"KISARAGI!"
I quickly dashed towards Vanitas's office. It's been about a week since I've been working here and it's been Hell. Dr. Vanitas had me running stupid and unreasonable errands for him every day. Yesterday, he even had me stay after work just to clean out his desk drawer. How was this supposed to be helping me to become a full doctor? I had no clue myself.
"Whoa, you're in a hurry," Dr. Ven smiled slightly at me as I dashed pass him.
"Vanitas!" Was all I had time to say before I rounded a corner, still rushing to my boss's office.
Dr. Ven, Vanitas's twin brother, was the complete opposite of Vanitas. He was kind, gentle, and even made jokes every now and then. From what his interns told me in the cafeteria on our lunch break one day, he was the best doctor ever. Not to mention how they all told me they harbored secret crushes on him because he was "smoking hot."
Sometimes I even wondered how I ended up with Vanitas. Was this some sort of punishment for something that I've done in the past?
"KISARA-"
"I'm here," I grumbled as I tried to catch my breath.
"Ah, yes, can you pick up my dry cleaning?" He smirked at me as he nonchalantly twirled a pencil between his fingers.
"Excuse me?" I asked in disbelief. I knew he couldn't be serious.
"Dry cleaning? Pick it up. Now." He still had that smirk on his face.
"Dr. Vanitas, I am an intern. You should be showing me around the hospital so I can get a feel of what I'm supposed to be doing when I become a full doctor-"
"You won't be becoming a full doctor with that attitude of yours!" He cut me off. "You have 15 minutes to get back here."
I grumbled beneath my breath and turned and walked out his office.
"And if Ven asks where you're going, say you're going out to pick up our lunch!" He called out to me as I slammed his office door shut.
Yep, I was in Hell and Vanitas was the Devil himself. I was convinced.
~!~
"Sora and I are going on a date tomorrow!" Rinoa smiled at Naminé as they walked down the busy streets of Destiny Islands.
Naminé was forced to come along with the raven haired girl on her day off. Rinoa had asked Naminé yesterday if she wanted to go shopping with her and Sora stood behind her, begging her to go with Rinoa. Everyone knew Nami hated Rinoa except for the she-devil herself. Usually Sora's begging didn't affect Nami, but this time she decided to give in for once. Plus, what girl doesn't love to go shopping?
"Interesting," Naminé mumbled under her breath.
"We haven't been on a date in the longest of time! He asked me last night before we went to bed!"
The idea of Rinoa and Sora sharing a bed sent chills down Naminé's back. She wondered if Rinoa drooled in her sleep. She looked like the type who did. Poor Sora. He had share a bed with a wicked witch who drowns not only Sora, but her pillow, in drool.
"Naminé, are you listening?" Rinoa poked the blonde who had suddenly stopped walking.
"Huh? What?" Naminé snapped out of her trance and looked at Rinoa who was grinning in her face.
"I said, do you think I'd look better in a red dress or a black one? I'm trying to be sexy!"
Naminé quickly swallowed down the vomit that was rising in her throat, "Er… sexy?"
"Yeah!" Rinoa smiled as she took Naminé's hand in hers, "I feel as if I don't try hard enough to, you know, look sexy for Sora. I want him to be turned on when he sees me tomorrow!"
Naminé was really now trying to hold in her vomit. Rinoa looking sexy for Sora just to turn him on? She couldn't help but think if Rinoa and Sora had already done it. Naminé, herself, was still a virgin. Roxas and she hadn't even thought that far yet. Then again, Roxas and she weren't engaged to be married in another month.
"Sexy…" Naminé repeated the words slowly to herself.
"Yeah, so red or black?" Rinoa asked again as the two girls stopped in front of a clothing store.
"….Black…" Naminé shrugged. Honestly, she could care less about Rinoa and her dress color problems.
Obviously, she had bigger problems to think about.
~!~
So here I was, sitting on the floor in my boss's office, cleaning his white tiled floor with a baby wipe. Again, I had questioned him with what this had to do with me becoming a doctor. He said:
"Are you questioning me again? Do you want to get fired? Besides, a doctor's office must be kept clean at all times! NOW GET TO IT!"
I mumbled curses under my breath as I pulled out another baby wipe and scrubbed frantically at the floor under Vanitas's desk. How long was I gonna have to put up with this? Why did I get Vanitas while all the other trainees got Ven?
"Need some help?" I jumped at the sound of the voice and hit my head on the desk that hovered over me.
I backed up slowly from underneath it and held my head in pain. Wincing, I looked up to the doctor who was now at eye level with me and had a worried face planted on his face.
"I'm fine," I said as I could slowly feel a lump appearing on my head.
Dr. Ven removed my hand from my head and looked at my head. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!"
"You're fine," I shrugged as he checked out my head.
"…You might want to put some ice on that, but no brain damage!" He grinned at me.
