I'm sorry I'm a day late and if the last chapter was confusing to anyone. If you were confused at all or still have questions after this chapter please tell me and I'll answer them the best I can.

I don't own Kingdom Hearts, only Teirra and the story.

And with that, enjoy.

Chapter 14

Awakening

After Teirra had been taken to the hospital, her friends immediately followed. They gave Lightning and Squall a call as soon as they got there, who appeared not long after Teirra was issued a room and everything else was out of the way.

The doctor said no one was allowed in until he checked on her to find out what was wrong, this worried Sora and the others even more. He had even gone into nervous pacing mode, as most people do in hospitals.

Squall walked up to the nervous brunette and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder, slightly startling the boy as he tried to get him to tell him what happened. This only resulted in Sora babbling quickly and loud enough to the point where it was mere gibberish.

"Sora. You have to calm down, okay? Now, what happened?" Squall's words came out calm, yet firm. Though on the inside he might as well be babbling like Sora right now.

Sora took a deep breath and exhaled. "I... I don't know. She was just ordering her food, I think she saw something else... and, then she fell to the ground and started hyperventilating and just... collapsed." Sora took a shaky breath and ran a hand through his hair.

Squall raised a brow. "She saw something?" Sora nodded. He looked to Lightning, hoping she might have an answer. She simply shook her head and shrugged, also deep in thought.

Lightning looked over to find a few of Teirra's friends pestering the doctor who just exited her room, trying to know if she'd be okay, she smiled at this. "Are we allowed to see her yet?" She asked, keeping her usual calm yet stern look about her.

The doctor nodded and began to clean his glasses. "It seems she just had a panic attack so she should be okay when she wakes up, maybe a bit disoriented but otherwise perfectly fine." He put his glasses back on and Lightning thanked him just as some of the friends and Squall entered the room. Most of them had to go home already but demanded to know what all happened as soon as everything else was cleared up.

"Is she awake yet?" Lightning asked. He shook his head. "She'll wake up today for sure, but it won't be for quite some time."

Squall looked to the rest of the friends. "If that's the case, why don't you guys head on home too? You can always see her tomorrow."

Sora shook his head. "I won't leave her. Not until I know for sure she's okay." He said, his voice quiet, yet strong.

"We want to stay for as long as we can." Namine smiled, Kairi slung an arm over her sister's shoulder.

"Yeah it's what friends do, right?" She looked to Roxas and Riku, who nodded firmly.

Squall stared at them in slight disbelief, then grinned. "You kids." He ruffled Sora's hair- the brunette's words of protest going unheard- and walked out the door.

"We'll be in the waiting room. Later!" He waved as Lightning followed him down the hall. The friends exchanged looks and eyed the doorway in which Squall once stood.

"Weird guy." Riku said, still staring at the doorway.

Teirra half-opened her eyes slowly, trying to recollect what had happened. That man's face the first thing to come to mind, her eyes snapped open and she shot up from the bed, clutching her chest and breathing heavily.

Her mind registered a warmth on her hand that seemed to flicker for a second, hearing a voice call out to her. Although everything was blurred and near muted, it sounded familiar. Teirra attempted to slow her breathing in order to calm down and keep her heart from beating rapidly as she could feel it through her ribcage.

The world was slowly becoming clearer, sound no longer muted as the voice next to her also becoming clearer. Teirra immediately recognized it as Sora's voice.

"-ra. Are you okay? Can you hear me?" He asked, his questions coming so quickly Teirra almost thought he was speaking another language.

"Sora?" Her voice came out hoarse, though she didn't bother to fix it. Her eyelids felt heavy, she wanted to sleep, but for some reason she felt like she had been for a long time.

"What... happened? Where am I?" Teirra asked, panicking slightly, she barely remembered what happened before she fell asleep. She still felt the warmth from her hand, finding the cause to be Sora's own hand over hers, his fingers intertwined with her own.

Teirra felt her face heat up a little, she looked back at Sora, hoping for some answers.

