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The Talk At Night
I walked along with T.K into Tai's room. Once we got to the door, T.K knocked and a voice called and said 'come in' and that's exactly what we did. Once we got inside the room, I saw the guys in the room and they were all silent when I came inside. It was kind of awkward, I didn't even know weather they noticed I came in with T.K or not.
"Um…hey guys…what's up?" I asked confused by the silence
"Oh hey Sor, didn't see you there." Said Tai "Nothing much, what about you?"
"Nothing big, I just came back from the park with Meems and the other girls." I told him. I currently left out the part with Cassie for now. It didn't look to me like Tai was in to more news, because whatever happened seemed to have him occupied enough.
"That's nice Sor, did you have fun?" asked Tai with the same uninterested tone
"Look Tai, would you mind telling me why you're acting like my mom asking me how my day was after I get home from school? This is definitely not like you." I told him
Tai gave out a sigh and now completely looked at me "Sorry bout' that Sor, it's just….well a lot of things went on and I'm a bit tired."
"How come? I though you guys went to spend some guy time? How could that have been exhausting?" I asked a bit confused
"It's a long story." Said Tai with another sigh
"Come on I've got time. Besides, this is getting weird. Aside from you no one else is talking." I told them as I looked around
"Sorry Sora." Yutaka, Akira and Takashi told me in unison
"Oh come on you guys don't be that way." I replied
"We're really sorry, it's just as Tai said, it's been a long day…." Said Akira apologetically
"Would you guys mind sharing?" I asked
"Sure thing, but…well you see…we don't know if Yamato would kind of you know, be okay with it." Said Yutaka
"Yama? Does this have something to do with him?" I asked. I was getting worried now, what could have happened that could get them all this down?
"It's kind of all about him and a bit about us, so yeah…" replied Takashi
"By the way…." I scanned the room and then realized that Yama was nowhere to be found and this increased my worry "Where is he? Yama I mean…."
"He went out for a while. He got a phone call." Said Yutaka and his voice was now sour and cold
"What's wrong?" I asked
"Nothing, it's just that we figured it's probably form his dad and all." Said Akira, his tone wasn't so pleasing either
"His dad?" I asked in surprise
"Yeah, and let's say he's not too happy and neither are we." Said Tai
"Did something happen? Do you guys know why dad called again?" asked T.K I could tell he was trying to relax, but I could also tell he wasn't so thrilled about this either.
"That's just it we have no idea why he called. But something we're sure of is that it wasn't a good conversation." Said Yutaka
"How could you tell?" I asked "Was he mad or something when he talked through the phone?"
"You could say that, it looked like he was trying hard not to snap at the most anyway." Said Takashi "But I doubt that it lasted long."
This issue got me thinking as to why Yama would suddenly act this way. Of course, I was out the entire day and they were elsewhere so I knew nothing for now. But that didn't stop my curiosity from getting bigger.
"Did anything happen to you guys? Where were you anyway?" I asked
"We kind f went to Yamato's house again like we usually do." Said Takashi
"But?" I asked again, they weren't filling me in much, but I understood why, this was still Yama's problem and he wasn't here for now.
"But this time there was a bit of a difference." Said Tai "This time his dad was home."
"Isn't that supposed to be a good thing?" I asked
"It should have been a good thing." Said Yutaka
"Should have been?" I asked again, I was doing that continuously now since I needed the information to catch up with whatever they were talking about.
"Dad was with a girl, well not like that's a bad thing, but…it was new…different…" said T.K as he looked at me
"Wait, you think his dad is cheating?" I asked
"Well Yamato seems to think something's going on and from the way things happened earlier today it sure seemed like that to him." Said Yutaka
"Is that why Yama's mad all of a sudden?" I asked
"Not just that, he has enough of his reasons…." Said Akira
"And now you can't say more right?" I asked in a knowing tone, I couldn't blame them for not telling me everything, I'll just have to find out eventually, but from Yama and they were just doing their duties as friends so I didn't mind that much about it.
"Yup, and looks like you know just as much now." Said Tai and this time he gave me his natural grin which I was indeed happy to see.
