The wait is over, because here's another chapter of Emotionless! I left you guys on a funny cliffhanger last time so now you'll all see what was happening in that closet… -sweatdrop-
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Emotionless
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Chapter 4
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Departure
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At that point, Sora couldn't take it any longer. He jumped up from his seat and walked quickly to the door that lead to the room Leon and Yuffie were in. He grabbed the handle and threw open the door. The entire class gasped at what they saw…
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Sora stared at Leon and Yuffie whom where on the floor trying to stop the skeleton they were sitting in front of from falling apart. "Ummm…" Sora scratched the back of his head and quickly went to go sit down.
"There. I think it's stable now."
There was a sound that sounded like whole bunch of bones had just hit the floor. "Damn it!" Yuffie picked up one of the leg bones and threw it at the box they were trying to reach earlier. "Yuffie! If you're going to be a teacher then you need to learn to act like one!"
"You know what? Forget it. We'll finish the skeleton model later." Leon got up off the floor and kicked over some of the boxes where the model had been packed. It had been sitting there for at least three months and they just had to decide to put it together on the first day of school…
Flashback
3 months earlier
"Mr. Leonhart, this is the student teacher you must train this year. Teach her all the basics and the procedures into becoming a good health teacher."
The principal pointed towards a young girl, barely out of college, who had short black hair and wide dark eyes. Leon stared at the girl who was smiling brightly and lost concentration for a moment. She…was…kind…of…pretty…
Suddenly realizing that he was staring, he looked over at the principal again. "But what about my vacation time?"
"Don't worry, you'll get paid extra. Now, see ya in about 3 months!" With that, he zoomed out of the room with his suitcase and car screeches were heard moments later. "But…" Leon groaned. He looked over at the girl who was still staring at him with her wide smile.
"Hi! My name is Yuffie Kisaragi. I hope I can be a great teacher someday!" Yuffie held out her hand and Leon shook it. "My name is Squall Leonhart, but please, call me Leon."
"Ok Squall, ummm… I mean Leon!" She smiled nervously and stepped outside the door into the hallway. "So, will you show me around?" Leon blushed, even though Yuffie couldn't see it. What am I doing? Snap out of it Leon! He took a deep breath and stepped outside with Yuffie. "Sure…"
It all went down hill from there…
End Flashback
"Yuffie, pass out the papers." Leon had sat down at his desk and was typing away on his computer. "What papers?" Yuffie stared at him curiously and at the same time being very clueless. Leon rubbed his temples and sighed. "You know what I'm talking about Yuffie."
"Oh yeah, THOSE papers…" She skipped along to the cabinet that was on the other side of the classroom and opened it. After shuffling through many things and knocking over random stacks of other things, she found the PAPERS that she was supposed to pass out to the students.
Kairi and Sora sat silently along with the rest of the class with occasional whispers heard hear and there as Yuffie passed out those mischievous documents. Sora wanted to say something, but he couldn't quite find the right words to say at this precise moment. Kairi sat contemplating on what to say as well, but her mind was telling her to do something completely different.
The cinnamon haired boy stared blankly at the girl sitting next to him. He just wanted to reach out and embrace her one more time… But his thoughts were swept away when their student teacher slapped a paper on his desk. Picking up the paper, he raised an eyebrow at it. "Please fill these out and bring them back to me tomorrow with a parent signature." Leon said as he called Yuffie over to his desk.
Kairi just stared at the paper along with the rest of the class as their teacher explained more about it. Yuffie had now taken Leon's seat and was typing just like he had before. "Later in the year we will be studying…the human reproductive system…and, requested by the school district, we need parental permission to teach this stuff…"
A few giggles were heard from some students including Yuffie. "Well, fill out your information and then do whatever you want. Tomorrow I'll hand out your textbooks and soon we'll start on our first lesson." Leon walked over to the cabinet and opened it, only to have all the things that Yuffie had previously knocked over land on his feet. "Grrrrr…"
Yuffie quickly looked away, as if what had just happened to Leon wasn't her fault. Ummm… I guess stuffing everything back in there without any organization or neatness was a bad idea…
Everybody in the class was already filling out the form for the "things" that were required to be taught. Kairi on the other hand, was still staring blankly. Not at the paper, but apparently, her mind had taken over once again. She was starting to feel a little lightheaded, but she focused on her internal monologue. Why?