I looked up at him as he smiled at me. His smile… it looked so much like Sora's. Ven did resemble Roxas a lot (Who himself resembled Sora), but Roxas didn't have such a radiating smile. Dr. Ventus had spiky blonde hair that was styled the same exact way as Roxas but just parted to a different side. He had mesmerizing ocean blue eyes and gentle facial features like both Roxas and Sora had. Are they all related or something?
Ven and Vanitas almost looked alike except for 2 main features that were different. Vanitas had really spiked up black hair and golden eyes. Plus, when Vanitas smiled, it looked super evil like.
"Talia, are you okay?" Ven asked me again.
"Y-yeah! I'm fine!" I smiled sweetly at him. He scratched the back of his head nervously as we came to an awkward silence.
"Uh… so… what were you doing?" He finally asked, breaking the silence.
"Oh… your brother wanted me to clean the floor."
"With baby wipes?" He arched a brow.
"Yeah…" I let out a heavy sigh.
"I'm sorry you got stuck with such a horrible boss…"
"I'm sorry too," I laughed a little.
"Need any help?" Ven smiled at me again.
"Nah, I got it. Plus, you have to go train your own trainees and take care of your patients!"
Ven chuckled to himself. "I guess you're right! Well… I'll see you around then!"
I watched at Ven stood and made his way over to the door. He was about to walk out before he turned around and gave me a small smile.
"Don't forget to put some ice on that bump!" He said as he walked out.
I let out a heavy sigh when he walked out. This job was just gonna get tougher wasn't it? And the fact that Ven resembled Sora so much when he smiled wasn't going to help me.
Sora…
"KISARAGI! I DON'T HEAR SCRUBBING!" I could hear Vanitas yell down the hall only to be hushed by the nearby patients and nurses.
I let out one more sigh before I went back to scrubbing the office floor.
~!~
Kairi, Riku, and Sora were all at the little island the always hung out on as kids. It was a smaller island that wasn't too far away from the mainland of Destiny Islands. They would come here as kids and teens to watch sunsets and try to get the legendary Paopu fruit. They'd always sit on an oddly shaped tree and watch it from there. It had the best view.
Now they came here to discuss important things. The last time they all met up here was when Kairi announced her pregnancy to the both of them. Now they were here again. Sora had no clue what for. Kairi and Riku had called him out. This was the only time and place for them to have private discussions. Kaiya was with her babysitter and Rinoa was still at work. No one could interrupt them.
As they slowly made their way to the island, Sora couldn't help but reminisce of the time he took Talia here. She was the only girl he'd ever taken to their secret hideout. Back then, he planned on her being the only one. Now that he was engaged, he guessed he'd have to show his soon-to-be wife, too.
Kairi and Sora propped themselves up on the tree while Riku casually leaned against. It was quiet between the three except for the sound of the waves crashing into one another and the occasional squawk of a bird passing by.
Riku cleared his throat, "So…about Talia…"
Sora tensed up. Is this what they came here to talk to him about? Talia?
"Look, I don't think your wife is too fond of the nerd," Kairi frowned.
"Ha, and this is coming from the girl who framed her last year?" Sora laughed slightly to himself.
Kairi sucked her teeth and was about to say something before Riku instantly went to her side and placed his hand over her mouth.
"Sora, we're trying to help you here. Your fiancée threatened Kairi last night," Riku said as he quickly removed his hand because Kairi decided to lick it.
"…How? Rinoa didn't even go to Kairi's place last night; she went to the store to buy some milk!" Sora said, confused.
"She lied, obviously," Kairi rolled her eyes.
Sora hopped off the tree. "If you're guys are here to trash Rinoa as usual, then I'm leaving. Kairi why can't you get over the fact that what went down between you and Rinoa was an accident!"
Kairi's face instantly turned red. "An accident? A fucking accident? Are you kidding me right now?! The bitch tried to kill me and my baby because she thought I was pregnant by you! You fucking call that an accident? She didn't even ask, she assumed!"
Sora grew quiet at that. A couple of months before Kaiya were supposed to be born, Rinoa had turned on Kairi. She had mistaken that Kairi was pregnant by Sora instead of Riku. Rinoa was so furious that she went out and got drunken midday and when she encountered Kairi at the top of the stairs at Destiny U, they got into a heated argument. Then, as Rinoa says, she tried to get past Kairi but she was blocking the way, so she accidentally bumped into her, causing Kairi to tumble down the flight of stairs. Kairi says she pushed her.
"Kairi… I'll ask her about it-"
"Don't ask her! Because she'll just tell you another damn lie and you'll believe her over me once again! There's no fucking point in talking to you! Let that crazy bitch torture Talia. Maybe she can get farther than I did with her!" With that, Kairi stomped off back to the bridge that connected the smaller island with the rest of the outer island.
Riku looked over at Sora and shook his head. Sora was so gullible at times that it even pissed Kairi off.
"Look, all Kai and I wanted to tell you is that whatever you said about Talia to Rinoa is about to cause some major damage to Talia," with that Riku walked off.
Sora stood in the sand with his hands curled up in a tight fist. Who was he supposed to believe? His best friends since he was 6 or his fiancée? The answer may have seemed obvious, but with his friends' past, he didn't know what to believe anymore.
