How can this be? I was still in the same grade and it still said the same year as it always had been for the past few months. So why was he back so soon? Did they finish early? Did something bad happen? What was going on here? My mind was going in circles along with everyone else's; all except for Kairi, who looked behind her to give me the biggest smirk she's given me this year. She got up from her seat and smiled big before embracing Sora in a tight hug. He gave a small chuckle and looked at everyone with his classic smile. I could feel my heart pounding hard as the door that held every ounce of love I had for him, pour out like a never ending waterfall. One by one, friends and old familiar faces came to greet him, hoping that he was alright from the trip home. I couldn't move my legs; they felt like jello. I was hoping that he would see me from the corner of his eye. I was hoping that he was asking someone about me or that he would eventually break from the crowd. His eyes turned to me, but he made no change in his face; it was like he was staring at some stranger. I looked behind me to find no one there. I looked to my left and to my right and no one was there. He was staring at me. He was giving the look he usually gives to people he doesn't know. My heart skipped a beat. Maybe there were so many people in his way that he doesn't see me properly. Yes, that's why he's looking at me like that… right? Suddenly the images from that night came into my mind along with their words; all color drained from my face with the realization. But they couldn't have successfully erased me from his memories. I was merely forgotten but I'm not lost completely. The teacher broke up my thoughts and welcome back party with a swift usher. I couldn't even think straight the whole class, for the teacher decided to put Sora in the seat in front of me; nice choice. As soon as her back was turned I pulled out my phone, ready to confront Sapphire about all this.
"Ok when were you going to tell me that Sora and Roxas came back?"
She replied very quickly, but her response confused me.
"When was I going to tell you? When were you going to tell me?"
She didn't know either? Does that mean that Kairi knew the whole time? I shook my head to get her disgusting image out of my head. My eyes looked up and saw the back of his head; his hair never changed except that it got a little lighter since the last time I saw him. His scent drifted toward me and I immediately felt intoxicated. What was it about him that just drove my mind utterly crazy? I looked down quickly, trying to stop myself from acting like creepy fan girl. But I couldn't help myself sometimes. I went back to my phone, trying to distract myself.
"So if you had no idea and I had no idea, then why didn't Roxas say something to you? Have you see him yet?" I replied.
"Not yet, but he's here as well I can tell. I'm going to confront him about it later. Look Rose, try keep yourself together and don't worry about anything. Just go on about your day like you always do and I promise your answers will come to you ok?"
Easy for her to say; she wasn't the one who witnessed what happened that night. She doesn't know the real reason why Sora and Roxas had disappeared. I didn't bother texting her back; no matter what I would try to say to her she would blow it off and tell me to calm down. Sighing I laid my head down just listening to the teachers mumbled words. I wanted to talk to Sora, write him a note or something. But the way he was looking at me makes me worry and the fact that he hasn't even bothered to turn around and say hi to me makes it worse. No, this would have to be done with just the two of us; no friends, no teachers, and especially no Kairi. I looked out toward the window, watching the wind move the tall grass and the leaves on the trees, and soon I drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
The second the bell had rang, an instant crowd gathered around Sora, with Kairi attached to his hip. Before they turned the corner, Kairi snapped her head to me and gave another dirty smile, while clutching onto Sora's arm. Seriously, what did he see in that girl anyway? That wasn't on my top priority list however. I turned my heels and half ran through the halls, scanning every face that I could. When I finally saw the identical pair of deep blue eyes, I dived from the sea of people and grabbed him by his collar and dragged out in the courtyard, where people would usually eat their lunches when it was nice outside. I pulled him in front of me with a slight glare in my eyes. Roxas tried backing away but it was no use.
"Look Rose, I was planning on telling you and Sapphire but-"
"But what Roxas?! What was so important that you couldn't drop a hint on me or Sapphire? Do you know how much my head his spinning?!" I cried as I shook him; I couldn't help it. Everything was just going wrong and out of control once again.
