Dry Your Eyes, Mate Chapter 1: Dry Your Eyes, a codename: kids next door fanfic

NoV: Hola! Como estan? Don't worry. You haven't accidentally stumbled into a fanfic ala espanol. This is my first fic under KND, so I hope its okay. Feedback is welcomed and enjoyed. .….unless it hurts my feelings, and then I will be sad. ;;

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They had been together for nearly two years. The two best years of Wally's life. They had shared warmth, favorable experiences, and grave experiences. But, no matter what they had gone through, they had never had to face the world alone because they were together and they were in love.

And now, she wanted to end it all.

In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round
I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground
Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down
World feels like it's caved in - proper sorry frown

Wally never even saw it coming. Kuki had never appeared to be unhappy with their relationship. To him, it had seemed that it was the most perfect thing in the whole world. Much better, anyway, than the connection he had had with his first girlfriend, Sheila. When he found Sheila blissfully shrouded in the arms of another, Kuki had been there to pick up the pieces of his broken spirit.

Now she was about to break him herself.

Please let me show you where we could only just be, for us
I can change and I can grow or we could adjust
The wicked thing about us is we always have trust
We can even have an open relationship, if you must

"Kuki," he said, his shaking voice betraying him, "please let us work this out. I'll do anything to keep us together."

"It's not that simple," she whispered, placing her hands between her knees. "I don't feel anything with you anymore. I don't want to get hurt, and I don't want to delay what's bound to happen."

"I would never ever hurt you," Wally insisted. "Why are you hurting me…….?"

I look at her she stares almost straight back at me
But her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me
Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity
When they open up she's lookin' down at her feet

Kuki stared at the floor for a few minutes, trying to be strong and gather her voice back together. "The longer we try to put up a masquerade trying to make our relationship work, the more it'll hurt when we inevitably break up, Wally," she finally said.

"But we don't have to break up!" Wally insisted. "We haven't been out in a long time," he said, taking her hand. "Why don't you go put on your favorite outfit, and I'll take you to the nicest restaurant in town!" When Kuki didn't respond or even look up at him, he began to stammer, "Or—we could go---take a nice long walk on the beach…..or go see a movie or go ice skating he cringed at that notion…..we can do anything, please name anything….." The Australian boy stared at the girl whom he had known for eight years. The girl he had fought beside, the girl he had secretly loved since the day he met her, the girl who could no longer seem to look him in the eye. He scanned her face, wondering what possible thing he may have done to turn her away. He tried his hardest to think of one single instance that could have forced her away.

And, suddenly, he knew. It wasn't just one single act that had scorned her love. It was everything he had ever done.

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

It's no wonder she wants to leave you, he told himself. This is the first time in months you've even thought about doing something nice for her. All you've thought about is yourself.

He cleared his throat, and nearly choked when he felt wetness rolling down his cheek. She's worth it. "It's my fault," he admitted. "I know it's all my fault for not being a good boyfriend. I've been selfish in this relationship, but I want to do better." He pulled her hand up to rest on his face, in an attempt to find his way back into her favor. "You have to believe me, Kuki, I don't think I can live without you."

So then I move my hand up from down by my side
It's shakin', my life is crashin' before my eyes
Turn the palm of my hand up to face the skies
Touch the bottom of her chin and let out a sigh

Finally, she looked up to meet his eyes again. For the briefest of seconds, he knew that she still loved him. But then, she said what was to him the worst sentence she could ever say. "But, I don't think I can live with you."

Wally's lips parted, and he sat there, dumbfounded. He couldn't believe that she was this heartless. Can you blame her? You drove her to feel like this. Why couldn't you see what she saw? Why couldn't you feel what she felt?

'Cause I can't imagine my life without you and me
There's things I can't imagine doin', things I can't imagine seein'
It weren't supposed to be easy, surely
Please, please, I beg you please

"Kuki, please, listen to me," he said, trying so hard to keep her. "Don't do this. You'll regret it, I know you'll regret this….."

Still staring him right in the eyes, the girl who had broken his heart twice in the same sitting, said, "I'll regret it even more if I don't go through with it. You have to understand this, Wally: I still need to grow. If I stay with you, I'll always be the same person. If I don't have new experiences and encounter new people, I'll never develop into the person I know I'm supposed to be."

"That sounds like a lot of bull from some tear-jerking movie that we've watched," Wally countered. "That can't be how you really feel!"

