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Chapter 26- The Goodbye
My eyes wondered around, making sure no one was around us. They slowly retraced Sora's face. My breathing wasn't as easy as it was before. With just those few words 'Kairi, I have to tell you something important.' I didn't want him to know I was scared.
"What is it?" I asked quietly. He looked down, but then looked back at me. His eyes were starting to get all teary. This was the first time I had ever seen him cry. Since I saw him doing this, tears started to swell in my eyes as well. I gently placed my hand on his cheek. "Sora," I managed to say quietly.
"I love you so much Kairi and I'm sorry for everything that's happened." He hugged me again. I sighed in relief. 'That's all he had to tell me.' I managed a small laugh. I rested my head on his shoulder just watching around the motionless night. I rubbed his back to comfort him while I felt him cry.
"I love you too Sora. Just forget about what happened. I don't care any more." I tightened my hug. "Just promise me you wont ever leave me again."
He pulled away from my hug. "I said I would always be with you. Even if I'm not here physically, I'll always be with you in your heart," Sora said in a loud whisper. I looked up at him, my eyes flooding with tears.
"What are you talking about?" I asked. Sora turned around and walked a little in front of me crossing his arms. His back was facing me. I kept trying to wipe my face, but the tears weren't stopping.
"Kairi," Sora started, I heard him sniffle a few time. "I'm moving tomorrow." Those words crushed me. Sora was moving away from me. After about a month of no talking, the one moment we get back together, he crushes me all over again by saying he was moving. I covered my face, and sat on the ground crossing my legs. I put my elbows on my knees and slowly rocked back and forth letting the tears just pour out of me. I didn't bother to hold back my pain anymore. I was holding it in for too long.
"Sora," I cried out. "How long have you known this?" I looked up at him. He walked up to me, sitting down and hugging me.
"I found out that day I gave you the promise ring." He held up my left hand and pointed to the ring. I wiped some more tears away with my right hand. "I didn't have the heart to tell you. I didn't want to see you hurt like this. But we ended up getting into a fight. Remember when I called you earlier this week?" I nodded slowly. "Well, I called to tell you I was moving, but when it got to your answering machine, I remembered how happy you always were, I didn't want to see you hurt. I'm sorry. I ended up hurting you worse."
"I'm going to miss you." I didn't care about the fight anymore. I need to spend as much time with Sora as I possibly could. That time was coming to an abrupt halt soon. "When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow afternoon," he said through his tears. I cried like a baby for what seemed to be forever. I was so weak, but I didn't care. After a while, Sora helped me up and walked me home. "Tomorrow, I'm going to spend the whole day with you, but when I leave, I want to make sure everyone is there."
"Okay," I said looking down. When we got to my doorstep, I looked at him and sighed. "I love you Sora."
"I love you too, Kairi." He hugged me.
"I don't want you to let me go," I whispered.
"I'll never let you go." He pulled away from the hug and kissed me. When he backed up, he put his hand on my cheek with a small smile. "I can't leave until you smile."
"If that's what it takes, I'll never smile again," I said looking away almost feeling childish. Sora made me look at him again and hugged me.
"Please?" Sora whispered right into my ear. He pulled away for another try. I looked at him and gave him a sad smile. I couldn't be happy. How could I when I was going to be saying bye to the only one who really loved me? "That's better. I'll see you tomorrow." Sora walked down the side way and he kept putting his hands to his face. I knew he was crying. I watched him walk to the door to his house. He turned around. I was still in the same place. Sora looked down and walked into his house. I sighed and went into mine. My parents greeted me, being proud parents of a daughter who went onstage. However, they knew something was wrong. I explained everything to them. They tried their best to make me feel better but it didn't work.
I went into my room and sat on my bed. I kept staring off into space. That's usually what happens after anyone cries for a long time. Precious came in and sat in front of me purring. I hugged her tight like a stuffed animal. She started to lick my face. I placed her on my bed and pulled out my diary.
Dear Diary
Sora is moving away tomorrow. I've been hurting so long just to get him back and when he comes back, I lose him again. I'm so lost. I don't know what to do anymore. I thought moving back would be fun and happy. So many bad things have happened, yet at the same time I couldn't be any happier I moved back. My old friends came back into my life, and new ones were made. If I hadn't moved here, I wouldn't have ever gone out with Sora. Then again, if we never did move, I wouldn't be tortured with this pain inside of me. I've got to suck it up. I'm glad I did move here. No one would ever top Sora. Never in a million years. I hope that when he does go to his new home, he'll find someone new. I only want him happy. (I looked at how many pages of my diary were left. Only one blank page was left. It was the one next to Sora's message.) One page is left in my diary, one more page to express myself with. I know I can always get another diary, but this one was from Sora. So I'll purely dedicate my last page to Sora. The day he comes back into my life is when the last page will be filled.
Love Always Kairi
I closed my diary and put it neatly into my side table. I laid my head on my pillow. I closed my eyes, they hurt so bad from crying.