"I have a pretty good idea Rose. Look I can explain all that I need to, but I can't explain all in this short amount of time."
I knew he was going to ask me to wait, but this was something I needed to know before my mind was going to explode. I loosened my grip and sighed; there was nothing I could do to get it out of him. He was going to wait as well, although I'm not sure how he's going to try get time with just me and him without causing some kind suspicion with Sapphire, let along the whole school. Once one person sees us together without Sapphire anywhere near us, things will get much more complicated. His eyes looked left and right and then back at me.
"How do you feel about missing the rest of your classes today?"
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
"Well why not? You said you wanted to find out what's going on with Sora and I being back here so soon." He replied with puzzlement.
"Well, I mean you're sneaking off with your girlfriend's best friend out of the campus alone. Doesn't that sound the least bit strange to you?" I answered back.
"Somewhat, but as long as nothing looks as more than it should, we should be alright."
"What about Sapphire? Don't you think she's going to notice something out of the ordinary when she notices that both of us are missing at the same time?"
This made Roxas stop and think for a bit. He never thinks things through that well sometimes. But then again, it must be really important if he's willing to cut school, for he's complete book worm and has had straight A's since grades were introduced to us. I titled my head as if that was going to help me get a better angle of what he was thinking. Finally he looked up at me, a light bulb flashing inside his mind.
"Sapphire hasn't seen me at all today, along with the entire school so leaving for me won't cause too much of a stir. All you have to do is fake sick and we'll be home free." He smiled widely.
His plan was that simple? He must've forgot that normally I just walk out of school whenever my heart sees fit. The only I thought of coming up with a plan was for Roxas's sake. I smiled and shook my head, making Roxas stare at her in confusion.
"You obviously forgot how I am Roxas, shame shame." I smirked.
With that being said, Roxas and I walked out of the school grounds and onto the dirt road that we all used to walk on together. Memories of when we were kids started flowing back to me; when Sora used to always make me smile, even if it meant hurting himself in the process. Before I knew it we were at the docks were our old wooden boats still floated from the waves. I didn't even know Roxas had leaded me to this place, for he was walking next to me in silence since we left the school grounds. I looked over to him and he was very deep in thought, doing everything absent mindedly, going through the motions of untying the boat and handing me one of the oars. As we paddled through the gentle waves, my heart started growing very anxious, longing to know what was going on that has them both back home so soon. Although when I tried asking Roxas about it during the ride there, he would shake his head and tell me to wait until we got onto the island. And every time I roll my eyes; time was not on my side today. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, we made it to the sandy beaches of my childhood paradise. My mind still didn't understand why Roxas had to drag me so far away.
"Is there any particular reason you decided to go this far, just to tell me what the hell is going on?"
"They're still watching Sora and myself; I'm doing this because they don't have this place under their close eye." His voice was low and somewhat scary.
To make absolute sure for Roxas we went into the heart of the island, which to everyone was the secret cave, which I still don't understand why it's called that if everyone know about it. As we started getting closer and closer to the clearing it had, my legs started feeling heavy and my heart was pounding too fast for its own good. When Roxas finally sat down in the middle and took in a deep breath, my own stopped.
"They managed to get what wanted with Sora when it came to Namine erasing his memories, but it was the controlling him factor that they couldn't do successfully."
"What do you mean "controlling him"?" my voice getting kind of shaky.
"You remember that old story that we used to hear right; the one about the all power keyblade master?"
"Of course, how could I forget it? Sora used to tell me that story whenever I was sad or needed some perking up." I replied slowly, not sure where Roxas was going with this.
He held out his hand as a signal to make me have a seat. Looks like I'm not exactly going to like this next part. I started at him, already growing tired of him beating around the bush. Before I could say anything, he held up his hand making sure my mouth stayed shut.
"You can say whatever you want to say and ask whatever you want to ask when I've finished explaining, ok."
