Elf: OH MY GOD!!! I am soooooooooooo sorry!!!! It's been forever since I last posted hasn't it? *sob* ;_; I'm so sorry! Can you ever forgive me? No? …Dammit…
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, old people, Riku (please be mine!!!), Peter Pan, disclaimers, or cliffhangers.
Claimer: I own Raine, Delia, Emma, and some other dudes…yep…
His broken body trembled slightly. Riku opened his eyes very slowly. Then he closed them again. He felt a sudden rush of pain coarse over his body.
'I…I'm alive…' was his first thought. 'I'm…not dead…but I should be. I should be dead…and with Mother…' A warm tear spilled out of his eye, but he bothered not to wipe it away. 'My God…I'm alive. …I hope he's not though. I hope that he died. He can burn in hell for all I care. And he should…' Another tear slid down his face.
Suddenly a small noise was heard in the corner of the room. Riku's eyes shot open and traveled straight for the source of the noise. An elderly woman, with her back to Riku, was bent over some bottles of different things. Riku sat bolt upright.
"Who the hell are you!?" he exclaimed loudly.
The woman gave a small cry of shock at the sound of his voice. She turned around to look at him and smiled. "You're finally awake! It's about time, you know? I would think that two weeks of rest would be enough."
"Two weeks!? …I-I've been sleeping for two weeks!? …W-where's my mother…where's…my…" he paused a minute, not wanting that man to be his father. Instead he asked, "Where's…that man?"
The woman paused a moment before speaking. Riku notice something about her expression. It had a strong feeling coming from it. Was it pity?
When the woman finally did speak, she said, "…your father," Riku cringed slightly, "is in jail." She paused again. "Your mother…"
"Is dead…" Riku finished for her in a croaky voice. Now there was a steady downpour of tears that fell from his face.
She paused another time before saying, "They haven't had the ceremony yet…they wanted to wait for you." Riku nodded but made no other reply. He just kept his head bowed and let the tears come. After a moment she spoke yet again. "My name…is Emma…by the way. I'm a nurse and have been caring for you for these past weeks. We were all very worried about you…"
Riku looked up at Emma with questioning eyes. "What do you mean 'we'?"
But his question was answered as the door to his room opened and two people, about his age, stepped in. One was a boy. He had brown hair that stuck out at odd angles in many different places and light blue eyes. He wore a white t-shirt and some sort of a red jumpsuit. The boy was carrying a silver plate with different bottles and some food on it.
The other…was a girl. She was the most beautiful girl that Riku had ever seen. Her dark, almost black, brown hair fell only slightly past her shoulders and her eyes were a deep, dark blue. She wore a light blue t-shirt with pink edging on the sleeves and the neck and a white skirt, made of a jean-type material and with a sort of a fringe at the base of it, that ended right at her knees.
The boy walked over to the table that Emma had been bending over before and placed the new platter next to the old one. The girl turned to Emma and began to speak to her in a voice that made Riku's heart melt.
"We've made the ointments that you wanted, Grandmother, and I've made us some lunch downstairs if you want some…" she stopped as she her Riku move slightly and ruffle the sheets on his bed. "You're up! Thank goodness you're all right. We weren't sure if you were going to make it…"
The boy turned his head to look at Riku, then he walked over to stand next to the girl.
"Riku," said Emma, "this is my granddaughter, Raine, and my grandson, Sora. They often assist me when I am taking care of someone. They have been helping to care for you just as much, if not more, than I have. And like I said before…we were all worried about you."
Riku didn't know what to say about this. No one, besides his mother, had ever cared for him…ever. It just…didn't seem real. None of this did. It seemed to just be a really bad dream…or maybe………a fairytale.
"Well," Emma's voice broke Riku from his drift into thought, "I've got to go to another patient. Will you two be able to take care of him?" Sora and Raine nodded. "All right then…I'll see you two at the house later tonight. Goodbye." She departed from the room and left the three teenagers in an awkward silence.
elf: another cliffy for yooooooooou!!! ^___^
riku: you do realize that it's been like…months since you last posted don't you?
elf: ……..YEEEEESSSSS *sobs hysterically*
riku: oh well…at least you're back on track right?
elf: yeah, I guess but I wonder if any of my old readers will still be looking for my posts…
riku: we'll just hafta wait and see…