Heaven's Eyes

Chapter Eight
Being On Your Own Again

Sora's Point Of View

Gone.
I thought there was a chance I could handle it.
No way.
Her voice was slipping away the more I tried to remember it.
I sunk through my knees and wanted to let myself drown in the emptiness she left behind.
Without Kairi, I was nothing. A puppet. A broken shell.
But I promised her to keep the depression away. She promised me she wouldn't break down.
I couldn't fall back into my depression.
She loved me.
And I loved her back.
This was going to be a hard love, but I was sure we could make it through together.
"Sora?"
It was raining again.
I sighed.
"Sora" My brother's hand rested on my shoulder.
I stood up and looked at him.
"What did she say?"
Axel stood behind Roxas and he grinned. "What do you think she said? Kairi was absolutely determined about telling Sora"
Roxas gave a soft chuckle. "And Sora was determined to let her go without trying to lock her up in our bathroom"
I chuckled as well. Now she was gone, it seemed stupid I hadn't tried that.
Kairi, locked up in my bathroom. She would never leave.
I took a deep breath and let it out in a deep sigh.
Roxas wrapped his arm around my shoulder. "How do you feel?"
"Empty"
Axel shook his head. "You'll get over it"
I shot him a death glare.
He quickly threw his hands in the air. "No, no, I don't mean you'll get over her, but over the empty feeling"
"How do you reckon?" I asked him, my voice soft and low.
"Because Kairi will stalk you like hell" He grinned widely.
With that being said, I began pushing the two to the car, threw them inside and started the car.

Roxas's Point Of View
So.
I'm Roxas Strife.
I'm Sora's brother.
Sora's twin brother.
I'm seventeen.
I'm utterly stupid – most of the time – .
But, hey, you know, I care about my brother.
I care about my family.
Axel is part of my family.
Just because he's always there for us, however he can be stupid too.
Kairi? My sister.
Because?
Sora is utterly, absolutely, completely, undeniable and freaking much in love with her and she's just… great.
I expected the worst when I saw Sora, sitting on the floor, staring at his hands.
I expected he would return to his depression.
However, he didn't.
But now, racing like a maniac to get home, his expression is only… hopeful.
Man… I do love Kairi, but if she didn't sent him an e-mail or a call, I'm killing her.
Finally home, Sora kicked us out the car, locked the car, ran to the door, opened the door, kicked us inside, slammed the door shut, ran upstairs and we never saw him again.
I looked at Axel.
"Coffee, perhaps?"

Axel's Point Of View

Weeks went on, time went on.
Sora never forgot Kairi for once. They were calling every evening, they mailed whenever they could.
In other words, Sora and the laptop were inseparable.
But Kairi´s father was ill, so Kairi never got the chance to get back here. And Sora… Sora wasn´t allowed to go there.
Poor guys.
Tonight was Christmas Eve.
But it was still morning.
I laid on the couch with Roxas, watching a crappy movie. I even forgot the name…
Sora walked in, laptop under his right arm, phone pressed to his ear with his left shoulder and a frown on his face.
"-Think you'll manage?"
Someone said something unclear and Sora sighed. "Yeah, think so"
It wasn't Kairi. If it was Kairi, Sora's voice changed completely. It became warmer, lower… anyway.
"I've got to do something, so I'm hanging up on you, 'kay?"
He smiled. "S'okay, I got that covered! Bye, Xion"
Sora hung up and stretched himself out. "Good morning, guys"
Roxas sat up and shot him a glance. "What did she want?"
Sora's eyes were dull. "What do you mean, what did she want?" Ooooh, someone was having a bad mood today! Guess he was kind of down about the fact Kairi wouldn't be here tonight…
I prepared for some kind of epic battle by hiding behind the couch (All my money on Sora… by the way) and waited. "Dude, she's a friend of mine too. Can't I ask what she wanted?" Roxas said, getting a bit fed up with Sora as well now.
Sora sighed. "Xion is the girlfriend of Vanitas, right? They had a fight last night. She asked me to talk to Vanitas while she went off to buy something for him"
Vanitas was a very good friend of us. He lived on the Destiny Islands a couple of years ago… so I guess Kairi knew him as well.
Roxas shrugged. "Then it's okay"
Sora raised his brow and wanted to say something, but the phone rang. I jumped back to my spot on the couch. "Saved by the bell, little miss Sunshine"
Roxas started banging on my head with a pillow, but I still watched Sora.
"Sora Strife"
Suddendly his face lit up. "Kairi!"
I whacked Roxas on his head and told him to shut up. I wanted to listen.
"How is you- Oh… so he's doing better now?"
He smiled. "Yeah, Axel's here as well. We're gonna celebrate together… although I'm really gonna miss you…"
Roxas and I shared a glance. We bloody knew how he missed her. He talked in his sleep during the weeks she was gone.
"I'm not sure… every half hour? Yeah, I thought something like that… why-?"
He frowned and put down the laptop. "I can ask Axel, if you want?"
She said something and he looked at me. "Axel, do you know when the trains are leaving from Destiny Islands?"
"Is she coming?"
He shook his head sadly. "Nah, but she needs to know in case she's coming next week"
"Every half hour, like you said" I replied, and stared at Roxas. "Bitch, you just stole my ice-cream!"
Roxas had a spoon filled with my delicious sea-salt ice-cream in his mouth. "Dude, I had one too!"
Sora looked at us and pressed his free hand over his other ear. "No, Axel and Roxas are fighting over ice-cream" He rolled with his eyes. "Exactly. I guess they never grew up after all"
"What's the fun of that?" Roxas stated while whirling his spoon in the air, and within seconds, my whole face and hair were covered with ice-cream.
"Dude... You. Just. Did. Not. Do. That"
Roxas started to freak out. "Oops"

