Chapter 2
Just when he was about to turn towards the gummy ship and left for good, the lady suddenly shift her gaze towards him and their eyes met...
She gaped and her eyes visibly widen.
She gently put down the little girl in her arms and walks slowly towards him. Then, her walk turned into jog as she gradually gained speed in her pace. Finally, she broke into a full speed run towards him. She was so focus in getting to him that she either didn't hear or ignore the calls of the children.
All this while, their eyes contact never broke...
He saw her coming. He wanted to turn back, and run to his gummy ship. He wanted to leave as soon as possible and never return. At least, not for now.
He was not ready to meet her yet... her children...and her husband, most probably Riku... All of these were too sudden for him. All was just too much ...He couldn't take it. He couldn't talk to her now...He needed to sort out his own mind before he could face her.
Yet...he couldn't move his legs. It felt like his legs were rooted to the ground. Too heavy for him to even take one step...There is nothing he could do except watched the woman approaching him and waited for her to reach him.
He felt as if the time has slowed down and a long period of time has passed by before she finally reached him and stood in front of him, while in actual time, the whole process only took several seconds.
He opened his mouth but no words came out.
"Sora...? Is it really you?"
"Hey, Kairi. Long time no see."
He felt that his heart shattered even more. This was not what he wanted to say. He often dreamt his return to Destiny Island in the past. And THIS, this was not even close to what he really dreamt of or wished to say to her once he finally met her after these long years.
He really wanted to say something nicer and warmer to her. Something like 'I'm finally back, Kairi', 'I kept my promise', 'Sorry that it took me that long to come back to you' or even grinned cockily at her and ask 'Missed me?'... That would be nice...then he would hug her and smile a content smile from his heart. The kind of smile that has not graced his lips for a very, very long period.
"Sora, are you feeling okay?"
Her voice hit him hard as it brought him back on the real world, and face to face with the cruel reality.
'What was I thinking... she has married...and has two wonderful kids...' he silently scolded himself and wanted to smack himself badly for even dare to have those thoughts.
"Nothing." He tried to pull it off by faking a goofy smile; yet, his eyes betrayed him by showing a little hints of sadness that flew by in a flash.
He felt kind of awkward as none of them spoke anymore and both of them stood there in silence. Soon, both of them were be enclosed in their own thoughts and trance...
"Good morning, mister..." a tiny voice brought them out of their own trance.
Sora looked down to find the little boy and girl who were with Kairi just now. They were hiding behind her legs and looked at him curiously.
His heart shattered even more as he looked at the two children. The boy looked exactly like Riku. He has his father's eyes, his look... Sora could even felt the same self-confidant that Riku used to have when he was young in the little boy. At this close distance, he could also see a glint of Riku on that girl. Her eyebrows and lips were just like his...There was no doubt that Riku was the father of these two children now...
"Hi there. What are you names?" Sora asked in his most friendly manner and gave them a warm smile.
The little girl blushed and giggled.
"My name is Sky and this is my little sister," answered the little boy proudly while pointing to his sister.
"We decided to name him after you, you know..." Kairi said quietly. "We don't want to forget you..."
Before Sora could say anything else, they were interrupted by the sound of motorboat.
"Papa!"
The two children ran past Sora towards the boat happily while shouting for their father.
Sora turned around just in time to see the father of the children getting down from the boat.
Their eyes meet and time seemed to froze...
"Long time no see...Riku."
AN: Thanks for all the reviews. So, what do you think of this chapter? Sorry for all the grammer mistake, I'll try my best to improve...