asked, turning back to him. "Riku," he said as we walked in the front doors. "Can I see your schedule?" he asked. I shook my head. "Don't have it yet," I said and looked around. "How do I get to the main office?" I asked. He started leading me through the first hall.
"Hey, Riku!" I heard someone yell in front of us. Riku walked up to a girl with dark red hair. "Morning, Kairi!" he said, smiling. Not knowing Kairi, I just sort of stood there looking around. "I'm having a party for my birthday this Saturday," Riku said, "I can't believe I'm turning 16. Can you come?" Kairi laughed and said that she couldn't believe it either but she would ask her mom and call him later. Riku turned towards me. "Sora, this is Kairi, my best friend. Kairi, this is Sora. He's new." Kairi smiled at me. "Like our school so far?" she asked. Riku laughed, I merely smiled. "How could he? Our school's so boring," Riku said as he started to pull me away. "We gotta go to the office, Sora needs his schedule."
We walked off and he led me to the office. "Hey," Riku said as I was about to walk in the room. I turned around. "I need to go to my first class. I'll see you later, okay?" I nodded and walked in the office. The office, just like every other room and hall in the rest of the school, was painted a bright white. It made me nauseous. It was too white.
"How may I help you?" asked the lady behind the wooden desk. "Um," I started, awkwardly, "I'm new and I need my schedule." She nodded and turned to her computer. "ID number?" she asked. "Uh…" She laughed. "Oh right, you wouldn't know that, would you?" she typed something else. "Name, then?" I told her my name and she continued typing. I watched as the printer turned on and the odd secretary reached over and handed me a black and white sheet of paper. I quickly left.
First class was English, room 127. I walked down the hall to find a sign on the wall that said: Rooms 120-130, and pointed down another hall. I turned down the hall and heard laughing. "He's such an idiot!" I heard. There were two of them, both guys. They were leaning against the wall. "Hey, kid," one said to me as I passed. I ignored it. "Kid!" he said again. I ignored it once more, until he finally stepped in front of me. "What?" I asked him. "You know," he sneered, "it's a price to walk through this hallway during class." I sneered back at him, "Does it look like I care?" I pushed him aside. "You should," he smirked and pushed me against the wall.
"Leave him alone," Riku was standing a few feet away from us. "Shut up, Riku," the guy said, "this doesn't concern you." Riku smiled. "It does, actually," he said, "he's my friend." The kid laughed. "You have three friends now? Congrats… and he's a guy too! Bet you're going to have fun with him, right?"
"Shut up," Riku said looking away from me, at the ground. "It's not like that." He smirked. "What's it like then?" Riku looked at the guy. "We're friends," he said confidently. The kid shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever you say, fag," he said, turning back towards me. (Authors Note: Sorry! I hate the word, but it seemed appropriate) Riku lunged at the kid, but the second guy stopped him. "Tsk, tsk, tsk," he said, "that's not very nice." Riku rolled his eyes.
The bell to end first period rang. The kid who had me pinned against the wall shoved me towards Riku as kids entered the hallway. "Take this as a warning, both of you," he said as him and his companion walked away. "You okay?" Riku asked me. I nodded. "So, what's your schedule?" he asked. I showed it to him: 1.English 2.Japanese 3.Geometry 4.Chemistry 5.PE 6.Lunch 7.Drivers Ed 8.Art.
"Cool! We have almost all the same classes!" he said. "Almost?" I asked. He nodded. Apparently, as we were walking to Japanese, he told me that he had Algebra 2 third period instead of Geometry so he was in a different class. Other than that, it was exactly the same. We walked into the classroom where we were greeted by our teacher. "That's nice," Riku said. "What is?" I asked as we sat down. Riku pulled out a notebook. "The teacher saying hello. I mean, in English, she told us that we have to write an essay starting tomorrow. On what, I don't know, so it's not like I can start it now," he said as the bell rang to start second period. "An essay already?" I asked. Riku nodded, sadly. "Alright, class, let's start. We're going to do a little review. No homework, nothing like that, just basic Japanese. Ohayo," he teacher said as he wrote 'Ohayo' or 'Good Morning' on the board.
Japanese went by really fast. Review was usually pretty easy. "Hey, I gotta go to my locker, I'll meet you outside of your class so we can go to Chemistry together, okay?" Riku asked as we walked out of the classroom. I agreed to that plan and set off to find my geometry class. I found it quite easily, lucky me. I found a seat in the back, like I always do. "We meet again," came a voice from beside me. I looked to my left and found the kid who had pinned me up against the wall earlier that day, sitting there. "Oh, no," I said, getting up. He pushed me back into my seat. "Now now, let's talk," he said, smirking. I sighed. Geometry was going to be rough.
