A/N: It's been a while guys! I got news! Some good and some bad. The good news: I updated a chapter today! The bad news: This still won't be the point where I return to my regular updates. Really sorry guys. Just let this chapter make up the loss of reading. Or part of it at least…
-Serene Rain-
Sora laughed like the happiest guy on Earth.
Sora walked like the happiest guy on Earth.
Sora smiled like the happiest guy on Earth.
Sora went to sleep like the happiest guy on Earth.
He felt like the happiest guy on Earth.
That night, the brunette dreamed that he was flying with wind full against his face and his clothes whipping around his skin. Sora's arms were reaching away from his body, guiding the boy through the skies. What he enjoyed the most about the dream is that his fingers were interlaced with another's. The skin in his right hand felt tender and smooth as if they were part of the clouds themselves. Through his waving hair, Sora saw the maiden smile at him. A heart warming smile. She had auburn hair flying behind her skinny shoulders.
Her small nose pointed toward the distant horizon and her cherry coloured lips allured him. When their edges curved up, Sora's heart rate tripled. Now I've seen the smile of an angel.
Life was good. Together, they soared through the heavens and drifted past puffy white clouds; they flew across the mountains admiring their beauty from up high and skimmed across the oceans brushing against the water… They were together for as long as Sora knew.
Sora felt like the happiest guy on Earth.
They were just about to reach their home, Destiny Island, when lightning streaked through the sky. Thunder roared like a wild lion. What felt like comfortable winds now tore at their flesh. The brunette held onto her hand for dear life, to no avail. Her soft fingers slipped from his in the end and they were both blown away in opposite directions.
Sora heard faint cries of someone calling his name over the thunder, and caught a last glimpse of her before she vanished into the black storm clouds.
The last thing he heard was thunder. Apart from what he heard before, this one sounded even more terrifying. The shockwave rattled against the windows while large droplets came down hurling against the roof.
The boy sat up.
He found himself in his bedroom, under his blankets.
Another dream?
Sora straightened himself and leaned against the bedside. He looked over to his desk and found that it was already 9am. The date was supposed to be today.
She had asked him out to the island amusement park and spend Sunday together there, but it was raining. And just to prove the point, lightning flashed followed by thunder.
Great. It just had to rain the day when we finally get together. And I was looking forward to it too…
The boy got up and put on some clothes.
He went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. The teenager on the other side looked like that they seriously needed to fix up the bird's nest on top of his head but Sora couldn't care less about his hair right now.
After freshening up, he sat down behind his desk and found his phone somewhere under a pile of worksheets. He flipped open the lid and found that he had 4 missed calls and a text.
All of them were from her.
It turned out that the ringing from his phone was covered by the storm's thundering. He opened the text and saw a line of small characters on his screen. Not a lot of words, but enough to break his heart.
It said: Hi Sora, couldn't reach you by calling so I tried texting you. Anyways, we can't go to the island amusement park today cuz of the weather… Maybe next time?
To Sora, it said: Hey, since you didn't pick up so I'm gonna tell you that the date's off in text! Later!
The brunette's heart sank. It hardened up into a frozen ball that barely had enough power to function properly anymore. Not even chocolate doughnuts cheered him up after.
He pushed away the half eaten doughnut in his plate and wiped the crumbs off his mouth with a napkin. Then he grabbed an overcoat and took off on his bike towards the direction of Roxas' house.
The rain had lessened and the lightning and thunder had finally stopped. The wheels on Sora's bike splashed through newly made puddles and kicked up mud along the way. He pedaled slowly through the serene rain. The drizzle dampened his clothes while the mild wind toyed with his hair.
Life was unfair.
Why did it have to choose today of all the days to rain?
He splashed through the golden gates of Radiant garden. The watchmen looked at him for a moment before returning to his newspaper. After all, he was a common visitor.
Just when I thought everything was finally going my way…
The brunette now with soggy hair was so into his thoughts that he didn't notice a car coming full speed ahead of him. He narrowly dodged the car by turning a sharp right angle.
Sora thought he saw the wild red hair of a pyromaniac behind that car… That's when he crashed face first into an unlucky passer-by. Sora closed his eyes. The girl screamed.
