Tohrue's Note: I positively scringe when I go back and just scan through the older chapters. Spelling mistakes, grammar errors, punctuation marks missing. Oh well. I suppose the longer you're on as a writer, you really do mature. Not just in your writing, but personality wise too. But anyway, I finally decided that my lazy ass needed to update this story.
Also, sorry if there's a few errors. I was writing this while at work with my mom and by the time we had to go, I was ready to publish. So, I didn't have that much time to read through it all. Sorry too if it's a little short to your expectations.
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Febuary 12th 2006.
Chapter Sixteen
An Attack & A Confrontation
Author
Tohrue
Wow. It was sure as hell was a cloudy today. Funny thing too because it was rare for clouds of gray coloring to be insight. The same went for storms and rain. But lately it had seemed that this weather had been consistent. Oh well. Wasn't like it could last forever. Shrugging, Sora shoved his hands deep down in his pockets and began to walk to school.
With a quiet yawn, the boy shook his head; sending the mess of his almond colored strands out of place. I guess you could have said he didn't get that much sleep. None to be more exact, really. All night he'd sat in his room, ignoring the rather more active ringing phone than usual and the IMs of curious people from school. Yeah, he admitted he regretted everything he said but he wasn't going to take it back. Not the slightest bit. It wasn't like he was the convicted criminal in this scene. Like his mother had used to say, there was two sides to the pancake no matter how flat it was. Which, indeed, was very much true to the last point.
I hate her. I feel bad, but I hate her. I hate everything about her. She's so stupid. I hate how 'nice' she can be and the way of how she appears like that to everyone but once you get to know her, she explodes like a ticking bomb. I should have never taken that bet. Not only am I going to be out of it for the next week, but people are going to be asking me all these questions. .. And Riku will probably show that picture.
Shuddering, he continued on his way.
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"Kairi!"
"Kairi, honey, what's wrong!"
"It's about him, stupid!"
"Let me in!"
"Oh my God!"
As Sora entered the building, after a few minutes of walking down the hall, he found a much louder atmosphere than the usual 7:15 scene. People were scurrying about much quicker and there seemed to be a crowd outside of the girl's bathroom. Surely whatever it was wasn't just intriguing the girls because boys too, were surrounded outside. Surprised that no teachers were around, an eyebrow slightly raised in amusement as the boy slowly and slinkishly moped over towards the chaotic massacre of people. Why? Maybe he just wanted to see out of curiosity what was going on. Or maybe just because the name 'Kairi' was sure being tossed around a lot.
".. What's going on?" the boy asked in a fluteous tone.
"There's some younger classmen passed out in the bathroom. Someone said she was all bruised up and another person says she's scraped up and everything. I -- don't know, everyone's trying to get in and see."
"Oh, well who is --"
But before Sora could try to ask if the upperclassmen knew a name to the passed out girl in the bathroom, a loud and booming voice from not too far behind in the crowd interrupted.
"Move the hell over! That's my best friend in there!"
"Y-yes, move over please!"
To no surprise, it was Yuffie and Selphie. Yuffie's face looking slightly more gruff and intimidating then usual was sure to scare those who were in her way, off to the side. Selphie trailing just slightly behind had a worried yet cheerful face. Though the words 'worried' and 'cheerful' could never really expression a true expression, it was true. As Sora watched, he soon found himself being pushed off to the side for them as well. Within seconds of their demand for people to move, the girls pushed themselves into the bathroom and then their presence was gone.
People must have stood outside the bathroom for a good ten or fifteen minutes after Sora had arrived. Gossip flew around, people mustered just to get the slightest bit closer, everything. By this point, Sora had pretty much figured the one in the bathroom was Kairi. With Yuffie and Selphie making that appearance and her name flying around like it was number three on everyone's top ten of most said words list, it was pretty much a dead giveaway.
"Please children, move over!"
"MOVE!"