"You don't remember? You passed out at the mall, you had a panic attack or something and you've been out ever since. You were brought to a hospital right after you blacked out," Sora looked genuinely scared. " You've been asleep for a long time, it's past midnight already. Everyone else went home, but Lightning and Squall are outside, probably asleep by now." He chuckled, then quickly returned to his previously serious face.

" I was worried. We all were worried, and scared. You saw something that triggered it. Teirra, what did you see?" Sora gave her a look, a look that meant even if she wanted to hide anything, she couldn't. Not to that face.

Teirra groaned, running her free hand through her hair. "I...," She really didn't want to tell him. Sora looked at her expectantly, she sighed. "I... I saw him."

Sora looked puzzled, and very confused, he raised a brow. "Him? Who's 'him'?"

"The one who... " Teirra could feel herself begin to shake, she tightened her grip on Sora's hand as she tried to fight it back. Sora felt her hand, and changed his expression from confused to worried again.

"Teirra...?" He said cautiously.

"The one who... He's the one that kill-" She was cut off by another familiar brunette.

"Teirra? You're awake!" Squall said happily, the teens quickly moved their hands away from each other before he could see as he embraced Teirra in a bear hug. Weird for a cop, especially him.

Lightning came in the room and pulled Squall off of Teirra before he could suffocate her. "That's enough Squall. Teirra, are you feeling okay?" She asked and Teirra nodded.

Lightning smiled. "Good," She turned serious again as she put her hands on Teirra's shoulders. "Now, Teirra, Sora said you saw something before you passed out. What did you see?" She asked, her voice calm but firm.

Teirra flinched, averting her eyes from Lightning. "Well...," She looked to Sora, who still seemed lost and worried from before. She looked back to Lightning again, shrugging her hands off her shoulders. "I was just seeing things. I didn't sleep much last night and hadn't eaten much today, or, yesterday I guess, it was nothing at all actually." Teirra laughed nervously and scratched behind her head, putting on her emotional shell once again. And Sora could see it.

"Teirra..." He muttered, watching the girl convince her two guards that it was really simply lack of sleep and hunger induced hallucinations.

"Well, I guess I better be getting home, see you tomorrow Teirra." He turned to leave, just as he was through the door he felt a hand grab his own.

"Hang on, Sora." Teirra looked at him with pleading eyes, what was going on inside her head?

"Teirra?" Lightning stared at the girl, who nervously let go of Sora's hand. Teirra looked at the three of them, concerning eyes looking back at her.

"Um... what I mean is, it's late. It's not safe to walk alone at night, we should, uh, take him home, you know..." Sora stared at his friend, why was she acting so weird?

"Uh, well I guess that makes sense." Squall crossed his arms and stared at the brunette, making him a bit uncomfortable.

"Huh? No, it's okay, you don't have to-" Teirra gave him another pleading face, he sighed and gave up, what was with her today?

"Although wouldn't you end up waking everybody in your house when we got there?" Lightning asked Sora, who crossed his arms in thought. "Well, I guess that's true, it's usually not a good idea to wake up my parents, especially my brothers." He shuddered at the thought and threw his hands behind his head.

"Then why don't you stay with us? We have room, plus you wouldn't be waking anyone up." Squall said, smiling as he saw Teirra's face brighten a little.

"Really? You sure?" Sora was already being guided out the door and the hospital by Lightning and Squall with Teirra walking nervously next to him.

The ride home was fairly quiet, other than Squall babbling on about what kind of movie night they should have and Lightning arguing that the teens had school in the morning and should go to bed when they got there instead.

Sora kept watching Teirra, who was constantly twiddling her thumbs and looking out the window as if she thought something was following them. It was a little scary, considering every time Squall got louder she flinched.

"Teirra, are you okay?" He whispered, knowing Teirra didn't want to distract them. She turned her head to face him.

"Huh? Oh I uh...," She looked out the window again. "I'm fine, really." She replied, putting her emotional mask on again. Sora sighed and returned to his side of the back seat.

"Fine. But I'll get it out of you before the night's over." He crossed his arms, Teirra gulped nervously.

