Speed
Neko Kai
Chapter Two
To See What My Future Holds
Maybe one of them supped up muscle cars
The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are
Color don't matter no I don't need leather seats
All that really concerns me is...
The next day I awoke in my apartment, feeling content for the first time in a long time.
Sitting up in bed, I looked in the mirror, and for once I didn't despise what I saw there. I got out of bed and dressed slowly, lounging in the happiness I had found. I had been going to Red Oak High for about two weeks now, and I was thoroughly convinced that she was... But I refused to voice what I convinced myself of, lest I jinx it and it becomes false.
I had been spending the past two weeks in Yami's presence as much as I could, signing up for classes that she took, and following her almost everywhere. Every day she surprised me with something new. Why, just yesterday, after school, before she took off, I had asked her to sing me a song that she wrote. She finally gave in and sang it, startling the wits out of me:
"Turned my back on the whole world and I refuse to turn back. I won't play their games; I won't live by their rules. Nothing will make me to what I was when I was all alone..."
Katarel's hymn. She had written it when she had first met me.
Yami told me that she wrote it during Music class, suddenly inspired to write ever since she had met me.
I anticipated seeing her again, for I had truly liked her.
Kibito had called me several times, but I refused to pick it up. He knew to give me space, but he had to be getting really worried by now. Oh well. Not my fault.
And as I set out for the high school, I heard a voice yelling to me from behind.
Turning, for a moment, I thought I was seeing Katarel. Her hair was down, and she wore a cute Chinese style satin dress. She wore white and blue tennis shoes and rode her mountain bike. She stopped next to him, smiling.
"Come on, we're gonna be late."
And it dawned on me, yet again, that she was not Katarel. Her gold and honey hair shone in the morning sun. Her backpack was blue and had a number of trinkets on it.
Not Katarel, I reminded myself. At least not spiritually.
I sat in study hall, lazily sketching Yami's face in my art folder. She had a small face, with beautiful eyes and full lips and a small nose. I loved to make her smile. She was a great person to draw.
She didn't have flawless skin, but said she was really working on it.
What I loved most were her almost childish expressions. She wore her emotions almost always out on her sleeve.
Right now, she was writing in a journal, smiling to herself. Her eyes were half shut against the glare of the fluorescent lights that hummed overhead. What had she been through, this girl of infinite sadness in her eyes? What was so terrible in her life that she frowns and cries when no one's looking? My heart softened, for she must have been thinking the same thing about me.
What was going on inside her head? No doubt some fairies dancing around.
But now... Now was the time to reveal it. Today, I would tell her what I think. What I know. Just hope she doesn't think me crazy.
Neko Kai: So whatchya think? Not bad for a second chapter, eh? Well, I'll get started on the third in the morn. It's too late for this. Well, maybe not...
*flies away, leaving a trail of sparkling dust behind her*
NK
Neko Kai
Chapter Two
To See What My Future Holds
Maybe one of them supped up muscle cars
The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are
Color don't matter no I don't need leather seats
All that really concerns me is...
The next day I awoke in my apartment, feeling content for the first time in a long time.
Sitting up in bed, I looked in the mirror, and for once I didn't despise what I saw there. I got out of bed and dressed slowly, lounging in the happiness I had found. I had been going to Red Oak High for about two weeks now, and I was thoroughly convinced that she was... But I refused to voice what I convinced myself of, lest I jinx it and it becomes false.
I had been spending the past two weeks in Yami's presence as much as I could, signing up for classes that she took, and following her almost everywhere. Every day she surprised me with something new. Why, just yesterday, after school, before she took off, I had asked her to sing me a song that she wrote. She finally gave in and sang it, startling the wits out of me:
"Turned my back on the whole world and I refuse to turn back. I won't play their games; I won't live by their rules. Nothing will make me to what I was when I was all alone..."
Katarel's hymn. She had written it when she had first met me.
Yami told me that she wrote it during Music class, suddenly inspired to write ever since she had met me.
I anticipated seeing her again, for I had truly liked her.
Kibito had called me several times, but I refused to pick it up. He knew to give me space, but he had to be getting really worried by now. Oh well. Not my fault.
And as I set out for the high school, I heard a voice yelling to me from behind.
Turning, for a moment, I thought I was seeing Katarel. Her hair was down, and she wore a cute Chinese style satin dress. She wore white and blue tennis shoes and rode her mountain bike. She stopped next to him, smiling.
"Come on, we're gonna be late."
And it dawned on me, yet again, that she was not Katarel. Her gold and honey hair shone in the morning sun. Her backpack was blue and had a number of trinkets on it.
Not Katarel, I reminded myself. At least not spiritually.
I sat in study hall, lazily sketching Yami's face in my art folder. She had a small face, with beautiful eyes and full lips and a small nose. I loved to make her smile. She was a great person to draw.
She didn't have flawless skin, but said she was really working on it.
What I loved most were her almost childish expressions. She wore her emotions almost always out on her sleeve.
Right now, she was writing in a journal, smiling to herself. Her eyes were half shut against the glare of the fluorescent lights that hummed overhead. What had she been through, this girl of infinite sadness in her eyes? What was so terrible in her life that she frowns and cries when no one's looking? My heart softened, for she must have been thinking the same thing about me.
What was going on inside her head? No doubt some fairies dancing around.
But now... Now was the time to reveal it. Today, I would tell her what I think. What I know. Just hope she doesn't think me crazy.
Neko Kai: So whatchya think? Not bad for a second chapter, eh? Well, I'll get started on the third in the morn. It's too late for this. Well, maybe not...
*flies away, leaving a trail of sparkling dust behind her*
NK
