-Forgetfulness, Incident and Surprise-

Zzzzzz…

A Saturday, one of the two days of the week in which a student can relax. Or, in my case, recover some well-deserved sleep that is denied by a particular kind of insomnia.

Zzzzzz…zzzzzzzzzz…

Still, this Saturday isn't one in which I recover from my tiredness…

Zzzzzzz…

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'blink'

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'yawn'

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Stopping the hellish ring of the reveille, I take my phone and lazily look at the clock. It's the 7:35, after I have read it, I put the phone back to where it was.

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"CRAAAP!"

I shout in agitation and I probably had woken up someone, my blanket is practically thrown on the floor while I shoot out of my bed and run toward my wardrobe in search of some suitable clothes. I look inside it frenetically and in the heat of the moment I also throw out some of them, making the floor a complete mess. Then, I remember something: yesterday's night before I went to bed, I had put the clothes I am searching on the sofa. I don't have time to waste and grab them in a rush toward the bathroom and not even two minutes later, I'm fully dressed.

Next, I go for what can be considered as my kitchen and take out respectively a cup, a spoon, some milk and biscuits; in short the strict essential to make a small breakfast. I eat and drink it as fast as I can and I put them in their respective places and focus my attention to take the few things I'm missing to be ready for today's trip.

First, I throw out everything that is inside it, they're all exercise books and books from school, so I don't need them. Next, I prepare in a hurry a second set of clothes, just to be sure, my note book with all the sketch, my pencil case, a bottle of water, a big one of around 2L, yes, when I'm thirsty I drink a lot, a book, you never know when it will be useful, something light to eat and a few things to treat minor injuries or headache. Yes, I'm paranoid.

I make a quick check, just to be sure I haven't forgotten anything and when I'm sure of it, I put on my shoes, take my wallet, the keys of the apartment, the phone and head out.

First thing I do, is to run: I sprint toward the stairs and hurry toward the entrance. We had agreed to meet up at the train station at 8:15 and considering that it was already 7:58, I don't have that much time to reach my destination. Now it is 7:59.

'Shit, I have to RUUUN!'

As soon as I reach the end of the stairs, I start running like my life depends on it. In a few seconds I'm out of the building and I'm running as fast as I can toward my destination. As for the reason of such a hurry, well, normally it would take me around half an hour to walk from my apartment to the station. Useless to say, I now have to cover such distance in half of that time and in my opinion: this situation is worse than my usual race until school. Why? Because, first, because the distance between my home and school is less than that I have to walk to go to the station; second, it's Saturday and I want to sleep!

'Crap, crap CRAAAAP!'

Sweat is already forming on my forehead and pouring down. Great, today's temperature is hotter than usual…why do I have to have such bad luck following me everywhere I go!

A traffic light…and it's GREEN! WHY WHY WHY!? Run, run, run...aaand, fail. Before I can cross the road, the traffic light had already become red and I will have to wait an eternity before it becomes green once more. My shoulders slump down in resignation, I really am doomed to be cursed by this bad luck until I die, which will hardly happen unless someone kill me. I take out my phone and look at its screen to see what time it is and as if my depression isn't already under zero, it is 8:02…

'I want to kill myself…'

At least Kaisa isn't someone that will lose her patience easily. Instead, I would say the opposite, she is rather patient and with a strong will that allows her to find a solution to most of problems she come across. Still, she also has some problems: for example, if she decides to do something, then it will be very, very hard to make her change her mind, so it can be said that she's stubborn. It's because of this that even when a situation turns for the worst, she will not surrender, she will always keep up until the end.

Meanwhile, I have at least managed to not end under a car a pair of times by the skin of my teeth and my tiredness has only increased. Still, on the other side, I'm almost there and it's 8:13. Seems like all the run I've done these past years have paid off. Now, what I have to do is…fuck-my-LIFEE!

CRASH

I was running too fast to stop immediately and my luck wanted that there is a bend to the left right in front of me and that someone had just came out of there, causing my 'crash' on said person. The next thing to occur is my body falling face on the ground, all because it seems the person I have come across to is extremely small.

I stand up, scratching my face, at least I am carrying the rucksack on only one shoulder, this allowing me to smoothen the fall. I then turn my head to see who is the shorty I crashed on and have a very bad presentiment…and it isn't wrong…

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING EH!?"

'Great…Veigar…'

Yes, the one that I crashed on is Veigar and considering the fact that he loses his temper easily when someone jokes about his height or in general when something bothers him, this must have make him lose all kind of restrains.

"DO YOU EVEN LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN YOU WALK?! YOU CRASHED ON ME AND IT WASN'T PAINLESS IN THE LEAST!"

"Cut it out Veigar I am in a rush and you're small…"

"…"

"…"

'I hate me and my life.'

"WHAT HAVE YOU SAID!? DON'T DARE TO CAME UP WITH THIS KIND OF JUSTIFICATION WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S WRONG! YOU CRASHED ON ME AND THE FIRST THING YOU SAY ISN'T EVEN A 'SORRY' BUT YOU TRY TO SAY THAT IT'S MY FAULT…"

Great, I hate this kind of situation: when Veigar lose all his restrains and starts shouting because of his anger. Aaah, I can't waste my time here, at this point she will be there for sure!

"Sorry, I have to go and sorry for the crash."

I answer him back despite all the fuss he's doing and his shouts of anger and proceed forward. My destination is now practically in front of me a few more meters and…

"You're late of four minutes."

