Another warm hello! -waves-
Well, the stroy continues...No announcements really. I lead a boring, unsocial life. So, as always, please enjoy, and please review! It makes me feel loved. XD
Disclaimer: I only own Kingdom Hearts and it's characters in my dreams...which means I don't own it/them at all...-huggles Sora plushie in a corner and cries-
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Something wasn't right, and Riku could feel it. Sora hadn't come to school, even though he'd said himself that he'd see Riku on monday. It was lunch time and he was pondering this when a rather loud distraction occured.
"RIKUUUUUU!" The scream was ear-shattering, and Riku winced.
"Damnit Selphie, do you PRACTICE these screaches of yours?"
"Y'never know..." Selhpie sat her tray next to Riku and turned her head to look at him, resting it on the upside of her hand. "You're so...un-Riku today! What's up?"
"Ya, man, you're wacked." Wakka sat diagonal from Riku, joined by Tidus.
"You seem gloomy... more so then normal, that is," Kairi commented, sitting by next to Tidus and across Riku as she high-fived Namine, who sat beside her.
The normally quiet girl spoke, "Yes, you have been rather odd today."
And before Riku knew what hit him, his friends were all gathered around him, baraging him with comments about his attitude. He snorted, thinking to himself, Normally my mood isn't this visible. "Well then, guess I'll have to fix this visible attitude change of mine, won't I? I might loose my 'mysterious aura.'"
"'Badass aura is more like it,"Tidus grumbled, earning him a carrot thrown at his face. "No, but seriously, you've been so weird today! What's eating you?"
Riku heaved a sigh. "Nah, it's nothing..." He looked at their inquiring faces and decided to tell them part of it. "Well...You know Sora?"
"Oh, he's that really quiet kid in our English class, right? With hair that defies gravity?"
"Ohmigosh, he's so freaking cute!" Selphie squealed with Kairi and Namine, and Riku just nodded.
"Yeah, well, I met him over the weekend; he's really nice, and he doesn't have a single friend." He paused for emphasis. "He said he would see me on Monday, but he isn't here, and it just seems like something he wouldn't do, I guess." Riku shrugged, wishing his worry would shrug away with it.
"Oooooh...so THAT'S where you were all weekend! Well, I'm sure he's fine, maybe he just got sick or something?" Kairi questioned.
"Who got sick now?" Roxas, the only missing person from their lunch table, sat down one chair from Riku. Namine informed him of the event, and he nodded. "I've talked to Sora a little bit; we have the exact same eyes. We accidentily ran into each other in the hallway and were extremely creeped out about it. He's really quiet, yes, but also...skittish, don't you think, Riku?"
He nodded. "Yeah, he does. And why the space...?"
"I'm sure he's fine-"
"How can you be so confident?"
Roxas smiled. "This'll explain the space, too; I found him in the hallway. Looked a tad confused, so I showed him where to stick late notes...and, speak of the devil, I told you to sit with us, didn't I, Sora?" He grinned at Sora, who now stood behind the empty seat by Roxas and Riku. The whole table was gaping at him at the moment; after all, they'd never exactly seen him except in their classes, and even then he was ghostly.
"Uhm...uh, y-yeah." Cue the jaw-dropping. None had heard him talk, discluding Riku and Roxas. Sora gingerly sat himself down, not able to contain a wince when his butt actually touched the chair, and he sat there with a pained expression for a moment before he became blank again.
"Sora, where were you today?" Riku was barely able to surpress his excitement, but he knew he had to, otherwise his friends would suspect something.
"Sorry, Riku, I wasn't feeling very good this morning...I think maybe it was that funnel cake. Got to my stomach or something, you know..."He trailed off, and Riku looked him up and down. He was wearing long sleeves, pants, tennis shoes; he was pretty covered up. His hands seemed fine, if that said anything; however, it was Sora's face that disturbed Riku the most. His eyes were slightly dull, and didn't contain the sparkle he had grown used to seeing at the carnival. They also seemed quite red.
Roxas seemed to notice the redness, too. "Are you okay?" he asked simply. When Sora looked startled, Roxas gave a small smile and pointed to one of his own eyes. "Your eyes are pretty red. Most of us probably think it's normal, but my eyes aren't that red around, and we already decided they were the same..."
Sora shook his head feircely. "No, no, I'm fine...just didn't get much sleep last night."
"Insomnia?" Tidus looked at him with a friendly gaze.
"Something like that, "Sora said politely. "Er...Tidus, right?"
Tidus nodded happily. "Yeah! And this is Wakka, Kairi, Namine, Selphie, and you know Riku and Roxas already, so.."
"W-well, I'm Sora-"
"Yep! We know, barely," Selphie flashed him a grin as he blushed. The three girls squealed, which only increased Sora's akwardness.
"OhmyGOSH, he's so CUTE!" They screamed in unison.
"Again, damnit, do you guys PRACTICE these things!" Riku yelled at them, plugging his ears.
