Hello everyone! So yeah, I'm mega late with updating! I'm struggling with writers block again! ¬¬ FML! I really want to finish this fic!
Anyhow! Chapter 6! Fire away! I hope you like it!

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Sora's P.O.V

Another week had begun. I stared out of the window from my desk, letting my hand hold my head up. I had my earphones in, drowning out the world just until the teacher arrived and tapped my pencil on the table to the beat of the music.

Suddenly this figure of a girl jumped in front of my desk, sending a shock through my system. The way she made me jump in fright had made my voice let out a screech I wouldn't expect to come out of an adolescent boys mouth and sent me backwards in my chair and to the floor.

Okay thanks then!

"Hi Sora!" A black haired girl mouthed as she bent over slightly to face me on the floor.

I pulled out my earphones and stared plainly at the girl, and heard a mixture of laughs, comments and giggles from the others around me.

"You looked like you were in a daydream, so I thought I'd wake you!" She smiled.

"How thoughtful!" I thanked, but soon changed my tone. "Don't ever do that again!" I muttered furrowing my eyebrows.

I pulled myself up and sat back down at my desk, I heard Xion laughing.

"I never knew your voice could go that high" She winked. I rolled my eyes and proceeded to slump over my desk.

Neither did I.

"Soooo, have you seen Kairi lately?" She smirked, a playful glint in her eyes. I could tell where this was going.

"Yes actually" I replied plainly.

"Sooo, are you two like a thing now then?" She teased.

"No. We're still friends." I replied again.

"So wait you're planning on asking her out?"

My head hit the table in frustration. Who are these people?!

"No. We're friends. You know, like me and you. That's all we'll ever be" I said muffled from the table surface.

"I'm kidding. You take stuff too seriously" She laughed. Just then, Riku walked in carrying his bag over his shoulder.

"Oh hey" Xion greeted. I sensed Riku kiss her cheek then face me.

"What happened to him?" He chuckled noticing my state.

"Your girlfriend attacked me" I mumbled.

"Huh?" he replied.

"I was here. You know, chilling before the hell hole starts, then bam! She jumps infront of me, and scares the living daylights out of me! I nearly died!" I explained as I sat back in my seat.

"Clearly, she didn't do a good enough job because you're still here" He laughed.

"You're a cold blooded monster you know that?" I muttered as I stared plainly at him.

"I asked him about him and a certain red head" Xion smirked at Riku. Riku became instantly interested and pulled up a chair next to me.

"So yeah, have you seen her latley?" He smirked.

Here we go again

"Look, just because we woke up sharing a camp bed together, doesn't mean it means anything. She just wanted me to stay with her. That's all"

"Yeah suuuuurrrrre" The silver haired boy remarked and shot me a wink.

"You're turning into my brother. Stop. I don't need another Vanitas in my life thank you very much" I said sitting myself up and leaning back into my chair.

"Has she said anything about that night?" He asked.

"Nope. She's acting like it never happened. Which is exactly what I'm gonna do. No point complicating things" I replied folding my arms.

"I think she really enjoyed herself, it seems like she really came out of her shell throughout the night" Xion smiled.

"Yeah that was probably because of the alcohol. Confidence boosts are part of the package." I added.

Just then, our teacher came in. Riku and Xion found their seats and the day began.

Oh goody!

The end of the day finally arrived. I couldn't wait to get out of this building!

"Sora, are you coming to the library? You know we have to research stuff for Saix's lesson" Namine asked as she and Xion found me a my locker at the end of the day.

"Yeah, maybe you can bring Kairi" Xion winked and nudged her elbow into my side.

When was this teasing gonna stop? We're not twelve anymore.

"Uh, na. I'll pass. I can't be dealing with books right now. I'll come tomorrow" I replied, shutting my eyes and folding my arms. Not giving my best friend the satisfaction of a reaction.

"Oh, okay then" She smiled. "See you tomorrow!" and began walking off down the hallway towards the exit.

I decided to go down to the beach to see if Kairi was there. I took a long stroll down there, letting the warm sun beat down on my skin. It was still quite warm for this time in the afternoon. Though the breeze was cooling. As I approached the beach, I scanned around looking for the red head. But I couldn't see here. I shrugged my shoulders, and headed for the pier. I sat down letting my legs dangle over the edge listening to the waves lap underneath me at the wooden barge poles holding the pier up. I was only there for a while before I heard footsteps behind me.

