Yay~ a afterschool job being paid to play~ I mean decorate...I wonder who I should ask...-Sora thinking about a certain someone or something-
Chapter 2: Sora's afterschool job~
Sora opened his eyes, his bag was laying at his side and clothes were set out for him. Had Vanitas done that before he had gone home? Sora hadn't thought he would have, but the boy just crawled out of bed, Riku wasnt' here waking him up and yet he was up early. 'Why isn't Riku...' He heard the familiar knock on the door, and slipped into his clothes grabbing a piece of toast and his bag. "I'll be right there Riku!" He slipped into his shoes and quickly tied them, as he opened the door to see his friend standing there. "Let's go Sora can't be late." He just started to walk not really bothering to wait for Sora, that made the boy think something was really up with him but he wasn't about to bring it up. Riku had come to walk with him to school that was all that mattered to him now. "So where were you last night Riku?" Sora had just brought that up cause he wanted to know. Riku didn't act like it bugged him at all , no he just looked at Sora and kinda slapped Sora, though he made no move at all. "I was studying for the test today did you forget again?" Sora squeaked and looked at his book, his homework was done, and he had studied some but he had been distracted by Vanitas. Though if he told Riku that he knew he wouldn't like was like something going on between those two, whether it was hate or something else he had yet to understand. He just wanted his friends to stop fighting for once. "Yea I guess I did! Well hey I studied a little bit!" Sora huffed and walked ahead of Riku, knowing that the older male was having fun messing with him. And he was annoyed by it , but this was how they were, more like who they were right. "Isn't the dance soon Riku? Have you asked anyone?" Sora had seen a flyer for it just a few days ago, and again yesterday.
He hadn't asked anyone, he could ask Kairi, Roxas probably had Namine. He had no idea who the others were going with , Riku had probably asked that girl he was with probably left only Sora without a date, which he didn't care really but still he knew Riku would tease him about it. Maybe he could ask one of the girls, they were always talking to him, so one of them had to be available. He would ask them before class started, and just hope that it went well, if they said yes he would be happier, since he was never really sad in his life. He didn't like to be that way nor did he think there was ever any time to be sad. "Yea I asked someone and knowing you Sora you haven't...good luck finding someone now..." though he didn't really have to wish Sora luck, he always got someone even if it was this late. He was just that cute, and people always liked him for that reason."Heh I can find someone...and well even if I don't at least going to the dance will be fun!" He smiled, and skipped ahead licking some of the toast off of his lips. He heard a familiar bike and turned to see Vanitas. "Plotting about the dance are ya?" Vanitas hadn't planned on going, but he might as well, he had been asked by someone and had texted her yes earlier.
Though he had the feeling she was bouncing up and down where she was now because he had told her he would go. As much as a loner he was, he wanted to go only because Sora was going probably. He wanted to keep an eye on him and hope that he didn't get into that much trouble."Yea did ya ask someone Vanitas? knowing you already have someone to like Riku does..." Sora sounded a bit bleh about that for a moment, but that was soon gone. "Oh uh yea...Some Senior asked me..." Sora's eyes widened and looked at him, he was shocked by that. "a Senior asked you, I knew they liked you but wow..." He was just not sure now, he had someone he would ask and all he could was hope they said yes, and actually would go with him. If something else happened he would just suck it up and not care right, he didn't mind anything bad happening to him, he never had. "You'll find one Sora just be patient...now come on we gotta go. You have to pass that test!" Riku grabbed onto Sora, and dragged him away, glaring at Vanitas when Sora couldnt' see him.'I don't like him...' Riku was thinking to himself, but he wouldn't let it show on his face to Sora, no just to Vanitas. It was better if the brown haired male remained oblivious to all of this. "Ah Riku but I wanna talk to Vanitas! I'll pass the test just you wait and see! Bye Vanitas!"
Sora vanished into the building with Riku, pulling away from Riku once they were in the classroom. He spotted the girl he wanted to ask, and skipped over to her. "Hey Akiko...I wondered if ya want to go to the dance with me?" He smiled at her, and then as Riku looked over he was bouncing up and down, probably because she said yes. As Sora jumped back to his seat, Riku watched them they were mouthing something and laughing at Sora probably.'that boy...he's gonna get himself hurt...' Sora just started scribbling on a piece of paper, he was so excited, he couldn't wait for the dance. Though only he seemed to have no clue what was awaiting him. He was given the test, and tried his best just looking at it, he was doing so far so good. "Class bring your tests up to the front and Sora I want to talk to you..." Sora didn't like the sound of that but he brought her his test, and waited till the others had left. "Well all of our decoration committee had to quit at the last minute, and you said you wanted to help before didn't you. You don't have to decorate much just finish it." She smiled and put the tests in a pile before she stood up."Sora be careful alright..." She handed him the key to the gym where it was, and the other key to the storage room where the rest of the decorations were. "I'll be alright. Thank's Teach!" He raced out of the room, he was going to set it up after all he had his lunch period free cause Riku was busy. "Hey Sora where you going in such a hurry?"
