Misery

Ch. 12

I suddenly woke up, my hand instantly flying to my cheek. "What a dream..." When I felt the water on my cheek, my eyes widened. "It...wasn't a

dream...He really..." I stopped, hearing him sobbing. "Reno..." I instantly felt guilty and depressed. "What have I become? I loved Reno and now...look

what I've done to him..." "Kai...You did nothing to Reno. He's realizing now that he made a big mistake," Cloud walked into my room and over to me.

"He's letting go the anguish that he swore he would never release. It's like I said, he looked pretty desperate when I told him I'd look for you." "Cloud, I

feel awful. He's right. I shouldn't have protected him. It's my fault." Cloud stared at me, sensing the same darkness that had covered his heart all those

years. "Kai! Listen to me! It's not your fault! It was never your fault. Please, don't shrink inside your self. You lose everything you hold dear. Don't...make

my mistake..." "Cloud...It doesn't matter. I can't help anyone. All I end up doing is getting in the way."

Without warning, I felt a smack on my cheek. "Listen to yourself! None of this is your fault! Reno made his own mistake. You wanting to protect

him is perfectly natural! I would've done the same thing!" I was still wide-eyed in shock from the smack. Slowly, I looked down at the bed. "I..." Cloud

stared at me. "Kai. I'm sorry I hit you. Don't tell Reno...I think he might come after me." I looked up at him and smiled. "You're probably right." We

started to laugh and it felt really good. "Don't ever let the darkness take you Kai. Don't make my mistake," Cloud stood up. "Well Tifa wants to go see

Marlene so I'll see you later." "Bye. Have fun."