Why am I doing this? After all that's happened, have I forgotten? Am I just going to pretend that it never happened!
She clenched her fist around her pencil and gritted her teeth. I have to calm down, people might think that something's wrong… The auburn haired girl took a deep breath and tried to settle down. Noticing that her hands had started to shake a bit, she got up to go sharpen her pencil. Hopefully, nobody would notice that she was most likely having a nervous breakdown of some sort.
Suddenly standing, her lightheadedness turned to dizziness and her world started spinning around. Kairi tried to hold onto something, but the last thing she remembered before collapsing was shocked gasps coming from the class and somebody running up to her…
"Kairi! Oh my god, she just fainted!" Sora immediately rushed to her side as Leon and Yuffie came running over as well. "I have to take her to the nurse right away!"
"Right. Yuffie, please escort him to the nurse's office." Leon seemed to be calm about this situation while Yuffie was pacing around frantically.
Sora picked her up and cradled her in his arms. She was a little heavy, but he could bear it. Kairi… What happened?
The class was staring as this odd day continued to unfold. 'What happened?' 'I don't know, that girl just collapsed.' People were whispering to each other as they stared at Sora quickly walking out with the unconscious girl in his arms and Yuffie quickly following after. "Everything's fine. Please continue with your own business." Leon said in a calm tone as he went to go close the door that was left open.
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Yuffie led the way through the front office and quickly found where the nurse's room was. A lady with long brown hair and a very tight nurse's outfit was cleaning the counters and placing things in the cabinets overhead. "Tifa, we have a situation here!"
Tifa looked over and gasped. "Oh my, what happened to this girl!" Sora walked over and placed her down on the small bed that was in the room. Yuffie stared at him and walked over to his side. "You coming back to class?"
"Is it ok if I stay here?"
"Sure. I'll tell Mr. Leon that I let you stay, ok?" Sora nodded and stayed standing next to the bed that Kairi was currently lying on. "Tifa, she stood up and then she just passed out. She might be sick, but I don't know. You should call her parents."
Tifa nodded and went to touch Kairi's forehead. "I believe that she does have a fever, but she's not burning up. She must have been really stressed over something. The fever just made it worse."
Sora couldn't help but feel like it was his fault somehow. She must have been really stressed over something. He looked at her sleeping figure and sighed. Her breathing was steady and it calmed him to listen to the rhythmic sound of air being inhaled and exhaled monotonously.
"Would you like a chair?"
"Huh?" Turning around, he looked at Tifa who was pointing towards one of the waiting chairs at the front of the room. "Oh sure, thank you." Turning his gaze back at Kairi, he brushed a strand of her auburn hair out of her face. "Don't worry, I'll stay by your side this time…" Sora faintly whispered as Tifa was bringing over a chair.
"Here you go, sit down. I need to go find an ice pack for this girl." With that, Tifa rushed off to the cabinets again and was looking quietly. Sora took the chair and sat down right next to Kairi. "I'll stay here, no matter how long you take to wake up."
Tifa smiled and continued to look for the ice pack. How cute… young love is such a lovely thing… "It seems I can't find were they put anything… This happens every year too! Why can't they just place the things in their same places!" Tifa was quietly complaining about the location of her nurse appliances and their misplacements. "This is hopeless… Hey Riku! Come in here and help me look for something!"
Riku? Wait, Riku! The Riku that I know? Sora suddenly remembered that Riku came to this school too, but he had completely forgotten because of Kairi. He heard a lady at the front of the office shouting something over to someone. "Riku, Nurse Tifa needs your help."
"No prob."
I haven't seen Riku since 2 years ago… The same as Kairi…
"So, what do you need help with Ms. Lockhart- What the, Sora! Kairi! What happened to Kairi!" Riku rushed over to where Kairi and Sora where but didn't take much notice of what Tifa needed at the moment. "She's fine, she just has a fever." Sora looked over at Riku and smiled. "Long time no see buddy!" Holding out his hand, Riku firmly shook it and smiled back. Then there was an awkward silence. It seemed that there was another stare down, like the one that occurred when they had first met a couple years ago. Neither spoke until Riku looked over at Tifa who was currently annoyed for being forgotten.
