"KISARAGI, WHERE IS MY COFFEE?!" Vanitas yelled at me as I finished sorting the pile of papers on his desk.

"I'll get it now…" I said in a monotone voice.

I had been up all night crying. I finally realized that whatever Sora and I had 4 years ago was officially gone now. Rinoa had taken my place in his heart. Instead of us getting married next month, it was them. She'll be Rinoa Akamura. I'll still be Talia Kisaragi.

"What's up with you today? You're not being an annoying brat like usual." Vanitas raised a brow at me.

"I'm fine," I said as I stacked the papers neatly on his desk and started to head out of his office.

"Hey! You better cheer up! Your depressing mood will only depress the patients and if that happens I'll fire you!" Vanitas frowned at me.

"Okay," I said as I walked out of the office towards the cafeteria.

I dragged my feet as I reached the elevator. I felt as if I could have a breakdown at any moment now. Why did I have to fall in love with Sora? Why couldn't I just have kept my distance from him like everyone wanted? They were right. We were never meant to be.

I looked up from the floor as the elevator doors opened. Inside, Ven was reading some papers in his hands. He didn't even notice as I entered the elevator.

I pressed the button for the first floor and stood on the opposite side of the elevator from him. Resting my head on the wall, I closed my eyes as the thoughts of Sora ran through my mind again.

"Is Vanitas overworking you, already?" I heard Ven ask.

"No… it's fine."

"You seem kind of… down. Is everything okay?"

"I'm okay. Just tired…"

"You don't look okay…"

I opened my eyes and glanced over at Ventus. He was now looking over at me with a worried look in his eyes. I could tell he didn't get much sleep because a 5 o'clock shadow could be faintly seen and his normally spiked up blonde hair was sort of drooping.

"I don't look okay? You're the one who looks tired and beat up," I smiled slightly at him.

"You can tell I was jumped?" His eyes widened.

I stood quiet for a moment. Was he trying to say some lame joke to me?

"Eh, I guess that's a lame joke, huh," he scratched the back of his neck nervously.

"Yeah, kind of," I giggled at him.

"Ah! At least I got you to smile and not look so depressed!" He grinned at me.

My smile quickly faded. Did I look that depressed? I mean, Vanitas even noticed something was wrong with me.

Ding!

"Well… I'll see you around, okay? I'm kind of busy this morning. If you need anything, feel free to come find and talk to me, okay? Try and not to look so depressed either. You're the prettiest when you smile," Ven grinned at me as he walked out the elevator.

My face blushed a crimson red color at his compliment. Ven was such a nice guy. Any girl would be lucky to have him. I guess that's why all of his interns fight for his attention every chance they get. Sometimes I couldn't tell if they were here to work or to flirt nonstop with Ven.

Ding!

I sighed as I dragged my feet off the elevator. I guess I better stop being depressed and focus on my job.

~!~

"So when are you leaving?"

"They want us in Agrabah by the end of this week," Sora let out a heavy sigh as he continued to pack his bags.

"Rinoa speaking to you yet?" Riku arched a brow as he eyed the double bed in the master bedroom. One side was messy while the other side was completely made up.

"She made me sleep in the guest room," Sora shook his head.

"I can't stand her ass," Riku frowned.

"Hey, wouldn't you be mad if we had to postpone your wedding and have the slight possibility that the one you're marrying may not come back alive?" Sora frowned back at Riku.

Riku shifted his eyes to the ground. He didn't like to show his emotions much but something always got to him whenever Sora mentioned the possibility of him not returning. His best friend would be dead; gone from this planet.

"You'll be back so tell her to calm her tits," Riku quickly shook off the wave of sadness that hit him and rolled his eyes at Sora.

Sora couldn't help but laugh slightly at his best friend. He knew he meant no harm.

"Speaking of that… have you guys-"

"No! I'm abstinent, remember?" Sora blushed and suddenly took focus into the t-shirt he was folding.

Riku smirked at his reaction. "Everyone says that until it happens. I bet that'll make her forgive you."

"Yeah well I guess she won't be forgiving me then."

"Hm, I guess she won't."

