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By: The Dictator
Rating: R
Inside the hospital was that eerie clean smell. The walls were so pasty and the ceilings seemed too short. Everyone was just lazing about and the voices of these lazy pedestrians seemed abnormal. They seemed to be moving at a ridiculously slow rate. The laughter of the children in the waiting rooms were echoing in Momo's mind and it felt as if they were all looking at her.
The moment she opened her mouth to speak to the thin pasty man at the receptionist's desk, everything sped up to the correct speed. The laughter and echoes ended and the walls and ceilings were normal again. Everything except that hospital smell. The hospital smell of course remained to bug her still.
After talking to the pasty man, he pointed her to Kiley's room. She opened his door and no one was there but a shape in the bed. The florescent lights were off, the sunlight poured into the room through white venetian blinds that cast strange shadows over everything. Just lines, like bars that maid this room into a prison. Kiley's little prison.
Momo walked beside Kiley and set the flowers in a vase on the nightstand. Momo sat in a chair and scooted it closer to Kiley. He was sleeping, he was sleeping with wires and tubes but sleep none the less. She wanted to cry so badly but she knew that Kiley hated to see her cry. She didn't want him to worry about her, just let him have his rest and everything would be all right. He'll wake up in an hour or so and feel refreshed and then we'll go walking. These thoughts were the only things helping Momo hold onto her sanity.
Kiley's face was so gentle and angelic looking. He was peaceful not counting the tubes the protruded from his skin. His eyes were closed and his long soft lashes cast long tearful shadows on his cheeks. Even in sleep he was a sight to behold. Momo even thought she saw that devilish grin slightly take shape on his beautiful mouth.
Momo waited for an hour, then another. She sat there and stared at his face and wanted to cry but didn't. She waited for more seconds, she waited for more minutes, and she waited for more hours. Her eyes traveling along his face and lingering near his eyes, to see if she could find signs of him coming back, of him waking up. She took his warm hand in hers and rested them by her cheek and stayed there until she fell asleep.
When her eyes opened, she saw Kiley's family open the door of his room. She straightened up and gave her respects to his family and with a light kiss on Kiley's cheek she left.
It was still bright outside, around seven in the evening and the world was busy still. Children were outside and the air was alive with the smell of barbecues and chlorine. She heard laughter and jovial squeals and with this sound, tears welled up in her eyes and slid down her cheeks. She finally agreed to free her tears but she would not allow herself to sob out in public.
"Hey lady with the umbrella!" shouted a sweet familiar voice. Momo wiped her tears away and turned to see a face of a tiny cherubic girl.
"Hello, I know you don't I?" said Momo, she sniffed and forced her tears to stop flowing.
"Uko" said the cherubic girl and smiled.
"Yes, Uko. Thank you for helping us the other day." Momo said quietly. She was just remembering the other day and remembering how Kiley was just fine. Smiling about the little girl. Thinking of the way he kissed her forehead to comfort her. Oh Kiley she thought as her body jerked on the inside with built up anguish.
The little girl took Momo's hand and they began to walk. Momo wasn't going home, she wasn't going anywhere and this little girl didn't question or ask her mother or father if she could go for a walk with this strange girl. They just walked in silence, she felt as if she needed to be with this little cherubic girl. Being around Uko made her feel innocent again, innocent and free.
They stopped for ice cream and the little girl spoke to Momo about how thrilled she was that it was spring break. She told Momo how school was so boring and that now she could go play with her friends.
Momo agreed about spring break. She was happy that school was out for a while, she didn't want to play with her friends though, and she wanted to get away from the whole student body. She just wanted Kiley. Why wasn't Kiley with her? This was so unfair.
She shook her head and held back more tears, her head wanted to explode with this strange pressure building up around her eyes. She needed to go home and take a nap. She just wanted to be alone. The little girls innocence was fading, it didn't make Momo feel light anymore.
Momo took the little girl home around eight. She said a teary farewell to Momo and went into her home. Momo walked home and nearly reached there around nine. She was just a block away from her bed but of course, life was unfair.
Sae was walking down the street while a blue car followed her. Inside the car were ugly men in their late twenties giving her catcalls and saying such dirty things. This kind of thing usually happened to Momo, but Sae was attractive too. It actually didn't matter if the girl was attractive or not. As long as the men were drunk and the creature that was receiving the catcall was somehow female, it didn't matter.
Sae could take care of herself. She could lie her way out of it, Momo thought cruelly and was about to turn down the street, to turn away from Sae when she heard the car stop and an ugly man stepped out. She stood still while another stepped out and then she saw Sae's face.
Momo remembered the first time this happened to her too. She was fourteen, the boys were in college, and she was alone. She never saw her face when the boys stepped out of their car but she knew it must have looked like Sae's this very minute.
