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Anaretsu: Tell me about it.

6H: Whatever. I love hearing from all the different people out there.

Anaretsu:It's amazing anyone reviews, hikari!

6H: WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN? BAKA!

Anaretsu: BAKA!

Sora: You guys say that alomst every chapter! And in all your other stories!

6H: You ARE right. Why do we insult each other and call each baka?

Anaretsu: Cause it's fun?

6H: Works for me. BAKA YAMI!

Anaretsu: BAKA HIKARI!!!

Sora:-_________-U

"speaking"

'thoughts'

memory/flashback

~lyrics~

Wind~By The Six of Hearts

Chapter 5~Maybe I'll Stand Again

Sora's blue eyes slowly opened up. It took him a few mintues to resiter his surroundings, but then he made out the walls, the bed...the blankets, the warmth. He sighed softly as he felt a sweet scent overtake his sences. He slowly pushed himself into a sitting postion to see Kairi still asleep. They must've both passed out in the middle of the night. Sora watched the fallen angel as she slept on- her face neither sad nor happy.

'Kairi...' Her blank blues eyes fluttered open. She turned to look at Sora.

"Good morning." she whispered. He nodded. He got off the bed and stood up.

"Feeling better?" Kairi sat up.

"Not really. Still kind of sick and gross feeling." Sora felt better that she was being honest with him. He felt even better that she was speaking. "How about you?"

"This is nothing. I'm fine, really. But you need to get outside. Maybe the sunlight and fresh air will help you feel better." Kairi looked sadly away.

"I don't want to go out there."

"You can't stay here forever."

"Do I have to go back to school?"

"No. Only when you're ready." He stood in the doorway, waiting for her to speak again, but she didn't. "I'm getting changed. When I come back, we'll go outside. Even if I have to drag you out there." And he disappeared into the confines of his house. Kairi looked out the window. The green lawn sparkled invitingly.

~Cultivate your hunger before you idealize.

Motivate your anger to make them all realize.

Climbing the mountain, never coming down.

Break into the contents, never falling down.~

Sora came back in the room.

"Can you stand?" Kairi swung herself over the side of the bed, and slowly brought her feet to the floor. Her legs, however, refused to obey her mind. She looked up at Sora and shook her head. "It's alright. I carry you on my back." He bent down, and she lowered herself onto his back. She grabbed onto his shoulders, and he rose up. The two akwardly made their may out of the room, down the hallway, through the kitchen, and out the back door. The two looked out on the open feild. Sora walked out a ways, and then set her down on the grass, before flopping down beside her, laying in the grass. They silently watched the clouds.

~My knee's still shaking, like I was twelve.

Sneaking out the classroom, by the back door.

A man railed at me twice though, but I didn't care.

Waiting is wasted on people like me.~

"So, what are you going to do?" Sora asked.

"Huh?"

"You can't stay home from school forever. And you will have to go home one day and face your parents. So what will you do?"

"To be honest, I've been thinking about that alot. Then I realized that I need to take things one step at a time. Who knows? Maybe I'll stand again. But for now, I'm going to have to recover little by little until I can get there." Sora looked up at her, her once blank eyes gaining back what they had lost. He smiled a bit at the good sight.

'It might take awhile...but it's a good sign. You're recovering little by little. And I'll wait for you to come back to normal. I'll wait...'

~Don't try to live so wise.

Don't cry cause you're so right.

Don't dry with fakes or fears,

Cause you will hate yourself in the end.~

They sat across from each other at the kitchen table. For the past few hours they had been playing card games-mostly out of bordom- and slowly, Kairi began opening up again. At present, they were playing poker. Sora layed down what he had.

"I have thre of a kind. What do you have?"

"I beat you! Royal Flush!" She laughed a little and even smiled.

"Kairi!"

"What is it? Is something wrong?" She looked at him puzzled.

"You smiled...you smiled again..." They looked at each other, the sunset making the perfect background. They didn't have to say anything more. There was no need.

~Don't try to live so wise.

Don't cry cause you're so right.

Don't dry with fakes or fears,

Cause you will hate yourself in the end.~

-END chapter 5------

6H: YAY! Another chapter done! I'm very please with how it turned out. Next chap-************** happens!

Sora: o_O

Anaretsu: Great! You scared him again! Do you always have to do that?

6H: ....yes?

Anaretsu: Okay.

6H: Please review! ^_^