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A Scattered Memory
By: Chibi Neko-Chan2
Beta Reader: thesrazrbladekisses
"Talking"
Thoughts
(Author Talking)
Emphasis
Writing
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The sun shone happily as Sora walked home from school. Sora just wanted to go home and take a nap. He wanted to sleep off the horrible day he had, the day he didn't want to remember. He didn't want to remember how he had three hard tests, he didn't want to remember how he forgot his lunch money at home, and he surely didn't want to remember him. Yes, him. The guy who treated his best friend like crap but yet was still her boyfriend. In Sora's opinion, he didn't deserve her. All he deserved was to be beaten into a bloody pulp.
Shifting the weight of his book bag on his shoulders, Sora turned his head towards the park. His cobalt eyes scanned all the flowers that were just starting to bloom. Now that he had a deeper understanding of them, he respected the nature of them more.
A small smile crept onto his face as he started to turn it forwards, until he saw a blob of crimson. Squinting, he noticed that it was Kairi sitting on a bench. Her face tilted towards the ground, she seemed to be reading a note. With her expression, it didn't seem like a good note.
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I'm really disappointed in you Kairi. Don't even to bother to call me about Saturday. I need to take some time away from you and just breathe.
Kairi couldn't stop rereading those lines. Every time she did, her heart felt like it dropped to a lower level. She didn't even know what she did wrong, but that was Jake. He would just yell at her or give her ugly notes without even explaining what she did wrong. Letting out a frustrated sigh, she had to remind herself again that it would be lame to cry over such a little thing. Jake would forgive her eventually, but then again, this was her boyfriend. All she wanted was to be a good girlfriend, but she couldn't do anything right.
She brushed away the lonely tear that escaped from her eye.
"Kairi?"
Nearly jumping out of her skin, Kairi quickly turned around to see who called her name. After realizing it was Sora, her nerves settled down and she turned back around.
"Hey Sora," Kairi said softly, folding the note and placing it into her pocket.
"What's up?" Sora asked, taking a seat next to Kairi on the wooden bench. When he turned his face to look at Kairi, he was able to see her frustration that she was trying to hide. It wasn't because Kairi was easy to read, but because he had known her for so long. Kairi always wanted a positive atmosphere around, so when she was upset, she would hide it with a smile. She didn't want to bring other people down as well.
"You okay?" Sora asked, hesitantly placing a hand on her shoulder. He could feel how tense she was.
"I'm fine," was Kairi's automatic response. This statement meant she was not fine. Being a guy, he knew that when a girl ever said she was fine, it was the biggest lie in the world. When girls say 'I'm fine,' it really means 'I'm having the most fucked up day of my life.'
"Really? Because you know, if I think my friend is upset and she tells me the opposite in 0.5 seconds, I get really sad." He hated to play the guilt card, but he knew it was the only way she would tell him what's really wrong.
Sighing, Kairi slouched on the back of the bench, "Heh. You're right. I'm just frustrated right now."
"You wanna talk about it?" Sora asked gently, taking his hand off her shoulder. He watched as Kairi placed a stray of hair behind her ear. She then pulled the note out from earlier and held it with both of her hands.
"Jake and I are having some problems. It seems that I'm always doing something wrong. The worst part is that he won't even tell me what I'm doing wrong. So he tells me that he just needs time away from me to be able to breathe. Like I'm just his little suffocating annoyance... It just makes me so upset because as a couple, we should be able to talk about things like this. Maybe if he just told me what I was doing wrong, I could try to fix it," Kairi's hands started to shake, "and im holding this letter, and the only thought that runs through my head is how Ill never be good enough for him. How I can't make a relationship stay alive because I'm always messing up. Maybe if I changed, he wouldn't hang up when I'm in the middle of talking to him. Maybe If I changed, he wouldn't be so embarrassed to hold my hand in the hallway. Maybe if I changed, I would get notes saying I love you. Maybe if I changed, he wouldn't hang out with other girls like Lisa," her whole body then started to shake slightly, "I don't want to cry, Sora. But right now, that's the only thing I can do right."
Dropping the note, she brought her hands up to her face and started to cry. Closing his eyes, Sora could only imagine how happy he was going to be when Jake died tomorrow. But right now, his focus was on Kairi. Placing an arm around her shoulders, he scooted closer to her and bent his face towards her ear.
