A/N: New chappy! I'm pretty proud of this one for some reason. I don't know why, I just like it. Read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own the band Hoobastank or the Candy: M&M's, Starbursts, Gummy Bears, and Reeses.

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They frowned when they saw me. They whispered...muttered...groaned in disbelief. I wasn't the kid they wanted. I was status. I was there to be seen as an object of pity. I only made them look good, that's all they wanted. They didn't want me. Nobody wanted me. They were scared. They didn't want to look at me. Nobody comforted me when I saw shadows on the wall. Nobody told me it was ok when I heard gunshots in my ears. Nobody told me it was ok. So it wasn't ok. So I learned that what I am and what I did...it wasn't ok. It wasn't ok to pull the trigger. It wasn't ok to run upstairs and learn the truth about this damned world. It wasn't ok to scream and cry when I knew it was useless. It's not ok. I'm not ok. So yeah, I've learned my lesson.

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"Kairi! Wait up!" A voice yelled from behind, it was Selphie. Kairi sighed and slowed down but didn't stop walking. She was upset with her right now. No, more like angry.

"Kairi! What is your problem all of the sudden?" Selphie said falling in step with the red head. Waving at the cheerleaders as they passed by.

"Nothing Selphie."

"Yes there is, I know it!"

"And how, you've only known me for about a month."

"Jeez, what is your problem?" Selphie yelled angrily.

"You are! Now that you're a cheerleader you're acting like you're so much better than other people!"

"I am not!" Selphie shouted, stamping her foot in anger.

"Yes. You are."

"I. Am. Not."

"Oh shut up and get out of my way."

"Why don't you shut up and stop being so emotional!"

"I am not, you're being a bitch!"

"Well at least I'm not an emo bitch!"

"What the-" Kairi stopped angrily and stomped off into her art classroom. Ditch Selphie, she didn't need her.

Kairi stomped over to her seat and sat down angrily, grabbing her paints and pastels quickly while fuming.

"...Are you ok?" A voice asked. It was Sora who was calmly setting out his paints and pastels next to her. He eyed her curiously behind his glasses lenses. She was furious, he assessed.

"No, I'm pissed as hell so shut up!" Kairi snapped not looking at him.

Sora did just that and ignored her.

"Oh...crap, I'm sorry...how...how are you?" She asked looking at Sora. He was busy sketching something into one of his black notebooks.

"...Ok...you?" He asked, not looking up. Kairi was instantly curious as to what he was drawing.

"Pissed as hell." She replied in a huff tilting her head so as to see what he was drawing.

"You know...you could just ask to see it." Sora mumbled, again not looking up.

"Oh uh...sorry, didn't mean to intrude...seriously." Kairi said looking away.

"It's ok..." Sora stated placing the notebook in her lap. "It's just you." He said looking in his backpack for something.

Kairi looked at the picture. It was her alright. Sora had skillfully copied the emotions on her face just a few minutes ago. She was furious. And it sure did show. "Wow...I looked bad didn't I?"

"No...just upset."

"Yeah...just upset." Kairi mumbled tracing a line of her hair in the drawing.

"Why?"

"Why what?" Kairi asked looking up at the boy. He looked at her out of the corner of his eyes and Kairi suddenly took note of the beautiful blue color they were. Why hadn't she noticed them before? All she could see was the anger or hurt in his eyes, she'd never really taken note of the breathe taking color.

"Why are you so upset?" Sora asked, turning to look at her fully in the face. Kairi gulped. His eyes were really getting to her right now for some reason.

Kairi sighed as the events that took place a few minutes ago came to mind. "My friend Selphie and I had a little...argument..because she's popular I guess now and...I just...I don't know."

"She's the new cheerleader..."

"Yeah..."

"That's what happens to most of them...the ones who want so badly to fit in they leave all their friends behind..."

"...Has that happened to you?" Kairi asked, looking at the sad look on Sora's face that he quickly masked.

"...No, no...it hasn't."

"...oh." Kairi whispered looking at her hands. She had hoped he could relate.

Sora was about to say something when the eccentric teacher bounced into the room.

"There'll be no lecture today class, we'll all be going outside to paint a moment in scenery, the easels are already out there. Your drawings will be graded as one cohesive piece. That means both of your paintings will be graded as a piece for all of you dimwits. Pair up with your partner and follow me!" The teacher yelled excitedly.

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"...I hate this class..." Kairi muttered staring at her blank canvas.

"Why are you in it in the first place...?" Sora asked, already painting the outline of a red maple tree.