Kairi's Point Of View

I told Sora I was coming next week, but actually, I decided to come today.
My father hadn't been happy about that. But when I told him it was Christmas Eve and that I really wanted to see Axel too –I'm a good liar when I need to be – and then I got his permission to go in the weekend.
But… because I wanted to keep it a secret until I got there… I had to walk.
Which would take pretty long.
"Tickets please?" The conductor stood in the doorway and everyone started to search for his or her ticket.
"Oh, why, hello there, missy!" I looked up with my ticket in my hand and stared at the conductor. It was the same one I'd seen when I left. I smiled a bit shyly at him while handing him my ticket. "Back again?" I simply nodded.
Wait… Sora's car was Roxas's as well… wasn't it?
Some memory came back to me, when Sora had one of his silent days and when we were alone.

Sora stared in the distance, laying flatly on his stomach, his chin rested upon his arms.
I sat beside him, playing with his hair. It was strange, the way his hair would always return back to its original position.
"How many gel do you put into your hair to create this?" I said, trying to lighten up a bit.
It worked. He turned to me and raised his brow. "Would you believe me if I said I don't do anything special with it?"
I laughed and ruffled his hair. "I do, but it's still fascinating…"
He groaned and suddendly wrapped his arms around me, and laid me down on the floor beside his bed. Then he rolled over so he faced me. He touched my forehead with his finger. "What happens there, now that's fascinating"
I chuckled. "Or crazy"
He smiled, for the first time today and I felt a warm, bubbly feeling spreading through my body. I smiled back.
He suddendly sighed and leaned back, so he rested his back against the wall. I got up and sat down next to him. "I think it's pretty impressive of you to have a car already…" I started up a conversation.
Sora looked at me and a smirk lit up his face. "It's not my car, you know…"
"Not your car? Roxas's car, then?"
Sora folded his hands behind his head. "We share the car… but I drive, because I think Roxas would kill the car"
"At least he kills something…" I said, resting my back against his shoulder. His arm wrapped lightly around my shoulder. "I mean… he couldn't even kill that freaking spider!"
Sora burst into laughter. "Dude, you need serious help"
"I will take serious help if you stop laughing at me, Spiderman"

I smiled. It would be a surprise for Sora… all I needed to do was to get Roxas into the car.
The conductor smiled at me. "That's right, no need to be sad! I'm sure your boyfriend will be waiting there at the station!"
He wouldn't… but that was my fault.
"Thanks, sir" I said, waiting until the conductor moved on. Then, I took out my cellphone and rang Roxas's number. "C'mon, lazy bum… pick up your freaking phone…"