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Welcome to my Life
Chapter I
Sora's Pov
I sighed when I walked into the classroom. I immediately spotted Kairi and Selphie. The brunette was bouncing (literally) up and down. The redhead was seated on a desk near by, waving at me. Both were wearing the girls' uniform for Miyazaki High. (Black pleated skorts that stopped mid thigh and white short sleeve sailor shirts with red bows.) My uniform consisted of black trousers and a white short sleeve shirt with a red tie. I hated it.
I stopped thinking of the uniforms and put on a false smile and waved back before walking across the room. I took the seat behind Kairi. As I sat down she turned to me.
"Hey Sora," she said cheerfully. "How was your summer?"
"It was alright," I said in a bored voice. I just didn't feel like talking.
"What's that mean?"
"You know, normal," I explained in the same tone. "Went to visit my relatives on the mainland. Nothing too exciting."
"My summer was cool. I went on a cruise ship. It was so totally awesome…" Kairi went on explaining about the cruise. I was only half listening. It wasn't that interesting.
I casually scanned the room. Not many kids I knew. There was this small group of upperclassmen directly across the room. The group consisted of three boys and two girls. They didn't look like preps or jocks but I knew they were popular. It wasn't a stereotype because I'd seen them around back in middle school.
My eyes locked onto this one boy. He was sixteen, with silver hair, aqua colored eyes, only a few inches taller than myself, with a slender body and nicely developed muscles that were apparent even with the uniform on. Riku Makoto. He lived in my neighborhood, a few blocks away from my house. We had been friends in elementary school but we had stopped talking before middle school. Now we hardly knew each other.
"And then… Sora? Sora, are you even listening to me?" Kairi's voice broke into my thoughts and brought me back to reality. I looked up at her and smiled sheepishly. Opps.
"Sora have you heard anything I've said in the last five minutes?"
Five minutes? Damn, time flies. Literally.
"Err, sorry. I was daydreaming," I admitted.
Kairi huffed angrily and turned to Selphie. They both ignored me for the next five minutes. That's when the teacher walked in.
"Hello everyone," he said. "My name is Coach Loire. If your schedule says 'First period Health', you're in the right class. If it says 'First period Math' then you'd better leave 'cause you're in the wrong class."
"Well, I guess that would be me," said one of Riku's friends. A tall boy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes. "Just kidding'." He smirked and his friends and half the class laughed. Coach Loire only smiled.
"Ha Ha, very funny Cloud," Coach said sarcastically. "Now, if you're done joking around, I'm going to take roll."
For the next thirty minutes Coach Loire told us about his rules and what we would be learning in his class. Then we played a little game to help us know our classmates better. It was called "Student Search". It was lame but I participated anyway (who knew, I might get a chance to talk to Riku).
"So, Sora," Kairi said turning to me (apparently she had forgiven me). "You traveled out of this country during vacation right?"
"Yeah. Hey Selph," I said. "You have a dog right?"
"Yeah, Sparky," Selphie said.
We continued like this for the rest of the class. At the end of the period I knew a lot more about my classmates than I had when I walked into the room. I had also gotten to talk to Riku a few times although they were short conversations and nothing about how we had been friends before. I walked out of the class feeling happier than I had been when I walked in.
"So what class do you have next?" Tidus asked when he and Wakka joined me and the girls in the hallway.
"I have Algebra," I said looking at my schedule.
"So do I!" Kairi and Selphie said at the same time.
"Great." It was sarcastic but nobody noticed.
We waved 'bye to Tidus and Wakka and headed off to our class. When we entered the room we found all the students standing against the walls. I turned to a random kid and asked if we had assigned seats.
"Dunno," he replied shrugging. "She just said don't sit down."
'Alright then' I nodded at him then looked around the room. Other than Kairi and Selphie I only knew to kids because they had been in my Health class. Then I noticed something. Why were there playing cards taped to the desks? 'Hmm, weird.'
The bell rang and the teacher walked in, closing the door behind her. She introduced herself as Miss Noel. Then she told us to come get a card from her and take the seat with the matching card. Those were our assigned seats.
Kairi, Selphie, and I walked forward along with the rest of the class. Kairi pulled a card from the top and Selphie pulled the one under it. They ended up next to each other. I pulled a card from the middle. Seven of Spades. 'Works for me.'
After everyone was seated, Miss Noel explained the rules of her class and did all that other 'first-day-of-school' crap. Then she said we were going to play a game until the end of the class. It was all very boring.