I nodded while making myself comfortable on the dirt ground. With a heavy sigh, Roxas looked up above to see the birds flying overhead. I stared at him intently, ready to consume all the information he was about to give me. His eyes became hazy and sad. Finally pulling himself together he began to tell his story.
(A/N: Right now the story is now going to be told through Roxas's point of view, so don't confused by it.)
It's been about a good three months or so since I've seen Rose or Sapphire or the land that had been my home since I was a child. I could leave very easily if I wanted to, but my brother was here and there was no way I was going to leave him here alone with these people. Who knew they would become as powerful as time went on. And here everyone thought they were just going to another small town gang that grows out as they got older. A hand touched my shoulder but I did not flinch or move. A voice sighed and tried shaking me but I still made no movement.
"Come on Roxas, snap out of it; you've been staring out into space for the past two days. What has got you into such deep thought?"
I turned around to look at one of my only friends that I've made here, Axel. He looked at me with the same concerned look he always had. I sighed and just shook my head, trying to dismiss the subject; he was the only one knew my relationship with Sora and so far he hasn't said a word to anyone, but I never fully trusted him with anything else about my life. The last thing I need is to have Sapphire or Rose in some kind of trouble.
"Think about this way Roxas; The Organization is almost done with extracting the memories from Sora and when it's all over, you can take him home and everything will be fine and dandy." He smiled.
That was the thing; Things weren't going to be fine and dandy, for they never told me what was going on and what they needed him for; all they ever tell me is that he has an amazing power and that one day it will be put to good use. They told me that the reason they couldn't say anything more to me was because I was new and needed to prove I worthy of being told such things. To me, they still sounded like they did when they were first formed; everything was like a game to them. I was starting to have enough of this. I finally turned to Axel, my eyes turning cold with every second. Axel didn't seem scared but just stared at me back.
"I've already told you many times before; you can't know about what we're planning it's just not something we tell newcomers." Axel tried explaining once again.
"But he's my brother; I think I have the right to know what is going on with him, considering the fact that you took him without his consent as well."
He didn't say anything more and looked away from me. I started at him with cold and hard eyes as I waited for him to start explaining himself on the organization's behalf, but when his eyes kept to the ground and his mouth stayed shut tight, I rolled my eyes and turned away form him.
"So are you going to tell me or are you seriously going to listen to what they tell you. You know I have the right to know more than anyone in this place. So I want my answers now. What do you need him for that is so important you need to take memories away from him?"
"You brother posses the power to wield the Keyblade… Something that has been lost for years on end; For a while, we thought that we would never be able to take over this world without that power, for you see it can be used to be a saving grace, or a gate that opens into hell. We had been searching for countless days and nights, turning over every town and every rock that we could find, just for some clue or glimmer of hope that somewhere out there. We had just about given up all hope until that day we had run into your brother and that girl a few years back…"
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My brother and the almighty Keyblade; Are they joking? Because as far as I was concerned it was just some story our parents would tell us so we could go to sleep at night or something to keep us motivated. You know, like how kids tried to be strong like a superhero. I felt a chuckle escape from my throat and Axel turned his head to look at me.
"I'm sorry but, you know you're talking about a legend right? There is no way you can possibly believe that I mean come on."
But Axel made no signs of laughter or joking around and I quickly regretted my short laugh. Maybe he was serious about this; they all were in fact. There was a long silence before Axel took in a deep breath and looked around him before continuing his story. He looked back out towards the window, where our heart shaped moon lay dormant in the sky.