"My 'Dad'...he wants an artist in the family and since he can't make any of his kids take an art class, he asked Mom to make me."

"Oh...sorry about that." Sora stated studying his artwork.

"Meh, can't be helped..." Kairi mumbled, trying to think of what to draw. "God I don't know what to paint..."

Sora looked around at the school scenery and spotted something interesting. "Paint that." He said, pointing to a red rose, the only one living among the other dying roses.

"That?" Kairi asked, not seeing what Sora saw in it.

"Yeah..."

"Why that?"

"Paint it, then think about it. Maybe it'll mean something to you in the future." Sora turned back to his own painting and started adding the color.

"Ok..." Kairi bit her lip and slowly dipped a small brush into the black ink. Looking over at Sora she asked him if it was the right sized brush.

"You might want to use a smaller one...just in case."

"Ok, this one?" She asked holding up a smaller paintbrush.

"Yeah, that's perfect. Now remember, use your arm for long strokes, not your hand." Sora said looking back at his almost finished piece.

"Ok..." Kairi said furrowing her brows in concentration. Sora looked over and nearly smiled. She was kind of cute when she was serious.

"Try not to use only black for the outline...maybe a hint of brown or something along the edges."

"Gotcha." Kairi said cleaning her little brush and dipping it into the brown paint.

Sora was now finished with his painting and was signing his name at the bottom.

"Ugh, you make me feel so slow!" Kairi pouted frowning at Sora.

"You'll get better...hopefully." Sora stated cleaning his brushes and putting them in the little case that sat on the easel.

"Hopefully..." Kairi muttered sarcastically turning back to her barely started painting.

"Now that you have the outline, start with the color." Kairi reached for a very bright red.

"No, not that one, that'll ruin it. Use that one." Sora said pointing towards a dark crimson color.

"Why that one..it's so dark, it's almost brown."

"Kairi, its autumn...besides that rose isn't too red."

Kairi nodded getting the idea and turned back to her painting. Losing her grip on her brush the paintbrush dropped, drawing a line across the canvas.

"Oh god I'm a failure!" Kairi whined looking at the canvas.

"Shut up. We can fix this." Sora said grabbing a small cloth from the side of the easel. Grabbing a little bar of oil he quickly rubbed it into the cloth and dabbed at the canvas. "There...it's barely noticeable."

"Wow...thanks."

"...no problem...just quit whining so much..." Sora mumbled sitting back down on his stool.

"Yeah...sorry." Kairi said turning back to her canvas, her hand was still wobbly in the strokes were coming out ragged.

"Here, like this." Sora said quietly, grabbing her hand and drawing a smooth stroke. "Not to hard, not too soft." He said drawing another. Kairi blushed madly, which caused Sora to blush and remove his hand. He quickly turned away and pulled at his face in attempts to get rid of that goofy blush.

"Thanks..." Kairi whispered, trying not to blush.

"No problem..." Sora said keeping his head turned away from her.

Kairi tried to think of something that would lead away from this embarrassing moment. "Hey Sora...what's you favorite candy?" She asked blushing beet red as she just realized what a stupid question that was.

Sora held back a chuckle at this and turned toward her, knowing that he was no longer red in the face. "I like starbursts and M&M's, what about you?." He asked, amused at Kairi's expression.

"I like reeses's...and gummy bears." Kairi said smiling.

"I used to like gummy bears...ate too many of them one day and well...you take a wild guess." Sora said remembering that horrid day.

"Haha, I love 'em...they're so cute. I like to bite of the heads first." Kairi said before thinking. She groaned angrily at herself after realizing what she had just said. "You must think I'm a kid..."

"No...I do stuff like that too. I like to eat all my orange M&M's first and I never eat the red ones because I think they're evil."

"Haha, evil? Why?" Kairi asked, putting her paint brush down to grab another.

"Reminds me of medicine for some reason."

"You scared of medicine?" Kairi asked chuckling.

"Naw, it's just nasty..." Sora muttered. "What's your favorite band? He asked before thinking. Why in the world was this conversation going so smoothly? And why the hell was he so interested in talking to her?

"Hoobastank...they're awesome." Kairi said excitedly. Sora held back a face of disgust (A/N: No offense everyone, Sora just doesn't like that type of music. ).

"That's cool." Sora stated looking at her painting. It wasn't that bad. She only needed a little more color.

"What's yours?"

"I don't have a favorite...I like a lot of bands, mostly metal bands...some emo...depends on the sound." Sora said playing with one of his many bracelets.

