T/N: Annnddddd thank you for waiting! 8989™ is back in action! Without further ado, lets get on with "The Letter That Makes Wishes Come True".
-Perfect Way To End The Day-
Sora took one look around the classroom to get an eyeful of dreadful aura. Every single student in the "going home club" either sighed against the desks or had their face in their palms, quietly shaking their heads.
What in the world was going on?
"… Earth to Sora!"
" Oh right you did say something about a project of some sort?" Although Sora remembered that thought he had completely forgotten what Miss Tifa said in class.
Class for Sora was a place to enjoy small things on a daily basis. The small crack on the wall beside the white board, the tiny spider that lived peacefully in a corner of the huge glass windows, the pencil marks and scratches that somewhat resembled shapes carved into the desks… Even counting the number of hardwood floorboards was more interesting than listening to a certain black haired teacher. Those 278 pieces of wood were better than that mean old teacher any day.
But counting floorboards was not gonna get him any credits.
Pence examined the brunette's dazed expression and sighed heavily.
"Look if you don't take this thing seriously, you won't be able to graduate. No scratch that, you won't even be able to find a place on this island to work."
What Pence said was true. On Destiny Island, competition was tough. Almost everybody had a master's degree or more. Finding a stable job would be hard without a high school graduate certificate.
The brunette pondered for a while before slowly nodding his head.
"So you got it? You will need to finish this "future letter" no matter what it takes…"
Sora's eye twitched. "Wait a sec! First of all, we're writing a letter? Let me get something straight. So we have to write to the future us in five years time? And this so called "project" will count for almost half of our final report card?"
His chubby friend nodded. "That's about it."
God…
The one thing Sora didn't learn in grade school was how to write a letter. It didn't matter which kind, who it was for or what occasion will it be used on. Sora could only watch the other kids finish their work while he sat there with the teacher getting one of the many lessons he needed improvement on.
"A letter. Dude, there's no way I could even write that thing. First of all its cheesy, the postal codes are messed up, writing an address on the cover is a pain and following the structure is just helluva bore," complained the spiky-haired brunette.
"Don't you mean that you are unable to write a letter instead of not wanting to?"
"Hell n-" Sora stopped himself before his tongue could run off. The reason was a dark shadow lurked behind his back. And that voice sounded awfully familiar.
Slowly, the boys turned around their head and found a Miss Tifa behind them.
Well this is gonna go well… Sora eyed Pence. Pence nodded.
The later did some quick thinking. "Well… Miss Tifa! How nice to bump into you here!"
Unfortunately, the teacher didn't buy any of it. "Really, meeting me in my class isn't something extraordinary."
Right. Pence you dunce.
"Well you know, it was nice meeting with you. And now we really gotta run. Emergency business. Life or death. Bye now! Have a nice day!" Sora hauled Pence out of the room.
"Dude, what was that?"
"Just something that came to my mind."
"Well then you really need to get your mind fixed."
"Oh and Sora," Miss Tifa called from the classroom. "If you need help on the project or anything, your free to come to me."
"Umm… Yeah. Bye!"
With that, the two boys darted out of the hallway and down the stairs.
Hey I didn't know that the calendar on my wall also displayed holidays…
Sora slumped onto his study desk with one side of his face on his notebook. The school year turned for the worse. Just when things were going fine with school and his "girlfriend to be" one second and after another, everything goes down the drain. School had just officially invaded and killed his social and personal time, whilst his "girlfriend to be" officially dumped him.
Just when things were going so well too… I wonder how everyone else manages this adolescent period… 'Life can suck more than you expect it to suck' was the conclusion he got after more than hour of lying motionlessly on his desk.
Footsteps echoed from the hallway outside Sora's room. They crept closer. From the sounds, the lifeless brunette could tell that one of it was his cousin and the other?
The door to Sora's room swung open, much to Sora's expectation because he knew that Tidus never knocked anyways, and in came a pair of lovebirds.
Coincidently, Sora's face was positioned towards the door. And the things he saw couldn't be described by his vocabulary. Not that Sora had that much of an inadequate vocabulary, which was the his only field of expertise in school, but he simple just couldn't put the image in front of him to words.
To be more exact, it wasn't Tidus that surprised him to this extent. It was the girl beside him.
"Hey cuz! Just came to show you my girlfriend. Her name's Yuna."
What?
Yuna as in the hot brunette beside you which your calling your girlfriend and holding her by the waist?
Sora raised his head over his textbooks lying around to get a better look at this 'girlfriend' his cousin mentioned. When he caught her beauty, he thonked his head back on the desk.
Wait… What?
Tidus, his wimpy cousin actually got a girlfriend.Either today must be April's Fools or that it was all a bad dream.