I turned towards the noise and saw the girl walking towards me.

"Hi Sora" She smiled sweetly with her hands behind her back. The sun shone off of the girls long red locks, and made her eyes light up like stars. It bounced off her skin and it made her glow. Pretty sure my heart skipped a beat when I saw how beautiful she looked.

"Uh, hey!" was all I could splutter out. Way to go!

She came and placed herself beside me, dangling her petite legs over the edge over the edge of the platform.

"How was your day?" She asked, keeping her bright eyes fixated on me.

"Uh, not bad. I didn't get detention for once!" I cheered. Kairi began to giggle lightly. "What have you been doing all day?" I asked, hoping to get some sort of response out of her for once.

"Me?" She dipped her head like she always did, letting some of her crimson locks shield her face. "I just stayed home, did my home school day, then I came to see you" She spoke up.

I was surprised! She gave me a genuine answer to my question! Give the girl a medal! No seriously! This never happens!

"Wow"

"What?" she quirked an eyebrow at me.

Kairi soon clicked on to what I meant.

"Oh haha!" she said with sarcasm in her voice. "Fine, in future I won't bother telling you anything!" She remarked and folded her arms, before turning her body away from me and crossing one leg over the other.

"Anyone ever tell you you're adorable when you get mad" I smirked.

"Who says I'm mad? Maybe I'm just ignoring you" she shot back coyly.

"You can't ignore me forever" I smiled.

"Watch me" She smirked. A playful glint in her eyes.

We fell silent, only the sound of the waves lapping at the wooden poles holding up the pier and seagulls could be heard. I was gladly gonna take this opportunity to be playful.

"Hey Kairi" she ignored me. "Kai?" again, she blanked me out.

"I know something that will get on your nerves..." she proceeded to ignore me. Now I'm not much of a singer, and I know it annoys the hell out of people when I do. So this little challenge will be a piece of cake.

"I know something that will get on your nerves, get on you nerves, get on your nerves. I know something that will get on you nerves, get, get, get on your nerves!" I proceeded to sing like this for a good 15 minutes before she gave in.

"Enough!" She roared. "Fine! You win! But please! For the love of god! Stop singing!" She continued to yell as she held her hands over her ears in pain.

"I think my ears are bleeding!" she joked, sticking a finger in her ear and wiggling it about a bit whilst glaring at me from the corner of her eye.

She turned her body back to me and I patted her on the shoulder.

"You did good kiddo, not even Riku can last that long" I laughed.

She rolled her eyes. "Just don't ever sing around me again. Or I will personally make sure your brother does something to humiliate you again. Right nip-lids?" She grinned.

"Ohh, is that a threat?" I smiled playfully.

"Absolutely" she smirked

Man, she's really getting more self-confidence...it's great...she's great...I mean-what?!

"What are you staring at?" she broke me out of my thoughts. It turned out that I was just staring at her like a complete nut job.

Nice one pal!

"Nothin'! I-uh-I zoned out for a second...sorry" I blushed, scratching my head in embarrassment. She laughed slightly and shook her head.

"You're one strange boy aren't you?" She laughed.

"Says you? Little miss mystery. You're strange too" She quirked an eyebrow at me.

"You think I'm strange huh?" She repeated back to me.

Uhhh.

"Uh...just a bit! It's not a bad thing!" I spluttered out putting my arms out in defense.

"Hehe, calm down. I'm only teasing" She smiled, noticing my discomfort. "I guess that just makes two of us" she smirked.

"Wha?" I mumbled out and before I knew it I felt my body falling towards the waves below. Hearing her laugh uncontrollably whilst I sat waist deep, half drenched in the water. It was cold. I was cold!

'Pay back time!' I thought to myself, staring at the girl above me.

Before I could even stand, a wave crashed into me. Now completely soaking me. I heard the girl cackle even more as I spat out the salty tasting liquid and wiped my face with my hands. The water had made my spikes flatten out, but it didn't take them long to return to their original state. Who needs gravity anyway?

"What was that for?" I yelled up to the red haired girl.

She was still giggling emencely.

"I don't know, it just felt right" She continued to laugh like a child.

"Right, so you threaten me, and now I'm your little test subject?"

