Ch. 7
(P.O.V : None)
"Kuki, will you please just shut up!"
Mushi pounded on Kuki's door, trying to get her to seize the sobbing. It had been five hours since her father had yelled at her and Wally.
"Ugh, Kuki, you are impossible," Mushi yelled before she went back into her room.
When all of Kuki's tears were dried, she had nothing else to do but bury her face deep into her pillow. She felt miserable. 'Why do I even feel like this,' she questioned herself. Never before had she felt this alone. She tried to find a word in her head that described her feelings, but only one word emerged – cruddy. She felt cruddy because of what her father did to Wally. Kuki pulled her journal out from her pillowcase and wrote in it.
Wow, I haven't written in forever; sorry about that, journal. I guess the only time I write is when I'm upset or something. It's good to get my voice out without fear of sounding stupid. Well, you know.
Anyways, I really miss Wally, and it's only been like, 5 hours! I don't even know why I care so much. He probably hates me or something cause of my dad. I wish I could talk to him or something. What if he yells at me at school tomorrow; oh, gosh. All right Kuki, time to stop writing before you make yourself freak out.
She closed her book, stuck it in her pillowcase, and reached for her sketchbook. Before she could even start drawing, her computer screen flashed.
[Message From: Wally.]
Kuki jumped from her bed to her computer desk and clicked the Instant Message tab.
[Wally: U on?]
[Kuki: Now I am :P]
[Wally: Good. So lisen,]
[Kuki: You hate me now, don't you?:(]
[Wally: What? No! Y u think that?]
[Kuki: I think you know why. My dad totally yelled at you :/]
[Wally: Its fine, im telling u! Well, xcept now we cant c each other outside of skool.]
[Kuki: I know. Just promise you're not mad!]
[Wally: imnotmad!]
[Kuki: Whatever you say…]
Nothing was said for a while, until Wally sent her another message.
[Wally: Crud. I g2g help out the rents w/ chors. I guess ill c u 2marrow.]
[Kuki: By-]
[Wally has signed off.]
'Oh,Wally…' Kuki said to herself. Feeling a little better from being able to talk to him, she quietly walked downstairs and got food, where her mother spotted her.
"Kuki?" Kuki froze. She didn't want to face anybody now, but she had to; it was how she was raised.
"Yes, Mom?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I too do not agree with your father's actions. However, he is your father. You need to respect his decisions."
"Mom, you don't understand! Wally is one of the only friends I have! It's not fair!" By this time, Kuki's eyes were filled with tears again.
"I'll talk with your father," Mrs. Sanban said, as she walked over and kissed her daughter goodnight.
The next morning, Kuki arrived at school almost being late. 'Thank goodness today is a half day!' she said to herself, running to her first class with her teacher Mr. Bennings, There she saw Wally, and tried not to make too much eye contact. Wally was confused, and wanted to know why she was acting like this. "Kuki, what's wrong?" Kuki just glared sadly. Feeling awkward, Wally sat up straight and started to doodle on a scrap sheet of loose-leaf paper. Kuki glanced at his doodle and saw that he drew all of their friends. Wally sensed her staring and turned to her. "You like it," he mouthed. Kuki nodded and took out paper of her own. Twenty short minutes later, the bell rang. Kuki and Wally made their ways out to the door.
"See you fifth hour, Kuki," Wally said. Kuki just nodded. They exited the classroom and Wally stopped her in the hallway. "Kuki, don't worry," he started, resting his hand on her shoulder. "I'll find a way to fix this." With that, he turned around swiftly and walked to his next class, leaving Kuki there speechless.
"Hey, Wally!" Abby said, entering her second class that she shared with him.
"Hi."
"Boy, what's wrong?" Abby questioned as she sat down.
"What is wrong with her?" Wally exclaimed, slamming his fist against the desk. Abby jumped in her seat, and stared at him wide-eyed.
"What are you talkin' about?"
Sighing, Wally rubbed his hands through his hair then turned to Abby. "Kuki's been so…I don't know. It's like I don't even exist anymore."
Abby, frowning, sat there in silence. 'Should Abby tell him? Naw; it'll ruin everything! But, look at him...,' she looked up at Wally, his eyes slightly pink and small bags under them.
"Listen, Wally. Kuki is just really upset...A lot has happened the past few days. Abby thinks it's just too much for her. She just doesn't want to upset you by not being able to-"
"But I am upset!" Wally yelled, looking as if he was about to tear up.
"Everything is going to be okay, you just wait," Abby said, attempting to pull him into a friendly hug.
"I don't need a hug," Wally said, grumpily. Abby fastened her hat and leaned back in her chair, waiting for the bell to ring.
Meanwhile, at the Sanban house, Mrs. Sanban was watching the news.
"In other news, a local gas station was the location of a mugging that happened late Friday night. Nobody was at the gas station at the time, but the security cameras caught a man mugging a boy, who looks to be eighteen,"
Mrs. Sanban gasped and called to her husband. "Honey; come quickly!" Mr. Sanban rushed in the room and saw the footage of what happened to Wally and Kuki. Mrs. Sanban smiled at her husband's reaction, knowing that her daughter would come home to a nice surprise.
"…The man was caught and was sentenced a lifetime in jail for attempted murder and for robbing the boy. What a story! Anything you would like to add, Sherel?"