Flashback 1
"Kairi," Sora said quietly. I turned to face him, still smiling. "I have to tell you something." I looked at him, my smile slowly fading.
"What is it?" I asked putting my hand over his.
"It's nothing bad, don't worry," he said with a smile, "I'm just nervous about how you'll react."
"Then tell me," I said reassuringly.
"Well, ever since 5th grade, I've had a crush on you. I wanted to tell you so bad, but when I found out you were moving, I figured it wouldn't matter. I gave you that diary, so hopefully you would write about me, it was a silly immature boy thing of me to do. Of course I never would know if you would write about me or not. I wrote something to you on the last page. Did you happen to read that?" Sora said.
"I didn't even know you wrote me," I said thinking about how cute that was. "You really had a crush on me?" He nodded. "You should have told me!"
"Sorry it took awhile. I was scared. But I will tell you now that the crush hasn't really disappeared. I don't know if it's really a crush or not though," Sora said.
"Huh? What do you mean you don't know if it's a crush or not?" I asked confused. Sora leaned over to me and lightly kissed my lips. I felt weak at his touch, how typical. He pulled away and placed his hand on my cheek.
"I know it's only been a few months since we've really got a chance to re-know each other, but I think I love you Kairi. I know I don't know what love is, I don't think anyone really does anymore, but I have a strong gut feeling that I do love you," Sora said so sweetly. My heart was beating faster. I felt the same way… I wrapped him in a tight hug.
"I think I love you too Sora," I whispered.
End of Flashback 1
My eyes opened slowly as a few tears crept down. I got up and turned off my light, then laid back down on my side, closing my eyes yet again.
Flashback 2
"So what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Sora asked. This was it, I had to just ask him, and I couldn't let my nerves get in my way of asking Sora out. I took a deep breath, and turned to face him.
"Okay, remember how you said you've liked me since fifth grade?" I decided to mention. He nodded. "Well, I've liked you since third grade, yeah I know that's a long time to like someone. I've had other crushes between then, but you were the only one that I couldn't manage to escape from. Well, when you told me last week that you loved me, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. You don't know how much that meant to me. Sora, I love you, I love you so so much." I made sure I put a lot of emphases on so to get my point across.
"I love you too, Kairi," Sora responded putting his hand on my knee. He looked at me waiting to see if I had to say anymore.
I took another deep breath; this was it, no turning back now. "Well, since we both love each other, and care so much about one another. Okay, before I say anymore, I know it's pretty customary for the guy to ask the girl, but I wanted to ask…" I was stalling for a bit, my heart was racing what if he says no? I looked away, lowering my head in shame of how I could think that. Why was I chickening out?
"Kairi…" Sora said looking at me. He put his hand under my chin and made me face him.
He has to say yes. "Sora, will you go out with me?" I said quietly. A smile appeared on Sora's face.
He got closer to me. "I was hoping you would say that," he whispered. I smiled; I couldn't believe he said yes. Well, he didn't really say yes, but I knew what he meant. We kissed. I hugged him tightly not wanting to ever let go. I laid my back on the sand, gazing at the twinkling stars above. Sora did the same thing. I felt his hand reach for mine and we locked our fingers together. I curled up close to him and leaned my head against his.
"I love you," I said quietly.
"I love you, too," he said back squeezing my hand lightly.
End of Flashback 2
I looked blankly at my wall. Princess came into my room and laid at the end of my bed. I sighed quietly. "Sora, why are you leaving me?" The words crept out of my mouth before I fell asleep.
I got up at eight the next morning. I got ready with in half an hour. I walked over to Sora's house. His mom let me in. I walked into Sora's room taking in the sight. It was so empty, well except the boxes.
"So you're really leaving." I looked around, examining his walls that were once covered with posters.
"Yeah. I sure am going to miss this place," Sora said.
"So where are you moving to anyways?" I asked him.
"Three islands away." I looked away.
"This really sucks." The words quietly came out.
"Well, let's let my parents take care of all these things. Let's go out," Sora said taking my hand and pulling me outside. We walked hand in hand together down the sidewalk. Sora took me out to eat brunch. After it was over, we went out to the beach where I had asked him out. I stood along the shoreline, with my hands behind my back, just staring. Sora walked down the shoreline a bit, with his hands in his pockets. I think he was in deep thought too. Sora turned back around and walked up to me. I looked at him.
"I don't want you to go. I'm going to miss you too much," I said.
"I'm going to miss you too. Even though I'm gone, I don't want you to sit around constantly thinking about me. I want you to find someone," Sora said. I looked down and slowly nodded. 'I don't want anyone else but you.' He wrapped his arms around me. I felt his cheek against mine. He was so warm. "Can I have this dance." His breath tickled my ear. I nodded. He pulled away from me. Sora placed his arms around my waist as I placed my arms around his neck (A/N: It's kind of like that dancing in the street part from the movie 'The Notebook' I love that movie!)