Sora smiled lightly as he finally had almost of all of his stuff packed. He would have to leave first thing Thursday morning if he wanted to arrive in Agrabah by Friday. Even though he didn't particularly enjoy being in the army, he did enjoy seeing some of his friends like Donald and Goofy. Goofy wasn't the soldier's real name but for some reason he never told anyone his real name.

"So… how are you going to tell Talia…?"

Sora froze in place. Instead of trying to get his fiancée to makeup with him last night, he was thinking of ways of how to tell Talia. Her heart was already torn to pieces with all of this engagement news. How was he going to break it to her that he was leaving for the military?

"I… really don't know…" Sora sighed as he sat on the bed.

"Look man, I know you still have feelings for Talia..." Riku gave Sora a serious look.

Sora blushed again. "N-no I don't! My love is only for Rinoa now! You know that…"

"I hear you saying you only love Rinoa but I don't believe you. Are you forgetting that I know the real reason why you're marrying Rinoa?"

"…I've loved Rinoa since I first met her…"

"Has she brainwashed you into saying that? Wow…" Riku rolled his eyes.

"H-hey! Let's not talk about this right now! Help me finish packing, okay?!" Sora threw one of his shirts at Riku who immediately caught it.

~!~

Kairi walked frantically to the Usual Spot with a huge smile on her face. Her daughter in her arms gave her mother a weird look. Why was she so happy? Kaiya was so used to her mother strolling around Twilight Town with a frown on her face from hating the city so much that she was confused. She was even more confused when her mother walked through the Usual Spot and revealed some of the people she believed her mother strongly disliked. Though Kaiya was only 2, she understood a lot of the things that went on around her; especially when it involved her mom, dad, and her uncle Sora.

"I have good news – where's Olette, Pence, and Naminé?" Kairi asked as she only saw Roxas and Hayner lazing around on the couch and boxes in the tight-spaced section.

"Well… we're all working people, Kairi…" Hayner explained to the redhead. "Roxas and I just happen to be off today."

"Nami's off, too! Where is she?!" Kairi asked as she walked more into the spot and sat down on the couch beside Roxas.

"She had to go in and finish something at the studio…" Roxas eyed Kairi suspiciously. He knew she was helping them in trying to ruin Rinoa and Sora's wedding, but he couldn't help but still have trust issues with her. She did treat him and his friends like shit in high school. He never really forgave her for that.

"Oh… well I have good news!" Kairi smiled brightly while hugging her daughter tightly. Kaiya seemed to try to pull away from her mother's death grip.

"Don't squeeze the life out of your child there…" Hayner blinked at the 2 year old in front of him.

"Shut up and let me talk!" Kairi frowned at the blonde. Hayner held his hands up in defense.

"What's up?" Roxas arched a brow.

"We may not have to worry about Rinoa for a while!"

"…And why's that?" Hayner asked.

Kairi rolled her eyes at him. "Because she's currently pissed at Sora! So pissed that she might even stop this whole wedding thing!"

"And why is she pissed off…?"

"Sora was called last night by his boss – general – whatever and he has to leave to Agrabah right away… like end of this week right away!" Kairi grinned.

"And you're happy that Sora's leaving…?" Hayner frowned at the redhead. She was unbelievable.

"Of course not! Sora's my best friend. I don't want him risking his life by going over there in the war zone! But Rinoa is really angry and she might call off the wedding-"

"Get real." Roxas cut her off. "If anything Rinoa is going to be over it by the end of today and try to spend the rest of the week with Sora until he leaves. She's a psycho chick, Kai. She'll probably take the week off work just to be with Sora the whole time."

Kairi's happy facial expression turned into a sour one. Her straight posture slumped over quickly. She hadn't thought of that before. She was just so happy that Rinoa was thinking about calling off the wedding that she didn't think that maybe Rinoa was just reacting from the shock of the sudden news. Roxas made a lot of sense.

"…So this means that…"

"We got to work extra hard with dealing with this bitch," Hayner frowned.

"Oh! Mama he said bad word!" Kaiya gave Hayner a shocked expression and pointed her short, chubby finger at him. Hayner's eyes widened and went back and forth quickly from Kairi to Kaiya.