"Cool, I don't get that kind of music...hey, where did you get that bracelet?" Kairi asked looking at a silver one he had on. It was a small chain with a crown charm on it. The charm was slightly big and looked as if it should be a necklace charm.

"This one? Oh...I don't know...I've always had it." Sora said looking down at the charm. He remembered getting that necklace...or bracelet now. It was his most prized possession.

"It's pretty, was it a necklace?"

"Yeah...I need a bigger chain for it so I wear it as bracelet for now." Sora stated still looking at the charm. He couldn't help the tears that came to his eyes when he looked at it. He looked away quickly so Kairi wouldn't see it.

"Yep, I think it's ok..." Kairi said looking it over.

"I think it's great." Sora said catching her eye. Kairi blushed and looked at her hands. This was a first. A compliment on one of her paintings, it was almost too good to be true.

"Thank you." She said standing up. Sora stood also and picked up his canvas.

"Your welcome." He answered as they walked towards their teacher and placed their canvases with the others. The teacher then announced that class was over and that all the students who hadn't finished needed to come towards the front. Kairi looked down as Selphie passed with Roxas in tow she turned her attention away from them in hopes to calm her raging emotions. She looked over at Sora who was signing the sign out sheet the teacher demanded everyone sign for 'safety' reasons.

"Hey um...it was really nice talking to you." Kairi said nervously.

Sora bit his lip, not really knowing how to answer her comment. "Um...thanks..." He mumbled. "I'll see you later..." He whispered turning away. Kairi smiled softly, he was nervous also. The fact kind of made her feel less like a shy freak.

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Sora made his way to the entrance to of the school when he was stopped rudely by a strong hand. Sora closed blinked his eyes angrily and looked up into Riku's face. "Word at school says Kairi told Selphie that you were at my house." Riku whispered his voice low. Sora had learned that this meant he was extremely angry. "Why's that?"

"...I tried to fix it..." Sora mumbled looking down at his hand.

"You 'tried'?" Riku asked sarcastically. He then made a fist and punched Sora square in the stomach. "Now how am I supposed to explain this?!" Riku roared punching him again. Sora didn't make a noise but only closed his eyes in pain. "Answer me you piece of shit!"

"I don't know." Sora said gasping as he felt Riku's fist collide with his jaw.

"Yeah you do, why didn't you put an end to it, huh?!" Riku yelled punching him in the stomach. Sora gasped, unwanted tears springing to his eyes.

"Hey, leave him the hell alone!" A voice yelled coming out of nowhere. Sora's breath caught in his throat. Not him. Anyone but him. Riku stopped and turned to see who it was, as he was turning he pinned Sora to the wall with one of his hands preventing an escape. His hand was around Sora's neck cutting off his air supply causing Sora to gasp in pain.

Riku ignored this and snickered nastily. "Oh...the new kid...trying to make friends with the freak huh?"

Roxas frowned angrily. "Leave him alone." He yelled approaching the two. It was all too familiar this picture. The only change was this kid being in his old place. He had no idea why he decided to interfere. Maybe it was stupidity, or maybe it was the feeling of a need to change something about the picture. He had always prayed someone would stop they bully at his old school from beating him up. Maybe it was sympathy. He didn't know. All he knew was that whatever emotion was behind this act was making him feel angry.

"Make me." Riku snickered looking down at the smaller boy. Roxas smirked at this. Before Riku knew it was coming Roxas had punched him right in the jaw. Riku fell back holding his face a muttering curse words.

"Are you ok?" Roxas asked rushing over to Sora. He placed his hand on Sora's shoulder as a worried gesture but Sora quickly slapped it away.

"I'm fine. Go away." Sora said biting his lip and narrowing his eyes. He felt as if he were about to faint.

"No you're not. You need to go to the nurse or something."

"Don't tell me what to do. Leave me alone. I don't want or need your attention." Sora yelled in between gasps.

"Yes you do. Stop being stubborn. I'm taking you to the nurse." He said grabbing Sora's arm. Sora panicked and punched him in the stomach.

"Don't touch me!" He yelled trying to hide his fear. "Get the hell away from me already!" Sora bit his lip and absentmindedly noticed that Riku was no longer around. This made him even more panicked for some reason.

Roxas pulled back, the punch hurt, but it wasn't that bad. He had felt worse. Plus, martial arts helped when it came to preparing yourself for attacks. "Are you alright...?" He asked. The boy was acting strange, like he was afraid of being touched or something. Roxas suddenly felt something towards the boy. A connection. The feeling he felt the first time he saw him in their biology class came back to him in a rush. Why in the world did this boy seem so familiar?

