Wow, more wonderful reviews!I'm really touched. –sniffle- lol! I have a question; how do you join one of those C2 Communitiy thingies? Like, enter your story in it and stuff? I've no idea. XD lol! But . . . is there a good category for this story?
Will's Girl- Yup . . . He goes through a lot in this story! As I've finally figured out his role in it. XD Ha ha!
Sky-Pirate-Tat- Yeay for happy dances! Lol! I wish the chapters were longer too, truth be told. XD For some reason, I'm really having a hard time writing the emotions in this story. It's new for me! I'll try to make let decent though. : D
Xie- OMGosh DRUNK MONKEYS! –Runs around and does the happy dnace with the drunk monkeys- : D I did see this program once that says that monkeys like alcohal just as much as people. XD They showed drunk monkeys staggering on a beach and falling over an everything. Lol!
tasuku-sempai- Thanks very much! Hmmm . . . I'm still fleshing out the details, but I'm pretty sure of what Sora's role will be. Can you believe I have like, none of this story planned? What am I supposed to do with Kairi and Riku? Will their parents play a role? Who else will come in? Ohhhh nooooo! XD Gotta figure this stuff out. Lol!
Simplie Peachie- lol! Thank you very, very much! –hug- I enjoyed your review. : D The writing emotions thing is really tough; I don't want to sound repetitive, but it's not a happy time, so they have to keep feeling bummed! And I'm glad you couldn't tell it was a dream- I thought it was too obvious! XD Yeay! Sora will have some role in this . . . just gotta incorporate it right. XD
Hearts.Pocky- And continue I shall! Lol, yup. The idea of Sora being the paper boy just sounds really cute to be, for some reason. XD He has the little boy face! So adorable! –glomps Sora- lol!
KANA- Gosh, so many people are asking for Shounen-ai . . PERVERTS! –Turns around and bumps into a shelf in her room loaded with Yaoi and Shounen-ai and everything under the sun- . . . Ummm . . . Nothin' to see here! Lol! Actually I'm too young to have anything that bad. XD lol! I might make it that way, but I'm still not totally sure. I need to figure it out soon!
Kia Saphia- lol! More I shall give! I just hope I write it well enough . . . It's tough! XD
Forbidden
A Kingdom Hearts Fanfic
Chapter Three
"Hey, did you hear that rumor?" Whispers.
"You mean the one about Kairi and Riku getting it on?" It was always, always spreading.
"Aren't they brother and sister? That's gross!"
That stupid gossip, and the day everything changed was the day Kairi wanted to go and apologize to every girl she ever talked about behind their back, spreading lies. What she hated even more was that everything was true. It was all true.
The day after it happened Riku didn't come back to school. He stayed in his room, locking the door and refusing to come out. But she was sure her friends would understand, that it was something one-sided she never knew about. They all knew she wasn't that kind of girl. Right?
She almost felt like a bomb ready to explode when she walked into school after it happened. She stepped in the school building, and everyone stared at her, the halls becoming deathly quiet. A murmur started, and like wildfire it spread between everyone else, all talking about the same thing. She walked past, her head high. She smiled and waved at a few girls, but they weren't being any different from the others. 'Ignore it. Ignore it! It'll go away in a few days.'
She skipped her locker, not wanting to get close to hear what everyone was saying. There were so many people speaking now she couldn't point out a single word. But at the same time, it was all crystal clear. Kairi slid open the classroom door and walked in, thankful that there were only a few students in the room. All of them gaped as she slid back her chair and sat down. She made sure to stare down at her desk intently.
"Hey, Kairi."
She looked up to see her friends there. Yuffie had short dark hair and Selphie had bouncy, light brown curls. She smiled at them and they smiled back. Inside something told her to be scared; something didn't look right, but she wanted so hard to play it off. Just play it off, everything will be okay. "Hey guys . . ."
Yuffie tugged on Kairi's wrist, telling her to rise. "Come on to the bathroom with us, okay?"
"What?" she asked, though she did as she was told. She wasn't sure what was going on. Selphie also pulled on her other arm, dragging the red haired student out of the classroom she had just settled in. She frowned. 'I forgot my bag.'
As they were in the hall Kairi could feel the stares once again licking her skin, but she did her best to pay attention to her friends. They probably just wanted to speak to it privately, and the bathroom was the perfect place. Yuffie leaned closely and spoke quietly so the three were the only ones who could hear it. "So, about the whole thing with Riku . . ."
"Oh . . . The rumor going around?" Kairi said playfully, trying to be as bubbly on the subject as possible. Maybe if she was casual about it she could lie and say none of it never happened. This was Yuffie and Selphie, right? They had all been best friends since childhood. They would always, always believe her.
The three stepped into the bathroom, which, luckily for them was virtually empty. Yuffie and Selphie let go of Kairi's wrists and she turned around so she was facing her two friends, smiling as calmly as possible. She even giggled a bit, which she often did. "You see, that whole thing . . . It's not true. None of it."