He watched her out of the corner of his eye and cast his eyes down to the floor.

You can't hide behind that mask forever.

Lightning and Squall went to bed as soon as they got home, Squall lent Sora some of his clothes for the night and Teirra left to go get changed in her room while Sora did in the bathroom next to her room.

Sora came out of the bathroom, tugging on the shirt that was a little too big for him. He paused when he was in front of Teirra's room, he had to know what was going on with her. He knocked on the door, hearing a sound that sounded somewhat like a question.

"Teirra? It's me, Sora." He whispered only loud enough for her to hear. The door opened to find Teirra already changed into a red t-shirt and black shorts, his face reddened slightly. He'd only seen Teirra wear thing like dresses, jeans, slightly longer skirts, simple and not revealing stuff. Sora had never seen her wear short shorts like that, let alone seen her in her pajamas.

"What is it?" Teirra asked. Her hands slightly clutching the door out of habit, for there were marks on the door suggesting it had been done before many times,

Sora cleared his throat. "We need to talk," He put his serious expression on again and Teirra's hands seem to grip the door a bit tighter. "About what you saw. You've been acting strange ever since you woke up. And I know you lied to Lightning and Squall when you said it was just hallucinations, even if all that other stuff was true."

Teirra averted her eyes, clearly she wouldn't tell him without a little more force. He took a step forward, she took one back. "Please, Teirra. You were already going to tell me before, what's the problem with telling me now?"

"Well, I... I didn't... I don't know, fine. Sit down and I'll tell you." She sighed and sat on her bed, Sora sitting next to her, looking at her expectantly.

"Okay, the person I saw... he's the one," She looked to the ground. "The one who... killed them." Her voice cracked, Sora's mouth was agape. "He's here? How did he even get here without being spotted?"

Teirra shook her head. "I don't know, but I knew I couldn't hide forever," She looked at Sora, a sad smile and fresh tears across her face. "He found me."

Teirra froze as she was suddenly surrounded by a warmth, Sora's arms were thrown around her and they pulled her closer to the brunette.

"S-Sora? What're you-"

"I'm sorry," His grip on her tightened. "I'll help you through this any way I can."

He pulled away for a second, something neither of them wanted to do at the moment. "But... shouldn't we tell Squall and Lightning? They are guarding you for this after all." He said, Teirra's sad expression seemed to deepen, not a good sign.

She clasped her hands together in some sort of begging fashion. "No, please don't tell them!" Her voice came out in a loud whisper rather than the shout she'd rather be doing. Sora raised a brow. "Why?"

"Because if they find out he's here, they'll make me leave again. Please, I'm begging you not to tell them. I don't want to leave, I like it here, a lot." She pleaded, Sora frowned, he couldn't tell them now. She was right, they would make her leave.

"I don't want you to leave either, at all really. But what about keeping you safe, what if something happens? What if you get hurt?" That was the last thing Sora wanted, if anything happened to her, he wouldn't know what to do with himself. Teirra sighed.

"I don't know, but I'll come up with something." She said. She yawned and looked at the clock to find it was almost 3 in the morning.

"Well, we'll figure something out. I promise I won't tell them. For now," Sora stood up. "Get some sleep, okay?" Just as he was about to leave, Teirra grabbed his hand.

"Wait, um..." She trailed off as Sora looked down at her.

"Teirra?"

"I... I'm scared, to be alone. Can you... uh," She paused and looked up at him. "S-Stay here? With me?" She choked out. It's true she was terrified to be alone now, but she was still nervous at the thought of asking Sora to stay with her all night.

Sora stared at her for a moment before smiling and getting back on the bed. "Sure."

"Really?" She asked in slight bewilderment.

"Of course." He smiled.

It took a minute for the two to get comfortable and as soon as the lights were turned off Teirra immediately went to sleep again. Sora smiled warmly at her.

"Good night, Teirra."

Herpderp, cute little romantic and kinda sorta sad moment. Yay.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please read&review. Bye!