"I'm. Fine." Sora said through his teeth. He tried to stand but gasped and bent back down again.

"Hey...I'm gonna go to the nurse ok?" Roxas said looking at Sora. Sora looked down nervously he was about to say something when Roxas spoke up again. "Just for some pain killer, I'll say it's for me."

Sora didn't say anything but kept looking down, the nervous panicked look never leaving his face.

"Is that ok with you? I won't if you don't want me too."

"It's fine..." Sora said, just wanting him to go away for a few minutes so he could at least regain his composure.

"Ok...I'll be right back." Roxas said standing to leave. He ran back inside in search of the nurses office his mind trying to remember where he had seen the boy before.

Meanwhile, Sora sat, his back against one of the school pillars, his eyes closed trying to calm down. He was so worked up right now. He had talked to him. He had talked to Roxas. The last time he had talked to him was ten years ago. They were five. Almost six. It was so surreal. Before he knew it Roxas was back.

"Hey, I got you the pain killer...I hope it helps." He said handing Sora the medicine and tossing him a water bottle that he bought from a vending machine.

Sora looked at the medicine. It was red. It reminded him of the conversation he had with Kairi twenty minutes earlier. It seemed so far away right now.

"Thank you..." He whispered, it was barely audible but Roxas heard it.

"No problem." He said smiling. After Sora had swallowed the pill he held his hand out for him to take. Sora looked at it cautiously. He thought about if he should take it or not, it wasn't a dangerous gesture or one that made him too uncomfortable. He decided he'd take it even though it felt very awkward.

The bell rang for the end of lunch as Sora slowly stood up. "Whoa...we'd better get to class." Roxas said grabbing his bag.

"I'm...sorry I wasted your time..."

"Hey, I had nothing to do anyway, and I wasn't hungry...don't worry about it."

Sora bit his lip nervously and made his way slowly to the biology classroom with a limp. Roxas followed with a worried look on his face.

"Are you sure your going to be alright?" Roxas asked as they reached their classroom door.

"Yeah..." Sora answered quietly walking in quickly so Tifa could fuss over him as usual and then walk quickly to his seat. Roxas frowned and followed him in, the rest of the class behind them.

All throughout biology he was troubled with thought about the goth boy who was so familiar. He then realized he didn't even know his name. Maybe that would give him some answers. Maybe it would make him remember. Maybe the boy was from the part of his life he couldn't recall. Maybe his name would awaken the six years of his life he couldn't remember. The first six years of his life that he yearned to know about so bad. Maybe, just maybe it would clear things up.

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Walking home in November is like walking through paradise. The trees, the sunshine, the blowing wind. It makes me want to bottle the feeling and keep it forever. It hurts every time I turn the bend, I face the house. What a beauty they say, you must be so happy here. I laugh. A sick twisted laugh. This house. This house wasn't a beauty. It was a little piece of hell this house. It isn't a home. This house isn't a home. Homes are places we long for, homes are filled with family, loved ones...joy. This house is full of hate, anger...despair. This house isn't safe. Nobody wants to live somewhere they aren't safe. What happens when the people who are supposed to care for you when your hurt, are the ones who hurt you in the first place? They say I should be happy. That I'm lucky. I just laugh. I always laugh. This house isn't a home. It's the train station to hell. And I'm an everyday passenger.

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Review Responses!

Black-Dax- Hehe, well no actually. That little chapter was pretty confusing I guess. It's not really a Riku Sora thing. Nice guess though. Thanks for reviewing even though it was so short!

Evil Genius of the COCA- Hehe, I wanted to huggle Sora the whole time I was writing that. Poor Sora UU. Kairi will, sort of. A girl can't make all of his problems go away you know. :) Thanks for reviewing this short little chappy!

Malcolm Yuy- Roxas is Sora's foster brother? Nope! Nice guess. :) Thanks for the compliment, I know it was pretty morbid, it kind of had to be. (And I love writing morbid poems...I don't know why.) Thanks, and thank you for reviewing!

HyperShadowGirl11228- It appeared to be confusing for everyone. :( OH well. Thanks for liking it! And no, Riku and Sora didn't like each other. Sorry. :) Thanks for reviewing!

angelofsweetness- Yep, confusing. I'm glad you got it though:) Yes, poor Sora. I really pity him. (I've made his life such a mess...) Anyways, thank you so much for reviewing!

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