Soon he learned that it was nether when scanned his wall for a calendar which said that it was still September and the pain from his head reminded that he wasn't sleeping.
"Nngh… Well have a fun time and use contraception…" He managed through his half mumbling lips.
Tidus shook his head. "He's been all like that since his girlfriend gave him the 'dumpidy dump.'"
Yuna, who stood beside Tidus, gave the poor guy sprawled over his desk a look of pity. The pair quietly exited the room. "Is he gonna be okay?"
"Well, he won't be unless we try." Tidus said with a smirk.
Time ticked as pages of the calendar was torn off.
Thursday. September 20th…
Another day of school… Thought Sora as he stared at the calendar on his wall. Another worthless day…
In the past week, Kairi's been ignoring him. Whether in the hallways or in the classroom, she'd always keep her distance. Whenever Sora tried to associate with her, the auburn haired girl would brush her off and rush off like nothing's happened.
She probably doesn't even care anymore.
Sora crawled up the bed and got dressed before Roxas' morning call.
He finished tidying up, breakfast and was waiting in front of his house before Roxas and Riku arrived to pick him up.
The driver rolled down the window and gave him a surprised look. "What's up with you today? Too much sugar?"
The brunette exchanged looks with Riku. "No I'm fine… Speaking of which, aren't you on the wrong side of the road?"
Riku parked the Mercedes in a way the driver could chat freely with anybody on the sidewalk without a lane between them.
A blonde popped out behind Riku and greeted the newcomer as he got in the sports car. "Well, its Riku we're talking about. That's probably the 'right' side for him."
The laugh quickly died after Riku remembered that he could shut them up with "mileage per hour".
In a blink's time, the trio arrived at school. Sora, who just wanted to get the day over with and headed to his first period and prepared for his sleep-a-thon. Mindlessly, the brunette trudged up the stairs when he found himself bump into someone and nearly trip over.
He was about to apologize and walk away when he noticed a familiar scent. A familiar smell that he longed for everyday since his new life began. A scent that stuck close by him everyday. A scent that he now can only find in his dreams.
Next came a flash of auburn hair. The shade of hair the glowed under the crepuscular sun. Sora's brain immediately remembered the person's image. Her image. His brain was like a pc that had just caught an unstoppable, spreading of her. It crept up every nerve and cell of his body and finally all rushed into his mind at once. Fuse blown.
The girl stepped back and opened her mouth to say something. Their eyes locked. The girl stepped back and ran.
"Kairi…" Sora tried to stop her only to have his hand slide off her silk-like hair. He tried chasing after her but his legs won't budge.
The brunette's shoulder sank. Ever since that incidence when he slipped and ended up on Naminè, their relationship snapped. Like a twig under too much force. Like a rubber band that stretched too long for its capacity. There was probably no hope left for them.
It's probably over for us. Sora found mobility in his legs and headed towards his first period. The only place that I'm going to see her again smiling at me will probably be in my dreams. And with that Sora's head slumped against his desk and never did lift up again during school.
The drowsy brunette yawned as Pence shook him up after English class, the last period of the day.
"Sora, it's time to get up already." Pence gave him another push.
Sora brushed him off and continued to mind his own business.
"Sora!"
The cry echoed through his ears and rattled his brain. "Yes, huh, whaddya want?" He muttered half asleep.
"Time to go already," he said, "school ended." Pence took a quick glance towards the front of the class and found Miss Tifa staring at their direction.
"Sora?"
"'Kay 'kay…"
He slowly stood up and jammed everything in his bag. With some struggling effort, Sora managed to throw his bag over his shoulder and exit the room in a lopsided walk. Pence followed him out.
"So…" started Pence, "did you start on your 'future letter' yet?"
Sora blinked.
The. Project.
Oh. My. God.
The weekend has been packed with chores; it even cut into Sora's sleep time. The one thing that especially bugged him was about Kairi. Kairi, a girl both the one he desires the most and the one that seems so far away; a girl that is almost with reach yet can never be truly captured; a girl that both loved and and now hated him… A girl that stirred up his very troubles and sorrow from the depths of his shattered heart.
Sora sat quite for on the way home. Not even the exhilarating ride could get a scare out of him.
There he sat, with his head on his desk, twilling around a pen. He had no idea how he'd be able to pass in the project on time nor how he could be able to reach out to her…
So… a letter to the future huh?
Sora shook his spiky head and banged it on the table.
How am I supposed to do this…
He sat there until he heard knocking banging on the door. The only person who would ignore a perfectly good doorbell would be Riku.
"Would'ya get you ass down here?"
"What do you want?"
The banging increased volume.
"What do you want?" Sora repeated. Riku didn't answer.
Silence followed.
Uh oh…
"Wait Riku! Don't kick down the door! I'm coming down!"
