A/N: Holy FLIP! I haven't posted up a new chapter in forever! Please forgive me, loyal readers! BTW, Kakurine's name is pronounced (Kakurinay)! I've gotten rude comments about her name having the word 'urine' in it and I'm starting to get pissed off, so DROP THE SUBJECT!!
Chapter 8: Dr. Namine's Warning
Kakurine's POV
As soon as the afternoon bell rang, I bolted. I was so embarrassed, so confused, and just disgusted with myself. Why had I done that? What was going through my mind when I'd let him kiss me?! Well, actually he pinned me down and then kissed me, but still shouldn't have enjoyed it!
I finished beating myself in the head as I made it to my apartment and heard my phone ringing relentlessly. Immediately, I stopped dragging my feet and unlocked the door to my apartment before flinging it open and running to the phone. I wish I hadn't.
"Hello?" I asked unsurely when I didn't know the number on my caller ID. On the other side, I could hear a bunch of angry girls yelling and fighting over what seemed to me now a cell phone as they sped down the road, when finally a girl started yelling shrilly at me.
"You bitch!" she screamed. "How DARE you try to take Riku-sama from us! If you wanted to get close to him that badly, you should have joined the fan club! Don't think you'll get away with this just because you're the new girl so-" I slammed the phone down suddenly and hung it up. Within a few seconds the phone started ringing again, and I was afraid to answer it thinking it was those girls again, but answered it anyway seeing that it was a different number this time.
"H-hello?" I answered the phone shakily. On the other side, to my relief, I heard no screaming or thrashing, but tensed again when I heard the person sigh.
"Hello, Kakurine-san, are you doing well now?" Dr. Namine's voice came out, sounding tired. I could tell that she was worried, but I just couldn't figure out why she would be.
"Oh, yes Dr. Namine! I'm doing just fine!" I replied as kindly as I could.
"Oh, okay" she said unsurely. After that, there was a long pause. "Say, Kakurine,"
"Yes, Dr. Namine?"
"Riku hasn't…"
"Riku hasn't w-what?!" I asked, my voice starting to shake.
"Riku hasn't done anything inappropriate to you, has he?" she asked unsurely. When she did, my knees buckled and I hit the floor where I was standing. "Kakurine? Kakurine!" Dr. Namine started sounding frantic as she heard me fall. I had to come up with something quick.
"I-I'm fine, Dr. Namine, b-but why do you think Riku would do something like that?" I asked, regaining my composure.
"Oh…" was all I heard. "Kakurine, I thought I'd just warn you that, well, Riku prefers boys,"
"W-what?" I stammered. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Riku was gay!
"Yes," she continued. "And he also has a… disturbing reputation,"
"What do you mean by-"
"I can't!" Dr. Namine exclaimed, cutting me off. "Look Kakurine, just be careful. I can't say anymore without getting myself fired, but it shouldn't be hard for you to figure out the rest. Bye!"
"But!" I tried to get out more, but Dr. Namine hung up immediately. After she did, I just stood there with the phone still by my ear. What was going on? I had to find out.
The next morning, I ran all the way to school and arrived really early. Immediately, I made my way to the library. Surely they were there already. I was right.
When I arrived at the library, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie were sitting in a small table all the way in the corner of the vast library. As I made my way toward them I wondered to myself how a high school library could be so weird. For one thing, it was way too big. Someone could easily get lost among the rows and rows of shelves and if someone was either attacked or injured it would be too late when someone finally got to them.
At that thought, I shivered. What if these people wanted to hurt me? It would take forever before someone could help me!
Though it scared me to no end to think of what they could do to me, I grit my teeth and made my way over to their table. I was going to find out something about the enigma called Riku if I was going to die doing it… even though it appealed to me much more to do as little dying as possible.
When I stopped at there table, Selphie looked up and gave me a warm smile and Tidus and Wakka gave me smiles, but it didn't help that they were looking at my cleavage instead of my face. I couldn't help it my chest was so big! Becoming embarrassed, I crossed my arms over my chest and blushed.
"E-excuse me, but I was told you were friends of R-riku Kiwasaka once," I stammered embarrassed. At the mention of his name, Wakka and Selphie scowled and took off immediately. That left Tidus, who was still staring at my chest as if my arms were invisible.
"U-ummm…" I started inching closer. Tidus finally looked up and smiled at me brightly.
"You wanted to hear about Riku, right?" He asked and pulled out the chair next to him. I knew that I should probably sit across the table but I sat in the chair he pulled out for me anyway. I sure was being daring today.
"T-thank you," I said uncomfortably.
"No problem," Tidus said and took a picture out from his pocket. It was old and faded and had the four faces of absolutely happy children. They were all covered in mud, but I immediately found Riku. He looked like a mini version of himself only… happy. It was obvious the Riku then and now were light-years apart from each other.
"You like him that much?" Tidus asked, breaking me out of my reverie. I noticed that Tidus had taken it upon himself to scoot his chair even closer than before, and was staring at me intently.
"N-no! I-it's just that everyone always gives him strange looks and stuff. I was just wondering how someone so happy then can be so distant now…" I said, eventually drifting off.
"Ohhh, so you're another one of his fan girls," Tidus said scowling. "Damn it, every time…"
"He has fan girls?!" I asked surprised.
"Yeah, but their more like a cult than a club," he said annoyed. "Why? You wanna' join?"
"N-no, it's just… strange," I replied almost immediately. I looked up from the picture once again and saw a look of relief on Tidus's face.
"I-is there some-" I started talking, but stopped when I felt Tidus's lips press against mine. At first I was motionless, but when I regained my train of thought, I immediately pushed him away and almost fell over doing so. The only reason I didn't fall was because Tidus's strong arms held onto me tightly, making sure I wouldn't hit the ground.
"Look, I'm sorry," Tidus said apologetically. "I thought you wouldn't mind…"
"You thought I wouldn't mind?! What do you take me for, you jerk?!"
"I-I didn't mean it l-like that! I-I…" Tidus looked away ashamed. As much as I wanted to forgive him though, I couldn't. I grabbed Tidus's hands from around my waist and stood up. As I was leaving, Tidus grabbed my hand. When I looked behind me, he was just sitting there looking pleadingly into my eyes.
"Just let me make it up to you. How about I take you to a party this Friday? I swear I won't do that again!" he begged, holding my hand tighter. I sighed giving up. He looked like a puppy right now.
"Okay," I said. "But you have to promise you'll tell me all you know about Riku!"
"Anything," Tidus promised, smiling brightly. "Anything!"
A/N: Things are starting to heat up! Check out the next chapter to see what's up!
