Behind the lie

Chapter 3

Hey everybody it's me kari10 well this a new story hope you like it, by the way I just deserved half credit the other half goes to my friend Velika, I only own Kira and Velika owns Velika, lol. Enjoy the story!!.

Oh! By the way soo sorry if it took so long but to much homework

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"What do you mean there's no coffee in this school? What the hell is wrong with you people! It's as if this were a primary school. I bet tea is the strongest thing you've got here." Velika screamed at the cafeteria's cashier lady, who only looked away from the girl's piercing flaming red eyes. When the lady didn't answer, the dark haired widened her eyes in shook. "You don't have tea either, do you?" The lady just shook her head no. Velika let out a frustrated noise and closed her eyes, rubbing her temple with her fingers. "Ok, give me some of that grape juice..." The cashier hurried to bring her a bottle of grape juice and gave it to her quickly. Velika shoved her money to the lady in front of her and walked away, Kira following her. "Can you believe this? No coffee! Not even tea! From now on, I'm definitively bringing my own coffee... with no caffeine in my system, how can I deal with all the stupid people at this school?"

            "I think you're overreacting..." Kira opened her soda and drank some of it, looking straight forward.

            "Overreacting? I am so not overreacting! Don't tell me you wouldn't feel this way if they didn't sell... well, um... I dunno, let say... chocolate! Yeah, chocolate! How would you feel, huh?"

            Kira's face dropped. No chocolate? Not even one small tiny bar? She sighed. "I guess you're right. But anyway, since when are you so addicted to caffeine?"

            Velika stopped in her tracks, her eyes staring into nothing in front of her, a thunder of pain ran through her eyes, but her face remained unaffected. The thunder disappeared just as fast as it started. Kira noticed that her cousin wasn't walking next to her anymore, and looked back at her, the dark haired staring into oblivion. "Since Da—" she stopped, and her voice cracked down, "since nearly ten months ago..."

            Kira's face showed compassion and sadness. She knew what she was thinking about... she knew that Velika was thinking about it again... so much time had passed, and she still didn't speak about this to anyone, not even to her. She always avoided the topic, because she knew Velika weakened each time she mentioned anything about it... and in a way, she knew how she felt. But it was different between the two of them... it was alike... but not the same.

            While both Kira and Velika were lost in their thoughts, two boys arrived next to her. Tala and Kai looked at the two girls confused, the redhead took a step closer to Velika, but she didn't react, she kept looking straight into nothing. "Yo, you there?" He shook her shoulder. The dark haired blinked a couple of times, and slowly brought her eyes to Tala, who was looking down at her slightly puzzled. She shook his hand off her shoulder and walked away, not uttering a single sound.

Kira followed her cousin with her eyes, and looked at the two boys beside her. She sighed and whispered, "You wouldn't understand."

Kai and Tala both stood dumbstruck. "Ok, what just happened here?" Kai asked, Tala only shrugged in response as they both watched them leave.

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"Velika... Vel, stop, please!" Kira walked up to her cousin and grabbed her shoulder, forcing her to stop and turn around. "Vel, what's up?" The orange haired girl looked up surprised, her cousin looked so vulnerable at the moment... she hadn't seen her like this is a while. She was usually so cold, and never let her face to show any emotion whatsoever... save for indifference, annoyance and anger. Her eyes softened as she took in the look of pain in Velika's eyes.

            The dark haired faced the smaller girl; then lowered her head, avoiding Kira to catch her red teary eyes. "I'm sorry... I... I was thinking about... about it again." Her finch covered her eyes; she brought up one hand and run it over her nose. "I'm ok, I just... I need fresh air; I'm going near the soccer field..." She knew which Kira's intentions were when she took a step forward, but she raised her palm in front of her, motioning the younger girl to stop. "Alone. I must be alone; I need to think about something." Kira nodded, and Velika smiled; then she turned around and left.

            The blue eyed stood alone, thinking about Velika until she felt someone tap her shoulder. She turned around to meet Kai's annoyed face. "It was rude leaving us like that... I don't like to be treated like that."

            Kira ignored him and looked at Tala, who was next to the gray haired boy. She knew he was thinking of her cousin, and before he could move or talk, she started, "She doesn't want to talk to anyone... she wants to be alone. Please, don't go after her."

