Kuki was sat in her room, doodling in her journal. The sweet sound of Tchaikovsky playing from her stereo. She always listened to classical music when she needed to relax. She hadn't seen Wally for a few hours. He said that he had something to do.
"Kuki!" Her mother called from the stairway. "Somebody's posted a letter in the door. It's addressed to you!"
Kuki sighed and put away her journal, she switched off her stereo as she went out of her door. She walked down the stairs and took the envelope from her mother. She opened it and read the writing.
Kuki,
Great minds contain ideas, solutions and reasons
Scientific minds contain formulas, theories and figures
My mind contains only you!
To forget you is too hard for me to do
To forget me is up to you
Forget me not, forget me never,
Forget this letter, but not the sender.
I miss you,
Please, give me another chance,
Meet me in the treehouse when you get this letter.
Jason x
Kuki smiled happily, she ran upstairs into her room and placed the letter on her bed. She primped herself with makeup before walking downstairs and to the door.
"Be back later mom!" She called and closed the door before her mother could argue with her.
She skipped down the street happily humming to herself. The treehouse was empty when she reached it. She guessed that Jason had not yet arrived and went over to turn the television on to watch while she waited for him.
Before she pressed the button, Wally appeared in front of her, making her scream and jump back.
"Shit yourself?" Wally chuckled at her scared expression.
"Don't ever do that again!" Kuki sighed, glaring at him.
"Sorry Kooks, wait…" He examined her face thoroughly. "You wearing makeup?"
Kuki nodded. "Yeah, Jason's gonna' meet me here soon."
Wally suddenly got a guilty expression on his face. He looked at her sorrowfully.
"Yeah, about that. Well…It was me who wrote that note." He said, starching the back of his neck.
"What?" Kuki asked in disbelief.
"I was trying to help, I thought if I tried to get you both here then you'd work it out. Then I realized that I don't have any idea who Jason is."
"But…You can't…" Kuki's eyes began to fill with tears.
"I spent hours learning to pick stuff up just to write you the cruddy note."
Kuki sat down on the sofa, wiping her tears away.
"Kooks, I'm so sorry. I just hate to see you so sad." Wally sighed, sitting next to her.
She felt his hand on hers, which was rested on her lap. It wasn't the feeling of that another living persons hand would feel. She felt a large amount of cold air on the top of her hand and pins and needles where his hand was rested.
"It's not your fault, I shouldn't have got my hopes up. Why do I deserve a happily ever after?" She whispered, so not to burst into tears again.
"That's your mom talking! You deserve it more than anybody else I know Kuki! Don't ever let anybody else tell you different!" Wally shuffled in his sitting position to face her fully. "What's so great about this Jason guy anyway?"
"I…I love him."
Wally gave a look of digust. "Why?"
"He'd get me flowers, randomly text me in the day just to tell me he loved me, he was so…romantic. He can be so sweet, sometimes." She replied with a smile.
Wally looked at her as he always used to when she said a slushy, girly thing. He opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue and made a retching sound. She scoffed at him, he hadn't changed at all.
"I met him a few weeks after you…you know…he was just the comfort I needed. Abby was in France visiting relatives, and Hoagie…He's not exactly a serious enough guy to tell your problems to. He was there for me one time I really needed him and…that was it, I fell for him."
She looked at Wally, who was listening to her intently, he reached out and placed a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"Hey, at least I can do stuff without my hand going through now!" Wally grinned, trying to break the tension.
"I remember the whole thing…that night." Kuki whispered.
"Me too." Wally replied.
Flashback
"Foolish Kids Next Door! Must you always disturb me when I'm enjoying myself?" Count Spankula shouted to them.
Count Spankula had gone on a spanking spree and the Kids Next Door had set out to stop him.
They had ambushed him in the street while he was on his way to the next house.
Why the vampire always insisted on battling during a storm the Kids would never know.
Many kids of the street were gazing out of their windows to see what was happening.
"You Kids Next Door are no match for my Stakeapult!" The sadistic vampire yelled as he pulled out an electric catapult from his long cloak. As ammo, there were wooden Stakes, which he fired freely at any of the team members who got in his way.
He shot at Hoagie, who managed to duck it.
He shot at Abby, who jumped backwards into a handstand and back to her feet to escape the wooden stakes path.
He shot at Nigel, who easily jumped over it.
Then he aimed at…
"Kuki!" Wally yelled. Kuki was watching one of the girls in a window of a house.
He ran over to her and pushed her by her waist. Sending her falling to the ground.
When she looked up, Kuki nearly fainted with the shock of what she saw. Wally was lying helplessly quivering on the floor, a large piece of wood stuck out from the left side of his chest.
"Wally! NO!" She picked herself up and ran to his side. Lifting up his body and resting him against her.
"Haha! How do you like it?" Count Spankula yelled to them, before being tackled to the ground the other three KND.
Kuki looked back at Wally, who was looking back up at her. His eyes bloodshot, and squinting slightly because of the pain. His breathing was quick and interfered, it sounded fairly loud and croaky.
"Wally, I could have dodged it!" She told him, her eyes beginning to water.
"N…Not without g…getting hurt." Wally whispered back, struggling to even speak.
She looked at the stake, still in his chest.
"I don't know what to do." She panicked.
"Not much you can do Kooks, I'm no doctor and even I know that!" He murmured back.
"No…Wally."
"Will you stay with me?...Till it's over?" Wally pleaded her. She swallowed back her wails and nodded. She had to stay strong for him.
He groaned and screamed in pain. All she could do was sit and embrace him. Nigel, Abby and Hoagie were gathered a few feet away, watching sadly, bowing their heads for their falling team member.
Her fingers entwined with his as he rapidly got weaker and weaker. He gazed up at her. The colour slowly went from his face. He grip on her hand slowly loosened. And his breath slowly stopped.
Kuki screamed and pulled his body into one final, 'Kuki bear hug'.
She let her tears fall all over his face and lifeless body.
"Numbuh 3, we'd better take him home." Nigel placed a hand on her shoulder.
"No! No! Don't touch him!" Kuki pulled him tighter as Hoagie attempted to pick the corpse up.
"Girl, his mom's gotta' know." Abby said softly to her.
She examined everyone, her remaining teammates, the kids in the windows and an unconscious Count Spankula on the floor.
She sniffed and wrapped a hand around the large stake in Wally's chest. With one big tug, she pulled it out.
She kissed his cold lips as Hoagie lifted him up. Kuki remained kneeling on the floor. Gazing at Wally's blood on her hands.
"C'mon girl, let's get you out of the rain!" Abby helped Kuki up and placed an arm over her shoulder and they slowly walked away.
End of flashback
Kuki looked back up at Wally.
"It's been so long!" she began to sob.
"Too long!" He agreed and pulled her into a hug.
She smiled at the cold feeling of pins and needles on her back, where his arms were on her. Oh, she had missed his contact.
They were both startled by a loud beeping from Kuki's cell.
She pulled away from him and glanced at it. It was a reminder which she had set weeks ago.
"Urgh, Carrie's birthday party. She hates me anyway." Kuki sighed, dismissing the message.
"Party?" Wally asked, Kuki nodded.
"Is Jason gonna' be there?" Kuki nodded again.
"Then let's go!" Kuki shook her head.
"No, I can't go alone, the only reason those guys ever looked at me was because I was dating Jason. I can't go alone." She sighed.
'You won't be alone, I'll be with you. I'll be your date. Anyone picks on you, I'll give 'em a good scare."
Kuki laughed.
"I don't know, I'll think about it."