"What do you think your doing?"
The boy landed hard on top of the person in an uncomfortable position. His feet were under the bike while one of his arms supported his weight against the floor while the other rested between the girl's chest.
"Oww… Shit… Sorry."
He blinked twice before he noticed Naminé under him.
"N-Naminé… I didn't… I'm…"
"Sora?" The name didn't come from the direction of the girl.
That voice sounded awfully familiar… I think that… the voice belongs to…
"Roxas?"
Ohhhhh… Shittt… What have I gotten myself into?
"Naminé?"
It was a three-way faceoff. Roxas was towering over Sora while the brunette piled on top of Naminé. Well it's more like me getting my face torn off.
The brunette tried to get up but tripped and fell ungracefully face first inside a muddy puddle.
"I-I can explain…"
"Naminé… Please forgive me."
Wha?
"It was an accident…"
Shouldn't I be the one saying that? Roxas looked like that he thought that apologizing to the blonde girl was more important than beating Sora's face in.
The wind carried sprinkles of water and sprayed the blonde boy's face. Sora couldn't tell if those were streams of water running down the sides his friend's or tears.
"Roxas I…"
The brunette took this as his chance to push himself up, more carefully this time, and pulled his bike up. The blonde boy walked slowly up to her and offered her his hand in a gentlemanly manner.
From the side, Sora could see her smile through the muck all over his face. Well at least they're back together…
With one pull, Roxas brought the girl up beside him and returned the smile. Then he turned to Sora.
Uh-oh.
Although Roxas' face was covered with water, Sora could feel that this wasn't going to turn into a blood battle. There was something in his eyes…
"Sora, be careful next time."
"Wait… How… Why… Aren't you planning to kill me?" Not that I want to get massacred but isn't it strange that he didn't at least punch the living daylights out of me?
To his amazement, the blonde smiled. "You know, Axel should be more careful driving."
Driving… "Hold on, you saw that?"
"You see, he kinna drove away because I pissed him off. I was running after him when I bumped into you guys. I still have to make it up to that guy later on… "
The blonde smacked the back of his best friend and walked away with the girl, chatting quietly along the way. Sora smiled, seeing the blondes backed together again. He was just about to get on his bike when he noticed footsteps behind him. Strangely, those sounded familiar to him too…
"So, just because we couldn't go on a date, this is what I find you doing?"
The brunette whipped his head back and found amethyst eyes glaring into his.
"K-Kairi…"
"And I thought you were something better…"
Without another word, the girl stormed up to her house like thing that resembled somewhat of a castle.
"Kairi!"
"Don't ever talk to me again!" She said before she slammed the door hard.
Sora stood there with his bicycle. The rain picked up speed and the wind howled. The droplets danced around him. He could see his breath in front of him; the chilly autumn air didn't make his stone cold heart feel any better.
His heart couldn't take such extreme temperatures. It completely cracked apart and shattered into a million pieces.
Within the rain puddles, Sora could see his reflection faintly on the ripples. He looked just like he had this morning, but there was one essential difference. One important section of him had been torn out harshly out of his body, thrown on the cold cement floor and stepped on.
The brunette stood with his head dangling down as the storm worsened. Gushes of wind blew and should've reduced any normal person to a fit of shivers, but there Sora stood still. He didn't feel the cold anymore, nor did he feel anything where his heart should've been.
Sora didn't know how long he stood there when someone called his name.
"Sora?"
It wasn't the one he was hoping to hear from… It wasn't her voice… But it still sounded familiar.
"Sora, get a hold of yourself."
Slowly, the brunette lifted his head to find a shiny silver Bugatti Veyron 16.4 with car lights nearly blinding him. After his eyes adjusted to the level of luminosity, he noticed that a silver haired teenage boy behind the wheel with a raven-haired girl in shotgun.
"Riku?" He mumbled weakly.
"Hey, you know I'm here too?" The girl cut in.
"Oh, this is Xion." She's the girl we met on the beach yesterday. Oh right… I thought she looked somewhat familiar. But this is beside the point…
"Why don't you take the bike to my garage and we'll go for a spin?" The older boy offered.