And what exactly did Riku mean when he said that Talia is about to receive major damage from Rinoa? Rinoa wasn't like that. Sora knew it for a fact.
~!~
Kairi roughly pushed the red, raggedy curtain that separated the Secret Spot from the rest of the world. Riku quickly followed behind her in her footsteps. He had no clue where Kairi was headed until he entered through the curtain himself.
There, all looking tense were Hayner, Roxas, Naminé, Olette, and Pence. Naminé looked over at the entrance and was surprised to see her best friend standing there. She instantly knew Kairi was pissed about something. She was breathing hard and her face was almost as red as her hair. If she would have looked closer, she would have seen the fire in her eyes.
"Um… excuse you?" Hayner hopped off his box and walked up to Kairi and Riku. "Do you have business here?"
"Fuck off, blondie," Kairi said as she pushed past Hayner and went to the couch where Naminé and Roxas were sitting.
"Kairi, what's wrong?" Naminé asked worriedly.
"Sora and that damn bitch!"
Roxas let out a grunt. "Ha, who are you telling?"
Kairi shifted her head over to Roxas. Out of everyone, Roxas and Naminé were the only ones who completely understood the situation they were in.
"Roxas, you're best friend is gonna be put through Hell again if Rinoa finds out anything about her and Sora's past! She'll be worse than me, and you know it!"
"What do you mean?" Olette stood up and walked over to Kairi.
"Sora told her some things. Of course, no one believes Sora. Rinoa is out to get dirt on Talia."
"Why does she care so much about Talia?" Hayner scratched the back of his head.
"God, you are so dumb at times!" Pence rolled his eyes. "I'm glad I smartened up!"
"No matter how much Sora is "in love" with Rinoa, we all know goodness well at the end of the day, Talia is his true love and he'd leave Rinoa in a heartbeat if Talia told him to," Roxas explained.
"And she finds out more about Talia and her past with Sora, who knows what Rinoa would do to Talia because of her jealousy problem!" Olette said as she looked everyone in their eyes.
"Then guys…" Naminé spoke up softly.
Everyone quieted down and looked over at the blonde haired girl.
"We have a problem…"
"What could be a bigger problem than what we have now?" Riku asked.
"Rinoa is going on a date with Sora tonight…"
Everyone grew quiet again and looked at one another. What were they going to do? They all knew Rinoa was going on a date with Sora to get whatever information she could get out of him about Talia.
Kairi sucked in her breath and rolled her head over to Riku. He arched his brow up at her and she looked away and over at Hayner.
"Remember… in high school… how we all came together… and destroyed Talia and Sora's dates?" Kairi asked slowly.
"We failed!" Olette said frantically.
"And Pence and Riku made their own team to help them!" Hayner frowned.
"Hey, we weren't trying to stop what was meant to be-"
"God, shut up and let me finish!" Kairi glared at Pence.
"Go on," Roxas said.
"How can we fail if there's no one trying to stop us…?" Kairi smiled slyly.
"Oh, I like the way you think," Hayner rubbed his hands together in an evil manor.
"Uh, objection!" Roxas said. "Talia. Talia will try to stop us. She wouldn't dare let us interfere with Sora's love life."
"Kisaragi needs to realize this is for her sake," Kairi frowned.
"How about we just don't tell her…?" Riku suggested.
~!~
I dragged my feet as I slowly made my way to the secret spot. Vanitas is terrible. Today had to be worse than any other day! I had dirt spots and scratches everywhere on me! Not to mention, my feet were killing me from all the running around he made me do! I'm just gonna go in and say hey to everyone then carry myself home for a nice, relaxing shower.
As I neared the Secret Spot, I could hear voices talking frantically; voices that didn't belong in the Secret Spot. I quickly pulled back the curtain and saw all of my friends plus Kairi and Riku. They all looked pissed off and confused. Kairi just looked straight up evil.
"Uh… what's going on?"
They tensed up when they all turned towards me.
"H-hey Tally! How was work?" Pence grinned as he rubbed the back of his neck horribly.
"Hell."
"That's not the only thing that's gonna be hell for you," Hayner mumbled under his breath only for Olette to elbow him in his stomach.
I shifted my eyes over at everyone. "Hey… what's going on?"
"N-nothing! What do you mean?" Naminé smiled at me. I could tell her smile was a nervous one.
"Are you guys planning something that I should know about…?" I asked.
"We're not planning anything, so don't worry about it, nerd," Kairi frowned slightly at me.
Why was she here anyways?
I threw my hands up in defeat. "I'm too tired to question you people, I'm going home. See you tomorrow."
"Bye!" They all somehow said at the same time.
They were definitely up to something. What it was? I had no clue, but I was going to find out.
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A/N: Hiii my lovely readers! I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Since school starts for me next week, I do not know when the next update will be, but I'll try to work on it whenever I have free time, okay? Please review! It makes me happy! Lol, okay bye!