The brunette ran down the stairs and sped to the door. He opened the door just in time to catch Riku's flying sidekick.
"God! What in the world are you doing in broad daylight?" Sora shouted.
Riku pulled back his leg and slid his hands in his pockets casually. "If you haven't noticed, the gang is ready for some fun. And its already dusk."
The fazed brunette glanced at his surroundings. Well glanced shouldn't be the right word. The first thing he heard was the shaking music. The music blasted out from three cars that were parked side by side, occupying the whole road. Red Ferrari Italia 458, on its right was a sleek black Mercedes and on its left, there was a silver Bugatti.
Hmm where have I seen those cars before…
The blonde head that poked out of the Mercedes' back seat gave it away. "Hey Sora!"
"Roxas?"
"Don't forget bout me!" Axel pulled down the window and flashed a grin.
"And Axel?" Sora asked with a tone of surprise.
"What you don't miss me?"
"Why are you guys here?" Sora tried to talk over the roaring gangnam style.
"What did you say?" shouted Roxas.
"Why are you guys here!"
"Oh! We're going to the beach to partay!"
"What did you say?" The brunette's shout was lost in the beats.
"I said that we're going to the beach to party!"
"What was tha-" Sora found that he had his mouth covered.
"One more word from you guys and someone gets it tonight." warned Riku. "You wanna come or not?"
"Mm?mmhmmmmum?"
The silver haired teen took back his hand, allowing Sora to speak.
"Where? Is it the beach?"
"If you know, then shut up and get into the car." Riku turned without another word and walked down the walkway to his Bugatti Verlong 16.4, Sora could see a figure inside the car waving towards him.
Xion's coming?
Hayner, Pence and Olette poked their heads out from the Mercedes.
They're here too?
With some hesitation, the brunette followed Riku and got into the Bugatti.
Off they drove into the night with ground shaking music.
"Can we change the music?" Sora asked Riku.
"The music?" The later gestured towards the stereo. The brunette nodded. "It's been playing for the last half-hour nonstop. No matter how good Psy is, half a hour of gangdam style is just way too much for me to handle."
"No can do. This is the only song that we managed to synchronize with the three cars."
"So you mean we can't change it?" Sora sounded annoyed.
Riku chuckled. "Well, shall then I'll make this journey shorter for you?"
A sound of alarm sounded through the inquirer's head and immediately made him regret his decision. Before he could even grab ahold of anything, the silver car shot into the night.
Rule number four hundred and seventeen: Never, ever, ever imply that Riku drives too slow.
When they arrived at the beach, Sora found out that a few of their members was missing. Axel and Roxas were nowhere to be seen and Pence just had to go and investigate on the new neon lights that had just been installed onto the coastline.
There stood the group under the shimmering and ever-changing flashes of lights, almost as if a disco party has been brought upon a beach. Soft music played in the background from the restaurants behind them and the sound of smooth waves lapping against the beach filled their ears. It was a right choice to come and enjoy the night here. Might as well relax my mind while I'm at it.
What broke the serene night was sounds of struggling and shouting. A girl's angry shouting.
Sora turned his head to the commotion and found Kairi face to face with him. Axel and Roxas had both of her arms locked and held them down with all their force.
The girl had her jaws clenched and fought with all her power to no avail. Under the silhouetted lights, her face remained unknown. However Sora was able to make out the faint outline of Roxas.
"Bring the prisoner over." Said a mysterious voice.
That voice… "Tidus?"
A head popped out from the bush. "Man, how'd ya know cuz that it was me?"
Sora mentally face palmed himself. "Anyways, what are you doing here?"
The shorter brunette smirked and pointed towards Roxas' trio. "Axel and Roxas brought her along too."
"Let! Go! Of me! Ugh…"
The blonde eyed Sora a thumbs up. He probably would've given him a physical one but both of his hands were occupied.
"I thought I said that I didn't want to be near him ever again!" came from the prisoner.
"Well no choice cousin. Since you're here why don't we all have fun?" Axel half winced half grinned when the girl with her arms bound started snapping at him.
The two guards forced the girl forward. Under the neon lights, Sora found a girl face to face in front of him. And she was more beautiful than any star in the nighttime sky and brighter than crescent moon.
"Kairi?"
A/N: Happy Halloween guys! Hope you liked my gift to you all. I promised you guys that I won't leave this story unfinished. Well this update just took a long time… about 5 months. Aaaanyways… hope you guys liked it and will continue to support this story. I, as an author (or somewhat of an author), will try to fix my careless mistakes as soon as you tell me them… Beta readers are very appreciated.
This wasn't much but I hope that it could compensate (some) of the disappointment you guys hold for me…
And yes. I AM BACK IN ACTION.
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