Alright, here is the chapter four, I hope everyone does not mind the small wait I had inbetween this and chapter 3. Please R&R!
"Ohhh! That sounds like so much fun!" Rakka exclaimed, to the laughter of the others around the room. She was leaning heavily on the table next to Kayri; her hands were balled into fists with her excitement. Even in her happiness she wore an expression of seriousness, she really thought that it would be so much fun and did not understand everyone else's laughter.
"Yeah and next thing you know she will be running circles around your shop!" Kana almost shouted, she was rolling around in her seat shaking with laughter. Her short cut black hair was bouncing around her flushed face. She slammed her fist onto the table, almost upsetting the tea cups and pot, the small treats on the table slid a bit towards Kayri who hurried to stack them neatly again.
"Will you calm down?" Asked a tired voice from the far end of the table. The girl had brown long hair that hung around her face loosely. Nemu was leaning on her elbow, smiling pleasantly at nothing.
"It's alright," Kayri said in a small voice, though everyone looked at her. "Rakka can come by the glass shop sometime, it might not be as fun as she thinks it is though."
"That's not the point." Hikari said, adjusting her glasses slightly. "Rakka doesn't seem to understand that things just happen, you don't plan for most of them." She said in an even voice, she never laughed as hard as the others.
"I understand!" Rakka said defending herself. "It's just that where ever Kayri is good things happen! I mean look at us, it's been a few weeks since we where all home at once." She added defiantly.
"Yes, but the twins are not here." Hikari said, glancing out of the darkening window. Dusk was fully upon Old Home, the shadows stretching into each other, the tanned brick turning to a darker brown. There was still some natural light inside the corridors, but the halls seemed to get longer and more crowded. The once friendly hallways seemed more commanding and frightening.
"They said they wouldn't be coming back tonight, remember Hikari?" Rakka said, her wings fluttering lightly behind her in the still warm air. "They wanted to stay at the bike shop tonight, seems like they where messing with the old motor bike again. I wonder what they will do to it this time." She said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, last time they tried to build a small windmill on the back of it." Kana added. "They really seem to like working with the machines scattered around town. Those two are more common to be seen dirty from head to toe and under some piece of equipment then actually doing something else around town."
"It's good for them." Nemu put in tiredly. "Just as it's good for me to get to sleep. The sun has set." She yawned, tipping back slightly in her chair.
"Sleepy head! But this is one of the times I have to agree with you." Kana said to the older girl. She stretched her arms above her head, yawning.
"That makes three of us." Hikari said, not an ounce of tiredness entered her voice. "Well we are off, you two will stay and clean up then?" The three stood up at about the same time, Kana was leaning on the table while Nemu tired not to trip over her chair.
"Yeah, I'm not tired yet, and I still want to talk to Kayri more." Rakka answered the other girl. Both Kayri and Rakka watched the other three leave the room. "Since its summer the sun stays out longer, and those three normally have a lot to do in the mornings. But I still love watching the sunset, though it's to late for to nights."
"Yeah." Kayri said, starting to clean up the dishes on the table. "In Abandoned Factory everyone stays up real late, and then wakes up in the afternoon. Only a few of us ever see the sun rise." She smiled as she collected the different teacups and rearranged the rest of the treats on the table, "Though I always am one of the last to go to bed and one of the first to rise. I…" She paused, she stopped moving, "I don't like my dreams, and since I am just fine on a few hours of sleep I rather have the least I can." She closed her eyes tightly, willing the remembrance of the dreams to go away.
"It's okay Kayri. They are only dreams." Rakka said getting up and going to her friend. She petted the other girls hair, "It will be fine. Anyways, you'll be sleeping here tonight!" She laughed and moved to pick up some of the dishes to take them into the kitchen.
"Thanks Rakka."
"Oh! It's not problem, besides we are friends aren't we?" She laughed, turning and walking towards the kitchen with her hands filled with dishes. Kayri followed behind her with the rest of the teacups and other dishes, they left out the extra treats on the table. "I wonder, should we make pancakes tomorrow? I bought all of the ingredients earlier this week. I just never knew when to make them." She laughed, filling the sink with water to wash everything. She clapped her hands together, "That's what we'll do, we will make pancakes tomorrow!"
Kayri laughed at the other girl's joy, "Pancakes it is. Do you want me to get everything set up for the morning?" She asked dropping more dishes into the filling sink.
"Sure," Rakka paused, her arms deep in soapy water, "Kayri…" The other girl turned towards her, a worried expression on her face, something in Rakka's voice did not sound like her. "You said you dreamed about chasing a golden light, one that was always out of reach, right?" Kayri nodded, even though Rakka's back was to her, but Rakka continued anyway, "I have had a dream recently, one of a golden light bouncing in front of me. But no matter how fast I run after it, it stays out of arms reach. My whole focus is on that one ball of light that I don't notice anything else." She pulled her arms out of the water and turned towards Kayri, "I know I am missing things, people, I don't know of everything that passes me by, but it seems like a whole life."
Kayri's eyes where wide, that was her dream. Her cocoon dream. "A whole life wasted and passed by, chasing something I could never have." Kayri said her eyes burning lightly with unshed tears.
"You… you know the meaning of your cocoon dream?" Rakka asked in disbelief. "That is not common, Kayri. I figured mine out, and expected to go over the wall. But you where born with the knowledge of your dream?" She leaned heavily on the counter, her arms still dripping water and bubbles.
"And I was born already with wings, and no cocoon in sight. I know, I am strange. But, how does that explain you knowing my dream? It has been tormenting me lately, something off to the side tries so hard to draw my attention to it, but no matter how much I want to look at it, I can never… never…" Kayri collapsed to the floor, her hands covering her face. Silent sobs racked her body. Rakka dropped to her knees, holding the younger girl to her.
She ran her hand over the girl's hair, trying to sooth the sobbing girl. "It… It will be okay, Kayri. I'm here. I'm here." She held the girl to her until she stopped shaking. "It'll be okay, I'm here Kayri." Rakka had grown up a bit since she had to save Reki, and she was sure she could help Kayri now.
"It's, it's just…" She tried not to cry out with the sudden chill her body felt in the warm air. "How could I… waste my entire life? Why, why do I feel like I am doing it again?" She cried into Rakka's shirt. "Why would I waste my life!" She hung on to the older girl, shoving her tear-streaked face into the other girls shoulder. "How… how could I waste my life, with someone so obviously trying to get my attention?"