After Algebra I had Art. Kairi and Selphie had Art too but with a different teacher. (Finally, I was free!) I walked into the classroom and immediately stopped, causing the person behind me to run right into me.
The reason behind (or more appropriately, in front of) my sudden stop? One word: Riku. Yep, that's right. The silver haired boy sat on the far side of the room. He looked up and smiled at me, waving for me to come over.
"Hey, move," the kid behind me said.
"Oh, sorry."
"Whatever," he shoved past me muttering about 'stupid freshman'.
I blinked and started to slowly walk towards Riku. As I did, a voice in the back of my head spoke.
Don't go over there.
'Why not?' I questioned.
He's just messing with you! He doesn't want to talk to you
'How do you know? He might want to be friends again.'
Fine but don't come crying to me when you get your heart broken
'What's that suppose to mean?'
Nothing
I reached Riku's table just then and smiled slightly.
"Hey Riku," I said nervously.
"Hey Sora. Sit down." As I did he continued talking. "I was afraid I'd be stuck in this class with no one to talk to."
"But you make friends so easily," I said slightly surprised.
"Yeah, but I want someone I already know. I don't want to have to tell a stranger all about my self just so I have someone to talk to for an hour."
"Oh." Hadn't thought about it that way.
"Besides, I've missed talking with you." There was something about the way he smiled that mesmerized me.
He's lying.
'But he seems so sincere.'
He doesn't want to be your friend. He just wants to use you for his pleasure.
'I wouldn't mind that.'
Wait. Where the hell did those thoughts come from! I mentally shook my head. Luckily Riku hadn't noticed anything. (I think….)
"So what have you been up to?" he asked me.
"Nothing really. What about you?"
"Come on Sora. You act like I don't really care."
"Wha- How'd you- I mean its true. I haven't done anything interesting in the last few years."
"Sora, I know you and you're lying. I do care. Really."
Damn, am I that easy to read? No. Riku just knew me very well. He could tell if I was lying. Luckily the teacher came in at that moment. She quickly introduced herself as Miss Gainsborough (or Miss G). She had brown hair and green eyes. Then she tool roll and passed out the usual information papers. Then she passed out some drawing paper and told us to draw the first thing that came to mind in detail because she would be using these drawings to see what we would work on during the year.
I didn't know what to draw but when my pencil touched the paper I went with it. I soon realized that I was drawing a person sitting at a desk. As I added the details and began the shading, I realized who I was drawing. It was Riku, just as he was now, bent over concentrating on his drawing.
As I gazed at him, I wondered what he was drawing. It was good, that much I knew. (Why else would he appear to be working so hard?) I looked down at my drawing and added some last minute details. As I was finishing, Miss G. told us that our time was up.
"Hey that's really good."
I looked up and found Riku looking at my drawing. 'Shit'. I hope he doesn't get freaked out. He smiled at me. Was that good or bad? I didn't want to find out.
"Uh…thanks," I managed to say. "I couldn't think of any thing else to draw so I drew you. Do you mind?"
"No, I don't."
"What did you draw?"
"This."
He turned his picture and slid it across the table so I could see it. I was surprised to see that he was an excellent artist. The picture surprised me too.
It was a picture of a tree house. Inside two children sat talking. I looked closer and realized that it was Riku and myself. I didn't know what to say.
"It's…very nice."
At that moment, Miss G. walked by. She stopped and examined our work. She was amazed at the quality of the pictures. Then the bell rang, signaling the end of the period. I gathered my stuff and almost ran out the door. I don't know why exactly but I just had to get out of there and away from Riku. Unfortunately he caught up with me.
"Hey Sora want to eat lunch with me?" he asked.
"Uh, no. I have to meet Kairi and the others. Sorry."
He looked disappointed for a second but when he smiled and spoke it didn't show.
"Don't worry about it," Riku said. "I'll see you later."
"See you."
I watched as he headed the opposite direction then I turned ant went to meet my friends.
RIKU'S POV
I looked up at the door just in time to see Sora walk in then suddenly stop. The kid behind him ran right in to him. I hid my laugh with a smile and waved to Sora. After a second he slowly walked towards me.
"Uh, hey Riku."
He sounded nervous. Why?
"Hey Sora. Sit down. I was afraid I'd be stuck in this class with no one to talk to."
"But you make friends so easily," he said.
That's true. So why was I so desperate to talk to him?
"Yeah, but I want someone I already know. I don't want to have to tell a stranger all about my self just so I have someone to talk to for an hour."
"Oh."
"Besides, I've missed talking with you."