He was trying to move, but Vanitas blocked his path. "Oh the teacher asked me to set up the gym for the dance...it's almost done but she said that the committee had to quit and couldn't finish it." He was not sure if he was being used, but then he also wasn't thinking about. He didn't want to, no he just wanted to help them out as he always did."Ah well you shouldn't have to do that alone..." Vanitas sighed and took the keys from Sora, unlocking the door. He would pick up the box, and just put it on his shoulders. He didn't know why he was helping, it should be Riku doing this, but no he was too busy these days with his girlfriend. And Vanitas didn't like that girl Sora had asked, did she have something to do with this, cause they hadn't said anything about having to quit when he overheard them yesterday. And now all of a sudden they had to, were they messing with Sora. Vanitas did that, but that was Vanitas, and Sora never minded when he did it. What would happen if he did mind it this time."You know you don't have to help me..." Sora didn't like making others help him when he could do it himself but it was like Vanitas had himself set on it. Or maybe he had nothing better to do at this point in time, he had seen people like that. "Don't worry about it Sora let's go!" Vanitas just walked ahead of Sora throwing the keys at him. "Oh uh yea okay!" Sora walked after Vanitas, running a bit to catch up with him, even though he was a bit concerned about this. What would they say that someone was helping him, the Teacher probably wouldn't opened the door to the gym and looked at the stars, he was already thinking over how to finish. He had the plans and would put what they wanted, as he grabbed a paint brush and scurried to the mural in the back of the gym. The paper it was done on was being held on tight.
And all he knew was that he started painting smiling the whole time. He didn't know what made him want to work on this. The dance was tomorrow and he was already mostly prepared for it, now it was just to finish this place as much as he felt odd being here."Well I'm done! Are you?" He looked to Vanitas and liked how it was going, he was covered in paint, and would have to take a good bath when he got him. But he was happy how it had turned out. "Let's go home!" They had been here most of the day of school finishing it, now he had to go home and work on his homework which Riku had probably left for him. "I'll take ya home kid after we put this stuff away" Vanitas picked up the box and started to take it back as Sora was putting the paint away. Vanitas had been putting the stuff in the room when he heard a crash from the room Sora was in. He peeked into the room and looked at him."Stay away from Kairi kid...We know ya have a crush on her too bad I got to her first!" The man shoved Sora to the ground, and Sora just sat there waiting for him to leave. Vanitas moved to Sora and pulled the kid off the ground. "Let's take you home Kiddo..." Sora smiled and nodded like nothing had happened at all, he was just going to take him home and wonder what happened next. "Thanks for the help Today Vanitas..." Sora sat on the bike, and held onto Vanitas, just looking around. He didn't know why he felt like something was wrong, Kairi had distanced herself awhile ago. And now Riku was, he hated it but he wouldn't comment he never did. He knew friends grew apart but he had never thought they would had thought they would be friends forever...maybe it was just his imagination, they were still his friends they just had things to deal with on their own. "Sora don't think too much...it's not good for you." Vanitas had stopped the bike outside Sora's house and he had flicked his forehead.
"Hey what was that for!" Sora put his hands on his forehead, he laughed though even if inside he felt different. Like maybe he wanted to break before this got started and got worse. "Better get inside Kid I'll see ya tomorrow!" Vanitas left Sora outside and just zoomed away down the street, he was going to get home before he got in trouble. Though he didn't care, he had to get his suit and stuff ready for tomorrow, and also finish his dropped his bag by the kitchen table pulling out his homework, he hated it, and he still had to eat, watch his movie and take a bath. If he didn't he would be messy for tomorrow and plus he still had paint on certain part of his body. And that was just the way it was, nothing was going to work out that well was it. "Tomorrow is gonna be so awesome..." He put his homework down and yawned slipping out of his shirt and shorts to go take a was tired, and yet he knew he had to get ready to take a bath, he slipped into the water, and stared at the little ducky that was sitting there. He remembered playing with Riku as a child, and then Kairi when she showed up on the island. "What happened to us..." He knew his suit was set out, Riku had probably taken care of it, cause he always did. "Ugh gotta get out!" He sighed and climbed out of the tub only slipping into his boxers,and yawned crawling into the bed, he was tired and didn't want to deal with this.
