Disclaimer:
I don't own any of the characters.
A/N:
This story is very sad. If you are the kind to cry reading a sad stories you
will definitely need a tissue.
As I sat there my mind
couldn't help but begin to wander, it was as if a great fog had settled in and
was preventing me from seeing clearly. I knew that I was crying, but for some
reason I wasn't able to feel the tears running down my face. In fact I
wasn't able to feel much of anything, my face and my body had gone completely
numb by this point.
I looked over to my big
brother who was the only other person whom I ever looked to give me strength,
but he had his head in his hands and was sobbing as uncontrollably as I was. I
continued to look around the rather dimly lit room hoping to see some glimmer
something that would give me even the slightest sense of hope, but I saw
nothing. All that was in the room was sorrow, even though the room was filled
with, people, my friends no less, yet I still felt like I was all alone, I felt
so distant from everyone and everything.
The one person that would
be able to pull me through such a difficult time was gone and I was completely
lost. I was so sad but at the same time I felt angry, angry over the fact that
the person who meant the most in the world to me broke the most important
promise of all. A promise that was only made a few days before, the promise to
stay with me forever.
I kept going over the
events of the last few days in my mind, unable and unwilling forget them. Every
time I closed my eyes those images etched themselves deeper and deeper into my
mind. Three days ago I had never been so happy and now I felt as if I drowning,
unable to breathe being pulled lower and lower. How could every thing have
changed so fast I wondered as I closed my eyes.
~~@@ 3 Days Ago @@~~
(Bell Rings)
"Hey Kari, you wanna
sit with me at lunch today" Davis asked with a bit of hope.
No but, since your
going to follow me anyway… Kari
thought
"Well TK, Yolie and
Cody were going to meet me, but I guess you could join us" replied Kari trying
to hold back what she really wanted to say.
"Well as long as
you're the…" Davis started to say before being cut off.
"I almost forgot, I
have to go, se ya Davis" said Kari as she bolted for the door hoping Davis
wouldn't follow.
Sure enough, he didn't
follow in fact Davis didn't even get up. He focused on the exchange that he
and Kari just had and convinced himself that Kari had just invited him to have
lunch with her, and then that would mean that she has feelings for him.
Meanwhile on the other
side of the same building…
"Have you seen your
brother" a high pitched and screechy voice bellowed in the ear of young Takeru
Takashi.
He turned to see Jun
Motomiya, Davis' older sister standing there with an expectant look on her
face.
"Uh, you mean Matt"
TK answered.
"No, I mean your other
brother…… of course I mean Matt" screeched Jun
"No sor…" TK
started to say but stopped when he realized that she had already taken off.
TK couldn't help but
smile at the similarity between Jun and Davis. The similarity went far beyond
the fact that they shared the same last name, but the way that Jun seemed to
pursue his brother was so similar to the way that Davis seemed to go after Kari.
Deep down he hoped that Kari felt the same way about Davis as Matt felt about
Jun.
TK however could only
pause on this thought for a moment before continuing on to the cafeteria for his
daily lunch with his friends. When TK walked into the cafeteria he immediately
levitated over to the table where he saw Yolie, Ken and Davis and quickly took a
seat with them. No later than a second after he sat down Kari burst into the
cafeteria and came over to the table.
"Do you mind if I sit
here." she asked TK already knowing what the answer would be.
"Sure." TK quickly
responded. Blushing slightly after he realized how truly quickly he did respond
to the question. TK wasn't surprised that she sat down next to him after all
she had been sitting with her best friend for years so he didn't really think
it was a big deal. Yet at the same time he felt a sense of joy over the fact
that Kari had taken the seat next to him and not next to Davis.
Kari sat down, glad that
Davis wasn't able to hover over her, but feeling even better that she was
sitting next to her best friend. Lately Kari had started thinking more and more
about TK, but not as a friend, but as something much more.
"So Kari what'ya
doing after school today?" Davis inquired
Kari jumps startled as if
she had been pondering an important question, when Davis surprised her. "Huh,
wha…?" She spoke.
"We were going to study
for the big biology test we have on Friday." TK interjected smiling perhaps a
bit to much at the scowl that those words brought to Davis' face.
"Yep, I really have to
do well on this test and biology is TK's best subject." Added Kari, with a
smile of her own.
"But Ka…" Davis
started to respond before being interrupted by the ringing of the bell that
signaled the end of lunch.