"Hayner! Ugh!" Kairi frowned as she stood up. "Kaiya stop pointing. That's not nice."

Kaiya just continued to give Hayner a shocked expression while he gave Kairi a nervous look. Kairi was trying really hard not to curse in front of her child since the girl took up bad habits quickly.

"I'm out of here! Let everyone else know the news," Kairi stormed off angrily.

Kaiya just smiled at her mother. This was the attitude she was used to.

~!~

"Your apartment is really empty," My mom said as she eyed my place. I rolled my eyes at her as I made some tea in the kitchen.

"What'd you expect? I just moved in here about a week ago and I have no money. I can't afford nice things like you and dad," I rolled my eyes.

"Still… I can help you buy some things," My mom said as she sat down on my couch.

I walked from the kitchen to the connected living room and placed my hands on my hips. "Mom, I told you I want to do this on my own."

"I know… but can't I help just a little? You're my only child and as a mother I must help you every way possible!"

"I'm a 22 year old woman."

"I don't care if you were 109 years old. You'll always be my daughter."

"Uh huh," I suppressed a smile and walked back into the kitchen to fix up the tea.

"So… forgive me for asking… but… have you talked to Sora at all since this whole… engagement thing?" My mom asked skeptically.

"Um… yeah…" I said as I walked into the living room and handed her the cup of tea.

"…Mind telling me what's going on? You look completely different from what you looked when you first found out he was engaged…"

My mind instantly went back to yesterday with the whole break up thing. I felt my heart starting to ache and the tears building up in my eyes. I squeezed the cup in my hand to try my best not to cry in front of my mom.

"W-well… we b-broke up yesterday…" I laughed sadly.

My mom gave me a confused look. "Broke up? But it's been 4 years… you guys weren't tog-"

"It was his fiancée's wonderful idea…"

"… I'm assuming his fiancée isn't such a sweetheart, is she?"

I couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Rinoa seemed to like things to go her way all the time and if it didn't, she'd do anything in her power to make sure it did.

"She's… okay."

My mom took the cup from my hand and set it on the coffee table. She placed her hands on my shoulders and faced me towards her. I knew her motherly instincts were kicking in as she searched in my eyes.

"You don't particularly like this young lady. I can tell that. You really want to cry right now but you don't want me to see you."

I tried to let out a nonchalant laugh. "Mom… I'm not going to cry…"

She pulled me into her and wrapped her arms around me. "I'm your mother for crying out loud, Talia. If there is anyone you can cry to in your time of hurt, it's me. So cry. I'll be here until you feel better."

My eyes widened before the tears started to pour down. I wrapped my arms around my mom, hugging her tight, as I let the tears free fall down my face. I felt so hopeless. The only thing that was running through my mind was why did I have to fall for Sora? Of all people… why him? In the past, he was always there to protect me when others hurt me in high school… but this time… he was the one who was hurting me.

~!~

"What?" Naminé frowned at Rinoa as she sat in front of Naminé's desk at her studio.

"Did I tell you what happened the other night at the restaurant?" Rinoa arched her eye at the blonde girl.

Naminé rolled her eyes. "Yes. All night that night and all day yesterday. I know the story inside out."

"Oh… well did I tell you about last night?"

Naminé let out a heavy sigh, not caring if Rinoa hear it or not. She was trying to work on a sketch for her art show next month. It was the only thing distracting her from planning their wedding. She did not want to sit her in discuss Rinoa's love life with Sora or the problems they have.

"What about it?" She said nonchalantly as she sketched on the outstretched paper in front of her.

"I made Talia and Sora breakup… officially…" Rinoa grinned at her.

Naminé dropped the pencil she was sketching and her mouth fell open. The only sound that was heard was the pencil rolling off the desk.

"B-but… they were already broken up! Why would you make them go through that?!" Naminé glared at Rinoa, her hand slowly turning into a tight fist.

"Go through what? Sora loves me now. He has no feelings for that blue haired girl. I think she does… I have to keep an eye on her…" Rinoa said thoughtfully.