"Sure seems that way" She smiled. She closed her eyes to laugh again and I took that opportunity to get my pay back. I grabbed the girls ankles and pulled her down with me. She instantly screamed and tried to grab hold of anything that would prevent her falling. She failed and too fell flat on her rear. She stood up straight away in shock. Noticing the water splashing around her knees. "Ahh! C-c-cold! What was that for?!" She whined as she jumped up and down.

"I guess, it just felt right" I grinned at her. She rolled her eyes and pushed me back into the water, before kicking wave of sea water at me. Then began running for the beach.

"Right! It is on!" I yelled as I got up and began chasing after the girl. I could hear her giggling from where I was. She looked behind her, her smiling radiating off of her face. I managed to catch up with her, no thanks to the water below restricting my legs from moving faster. She squealed in delight and I enclosed my arms around her torso.

Just then, as if on cue, a sudden gust of wind swept over us, making my entire body shiver!

Kairi's P.O.V

I love this feeling. I've never had this before. I actually feel needed, wanted...loved by someone. Feeling his touch on my skin, it sends shivers over my entire body. It feels so right, even though it's wrong.

"Where do you think you're going?" he laughed before sweeping up my body into his arms, carrying me bridal style. No matter how much I tried to wriggle and set myself free from his grasp, it was useless. He just held me tighter and closer to him. He carried us back to the part of the water where we started, then without warning, threw us both backwards into the water.

"Sora!" I yelled before we hit. The water covered us both, soaking us more than we were before. This time, sea water managed to get into my mouth. I discarded the liquid from my mouth and rose out of the water again. Noticing it was waist deep now. I'm doing well for a person who can't stand being in water higher than her ankles! Then again, you can't blame me for being cautious.

Sora had gone right under the water this time and wiped his face from the water. Being smart enough to hold his breath and keep his mouth closed so any sea water wouldn't find refuge inside his mouth. He shook his head and his spikes returned to normal. It's amazing how those things defy the laws of gravity.

Sora suddenly sneezed.

"You okay?" I laughed.

"Yeah I'm fine" he replied, before sneezing again.

I laughed at him. Right after he sneezed, when he opened his eyes, they went a little crosseyed. It was cute.

"Come on. Before you catch a cold" I laughed taking his arm and dragging him towards the beach.

We arrived 5 sneezes later. He then started to sniffle.

"Oh great. Now you've got a cold"

"Thanks captain obvious" he grinned, before sneezing again...twice.

"Ugh..." he moaned before sniffling again.

"Do you wanna go home?" I asked. "To be fair it has suddenly got colder and the wind seems to be picking up"

"Na. I'll be okay. I wanna stay a little longer" He smiled.

Sora's P.O.V

Oh god I feel like shit! Curse this cruddy immune system of mine!

I didn't wanna go home yet...I wanted to stay with her a little longer.

I felt the wetness of my clothes against my skin. It was uncomfortable. Another gust of wind blew over us, making me shiver. I knew I was gonna regret this.

I folded my arms around myself, trying to warm myself up. My body began to shake all over and my teeth began to chatter. Why had it gotten so cold?! It was scorching earlier! And it's the middle of the summer! I could physically see my breath.

"Sora, come on, let's call it a day. You look like you need to rest" I heard Kairi say. She jumped to her feet, and tried to help me up.

I felt her cold hands against my arm, it felt nice. Kairi then placed a hand on my forehead. I heard her gasp.

"You're burning up! Come on, we need to get you home"

Feeling weaker by the minute, I just nodded in agreement. She took my hand in hers, and lead me to the gate. I felt my steps get heavier and slower. I really wasn't feeling great. I felt like I'd been drinking Tequila again.

We had finally made it to the gate, before I felt some ice cold drops on my face. I looked on up and the sky had turned to an angry grey, differing from the radiant colours of the sunset earlier.

"Which way is your house? We need to hurry" she asked me as we continued to step forwards. I managed to raise my arm to point in the direction, but as I went to take the next step, I fell forwards and went crashing to the ground.

"SORA!" I heard a muffled Kairi call. After that, everything went blank.

Kairi's P.O.V

"Sora! Wake up! Come on, we need to keep going!" I cried out in panic. 'Shit! Where the heck is his house?!' I thought to myself.

I looked down at Sora's blank face. His lips were turning blue, and his skin was pale, but still getting hotter than before. The rain was now coming down in sheets.

I patted down his torso and trousers for his phone, not like it would have worked anyway due to the water play earlier. I found nothing. Great!