Crack

I'm sure I heard something inside me break at hearing those words and the reason for it are two: first, I hate to be late; second, the voice that just talked.

"Sorry Kai, I overslept."

I am smiling awkwardly and feeling kind of embarrassed for the fact that she caught me red hand and considering the current distance between my actual position and where I crashed on Veigar, she must have heard pretty much everything, which doesn't help at all.

*chuckle*"I know, you're tired and all, well hope that you will be able to get some sleep while we're on the train."

She is smiling like usual and she show to be emphatic about my problem, I feel kind of lucky to have a good friend like her. Still, I turn back and see that Veigar is looking at me while stomping continuously his foot on the ground and his arms are crossed over his torso. I gesture him that I'm sorry and wave my hand at him, he reacts by starting to jump up and down in frustration while saying something I can't hear because of the noise caused by the traffic. However, it's clear that he's not happy…nope he's furious, guess, it will take two or three days before he will forget it.

Both me and Kaisa keep walking toward the station: we had planned to take the train of the 8:35 to go out of the city. Our destination…well, she didn't reveal it to me and personally speaking: I've been kind of busy these past days and my tiredness has reached its peak with the fact that there are only two more weeks before summer's holiday begin, homework aren't few and then, there also was the matter of that Herald. After that episode, I kept being vigilant if something more was to occur and since Tuesday one more portal was opened, which is something strange considering that normally the gap between the creation of two portals normally oscillates between six days to eighteen. The fact that this time said gap was only of two days wasn't good and in truth such thing might also affect Kaisa, after all the events of that time left on her that.

However, I should really stop to wander off too much, because it's already hard to orientate inside this train station when focused, let alone when thinking about something different. This forcing me to follow her in order to prevent such thing to happen, but knowing myself, I might end up losing sight of her and lose myself in that mess.

"So, I suppose you're not going to tell me where are going right."

"I was to do it then I would ruin the surprise."

"…*sigh* You know very well that I hate surprise."

"Oh, come on, try to be a bit more 'flexible' sometimes."

At this I choose to not reply, it is truly useless to argue with her when she decides to do something. I look around us: we have reached the rail where our train should arrive at 35 and it is still 29, meaning that we still have some time before we will start heading toward our true destination.

I remain silent and watch at the sky without uttering a word but merely looking at it: the sky today isn't particularly clear and instead most of it is covered by dark clouds, but I doubt it will rain today. Still, I'm happy that the sky isn't deprived of clouds, I have never liked that kind of weather, unfortunately in this season it isn't uncommon to not see any clouds in the sky.

"Say, how are you feeling now?"

"Better than how I have felt in the past days."

Yes, she had asked me why I didn't come at school this Wednesday and I said that I didn't feel well and that I was too tired to lift even a finger, which was the truth, the previous night had taken its toll on me both because it had been a while since I fought and because it had passed even more time since the last time I went inside a Rift and I don't like when I have to go there.

"You should really try to let someone visit you, you can't continue to not sleep."

'Actually if I was to choose to not be in this form I could easily do such thing.'

"You know that I already did it, it's a desperate case, they didn't understand the cause 'but I do' let alone find a solution without knowing the origin of the problem."

"*sigh* Then at least try to take a chamomile before going to bed. You can't sleep in class, or you won't be able to keep up with the study."

"That may be so in the future, but up till now, I always managed to be among those with the highest grades among the students of our school."

At the moment I'm showing a truly cheeky and irritating smile and if I am to look at myself I might end up irritating myself. But, I will use this opportunity to have my revenge on her for deciding to not tell me where we're heading to.

"Hey, I'm just giving you an advice to help you solve your problem."

She kind of sounded half annoyed by my reply, which is exactly my aim, and I am satisfied with that much, for now.

"And I'm not saying I'm not going to try it, despite the fact I already tried it and it didn't work, I am simply stating a matter of fact."

Ok, just joking, I can't waste such opportunity and I didn't…and yes, I kind of an asshole in these occasions.

"Cut it out now, I know why you're doing it and don't worry, as soon as we will arrive you will understand where we will have our trip."

"Hmpf, that is rather obvious considering the fact that at that point I will see where we will be."

"Come on, try to not complain until we arrive."

At this last reply I don't verbally answer and instead choose to answer with a small nod. The train is approaching, I can see it already and so in the small span of a few seconds it has arrived and its doors opens: we both enters and the first thing I do is look around in search of a free seat. Luckily there is one and I waste no time in sitting on it, I can already feel my piled up tiredness resurface like a giant wave that manages to sweep away all my restrains. My eyes are closing, the light of the day together with everything else is being obstructed by my eyelids and then, my consciousness quickly is separated from my body and go into a state of sleep. I let my other thoughts and worry slip away: the fact of the portals, the Herald, those annoying Star Guardian and even the matter of the Dark Star; I simply wished to enjoy the day and its trip and I will do it, but before of it, no one will stop me from having some well-deserved sleep.

Ok, this one was harder to write than the other, the reason is because I'm actually working on a story of my own and having some problems with the title. Moreover, my actual situation isn't of the best, both at school and at home, the first because I have a lot of test and queries. A small spoiler, the next chapter will be about the trip, so don't expect too much action for that, but after it, things will become a bit more intrsting, so hope for the future, cause my hope doesn't exist anymore.