Kairi woke up to beeping. She sat up and looked at her alarm clock to find the green numbers flashing, and that is was the source of the aggravating noise. She jabbed the snooze button, and attempted to go back to sleep. Not even ten seconds later, Namine appeared in her doorway fully dressed. Her outfit consisted of a lacy white blouse with see through long sleeves, which had a beautiful swirl pattern, and light blue ripped jeans completed with white flats. Her hair was left down, but it was curled at the ends.
"Time to get up Kai." she said. Kairi groaned in protest, causing the blonde to roll her eyes. She walked over to the bed and grabbed Kairi's ankles. Kairi's eyes widened in realization. Before she could hang on to the edge of her mattress, Namine had already dragged her to the floor. Her back collided with the carpet with a thud. The only thing she had to make the fall less painful was part of her blanket that Namine pulled off the bed along with her.
"Ow..." Kairi groaned.
"Time for school. You don't want to be late on the first day, do you?" Namine asked walking out of the room. Kairi slowly pulled herself off the floor and glared after her. Moving her messy hair out of her face, Kairi walked over to her closet. Since she was feeling lazy, she pulled out a dark red t-shirt, black denim shorts, matching Doc Martins, and her pink hoodie with holes cut in the wrists. She grabbed her hair brush and ran it through her bed head until she thought it looked decent enough to go in public. After that, the red-head marched to the bathroom where she brushed her teeth.
When she was finished getting ready, she went back to her room to grab her hot pink backpack and her house key, and trudged downstairs to see Namine sitting at the table eating cereal.
"Mom and Dad are still asleep?" she asked her. The blonde nodded, her mouth full of Frosted Flakes. Kairi grabbed a bagel from a bag on the counter and started nibbling on it.
"Do you know what time the bus comes? I forgot.." Namine said when she was finished chewing.
"Seven, I think." Kairi answered throwing the rest of her bagel away. She didn't feel like eating.
Namine noticed this and frowned.
"You have to eat something..." she murmured, putting her now empty bowl in the sink. Kairi shook her head. There was a deafening silence, and Kairi thought she would burst if it continued.
"Let's go now. It's 6:50." she said quickly. Namine nodded and picked up the white backpack next to her feet. She then ran upstairs and came back down a few seconds later with a white hoodie. As soon as the girls walked out of the door, the cool air hit them making them both glad that they had jackets. They hurried to the bus stop located down the street to see two boys having a silent conversation. One had silver shoulder-length hair, emerald-green eyes, and was quite muscular. He had on a gray sleeveless jacket, which was surprising at this temperature, and black cargo jeans. The other boy had honey golden hair, electric blue eyes, and a slim build. He wore a green hoodie with white sleeves, and casual blue jeans.
Kairi recognized them as Riku, Sora's best friend, and Roxas, Sora's brother. Her heart sank. It seems like everywhere she goes, there's always something that reminded her of her old friend.
Riku spotted the girls and gave a small wave. They both murmured their greetings and quietly waited for the bus to come. Roxas' eyes shifted behind Kairi to Namine, and he smiled. Kairi turned slightly to see her blushing. She couldn't help but smirk. Her older sister was in love. After a silent five-minute wait, the bus slowly made its way down the road toward the four teens.
The little old woman driving it opened the doors.
"Hollow Bastion High School?" she rasped in a monotone voice.
"Yes." the four said in unison.
"Get on the bus then." she ordered. They all climbed aboard and sat down in the vacant seats in the very front, before the bus driver could scold them for standing up for too long.
The drive was quiet, given the fact that there was only but so many people on the bus. When they arrived at Hollow Bastion High, everyone filed off the bus. Kairi waved goodbye to her sister, Riku and Roxas, and they all went their separate ways.
The red-head pulled her schedule out of her backpack pocket, and went in the direction she thought room 568 was located. As she did so, she walked past a group of boys that were joking and laughing obnoxiously. Their noise soon died down when they spotted her. Not even ten seconds later, Kairi heard whistles, jeers, and catcalls coming from behind her.
She tried to walk faster, but one of the boys caught up to her and grabbed her arm.
"Where do you think you're going?" he snarled in her ear. Kairi whimpered in fear, and did the only thing she could do.
She elbowed the boy in his gut as hard as she could, and made a mad dash for it. She could barely feel the tears running down her face, but she knew they were there. She made a sharp right turn around a corner, and ran into someone.