"It was so sudden how it came to us. At that time they weren't even looking for it and all they were doing was letting off steam. Then suddenly they saw this bright light flash, like lightning. And there right in front of their eyes, was the one and only Keyblade. He didn't know how to use at all or how it came to be, but all he knew was that his little friend was in trouble and I'll give him credit for lasting as long as he did. They tried to get it away from him but the minute their hands touched it, it disappeared as quickly as it came, and he fell. After that, we had spent the rest of our time figuring out how to get him to join our side. So we started to study his actions, habits, and friends, with that girl in particular. At first we figured our biggest problem would be his girlfriend but it turned out to be that same little girl from before. We noticed the way he looked at her, and they way he treated her, like she was precious cargo or something and we knew with her around, there was no possible way to get close enough to him. She was a threat to our plan. So that's how we knew Namine was going to be of some good use. And you know the rest; we captured him and now Namine is making sure his memories don't have anything to do with that girl."
When Axel was finished with his story, I couldn't believe my ears. These guys weren't kidding around about this stuff. In that moment I finally decided enough was enough and walked off without saying goodbye or even a thank you to Axel. But he wouldn't let me go like he usually does, for he took a firm hold of my shoulder and turned me around. I gave him an indifferent stare but he wasn't buying it.
"Look I know what you're thinking and it's not the smartest option right now."
I pushed him off him and glared at him. "I'm going to do anything stupid, I'm smarter than that. And anyways, I'm going to get some sleep alright? And don't worry; I'm not going to tell anyone about this." And with that, I quickly walked out of the room and into my room. There wasn't much about it, just white walls, and white sheets. The only color in this room was the window which reflected our castle and the large heart shaped moon. I reached over my unmade bed and pulled out a map of the castle from inside one of my pillow cases. It showed a basic layout of all the floors and the routes on how to get there in both long and fast. Sora's room was at the top of the castle with a floor all to his self. My mind kept wandering back and forth on whether or not it was a good idea to already pull the plug on this. What if I mess up his memories permanently? What if I make him paralyzed or something? I put the map back in the pillow case and threw myself on top of it. What was I going to do? I growled quietly to myself as I looked outside of my window. A soft knock hit my door and it slid up to reveal a petite girl with light blond hair, blue eyes, and simple white dress; Namine. I sat up and gave her a confused look as she just smiled at me.
"Um, can I help you with something?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to just come in uninvited but I was starting to become curious about you." She replied as she sat down on one of the white chairs in the room. When did she even step inside?
"Curious about me? Why? I'm not exactly high in the rankings, so I'm nothing special." I noted to her as I began to feel myself put a defense up.
"Well, you are the brother of Sora. I'm curious as to why you joined us rather than try and break him out of here. Are you fine with what I'm doing to your brother? I mean, I know you're not on the Organization's side, yet why let me dissect your brother's memories until we see fit? It's a curious thing." She never looked up at me but pulled out a sketch pad and began drawing something and only looked at me when she was done speaking. Her eyes were soft but cold. I felt myself give her a glare as I folded my arms and shrugged.
"I don't want to get killed or get my brother killed so might as well just play along until I know I can take him without having to deal with you guys."
Namine put down her sketch book and sat next to me on my bed. She sat so close I felt her leg come in contact with mine and she moved her hand down my arm to my hand. She held it lightly as she looked up at me with a soft smile. Something about her was giving me the creeps. I pulled my hand away and scooted off the bed.
"Is that all you're here for or do you have something to tell me?" I asked her sharply.
She didn't any sudden movements but stood back up and walked over to the door. My eyes followed her until she was right in front of it. Her head turned slightly and whispered quietly.
"Your brother will be ours when I'm done with him. Maybe I should get rid of the memories of you for insurance—
Namine never finished for I lunged for her and pinned her up against the wall, my arm over her throat, making a loud thud. I could feel the sudden seep out of my pores as I stared at her now frightened face. But it disappeared as quickly, making me confused for a moment. She let a small giggle but was again cut off from me putting more pressure on her throat.
"S-so feisty ar-aren't you?" she managed to choke out.
