A/N: You guys are about to bawl your eyes out… just a warning! :3
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Chapter Twenty Nine
From the Point of View of Vanitas
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"Sora…"
My ears perked up as I heard the tiniest little voice sound, "Kairi?" I jumped up and stood beside her, grabbing her hand tight, "Kairi, how do you feel? Are you okay?"
Her perfect blue eyes fluttered open slowly, but they weren't filled with joy to see me… "Vanitas? What the fuck are you doing? Let go! Where's Sora?!"
I dropped her hand, backing up slowly, "Kairi… do you remember what happened…?"
"Am I in the hospital? Good Lord, my head hurts… what the hell happened? What did you do?!"
"Kairi, honey… you were shot. Xion shot you and kidnapped Namine," I told her, incredibly concerned by her apparent lack of memory.
She attemped to sit up, but was met with an intense looking pain, "Why are you calling me honey? That's fucking disgusting. Where the hell is Sora?"
I reached up and pressed the call button, tears springing up into my eyes, "They delivered the babies, Kairi… they're both just perfect…"
"Babies? What the fuck are you talking about? Get the fuck out of here!"
"You really… you don't remember? Kairi, we're engaged. We have twins… You and Sora have been divorced for months!"
Her eyes widened and she looked ready to panic, "Nurse! Nurse please help me!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, alerting the entire hospital.
"Kairi, you need to calm down… you just went through three major surgeries at once! You're going to hurt yourself!"
"I don't know what you're talking about! Get the fuck out of my room you creep! Where is my husband?!"
I didn't know what to do… but the nurses came running in to calm her down. I grabbed the doctor that had given me the scrubs earlier, "She doesn't remember… me, the babies… she still thinks she's married to her ex-husband. She has no idea what happened…"
"It's very common after brain surgery to have some memory loss… but shouting the truth at her isn't going to help. She needs to stay calm or she's going to bleed through her sutures," she told me, keeping her voice hushed as the nurses tried to calm her down, "We don't want to have to sedate her… is there any way that her ex-husband can come in?"
"He's on his way from out of town… He should be here any moment. But… will she ever remember? I mean… they're her children…"
She shifted on her feet uncomfortably, "There's no way to be sure… it could be temporary, or It could be permanent… We'll just have to see. But you seem to upset her quite a bit… it would probably be best if you stayed out of her room for now."
I stared at her for a moment, "You're seriously asking me to leave my sick fiance alone right now?"
"If you truly want to help her, yes…"
"No… no, I can't leave her. I'll get through to her, I will," I folded my arms over my chest, looking over at Kairi as she settled back down against her pillows.
The doctor just sighed, "All right… but if she has another panic attack we're going to have to call security to escort you out."
As the room cleared again, I walked up to Kairi, "Listen to me… I know that all of this is terrifying. Even if you did remember what happened, it would still be just… horrifying. But we have a future together and I'm not giving up on it…"
She narrowed her eyes on me, "Start from the beginning and tell me everything."
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"No… it's just not possible. I mean, kudos to you for coming up with such an insane story, but… there's no way that I'd ever cheat on Sora. …Or that he'd be gay? I mean, where did you come up with that nonsense?"
Okay, so even if she didn't believe me at least she was staying calm. "I'm telling you the truth, Kairi. Sora is about to show up with a tall blond man named Cloud. He wasn't here because they went on a ski trip for Christmas together."
"Christmas… Jeez, I feel like it's still spring…" she mumbled, shifting a little bit in her bed, "So… I was pregnant? Really?"
"The babies are just gorgeous, Kairi… Seriously, you're going to fall in love with them the moment you meet them."
She shrugged, "I mean… I guess I might. I just don't feel like… like a mother. Sora and I never even wanted kids."
"Just… just wait until you see them. Maybe they'll jog your memory back."
"I still think you're just fucking with me, Van… there's no way we were engaged! That's just insane!"
