Heaven's Eyes
Chapter Six
Time's Flying
Kairi's Point Of View
The following day was… strange. I walked down the stairs to get some medicine for Axel – he had a headache, he said – and I found Roxas sleeping and snoring on the couch. I stared at him for a few seconds and then walked over to the kitchen, where Sora was already. He said he'd take some coffee to keep him awake. He didn't notice me coming in and he was staring outside, a dreamily spark in his eyes. I didn't want to disturb him, so I remained silent.
I had no idea why I let myself break down yesterday. I guess that's what happens if you take Sora away from me for three days…
But what if I went home again? He wouldn't be with me for God knows how long!
I froze up and felt Sora's arm wrap around my waist immediately. He did notice I came in. "You okay?"
I nodded before looking up at him. "I promised you it wouldn't happen again" I said, while stretching my hand out to him while he leaned down into it. We stood there for a while, my hand on his cheek, his arm around my waist.
"Ugh, man. I'll kill Axel for make me sleep on the couch, I swear. My hair is exploded" A grumbling Roxas came into the kitchen, making Sora and me jump up like we were being electrocuted.
"Hey Roxas" I greeted him, trying not to think about the fact I had to leave Sora sooner or later.
Sora hesitated before moving over to the corner of the kitchen. He folded his arms and his eyes were on me, following my every move.
Roxas eyed me curiously. "Good to see you're okay again" He said happily before tackling me into a bear hug.
"Ouch. Err… Roxas…? Can't breathe" I spluttered out.
"Oops… sorry, Kai" He laughed before letting me go. I swallowed as much air as possible as soon as he let me go.
I caught Sora's eyes and saw some kind of jealousy burning in them.
I tilted my head to the side and stared into his blue eyes for what seemed forever.
Jealousy faded and left tenderness.
I smiled at him. Roxas yawned again. "Really, you guys should make a move so I can sleep again"
We both froze up. He in the corner of the kitchen, me in the other one.
"Whoa, what do you mean?" I stuttered. A undeniable blush crept up on my face.
Sora averted his gaze to Roxas, glaring dangerously at him.
Roxas, however, didn't notice. "You should get together and-"
Sora whacked Roxas on the back of his head. "And that's enough, Strife" He said, a dangerous tone in his voice.
This time, Roxas did notice. "Hey, man, that hurt" He mumbled when he rubbed over the spot Sora had whacked him.
Sora just raised his brow. "Any commentary? Enlighten me, Roxas"
I burst into laughter. "Dude, you need serious help" I said to Sora, already knowing what he would say. Though, it was still our secret joke, no matter how much we'd hear it a day.
Sora smiled back at me. "I'm going to take serious help if you stop laughing at me"
"You're such a blackmailer"
He grinned. "Ah, well, that's my job" He looked at Roxas. "Right, Roxas?"
He whacked Roxas again on his shoulder.
"Ouch, man, you don't know your own powers!" He whimpered while rubbing over his sore shoulder.
Sora shrugged once. "Nah. You're just-"
Roxas looked up and sent him a death glare. "Dude, just don't finish that sentence"
Sora's grin widened. But before he could open his mouth, I stood before him and pressed my hand against his mouth, to prevent he said something.
"Hey, stop! I don't want to see a dead body in this kitchen and I definitely don't want to see a murderer in this kitchen!" I quickly said. I especially didn't want Sora's dead body here.
Roxas laughed. "Don't worry, Sora's hair will be just as spiky as it is now when he's dead, so you can still yank his hair out when he's dead"
Sora burst into laughter too. I got goose bumps all over my body when I felt it against the palm of my hand.
Sora gently removed my hand from his mouth and laughed harder. "Seriously, Roxas, you have to stop reading those crappy detectives!"
Roxas smirked. "Whatever you say, sir"
Axel interrupted us by entering the kitchen. His eyes immediately found mine.
He smiled sadly, not noticing Sora and Roxas were staring at him. "Hey Kai"
My big brother. Axel.
Sure, Sora was more important, but Axel was still incredible important.
"Hey Axel!" I said while running over to where he stood and hugging him.
He wrapped his arms around me and tucked my head under his chin. "So, guess I didn't lose you totally, huh?"
"Don't be ridiculous" I mumbled against his chest.
