I am so, so, so sorry for the wait. My school has started up and that takes away some of my writing time. But I am not planning to stop writing, in case any of you were worried. And if you read my other Fanfic "Am I Really Just A Remnant?", I am not quitting on that either. I've just been busy. Thank you so much for your patience!

Sleepless Chapter 29

"I'm sorry I turned up so unexpected…and so early," Kairi said with an embarrassed smile. The digital clock flashed to 5:24. She set her head on his shoulder, "You know the dance…" she began while her fingers started to interlock with his.

Tidus let out an "hmm" as he turned his head slightly to look at his dry-erase board. "Oh, the one next month?" He asked in a wondering tone. Kairi picked her head up then and nodded. "What about it?" Tidus questioned with a smile on his face, the smile came instantly. He thought he knew what was coming; his first dance with Kairi.

"Who is going to be on your arm that night?" Kairi frowned in uncertainty, hurting Tidus a bit. He immediately looked away and started to sulk to himself shortly. He couldn't believe it. She wasn't confident in him yet? "I don't mean to sound like I don't trust you…I just," She paused with a sigh and started again, "you know…with your reputation…"

"What reputation?" Tidus snapped as he faced her once more. He didn't need to ask. He knew. She knew. Everyone knew his reputation. Girls. Tidus always had a thing with girls, except Kairi of course, she used to always be oblivious and didn't pay very close attention to him. She always paid close attention to Riku and… who else was there? Riku. He was also one of the guys that girls loved to be around, especially Kairi. Tidus remembered Kairi and Riku would hang out every chance they got. Anger rose in Tidus's body, but he stopped. He couldn't be bitter towards Riku. Riku was a close buddy and the boy still didn't return home from wherever he was.

But back to the girls. Tidus shook his head lightly, he wanted that reputation gone. So many girlfriends but not one was as perfect as the one he had now. However bad that sounded, he didn't care at the moment. He knew it was the truth. He wanted change. He has changed, but only a little. He squeezed her hand that was in his and wrapped his free arm around her. He looked into her eyes in silence and smiled, "Whoever is on my arm right…now."

Kairi blushed and hit his chest playfully. "You're so cheesy!" She giggled and quickly kissed his cheek. She jumped out of his arms and started walking to his window, like she was about to go. But Tidus grabbed her hand once he stood up, and tugged her back against his chest.

"What? You don't want to go with me?" He pouted, pretending to be hurt, because he knew that's all she wanted.

Kairi spun to face him and interlaced her fingers with his. She smiled gently at him, "Just remember that I love you," she chimed and he pulled her into a hug. She giggled slightly, "I should get going…I don't know when my parents are suppose to wake up."

Tidus reluctantly let her go and kissed her forehead. "Promise." He whispered in her ear. She nodded and started to crawl out his window.

Kairi was already out on his roof, "Wait, promise what?" Kairi questioned while she poked her head back in. The word "promise" tasted terrible on her tongue. It tasted like it warned her not to say it again, so she noted that to herself.

"Promise, I'll remember," He smiled sweetly. Even with messy hair, boxers and a sleep shirt he was still adorable. But the words he said with a smile and his appearance looked and sounded terrible together. She couldn't put her finger on it. The promise taste appeared again, but this time it appeared in the back of her throat and it didn't go away as quickly as last time.

Kairi nodded with a smile, "See ya later," she assured and ducked her head back out. She carefully climbed off the roof, with Tidus looking out the window to make sure she got to the ground safely. She waved quickly to him and ran in the direction of her home.

As she ran the short distance, her throat felt damaged and stressed. It even felt hard to breathe sometimes. She slowed down once she reached her front lawn and walked inside and quietly locked the door behind her. She heard and saw no signs of her parents awake as she massaged her neck to try and relieve some of the pain. She slipped off her slippers and ambled to the kitchen to grab her note that was left unread.

Kairi tiptoed up the stairs and into her room, closing the door softly behind her. She tried clearing her throat, but that made the pain increase. Her eyebrows furrowed together in frustration and jumped on her bed. Kairi stared at her ceiling while her hands crumpled the note absentmindedly. Looking at the trash bin, she shot the crumpled paper towards it.

Miss.

She didn't bother going up to place it in the trash right now. The taste in her mouth became weaker, but the pain was still there as she swallowed down the spit in her mouth. She was wide awake, to her dismay. The red-head wanted to sleep through the pain, at least for a few more hours. But she couldn't, sleep didn't want her.

Kairi stepped onto her floor and out of her room. She hoped a drink would ease the tension in her throat. Her footsteps to the refrigerator was barely audible and it's clean surface reflected softly with the too-early sunlight. Her hands opened the door in one movement and she grabbed some water. She stood back and let the door swing close while she opened the water bottle.

It was quiet in the house and she sighed, but she regretted it the moment she did. The simple reaction even hurt, so she took a long drink of the water. The taste and pain started to subside instantly. She chugged down half the bottle before she even got to her room again. The bed didn't welcome her, so she didn't walk towards it. Instead, she set her bottle on her computer desk and turned it on. Kairi started to get clean clothes ready as the computer loaded up.

She started humming a random song, glad the pain was gone, while she set her clean clothes on her bathroom counter. By the time she was done, her computer greeted her with a black desktop. She frowned, not remembering that she set her desktop to a solid black color. She could have promised it was a picture…

Kairi double-clicked her Documents and browsed through her pictures for a new background. She wanted the one she had before, but what was it? She couldn't remember, but she knew her eyes longed to see it.

A face…

She wanted to see a forgotten face…

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