Runaway
Chapter fourteen
Kari sat on the edge of T.K's bed as she watched him carefully fold away his clothes and place them in his backpack. She glanced at her silver watch, 4:15. T.k was due to leave for the airport in only half an hour. Oh god just half an hour left.
The hours had flown by today, she had tried her best to hold on to every second that she spent with T.K, trying to make their last day together last as long as possible. Maybe that's why the day had gone by so quickly.
In the pit of her stomach Kari felt something starting to bubble up, she felt tears stinging the backs of her eyes. It wasn't fair, why did he have to go so soon.
T.k zipped up his backpack and threw it on to the floor. The only thing that could match the sadness he felt right now was Kari's own sadness. He laid down on his bed and pulled Kari gently on top of him. She rested her softhead on his firm chest. He wrapped his arms around her body in a tight grip.
" This isn't fair," Kari whispered gently,
" Nothing ever is," T.k told her wisely. He didn't want to go, he couldn't leave her, if he did it would be asthough he was leaving half of himself behind. He would never feel complete again, he knew that for certain.
" We can still see each other," T.k whispered, his voice choked un-easily as he felt Kari's hot tears soak into his shirt. " We can write to each other and talk on the phone and when I get home I'll get a job and save up enough money to come and visit you,"
" But you'll just have to leave again," Kari sobbed as she clutched his shirt in her hand.
The lump in T.K's throat thickened. She was right, no matter how much he loved her they could never really be together. There was nothing that he could do or say to make either of them feel better. This was the end, and they both knew it.
" T.K are you ready the taxi's here," Joe's voice called from outside the hotel room door,
" No! Not already!" Kari cried, She leapt out of T.K's arms and stared at him with eyes filled with despair.
T.K sat up and hugged her tightly.
" Our plane doesn't leave for another three hours, you can come to the airport with us," T.K whispered into her hair.
" I can't," Kari croaked, " I love you T.K," She whispered as she pulled away from him.
" I love you too Kari, your my angel," He told her as he stared into her beautiful hazel eyes.
Suddenly she jumped off of the bed and dashed out of the room, with out a backward glance. T.K reached out to grab her, but instead he collapsed onto the bed. It would be easier to have a quick good bye. His heart would only break even more if he had to watch himself leave her behind, after a long emotional good bye.
He stood up, rubbed his face and dug his hands into his pockets. His fingers brushed against something hard and thin. He pulled out a Polaroid photograph of him and Kari hugging each other in the park yesterday. His heartstrings seemed to snap as he stared at her grinning face.
* * *
Mimi hugged Matt one last time as she stood with the rest of the group beside the taxi that would take them to the airport.
" Now you've got to promise that you'll write to me," Mimi reminded him,
" I promise," He grinned at her and pecked her on the check. She kissed him back.
" Have fun," He told her as she slid into the taxi beside T.k.
" I will don't worry about that," Mimi grinned,
" Bye,"
" Bye,"
Sora hugged Davis and kissed him on the cheek as she said goodbye.
" Look after yourself okay Dae,"
" I will sor, but only if you promise me that you'll carve my name into the statue of liberty,"
" I'll try," Sora laughed. She turned around and gave Izzy and Yolei a big hug each, " Now promise me you too will both take care of each other," Sora grinned at them,
" Don't worry Sora we'll both be fine," Yolei smiled as she looked lovingly at Izzy,
" Because if I find that you have done anything to Yolei I will kick your butt all the way to England," Sora warned Izzy playfully. She turned around and gave matt another big hug.
" Don't worry sor I'll look after him for you," matt whispered in a low voice so that no one else could here. Sora looked at him with a mixture of anger and thankfulness, " It's okay you don't have to pretend with me. What you two had never goes away,"
Sora was about to open her mouth to argue, but she decided not to bother, she didn't want to spoil her last few moments with her friends. Instead she slid into the back of the taxi with the rest of her group and waved good bye as she left her other friends behind once again. She had been disappointed that Kari hadn't come to say goodbye. She glanced over at T.k who was staring miserably at a picture in his hand. But then again Sora could understand why Kari hadn't wanted to hang around to say goodbye.
The atmosphere in the taxi was subdued and cold. No one spoke as they drove through the busy streets. Without Yolei it just seemed way to quite. If Yolei were here she would be chatting away about something that no one really cared about. Sora already missed her annoying talking.