"What do you need Miss?"
"Well, whoever stored all the supplies in these cabinets forgot to leave a map. I can't find anything! And we need an ice pack for the girl."
"They're in that drawer over there." Said Riku pointing to the first drawer that was under the cabinets. Now content, she went and opened the drawer, pulling out one of the ice packs. As Tifa was tending to Kairi, Riku pulled up another chair and sat down next to Sora. "So… how have you been?" The silver haired boy tried to act casual, but he wasn't pulling it off so well.
"I'm fine. Something came up and we had to move back over here…" Sora looked down at the floor and then to his shoes, which were black converse that were kind of faded. He hadn't really paid attention to what he put on this morning. His stupid alarm clock had gone off late and he didn't really mind what he put on. Whatever was lying around was good. Apparently, he was wearing black pants and a black shirt with a black jacket. With his crown chain at his side and his matching crown necklace around his neck, he had blatantly walked out the door to his house.
At least he remembered to bring a jacket… He looked over at Kairi again and noticed she wasn't wearing one. That's probably why she got a fever. It's cold outside! "So… What's with all the black? Are you gothic now? Or a punk or emo?"
Sora looked over at him questionably. "Well, not really gothic… I guess I'm just mixed up somewhere in between those things…"
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Why?
Why am I doing this? After all that's happened, have I forgotten? Am I just going to pretend that it never happened!
I need to get out of here… My head's starting to hurt… Everything is… spinning… Sora? What's wrong? Why do you look worried?
It feels like someone's picking me up… Or am I just drifting on the clouds? This feels nice… I finally get to rest…
Flashback Dream
The waves washed over the sands of the small island as seagulls flew over the orange water, its color coming from the setting sun in the distance. A slight breeze passed over the island, playing with the hair of the young boy and girl who sat on the trunk of a paopou tree. Farther away, three others, played with each other as the twilight of the day displayed itself beautifully over them. Sitting on the dock was another, setting his aqua orbs on the never ending water.
"Did you have fun today?"
"Of course! We have fun everyday Sora. You know that!" Kairi giggled as Sora grinned.
"But everyday is different. It's special in its own way and always full of surprises!"
"I guess you're right Sora…"
She looked over at Riku who momentarily looked over at them both and waved. He waved back and smiled warmly. He stood up and started walking over to the little paopou island. Sora and Kairi watched as he jumped into the water and climbed up the little latter that was on their left.
His clothes, now dripping with water, clung to him and showed off most of his body. "Hey Riku, ever consider being a model or something?"
"What!"
Sora and Kairi burst out laughing and nearly fell off the tree. "You guys are just jealous…" He walked over and leaned on the paopou tree trunk with his arms crossed. After finally quieting down, they sat silently listening to the seagull cries and the laughter coming from their friends.
"Hey guys, we'll see you tomorrow!" Selphie jumped up and down as she waved her hands in the air. Wakka and Tidus were running towards the dock when Tidus tripped and landed face first in the sand. "You should watch were you stepping, ya man?" Wakka chuckled as he watched him get up. "I'm ok…" Wiping the sand off his face he started walking over to the dock again only to be pummeled to the ground once more by Selphie.
Kairi smiled as she watched them get into their boats and row off. They all waved goodbye and were once again sitting in silence. "You guys wanna leave now too?"
"Hmmm?" Sora and Riku both turned to look at her. "Let's stay here a little while longer."
After a while, it started getting darker and the sky was now a purplish orange pink color. "It's so pretty… If I didn't have to go home, I'd want to spend the night out here under the stars…" She sighed and got off the paopou tree. Riku got up off the trunk, yawning and stretching at the same time. Sora had fallen asleep and was lazily sprawled over the tree.
"Sora…Sora! Wake up you lazy bum!" Kairi poked him in the side causing him to roll over off the trunk and fall with a loud clunk on the other side. "Owww…" He got up and rubbed his side before yawning. "How could you just fall asleep there? It must have been uncomfortable!"
The brunette jumped on the trunk again on his stomach and stared at her with an amused smirk on his face. "I don't know… I guess everything just got really quiet and I just dozed off…" His face was awfully close to Kairi's and there was a small tension that they both sensed momentarily. She opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't say anything. "Uhhh…" Sora looked at her straight in the eyes, his smirk slowly disappearing. Lowering his head about a couple inches away from hers, she honestly thought he was going to do something when he randomly poked her in the nose. "We need to get home."