Vanitas wandered aimlessly around the campus of Hollow Bastion High school. He was lost. He silently cursed himself for leaving his schedule at home. Oh how easy it was to lose your way on this campus!
He decided that it was a smart idea to try to find the office, so he could replace his schedule. He turned the corner only to be greeted by red hair. His golden eyes widened in surprise as the girl he ran into fell over.
"Shit! I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" he panicked offering her a hand. She looked at his palm with puffy indigo eyes, and got to her feet by herself. She scrambled away, and all Vanitas could do was stare after her in shock. He could tell she had been crying. He peeked cautiously around the corner where the girl came from to see a boy lying on the ground, and a few other boys crowded around him. Did the red-headed girl do something? He couldn't tell.
He then heard one of the guys complaining about 'some red-haired bitch'.
"She did something alright." he murmured walking away from the corner, and to where he thought the office was. After a while, a frustrated sigh escaped his lips. He had to ask for directions, and he didn't like doing that at all. He scanned his surroundings for anybody who happened to be roaming around. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw somebody walking briskly towards a door on the other side of him.
"YO! CAN YOU HELP A GUY OUT?" Vanitas shouted at the person. He saw him whirl around in surprise. "Do you know where the office is?" he tried again walking toward the boy.
"Yeah." the boy said. "It's right there." He pointed to a door a few yards away. Vanitas face palmed.
"Wow. I feel dumb now. Thanks." he said. The boy smirked.
"No problem." he said walking back to the door he was trying to reach before Vanitas stopped him. Vanitas walked through the office entrance, and the smell of coffee and printer ink hit him in the face. He saw a woman behind the sign in desk typing away at her computer. Her hair was pulled into a tight bun, and tiny glasses sat on the bridge of her pointy nose. She wore a droopy frown, and when she heard Vanitas walk in, it drooped even more.
"What do you want? You should be in class." she scolded, and the tardy bell rang to confirm her words. Vanitas flinched at her harsh tone, and took two steps back. "Well?" the woman asked again, getting even more impatient.
"I uh... I left m-my schedule at home and I-" Vanitas started.
"Yeah, yeah. Name please?" the rude woman interrupted.
"Vanitas Hill." said Vanitas. She typed something into her computer. Vanitas heard a printer somewhere behind her. The woman got up and walked toward the noise, and came back with a small white slip, and a blue sheet of paper.
"A late pass and your schedule." she said handing him the papers. "Now get to class!"
"Okay, okay! I'm going!" Vanitas said raising his hands defensively. He practically ran from the room. "Note to self," he muttered. "Don't get sent to the office this year."
With that being said, he started toward his first period class. On the way there, he started thinking about the red-headed girl he'd knocked over earlier. He couldn't help but think that she looked oddly familiar. After pondering for a moment, it hit him. She was one of the girls he saw at the cemetary.
"How could I be so stupid?!" Kairi screamed at herself mentally. "I ignored that boy when he was only trying to help!" She could remember how his bright golden eyes filled with hurt and concern when she rejected his hand.
The tardy bell rang, interrupting her mental rant.
"Crap! Now I'm late." she said rolling her eyes. Her gaze shifted to the arm that boy grabbed. Out of curiosity and worry, she rolled up her jacket sleeve to reveal a large hand-shaped bruise going around her lower arm. She gasped in horror. That idiot must have held on really tight.
Her mind automatically went through what could have happened if she hadn't gotten away from him. He and his gang could have beaten her to a bloody pulp and left her on the sidewalk with many broken bones. Maybe they would have touched her in inappropriate places and-.
"No!" Kairi said. "I'm not going to think like that." Instead, she started thinking about ways she could hide the bruise. She couldn't wear her jacket forever, and if Namine or her parents saw it, they'd flip out. She didn't want to tell anybody about what happened out of fear that the boys would come after her again. She didn't know what to do. The confusion was overwhelming.
When she made it to her class, the teacher was writing something on the board, and several people turned their attention to Kairi.
"You're late." the teacher said not even taking his eyes off the board. "Detention. Go take a seat." Kairi slowly walked over to a vacant desk near the window, and sank into the chair. She heard a few snickers from her classmates.
"Great, detention on the first day of school. It can't get any worse." she thought.
"Miss. Kairi, since you were late, why don't you try to solve this problem?" the teacher asked holding a red dry erase marker in her direction.
Oh how wrong she was! She didn't think she would get out of this school alive.
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