I gave him a smile that seemed to make him melt. I wondered what he was thinking. I wondered what I was thinking. Why do I feel this why? What are these feelings? 'Why do I feel this way about you Sora?'
"So what have you been up to?" I asked.
"Nothing really. What about you?"
"Come on Sora. You act like I don't really care," I said, slightly hurt.
"Wha- How'd you- I mean its true. I haven't done anything interesting in the last few years."
"Sora, I know you and you're lying. I do care. Really."
'You don't trust me anymore. You think I'm just using you. And it's all because of what happened years ago. But I didn't mean to hurt you Sora.' Now I had a huge problem. How was I going to get Sora to trust me? I just wanted to be friends again but he didn't believe me.
For the next fifty minutes we were silent as we worked on the class work assigned to us. When I looked up at from my picture when Miss G. said our time was up, I found Sora adding the last details to his picture. It surprised me.
"Hey that's really good."
Sora looked up with a scared expression on his face.
"Uh…thanks. I couldn't think of any thing else to draw so I drew you. Do you mind?"
"No, I don't."
"What did you draw?"
Good question.
"This."
I pushed my picture towards him. I could tell it surprised him just as his had surprised me. I had hoped it would. It was a picture of two young children playing in a tree house. Actually it was me and Sora playing in our tree house when we were younger. It was actually a memory. I hoped it would tell him that I still thought of him as my friend.
"It's…very nice."
That's all? What did he really think of it? I never found out because Miss G. came over at that moment and collected our work. Then the bell rang and Sora practically ran out of the room. I followed and managed to catch him.
"Hey Sora want to eat lunch with me?" he asked.
"Uh, no. I have to meet Kairi and the others. Sorry."
For some reason that disappointed me but I didn't let him know that. I couldn't.
"Don't worry about it," I said. "I'll see you later."
"See you."
I turned and headed to my locker. I was so freaking confused. So confused, that when I got to my locker I didn't notice Cloud and Leon standing there. I would've walked off if they hadn't said anything.
"Hey Riku. Where're you going?"
"Huh?" I said turning to them. "Oh sorry."
"Don't worry about it," Cloud said as we headed down the hall to the cafeteria. "So what's up? You seemed kind of out of it."
"Oh this old friend of mine," I said. "We have art together and, well let's just say we haven't spoken in years."
"Like how long?"
Does Cloud always have to be so nosey? Yes, that's just his personality. And I absolutely hate it. You can't have any secrets because Cloud always finds out.
"Since about middle school, so five years, give or take."
"Why'd you two stop talking? What happened?"
"I did something that hurt him," I said shortly. "Look, I don't want to talk about it. It's not really a good memory."
I left then to stand in line at the concession stand. Cloud was irritating me. He's always so nosey but usually I can tolerate it. This time was different. I didn't want to talk about it. I didn't even want to think about it…but the memories came anyway…
The line moved forward and I shook my head to clear it. No way was I going to remember all that. Thank god it was my turn now. I quickly ordered and then went to sit with my friends. I hoped Cloud would give up questioning me.
"Hey Riku!" Yuffie called out as I walked up.
I smiled lightly before answering "Hey Yuffie" as I sat down.
"So what's up? How were your classes? Meet anyone interesting?"
I looked up and glared across the table at Cloud. He just smiled, feigning innocence. 'Bastard.' I'll get him later. For now I'll play his little game.
"Maybe. So what?"
"What happened?" she asked bluntly.
"When?"
"Five years ago?"
"Why the hell is everyone so interested in my past?"
"Because you've never mentioned anything about it before," Tifa said.
She had me there but still... 'I can't believe them.'
"So that automatically gives you the right to pry?"
"Tell us and we'll stop asking."
"If you don't, well we'll just have to find this little 'friend' of yours and ask," Leon stated.
"Why do you care so much? Just drop it," I was getting angry now.
"Riku, just tell us."
"Fine. You want to know what happened? I kissed him."
AN: okay so this is my first Kingdom Hearts fic. Yes I know the whole 'Destiny Islands High School' thing is getting a little cliché because there a lot of them out there but I don't care. This is also my first attempt at a first person pov. I found it easier to write this chapter in first person because I've experienced a few of the situations in here myself. So let me know if you like it, hate it, don't know yet, or think I should just drop it before it turns out really bad. Thanks for reading and please review.
One more thing: Thank you to PiperLeoEternally for the review about Loves Me Not. I'm glad you thought it was cute. You were my first and only review. Thank you again.