Ordinary Life of Sora

Chapter 2

Mornings are never fun for anyone…

What am I talking about? I don't know what most people think.

All I know is that I was not happy at the moment. Seriously, who fills up a car with countless suitcases? Couldn't we have just rented a truck? Trailer? Work mule? Maybe even hired someone to take it for us?

The answer to all of this was, of course, no.

I guess I should explain what's happening. It all started when my dad got himself a job at the 'cool' and 'awesome,' words courtesy of my mother, Twilight Town.

Don't get me wrong. I've heard great things of the place. How it's filled with night life. Has great museums and some historical sites. Hell, they even had their town surrounded by trains. A pretty 'cool' place indeed except for one thing, how the hell could I live in a place like this?

I don't have a car, much less the reflexes required to drive one. How would I get around? This was a city, if you didn't have a car you were screwed. I could just take the trains but it would mean that I would have to follow a schedule and that was something I didn't do well.

Good-bye social life, I shall miss you.

My mother didn't seem to mind this and we moved the following day. Not kidding, we actually moved the following day. Leaving the place I had called home for years just like that. Not to mention the terrible amount of packing we had to do, I think I even passed out at some point.

Now, before you think I had one of those tearful good-byes as the car drove into the sunset, I'd like to inform you that I didn't. In fact, it was pretty much the opposite. My girlfriend, or should I call her ex? Well, as you probably already guessed, broke up with me a few days before this whole moving thing.

It turned out that she had a thing for a friend of mine, who was in a relationship with another girl but still liked another friend of mine... Don't worry, I won't have you go through this whole teenage drama thing. Just talking about it was making my head hurt.

Bottom line is that I was sent into a spiraling depression and didn't really feel like saying bye to my friends, or even tell them I was moving for that matter.

That could be a problem actually.

What if they visit my old house? They'll probably freak out when they see nobody there and the whole house cleaned out. Maybe even come up with the conclusion that we were violently murdered and the house was emptied by the police afterwards. Might seem like an exaggerated thought but I guarantee that it passed through a couple of my friends' heads.

But anyway I think I got way off track here. The only thing that matters at the moment is that I'm going through a break up and am moving to a whole new town. A town where I probably wouldn't meet anyone since it's the middle of the school year, not that it was a bad thing. In fact, I was a bit thankful for that.

Yes, being left alone for now would probably be for the best.

"Hey Sora! I can see the town from here!"

That there was my overexcited mother speaking from the front passenger seat. Her long brown hair was ruffled by the strong wind coming from the open window. She had a smile on her face as she turned to look at me, as if waiting for some kind of response.

"Yeah…" I responded without much enthusiasm.

My mother seemed a bit disappointed by the answer. "Can't you be a little more exited?"

I am surrounded by suitcases. Some of them hitting against my ribs, forgive me for not being as enthusiastic as you.

"You'll like it here son."

That stern voiced individual was my father. His brown hair was cut short, only the tips fluttering with the wind. A scowl could be easily seen from where I sat, which was actually normal. My father wasn't really the smiling type.

"No. You better like it here." He continued.

Can't you act a bit less scary? It might come with being a father, but please ease up a bit.

Oh, while I'm at it. The reason I'm calling them 'mother' and 'father' is because I'm pissed at them. Some kids liked to act out, I liked to call them 'mother' and 'father' in my inner monologue. Everybody has their thing, right?

Putting that aside, I decided to give the town a try. Its high buildings could be seen in the distance, and the clean roads we were driving on were enough to welcome anyone. Even I felt a bit welcomed, as if the town were saying, "Hey Sora, ease up man."

Well I can't because the suitcases are driving me insane. I can barely think as it is. I don't have the best body build which is why every hit against my ribs is critical. Critical hit I tell you!

It wasn't until sundown that we finally made it to our new home. The street was uneven since Twilight Town was mountainous which meant that it was filled with hills. Hills that I would have to walk on every day of school.

Great, looks like I'll be adding something else to my 'things that annoy me' list, it's been growing a lot lately.

I eagerly opened the car's door as soon as it came to a stop. The many suitcases instantly shooting out of the car, knocking the door from its hinges and leaving a large crater on the ground.

Okay, maybe I exaggerated the last part but they did fall out of the car.

Leaving my enemy behind, I turned to my new home. It was a two story building with white walls and a gate surrounding it. An okay place for a family of three I guess.

"What are you standing around for?" My father scolded while holding a couple of suitcases. "Let's get everything in the house before it gets dark."

Whatever.

It wasn't like I hadn't put up with the suitcases before. It looked like they were my enemy once again. No problem. I'll take you down right now!

I was sprawled over my bed. My arms, no, my whole body was in pain.

Yes, sadly, the suitcases had won the battle.

My father demanding me to go faster didn't help either but at least we ended up putting everything in the house. We didn't arrange anything yet, it would be put off until the next day. I was glad to be starting school the following day since helping my mom arrange everything was something I did not want to do. She was a perfectionist and staying to help her for a few 'minutes' would end up in spending countless hours moving stuff around.

Wait... starting school the following day?

Why didn't I think of that sooner? Starting in a completely different school just like that seemed strange. Had my parents actually thought of all this moving thing a while ago and only told me about it until yesterday.

I frowned. Of course that had happened. No wonder we moved just like that. Not to mention them not really caring that I didn't go to school the last few days.

Man, they could be really secretive some times.

Pushing those thoughts away, I looked around my new room. It was okay, I guess. It wasn't really big but not small either, it had light brown walls and a window next to my bed that overlooked the glistening lights of town. I found myself actually liking this room though it was fairly empty at the moment.

Speaking of which, I wondered where my things would go. I didn't have much but the things I did have took up space. Maybe I could get started right now…

"…"

Yeah, too lazy to do anything...

I rolled to my side and plugged in my alarm clock, not wanting to wake up late the following day. It would be my first day in a new school and I didn't want to be late. My manga reading years had taught me just what kind of things to avoid doing in school with one of them being getting there on time to avoid any sort of fated encounter.

I'll just go to sleep for now, I would probably need the rest.