"If you try to mess with his memories anymore… I swear…" my voice trailed off… I sounded so dark, almost like them, I almost scared myself. But I had to keep my composure to show this girl I mean business. She laughed again as she pulled down my arm and brought her face close to mine and put a kiss on my lips. I quickly pushed her to the side and onto the ground. Wiping my mouth, I glared at her, feeling the slight urge to kick her. She stood back up while trying to catch her breath and opened the door. She smirked and shrugged.
"Let's see who gets there first, then." She waved as the door closed and the sound of her running footsteps drifted away.
Immediately, the fear rushed up inside me, I could feel my heart beating like the wings of a hummingbird. I tore open my pillow and looked over the map, trying to find the quickest route to Sora's chamber. Finding one I stuffed the paper in my pocket, and grabbed the sword they issued me when I joined. I saw Namine's book still on the table, and grabbed that with me. I ran out of my room and began following the path on the map. I could see some of the Organization members appear before me; Namine must've tipped them off about what I was planning to do. They began throwing their weapons but I dodged them easily. When I reached the end of the hallway I opened another door that nothing but flights of stairs. I took in a deep breath and running, skipping as many steps as I could. After clearing about three flights, there was a big platform that separated me from the next set of stairs. In the middle was Axel, with his weapons in his hands. I pulled my swords out as I cautiously walked towards him. He lowered them as I got closer to him.
"Roxas you're being stupid! Stop trying to do a rescue mission and just go back to your room and I'll sort this thing out for you."
"Axel, move out of my way." I called out, walking a little faster from seeing the corner of Namine's dress disappear from the top stair step.
"Roxas I don't want to hurt you…" He sighed when he saw I had no intention of stopping.
"Then move. Out. Of. My. Way." I stated more clearly for him since he seemed to be deaf. I raised my sword out to him and pulled it close, ready to strike. Axel sighed again and looked up at me.
"Alright then, suit yourself."
He raised one hand up and a dark pool appeared on the platform, where these silver creatures emerged along with black creatures. Axel gave me a smirk and lunged towards me. I quickly moved out of his way and began fighting my way through the creatures. They looked just the creatures we read in old story books, "heartless" and "nobodies", but there was no way they could be real… right? But I didn't have time to think about that now I dodged two and slain three. Axel was still on my heels and threw his weapons at me. I blocked with my sword and sent them back to him. When I finally reached the entrance to the stairs I slammed the door behind me and began to run up the next flights of stairs. After what seemed like an eternity, I finally reached the top to where Sora's chamber was. I didn't even realize that Axel and those had stopped following me or maybe never even tried after I closed the door. I looked up to see a large white door in front of me. Wasting no time I barged in to find, nothing in the room, but a large pod. There was a large black computer with a bunch of numbers and many different screens, one of them which showed a silhouette of Sora and a percentage bar that reached a hundred percent. I could feel my stomach drop. I knew they had succeeded in erasing Rose from his memories, but was I still there? Was I too late? When I looked to the side of the computer, I found Namine unconscious on the ground. Guess that answers that question. I walked over to the pod to try and find something that could break it open. I tried breaking it with my sword but it didn't leave a scratch. I was starting to become aggravated and threw the sword on the ground.
"Come on Sora, if you can hear me; help me figure out how to open this thing! I'm going to get you home and we can get you away from these people!" I yelled out.
But all I got was silence. I could feel tears fill up in my eyes but I quickly blinked them as I tried to find something on the computer that could open the pod. After some time looking around I finally found the program to unlocking and opening the stupid thing Sora was trapped.
"Alright, I found a way to open it Sora! Don't worry I'll have you out of this a sec!" I smiled as I began to crack the code in opening it.
When it was all clear the pod flashed brightly along the lines of the openings and bloomed outward, revealing to me my brother who I hadn't seen in months. I dashed to the pod and caught him as he fell out. He sounded like he was sound asleep. I was relieved that he was ok, but I couldn't dwell on it for long.
"Sora? Come on Sora wake up! Sora?!" I shook him in order to help with waking him.
He stirred quietly and his eyes slowly blinked until they were fully open. He yawned and sat up, while rubbing the back of his head.
