BoomKat: hehheh...kairi thanks you for being concerned.
Emarista the Torturer: yeah, hatori's power would work on kairi. and haru told her about the curse with out telling the rest of the sohmas, so hatori would be pissed. i thing hatori's momory erasing thing is more of a skill, and not a curse, so it wouldn't be canceled out by kairi's curse the way the zodiac thing is.
any other reviewers that i didn't respond to for earlier chapters: sorry, won't happen again. kinda tired, i'm not ignoring you.
'I should call him...no, wait...He said he'd call me...but what if he forgot? He wouldn't forget, quit being dumb. But it's been almost two days...what if...'
Kairi was sitting at the bar in her kitchen, slowly drinking her coffee.
She jumped as the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Kairi?"
"Haru! Hi!"
"Hey! Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to go somewhere tomorrow, like, to a movie or something?"
"Yes! That would be awesome! Does if matter when?"
"I dunno...Three-ish? What time do you have to be at work?"
"I start at seven, so three-ish is good."
"Good."
They were quiet for a second, listening to the sound of eachother's breathing.
"Hey, Haru, are you ok?"
Pause.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, you seemed kinda...I dunno...on edge when you called the other day."
"Oh, that, well...nope. I'm fine. Don't worry."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm cool. Probably just tired. Can't really remember."
"Ok...You asked if anyone from your family had come to see me...?"
"Right, well...they can be kind of...unaccepting...so I was worried that they would...I dunno...,"
Haru said uncomfortably.
'I shouldn't lie to her...But it isn't really lying...and it's for her own good...'
"Oh. Ok. So, what's up?"
"I'm looking for a new appartment."
"Really? How's that goin'?"
They continued their conversation happily.
""""""""""""""""the next day"""""""""""""""""""""""
"""""""""""""""sitting in a not formal but still nice restaurant after seeing the movie (i'm lazy, k? sue me.)""""""""""""""""
"So...Have you had it all your life?"
Kairi asked Haru.
"Yeah."
"Wow, that sucks. At least I got a few years of normal life."
(talking about their curses. still lazy)
"I don't know...on one hand, you did get several years without being cursed, but then again, doesn't it make it...you know...harder?"
"Uhm...Yeah. It does, but I have memories...so it isn't that bad..."
She paused, trying to decide whether or not she should ask her question. In the end, she decided that she would.
"So...What was the hardest part? For you?"
Haru thought for a minute before responding.
'Don't say that. Bad idea. She should know. She should know, it won't hurt anything. I won't tell everything. But I'll start to. No, I won't. Not a mistake. Yes it is. Say something else. No. Bad idea. Fine. Fine.'
"Probably school. Having to kind of...distance myself from the others, so they wouldn't find out...And parents were hard. That was really hard. But, my family all live pretty close, so I wasn't totaly alone or anything..."
Pause.
"What about you?"
"Uh...Well, the begining was difficult. And scary. I didn't have any idea what what was going on, and when I figured it out no one would believe me. But I've gotten used to it. I can still talk to people, nobody really gets hurt if they foget, so I still had friends..."
"Yeah..."
"Uh huh...And now I have you! And I don't have to worry, because we're safe around eachother!"
She smiled happily.
A pained look crossed Haru's face for a second.
'Safe...safe...no...not...isn't safe...not with me...Shut up, this is different..She is safe...She is...I am..She is...'
It passed quickly, though, and he gave her a smile.
"Yeah, we are. "
About half an hour later they were back outside Kairi's appartment building.
"Thank you. Again. This was really nice."
"Yeah, it was."
They were both quiet. Suddenly, Kairi moved forward and hugged Haru.
"God, I'm so glad I found you. Haru, I'm so glad I found you."
He embraced her as well.
"Me too. Me too."
He said quietly.
After they had broken apart and said goodnight., Kairi crashed on her bed.
'Wow. Again. He is so amazing! I can't believe how lucky I am! And I need to stop daydreaming and take a shower already...'
She reluctently pulled herself to her feet and started getting ready for work.
'I didn't do anything wrong...But I almost did. I almost did. But I didn't. It's fine. She's fine. She's safe. No, not. Yes. She is. She is...'
ok, i'm not feeling too inspired right now. i was gone all weekend, and i'll be gone for the last half of this weekm so i put itup. please review, and sorry for making yet another crappy chapter. ideas are still awesome!