They collapsed into a fit of giggles, just giving the confused-looking boys of the table those infamous 'looks.'
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Sora heaved a gentle sigh as he fit snugly on a bean bag chair. He loved his English class, including the teacher. It was so much fun for him, albeit a bit odd. Riku grabbed a blue bag and sat on it by next to Sora, who was glancing over at the upperclassmen.
"Y'know, I still don't understand how we have older students..." Riku commented in a light huff as he sat.
Sora meekly shrugged. "Who understands this school's system? Not even the teachers themselves, I promise you.." He hushed as their teacher walked in, strolling in a rather bouncy manner to his desk as the bell rang.
The man always wore a long black coat over whatever was underneath, even in the summer. His gloved fingers drummed impatiently on the edge of his desk as he waited for the rest of the class to quit talking. He was ever-so-slightly pale, and his hair was in some weird sort of spike. Though he was a teacher, the whole class called him Demyx, and said person began to pace in front of the room and spoke.
"So, class...we're reaching halfway through the first half of the year-"
"Wouldn't that be a fourth of the year then, Sir?" Once of the upperclassmen, Yuffie, pipped up the comment rather excitedly.
"Well, Yuffie, we know what you learned yesterday-" said girl puffed her cheeks up in response,"-but let's not interupt the teacher with silly mathmatics. As I was saying, we're getting into the school year. You all should know by now that I like having a comfortable environtment, and quite honestly, this one's not...comfortable enough. So, we're going to be doing some exercises these next two weeks or so, and after a week after is had ended, an essay will be due about your reflections and thoughts on it." He paused and studied his students' faces before laughing.
"Today we're going to be playing a game called 'I've Never.' Basicly, we gather around in a circle, with one person in the middle. They have to tell the class something they've never done; if you are sitting down and have done that, then you along with everyone else who has done said thing, has to get up and try to find another seat to sit in. If you're stuck in the middle, YOU say something you've never done, it the process continues. Any questions? Good." Without waiting for an answer, Demyx began moving the bean bag chairs (with students still on them) into a large circle. He stood in the middle, a trademark smile playing his features as he laughed, "I've never gone a year without meeting someone new."
After the shock wore off due to the question, the laughing students all stood up and ran around for a seat. Yuffie was left in the middle, and she giggled. "Okay, okay, okay...I've never gone a day without talking." She scruried into Sora's seat, as he was the only one who stood up. He laughed awkwardly, and Demxy smiled up at him.
"Now! Sora, not many people here know you very well, you're so quiet...let's surprise them, n'kay!"
For some odd reason, Demyx's little talk helped calm him down, and Sora blurted out, "I've..I've never sung in front of anyone purposefully."
Some people laughed as they got up and switched. So the game went on, and Sora gradually began to warm up to the class. Sometimes the 'Nevers' were funny, like Axel's, some more serious, like Leon's, and otherwise were so random you just didn't know what to do with the answer.
"I've never eaten sea salt ice cream!"
Roxas gaped and stood up in shock. "You've NEVER had sea salt ice cream?" The girl shook her head. "You're crazy! Something's wrong with you! You haven't lived!" He was ranting so much that before he knew it, he was stuck in the middle.
"..."
He smacked his forhead and grumbled. "I've never...liked a person from a younger grade, class, whatever." He sat down with the mental note that Axel had gotten up.
Demyx stood up, making everyone quiet down. "Okay, we've had enough fun with this game. Get to the desks and reflect for 5 minutes, then we can have a big group discussion, maybe decide what to do tomorrow, okay? Now, dance!" He did an odd jig as the class sat down in fits of laughter.
He strummed lightly on his odd instrument while the class was 'working.'
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Sora stepped outside, a smile playing his lips as he breathed the fresh air in. He felt someone touch him lightly on the shoulder and whirled around to see Riku.
"O-oh! Hey, Riku!"
"Sora.."he frowned a bit before pursueing, "is everything okay...at home?"
He feigned confusion before lighting up. "Oh! Yeah, not, I'm fine! I seriously though didn't feel good this morning...ugh, I don't know why, but I had to laze around a bit before I could come. I hope I didn't worry you too much!" He plastered a large, goofy smile on his lips as he began walking home.
"No, not at all..."Riku murmered, but both boys could tell it was a lie. Once Sora was out of his range of vision, Riku groaned. "Why can't you tell me?"
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Yay! Hey my few faithful readers!
Yes, I've updated. Sorry it's taken so long...I;vebeen kinda busy with Summer starting and all, and to be honest, I didn't feel much like updating.. But I did, for my new and old reviewer.
Please keep reviewing...it keeps me wanting to update. Tell people about this story, whatever you wanrt to, but I really appriciate the comments!
I hoped you liked the chapter. I was originally going to have Axel as the teacher, and Demyx later as a music teacher, but I realised I might want to add a bit of Axel and Roxas..xD That couple amuses me so. Yeah, so, it's weird to get around Demyx being an english teacher, but, well..-shruf- What can I say?
Review please!