"If you hurt Talia…" Naminé said through gritted teeth.

"Why on earth would I do that, silly?" Rinoa chuckled at the blonde girl. "I'm just making sure she doesn't try anything with my Sora."

Her Sora? Her Sora Naminé's ass!

"Just leave Talia alone. She hasn't done anything to you!"

"Stop talking about her. That's not all what happened last night…"

"What else could've possibly happened?!" Naminé rolled her eyes.

"Sora's leaving Thursday for Agrabah…"

Once again Naminé's mouth fell open. Sora was going back… to that hellhole of a war? That wasn't the only thing that was bothering Naminé. How was Sora going to Talia? Was his big secret finally going to get revealed? Instead of worrying about the war in Agrabah; everyone needs to worry about the war that was about to happen right here in Twilight Town and Destiny Islands.

~!~

Sora glanced at the clock hanging on the bathroom wall.

12:31am

He glanced at the bathroom door. This was stupid. Why was he hiding in the bathroom in the first place? Oh… that's right. Rinoa was just behind that door, sound asleep. They had made up when she came home from work and were back to sharing a bedroom. Sora was grateful but at the same time he wasn't. It should be his turn to be mad at her for forcing Talia to go through that yesterday. It was really unnecessary. Sora looked at the screen on his phone.

Call: Talia K.

Why did he get the courage to call her tonight? What was he going to say? No… how was he going to say it? Just tell her he's going to Agrabah this Thursday then hang up? Wouldn't she want to know why he's going to Agrabah? She wouldn't let it go that easily. Was she even up to begin with?

Would she even be willing to talk to him?

Calling: Talia K.

Sora's heart skipped a beat. He slightly cursed at his finger for pressing the button without his permission. Slowly he put the phone up to his ear.

Ring…

Sora glanced at the clock.

12:36am

Ring…

Suddenly the drip from the sink seemed really loud to him. He'd have to get that fix.

Ring…

He tapped his foot nervously. He glanced at the door. Would Rinoa be getting up anytime soon? Sometimes she goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night. What if he got caught calling another female in the bathroom? She'd be ticked off.

Ring…

Maybe Sora will get lucky. Maybe Talia won't answer her phone because she sees whose calling. The thought did kind of hurt Sora though. The thought of Talia avoiding him made him quite sad.

Ring…

Maybe she was just asleep and Sora was just overreacting to everything.

"Hello?" Talia's voice sounded shaky on the phone. Sora's heart skipped a beat.

"H-hey… Talia…" Sora whispered quietly.

"Why are you whispering…?" Talia asked.

"Um… no reason…"

"Oh…"

Great. If they were awkward before, what happened yesterday made them even more awkward now.

"So uh-"

"Is there something wrong? Is Rinoa okay?"

"Y-yeah she's fine… but um… I need to tell you something… important…"

"Oh? What is it?" Talia asked. Her voice was shaky. Had she been crying?

"Are you okay? You sound… funny…"

"I'm fine. I'm just… tired. So if you can just hurry and tell me what you need to tell me so I can go to bed… I have work in the morning…"

"Oh okay… well um…"

Here he goes. The moment he'd been thinking about ever since last night.

"You see Talia… I'm um…"

"Yes?"

This was no time for him to choke! It was now or never! Or maybe he could just tell her tomorrow. It was just Tuesday anyway. He could tell her one day before he leaves so he wouldn't have to see her reaction and leave a.s.a.p. the next day. It's not like she hasn't pulled anything like that before.

"Sora…?"

Oh forget it. He has her on the phone now. He might as well just tell her.

"Talia I'm-"

"Sora? Are you okay in there? Who are you talking to this late at night?"

Damn. Rinoa was up already? His situation was getting deeper and deeper.

"If you're not gonna say anything… then I'm hanging up-"

"Wait!" Sora quickly said.

"Who are you talking to?!" Rinoa pounded on the door.

"What is it?!" Talia asked impatiently.

"Um… I like the colors you picked out for my wedding!"

No! That's not what he meant to say! Why did he say that?! Why did that come out!? That sounded nothing like 'I'm going to Agrabah in 2 days.'