"Sora! Come on wake up!" I yelled and shook his body, hoping to get a reaction from him.

I got nothing. I started to panic more.

This was my fault! If I hadn't pushed him in the water this wouldn't have happened!

"Sora come on you need to wake up! We need to get you home!"

I tried my best to lift him but he was a dead weight. There was no way my frail body could lift him up! I looked around to see if there was anyone who could help me. But coincidently there was nobody! Obviously!

"Hello! Someone! Anybody! We need help!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Sora's state was worsening by the second. I had no idea where he lived, the rain was getting heavier, and the cold just didn't help. So much for summer! Just then, a figure came running up to us. He was built like Sora, just a little taller. He had dark spikes framing his head and bright amber eyes. I recognized him from Xion's video. This was Sora's brother.

"What happened?" He called in concern before he reached us and crouched by his brother.

"We-we were at the beach in the water, and he started sneezing and shivering. I told him to go home, but he refused. From that point he's just gotten worse"

Vanitas placed a hand on Sora's forehead.

"Shit, he's scorching!" he exclaimed as he picked the boy up from the ground by hoisting an arm over his shoulder. "Come on" he notioned to me to follow. "You're Kairi right?" I nodded. "Here, do me a favour. Find my mothers name and call her then put it on loud speaker" I did as I was asked. Luckily his phone was easy to navigate. I was used to the god awful 'bricks' as we used to call them.

"Hey mum! Have the stuff ready for when I get back. I've found him. He's in bad shape."

"Oh no...right okay! How long are you gonna be?"

"Not long, we're right round the corner. Kairi was with him too so she's coming back aswell"

"Kairi?" the woman sounded confused.

"Yeah, you know...his little girlfriend who's not his girlfriend but he's blatently got a thing for?"

'Yeah, cause I'm not here or anything!' I thought to myself. I felt the red blush engulf my cheeks.

"And you just said that all in front of her! Poor girl! I'll see you in a second!"

We continued the journey in silence. I hope he was gonna' be okay. From the way Vanitas was acting, this was serious.

We finally arrived at Sora's house. I didn't really get time to inspect my surroundings, as I was pulled in behind Sora's brother.

Vanitas ran upstairs with him in his arms.

A lady with long curly brown hair who I assumed to be their mother followed Vanitas upstairs, carrying a wet towel over her arm, a glass of water in one hand and a small white box in the other. I stood in the hallway awkwardly. It had gone silent for a moment. I could hear the leaves outside blowing in the wind. It had really picked up. I went and stood in the living room. It didn't feel right to go upstairs. I stared out of the window, the rain hammered down outside, and the wind howled. Pretty soon, I saw a random umbrella flying down the road past the window. The weather hasn't been this bad in a long while.

I ran my fingers through my wet, matted up hair, it wasn't until I was inside that I noticed how wet my clothes were and how uncomfortable I was. I couldn't sit down either, as I didn't wanna leave a wet patch in the sofa's fabric.

A little while later, Vanitas emerged from upstairs and came down the stairs.

"How is he?" I asked.

Vanitas stood in the doorway and leant against the frame. In different clothing to what he was before. He held some clothes and a towel over one of his arms.

"He's fine now. He's awake and cooling down. But he could take another turn again so we just have to keep an eye on him" he explained.

"He just went downhill so fast...I've never seen anything like it..." I mumbled.

"Here, I figured you'd catch your death if you don't get dry soon. These are Sora's so they should fit you" he said, changing the subject.

"There's a downstairs bathroom over there on the right. You can change in there" He said handing me Sora's clothes and a towel.

"Thanks" I took the items and hurried to the bathroom and closed and locked the door behind me. I looked at myself in the mirror. I hadn't looked in a mirror since...well you know...before all that happened. I didn't look any different than I did all those years ago. My face still held that teenage look, hair still as red as blood and my eyes, still as bright and blue as the daytime sky. How long would I be like this?

I peeled off my pink zipper dress, and white under top. I decided to keep my underwear on, it was partially dry anyway. Vanitas had gotten me a pair of grey baggy tracksuit bottoms, and a black v neck T. He'd also been thoughtful enough to bring me some socks too. I pulled off my wet, lace up shoes and socks and put them all in a heap on the floor. I picked up the towel and dried off my body. Soon snuggling myself into dry clothes. I'd never felt so comfortable in my life. It was pure bliss. I grabbed the towel and began to dry my hair.