"It wasn't?" Selphie said, her eyes wide with curiosity. "But Yuffie saw you with him in the back of the school . . ."
Kairi felt stabbed. This was horrible. She was seen by not only the school, but by one of her best friends. She didn't care about the others, but now . . . She couldn't lie now; she couldn't just play everything off. Yuffie turned to the sink in the bathroom and put her purse down on the rim, shuffling through it a bit. She smiled and stopped, then she pulled out a pair of scissors.
"We really don't need people as sick as you here, you know," she said. Kairi's body stiffened when she saw the sharp double blades, but Selphie sniggered mischievously and held her arms in case she ever tried thinking of running out. Yuffie stood at the entrance, forcing Kairi to only bide time by backing up. When she felt her back cool against the tile wall, she shut her eyes.
But even then, she saw the end point coming to her face.
Kairi's face formed a baby pout as she looked in the mirror of her bedroom. The lights were dim since she hadn't changed them for better ones, but it was of the least of her concerns. She'd rather not see the details of her chewed lips anyway. She didn't want to see the cuts on her face either.
'This looks stupid,' Kairi thought furiously, ripping the pink pins she had put it out of her hair. Once long and wavy, it was now choppy and short. Her Mother had offered to go to the barber. She refused. As she jerked the clips out some hairs pulled along with it, stinging her scalp. 'I look so ugly this way . . .'
She turned around and sat back down on her bed, glancing at the stereo but deciding not to listen to it. Riku's favorite CD was still in it, and she wasn't in any mood to hear it. Instead she lied on her side and pulled in the little white bear he had given her on her birthday. It was a funny looking thing, with a red puff ball springing from its' head and violet, bat-like wings, but she always treasured it because it was from him.
Kairi squeezed around its' belly hard as she though about it. 'Riku . . . I don't think of you that way. You're my brother . . . You're special to me, but. . .'
Her habit started up again and she chewed on a bit of skin from her bottom lip, tearing the bit apart in her mouth. She shut her eyes. This was the only thing she could do to calm down; just continue the nervous habits and everything will go away. Just stay in her room and nothing will happen again. She didn't need school. She didn't need friends. She's didn't need lovers. Especially not Riku.
Kairi's fingers drifted away from the softness of the bear and she began to chew away at the nails, finding that she had already destroyed her lips to the point of bleeding. She bit until she couldn't fit her teeth into the skin. Now she had nothing to ease her. Her body started to shake and she cried.
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"Going to work now, right?" Riku asked as he opened another box. This was the last one, and then they could trash them all in the dumpster. In their old home he and Kairi would burn the boxes in their backyard when they didn't want them anymore instead of throwing them away. They'd stay up all night, then cuddle sweetly in the grass till the last flame breathed. It was like a festival.
'It was innocent then,' he thought, taking out a heavy set of encyclopedias. These were his Fathers, not his. He hated learning. He placed them on the table in the middle of the room. 'She was my sister then . . .'
Riku's Father opened the door to his bedroom and came out adjusting the tie to a wealthy businessmen's suit. He smiled at his son in answer to his question, nodding. "I'll only be here for a while to help you get things settled; you should probably get a job too."
"Yeah, right," Riku replied. "I'm not doing that and going to school. Too much work."
His Father frowned. "You'll never get anywhere in life if you act so lazy."
"Isn't my life already at rock-bottom?"
An eerie silence followed, and Riku was thankful he didn't shout it. That would mean breaking the rules, which was the only thing he felt kept him and his Father on speaking terms. He was being nice, but given the choice he was sure there would be no such relationship. Riku's Father stepped across the room and opened the front door, leaving without another word.
As soon as he was gone Riku swung his body around and leaned against the wall. Suddenly everything was heavy. His heartbeat quickened, his breath paced. He bit down hard on nothing, squeezing the air out from between his teeth before he covered his face in his hands.
'Nothing,' he thought, feeling his back slide on the textured wall. 'I'm nothing, that's what I am. I can't even get along with my own Dad.'
Thanks to it, thanks to him being irrational, thanks to him being stupid, he lost everything he ever treasured. Kairi's smile came into view and he shut his eyes tighter. Anything to make it all go away. If he couldn't have one thing, he didn't want anything at all. His skin stung as he wiped his skin raw from hot tears. 'I hate this . . .'
He heard a knock on the door.
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Oooh, so that's how Kairi got her hairstyle. –Shrugs- Dunno, really. But it's a cute hairstyle if you ask me! More drama in this story. XD Yeay! This is so hard . . . But hopefully it will still get better! Did everyone like it? Isn't it cute how Riku gave his sister a Moogle? Yes, it's a moogle! Did I describe it right?
Being attacked by scissors . . . I bet it's a scary thing. T.T I hope I got emotions good in this one too. And who's at the door? I dunno! I haven't written the next chapter yet. –Everyone falls over- lol! Please review when done reading! Thanks everyone! : D