            He looked at her, amazed that she knew what he was about to do. "Why?"

            Kai appeared to be really pissed off. "Am I painted or what?"

            She ignored him again, and answered to Tala's question. "It's hers story to tell... and only she alone can decide who's she going to tell. She barely speaks to me about it... I think it's hard for her... hell, it'd be hard for anyone!"

            Tala looked at the short girl in front of him, one eyebrow raised. What the hell is going on?

            "Hello! I'm right here you know!" Kai screeched exasperated.

            Kira looked at him, her face unruffled. "Yeah, I know... it's somewhat hard not to notice you."

            Kai smirked. "'Cuz I'm so good-looking? I know..."

            "Don't flatter yourself." The girl rolled her eyes at him. She was about to walk away when another voice caught her ears.

            "Hey, Kira! What's up?" A blonde boy looked at her, grinning widely.

            Another boy with dark hair walked up and stood next to him. "Remember us?"

            Kira looked at them, frowning, trying to remember, and then a mental picture of these boys popped into her mind, except that in it they were smaller versions of themselves. "Max! Rei! How are you guys?" She hugged both boys, as she watched amused Kai's reaction. She looked at them again, and frowned. "Wait! Something here's missing..." She brought her finger to her chin and looked to the ceiling, trying to figure out what was missing. "Oh, yeah... where's Tyson?"

            Rei shrugged. "Last time I was him, he was heading to the soccer field."

Kira's first reaction was to think of her cousin, I just hope he doesn't find her.... Not because Tyson was a bad guy, but her cousin just needed some time alone, she knew that a time alone is the best to think... or at least for her.
            "Yo, Kira why don't you invite us to a tea party, right Kai?" Max said making fun of Kai, but as soon as those words left his mouth, Kira threw him her science book, which was the heaviest of all; Tala and Kai looked at her with wide eyes. "Hey! What was that for?"  Max asked while he rubbed his head.

            "Why can you just forget it? Gees, what is it with you guys?!!" She said all pissed of, she turned around and started walking to the classrooms again murmuring God knows what words... they seemed like another language... Kai could swear it was Russian.

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Velika walked on the soft green grass as she looked around the school grounds. Feh, the school's bigger than I thought. She sat a couple of meters away from the soccer field, under a thick tree. She grabbed her backpack and took out of it a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. She took one cigarette and lighted it up. "Aaah, fresh air..." she said as she inhaled again. She leaned back against the tree and closed as she continued to smoke. She first smoked when she was thirteen, stopped when she was a little older than fourteen. She had started smoking again for almost a year now, but recently her smoking habits had increased, she smoked a whole pack a day. But she didn't care... she no longer cared... the only reason she had to stop smoking was gone, so she'd keep smoking as long as she lives.

~~~~Flashback~~~~

A fourteen year old Velika lit up a cigarette and started to smoke; she closed her eyes as she released the smoke. She felt someone grab her cigarette; she opened her eyes angrily as she saw a boy in front of her breaking it. "Hey!"

            "You know I don't like it when you smoke... I wouldn't like to hear your lovely voice ruined by larynx cancer, beautiful." The boy looked at her with his beautiful blue eyes as he stroked her chin lightly and brought it up to him. "Beautiful..." he said as he captured her lips with his.

~~~~End Flashback~~~~

            Even with her eyes closed, she felt a tear make it's way down her right cheek. He's gone... my reason is gone. She brought the cigarette to her lips again and continued smoking her thoughts away.

            "You should stop smoking; you know... it's bad for your health." A male voice said in front of her said.

            "Oh, really? I've never heard of that before." She sarcastically replied and opened her eyes. The man in front of her was obstructing the sun, so his face and body was darkened, his silhouette shinning from the sun light. Even though he was shadowed, she could still see him smile. She rolled her eyes and closed them again.

            "Sarcasm is not necessary, gorgeous. I know it's a bitch that everyone tells you what to do, but honestly, I wouldn't like to hear your lovely voice ruined by larynx cancer." The male said again.

            Velika opened her eyes wide in astonishment and looked up at the man in front of her again. He... he said the same thing to me... who is this man? She frowned. "What?"

            "Just what it meant, silly." The guy smiled widely and kneeled in front of her, the sun no longer shadowed him.