"You're everything but a little suffocating annoyance," Sora whispered. He saw Kairi pause and bring her hands slowly from her face. He could see the red tear lines drawn on her face, and how hard she was trying to swallow the knot in her throat so her swollen eyes wouldn't be so glossy, "You want to know something that amazes me?"
Kairi turned her head towards him and tried to smile at him, "What?"
"How you are always beautiful, no matter what you're doing," He smiled when he saw Kairi start to laugh and he couldn't help but let out a small laugh to, "No. I'm serious. Even right now, you're crying and none of your beauty is taken away. It drives me crazy though that such beautiful tears are wasted on someone worthless. Kai, if some guy is making you feel like you have to change then the relationship wasn't meant to be in the first place. If he's too blind to see the amazing person you are, then he doesn't deserve to be with you."
Kairi wasn't sure how to respond. She knew deep down that Sora was right about Jake, but everyone deserved a second chance. Even though it might bite her in the ass in the end, she was going to give Jake another chance.
"Thank you for being here," Kairi said softly. Sora grinned down at her and slowly leaned closer to her. He brought his tan hand to her face and wiped away her remaining tears with his thumb, "Even though you're still beautiful when you cry, it doesn't mean that it doesn't sadden me. I never like seeing you hurt," he paused, moving his hand to where her hand was. He laced his fingers with hers, "Come on."
Kairi, her face a darker shade of red, got up and followed Sora, "Where are we going?"
"You'll see," Sora turned to look over his shoulder, "I think you'll like it."
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Finishing off her sea salt ice-cream, Kairi hugged her knees towards her and glanced up towards the sky. She could hear the distant cries of seagulls and the break of the waves. Since it was still spring time, the ocean water was still frigid and the beach was pretty much deserted except for Sora and her.
"You were right," Kairi spoke, breaking the silence between the two. Sora turned and raised an eyebrow at her since his mouth was currently preoccupied on finishing his ice cream cone. Kairi giggled.
"You know, about me liking it and all."
Sora nodded and gave her a thumbs up. Kairi let go of her knees and fell back on the warm golden sand beneath her. After one last bite, Sora finished his sea salt ice-cream and wiped his hand across his mouth.
"I always loved the beach, even as a little kid. Well, that's what I heard from people anyway. They told me I would beg to just go build sand castles. Then after the whole incident, I only felt complete when I went here. Like, all my memories were hiding somewhere near here. Even today, I come here and glance at that island over there," Kairi tilt her upper body forwards and pointed to the island in the distance, "and I feel this certain connection there. I think, If I were went over to the island, I would finally be able to keep that complete feeling I have, like all the missing memories would just swarm back to me. Sad thing is, I don't even know what I'm missing, I just know I'm missing something."
Should he tell her? That he was the major part of the missing memory? About how he was the keyblade master and that she was the princess of heart? How she saved him and how he saved her? How, when they were younger, they wanted to have an adventure and set out on a raft, but the whole thing ended up turning into a huge complicated mess that changed his life and even hers forever?
Taking in a deep breath, Sora prepared himself for a long talk. The truth was going to come out sooner or later anyway.
"Kai-"
"Yeah I know, It's stupid and weird," Kairi laid back down, "Oh! Look at the cloud over there!"
"Wait-Huh?"
"The one that kinda looks like a dog but much taller," Kairi paused and grabbed his hand, "Here, lay down. It's easier to see."
When Sora did so, Kairi brought his hand up and pointed to her far left, "Can you see it?"
Oh God, It's Goofy.
Sora chuckled and brought their hands down, "Yeah."
"You find one," He heard Kairi whisper. Sora nodded and glanced at the sky. He pointed at a round-looking one.
"There. It's a koala bear, your favorite animal," Sora said, but as soon as he did, he cringed. He wasn't suppose to know that.
"Hey!" Kairi sat up with a sparkle of interest in her eyes, "How did you know that?"
"Uh-I-Lucky guess?"
"Oh," Kairi fell back onto the sand, "Say Sora?"
"Yeah Kai?"
"What's your family like?"
"Well um, my dad died when I was little, but my mom and little sister are great," Sora said, placing his arms behind his head.
"What about yours?" Sora asked. He wondered if her family and friends lied about that one too.
"I never knew my real parents. I was adopted when I was three. My adoptive parents are cool. My mom's kinda quiet though and my dad is the mayor, so you know, he's always busy. I don't have any siblings."