"Thanks for understanding our side." Said Akira
"It's nothing, I know my limits and I won't be the one pushing it for now." I told them
We talked a bit more on how their day was and how things ended up in the end. I found that his dad coming home was not just abnormal, it rarely happens, near to never as they would put it. I still didn't know why Yama was upset but I'd know in due time so what's the rush, now I only hoped he was okay.
Soon the topic shifted and took a new turn. Yama still wasn't around so this time I was the one being questioned by the guys. We were already eating by then, I offered to wait for Yama but their told me to go on ahead because he didn't plan to eat tonight.
"What about you Sor? How was your day with the others?" asked Tai
"Good, it was…fun to say the least." I told him, don't get me wrong I had a great time well except for that last part…
"What do you mean by that?" asked T.K confused
"Looks like something happened to you too Sora. Mind sharing?" asked Yutaka with a smile
"It's nothing big really, just a little encounter…." I started
"Encounter? With who?" asked Takashi "Anyone we know?"
"Yes you know her, in fact she's grown a huge piece of hate towards me. And I think it's just going to get worse from now on." I said "Any guesses? I can give you one and I can bet you'll get it."
"Sasha." They all said in unison and I nodded
"The one and only…." I replied
"Should have known, but geez doesn't she get tired of all that? By now she should be at least? Who wouldn't?" Asked Yutaka with a sigh as he shook his head
"Seems like I attract her for some reason." I told them
"I agree, she can't seem to stay away from you." Said Tai with a laugh "Oh man Sor, maybe deep down she likes you!"
"Not going to happen, I'd quit this school if I have to if that was true." I told him
"Tai that's just freaky, don't even go there!" said Yutaka with a laugh
"Yeah, she can't even get guys to like her." agreed Takashi "And I'm betting she's on Sora's top 10 most hated list."
"Lucky for her she doesn't hold grudges, Sor's a nice person she doesn't even hate anyone." Said Tai
"He's right, I don't hold grudges, not long anyway, but this might be an exception…." I stated looking at Tai
"She's on you're hate list?" asked Yutaka
"You have a hate list?" asked Tai in surprise
"No she's not on my hate list…yet, and besides that, Tai's right I don't even have a hate list." I told them
"Then what do you mean by Sash being an exception?" asked Akira "What did she do this time?"
"Well, now I'm worried about telling you." I told them honestly
"Why?" asked T.K
"She's an exception because she's the first person that's pushed me to my limits. And I never liked being pushed as far as that." I told them
"As far as….what did you do?" asked Takashi and he and the others looked at me curiously now
"I kind of….slapped her…." I told them my voice decreasing by the end of the sentence…
"You did what?!?" Tai stood up now and he looked at me
"Sorry, I didn't mean to really…" I told him
"What happened, what'd she do to make you do that? You never slap anybody, you rarely even swat a fly!" said Tai his tone still surprised
"Tai calm down, I guess I got rather angry at her that's all." I told him
"Even if, I kind of can't imagine someone like you slapping her even if she insulted you or something." Said Takashi
"Insult me? Is that why you guys think I slapped her?" I asked
"Why else would you get mad then?" asked Yutaka
"Well, I have a certain… precaution when it comes to my friends in particular…" I told them. All of them gave me confused looks except for Tai, he seemed to get where I was going but he didn't say anything yet.
"You see, I could usually care less when people insult me, but when the issue takes a turn and they start involving my friends…that's another story." I stated
"Then you're saying, one of your friends got hurt?" asked Yutaka and I nodded
"Something Sasha said made me snap, I mean it was enough that she was mad at me but she had no right to take it out on someone else. No one really got hurt just…insulted." They continued to look at me and were getting eager to know who it was that got insulted/hurt.
"Insulted? She insulted someone? Meems and the others don't seem like the kind of people that would get angry because of that." Said Tai, he's known them long enough
"I know, but I got pissed here remember?" I asked
"Oh yeah…" muttered Tai
"Anyway, what happened?" asked Yutaka eagerly
"She told me, or us rather that she saw T.K with Kari at the mall the other day." I told them
"She was there? I didn't notice." Said T.K in shock
"So what about that?" asked Takashi
"T.K did you by any way pity Kari? Is that why you went with her?" I asked looking at him
"No, I wouldn't do that. I enjoyed my company with her? Why?" asked T.K
"Come on Sora, you didn't really think that did you?" asked Akira
"No, of course not." I replied with a smile
"Then why? You know he wouldn't do that, or I'd do something really horrible to him." Said Tai, his voice suddenly serious
"She thought so though." I started again "Sasha said it was pitiful, how T.K could bear to spend time with someone like Kari."