"Roxas…? What time is it?"
I sighed with relief. He still knows who I am at least. I stood up and helped him onto his feet. He looked around with curious eyes. Did he even have any idea where he was?
"Sora? Do you know where you are or what this place is?" I asked slowly.
"Not really. I mean I think I may have seen this place, but it's kind of fuzzy. Where do we get out of here? I want to go home and sleep in an actual bed." He stretched his arms up as he yawned again.
I looked around and then to the map I had in my jacket. I was so worried about Sora and what was left of his memory that I never thought of an escape route out of here once I found him and got him. I looked around nervously and then down to Namine, who was still out cold. I wonder what she had hit herself with or who had hit her? Sora began looking around as well but didn't have any better luck. He suggested the front door but I shook my head quickly, because I could only imagine the forces the Organization has down there. After finding nothing that could really help us, all I could was barricade the door and hope I might see a way out. Sora sat next to me quietly, lost in some sort of thought.
"What are you thinking about Sora?" I asked him.
"It's nothing. I just hope I can get home soon so I can call Kairi. She must be worried about me since I haven't called her since… wait when was the last time I called her…" his voice trailed off.
I was hoping that the computer was lying to me but there was only one way to find out. I mean just because he remembered Kairi first doesn't mean he isn't thinking of Rose too… He has to remember her… right?
"Well, I'm sure Rose is worried sick about you too. Make sure you call her after Kairi."
"…Rose?" was his only response.
I let a sad sigh as I shook my head. I could feel my heart drop into my stomach with the thought of how was Rose was going to react when she hears the news. Sora tilted his head, trying to see my expression but I kept it blank. I have to deal with one problem at a time.
"We need to get out of here Sora."
"Well, the only exit out of here, you covered up for some reason so I'm not much help to you. There aren't any vents either… What are we going to do?"
"I'll tell you one thing; we're not just going to sit here anymore."
When Sora didn't respond I turned to him to find him passed out on the floor. I quickly looked up and grabbed my sword, ready to attack whatever got to Sora. But there was nothing except for a man who came out from hiding behind the pod Sora was previously in. I couldn't see his face however because it wrapped in dark red bandages all the way around his head. He walked over to us but stopped three feet away. When I lifted my sword up more, he put his hand out.
"Please, there is no need for that. I'm only here to help you out of a messy situation." His voice was deep and echoed throughout the room.
"Who are you?"
"That isn't important right now; you were right about the Organization regrouping and waiting for you at the entrance. You wouldn't last more than a few seconds."
"So you're the one who knocked out Namine?" I asked him.
"Yes and your brother. It will make things easier. Now as for Sora's memories…"
"I know they are completely and erased from his mind." I sighed.
"Actually, that's not entirely correct."
My head shot up and I ran over to him.
"What do you mean not correct? I remember the computer saying that the memories were hundred percent gone!"
"That was true, until you started banging all over the pod and the keys of the computer. The meter went back down to ninety-five percent, so five percent of his memories of that girl are still intact."
"Well that's a good thing right?! I mean there is still a chance that his memories could just come back!" I felt myself put too much into what this man too fast for Rose.
"All he really has are glimpses and staccato like memories of her and if what I heard from them is correct, any kind of way of having him remember anything about her would cause him severe pain, but I'm not sure if they managed to get that up and running in him."
I hung my head as I sighed in slight defeat.
"Well, there is still a chance. So could you help me out like you said you were?" I looked back up and smiled.
The man outstretched arm with his palm open behind him and a dark portal appeared and in it was an entrance to my room. I walked back and picked up Sora on my back and carried him over to the portal. I looked back over to the man with bandages and gave him and nod in appreciation.
"Thank you."