"Ah."
"Your family seems cool. You're really lucky Sora."
Sora turned and leaned up on his elbow. He realized it was getting darker outside. Sora lowered his cobalt eyes down towards Kairi.
"Wanna know another reason why I'm really lucky?"
"Why's that?" Kairi asked, her eyes locking with Sora's.
"Because I have you as a friend," Sora suddenly grabbed her sides and tickled her for a moment. His smile grew as she giggled, "Sora, Stop!"
Listening to her, he stopped, "Come on, Let's get home."
Kairi got up and brushed the sand off her, "Okay."
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Closing the door behind her, Kairi ran up the wooden steps of her house. She quickly opened her bedroom door and shut it behind her. Grabbing Sora's brown sports jacket, she hugged it tightly to her and slummed down against the wall. A smile crept onto her face as the scent of him danced around her. Slowly opening her eyes, she placed the brown jacket onto her lap and sighed.
"...I want to line the pieces up."
"Kairi! Dinner!"
"Coming!"
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"Kairi! What's gotten into you?!" Selphie hollered as her best friend met her at the gate. Kairi looked very different then usual. Her long crimson hair was down except for the two silver clips that held the side of her hair, she was wearing light makeup, and well, she just looked better then usual.
"Selphie! Shh!" Kairi hushed, grabbing her friends arm for security, "I just felt like putting more effort into my appearance today, is that okay?"
"Uh-huh, you're trying to apologize to Jake by looking like a smoking mommacita, aren't you?" Selphie asked, a big know-it-all smirk creeping up on her face.
"Selphie, That's not-""
"Well Well, apology accepted," Kairi felt someone suddenly smack her ass. Kairi turned to see Jake with his group of friends. He gave Kairi a rough kiss.
"Later dollface," Jake called, joining back up with his laughing friends.
"Well look! It worked! Let's go inside!" Selphie tugged Kairi by the arm and nearly pulled her inside the school.
"Selphie! Would you stop?" Kairi bumped into Selphie's back as her friend suddenly stopped in the middle of the hallway.
Wait, she's actually listening to me?
"I smell...MUFFINS!!!" Selphie suddenly ran off towards the cafeteria, to leave Kairi to get all the weird looks from the student body.
"Haha, um...Freshmen are crazy these days," Kairi said, attempting to make the whole scenario a joke. (By the way, Selphie really isn't a freshmen. Lol) Kairi decided to walk away from the embarrassing situation and turned the corner, to only see Sora talking to some girl.
Kairi quickly hid behind some open locker that a kid was getting his books out of. The kid gave Kairi a weird stare as she leaned on his locker to see and hear the situation better.
I wonder who that is. Why is she talking to Sora?
Kairi watched as Sora bent down to whisper in the girl's ear.
What the hell is he doing?
The girl giggled and nodded at him.
Oh, I get it...
Kairi stared down at herself and then at the girl Sora was talking to. It was just so obviously annoying that it happened to be a blonde, petite, and pretty cheerleader.
She didn't know where the sudden anger had came from, but Kairi slammed the locker and walked off.
"Hey! I wasn't done getting my books!"
XXXXX 2 Minutes Before Kairi Arrived XXXXX
"Excuse me," Sora tapped the blonde cheerleader on her shoulder, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Oh yeah sure...Sora!"
"Namine!"
"How are you?" Namine asked while giving Sora a hug. He hugged her back.
"I'm doing great. Art isn't the same without you," Sora said, getting out of the hug and staring down at her.
"Well, I had to take photography this year. It kinda blends in with my career choice," Namine paused, "But yeah, what's up?"
"Oh. I was just wondering if you know where..." Sora leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Jake Graff was?"
Sora stood back up and crossed his arms casually over his chest, "You know, the asshole."
Namine laughed at Sora's remark, "He's in the front of the school. Should I even ask why?"
"Eh," Sora turned around and looked over his shoulder at Namine, "You'll find out sooner or later."
"Oh boy."
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And that day, Jake Graff got his ass kicked.
END
Haha! The ending makes me laugh! I dunno why! So yeah, 1,000 apologies about not updating sooner! I've been so busy! I'll try to get the next chapter up sooner next time, okay! Thank you guys! Please Don't Forget to Review and tell me what you thought!!!
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