Finally teachers had taken notice of the situation. The kind and gentle secretary from the desk and the assistant principle made their way through everyone without even caring whose feet were stepped on or who had bluntly pushed off to the side. As the slightly older brunette walked by, Sora noticed a phone, probably her personal cellular, gripped in her grasp. This could only mean one thing.
"EVERYBODY! GET BACK TO CLASS! The only people necessary to be here right now are Ms.Gainsborough and I. If anybody needs to talk about this, the guidance counselor is in his office. But until then, off to class!"
Soon after this, people began mumbling and moaning either because of the dier situation or just because they had to go to class altogether. Sora seems to mozy around in breaking apart crowd for a while; trying to stay near the bathroom door in hopes of hearing something. Figuring they must have been in the very back of the bathroom, Sora had just about given up hope when he heard slightly chopped conversation between Yuffie and Ms.Gainsborough.
"Is Kai -- goi -- okay?"
"S -- pretty beat up -- needs medical attenti --"
"hat -- think happened?"
"I hate to say this b -- maybe was attacked."
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DING DONG.
".. Coming," mumbling, Sora slowly arose out of the kitchen table chair and out of the kitchen into the entry hallway. As the boy began to head towards the door, he could tell from the mosaic glass that there was a tall figure standing outside. Mentally crossing his fingers, he hoped it was anyone but the authorities. Finally reaching the door, he hesitantly laced his hand around the handle and opened it.
"WHAT DID YOU DO SORA?"
Just kidding. He had hoped it was anyone but Queenie, but hence with his luck, it'd been the tall blonde. Once the door had been opened, the girl had non-invitingly pushed him back and entered through the door. Slamming it shut with her foot once she was inside, Sora backed up a few steps in a slightly shocking manner.
"I know what you did! One of the girls told me! They called me! How could you! HOW COULD YOU! I knew you weren't the most kindest person, but to lower to the level of Riku! You are really a genuine ass hole! I may not be happy go lucky Snow White either, but to trick someone like that! You deserve to drown in the ocean!"
Sora continued to slowly back up and down the hall as Queenie continued to scream profanity and march right towards him. With the high heels that graced her feet, every step she took made a loud 'CLUNK' like noise. Simply wearing a pair of blue jeans with an overthrow sweatshirt and hair toppled into a careless bun, it was obvious she'd wasted no time to head over to his house after hearing the news. Her face not even graced with the slightest trace of makeup, he had to admit he was surprised.
"I-I feel bad! I didn't want to in the beginning! Riku was blackmailing me w-with a picture!"
The girl released a louder scream upon his response.
"THAT JUST MAKES YOU EVEN WORSE! GIVING IN TO THE SITUATION JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE BEING BLACKMAILED? WHICH DID YOU THINK WOULD HURT MORE IN THE END? YOUR SHORT LIVED HUMILIATION OR HER FINDING OUT EVERYTHING WAS A LIE!"
"I-I didn't think!"
At this point, there was no more backing up that could be done. He'd gone all the way down the hall and was now leaning against the wall of his kitchen. Hitting it with his back, he'd just about been ready to move when Queenie placed herself directly in front of him; sticking her face right up in his.
"Listen up Sora," the once loud tone was now lowered into a talking like whisper. However, with its still venomous like tone, the boy couldn't say it was any better.
"Your words to her may have been a lie. Your feelings towards her may have been a lie. The way you looked, talked, and acted towards her may have been a lie. But I'll tell you something. My friendship with that girl wasn't a lie. I may not have been the sweetest cherry in the beginning, but I actually liked and cared for that girl. Unlike every prick in this school, she wasn't a low and deceitful living lie."
Jutting her finger in his chest, she spoke slightly quieter.
"I know what Riku did to her. I know it was him. Someone explained to me. The bruising, the cuts, the being passed out in the bathroom. He tried to hurt her real bad. Perhaps someone was going to see him while he was in the process. What to do? Drag her to the school. Put her in the bushes. Come back earlier the next morning. Take her inside, put her in the bathroom. Perhaps hit her head again in case the PM pills wore off."