~~@@@@~~
The rest of that day just
seemed to go so quickly, I suppose I was just looking forward to my study date
with my friend. At the time I was still trying to determine what I was more
afraid of, losing my best friend or missing the opportunity to be with my
greatest love.
The one thing that I
never thought of was that I would lose both.
~~@@ 3 Days Ago @@~~
{Knock,
Knock}
"I've
got it!" yelled Kari already knowing who was at the door.
The
door swung open and there stood young Takeru.
"Hi
Kari" TK said as soon as he saw her beautiful smile.
"Well,
are you going to stand there all day?" Kari replied thinking that something
was different about her friend today. Then it struck her he wasn't wearing his
hat, and it looked like he had put, gel in his hair.
Kari
couldn't help but giggle, thinking about what Matt would do to his brother if
he caught him touching his hair-care products.
"What's
so funny." TK asked.
"Oh,
nothing." She quickly responded.
With
that the two ran to her room to begin the preparation for what lay ahead of them
(The Biology Exam).
After
over three hours of review, both TK and Kari felt confident that they knew the
material.
TK
glanced over at Kari and noticed that she was beginning to look a little
nervous.
"What's
wrong." He asked.
"Oh,
It's nothing, It's just……… TK I Love You!" Kari blurted out.
TK
so startled by this confession fell off of the bed that he was sitting on. TK
looked up from his new position on the floor to see Kari standing over him with
tears forming in her eyes. Finally those words that he had been waiting to hear
for so long had been spoken.
"Kari"
TK spoke gently.
"I
love you more than I can ever express in words." TK responded with tears
already rolling down his cheeks.
With
that he leaned up from the floor and ever so softly brushed his lips against
Kari's. The gentle kiss filled them both with a sense of warmth that they had
never felt before. It was as if a light had gone on and showed them that is was
what was always meant to be
As
the two lay on the floor in each other's embrace, each one was thinking to
them-self that this was the happiest moment of their lives.
After
what seemed like hours TK spoke. "Do you think we should get up"
"Why,
do you?" replied Kari with a little bit of worry as if, TK was having second
thoughts about the relationship.
"Of
course not, it's just that this is your brothers room too and what if he walks
in?" TK asked, not really worried about it, because for him being with Kari
was worth all the consequences.
But
after hearing the question Kari had already jumped to her feet.
"I
didn't even think of that." Kari exclaimed.
"Why
don't we go for a walk before it gets dark"
"Sounds
Great" TK responded.
The
young couple walked for what seemed to be hours until they reached a bench in
the middle of the Obadia Park where they chose to sit before heading back home.
"Kari"
"Yes
TK"
"I
was wrong." Replied TK
"Wrong
about what?" Questioned Kari.
"Wrong
when I thought that this afternoon was the happiest moment in my life." Spoke
TK ever so gently.
"You
see as I sit on this bench looking into your eyes, I realize that every second
of every day that I'm with you will be the happiest moments of my life." He
said with passion.
Before
TK could continue speaking he was met by Kari placing a delicate kiss across his
lips.
"I
feel the same way." Kari gently whispered into his ear.
With
that the two began to walk home, going the exact route home that they took to
get too the park. Down the same streets across the same grass they had walked
hundreds of times before. Somehow this felt different to them the pavement
seemed to sparkle and the grass emit a sweet smell.
The
two love birds came to a traffic light and paused waiting for it to tell them it
was safe to walk. As they waited they each spoke gently to each other "I love
you."
The
light changed, perhaps a bit to fast for them, for they were in no rush to get
home. Before they proceeded TK glanced at his watch and noticed it was 11:56 pm
exactly. With that they started across the street, perhaps a bit preoccupied
with each other to notice the bright lights that were approaching. After all
they were in love so they saw bright lights all around them.
The
still silence of that night, which seemed to follow the perfect day was
shattered by a thunderous crash…
~~@@@@~~
I still remember waking up in the hospital sore, my body feeling like it was
broken the next day with a doctor standing over me. I knew that a car had hit
me, but it seemed so unreal to me, because I had not even heard the screeching
of tires or a honking of a horn.
Then I remembered where I
was that night and I looked up at the doctor and asked "what happened to…"
but, from the look in his eye as I started to pose the question, I already knew
the answer. That was the moment the pain in my body went away, I couldn't feel
it any more in fact I couldn't feel much of anything anymore.
You
were my one true love my source of strength through even the darkest of hours I
don't know if I can make it without you, I don't even know if I want to try.
************
This
is my first story, I plan on adding a little epilogue next Monday (02/05), and
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