"Alright, class," my teacher said as the bell rang. "Let's start with algebra review!" He turned around and wrote something on the board. "Review?Aren't we supposed to go over rules and shit?" the kid next to me asked. I slapped my forehead. 'What an idiot,' I thought. My teacher turned around. "Whoever said that, please watch your language. And no, we're starting with a review whether you like it or not," he said and turned back around.
The kid turned towards me. "So, Sora. It is Sora, right?" he asked. I nodded uneasily. "Right. Are you good at math?" he asked, leaning a bit forward in his seat."Um, I think so, yes," I said. I was always getting A's in math so I figured I was decent. "Good, good," he said, leaning back now. "Do you think you can help me?" he asked. "We just started," I said, obviously, "what do you need help with?"He smirked. "My dad said if I get all A's first semester, he'll give me a car. A new car. Pretty cool huh? But the problem is that I suck at math. That's where you come in--" I turned back towards the board. "No," I said automatically. "Aww, come on, Sori-chan," he pleaded. "Sori-chan?" I asked. "Please?" he whined. Then he leaned more forward and smirked. "I'll pay you."
"Boys!" We both looked forward to find our teacher staring at us, as well as the rest of the class. "I'm sorry, am I interupting your conversation?" he asked. "Yeah, actually," the kid said, turning back towards me. "Both of you, in the hall, now!" The next thing I knew, I was looking down an empty hallway, sitting next to this kid.
"So?" he asked. "So what? I'm not going to help you. Didn't you just threaten me like an hour ago, anyway?" He smirked. "But that's in the past now," he said and I rolled my eyes. "What's your name?" I asked him. He laughed. "I was wondering when you'd ask. Tidus," he said. "Oh..." I said. "How much?" I asked after a minute of silence. "How much will I pay you?" he asked. I nodded. "You like Riku, right?" he asked, smirking. I stared at him in shock. When he didn't say anything, I told him I was straight. "Yeah, whatever," he said. The bell to end third period rang and we walked back into the room to get our stuff.
The teacher called us over. "Look, I need you two to watch yourselves. No repeates of today, okay? I'll have to assign seats if you continue this behavior. You two will be on opposite sides of the room, so straighten up. Are we clear?" he asked. I nodded. "Crystal clear, sir. I promise this won't happen again," Tidus said. The teacher rolled his eyes, muttered something about delinquint kids, and let us go.
I waited outside the classroom for Riku to come. "I know you like him," Tidus said, standing next to me. "What are you talking about. I told you, I'm straight." He rolled his eyes at me. "Whatever. What class do you have next?" I sighed. "Chemistry," I muttered. "Me too!" he claimed.
"Beat it, Tidus," Riku said walking up besides me. "Ready to go to chemistry?" Riku asked, now turning towards me, smiling. "Sorry to burst your bubble, Riku, but I'm in your chemistry class," Tidus said, smirking. Riku groaned and started walking with me to chemistry. "So how was geometry?" Riku asked as we found some seats in the middle. Tidus sat somewhat behind us. I told him about Tidus wanting me to help him and about being kicked out of class. "That's typical of Tidus," Riku said, "just ignore him." Tidus, obviously heard Riku say that. "Don't ignore me, Sora, don't ignore me! Peer pressure!" Riku turned to face Tidus and glared at him. "Who said he was your peer?" he asked. Tidus shut up and leaned back in his chair.
Chemistry went by really fast because we were just doing lab and equipment rules. We actually didn't even finish which meant another easy day tomorrow. "Yay, gym," Riku said as we walked in the gymnasium. "I hate gym," I said. He laughed. "Come on, it's fun!" We sat on some bleachers while the teacher took attendance. The teacher told us, once he was done with names, that we didn't have to do anything today, but to dress tomorrow for class. Riku and I spent most of the time talking while most of the other guys played basketball.
I followed Riku to lunch, followed him to a table, and followed him to the lunch line. It seemed that today, as of knowing Riku, everything he did, I did. "Hey, Sora. Want to go take a tour while there's time?" he asked when we were about halfway through the period. I followed him, once more, out of the cafeteria. After a while, we were alone in the back hallway. "Can I ask you something?" he asked, leaning against the wall. "Sure," I said, a little uneasy. "Are you straight?" he asked. I choked on the water I was drinking. "Um... why?" I asked. "Just wondering," he said.
Since I met Riku, honestly, I had started to think about my orientation. I was straight, but there was something about Riku that made me think about changing. 'You barely know him, Sora,' kept running through my mind. I looked up at Riku. I noticed he was turned away from me, I noticed his fingers kept clenching and unclenching, as though he was nervous about asking me this question. "I'm not sure," I said, honestly. "Oh, okay," he said, now looking at me. I looked up at the clock in the hall. "We should go," I said, as there were five minutes left of lunch. He agreed.
