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Ch.7

Sora was sitting on a chair with paper and crayons in front of him, but he didn't feel like drawing… not when he was about to have to face off against Rin and now that the teacher and his parent's would soon know the truth… after all Rin would tell them that he talked to Ven and Vani. And then what would the teacher and his parents do?

'Don't worry so much, everything will work out in the end.' Ven said once more sending a feeling of comfort to the boy.

'Don't let the brat see any weakness in you. If he doesn't know he's effecting you then he'll stop' Vanitas grunted.

Ventus wondered to himself where Vanitas learned that from.

Sora didn't respond to them but he did stop shifting around so much. Another couple minutes passed and two woman and Rin walked in. One of the women Sora figured had to be Rin's mother, but he didn't know who the other was. The boy saw Sora there and sent him a glare.

"Alright, now Yuki here has brought it to my attention that Sora here feels as if Rin is bullying him. Rin what do you have to say for yourself." There teacher said once the others had entered the room.

"That's a lie, Sora's just a big liar! He's always lying about having this friend he calls Ven! He says that Ven is real but claims they live in his head!"

Sora flushed red, 'If you tell them the truth that we exist they might think you are crazy, say this…' Vanitas whispered in his mind.

"Ven and Vani… are real to me… I know they're imaginary friends… but no one wants to be friends with me…" Sora said, repeating what Vanitas told him to say.

'Probably for the best…' Ventus reluctantly agreed with what Vanitas was doing.

The teacher and one other lady shared a brief look before the lady smiled gently, "Hi, my name is Tori, I'm the school's counselor. Sora, would you mind telling me more about these imaginary friends of yours?"

With a large grin Sora said, "Okay! Ven was the first and his full name is Ventus, he's really nice and comforts me whenever something upsets me."

"And what about this Vani?"

"His name is Vanitas, he's a bit grouchy, but I believe he is just trying to hide his heart of gold," Sora said nodding.

Vanitas spluttered, 'Why you! I do not have a heart of gold.'

'I think Sora's onto something here, aww I didn't know you cared!' Ventus teased.

'I don't care! As soon as I find a way-'

'LALALALALALALALALALALA' Ventus started chanting again drowning whatever it was that Vanitas was saying and giving Sora a small headache. They both quieted down quickly though.

His small wince did not go unnoticed by the adults. "Are you okay Sora?"

"Yeah! Vani's just being grouchy and Ven is teasing him."

"Do you see these friends of yours?"

'Say that you can see us. The fools would be able to believe that rather then if we were just voices,' Vanitas instructed.

There was no argument from Ventus so Sora figured he should follow Vanitas's advice Sora nodded, "Ya, though they're more like brothers than friends"

"What do these 'brothers' of yours look like then?"

"Ven has blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Vani has black hair and gold eyes!" Sora told them cheerfully.

"Thank you Sora, now Rin can you tell me why you think Sora is a liar?"

"Cause he is! He said that the those imaginary friends of his were real!" Rin shouted glaring at Sora.

The counselor continued talking to Rin for a bit, but Sora got bored and accidently turned them out.

"Sora, I know this will be tough for you, but can you tell us what Rin said to you?"

"Rin… he constantly calls me a freak" Sora mumbled looking down at the table and the paper that was in front of him. "H-he says that I'm a friendless idiot… that everyone hates, that I'm a weird loser no one wants to talk to cause I'm crazy. When I made a drawing of Ven and Vani to show Riku he ripped it to shreds calling my artwork pathetic and that I'm dumb and that my parents think that I'm just a mistake and that I'll end up lying in a ditch on the side of a road oneday amounting to nothing," Sora said. Once he started he couldn't stop and everything Rin had ever said to him came pouring out like a flood as the tears streamed down his face even as his parents gently rubbed his back and hugged him.

The woman who, must be Rin's mom paled her eyes wide as she looked at her son in horror. Rin himself was just glaring at Sora. The teacher's hand flew to her mouth her eyes wide in shock, and the counselor's eyes were filled with sadness.

"Rin, you know saying things like that aren't nice right? How would you feel is someone said that to you."

Rin shrugged, "It's true though he is just a freak."

Sora whimpered as his heart twinged in another wave of pain, "It hurts…" He whispered out clutching at his shirt.

'Just ignore it, ignore him,' Ventus said gently, 'You're not a freak.'

'Just because he doesn't see how much better you are than him at the moment… doesn't mean you're not worthy. You have me in your heart after all, so obviously you have to amount to something.' Vanitas grumbled as he could feel Ventus's emotions prodding him to offer up comfort. He didn't know why he listened, but he did and he tried to ignore the weird way his own emotions were responding.

"Rin! How dare you say something like that! I know I certainly never taught you to speak like that! Apologize this instant!"

"Why should I? I don't see you making any of the other kids apologize."

"Other kids?" The Teacher asked her voice faint.

Sora gulped as he shifted again feelin all the eyes turn to him, "Rin was the main bully.. But the other kids would join in. None of them like me since I'm just the crazy loser." He whispered out no more tears coming out since he was all cried out.

The rest of the meeting passed in a blur to Sora and as they walked out he could hear Rin's mom scolding Rin and saying that he was going to be grounded for a long time. But once everything was said and done, Sora started to feel a little better though he still feared going to school a litte. Though he knew that having Ventus and Vanitas with him would make things better.

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