"And what's wrong with Kari?!?" Asked Tai and his voice was rising, but he tried to keep it calm
"Stay calm Tai, nothing's wrong with Kari. Why do you think I got so angry when she said it?" I asked
"Oh….so that's why…." Said Yutaka in understanding
"Is Kari okay?" asked T.K worriedly
"She's fine, she didn't seem to mind that much. She knows you're not like that T.K, she trusts you." I told him giving him an assuring look that Kari wasn't mad or hurt
"*sigh* I still can't believe she said those things." Said T.K
"Don't worry about it T.K, we were mad about it too. Meems almost had it." I said "Besides, I don't think that she'll be saying anything else about Kari."
"Did you do anything else?" asked Akira questioning look
"Not much, I just told her that Kari was Tai's little sister and her face turned white from that." I replied
"Wow. And she was shocked? Looks like she won't even have the guts to go near Tai now." Said Takashi with a laugh
"She won't have to try and get near me because she won't be able to." Said Tai seriously "No one insults Kari and gets off easily."
"Okay…..Do you like have a dark aura things emitting out of you yet?" asked Yutaka looking at Tai
"Never knew he could get so serious and mad." Said Takashi "He usually has the whole smile thing on his face every day."
We waited a bit more and it was starting to get late, I needed to go to my room and get some Z's in a while. I looked at the others who seemed just as tired, but they were waiting for Yama and were trying to keep themselves awake.
"Guys, I better go back to my room. It's getting rather late." I told them
"Sure things Sor, if you find Yamato can you tell him we're waiting?" said Tai and I nodded
"Sure Tai, I'll go and do that." I told him
"Man how long does it take him to talk in the phone?" asked Takashi with a huge sigh, Yama has been a while
"Maybe he just needs some time with his dad." I told them, but I wasn't so sure if that was even true, since they said that he never got along with his dad to begin with
"He usually doesn't so this is kind of new." Said Takashi
"How long does the usual talk take?" I asked curiously
"A few minutes, or less. Yamato would usually find a way to end it." Said Yutaka with a shrug
"Oh…" I replied silently "He surely doesn't seem to like his father at all…."
"Anyway, you better get some rest Sora. We'll wait up for him here okay?" said Akira with a smile
"Thanks guys, but I will tell him to come over when I see him." I told him "I'm a bit worried about him too, I was thinking of talking to him."
"That's nice, he might tell you what's wrong." Said Yutaka with a smile "He seems to listen to you a lot, more that he usually does to anyone else."
"True." Said Akira with a smile
I just turned my head a bit to avoid whatever was creeping into my face. "I better get going, see you guys later."
"See you around Sora…" they said, most in unison…
I waved and said my goodbyes to them before I walked out the door. As I got out, I shut the door behind me sighed. I walked away from the room, further and further away until I heard footsteps approaching. I turned around, but surprisingly, no one was there. "Hn? I guess I must be hearing things…." I thought to myself
Then I heard the footsteps again "Okay, now I could have sworn I heard that clearly. Is my mind playing games with me again?" I asked myself again
The steps were getting louder now and I was starting to panic a bit. Was I being followed? If I was, who was doing it? What am I going to do? Was someone possibly stalking me? All these thoughts loomed over my head as the steps got even louder, then….I felt an arm on my shoulder. With that, I shrieked
"Ahhh---…" The hand soon covered my mouth and then I heard a voice whisper in my ear…a rather familiar voice….
"Shh, Sor it's just me…." Said the voice, then soon his hand left my mouth and then I had my chance to turn around. As I did, I saw him standing there with a warm smile on his face.