She brings her hands up towards where my hands rested
She wraps her fingers round mine with the softness she's blessed with
She peels away my fingers, looks at me and then gestures
By pushin' my hand away to my chest, from hers

Kuki took her hand back. "You don't even know me at all, do you?"

"What do you mean? I think I know you pretty well—"

"No!" she screamed, upset in an angry way now. For a fleeting moment, Wally saw the little girl who used to become angry whenever one of her rainbow monkey toys was stolen or barbecued. "The only person you've ever known is yourself! I can't be with someone who can't love me like I deserve to be loved!"

Wally didn't even notice when several tears slid down over his cheeks and under his chin, making their way to his sweatshirt.

I'm about to lose the only thing I've ever known to be constant, he told himself, feeling like his soul was being shattered like a giant mirror. I love her more than anything, and I never showed her that. Wally sighed and tore his sight away from her. He couldn't stand to let her see his despair.

Kuki had to look away from his tears. She had never seen him cry, and it broke her heart. But, she had to be brave for the both of them. She wouldn't break down.

And I'm just standin' there, I can't say a word
'Cause everythin's just gone
I've got nothin'
Absolutely nothin'

"I'm s-sorry…." he whispered so softly that she barely heard him.

"It's not all your fault," she admitted with a sigh. "I didn't try as hard as I could to keep us together."

"I love you."

"We can still be friends."

"It would die if we were 'just friends'."

"Then we just won't be anything."

Tryin' to pull her close out of bare desperation
Put my arms around her tryin' to change what she's sayin'
Pull my head level with hers so she might engage in
Look into her eyes to make her listen again

"If you really love me, Kuki," he said a bit louder now, "you'll try to make this work. I really love you, so I really want to stay with you."

"We may be able to have something in a few years…..but not now," she insisted, growing tired of his constant attempts to be with her.

"Why not now?" he demanded. "It's like we have to throw away the two years we've been together and start over once you've become a 'different person'! Why?" His anger was growing.

Kuki turned to face him, sitting on her knees on the couch. She would never feel the same in his apartment again. "Why can't you respect how I feel? I just want us to separate so I can get to know myself a little better, okay?"

I'm not gonna ----in', just ----in' leave it all now
'Cause you said it'd be forever and that was your vow
And you're gonna let our things simply crash and fall down
You're well out of order now, this is well out of town

"It's not okay!" he exclaimed. "It's not okay for you to kill me like this……"

"Just get over it," she said, coldly. "This can be a good opportunity for you to be with other people too! Why don't you get to know yourself in the time we're apart? Maybe we'll be even stronger after that."

"I'm too afraid to take that chance….." he admitted.

"I have to go," she said, picking up her purse from the floor. "I'm meeting someone later."

She pulls away, my arms are tightly clamped round her waist
Gently pushes me back and she looks at me straight
Turns around so she's now got her back to my face
Takes one step forward, looks back, and then walks away

"Oh, so that's it, huh?" he cried. "I knew you had to have some kind of reason for all this! You've already got someone in mind!"

"I wasn't going to cheat on you," she hissed. "At least I had the decency to break it off with you first."

"Yeah, thanks for that," he said bitterly.

"Goodbye," she said, patting his head, affectionately.

Wally mistook the action, thinking she was trying to be condescending, and jerked away.

Kuki stood for a moment, her hand hovering where his head had been. Without another word, she walked away and out the door.

Wally stared at the door even after it had closed. She was gone. Gone to live her life without him. She didn't need him anymore.

She'll never know…..he said to himself, sadly. He walked into his bedroom.

I know in the past I've found it hard to say
Tellin' you things, but not tellin' straight
But the more I pull on your hand and say
The more you pull away

Wally sat silently on his bed, his hands resting on his knees.

He stared at the wall for at least ten minutes before he finally looked up and sighed. He reached into his bedside drawer, and felt around for a precious item he had stored inside.

He opened the small black velvet box and stared inside. The dazzling ring's beauty would have faded ten shades if it had rested on Kuki's finger.

"She'll never know."

NoV: (in tears) Well, that's it…..(sniffles) The song is "Dry your Eyes" by The Streets. The song reminded me so much of dear lil #4 that I just had to write this! I recommend downloading it if you can.

Well, I know that they kind of switched roles from the kids on the show, but I thought it added a lot of depth, and plus I tried to give them their idiosyncrasies to help keep them in character.

So, what do you think? Anyone interested in a part two? I could be bribed into writing a part two.. Feedback is essential!