            Velika grasped as she saw his face, her eyes suddenly filled with tears as she looked at his face. Her lower lip trembled. "Da-David?"

            The boy frowned when he hear her call another man's name. "No... I'm Tyson."

            She blinked a couple of times and looked at him closely... he was so much like him... except that the boy in front of her had dark chocolate eyes and blue hair instead of those stunning blue-sea eyes and black slightly wavy hair. "Oh, I... I'm sorry. It's just... that you look so much like someone I used to know, I guess." She bowed her head and looked into her lap.

            He looked intensely at her; she was beautiful, even with her eyes teary... she had been at the point of tears when she called him 'David'. Hmm. Maybe I can make things even more interesting for Tala... it'll be ever harder for him to have her if she's interested in someone else. He smirked at his thoughts, he would crash Tala's ego and get into her pants all in one pull. He deduced that he remembered her of someone, and he'd use that as a weapon against Tala. "Well, you know my name... I think it's only fair if you gave me yours."

            She snorted; her eyes remained glued to her jeans. "Why would you wanna know?"

            He lifted his eyebrows. "Well, it'd be hard to talk to you if I have no idea of what your name is."

            Velika smiled reluctantly, and looked at him. "You won't give up until I give you my name, will you?"

            "No." He smiled back at her, as he started rubbing Velika's knee with his hand.

            "Velika."

            "Velika." He repeated in a whisper, his voice sounded like a caress to her ears. "We'll be seeing around." His voice, the way of talking, the way he moved... she couldn't help but remember him again. Her glance clouded with tears... she knew she shouldn't be thinking of him again, it was very hard for her to remember him, and yet it was hard for her to not remember him. She looked down at the cigarette in her hand, it was halfway burned. Her eyes remained on it, she brought it up to her lips to smoke again but remembered those words who where spinning around and around in her head. She sighed and lighted it out; she got on her feet and grabbed her bag. Looking at her watch, she saw that it was ten minutes before her next class started, so she headed back to the classrooms, so much going on her mind right know.

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Finally classes where over, and for the rest of the day, Velika remained deep in thought. She was leaning against one locker, eyes closed, waiting for her cousin to finish changing her books. She still hadn't said anything, and Kira was about to say something when...
            "Hey!" She knew that voice.

"Hey Tala." Kira said turning around to face Tala and Kai. Tala looked at Velika, who hadn't moved or opened her eyes to acknowledge his presence... she really looked and acted strange but remembering Kira's words he decided to not ask anything at all.

            "Here's your weapon," Kai said and gave her the science textbook she had thrown at Max. Velika opened her eyes and looked suspiciously at her cousin, confused at Kai's word, but Kira didn't say anything, she just took it and put it in her locker and closed it.

            "So... ready?" Tala asked, Kira and Velika look puzzled at him, and asked at the same time, "For what?"

Tala and Kai chuckled, "For our date, duh." Tala said.
            "Hmm, maybe other day..." Was all Velika said before she walked out of school building, Kira followed her cousin. Tala just looked at the tall girl, she sure was acting strange, and Kai just looked more pissed off at Kira, he was the one who was supposed to be angry and ignoring her not the other way around!

The girls where walking in the parking lot outside school. The dark haired looked at the shorter girl. "So, want me to take you home?" Vel offered Kira.

            She shook her head. "No thanks... you need time alone, I know you do... I'll just walk." Kira said and smiled at her cousin.

"Thanks... well, see ya." Velika started walking toward her red jeep, but what she didn't know was that Tala was spying her from far away.

Kira just took another glance at her cousin and started to walk. She walk through the parking lot, where there was only few cars left and she spot Kai's car. She stood there looking at it, she knew she should just keep walking but how she wished to have a car like that. Suddenly she felt a hand in her shoulder.

"What do you want Kai?" Kira asked.

            "Wanna a ride?" He offered but she refused. "No thanks, I'm walking."

            "What is it to you? You keep starting at my car but you won't get inside!" Kai yelled at Kira.

"What is it that you want from me? Humiliate me??!! Or is this just for fun?!!!" Kira yelled back at him.

            "Get it the damn car, if I don't drive you home my mom is going to kill me." Kai ignored her and gritted his teeth.

            "I'm not getting in." She said.

