Author's Notes: So this is Cici's back story. I wrote this a while ago. Actually almost a year ago. Just something I can up with. I posted it at first on my devianart. So I figured after, I posted Anita's, why not post Cici's? So here it is in two chapters.
"Why? Why do you spend the day sleeping?"
"Curious? I guess I'll tell you... Have you ever heard the phrase,'Dreaming of you'?"
I had a squad back in the day. We were really good friends. We spend the day playing turf wars, messing around, and hanging out. I was out going, happy, and more… alive. I was a different person then, I didn't fear the light, and he still existed. I am getting ahead of myself though.
We spent a lot of time together. I mean we did fight from time to time. One day, it got really bad. Things were said that shouldn't be said. I stormed out and left my squad. It was a stupid mistake. I should have apologized or at least stayed to fix it.
When I finally realized I was being selfish, and turned back to apologize. Bright orange glows lit the apartment towers. I stopped thinking then and rushed back. I ran into the burning complex. I ran up the seemingly endless stairs until finally I got to my friend's room. I bashed the door opened. My friends' frantic screaming were silenced. The living room was engulfed in flames. My friends were weak as they hid in a vanishing puddle of ink. I quickly grabbed them and ran.
Smoke burned my lungs and nose. Everything began to hurt. I struggled to move, but I had to save them. I was surrounded by bright orange glow, it was slowly killing me. I started to fear it. The bright light. The light caused certain places to collapse, blocking my path or tried to take my life right then and there. It was like a labyrinth. I kept going on sheer willpower and fear. Suddenly there it was the dark of the night sky. At the sight of relief, my legs collapsed. It was so close, but still too far. I made up my mind then and there. With my fading vision I threw my friends towards the opening of dark sky. My body collapsed. Finally only darkness remained.
I woke to bright light and fear took over my mind. My friends tried to calm me down, but I was hysterical. Doctors were called and I was put to sleep again. I woke up in the evening, my friends were so relieved. They spoke to me softly and sobbed. I became tired and fell asleep. It feel calm and safe being surrounded by my friends and the dark, but when I woke up, the next day, fear gripped me once again. It took them a while until they understood what it was. They made sure to leave me in a dark pitch black room. For a while I used my hearing and smell to find my way around the room. They slowly tried to introduce light to me. Eventually I could handle the light for short periods at a time.
They gave me special sunglasses that made everything darker, but still let me see. They released me from the hospital. I lived as if nothing has happened. One of my friends became really close to me. He never left me when I was in the hospital. I knew that I fell for him. When we were leaving the hospital, he took me to the toy store. I was ecstatic to be petting the fluffy stuffed animals. He seemed to noticed I was fond of a certain one. So he bought it for me. I couldn't stop smiling, I vaguely remember my face hurting that day.
The great day ended and he surprised me with a kiss on my cheek. I was surprised, but I impulsively kissed him on the lips. I was sure my red face was glowing as bright as my tentacles. He looked surprised, but it was replaced with a bright smile.