~Sora's Dream~
Sora was standing in the gym, holding onto the paint can, Riku, Vanitas and Kairi were looking at him. And he didn't know what to do, as he grabbed on Vanitas, the ground fell out beneath him and he screamed waking up covered in a cold sweat.
~End of Dream~
"Vanitas...what was that...?"He just sighed and wondered what he was going to do, the sun was shining into the room he had to get up and take the keys back to the school. He would just give them back later, since he had left the keys to the gym in the teacher's classroom. He heard a knock on his window and looked up to see Riku, Sora opened the window and crawled back into the bed. "What are ya doing here Riku it's the weekend there's no school..." He knew he had to put up with this but at times things happened as they always did. "Came to wake ya up...we have to get ya prepared for the dance remember?" Riku had said they would go together even if he didn't know what he was supposed to do.~Later that day, just before the dance~Sora stood outside the house waiting for that girl, he had knocked on her door. And was waiting, when her parents came back down. "Oh sorry she left already had another date..." Sora looked at her, and just smiled before he turned to walk away. "thanks anyway bye!" He just walked towards the dance, he knew he would go, even if she wasn't there. He wouldnt' show any reaction, he had been stood up well that was nothing new to him. He watched Vanitas and his date go past on his bike and Sora just waved before he kept on walking. He didn't want to show that he was sad, maybe she was there. And that had just been a trick, he walked into the doors, and looked around she was standing right there with someone else. And he just smiled and waved at her."So you decided to show Sora? Haha idiot did you really think I would go the dance with you..." She dropped her cup of juice on Sora, acting like she fell. And she just stood there and smiled before he turned to run off, almost running into Vanitas. He didn't act like anything was really wrong, but he was gone hiding in the bathroom cleaning off the juice. 'It's not bad Sora...you probably already knew...just act like it doesn't matter as you do with everything else...' Vanitas was looking after Sora, and then to Riku neither of them were happy about what they had just seen but they shouldn't cause a fight here.
"You know he did all of this...decorated this dance...not for himself but for you and Kairi, and everyone else...you are a true bitch..." Vanitas just turned and walked away with her, bringing his date with him. "Look I'm going to check on Sora can you wait here?" She nodded and sat down to wait for him, after all she understood. Vanitas walked into the bathroom just in time to see Sora run into one of the stalls to hide maybe. No Sora wasnt' hiding exactly, but Vanitas shoved the door open even if Sora was holding his weight against it."shouldn't let her get to you kid...She's not worth it..." Sora had a lighter in his hand and had burned something, before tossing it in the toilet. He just nodded, and stood up , he was acting like it was nothing as he always had. He never complained, not once inspite of all that had happened to him. "Let's go Vanitas" He smiled and skipped back out, though in his mind he was like well that didn't bug me right. He just wanted to go home, the dance seemed to take forever. Sora had found someone though, he was sitting there and Kairi had approached. "Come on Sora let's dance!" She dragged him onto the dance floor, and he just smiled. She was trying to cheer him up and dancing with her was fun, he had done it as a kid."That was so fun!" Sora was skipping around as they walked out of the dance he was hyper, and Kairi was with him, he was not sure what to think. Her dad was taking her home, and Sora would probably walk home on his own. He didn't know what he wanted to do, but he waved to Vanitas. "I'll see ya later gonna walk home!"
Sora waved and raced away, he didn't know why he felt like he should, he felt as if someone was watching him. "do you think he's alright?" Kairi asked looking to Riku and Vanitas, they both just shook there head as if they didn't know. As he turned in the alley to get home, it got more and more stopped hearing voices behind him as he felt a fist collide with his face, he slammed into the wall and was rubbing his face. "Told ya to stay away from Kairi you brat!" He winced, but didn't cry out, he wouldn't. The pain was not that bad, and he felt a hand wrap around his throat. All he could do was look at them through his bruised and black eye. "Think first boy...she's mine..." Sora clawed at his hands, and the man dropped him, kicking him again before walking away with his friends. Sora tried to force himself up but his body wouldn't figured no one would find him here, and maybe it was for the best.
~Back with Vanitas and the others~
Kairi had called both Riku and Vanitas, she hadn't seen Sora and he should have beaten them home but he wasnt' there. "I can't find Sora...have you seen him? I know he gets distracted but this isn't like him..." Vanitas and Riku hadn't seen Sora, and Vanitas grabbed his keys. "I'm gonna go find him I'll check around the area near the dance...Riku you take the park we will find him stay at his house Kairi!" Vanitas hung up the phone and slammed the door behind him, getting on the bike. "Where are you Sora..."The boy was off after the dance it was obvious but would he have really done something stupid, no that wasn't like Sora.