Kai took her by her waist and pulled her so she was now leaning against the driver's door. One of Kai's hands rested on the door while the other one was griping her wrist. Kira's heart accelerates a little because his face was so close to her. They stayed like that for a minute or two. Finally, Kai spoke. "Get in." He demanded as he threw her hand aside and unlocked his car.

Kira didn't complain this time and got inside the car. The ride was quiet, the whole time Kira didn't look at Kai at all, but she couldn't get out of her head that little scene a few minutes ago. Their faces were so close... almost as if... Wait! Why am I thinking about this? It's not like I care, hell no... Finally Kira could see her house and Kai's house. Kai parked the car and as soon as it has stopped, Kira got out.

            "What not even a 'thank you'?" Kai said in a sarcastic voice

            "Hello!! Did I ever tell you I wanted a ride home??" Kira yelled and started to walk to her house but as soon as she passed Kai house. Martha opened the door.

            "Kira, Kai I see you're finally home, come on in!" Martha said. Great, what know? Kira thought as she reluctantly walked inside her neighbors' house.

            "We got great news for both of you..." Martha said as she led them to the living room

            "And?" Kai ask he was curious of this little surprised.

            "Well you see dear, me and Kat are going to be partners at work." Martha said.
            "Isn't that great hunny, you can see each other more often" Kat said.
            "How is this great? Besides, don't we already see each other too often?" Kai said.

            "Yeah, he lives next door..." Kira pointed out. Both of them looked at their respective mother, something wasn't right. Knowing their mothers, they had something in mind... and it wasn't going to be completely pleasant.

            "Yes, but this way, when I come to work here o Martha to our house, you can come and study or do homework together." Kat said.

            "It doesn't make sense..." Kira said with a confused look. "Why would I want to study with him? My grades are way better than his."

            Both women ignored her and turned to look at each other. "By the way Kat, I haven't seen your husband ever since you arrived. Is he busy at work?" Those words made Kira go to another world, a deep world... dark and gloomy world. She tried to avoid looking at the other three people in the room as if they had suddenly disappeared. She just kept looking hard at the floor. Kai looked at her, not knowing what was wrong with his mother's question.

            "Oh... he, well, he died... almost one year ago, that's why we decided to move back here." Kat said in a low and sad voice. Kira flinched at the mention of his father's death.

"I'm... so sorry, I had no idea-" Martha didn't really know what to say and was glad when Katherine interrupted her.

"No, it's okay." Kat gave her a sad smile.

            The boy was surprised, and just like his mother, he had no clue of what to say. He cleared his throat and in an attempt to lighten things up he carelessly said, "Hmph, what's the big deal? I don't have a father either," Well, technically he did had a father, but he rarely got to see him at dinner and occasionally on weekends, so it sometimes made him think about him as a real father. He didn't spend that much time with him, and his father tried to make up for lost time with expensive gifts. Kai was very well familiar with being threw money at than receiving as much as a hug from his dad. When he wanted something, it didn't take more than a week for his father to buy it, take it as a replacement for him. His fabulous car was his compensation for his most important soccer game he did not assist to. Sure, he was his biological father, but could that count as a real dad?

"Kai, don't say that!" His mother yelled at him.

"Hmph!" was his answer, while Kira gave him a painful, shocked and hurtful look. What is he mad about? Al least his dad is still alive, while mine is gone forever! She had tears in her eyes, she couldn't completely understand him.

            "How can you say that?" She screamed at him. Kai looked at her, his face still the same cold, unexpressive look but inside he was rather surprised. "At least you do have one!!" Kira yelled. She couldn't stand it anymore, she shook her head as tears streaked her face, her lower lip trembled and she seemed about to say something but she opted to turn around and run away.

            Even though his expression remained the same, he was dumbstruck. What the hell just happened here? He was deep in thought when he was brought back to reality when someone struck him on his head. He put his hand on his head and turned around to see his mother glaring at him. "What was that for?"

            Mrs. Hiwatari scolded and pulled at his ear. "You still have to ask? That was rude Kai, leave alone inappropriate and not true. I want you to go over and apologize to her." He was to complain but the look his mother gave him restrained him. "No buts mister, now go!" She pushed him out the door and closed it behind him. "I'm sorry about that Kat, it's just that lately he and Fredek haven't spent much time together, and thing's are getting complicated, and this is very hard on Kai."