Drivers Ed was insanely boring, as well as art. Rules, rules, and more rules. After the last bell rang, I walked slowly back to my locker. "Hey, Sora," Riku said, walking next to me. "Yeah?" I asked. "You walking home?" he asked, smiling. I smiled back and nodded. "Kay, I gotta go to my locker too so meet me by the front door."
I opened my locker and put my Drivers Ed book in. "Hey, Sora," came a voice behind me. "Oh, hey, Kairi," I said, glad that I remembered her name. "You're Riku's friend now, right?" she asked. I nodded. "Are you going to his party on Saturday?" I looked down at the floor. He never brought it up. Kairi, noticing my face, smiled. "It's okay, he'll probably ask you later," she said. I smiled back. She was probably right. "Well, I have to go catch my bus, later!" she said as she walked away. 'One of the Five bus takers,' I thought as I closed my locker.
I met Riku by the front doors. "Hey," he said as I walked up to him, "what took so long?" I shrugged as we walked out of the doors. "Talkin' to Kairi," I said. "Yeah, she's cool. We've been friends forever," he said. I nodded. It seemed like it. "What are you doing Saturday?" he asked once we were out of the parking lot. I smiled. "I don't know, why?" He laughed. "Well, I figured we could hang out. I mean, now that we're friends, I need to know more about you. And then I'm having a party for my sixteenth birthday. Most family is coming, but it should be fun," he said. "Can you come?" he added. I shrugged. "I'll have to ask my mom, but I'm pretty sure I can," I said. If I couldn't I'd find a way. "Cool," he said.
When I arrived home, my mom was on the computer in the family room looking for a job, as always. "Hey, honey," she said as I walked in the room. "How was school?" I set my backpack down on the couch. "Terrific!" I said as I hugged her. "Any friends?" she asked. Of course she was worried if I'd make friends. "One defidently, another probably," I said, meaning Riku and Kairi. I decided not to tell her about getting kicked out of third period with Tidus.
"I'm going to go to homework," I said and walked down the hall to my room. I heard my mom mutter something about homework on the first day as a shock as I closed the door. I laughed. "It's high school," I said to myself. The phone rang. "I got it!" I said. I picked up the phone and said a cheerful hello. "Hey, Sora," the voice said on the other line. "What do you want?" I asked, recognizing the voice. "How are you?" he asked. "Why do you care?" I asked, opening my bedroom door and walking into the hall. "I'm your father, and I care," he said. I laughed. "Bullshit," I muttered, loud enough for him to hear but soft enough so my mom wouldn't. I walked in the living room and handed her the phone.
I walked back to my room and started on homework. When I was almost done, my mom knocked on the door. "It's open!" I called as I wrote down another answer to my algebra review assignment. I turned and looked up at my mom. "Your dad says he misses you," she said. I turned back around to my desk. "Really..." I said. "Honey, he does love you," she said hugging me. She left. "Yeah and hell is made of cotton candy," I muttered.
I lie on my bed and watched some TV. The phone rang again. I didn't want to get it, so I was happy when the ringing stopped and I heard my mom say 'hello' from the kitchen. There was a knock on my door. "Sora, it's for you," mom said. I got up and opened the door, took the phone, then closed it again.
"Hello?" I asked. "Hey!" It was Kairi. "Hey, how'd you get my number?" I asked. "I have my sources," she said, laughing. I concluded her a friend, not a probable friend. "So what's up?" I asked. "Tidus told me you like Riku," she said. 'Oh great,' I thought. 'Okay, play it cool'. "What!?" I asked. "Is it true? Because if it is..." she was silent. I grew scared. "I'd help you get together with him." I exhaled. "Um..." I said. "Seriously," she said, "I'm not joking." I sighed. "Well, I don't exactly like him, I barely know him," I said, sitting on my bed, "but I am interested in him." Kairi laughed. "I'll take care of it," she said. I heard my mom call me for dinner. "Hey, I gotta go, Kairi," I said. We hung up and I walked into the kitchen.
"Who was that? It was a girl," my mom said in a mocking voice. I laughed. "It was just my new friend Kairi," I said. "Oh," my mom said, unconvinced. "What did she want?" I thought of something fast. "Homework help," I said. My mom nodded. I talked about what school was like for the rest of dinner then helped clean up. "Hey, mom?" She turned around from washing dishes. "Yeah, honey?" I walked to the end of the kitchen towards the hall. "Do you mind if I go to bed now? I'm tired," I said. She nodded.
I walked back to my room and lay down on my bed, thinking about Saturday. I couldn't wait. I fell asleep right away.