Sae saw her and in Sae's eyes was a look of a warped hatred and a strange hope for rescue. Sae was Momo's enemy, but Sae was also a girl that was being bullied, pressured, and if this went on any longer, raped. Sae needed Momo and Momo was going to help.
She jay walked across the street and rushed to Sae's side. Another ugly man stepped out of the car and Momo took Sae's icy hand and began to run. The men pursued and were catching up quickly. Sae wasn't running fast enough and the parasol was slowing them down.
The men began to yell dirty things to them, shouting profanity and speeding up. The car was also chasing Momo and Sae. The car was actually ahead of them. Sae was crying and tripping and Momo was struggling to get them away. She wasn't just worried for Sae anymore, her heroics has now gotten her in trouble as well.
The blue car turned when Momo turned down her street and cut right up to the sidewalk right in front of them, blocking her path to her house. The men behind them were close and Momo pushed Sae behind her as she closed the parasol and held it like a bat. She was ready to smack and stab any ugly dirty man that touched her or her...Touched her or Sae.
Oh no! Momo thought as two more ugly men stepped from the blue car. She wanted to cry but she wouldn't. She had to protect herself and Sae, crying would only encourage those brutes.
Someone called Momo and Sae's names. Sae yelled something excitedly behind her tearful face. Momo looked to where Sae looked and it was Toji. Momo quickly smacked her parasol into someone's ugly face that was blocking her path to Toji and ran in his direction while holding Sae's hand.
They were chased all the way across the street and Momo swiped at the ugly men again as she pulled Sae into her house, Toji followed close behind with threats at the ugly creatures.
Momo's mother was not home. Momo was alone. Toji and Sae were there, but Momo was still so very alone.
They ended up in the kitchen and Sae began to sob. Momo remembered her first experience again. She had to save herself of course, she remembered how she cried when it was over too. She cried with no one to comfort her. Momo will comfort Sae.
Sae held onto Momo and sobbed onto her shoulder while Toji sat by in awkward silence.
"Momo, how...H-how do you d-do this every day" Sae moaned into the crook of Momo's neck. She felt the warm tears and began to cry too. She did not answer Sae. She couldn't speak right now.
After a while when things were calm, she looked up at Toji who was standing.
"What are you guys doing in my neighborhood?" Asked Momo in almost a whisper.
"Sae told me to meet her here." Said Toji. Sae quickly let go of Momo and sat rigid in her seat. Momo watched her and looked into her teary eyes.
Momo saw such strange emotions in Sae's eyes. That strange warped hatred and the slight twinkle of thanks. She also saw a hidden shame but she saw no apology for what Sae has done to her. Momo was not disappointed.
Momo knew what Sae was up to. Sae wanted to let Momo see what a happy couple Sae and Toji made. Sae hadn't really changed. Sae still hated Momo, but it was different now.
Sae wasn't Momo's enemy anymore. Sae was just a girl like Momo. Sae was just almost raped like Momo. Sae was just scared like Momo. Sae wasn't Momo's enemy, she couldn't bring herself to hate this girl after this. Sae wasn't Momo's friend either because she could not forgive Sae for what she's done in the past. So now they were strangers. They were able to be friends or enemies. A second chance. Momo wondered what Sae would want.
"You should stay here for a while to cool down. Do you want some lemonade?" Momo asked, breaking the awkward silence.
Sae shook her head and got up. She was frightened at what she felt, at what Momo felt. She knew that Momo didn't hate her anymore. She felt strange not having Momo feel angry towards her. She felt sort of empty, unfulfilled. She needed to go home.
"I have to go now" Said Sae shakily, not wanting to feel the tension in the air.
"You'd better walk her, Toji." voiced Momo. The ugly men were probably gone and Momo's mom would be home soon. They didn't have to stay for long. She did not look at Toji. She could not forgive him. Seeing Toji now made her feel...It made her feel as if she did not need him anymore. She did not need him to help her, she didn't need anyone else. She didn't need to know that he didn't think she was a slut. She didn't need that. She only wanted Kiley.
Sae and Toji left. When they were outside and believed that Momo wasn't looking, they held hands. Maybe Sae needed someone like Toji, maybe she needs a straight arrow to help her. Maybe Toji needed Sae. Maybe he needed a little bit of excitement in his life. Maybe they needed each other. Momo didn't need them anymore.
She wanted Kiley.
(A/N: Dictator here. Well this chapter is surprisingly longer then the others. Thanks for the reviews. I tried to fork this one out as fast as I could. I have the plot down in my head and I also wrote it down in another file so that I won't forget. It has serious twists so read and review and then tell a friend. Thank you for reading.)