"Yama, you…you scared me….I thought, someone was following me." I told him with a sigh of relief
"You thought you had a stalker or something?" he asked me teasingly with a smirk
"Hm, it's not that funny, I was starting to panic." I replied
"No one's going to stalk you here in the dorm. It's pretty safe let me assure you." He told me with a slight laugh
"Sorry about that, it was dark and everything. And I was kind of looking for you as well." I told him as I remembered what I got to talk about with Tai and the others
"Looking for me? For what?" asked Yamato a bit confused
"I went to Tai's room with T.K and didn't find you there. They said you received a phone call, an important one I assume or it wouldn't have taken you so long." I told him
"Yeah, I was talking with my dad. He called." He told me, his voice was soft but I still heard
"Are you alright?" I asked
He suddenly smiled, but I didn't like this smile that much. Because I could see he was hiding again, that the smile was a mask, it wasn't real… "Why wouldn't I be alright? I get calls from him a lot." He told me
"Yama…." I started in a sad tone "You know I can see through that right?" I asked
I guess my question caught him off guard "See through what?" he asked, he was still making this hard for the both of us.
"Please Yama…." I stated "You know we can just talk about it right?" I'd like it if he took that offer rather than acting like this.
"*sigh* You really are persistent just like what Tai said. Come on Sor I'm fine really." He told me
I huffed, this wasn't going to end here. He's right I can be persistent when I need to be "And I can see that you're everything but fine."
Finally, he actually gave in after this "Is it that obvious or were you making guesses?" he asked, his tone was curious now.
"No I was not making guesses. It's written all over your face Yama." I told him honestly "I really would like to talk to you about it if it helps."
"I don't want to bother you, seriously I can handle this." He told me
"If that's what you want, but I was getting worried…." I muttered and when I realized what I just said I immediately shut my mouth tight.
"I worried you?" he asked in a surprised tone….
Yamato's P.O.V.
"If that's what you want, but I was getting worried…." she muttered and then her eyes suddenly widened and she stopped talking
"I worried you?" I asked in a surprised tone….I never knew I made her worry
"Um…well of course you did. You weren't with the others and they told me something seemed off. It just wasn't like you to suddenly disappear like that." She replied
"…." I stayed silent for a while and then Sora spoke up again
"If you're really not comfortable with talking then…I can go back to my room. The others are waiting for you and…" I stopped her mid-sentence and replied
"No, it's okay…." She looked at me and I continued "If you really are willing to give my useless ranting some time, then I won't mind."
"I'm sure they're not useless Yama." she told me
"Alright, come on lets go over to my room. That is, if you don't mind. We can stay somewhere else if you want." I told her
Sora shook her head and replied "No anywhere would be fine, I don't mind, and I'm not that picky with places."
"Oh…okay….." I told her and the two of us walked over to my room….
T.K's P.O.V
My brother was taking a while and soon, the others lost some of their patience. They were tired so no one could blame them for that. We soon left Tai's room and we decided that we'd talk to him tomorrow once we see him. I hoped he was feeling better or if luck was on our side, he'd bump into Sora and talk to her.
As I got to my room, my thoughts drifted away from Sora and Yamato and towards something else. I laid down on my bed for a while and then after that I got up and went to the phone. I dialed a certain house number, the one that Jou had given us for possible contact with him. The phone started ringing and I felt kind of guilty that I was calling this late. It was 10:45pm clote to 11 and I was hoping she was still awake.
"Hello?" the phone was soon answered and I heard a voice down at the other line. I was thankful that she was the one who picked up the phone and not anyone else.
"Oh, um…hey Kari…" I started, I felt kind of embarrassed calling this late
"T.K?" she asked in surprise
"Um, yeah it's me." I replied
"Oh hello T.K, why the sudden call?" she asked me "Is there anyone you wanted to talk to? I could cal Jou…"
"No, I mean….well I just…I kind of wanted to talk to you." I replied
"Huh? Why, is there something I did?" she asked all of a sudden
"No it's nothing like that, it's just….well I heard about what happened between you and Sasha…." I told her "Sora kind of told us about it."
"Oh…" she was silent for a moment and then I asked "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine…" she replied "And T.K?"
"Yeah?" I asked
"I don't believe her you know." She told me "I know that you're not like that."
"Thanks Kari." I smiled, I know she couldn't see me, but it wouldn't hurt right?