"What?" He heard Rinoa say from outside the bathroom door.

"What?" A confused Talia said on the phone.

Sora slapped his hand on his face and slowly slid it down. He had to play along now.

"Uh yeah… the colors you picked? Rinoa told me about them. They're nice… pale blue? Nice choice." Sora hated himself right now.

"Uh… you're welcome? I'm gonna hang up now… okay?"

"Uh… okay! Good night, buddy!" Sora really wanted to commit suicide right then and there. Buddy? Did he seriously just call her buddy? He was just digging his own grave.

"Sora! Get out of that bathroom this instant!" He heard Rinoa yell.

"Um… wow… okay. Good night… er… yeah. Night," He heard his phone beep to let him know that Talia had hung up the phone.

Sora let out a frustrated sigh as he suddenly felt really angry. Angry at Rinoa for interrupting him. Angry at Talia for not trying to understand what he meant. But most of all, angry at himself for fucking up. Who knows when he'll be able to talk with Talia again? She probably won't want to talk to him after that little conversation.

He unlocked the bathroom door and met a fuming Rinoa in his face.

"Who the hell are you talking to this late?!" Rinoa frowned at him.

"I'm tired. Good night."

"No! You won't go to sleep until you answer me!" Rinoa turned around and watched as Sora climbed into bed.

"I said good night."

"Were you talking to that girl? That Talia girl!? Are you fucking kidding me?! Have you forgotten who your fiancée is?!"

"I'm not in the mood to discuss this tonight, Rinoa! Good. Night." Sora tried to say calmly, his temper rising with every word Rinoa was throwing at him.

"No! No going to sleep here tonight! Go sleep in the guest room! Or better yet? Go there and call that bitch back-"

Sora instantly sat up and glared at Rinoa. Rinoa's eyes widened at Sora's face. She's never seen him this angry.

"No. I own this house! I own this bedroom! I own everything in this house! You just moved in here with me because you're my fiancée! That is all. You go to the fucking guest room. And don't you ever call her a bitch again, understood? You cross the line when you refer to her as that!" Sora yelled at Rinoa who flinched at every word.

She tried to hold back the tears that were threatening to pour.

"Fine…" She said as she grabbed her pillow off the bed and walked towards the bedroom. "But just know this… ever since that… woman came back… you've been acting different and I don't like it one bit. You are mine."

Sora let out a sigh as he watched Rinoa slam the bedroom door shut. He grabbed his hair and pulled hard at it as he fell back onto the bed. Why was this happening to him all of a sudden? Why was everything suddenly turning bad?

Why was his feelings for Talia reawakening and getting in the way of his current relationship?!

~!~

I sat up in my bed and stared at my phone. I had been staring at it for a good 10 minutes now. Why did he call to tell me that? Was he trying to rub it in my face that he was getting married to someone else? Why did he call me buddy? Buddy? Of all things to refer to us as… he used buddy. My heart was already broken in half and he was just damaging it even further. Was he trying to make my life miserable?

My tears fell from my eyes. I hate him. I hate Rinoa. I hate this whole situation. I hate this city. I hate this country. Why didn't I stay in Atlantica? Why did I come back here? Everyone is so happy except me. I have no one to turn to anymore. My best friend is busy with his girlfriend. My mom is too busy with my dad. Though she came over tonight, that was the only time we've had contact since I last visited their house last week. There was no one.

"If you need anything, feel free to come find and talk to me, okay?"

I don't know why my memory suddenly remembered what Dr. Ven had said to be earlier today. Could I really go to talk to him? Would he understand? He seemed caring enough...

I lay down in my bed and pulled the covers up to me.

He was a doctor. I don't know how much he could help me with this or even if he was willing to listen to me talk… but it was worth a shot.

The first thing tomorrow morning… I will find Dr. Ventus.

~!~

A/N: Don't hate me. I'm so sorry for the lack of updates but… ugh I'm stressed out and lazy… and yeah. Please forgive me everyone. I hope you enjoyed it. Things are getting intense, right? Ha! It only gets worse from here! Anywho, I hope you enjoyed it~