By: The Dictator
Rating: R
Inside the hospital was that eerie clean smell. The walls were so pasty and the ceilings seemed too short. Everyone was just lazing about and the voices of these lazy pedestrians seemed abnormal. They seemed to be moving at a ridiculously slow rate. The laughter of the children in the waiting rooms were echoing in Momo's mind and it felt as if they were all looking at her.
The moment she opened her mouth to speak to the thin pasty man at the receptionist's desk, everything sped up to the correct speed. The laughter and echoes ended and the walls and ceilings were normal again. Everything except that hospital smell. The hospital smell of course remained to bug her still.
After talking to the pasty man, he pointed her to Kiley's room. She opened his door and no one was there but a shape in the bed. The florescent lights were off, the sunlight poured into the room through white venetian blinds that cast strange shadows over everything. Just lines, like bars that maid this room into a prison. Kiley's little prison.
Momo walked beside Kiley and set the flowers in a vase on the nightstand. Momo sat in a chair and scooted it closer to Kiley. He was sleeping, he was sleeping with wires and tubes but sleep none the less. She wanted to cry so badly but she knew that Kiley hated to see her cry. She didn't want him to worry about her, just let him have his rest and everything would be all right. He'll wake up in an hour or so and feel refreshed and then we'll go walking. These thoughts were the only things helping Momo hold onto her sanity.
Kiley's face was so gentle and angelic looking. He was peaceful not counting the tubes the protruded from his skin. His eyes were closed and his long soft lashes cast long tearful shadows on his cheeks. Even in sleep he was a sight to behold. Momo even thought she saw that devilish grin slightly take shape on his beautiful mouth.
Momo waited for an hour, then another. She sat there and stared at his face and wanted to cry but didn't. She waited for more seconds, she waited for more minutes, and she waited for more hours. Her eyes traveling along his face and lingering near his eyes, to see if she could find signs of him coming back, of him waking up. She took his warm hand in hers and rested them by her cheek and stayed there until she fell asleep.
When her eyes opened, she saw Kiley's family open the door of his room. She straightened up and gave her respects to his family and with a light kiss on Kiley's cheek she left.
It was still bright outside, around seven in the evening and the world was busy still. Children were outside and the air was alive with the smell of barbecues and chlorine. She heard laughter and jovial squeals and with this sound, tears welled up in her eyes and slid down her cheeks. She finally agreed to free her tears but she would not allow herself to sob out in public.
"Hey lady with the umbrella!" shouted a sweet familiar voice. Momo wiped her tears away and turned to see a face of a tiny cherubic girl.
"Hello, I know you don't I?" said Momo, she sniffed and forced her tears to stop flowing.
"Uko" said the cherubic girl and smiled.
"Yes, Uko. Thank you for helping us the other day." Momo said quietly. She was just remembering the other day and remembering how Kiley was just fine. Smiling about the little girl. Thinking of the way he kissed her forehead to comfort her. Oh Kiley she thought as her body jerked on the inside with built up anguish.
The little girl took Momo's hand and they began to walk. Momo wasn't going home, she wasn't going anywhere and this little girl didn't question or ask her mother or father if she could go for a walk with this strange girl. They just walked in silence, she felt as if she needed to be with this little cherubic girl. Being around Uko made her feel innocent again, innocent and free.
They stopped for ice cream and the little girl spoke to Momo about how thrilled she was that it was spring break. She told Momo how school was so boring and that now she could go play with her friends.
Momo agreed about spring break. She was happy that school was out for a while, she didn't want to play with her friends though, and she wanted to get away from the whole student body. She just wanted Kiley. Why wasn't Kiley with her? This was so unfair.
She shook her head and held back more tears, her head wanted to explode with this strange pressure building up around her eyes. She needed to go home and take a nap. She just wanted to be alone. The little girls innocence was fading, it didn't make Momo feel light anymore.
Momo took the little girl home around eight. She said a teary farewell to Momo and went into her home. Momo walked home and nearly reached there around nine. She was just a block away from her bed but of course, life was unfair.
Sae was walking down the street while a blue car followed her. Inside the car were ugly men in their late twenties giving her catcalls and saying such dirty things. This kind of thing usually happened to Momo, but Sae was attractive too. It actually didn't matter if the girl was attractive or not. As long as the men were drunk and the creature that was receiving the catcall was somehow female, it didn't matter.
Sae could take care of herself. She could lie her way out of it, Momo thought cruelly and was about to turn down the street, to turn away from Sae when she heard the car stop and an ugly man stepped out. She stood still while another stepped out and then she saw Sae's face.
Momo remembered the first time this happened to her too. She was fourteen, the boys were in college, and she was alone. She never saw her face when the boys stepped out of their car but she knew it must have looked like Sae's this very minute.