"Besides, I really enjoyed hanging out with you, it was so much fun." She told me and her happy and cheery side was back.
"I had a great time with you too." I told her
"I hope I didn't bore you." Said Kari
I shook me head even though I knew she couldn't see… "No I had loads of fun. I didn't mind and you were happy so it was really nice."
"Oh…thank you…" she replied
"So…um why are you still awake anyway?" I asked changing the topic
"I guess I couldn't sleep…." She replied "What about you? You seem to be awake too T.K, was something bothering you?"
"Not really, I just wanted to talk to you before I went to sleep." I told her
I waited for a reply but she didn't say anything, but I could still hear her breath though, "Maybe, I shouldn't have said that…"
I waited a bit more but still there was nothing "Um…Kari are you still there?" I asked
"Sorry about that T.K…I guess what you said just…shocked me…." She replied through the other line
I sighed in relief, at least she was talking again…. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean for it to have bothered you." I told her
"No it didn't bother me, it was just shocking that's all…" said Kari
"Oh…okay…." I started to think of something else to talk about on the count of things were starting to get awkward between us over the phone.
"Um…T.K?" she called
"Yeah, something wrong?" I asked
"No it's nothing, but I was wondering if we could talk some other time, Meems, just woke up and she's telling me to get off the phone." Said Kari
I heard mumbles out the background so I guess we really should get off the phone. "Okay, but it's a bit surprising that you seem to be awake and they're not."
"Yeah they got tired of sleeping late. Not enough rest anymore." Said Kari with a light laugh "I usually sleep before they do."
I was relieved to hear her laugh again. "Oh okay, well I better go. Sorry for bothering you."
"No it's okay, it was nice talking to you T.K." she told me
"Yeah, you too Kari." I replied
"You can call again soon if you want then we can talk okay?" she suggested
"Sure thing, that is if you still want me to call." I told her
"Of course I do." She replied and I just smiled
"Okay, we'll talk again some other time." I said
"Alright, see you T.K, and night." She told me
"Night Kari." And with that we both dropped the phone ad our talk ended.
I laid back down on my bed thinking of all the things that happened today. It looked like things might be tougher for our family now, but I was happy knowing I've got friends to count on for it. That's about when I decided to close my eyes and drift to sleep…
Kari's P.O.V.
I was shocked when T.K called and now I was having another reason why I couldn't sleep. I got to my bed and I didn't notice that Yolei and Meems were awake now. "Oh hey guys…." I told them with a smile
"Don't give us that. Who would call you on the phone this late?" asked Meems
"Yeah Kari, who was that?" asked Yolei
"It was just T.K…I was pretty surprised when he called too and…." I was stopped because the two of them almost yelled in shock
"T.K?" they both asked in unison
"He called you in the middle of the night?" asked Meems
"Yeah, he just wanted to talk that's all." I didn't want to give them so much detail or I realy wouldn't be able to get some sleep.
"What did he say?" asked Yolei eagerly
"Nothing much, we just talked about some things…." I replied, I had this feeling they weren't going to let me go until I answer all of their questions.
"What did you two talk about?" asked Yolei
"He just asked if I was okay and why I wasn't asleep yet and stuff like that." I replied
"Did he say anything else in particular? And why was he asking f you were okay?" asked Meems in confusion
"He found about what happened with Sasha and wanted to check if I was alright." I replied
"That was nice of him then…." Stated Meems and then she gave off a yawn
"We better get some sleep, it's getting rather late and all…." I suggested I wanted to get some shut eye at least and hopefully I wouldn't be bombarded with questions tomorrow.
"Okay that seems like a good idea for now. I'm beat." Replied Yolei
I went over to my bed and then I laid down. Today was a rough day, a lot of things have happened and then the sudden call too. I looked at the clock and it was nearing midnight. I wanted to wake up early tomorrow but I wondered if I could still do that after all this. I thought about Sora and wondered what she could have been up to today. I continued to hope that she was alright, because I had this feeling something was wrong. Those were about my last thoughts before I shut my eyes and everything was black….
Authors Note: AHHHHH!!! I am so sorry for the late update again! Please forgive me!!! I hope that you liked this chapter. Please Review and tell me what you think….