Here it is! Next post will be on Saturday June 16th, and it'll be much longer than the chapters have been thus far. Enjoy the start of the reboot, and any comments are highly welcome :)
xSkye
Bruises 00-Introduction
It's crazy, isn't it? How one seemingly small event can lead to such sadness and tears. How such a simple word can mean so much more than a definition could ever explain.
Bruise
n. an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
See, doesn't that sound simple? A bruise, nothing more. Yet here I am, sitting in this room of anger and grief waiting for my turn to say goodbye. It's strange – normally I'm so compassionate and easy-going, but I think that side of me died that day. Or went away for a while. I can't seem to cry anymore, like I used up all my tears...
Oh, I'm sorry. You must be confused by my rambling. It'd probably help if I start from the beginning and explain myself.
My name is Sora Hikari, and I've had a decent life. Nothing's perfect, but I've always managed day to day with a smile on my face. Despite my parents dying in a car wreck ten years ago, I've not lacked in the family department. Honestly, I don't know where I'd be without my twin brother Roxas. We might not be the mind-reading phenomenon society expects twin to be, but life's made us close enough. He may be pessimistic and moody most of the time, but I can always count on him to be there. And then there's Leon and Aerith, our older siblings from Mom's first marriage. Aerith says their father died in the military, and Leon never talks about it. Most people are shocked to hear we have two sets of twins from two different marriages, but it runs in Mom's family so we never think twice about it. People still gawk, but it's not like their opinions bother us.
As far as friends go, Roxas and I travel in two different circles. He's always been joined at the hip with Hayner, Pence, and Olette – not that I blame him. I found solid friendship with Kairi down the road and Riku from our island adventures. Our circles expanded once we hit high school, but the cores remained the same. Believe me, you'll learn plenty more about this if you keep reading on.
It's not surprising how hindsight comes with 20x20 vision, but at the same time my heart scream that I should've seen this coming. Should've added up the signs. Once Cloud, Leon's boyfriend, was forced to reopen the old Organization case – we all could've anticipated what would happen. After all, anything could happen around the most violent gang in Twilight Town. That bastard Sephiroth had to get involved too – sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. Everything that's happened keeps swirling through my mind, like reviewing it all could change something. I keep telling myself I should've known. Riku avoiding the subject of Sephiroth, Roxas ditching his best friends to see Axel, Cloud reopening the case – I watched this happen to Cloud and Leon when I was seven, and now I'm watching it happen to my best friends at seventeen.
I should have know everything would change after that one night. Maybe then – maybe then we wouldn't be sitting here in this room with tears in our eyes and unspoken word in our throats.
"Sora-Sora, go on. It's your turn."
One look up tells me that Aerith has finished her goodbye. To my right, Kairi clings to me like a lost child. I think she took all my tears away and cried them for me. Standing up with our hands firmly attached, none of this seems real. Even after watching it happen, after witnessing the bullet shot, my heart refuses to believe the truth.
Silver and whit flash before my eyes as I near the end of the aisle, and Kairi's shaking stops me long enough to keep her steady. Death is a funny thing – it haunts us all, yet none of us see it coming. None of us expect it to take the ones we love.
"I can't-I can't do this Sora. I can't say goodbye."
I look over at Kairi as we stand inches from the casket, my heart breaking over again at every sob from my best friend.
"Kairi..."
I didn't see it coming, and thinking I could've won't reverse Death. Saying goodbye won't reverse the damage that's been done. Bruises leave small marks for those on the outside to see, yet they can leave enough internal bleeding to cripple the body it affects.