"Who are you kidding, Kai? Big brother is watching you, you know" He chuckled.
I rolled with my eyes, and remembered he couldn't see that. "I'm rolling my eyes at that, just so you know"
Axel let me go and he whacked me on the back of my head. "Glad to see you're okay again"
I held my arms defensively over my head. "Would you please stop hitting me for once?" I said, but I smiled at him.
Axel threw his hands up in the air in defeat. "Fine. For today then"
I sighed with relief and let my arms go. Axel gave me a push in my back. "Now, little slave, make breakfast"
Roxas burst into laughter and when I walked past him, I whacked him against his head. "Slow it down, Messy" I smirked when he folded his arms. "Hey, don't call me 'Messy'! It's your fault my hair is messy like that!"
"You know, you sound just like a girl now" Axel threw his opinion in the battle.
While they argued about Roxas being a girl or not, my eyes searched for Sora's.
They found them very quickly and I just stared into the depths of the oceans.
I wondered how long I could drown myself in them.
And I nearly broke again.
Sora's Point Of View
Three weeks.
It seemed so long.
And now, it was over.
Kairi was going home.
Three days left and I'll be alone again.
What do I do?
Axel's Point Of View
After Kairi's breakdown, things went back to normal.
We visited Sora and Roxas or they visited us. We went to every beautiful spot in Twilight Town and we even got lucky because the sun started to shine. Like it knew Kairi hated the rain and it wanted to do her a pleasure.
Roxas said Sora and Kairi would hook up soon after Kairi's breakdown. I told him Kairi was a tough one if it was about emotions. Even after showing her vulnerable side in her breakdown.
It seemed like I was right.
Nothing special happened. Stuttering and blushing were present, but more? No.
However nothing happened, I saw them change.
See, Sora got some way of following Kairi whenever she moved. If she frowned, he was always beside her, probably silently hinting he was there. If she folded her arms, he put his hands behind his head.
If she walked, he kept up the same pace with her. It was like she was the center of his universe, his gravity.
Kairi was the same. If Sora had a silent day, Kairi didn't speak either. If he moved, no matter how small the movement was, Kairi would move along. If he withdraw himself from us, Kairi went with him.
One couldn't smile without the other smiling along.
Kairi began to show us her heart while Sora turned back to the person he was before he went silent.
I could tell Roxas was just as wary about them as I was.
In the last week, we went to beach. Not the Destiny Islands, but some unnamed beach close to Twilight Town.
Since Sora and Roxas are the only one with a car and the ability to drive, we decided to go together.
I always sat in the back and I was actually expecting Kairi to sit beside me. I should've known better. Sora sat down in the driver's seat and stretched himself out waiting for my redheaded cousin. Kairi sat down beside him.
Roxas sat down beside me.
What surprised me the most, was that neither of them was blushing, neither there was an awkward silence.
Their silence had a different taste. Trust, tenderness and love. However they didn't seem to know it.
Kairi was struggling against it and I bet Sora did some struggling too. To admit it. To admit he was never going to find a way back again.
But, anyways, when they started driving, they suddendly started talking again, like they just went on with their conversation from before, not noticing we, Roxas and me, were listening as well.
"So, you're leaving when?" Sora asked, a hint of… I don't know what in his voice. Kairi knew what it was. She frowned and she twirled a strand of her hair between her fingers.
"Sunday"
Sora was all tensed up. That was it. It seemed like he was ready to explode. His hand nearly crushed the clutch pedal. He took a deep breath and the knuckles in his hand became whiter when he clutched the pedal harder. "And when do you think you'll come back?"
Kairi swallowed and bit down on her lip. "Maybe next year… if my father's doing fine"
Sora grimaced, but quickly wiped every emotion off his face. Like he had learned before Kairi came.
But Kairi didn't let him fool her. And suddendly something did happen. Kairi's hand suddendly rested on his.
Oh boy… this must have taken a lot out of Kairi. Kairi was clingy, yes, but this was not something Kairi usually did.
But what happened next nearly made my jaw drop. Sora relaxed completely. He intertwined his fingers with hers and sighed. "I'm sorry" He said, regretful.
"Don't be. It's not your fault" Kairi told him immediately.