Sae saw her and in Sae's eyes was a look of a warped hatred and a strange hope for rescue. Sae was Momo's enemy, but Sae was also a girl that was being bullied, pressured, and if this went on any longer, raped. Sae needed Momo and Momo was going to help.
She jay walked across the street and rushed to Sae's side. Another ugly man stepped out of the car and Momo took Sae's icy hand and began to run. The men pursued and were catching up quickly. Sae wasn't running fast enough and the parasol was slowing them down.
The men began to yell dirty things to them, shouting profanity and speeding up. The car was also chasing Momo and Sae. The car was actually ahead of them. Sae was crying and tripping and Momo was struggling to get them away. She wasn't just worried for Sae anymore, her heroics has now gotten her in trouble as well.
The blue car turned when Momo turned down her street and cut right up to the sidewalk right in front of them, blocking her path to her house. The men behind them were close and Momo pushed Sae behind her as she closed the parasol and held it like a bat. She was ready to smack and stab any ugly dirty man that touched her or her...Touched her or Sae.
Oh no! Momo thought as two more ugly men stepped from the blue car. She wanted to cry but she wouldn't. She had to protect herself and Sae, crying would only encourage those brutes.
Someone called Momo and Sae's names. Sae yelled something excitedly behind her tearful face. Momo looked to where Sae looked and it was Toji. Momo quickly smacked her parasol into someone's ugly face that was blocking her path to Toji and ran in his direction while holding Sae's hand.
They were chased all the way across the street and Momo swiped at the ugly men again as she pulled Sae into her house, Toji followed close behind with threats at the ugly creatures.
Momo's mother was not home. Momo was alone. Toji and Sae were there, but Momo was still so very alone.
They ended up in the kitchen and Sae began to sob. Momo remembered her first experience again. She had to save herself of course, she remembered how she cried when it was over too. She cried with no one to comfort her. Momo will comfort Sae.
Sae held onto Momo and sobbed onto her shoulder while Toji sat by in awkward silence.
"Momo, how...H-how do you d-do this every day" Sae moaned into the crook of Momo's neck. She felt the warm tears and began to cry too. She did not answer Sae. She couldn't speak right now.
After a while when things were calm, she looked up at Toji who was standing.
"What are you guys doing in my neighborhood?" Asked Momo in almost a whisper.
"Sae told me to meet her here." Said Toji. Sae quickly let go of Momo and sat rigid in her seat. Momo watched her and looked into her teary eyes.
Momo saw such strange emotions in Sae's eyes. That strange warped hatred and the slight twinkle of thanks. She also saw a hidden shame but she saw no apology for what Sae has done to her. Momo was not disappointed.
Momo knew what Sae was up to. Sae wanted to let Momo see what a happy couple Sae and Toji made. Sae hadn't really changed. Sae still hated Momo, but it was different now.
Sae wasn't Momo's enemy anymore. Sae was just a girl like Momo. Sae was just almost raped like Momo. Sae was just scared like Momo. Sae wasn't Momo's enemy, she couldn't bring herself to hate this girl after this. Sae wasn't Momo's friend either because she could not forgive Sae for what she's done in the past. So now they were strangers. They were able to be friends or enemies. A second chance. Momo wondered what Sae would want.
"You should stay here for a while to cool down. Do you want some lemonade?" Momo asked, breaking the awkward silence.
Sae shook her head and got up. She was frightened at what she felt, at what Momo felt. She knew that Momo didn't hate her anymore. She felt strange not having Momo feel angry towards her. She felt sort of empty, unfulfilled. She needed to go home.
"I have to go now" Said Sae shakily, not wanting to feel the tension in the air.
"You'd better walk her, Toji." voiced Momo. The ugly men were probably gone and Momo's mom would be home soon. They didn't have to stay for long. She did not look at Toji. She could not forgive him. Seeing Toji now made her feel...It made her feel as if she did not need him anymore. She did not need him to help her, she didn't need anyone else. She didn't need to know that he didn't think she was a slut. She didn't need that. She only wanted Kiley.
Sae and Toji left. When they were outside and believed that Momo wasn't looking, they held hands. Maybe Sae needed someone like Toji, maybe she needs a straight arrow to help her. Maybe Toji needed Sae. Maybe he needed a little bit of excitement in his life. Maybe they needed each other. Momo didn't need them anymore.
She wanted Kiley.
(A/N: Dictator here. Well this chapter is surprisingly longer then the others. Thanks for the reviews. I tried to fork this one out as fast as I could. I have the plot down in my head and I also wrote it down in another file so that I won't forget. It has serious twists so read and review and then tell a friend. Thank you for reading.)