A.N. I cried writing this so don't sue ^^0. oh and this /blah blah blah/ is how she communicates, that means she typed it on her laptop ^^0

TO Shed A Tear Is To Walk A Distance: Hello Cloud

The car ride was the worst thing. I had been introduced to the red haired man, Cye. He was driving. Ryo had asked about mother, I somehow got him to understand, and he shed a tear. It was so silent as I looked out the window. I then had a great idea. I would show Ryo the gift I had made for him. I somehow managed to drag myself, and my laptop closer to Ryo. He raised an eyebrow at me and I smiled meekly. I opened the tiny computer up. He looked at me, amazed as my fingers delicately flew over the keyboard. I smiled and turned up the volume a bit. My recorded singing filled the car. I watched him watch the music video I had put together on the computer. I had put lots of video clips together from all our visits together. I even had the clip of when we were little and I accidentally colored his hair pink. The song I was singing was by an artist whose name I had forgotten a long time ago. But the song title was "I will remember you". I loved that song. And now..tears came to my eyes and I brushed them away. After it was over Ryo hugged me. "Thank you.that was the best thing you could have ever have given me.." he trailed off and I felt a tear drip to my forehead. I hugged back. We broke away and I looked out the window, my eyes filled with tears, I wiped them again and snuggled into Ryo, he was all I had left..he told me they had some of the best doctors here, and I was afraid of that. I didn't want anything else to do with hospitals, needles, or anything of that sort. I was through with all the pain. For I did not trust doctors anymore. They hurt me once, no wait they hurt me many times and I was not going to go through it again. I watched numbly as we pulled into a driveway, a very large driveway, that led to a mansion. I swallowed. I was afraid of this place, and the new things I would encounter.

*

Kento immediately greeted Cye as he stepped out of the car. "So Cye.. is she cute ^^," he grinned. Cye smiled and blushed a bit. "Yes.very.." he went to the trunk and pulled out a wheel chair. They fell silent. "But Ryo said she.." Rowen trailed off on his thoughts and Ryo hopped out of the car. He bent over and gently, with the best of care that none of them had seen before, pulled a girl a year younger than him with blond hair and the saddest brown eyes out, She looked at Ryo and gave a small smile. Kento bounded over to her. "I'm Kento what's your name ^^," Cye gulped as Cloud's eyes filled with tears. ~Wrong thing to say Kento!!~ he thought.

* Tears filled my eyes when he asked me my name. I wanted to speak to him, really I did! I leaned into Ryo a bit. I looked down as tears cascaded down my already tear stained cheeks. "She can't speak Kento.she's mute,' murmured Ryo, 'She was in a car crash," The man named Kento, looked really taken back, and his face saddened. "I'm so sorry," I sighed to him that it was o.k. he looked at me confused. "She sighed its alright Kento," smiled Sage.Cye wheeled my chair behind me and Ryo gently helped me into it. I looked at my arm, the right arm with such sadness for a moment, I was thankful Ryo hadn't asked me about it. I snapped out of my trance as Ryo placed a hand on my shoulder. He introduced me to each one, I typed, /it's very nice to meet you all, I'm Cloud,/ "It's nice to meet you cloud," smiled the only other female, Mia. I was thankful there was another female; I didn't want to feel like more of an outcast. I then thought of something and again my hands flew across the keyboard. I smiled picking a particular file and clicked on it, again I turned on the volume and turned it so they can see. A little animated me icon popped up on the screen it began dancing around saying in a singsong voice. "hello hello hello!! I am Cloud, nice to meet you ^.~" they laughed. "That's a neat little thing you can do with the computer ^^," smiled Rowen. I turned the computer toward myself. /thank you, Rowen, isn't it ^^/ he nodded and I smiled, I think I knew all the names. Just as I closed the computer pain surged through my arm. I grabbed at it as blackish blue tendril broke out. Ryo grabbed onto my shoulders. "Cloud!!" the tendrils disappeared and I let my arm go. "What happened? /I don't know.. It's only done that after the crash.and mom../ my eyes filled with tears again and I looked down. Ryo's face softened. "it's o.k.. I understand. it's probably just some chemical or something ^^," he tried to cheer me up I plastered on one of my fake little smiles. I knew it was going to be hard but I kept my chin up, maybe things would get better?