Soon I emerged from the bathroom carrying my wet clothes. I headed back towards the living room and found the raven haired teen sat in the corner looking at his phone.

"Hey, where should I put my wet stuff?" I asked quietly.

"I'll get it dry" he replied and took my things from me. I was left alone in the living room once more. I noticed a load of photo's up on the mantle piece in delicate frames. Upon observing them, I came across lots of photo's of Sora and Vanitas as children. They looked so alike! There was one with their mother, father and Vanitas in. He looked really young, and had a dummy in his mouth.

Another, their mother, who looked to be pregnant and sat the swinging bench on the porch. And had Vanitas next to her kissing her stomach. 'Sibling love' I thought to myself as I smiled at the photo.

The next was one of their father holding Sora. I guess you could say those spikes have been there for his entire life. They've just gradually gotten...spikier. As I observed the photo more, I found that he'd been sick down his fathers shirt, his father was laughing and Sora was too.

The next, a more recent photo of them sat. Vanitas had his brother in a headlock and poked his tongue out at the camera. A few others of family members and friends were spread out around the room. I also saw a few of the boys mother and father. They must have been before they were born. I felt envious. I couldn't think up the memories me and my family shared when I was here. I couldn't even remember what my mother or father looked like. I had never met my real parents either. My thoughts were soon disrupted by the sounds of a car pulling into the drive.

"That'll be pops" I heard Vanitas mutter to himself from the kitchen. He rushed over to the front door and opened it and it didn't take long for a tall, raven haired man to rush in. "He's upstairs" Vanitas said before his father dumped his breifcase on the floor and hurry on up the stairs.

Vanitas closed the front door and made his way back over to me.

"Want something to drink?" he asked simply.

"Uh, water please" I replied.

"Follow me" he said as he nodded his head towards the kitchen, gesturing me to follow.

In the kitchen, I sat down at the wooden dining table as the raven haired boy pulled a glass out of the cupboard and filled it up with the water from the tap. He went silent again. There was definitely something on his mind. He handed me the glass and proceeded to make himself a drink. Just then, we heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

A tall lady with long, curly, brown hair and eyes as bright as emeralds entered the kitchen. She bent over the kitchen sink, leaning on her hands and hanging her head, letting her locks cover some of her face.

There was an eerie silence. Vanitas dipped his head and stared at his cup on the table.

I heard the lady exhale deeply and sniffle a little. Soon after, she wiped her eyes with her hands and sniffled some more. The curly brunette haired lady turned around and her eyes fell on me. "You must be Kairi" she smiled through her upset.

"We've heard so much about you" she continued and came and sat down at the table with myself and Vanitas. "It's lovely to finally meet you. Though I wish it were under better circumstances. I'm Aerith"

"It's nice to meet you too" I replied. "Is he gonna be alright?"

"He'll be fine. Sora just needs time to rest. I see Vanitas has made you more comfortable" She smiled as she noticed my attire.

The raven haired teen got up from his seat suddenly and left without a word.

I looked at Aerith in confusion.

"Vanitas has been rather quiet since we got back. Is he okay?"

"Don't you worry about him. He just..." she stopped there and dipped her head again.

"He's just worried about him. It's quite a regular occurance."

I turned my gaze back to my glass of water.

"He scared me...I've never seen someone go downhill that fast. He was worsening by the second. It felt like I couldn't do anything"

I then felt a hand on my arm.

"No matter, what matters is that you were with him and managed to get him to where he was before Vanitas found you." Aerith then lowered her gaze back to her hand on my arm.

"You're freezing, here I'll put the heating on for you"

"Oh no, there' no need. I'm fine. Really" I smiled.

I went on to tell Aerith what happened at the beach and how I managed to pursuade him to come home.

"I just can't help feeling that if I didn't push him in the water in the first place, none of this would have happened" I closed my eyes and dipped my head again.

"Hey, come now. It's not you're fault. To be honest, Sora knows how he is. He should have come on home at the first sign of the weather change. That's why I sent Vanitas out. I figured he was seeing you today...well let's face it, when he smells like a men's toiletry isle in the supermarket and is constantly checking his hair in anything that gives a reflection and dressing 'smart', we know where he's going." She smiled. This made me flush red a little.

"Oh..." was all I could come out with. I didn't know what to say. Just then, a tall, muscular man walked in. If I were correct, this was Sora's father.

"How is he?" Aerith asked.