Her heart suddenly pulled sharply as she realised how much she was going to miss about this place. How much she was leaving behind. Why was she going again? A voice asked in her head. Why was she leaving all the people she loved most? Why was she leaving him again?
Because I want to. She argued silently with her self. She had been nearly all the way around the world. Now it was time for her to finish her trip. This was something that she had to do! She wasn't going to let anyone hold her back from a dream that she had held for so long.
Sora glanced over at T.k again. She could almost feel the waves of misery flowing from his heart. The shining sparkle of energy seemed to have disagreed from his eyes. He looked old and weak, asthough he had just lost his whole life.
Sora could remember sitting in the back of a Taxi, travelling these same streets towards the same fate. She could remember feeling just like him and most probably looking just like him. She thought back to what she had been thinking as she left her life behind.
Tai.
He was the only person she could think about for months and months after she left. Every second that ticked by she had thought of him. Every time she woke up she saw his face and every time she drifted to sleep she heard his voice.
A lump twisted in her throat, she felt spicy tears behind her eyes. But that was in the past, it was over with now, should would never think of him again from now on. He was the past she should look to the future, she tried to convince herself.
* * *
Tai sat on his parents couch staring at the T.V. he wasn't really watching it, he couldn't concentrate on anything lately. His mind just seemed to drift every time he tried to do anything.
He could feel her soft skin under his hands, he stroked her all over her silky body as he indulged deeper into their passionate kiss. She ran her hands through his hair, his heart leapt everytime their bodies even briefly touched. This was nirvana, pure paradise.
A loud bang woke him from his daze as the apartment door slammed.
" Ohh Kari..." he heard his mother whisper as a blur ran into his sisters room and slammed her door. He turned his head to look at his mother.
" She just said goodbye to T.K," His mother explained softly.
T.K Kari hadn't stopped talking about him for three days. He had hardly seen her for three days because she had spent so much time with him. But as soon as she had come home all he had heard from her was, ' T.k said this and T.K thinks that'.
A slight smile crossed his lips as he realised he used to drive everyone crazy because he talked about her so much. It wasn't his fault, he just couldn't stop thinking about her. She was on his mind 24:7, even after they had broken up she was still on his mind.
He spent every second thinking about her. Every living second. He dreamed about her even when he slept. Why did she have to hurt him so much like this? His own thoughts were destroying him. He couldn't stop thinking about her, but everytime he did his heart broke even more. Was Kari in for the same fate as him? To be eternally reminded of her lost love, until the pain of her thoughts killed her soul.
" It's always hard to lose your first love," His mother whispered, Tai noticed a mischievous sparkle in her eye.
No he wouldn't let Kari suffer his fate. He leapt over the couch, grabbed his car keys and dashed out of the apartment.
* * *
Kari laid on her bed in the dark of her room. She didn't care if she never saw sunlight again. She didn't care if she never left this room again. Life was meaningless without T.k. She might as well just die now, what was the point in carrying on. Heavy UN controllable sobs shook her body. She would never stop crying. Even when her tears had dried up she would still be crying inside. She would never stop grieving for what they had lost.
Suddenly her bedroom door flew open, Tai barged inside and grabbed a backpack from her desk.
" GET OUT!" Kari cried through her sobs.
" Get up Kari," Tai demanded sternly,
" No! Don't you of all people dare to tell me to get my act together. I'm never coming out of this room again. And don't you dare judge me Tai, because are the last person in the world who can judge what I do," She yelled at him,
" Kari do you love this boy?" Tai asked seriously,
" Of course I do!" Kari screamed. She bet that he thought she was over reacting, she bet that he thought she could never love anyone as much as he loved Sora.
" Then get off your butt and do something about it!" Tai yelled, He thrust an aeroplane ticket in her face. Kari looked at him with a bewildered expression on her face.
" Kari if you really love someone. I mean love them so much that you can't bear to live without them. Love them so much that you feel a part of you has died when they go away. Well . . .well you only get one chance at a love like that. And when you're offered that chance to be eternally happy with someone . . . Well you shouldn't let it go. You shouldn't let them go," He told her softly. Kari reached forward and took the plane ticket from him.
" Do you think I should go?" She whispered, as she stared at the thin piece of paper that would decide her destiny.
" If you love him," Was Tai's final answer.