Suddenly I remembered something, grabbing a little box with a big red bow on it from the little table in the corner of the room, "I had been keeping this in the glove compartment of my truck until Christmas morning because I didn't want you to see it and ruin the surprise… When they told me that they'd finally put you in a room I ran down and grabbed it because I wanted to give it to you when you woke up…"
She took it from me and fiddled with the wrapping paper, the little monitor on her finger making it difficult for her. When she eventually got it open, she gasped softly at the sight of the engagement ring settled on a bed of red velvet. "Vanitas… what is this?"
"I'd kind of proposed to you out of the blue when we found out that I was the father, so… I never got you a proper ring. I would have given it to you sooner, but I was having it custom made. There's an inscription on the inside of the band…"
"You are the beauty to my beast…" she read, smiling just a little. But then her lips turned down into a frown and she handed it back to me, "I'm sorry, but… I just don't remember loving you, Vanitas. My heart belongs to Sora."
And I could feel my heart breaking to pieces inside my chest. "…All right. I will… hang onto this until you remember everything."
"But… what if I never do? I mean, I don't even remember a little bit… it feels like you're just telling me a really weird story about someone else's life."
"I'm not going to give up hope… you'll remember soon, I know it."
We both looked up as Sora came bursting into the room, "Kairi! Holy shit, you look like hell!"
"Gee thanks…" she mumbled, "First Vanitas starts telling me this crazy ass story about us being engaged, and now my own husband is insulting me!"
"Husband…? Kairi, our divorce was finalized a month ago. …And I thought you were engaged," he stepped into the room, taking the seat next to me.
Kairi just groaned, "Oh fuck… he wasn't lying…"
Sora looked over at me, thoroughly confused, "What gives?"
"She doesn't remember anything… Apparently she had a small brain aneurysm that burst when she was shot, so they had to do brain surgery and it must have fucked up her memory. She still thinks it's springtime and that you're happily married."
"Well shit… Is it permanent?"
I sighed, "There's no way to tell… she doesn't even remember being pregnant."
"So where is this Cloud guy that Vanitas has been telling me about? He was lying about that part, right?" Kairi chimed in, looking out into the hallway.
"He's trying to find a parking space… Sorry, Kai… he wasn't lying."
She huffed a little, "This feels like a dream… We were so happy together, Sora! How could I ever love …him over you?"
The way she looked at me when she said that made me want to curl up and die in the corner.
"Kairi, I know it sounds insane but… Van really loves you. Maybe you shouldn't be referencing him like the thought of loving him digusts you," Sora actually stood up for me, something I never thought I'd see.
"Right… sorry, Vanitas…" she trailed off, "I'm getting really sleepy…"
I smiled a bit, "It's okay… get some sleep. I think you deserve it after the day you've had."
Sora tugged on my arm, "Can we talk outside?"
"Yeah…" I stood up, following him out of the room and hitting the lights on the way, "Thanks for coming down here, Sora…"
"Of course. She might not be my wife any more, but I still care about her. And… you're my brother. I wanted to be here for you too. How are you doing? I know this must be hard after what happened to Aqua…"
We sat down in the waiting room, "It was incredibly difficult at first… I think I actually passed out in the waiting room earlier from worrying too much. But now that she's okay and the twins are doing well…"
"The twins… they're here? They were born?"
"Yeah, they had to deliver them while she was in surgery. Eli is doing really well… Reagan is on a ventilator, but other than that… she's perfect."
Cloud appeared out of the elevator, rushing over to us, "So?"
"Kairi is fine, but she has some pretty bad memory loss. And… Van was just telling me that they delivered the babies and they're doing very well," Sora told him, "She's asleep now, so… just have a seat with us."
As we talked, my mind just kept darting back to the way she looked at me… I never thought I'd see that look again. It was truly a look of hatred.
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A/N: I warned you! Poor Vanitas… D: His heart won't be able to take much more!
Sorry my updates don't come as quickly anymore! I'm currently leaving the house at 4:30 in the morning to go do updos for an entire wedding party including the bride… all by myself! Yay! I was glad to bang out this update before I left though!
Until next time!
Simply Rexene