With this, Queenie pulled away from Sora right away. A more seemingly calm yet still angered expression stuck to her. Brushing her sweater and pants with her hands, she then turned around and began to walk out of the kitchen. On her way in the hall, she shouted over her shoulder.
"Hey Sora! Ever heard the story 'The Jealous Best Friend?'"
Sora's silence was what she got in response.
"Boy meets girl. Boy really likes girl. Boy and girl get very close. But the girl isn't like the boy. Though she isn't like all the other girls, the boy still likes her. Best friend is jealous. Best friend doesn't like the positive atmosphere between the two. Best friend tries to kill girl. Best friend goes by the theory: If I'm not happy, no ones happy."
With that, Sora heard the front door close.
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After the encounter, Sora made an effort to waste no time in heading over to Riku's house. He was always at home on school nights so he didn't waste a worry in trying to think of other places he would be. Thankfully for him, the walk wasn't long and by the time he had found himself standing outside the front door of Riku's house, the sun hadn't even set yet.
Sora knocked on the door.
It took a few minutes until Sora heard the echoing response inside of footsteps. Seconds later, the door opened. A smiling Riku greeted him with a followed by "Hey! What's up?"
What was up? Well, too bad Riku wasn't going to have time to look because by the time he was saying that, Sora's arm had been winding up for a punch. As his fist greeted his nose seconds later, the door fully swung open and Riku stumbled back a few steps with his hands cupped over his nose.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
Stepping inside, Sora placed his hands at his sides; both of them folded into fists.
"YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DID THAT TO KAIRI, DIDN'T YOU? YOU HURT HER! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO ATTACKED HER! DESTINY KNOWS WHAT ELSE YOU DID TO HER! WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT? YOU ARE SERIOUSLY A MOTHER FUC--"
"I DIDN'T HURT HER, SORA!" Riku interrupted in a loud and exasperated voice. "Just because I was never exactly fond of the girl doesn't mean I would do something like that! Yeah, I heard what happened! Really sad! BUT I. DIDN'T. DO. IT!"
"LIAR!" Sora then raised his foot and stomped it hard onto the wooden floor like a child having a temper. "I KNOW YOU DID IT! I KNOW IT! THERE'S PROOF! THERE'S SO MUCH PROOF! YOU COULD BE TOSSED IN PRISON, YOU KNOW!"
"BOYS!" Out of nowhere, a voice appeared in the entry way of Riku's living room. A tall and very sickly thin woman stood there. Her hair neatly folded back and woman's blouse slightly too big for her, Sora assumed it was Riku's mother. He'd never seen her before out of the whole time they'd been friends. So when she appeared there, Sora had to admit he probably gave her a stare as if she'd arose from the dead.
"What is it you two could possibly be fussing about!"
"He's claiming I attacked a girl yesterday at school!" Riku informed the woman, though the whole time while saying it he kept his gaze glued on Sora.
The brunette about ready to intervene with this, he stopped himself when the woman slowly moved over from the doorway next to Riku. Placing a hand on the teenage boy's shoulder, she gave Sora a rather depressing look; one that looked as if she'd break down any minute.
"That's impossible. Riku was with me and other family relatives on the other side of the Islands all of yesterday and we came back just this early afternoon. .. His father who lived on the other side passed away so we were over there making arrangements for a funeral and wake."
Suddenly, a tingling sensation ran up Sora's spine.
"Oh .."
"I do not know why you made this accusation of Riku attacking some poor innocent girl. Please, if you wish to continue this though, come back another time. This is not the greatest time to catch us when there has been a family death. I ask that you leave and come back later. Riku and I need to finish up making some personal arrangements for the funeral."
At this point, Sora had felt a sense of shock and regret overwhelm. Not only did Sora burst into his house, making false accusations and punching the hell out of his nose, but Riku's father had died. Though he hadn't known whether or not he was close with him, it was still a tragic thing. .. Not to mention, there was no way now that Riku had hurt Kairi. Turning around, the boy slowly began to walk away and soon exited the wide open door.
Figuring where he needed to go next, he began to head off in the direction of the hospital.
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