            Katherine sighed and looked at her friend. "No need to apologize, but the same goes for Kira, she hasn't take this whole thing very well, I must say, if it wasn't for Velika, she would be worst."

            "Velika is her cousin, right?"

            "Yes, the girl who had supper with us yesterday. She's been through a lot too, but having each other has made them survive."

            Martha nodded and several silent minutes passed. "Would you like some tea?"

            "Yes, that would be nice..." both women stepped into the kitchen, not saying a word more than what was already said.

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Kai sighed. He was just pushed out of his house by his mother. Although he will never confess this to anyone, he feared his mother, especially when she gave him those menacing looks she used to give him. He shivered at the thought of his mother screaming at the top of her lungs at him and decided it would be better go over and apologize to Kira than face his mother's wrath. He walked to her house, which was right next door and stepped inside. "Hello? Kira..?"

            He looked around the house and decided to go upstairs and look for her bedroom. If his memory didn't fail him, and her living arrangements hadn't change, her room would be on the end of the hallway. He walked directly to the door at the end of the hall and opened it just enough for his head to fit in the gap. Then he saw her, sitting cross-legged on her bed holding a photograph in her left hand while she hugged her enormous white teddy bear. He felt his heart flinch when he saw dark tears running down her cheeks. She sniffled and hugged her bear tighter against her. He gently knocked on the door and whispered, "Hey."

            She quickly cleaned her cheeks with her hands and looked at him. "Hey." He walked inside her room and sat beside her on her bed, he placed his palm on her shoulder but she brushed it away. "What are you doing here?" She asked sharply, her eyes fixed in her blue rug. She could feel his penetrating defiant stare burning at the side of her face, but still she refused to look at him.

            "Sorry," he said quickly, but his voice tone remained unemotional. She turned around to look at him, confusion in her red puffy from crying eyes. Did he just apologize to her? He sighed at her and closed his eyes. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that, I swear. I guess I didn't know what to say and I was kind of trying to lighten things up a bit." He stared intensely at her for a while, and brushed her hair away from her face, then chuckled. "Guess it worked just fine, didn't it?"

            She snickered as she tried to choke a sob and looked at her teddy bear in her lap. "You ass..."

            "Since when did we chance topic to my ass?" He mocked her and she hit him playfully in his shoulder, he smiled a bit at her before his features went back to unreadable again. "Seriously, I'm sorry... I didn't know it affected you so much having to talk about your father... why didn't you say anything?"

            Her face shadowed again. "I dunno, I guess I'm still not over it... it's hard for me to talk about it." She remained silent for a while, and then she picked up the picture she was holding before. Kai finally got a chance to look at it. It was a photograph of Kira's parents and her on the beach... it looked no older than a year, so he guessed it was taken considerably recently. Both of them kept looking at the picture, Kai's mind full of possible reasons of what happened to her dad. He almost jumped at the sound of Kira's voice, since he had gotten used to silence. "It happened almost six months ago... he was on a business trip in Chicago, and well... on his way back, the fight he was in crashed due to motor problems."

            "Oh... I'm sorry... I didn't know..." Kai started but Kira's finger on his lips impeded him from continue talking.

            "It's ok, how could you know if I never talked about it?" She stopped and looked directly into his eyes, she frowned. "Still, you should've never said what you said, for common courtesy..."

            He frowned too and looked sideways. "Heh, why should I? It's true. Well, I do have a father, but it's as if I didn't have one. I barely see him, and when I do, he's too busy to talk. I hate him. I'd dare say he gives me money to make up for not being with me..."

            "Money isn't all... but I think he doesn't know how to make it up for you... I'm sure he loves you, you just got to give him time... and-" She stopped, Kai was looking strangely at her, and then she realized it wasn't her place to say such things. "I'm sorry."

            "No, its okay, maybe you're right." Kai said.

He was looking at her like that again; she didn't like it... at least not completely. "Guess will be seen each other all day, huh?" Kira said.

            "Yeah..." There were a few minutes of silence.

They looked at each other with a smile in their faces. "Mothers!" both of them cried out, and then burst out laughing.

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There, finish!! Another chapter of behind the lie, chapter 4 coming soon!!

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