Jan 24, 2010 17:16
It had all been going so well
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He might've been surprised to see her at first, but he quickly fell into a more thoughtful expression as he sized her up. Besides, he reminded himself, it wasn't like Shiki really looked like this girl. In reality she wore her mousy brown hair short and hid behind a pair of glasses and that creepy pig-cat plushie thing. But the girl in front of him was definitely more like the Shiki he remembered from the game ( ... )
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Where were her manners? “Oh,” she said quickly, smiling brightly as she placed a hand on her collarbone. “I’m Kairi, by the way. I didn’t mean to startle you, it was just that … you look like a friend of mine I’m looking for.”
At that, her hand dropped back to her platter, and she looked down at it with a soft smile. “I was apparently asleep for a few days, and I don’t want him to be worried about me because I’m okay now… and I’m sure he was upset that I was gone.”
Sighing, Kairi turned back towards the boy and shook her head. “But that’s not important right now. What’s your name? Can I eat with you?”
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Strange.
“Thank you,” she commented back in regards to him allowing her to sit with him, and she smiled as she took a seat across from him, setting her plate down quietly before picking up a fork and twirling it through her fingers for a bit. It looked at if Neku was bothered by something, but she didn’t know what. Had her comment upset him?
Then again, she couldn’t pass judgment yet - she didn’t even know the boy.
“Oh,” she said lamely, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to … I’m just … it’s nothing. Forget it. Let’s talk about something else.”
Kairi reached for her fork and began cutting up her pancakes (with strawberries.) for a moment before looking back up at Neku once again. “Where’re you from? If you don’t mind me asking. I’m just curious.”
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He really should start taking his own advice, he thought as he took another bite of his egg sandwich. Kinda different, but seemed like something they'd serve at Sunshine.
"Shibuya," he answered. Kairi was a Japanese name too, maybe she'd know where that was. Then again, if this place had taught him anything, it was that what ought to be usual or expected, usually wasn't. Hell, he had ninjas and wizards and whatever else, so judging someone on something as trivial as a name was probably a bad idea.
"That's in Japan," he added. Either she'd appreciate the explanation or she'd think he was a colossal dumbass for having to clear that up. Only time would tell. "You?"
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“I’m from Destiny Islands,” she told him while looking down at her pancakes, a soft smile crossing her lips. She missed her home. “It’s okay if you haven’t heard of it, not a lot of people have. It’s a small place - beaches, paopu trees, seashells … it’s okay.”
She missed home. It felt like ages since she had been able to build sandcastles and feel the sun on her face. How long had she been stuck in Landel’s for? Would she ever see her home again? The feeling was funny - to think, just a little over a year ago, she had wanted nothing more than to leave her home for bigger, better worlds. Destiny Islands had been boring to her once upon a time, but now she longed for it.
“I’ve never heard of Shibuya,” she admitted with a small smile, chewing on a small piece of pancake after she was done speaking. “What’s it like?”
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"No, sorry. But it sounds cool. I've been to the beach a couple times. Japan's like a big island, so that kinda thing is never more than a few hours away," he took another bite of the sandwich, thinking how best to describe Shibuya.
"It's a city, actually. There's tall buildings everywhere and it's crowded and noisy no matter what time of day it is." People in flashy outfits, loud music, people shouting just to be heard; it was like they all needed something to make themselves stand out, so people would know they existed at all. "I thought I hated it, but I think I appreciate it a lot more now that-... yeah. Anyway, there's never a dull moment in Shibuya, that's for sure."
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Even when she seemed sad talking about her home, it passed in a heartbeat. Hopefully she wasn't doing that girl thing where she pretended to be happy when she was really upset or something. Shiki did that too. Geez! Enough already!
"Nothing like that," he replied, "but Shiki liked sewing and making stuff, that kinda thing. You guys would probably get along." Dammit. What did I just say? He mentally kicked himself, but it was true! Only Shiki was really into that artsy kind of stuff. At least when it came to making anything. "I liked checking out the local graffiti art or the music stores. Lots of places to eat. Tin pin slammers ( ... )
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At the mention of Shiki, her head tilted to the side, and a curious look crossed her face. “Shiki? Who’s that? A girl?” A strange name, but then again, Kairi was apparently a strange name to others too, so she couldn’t judge. Maybe it was because people in Japan had those sort of different names? She couldn’t help but admit that she liked them. “And what’s tin pin slammers?”
Shibuya certainly sounded interesting - the hustle and bustle was something she would like to see, especially since she was so used to being somewhere where there wasn’t really a lot of people. Ever. “Back on Destiny Islands, we all basically hung out on this little island that we all used to play on as children - there are a lot of forts there, and even a hidden cave that we all used to draw in.”
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Shiki and her looked that similar? She tilted her head to the side again, her eyes wide and questioning. Interesting … “More people looking like people you know? Like who besides me?” She couldn’t help but keep that thought alive that maybe one of those people was Sora. After all, she had mistook him for Sora when she first entered the cafeteria, but she didn’t want to ask because she still felt bad for when she had first told him.
“That game sounds kind of … hard,” Kairi admitted, smiling sheepishly. “I’ve never heard of something like that. Have you ever played? We never really had games like that to play on Destiny Islands … when we were younger I used to watch my friends fake fight each other with fake swords … jump ropes … balls…” a pause, and she giggled. “The swords usually won.”
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And then …
At the mention of Sora, Kairi’s emotions got the best of her. “Sora?!” she practically squeaked, excited and worried at the same time. “Is he okay? He wasn’t hurt, right? He’s one of my best friends … he was here before I fell asleep, and I’m sure I worried him terribly…”
When the head doctor spoke, she could have cried. No! she thought internally as a nurse came over to escort her from the Cafeteria, and she knew it was too late. Sighing, Kairi turned and looked at Neku with a smile. “Thank you, Neku. Let’s talk again later, okay?”
As she was led away, she was lost in her thoughts. So, Sora was still here - she was pleased with that fact, yet sad as well. He hadn’t gone home in the entire span of time she slept? She thought for sure if anyone would have found a way to escape Landel’s it would have been Sora.
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