Sora's eyes left the road for a second to look at Kairi. "Then whose fault is it?"
Kairi chuckled, what resulted in a smile on Sora's face too. "I think Axel's. He invited me"
Thanks, Kairi. Just blame it all on me.
"So you say if you never came here, it would've been better"
Kairi thought about that. "Hmm… maybe, maybe not. Actually, if I could do it all over… I would do it all the same"
Sora smiled, so Kairi smiled as well. "Okay, minus my breakdown then"
Sora gave Kairi a squeeze. "I'm sorry..." He tried again. "I just didn't expect it to be so soon"
Kairi squeezed back. Sora smiled at her, receiving a smile back. "And I didn't expect I wouldn't see you for so long"
Silence.
Roxas opened his mouth, apparently to break the silence, but I whacked him against his head. "Shhh, just listen" I murmured.
Roxas scratched his head and nodded once.
They went on. Kairi started this time. "You remember the first week?"
"Everything. What exactly are you referring to?"
Another weird thing. They always knew where the other was talking about.
"About our… err… physiologic talk?"
Sora surprised us by laughing. "I do. Nice nickname for it, by the way"
Kairi blushed. "Well, it's into that list, ain't it?"
Sora still smiled. "I guess you're right. I'm still not allowed to know what you were thinking about?"
She was silent. He gave her another squeeze. "Hey, I'm saying it once again: if you don't want to say it, you don't have to"
She smiled at him. "I was thinking about a way to tell it without you crashing against the car in front of us"
I wrapped my hand tightly around Roxas' mouth, to dim the sound of his laughter.
Sora frowned. Kairi quickly gave him a squeeze back. "It's nothing worse, I promise, but if I would just say it, I'm sure you'll drive us into an accident or something"
He waited.
"I was thinking about leaving"
Can Kairi predict or something?
Sora nearly drove us into the car in front of us. I couldn't see his expression, but saw Kairi's grip tighten on him.
"Or, I was thinking about leaving if that was the best for everyone"
I could see his expression now. He was upset. He didn't say anything, but he managed somehow to keep Kairi talking.
"Mind and heart, remember? My mind yelled at me I should leave…"
"And your heart?" Sora finally asked. He sounded less upset than when I saw his face in the rear-view mirror.
"My heart… err… demanded to stay"
Sora wasn't satisfied and if I was him, I shouldn't be either. She had made a weird hesitation in the middle of her sentence.
"You said you didn't listen to any of them" He brought up quietly.
Kairi frowned and took a couple of deep breaths. "If I had listened to my heart… well, let's say in the worst case you would've been kissed or something"
O. My. God. Kairi saying what her heart wanted out loud? That's a first for me.
Sora looked surprised for a second, but suddendly burst into laughter. "Dude, you need serious help" He managed to say between his laughter.
Kairi laughed as well. "I'll take serious help if you stop laughing at me, Mr. Strife"
"You're such a blackmailer, Hikari" He teased her back.
That little conversation came back from time to time. It was their… teasing moment or something. Roxas thought it was cute. I thought it wasn't nice to use my phrases.
"But, seriously, I wouldn't mind being kissed by you" Sora started after a few seconds.
I shot Roxas a glance. He frowned as well. This conversation was heading in a very dangerous direction.
Kairi chuckled. "Aw… were you so depressive you would have wanted to be kissed by me?"
Roxas and me shared a alarmed glance. So Sora actually told Kairi about what he went through? He never told any of us.
Sora smiled back at her. "Guess you'll never know"
"That's not nice, Spiky" She teased him.
He just laughed in return. "I never said I was nice, Red"
His blue eyes suddendly shot to his rear-view mirror, straight in our stunned eyes.
"Wow, you know, you guys are looking…"
Kairi turned in her seat, never breaking her grip on Sora's hand. "Alarmed?"
Sora chuckled while adding: "Kind of stunned too… what happened?"
Trust Roxas to say something in these situations.
"Y-you… wh-what… what is going on?"
Too bad he never says something meaningful in these situations.
So, then I always have to say something.
"Your conversations are just… crappy"
Roxas nodded like an idiot, showing them he agreed whatever I said. Sometimes, he just another sore loser.
They just looked at us and then at each other before they burst out into laughter.
"Like you can say something meaningful in your conversations"