It was a surprising that the one who's always been stone cold show signs of sympathy. But at this point, Sora did not and will not feel any trace of astonishment. His friend's words were somewhat lost in the wind.
I… She… Kairi…
All he cared in this world was making it up to her. To tell her it was a complete accident and he was sincerely sorry.
If only she would allow me to speak…
The boy would've stood there cursing silently in the rain when he felt his feet levitate off the ground.
Am I flying? Did the heavens finally answer my cries and decided to put me out of misery? To Sora's disappointment, he wasn't dead yet.
The brunette was well toned but Riku was just a tank. He gripped the lifeless boy's collar and threw him inside the trunk of the sports car.
"Hey! What do you think your…"
With a loud thump, the silver haired boy closed off Sora's only exit and took off down the street.
It was a horrible ride. Despite his broken heart, Sora still had a brain and nerves. And Riku's mad driving did not make it a pleasant ride.
They seriously should've taken in the thought of adding seatbelts inside here…
After hitting several speed bumps at speeds no less than 80kmph, the car finally stopped. Rain no longer clattered against the car roof, nor could Sora hear the sounds of howling winds anymore.
That's when he trunk opened for him again.
Sora gasped for air. Being imprisoned inside the back of a Bugatti with Riku in the driver's seat wasn't something he wanted to try ever again in his life.
When his eyes adjusted to the light, he noticed that the car was parked inside an underground parking lot.
The place didn't have many spots available, but Sora thanked whoever gave him a hand up there for saving them one. Or else there'd be more speed bumps cause me physical pain.
"Where is this place?" The boy was wondering where his friend had kidnapped him.
"This? Read the sign." Riku pointed towards a black plastic sign.
Sora followed his friend's finger and found the sign inscribed with silver metallic letters. It read: Karting.
"I thought you might wanted to do something other than stand around in the rain all day long, so I brought you here."
The brunette recognized this place. Back then the Riku 6 years younger always bragged about how he could complete a lap within 25 seconds. When he had gone online to search its whereabouts and price, Sora found the official website of the Destiny Island Karting Stadium. Even though most of the pictures featured people and images of structures above ground, he found the sign to be familiar.
The logos matched perfectly. Through the parked cars, he could see a circle shaped object that represented a wheel on fire painted on the cement floor. In the middle of the flaming wheel, there was a big italic "K" in the middle.
What stopped him from going along was that the website had clearly informed the readers: Stadium reserved for premium users only. Membership license are available for registration at the front desk or click here to register online. When the boy clicked on the link, it brought him to a payment page.
Please type in your credit card number with expiration date to pay for this good/service. Besides the caption was a fee with a long string of zeros. From how young Sora saw it, it was harder to read than the contents of a shampoo bottle. He got lost somewhere between the hundred thousands and millions.
From that day on, Sora knew that his parents would never allow him to spend that kind of cash, nor will his parents will be able to afford such a large sum. After all, they weren't that well off. That is until now when Riku pulled three cards out of his pocket. Three shinny gold cards that each had identification numbers with the logo of a flaming wheel with a big "k" inscribed within the tire.
The unrealistic situation still made Sora question the obvious. "We're going Karting?"
"Well, I thought that I should cheer you up." The tides have really turned for Riku. Here he is standing, waving membership cards to the legendary Destiny Island Karting Stadium trying to cheer me up… That girl really is something…
"So you coming or not?" They called out to him from the elevator.
"Yeah… Just gimmy a mo…"
"Last one there gets the last place to start off!"
Footsteps echoed through the parking lot.
When the sports car's lock clicked, the elevator closed and they shot up.
A/N: Oh and I just realized something… I had spelled "Bugatti Veyron into Bugatti Verilog" in my first chapter. If you guys search "Bugatti Verilog" in Google, the first thing that will pop out is the first chapter of my story due to the mistype. Lol…
Anyways, I wanted to cut to the plot a bit since I've been playing around the last couple of chapters. I'm sure you've noticed that the name of this story is "The Letter That Makes Wishes Come True", but where has the letter been? Don't worry. It's gonna make an appearance soon. But before we do that, it's time for a little friendly race between Sora and Riku. Karting style.
Hope you guys liked it, thanks for reading and please review~ 8989™