Chapter 7: Return


After many hours, I began to wake up feeling better than ever, but something was wrong. I wasn't inside the white room anymore.

I was outside our house, in the arms of someone. I looked up to see Miku, who was focused on what was in front of him, an angry Alice tapping her feet with her arms crossed against her chest.

" I brought her back like ya asked." Miku spat, throwing me to Alice. " You're welcome."

Alice caught me with great ease, patting down my hair as I began to cry like a baby.

" I was so hurt Alice!" I cried out as I hugged her tightly. " I'm sorry I left! I should have stayed." I continued crying, holding on to my sister. Alice hugged me back gently and threw her anger back at Miku.

" How could you let her get hurt huh?" She yelled furiously at him as she let me back on my feet. She ran up at him and smacked him across his face as hard as she could, making him push her down as a result. Like a push of a button, Goku came running out along with the others and pushed Miku away from Alice.

" Look I did try!" Miku shouted, clenching his fists. " The thing is they had me pretty much tied up and all I could do was watch. You think I would love to see her get hurt like that? NO!" he continued to yell, and his true words left us all silent.

" Stop fighting." I cut in, my voice trembling. I never liked it whenever they yelled at each other, especially because of me.

" He DID try, and I'm fine now . . .can we please just all go inside and be ok with this?" I asked. I felt Nora's welcoming arms embracing me from behind, tightly. "Sapphs . . . " He whispered, as his hug got tighter and tighter. " Don't you DARE leave again." He scolded.

Alice and Miku glared angrily at each other, almost like a stare to the death. It seem like they were fighting through their stare.

" . . . Just . . . don't let her get hurt next time." Alice sighed as she walked past everyone and into the house, with Goku following her. Nora and Kari simply stood by me, glaring down Miku, as if they shunned him.

Miku hopped on his bike and took one last look at us, especially at me. His eyes showed his immense regret for what he COULDN'T do. He then sped away, probably back to Ki.


After that event, Nora, Kari and I walked inside, noticing Alice in the bathroom, and Goku outside of it. I walked up to him, seeing his expression was not his usual cheerful expression. He was leaning against the bathroom door with his head hung down and his arms crossed against his chest.

" Goku . . . ?" I asked quietly. " What's wrong?" Looking up to him, I saw his sullen expression quickly changed into a light smile. " Well . . . Alice went to the bathroom an I'm just a bit worried that's all." He patted my head and sat on the floor. " Just go to sleep ok?" He smiled and turned his gaze at the bathroom door.

Knowing I couldn't argue with him, I nodded and walked into his, Nora's and Kari's room. Kari was already in her deep sleep, and Nora laying on his stomach reading some sort of . . . magazine. They both seemed like they quickly changed to go to bed. He noticed my presence and looked at me, smiling.

" Not going to be able to sleep without a person next to ya huh?" He grinned, showing me space next to him. I smiled and jumped on his bed. He quickly shoved me off, playfully.

" WHOA. Not in those clothes you're not. There's like bloodstains and shit . . . go change first." Nora realized as his glance looked away. He wasn't really the strong type when it came to bodily fluids. I ran into their closet, where Kari usually changes and looked for a big T-shirt of Nora's. He regularly gives me his shirts whenever I sleep in their room, but I usually sleep with Alice.

After finding a shirt I liked, I quickly changed and ran back on his bed, taking his blanket away from him. He pulled on it, glaring at me with a mad face. " I said you can sleep next to me not take my entire blanket!" For the next few minutes we fought over the blanket. Kari was SUCH a heavy sleeper, only her internal clock could wake her up, so we never mind if we yelled or laughed really loud.

After one big pull, Nora finally claimed the blanket to be his, however as always, he put the blanket on top of both of us. He then lifted up his hand and brushed the hair out of my face. " Sapphs tell me why you defend that asshole anyways? He's a dick to you an pretty much everyone, and you defended him?" He asked with shock in his tone.

I looked at Nora, playing with his blonde hair that I always admired.

" Well . . . " I started, taking a deep breath. " It's like with you and Kari."

Nora's face turned into a light pink as he smacked me on the head with his rolled up magazine. " You idiot! " he stuttered, his eyes glaring at me. " What do you mean then? It's not like I like her or nothin' . . ." He muttered, looking away from me.

I smiled, and started to play with my own hair, twirling it around my fingers.

" He's just . . . once you find something that you like about their personality . . " my voice drifted off as I looked out his bedroom window, looking at the stars. Nora, still ticked off a bit, turned to look at me.

Just . . . be like a star. Shine in the darkness. No matter how much crap people say to you, be the one that can glow with happiness

I smiled at the remembrance of his words in my dream, as if he said it in person.

" And once you feel cared about even the slightest . . . it makes you want to care and like everything about them. Isn't that what happened with you and Kari?" I asked and sneered and him, seeing his face turn all red again.

"Wh-what do you m-mean?" He asked, stuttering.

I giggled and replied, " You know. The day you two met. When you noticed she wasn't like a normal girl? You began to like her after that." I smiled, seeing him smile a bit in return. He ruffled up my hair, knowing he couldn't hide it from me any longer.

" Go to sleep now. " He whispered, turning around to fall asleep.

I looked at the stars again, and saw a full moon shinning there like it was at ease. The stars twinkling ever so brightly next to it. In the darkness.

Goodnight Miku~