"Just remember that you are not out of the woods yet, but just in a small clearing. I will stay here and try to find a way to reprogram the memories that Namine stored on the computer and back into Sora. I will contact you whenever something changes or if the situation changes with the Organization." He nodded as well and handed me a piece of paper with a number on it. I stuffed in my pocket and walked through portal and just like that, the portal disappeared and I was back in my room with Sora still out. I carried him over to his room and then put myself on my bed and instantly fell asleep.
(A/N: Back to Rose's point of view)
"After I woke up and Sora woke up, everything was the same. I told him that whatever he said to me about the white room was just a crazy and… that was that." Roxas finished his story and looked at me, waiting for a response.
But I didn't have any words. So much had happened to him, to both of them I felt sick to stomach. So he didn't have some memories of me, but they weren't enough to get him to even get a glimpse of my name or anything. I was just one of those old childhood friends you remember one day you're going through your old stuff. I could feel tears forming as the thought of Sora being so close yet so far away from stuck in mind like glue. When I looked back up at Roxas, I noticed that there was the reflection of flames coming off his face. When did he start a fire?
"So… he's gone for good?" I asked as a tear from my eye.
"The man in the bandages said there might be a way to reverse the effect but who knows how long that will take and with the warning that he might get hurt if tries to remember you too much…" Roxas looked away nervously, as if scared to meet my eyes.
I felt more tears fall until I couldn't hold them in anymore. I put my face in my hands and tried to hold in my sobs. I head Roxas move and put his arms around me. He stroked my back gently, telling me that it was ok to cry. My tears became bigger and my sobs were audible and I sat there for what seemed like hours before I pulled away from and sniffled.
"Sorry about your shirt." I managed to get out when I noticed a big wet stain on his shirt.
He merely shrugged and put his arm around me.
"Don't worry about it." Was all he said.
I looked up to the hole at the top of the secret cave and noticed that the bright blue sky was replaced with a black sky with many twinkling stars. I didn't realize how late it gotten. I mentioned that we should probably get back home and he nodded in agreement. No doubt that Sapphire knew something had to be up now. As Roxas rowed both of us back home, I pulled my knees to my chest and stared at the black water.
"Hey Roxas?" I said suddenly.
"Yes?"
"When we get back, you should tell Sapphire about what really happened and why you were really gone. You can tell that I knew too. I don't want you to take all of the blame. Ok?"
Roxas nodded quietly as he rowed a little faster now.
"If it helps I can try and help you avoid Sora."
"Why?" I asked with no emotion in my voice.
"You are in a lot of pain with the whole situation. So until you can cope with it better I can help you avoid him, like make take different routes to his classes or giving you a heads up if he's ever around you. At least until you're not so sad… I'm trying to do this to be mean…"
"I know Roxas thank you. I'll take you up on that offer." I half smiled as I tried to not think of his name; even that was tearing me to pieces.
When we arrived at the docks. We both parted ways without saying goodbye. I once again snuck through my window as I hear my mother franticly calling everyone and anyone about where I could be. She must be drunk because she never worries this much. I didn't bother to go downstairs and just kicked off my shoes and lay on my bed while looking through my phone. No text from Sapphire yet. I wonder if Roxas has called her yet. After about thirty minutes that thought was made, I heard rocks being thrown at my window. I opened it without a second thought as Sapphire climbed into my room. Her eyes were red and puffy, similar to mine. I looked at her with dead eyes as she stared back with furious ones. She raised her hand and slapped my hard in the face. I held my ground and only looked down at the ground.
"You're so stupid Rose… If I had known that that was the reason why you were so sad or the way you were acting… you should've told me! You should've…" I could tears falling as she hit me again. I held my ground but my face was starting to sting.
There was nothing I could say to her but just pull into a hug, where it was her turn to cry on my shoulder. She hugged me back tight as she could and cried loudly. We sat on the ground until the first rays of sunlight shined over the horizon. But I didn't hate the light this time, but I didn't love it. I just stared at it while I thought of Sora and hoped with everything I had that he would come back to me… Somehow.