Authors note- See I told you this chapter would be out soon. Thanks again for all of your reviews and PLEASE keep them coming!!!!!! (
Kari sat on the edge of T.K's bed as she watched him carefully fold away his clothes and place them in his backpack. She glanced at her silver watch, 4:15. T.k was due to leave for the airport in only half an hour. Oh god just half an hour left.
The hours had flown by today, she had tried her best to hold on to every second that she spent with T.K, trying to make their last day together last as long as possible. Maybe that's why the day had gone by so quickly.
In the pit of her stomach Kari felt something starting to bubble up, she felt tears stinging the backs of her eyes. It wasn't fair, why did he have to go so soon.
T.k zipped up his backpack and threw it on to the floor. The only thing that could match the sadness he felt right now was Kari's own sadness. He laid down on his bed and pulled Kari gently on top of him. She rested her softhead on his firm chest. He wrapped his arms around her body in a tight grip.
" This isn't fair," Kari whispered gently,
" Nothing ever is," T.k told her wisely. He didn't want to go, he couldn't leave her, if he did it would be asthough he was leaving half of himself behind. He would never feel complete again, he knew that for certain.
" We can still see each other," T.k whispered, his voice choked un-easily as he felt Kari's hot tears soak into his shirt. " We can write to each other and talk on the phone and when I get home I'll get a job and save up enough money to come and visit you,"
" But you'll just have to leave again," Kari sobbed as she clutched his shirt in her hand.
The lump in T.K's throat thickened. She was right, no matter how much he loved her they could never really be together. There was nothing that he could do or say to make either of them feel better. This was the end, and they both knew it.
" T.K are you ready the taxi's here," Joe's voice called from outside the hotel room door,
" No! Not already!" Kari cried, She leapt out of T.K's arms and stared at him with eyes filled with despair.
T.K sat up and hugged her tightly.
" Our plane doesn't leave for another three hours, you can come to the airport with us," T.K whispered into her hair.
" I can't," Kari croaked, " I love you T.K," She whispered as she pulled away from him.
" I love you too Kari, your my angel," He told her as he stared into her beautiful hazel eyes.
Suddenly she jumped off of the bed and dashed out of the room, with out a backward glance. T.K reached out to grab her, but instead he collapsed onto the bed. It would be easier to have a quick good bye. His heart would only break even more if he had to watch himself leave her behind, after a long emotional good bye.
He stood up, rubbed his face and dug his hands into his pockets. His fingers brushed against something hard and thin. He pulled out a Polaroid photograph of him and Kari hugging each other in the park yesterday. His heartstrings seemed to snap as he stared at her grinning face.
* * *
Mimi hugged Matt one last time as she stood with the rest of the group beside the taxi that would take them to the airport.
" Now you've got to promise that you'll write to me," Mimi reminded him,
" I promise," He grinned at her and pecked her on the check. She kissed him back.
" Have fun," He told her as she slid into the taxi beside T.k.
" I will don't worry about that," Mimi grinned,
" Bye,"
" Bye,"
Sora hugged Davis and kissed him on the cheek as she said goodbye.
" Look after yourself okay Dae,"
" I will sor, but only if you promise me that you'll carve my name into the statue of liberty,"
" I'll try," Sora laughed. She turned around and gave Izzy and Yolei a big hug each, " Now promise me you too will both take care of each other," Sora grinned at them,
" Don't worry Sora we'll both be fine," Yolei smiled as she looked lovingly at Izzy,
" Because if I find that you have done anything to Yolei I will kick your butt all the way to England," Sora warned Izzy playfully. She turned around and gave matt another big hug.
" Don't worry sor I'll look after him for you," matt whispered in a low voice so that no one else could here. Sora looked at him with a mixture of anger and thankfulness, " It's okay you don't have to pretend with me. What you two had never goes away,"
Sora was about to open her mouth to argue, but she decided not to bother, she didn't want to spoil her last few moments with her friends. Instead she slid into the back of the taxi with the rest of her group and waved good bye as she left her other friends behind once again. She had been disappointed that Kari hadn't come to say goodbye. She glanced over at T.k who was staring miserably at a picture in his hand. But then again Sora could understand why Kari hadn't wanted to hang around to say goodbye.
The atmosphere in the taxi was subdued and cold. No one spoke as they drove through the busy streets. Without Yolei it just seemed way to quite. If Yolei were here she would be chatting away about something that no one really cared about. Sora already missed her annoying talking.