"My, my; from what it seems, they could have both been dead if it weren't for their heroic actions. They must be very proud of themselves."
"Right you are, Sherel. Up next will be a story on an alligator found in a batht-"
Mrs. Sanban shut off the television and hugged her husband. "Our daughter is a hero, Kani!"
"What have I done to our precious baby?"
"There's only one way to make it up to her," Mrs. Sanban said, hoping her husband understood where she was going with her words.
"I know, Genki," he said, giving up. His wife stood up and patted him on the back; then proceeded back to her at-home office desk.
Lunch started at school, and unlike normal, Kuki sat on the opposite side of Wally. Noticing it, Wally frowned towards Abby.
"What's wrong, girl?"
"It's nothing,"
"It doesn't seem like nothing," Abby said sternly, but caringly at the same time. Abby looked towards Nigel and winked. Nigel distracted Wally while Abby talked to Kuki.
"What was that about?" Kuki asked, confused.
"Well, how else was I going to distract him?"
"Why would you need to do that?"
"Look at him," Abby said, pointing out the anguish in Wally's face.
"Why's he so sa…Wait; is he upset because of…me?" Abby sadly nodded and Kuki covered her face with her hands. "What am I going to do?"
Wally looked over at Kuki and saw her. "Kuki? Kuki, you okay?"
Kuki looked up and smiled halfheartedly. "I'm fine,"
The bell rang, releasing everyone from school for the day. Kuki darted out as fast as she could, just wanting to be home for the day. It hurt her to see the pain she was causing Wally, but she couldn't disobey her father, even if he wouldn't know she was with him. The air was cool and brisk, and the wind blew steadily. Kuki shivered but kept walking until she got home.
When she arrived, nobody was home. She saw a note on the refrigerator.
Kuki, your father and I will be working late tonight. See you later on!
Love, Mom.
Kuki sighed. She hated when her parents worked late; they usually wouldn't get home until 10:30. She finished her homework, and, without anything else to do, took a long nap. She awoke to the sound of the house phone ringing.
"Hello," she answered, rubbing her eyes.
"Hey sis, it's Mushi. I'm staying at my friend's house for tonight. See you after school tomorrow!"
Before Kuki could even respond, Mushi hung up. Kuki checked the time. '7:34. I might as well get dinner,' she said to herself, whipping herself up a frozen t.v. dinner.
She ate and went back upstairs to play a while on her laptop. She opened iTunes and hit the 'shuffle' button. Various songs played and she sang along secretly. One song came on that made her heart skip a beat, not knowing why.
We were both young, when I first saw you.
I closed my eyes, and the flashback starts, I'm standing there, on a balcony in summer air.
See the lights, see the party the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the crowd to say 'hello.'
Little did I know...
That you were Romeo and you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, 'stay away from Juliet!'
Suddenly, a sound came about that startled Kuki. She nervously got up, shaking, walking around slowly trying to find out the source of the crash. She looked out her window hesitantly and saw Wally standing there, smiling nervously.
"Wally? Wha…What are you doing out there? It's freezing," she called out to him.
"Kuki, I'm sorry; I know you're not supposed to see me, but you're worrying me!"
Kuki left the window, leaving Wally speechless. Wally's thoughts flew a mile a minute, not knowing what to do; he was interrupted from the front door opening. Kuki walked over and threw her arms around him, sobbing quietly. Her cold tears stung her face, but she didn't care.
"Kuki…," Wally said, stroking her hair softly. Feeling a chill go down his spine, he shivered. "Come on, Kuki. Let's go inside." Without hesitation, he walked her in and they sat on the couch. Kuki continued to weep, her arms back around Wally's torso, as he tried to calm her down.
"It'll be okay, Kuki…Just tell me what's wrong."
"I can't take it anymore, Wally!" Kuki said sniffling, before crying all over again.
"Don't cry, Kuki. I hate seeing you so sad," Wally said, wiping away her tears with his thumb. "I miss being with you, too…"
"It's only been a day, Wally. I can't…It's hard…I…"
"I feel empty without you, too, Kuki," Wally said, hugging her back. They both sat there, in each other's embrace, until Kuki sniffed and broke the silence.
"Wally?"
"Yeah, Kooks?"
"It's so weird… I feel like I've known you before. I know it's a crazy feeling, but-"
"I feel the same way, too!" Wally said, dazed. They continued to sit on the couch, clutched, as the night got older. Wally began to caress her hair, and before they knew it, they were asleep in each other's arms.
Later on in the night, Mr. and Mrs. Sanban returned home. Mrs. Sanban looked over and saw the two in the same position they fell asleep in. Mrs. Sanban gazed sweetly, then turned to her husband who looked rather mad.
"Shh," she silenced him, before he tried to argue.
"But, that boy; in our house-"
"Don't you remember anything about when we met, Kani?" Mrs. Sanban questioned him quietly, as she reminisced her times as a teenager. Mr. Sanban just turned back around with a change of heart, and headed to his room.
"Goodnight, my little darlings," Mrs. Sanban called out quietly, as she turned out the rest of the lights and tiptoed into her room with her husband.
Gahhhhh! This chapter is so cute! It took forever because I could not think of the stupid beginning x.x;
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