Chapter 10
I looked away and shrugged. "He just seems..."
"Ew. Did he like, hit on you or something?"
"No."
"Oh, okay."
I blinked and tried to ignore the inquisitive looks everyone was giving me. Resting my chin in my hands, I glanced to the cafeteria doors, then to where the 'punk' kids were sitting. Kerrak and Kaz still weren't there. I turned my head a bit. Seifer was sitting with Sephiroth. The cafeteria doors caught my eye again. I must've sat staring at them for at least 5 minutes before Kerrak finally arrived. I breathed a sigh of relief. Then I sucked it back in (wincing slightly ata sharp pain in my lungs) when I noticed that Seifer was watching too. In a... in a... predatory way. I couldn't really tell what the look meant but I had a pretty good idea.
He whispered something to Sephiroth and stood up. I sat up straight and watched where he was going. He left. Letting out another relieved sigh, I put my face in my hands again. I had to pull in another full breath because my lungs were a bit on the fritz. I must've sounded like I was just continuously sighing. I leaned over a bit. I wasn't getting any air. My vision began to blur.
"Hey, Sora are you okay?" someone asked. I couldn't tell who.
"Sora?"
I coughed.
Someone's hand was on my back, trying to help steady me.
More coughing. At this point, breathing was not an option. Something was stuck in my throat and I figured it was probably a build-up of blood. I began to cough harder, and eventually, I learned I was right when blood began to drip from my lips.
"Oh... Oh my God." I couldn't recognize the voice speaking but it now seemed to be the only one in the cafeteria. Everyone else had fallen quiet when the people at my table began leaping up in alarm and exclaiming loudly. Someone dragged me up to my feet. I get the impression it was Cloud because I saw gloves on their hands. He never took off his gloves.
Doubling over, I coughed up a rather good amount of blood. Finally I was able to suck in some air but not quite enough.
My vision wavered slightly for a moment and began to clear up, then it started blackening around the edges. I couldn't make out any distinct sounds but I'm pretty sure I heard the word "hospital" before the world faded to black.