Her heart suddenly pulled sharply as she realised how much she was going to miss about this place. How much she was leaving behind. Why was she going again? A voice asked in her head. Why was she leaving all the people she loved most? Why was she leaving him again?
Because I want to. She argued silently with her self. She had been nearly all the way around the world. Now it was time for her to finish her trip. This was something that she had to do! She wasn't going to let anyone hold her back from a dream that she had held for so long.
Sora glanced over at T.k again. She could almost feel the waves of misery flowing from his heart. The shining sparkle of energy seemed to have disagreed from his eyes. He looked old and weak, asthough he had just lost his whole life.
Sora could remember sitting in the back of a Taxi, travelling these same streets towards the same fate. She could remember feeling just like him and most probably looking just like him. She thought back to what she had been thinking as she left her life behind.
Tai.
He was the only person she could think about for months and months after she left. Every second that ticked by she had thought of him. Every time she woke up she saw his face and every time she drifted to sleep she heard his voice.
A lump twisted in her throat, she felt spicy tears behind her eyes. But that was in the past, it was over with now, should would never think of him again from now on. He was the past she should look to the future, she tried to convince herself.
* * *
Tai sat on his parents couch staring at the T.V. he wasn't really watching it, he couldn't concentrate on anything lately. His mind just seemed to drift every time he tried to do anything.
He could feel her soft skin under his hands, he stroked her all over her silky body as he indulged deeper into their passionate kiss. She ran her hands through his hair, his heart leapt everytime their bodies even briefly touched. This was nirvana, pure paradise.
A loud bang woke him from his daze as the apartment door slammed.
" Ohh Kari..." he heard his mother whisper as a blur ran into his sisters room and slammed her door. He turned his head to look at his mother.
" She just said goodbye to T.K," His mother explained softly.
T.K Kari hadn't stopped talking about him for three days. He had hardly seen her for three days because she had spent so much time with him. But as soon as she had come home all he had heard from her was, ' T.k said this and T.K thinks that'.
A slight smile crossed his lips as he realised he used to drive everyone crazy because he talked about her so much. It wasn't his fault, he just couldn't stop thinking about her. She was on his mind 24:7, even after they had broken up she was still on his mind.
He spent every second thinking about her. Every living second. He dreamed about her even when he slept. Why did she have to hurt him so much like this? His own thoughts were destroying him. He couldn't stop thinking about her, but everytime he did his heart broke even more. Was Kari in for the same fate as him? To be eternally reminded of her lost love, until the pain of her thoughts killed her soul.
" It's always hard to lose your first love," His mother whispered, Tai noticed a mischievous sparkle in her eye.
No he wouldn't let Kari suffer his fate. He leapt over the couch, grabbed his car keys and dashed out of the apartment.
* * *
Kari laid on her bed in the dark of her room. She didn't care if she never saw sunlight again. She didn't care if she never left this room again. Life was meaningless without T.k. She might as well just die now, what was the point in carrying on. Heavy UN controllable sobs shook her body. She would never stop crying. Even when her tears had dried up she would still be crying inside. She would never stop grieving for what they had lost.
Suddenly her bedroom door flew open, Tai barged inside and grabbed a backpack from her desk.
" GET OUT!" Kari cried through her sobs.
" Get up Kari," Tai demanded sternly,
" No! Don't you of all people dare to tell me to get my act together. I'm never coming out of this room again. And don't you dare judge me Tai, because are the last person in the world who can judge what I do," She yelled at him,
" Kari do you love this boy?" Tai asked seriously,
" Of course I do!" Kari screamed. She bet that he thought she was over reacting, she bet that he thought she could never love anyone as much as he loved Sora.
" Then get off your butt and do something about it!" Tai yelled, He thrust an aeroplane ticket in her face. Kari looked at him with a bewildered expression on her face.
" Kari if you really love someone. I mean love them so much that you can't bear to live without them. Love them so much that you feel a part of you has died when they go away. Well . . .well you only get one chance at a love like that. And when you're offered that chance to be eternally happy with someone . . . Well you shouldn't let it go. You shouldn't let them go," He told her softly. Kari reached forward and took the plane ticket from him.
" Do you think I should go?" She whispered, as she stared at the thin piece of paper that would decide her destiny.
" If you love him," Was Tai's final answer.
Authors note- See I told you this chapter would be out soon. Thanks again for all of your reviews and PLEASE keep them coming!!!!!! (