"Better. Sleeping like a baby right now" he replied, resting his hands on her slim shoulders.

'I'm glad he's doing okay' I smiled to myself.

"Kairi, this is my husband Zack" Aerith explained with a smile.

"So you're Kairi huh? My boy was right when he said you were pretty" He said.

I instantly felt my face flood with red. What?!

"Oh stop! You're embarressing her!" Aerith scalded as she lightly slapped Zack on one of his hands, still located on her shoulders.

I felt uncomfortable. Like...really uncomfortable.

"What? My boy has good taste" he laughed.

This was really awkward. I'd never done the whole 'meet someone elses parents' thing before. Especially a boys parents. I kinda drowned out their conversation as the days events had made me quite drowsy. I yawned a little and covered my mouth with my hand. I was always taught it was rude to yawn with your mouth wide open. No idea why.

"Sorry Kairi? Are we keeping you up?" Aerith laughed.

"I'm just a bit tired. I think I'd better get going"

"With that weather out there kid, you won't make it home in one piece" Zack stated as he rumaged around in the fridge.

"You're welcome to stay here for the night. You can try and call your mother too if the phones still working" The woman said kindly.

"Thanks" I replied.

Yeah, I'll pretend to call my mother. I think if I called her 15 years later, she'd freak out.

I picked up the phone which was located in the living room and lifted it to my ear. To my luck, the line was dead.

I placed the phone back and went back to the the parents in the kitchen.

"The lines dead. I guess I'll see her in the morning." I said.

"Okay. I'll go grab you a blanket and some pillows" Aerith said sweetly.

"No need" Chirped a voice. In the kitchen doorway stood Vanitas. Blanket and pillows in arms.

"I'll take the sofa tonight. Kairi can have my room. And yes, the sheets are clean on" He said before his mother could object.

"Oh I don't wanna be a burden to you"

"It's nothing. It's the least I could do. Can't have Sora's future girlfriend uncomfortable can we?" He smirked.

'Really? You too? Eh, he's brightened up a bit from earlier'

"Go on you!" Aerith ushered Vanitas out of the kitchen, and Zack just laughed in amusement.

"Come on Kairi. I'll show you upstairs" he called as he chucked his things into the living room.

"Goodnight" I bidded and gave a small smile.

Vanitas lead me upstairs, and opened a door slightly and poked his head into the room.

"Still sleeping. That's all he ever does" he grinned as he stared at his brothers sleeping form.

"Sora told me that one time you glued bottle lids to him because he slept too much" I giggled quietly upon remembering the video Xion showed me. Vanitas laughed slightly and dipped his head.

"That day was amazing"

"Here look" he said and opened the door for me.

I slowly looked in to see Sora's sleeping figure. It gave me a feeling of relief to finally see him. I walked on into his room and crouched down beside his bed. The colour was back in his cheeks. He was snoring and had his mouth open. I saw that he had some dribble leaking from his mouth. Just like he did in that video. It made me chuckle. I took a tissue from the box on his bedside table and wiped it away then placed it into the bin close by. I placed a hand on his forehead. He was still hot, but nowhere near as bad as earlier. I was just happy to see him at peace.

"Why did he get like that?" I asked. Vanitas dipped his head.

"It's just what happens with him." He spoke up. "Sora's never been a 'well' person. He was getting better, like...he wasn't ill as much, but then..." he paused. I turned around to face him. His golden eyes looking hurt. "...then I made it worse" he said then stormed out of Sora's room and towards his. I followed him and quietly closed Sora's door.

I found Vanitas sat on his bed, head in his hands. "Sorry Kairi. It's just been a long day"

"It's okay" I smiled and sat next to him. "He'll be okay"

"And you know you didn't have to do this for me. I would have been happy with the sofa downstairs" I said noticing that he'd clearly tidied his room. A boy of his age wouldn't have a bedroom this tidy.

"Thanks to you, I found my brother faster than I would have done on my own. Thanks to you, he's already on the mend and his situation isn't as bad as it could have been. So, think of it as a little thanks" he smiled.

"Anyway, I'll let you get some sleep. See you tomorrow. Sweet dreams"

I snuggled myself inside the fresh sheets as Vanitas turned off the light. I closed my eyes and tried to block out the events from the day. I lay there listening to the wind howling outside and the sound of the rain hitting the window.

One thing played in the back of my mind though.

How bad could it have been?