Open Your Eyes

By Ukyou

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All my life I grew up thinking I was this terrible person.

But you're not a terrible person.

I know. But, don't you ever wish there was some way to just take all that away? I'd run away into the woods with my friends and I'd be the princess. I wasn't this ugly terrible girl, for once, I was someone else. I felt so great, it was like running outside after not seeing the sun for a whole year.

You know what?

What?

I think you're beautiful.

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Chapter Five - Rainbows

The small piece of paper was hidden in my left hand. I took a breath, staring at the front of a large red door. I had my hand out ready to knock, but the fear of not being recognized had petrified that whole arm. Then, doing it quickly so I wouldn't be able to stall anymore, I knocked five times.

It was quiet for a few seconds. Then I could hear someone running down a flight of stairs. Then the door swung open.

And there she was, sans jacket, with a toothbrush sticking out of her mouth.

"It's 3:43 and you're still brushing your teeth?" I asked, having completely forgotten the whole speech I had written in my head.

Her mouth was filled with toothpaste, so she gave me a kind of strange grunt. She then stepped aside to let me in. She recognized me.

Her house looked more like a warehouse than a residence. Baskets of all shapes and sizes were scattered around the house. She had dozens of opened magazines stacked on top of each other on her coffee table.

I tried my best to find a spot on the couch that wasn't covered in newspaper, and sat down. In front of me was a television, the one part of the room that wasn't coated with periodicals.

"I'm so sorry, Syaoran." Kaori apologized as she walked out of her bathroom. "You got me while I was brushing. I'm a bit of a hygiene freak."

"It doesn't really show." I said, holding up a newspaper that was three months old. She gave me a grin that gave me the impression that I had found out some kind of well-hidden secret. She was a terrible liar.

"Well, I found your place." I said, holding up the piece of paper she had given me. I put it back into my wallet, promising myself that I'd keep it in there to not lose it.

"Yea, you did, and I'm glad." she sighed, walking over and lounging on the other corner of the couch. The papers crumbled as she sat on them. "I'm newly single too."

"Really? What was the reason?" I asked, following suit and making myself comfortable on her couch.

"Well, this is my house, so you spill first." She smiled. She kicked me a bit to make sure she had my attention.

"She dumped me because I didn't love her-"

"Oh wow, you won't believe this, but he dumped me for the same reason." she interrupted, her head shooting up and facing right at me.

"You're kidding me." I said. I didn't believe her.

"No, I'm totally serious. He called me up yesterday and just called it off."

I acted as if I finally believed her. She smiled back at me, probably for that very masquerade.

Then she put her head back down, staring at the ceiling. She put her feet on my lap, completely flat out resting on the couch.

"I love creating accidents and getting something absolute amazing from them." she then confessed to me. I thought it came out of nowhere. She obviously didn't think so.

"Really, do you?" I was doing my best to try and relate.

"Syaoran, have you ever seen a gasoline rainbow?" she then magically asked.

"No, I don't think I have. I've seen rainbows from my garden hose though." I answered. Her feet were still on top of me. I could see that she was comfortable.

"But those aren't accidental. I love it when I screw up and something beautiful comes out of it." she then said, getting up and coming closer to me.

She was so close to me that I could feel her breathe on my skin. Her eyes were clear, as clear as drops of water on a sunny day. Then, she whispered into my ear.

"…you're one hell of a rainbow, you know that?"

She really caught me by surprise.

"…and how do I know if this isn't some kind of strange impulse of yours?" I silently asked her.

"We learn by doing…" she whispered back as she pulled me in closer.

to be continued

This is random:

I'm from Jersey, where we don't pump our gas. I drive down to Pennsylvania one day and I stop at the gas station and waited for someone to pump my gas. Crazy how stupid we can be sometimes haha

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