"Come on you guys!" Riku had already made it half way to the docks, but Kairi hadn't even noticed when he had left. "Be there in a minute!" Turning away from Sora embarrassingly, she broke out into a sprint down the bridge that connected the paopou island to the play island. "Kairi, wait!" Sora reached out and grabbed her by her wrist. She stopped, looking down at the wood of the bridge, now being unable to look at him straight in the face.
Summoning up courage she didn't know she even had, she turned around and looked up at him. "What?"
It took a little while before Sora moved or said anything either. Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward and embraced her. "Kairi…" There was a silence…As she hugged him back and he held on tighter.
From a distance, a heartbroken Riku watched as he turned around and got into his boat. Chuckling softly, he started rowing off into the water. "I should have known…" The words came quietly and sadly from his lips as he disappeared from view.
"Kairi…I…I…wish there was an easier way to tell you this…" Her heartbeat speed up and she didn't want to hear what he had to say. He had said it in a tone that just screamed, "This is gonna break your heart." Kind of like when somebody says, "We need to talk." You just know it's going to be bad.
"No…" She said against his warm embrace. Sora pulled away and looked at her. "No to what?" He questioningly looked at her and hesitated when he saw that she was on the verge of tears. She sniffled and tried not to let the tears stain her face. "About what you're going to say… It's not very good is it?"
Wiping the tears out of her eyes, she looked up at him and tried to smile. "If it's not a good thing, then it's probably better if I don't know…" Sora didn't say anything, he took another deep breath and slowly exhaled. "It's not that it's a bad thing… It's just that if I tell you, it will just hurt you more…"
"Then I don't need to know…" She looked at him and saw the sadness in his eyes… "I'm sorry…" He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close again. The only noises heard once again where the ones from nature, as the waves softly washed over the sand and the crickets chirped, Sora and Kairi stood on the bridge, as the now appearing stars twinkled above.
'I should have told you my true feelings that night…'
The following morning…
Kairi dropped her glass as her mom told her the most devastating news she had ever heard. "Honey, Sora moved. He left a little while ago."
"What?" Frozen to the spot, she remembered the night before and what Sora had told her.
"It's not that it's a bad thing… It's just that if I tell you, it will just hurt you more…"
Her eyes swelled with tears as she ran out of the house and over towards Sora's. It can't be true… Is that what he wanted to tell me? That he was going to move? Then why didn't he say goodbye? She stopped in front of his house and looked in through the window, only to find it empty and dark.
Wait… 'It's just that if I tell you, it will just hurt you more…' He thought it would hurt me? She slumped to the ground and buried her face in her hands. Do you seriously think it wouldn't hurt me knowing that I probably won't ever see you again?
Why? Why didn't you say goodbye? Why didn't you tell me you were moving? Maybe I should have let you tell me that night… what you were going to tell me in the first place… I could have stopped you… Made you change your mind… And then… just maybe… it wouldn't hurt this much…
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Sora and Riku sat quietly in the nurse's office as they heard Tifa rummaging for things in the bathroom and rearranging things everywhere. "What were you doing here in the office Riku?" It seemed kind of strange that he was here…
"Well, I'm an office aid. I have to help everyone around here… You know, deliver things, help teachers, etc."
"Oh… well-"
"Why?"
"Kairi!" Both boys immediately shot up out of their chairs and ran over to her side. "Where am I?..." Kairi rubbed her head and opened her eyes slightly. I've got a headache… "Are you ok?"
"What!" She opened her eyes all the way and scooted back into the bed. "Sora? Riku?" She got up and ran for the door. "NO!"
"Kairi, come back!"
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(To be continued)
Yay! I'm happy I finally got this chapter done… I had writers block for it… stupid writers block… -kicks the block- Well anyway… I hope you all enjoyed it! I don't have much to say right now because… well… I just don't… I got more of the background story done and that's what I wanted to get done and over with… but it's still not all the way explained… I hope you can all bear with me…
Don't forget to review! It will make me really happy… And it will encourage me to write more! Until next time then…