The White Room
III
"That I've wh…huh?" Sora sat up and rubbed his eyes sleepily; he felt a twinge of pain but ignored it as he yawned. The first thing he noticed was that there was a curtain of gossamer hanging over the bed he was in. "What is this place?" he pushed aside the curtain with one hand to see that the room was a pure snow white.
There was a click of a doorknob being turned and part of what at first looked like the wall opened up to show the blond girl standing there, staring at him with her eyes wide in surprise.
"So…Sora!" she exclaimed, her hands stuttered in their movement to shut the door behind her. "I…I'm sorry! I didn't think you would be awake this soon," apologized while blushing
Sora, who was also shocked after seeing her clearly, realized that she looked almost like Namine. "Namine?" he asked while her eyes opened in fear at his question but then relaxed. "It is you…isn't it?" he watched as she pressed her fingertips together, the same way that Namine always did.
"No, I'm sorry. You must be confusing me with someone else," she turned around and put her hand on the door knob.
"Wait!" Sora exclaimed as he hung his head slightly and blushed, "you're right. I just remembered she's gone." She stopped and listened as he sighed and took on a happier tone. "Sorry if I scared you," he added while smiling.
She turned around and returned the smile, "its okay. I was just surprised you were awake, yesterday you were still sleepy so…"
"Yesterday! Wait! I don't understand…how do you know me? Where am I? How long has it been?" He jumped up and looked around at the plain room, fearing that something had gone wrong.
She sighed, "Please sit down. You haven't fully recovered yet." She walked over and took his hand; she slowly guided him over to a plain white table that had two chairs and let him sit down. "Sora you're in a place that is called The White Tower."
"But how did I get here?" He asked while her smile faded and she sat down in the other chair. "Sora you…"