We started to sway back and forth. I guess our music was the sound of the waves crashing along the shore, along with the birds. This was so depressing. I couldn't believe this was the last bit of time I was going to spend with Sora. After awhile of dancing, we sat on the dock.
"So are you excited at all?" I asked.
"Not really."
"I just realized something," I stated.
"What?" Sora asked.
"We still have two weeks of school left. You're not going to be here."
"Nope. My summer is getting started early." I sighed.
"I still can't believe you're leaving." Sora put his arm around me.
"As long as you're wearing that ring, we're destined to keep our promises," Sora said. I nodded looking at my ring.
Me, Namine, Cloud, Riku, Amanda, Selphie, Tidus and Wakka, not forgetting Princess as well, were all on the shore where there boat was taking Sora and his family away from us. They were loading all of the things onto it. Sora stood in front of us with his hands in his pockets.
"I'm going to miss all of you," Sora said looking at each and every one of us. He went down the line saying goodbye to everyone, starting with Wakka. I was at the end of the line, with Princess in between Nam and me. When Sora got to Princess, he bent down and hugged her. Sora faced me. We both stood there for a bit. Sora wrapped his arms around me. I hugged him too. I once again started to cry like a baby. Sora pulled away from me, and put his hand under my chin to pull my face to his. We kissed. I didn't want it to end. He pulled away slowly.
"Goodbye Sora," I choked out.
"Bye Kairi. I love you." Sora turned around and started to walk up the dock to the boat that had just let out a whistle to know that it would be leaving soon.
"I love you Sora!" I cried out. He looked back at me with a sad smile. My heart shattered. I couldn't believe this. The boat closed up the dock. Everyone who was on the boat went to the side to wave at everyone who was on shore. We all waved as the boat let out its final whistle. It started it engine and moved away from us. I saw Sora. He looked just as sad I was. Princess started to bark. She wanted to go to Sora, but Namine and me held her back. We continued to wave. Soon, the boat was too small to be noticed. I let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry Kairi," Namine said hugging me. A few tears streamed down my face. Everyone joined in on the hug.
"I miss him already…" I said quietly. I don't think the shock of it all really hit me that he was gone. "Nam, can you take Princess home. I'm going to stick around here for awhile."
"Sure. Come on you guys," Namine ushered everyone away, taking Princess with her. Once everyone was out of site, I went back to the private beach where Sora and me were before. I sat down on the dock, dangling my feet over the edge. I placed my hands in my lap and looked at the now setting sun.
"I feel so alone and empty inside with out you here," I said out loud. I cried to myself for the longest time. Soon the sun was just about to go under. I stood up and made fists with my hands. "You promised me you'd always be with me! How come you're not with me Sora! Why aren't you here! You Promised me!" I broke down. I let myself fall onto my knees, covering my face. "You promised me," I whispered through my crying. "You promised."
I got up and decided it would be best to go home. I let a few tears roll down my cheeks as I walked. When my house came into view, I looked down. I got inside and went straight to my room. The beginning music of 'Back Home' by Yellowcard started to play in my head. (A/N: in the song just forget about the whole California thing, it was the closest song to Kairi and Sora's mood that I could find) I kept the lights off as I walked to my window across the street. Sora's house stood empty. A 'For Sale' sign was hanging in the lawn. I looked up in the night sky. The moon was round. I gazed at it.
Sora walked into his new house. It was just about the same size as his old one, but it didn't feel the same. His friends weren't there. Kairi wasn't there. 'I miss her so much.' Sora thought sitting on his bed. Since he didn't have blinds yet, the moon was shining into his room. He stared at it think of the one person he loved and missed the most. "Kairi," He whispered.
Don't know what I was looking for when I went home, I found me alone
And sometimes I need someone to say, "You'll be all right. What's on your mind?"
But the water's shallow here and I am full of fear, and empty handed after two long years
Another sunny day in Californ-i-a
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance to feel it
Back home I always thought I wanted so much more, now I'm not too sure
Cause sometimes I miss knowing someone's there for me and feeling free
Free to stand beside the ocean in moonlight
And light myself a smoke beneath the dark Atlantic sky
Another sunny day in Californ-i-a
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance, before you get a chance to feel it
Everybody here is living life in fear of falling out of line
Tearing lives apart and breaking lots of hearts just to pass the time
And the eyes get red in the back of your head, this place will make you blind
Put it all behind me and I'll be just fine
Another sunny day beneath this cloudless sky
Sometimes I wish that it would rain here
And wash away the west coast dreaming from my eyes
There's nothing real for them to see here
Another starry night in Californ-i-a
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance, before you get a chance to feel it
A/N: AWWW I'm gonna cry! That's so sad! I think I get into my stories too much. I really hope you guys liked this chapter. The next chapter is the last. Please Review! And by the way you guys catch on really fast! You all knew he was going to move!