Runaway

Chapter 8 Meteors & Hot Chocolate

Suddenly. Everything changed around me. What was this? What was going on?! W-was...all of this...a...sick dream? Please...PLEASE DONT TELL ME IT IS!

Soon all I could see was darkness. Nothing else. I looked down and I was wearing the clothing I had fallen asleep in. A jacket, shirt, pants, and shoes.

It has to be a dream...maybe if I pinch myself I will wake up? But what if I don't?

I then proceeded to pinch myself. OW FUCK THAT HURT! I then sat up automatically opening my eyes. I looked around and I remembered this setting.

I never left Vivi's house. I'm still here. So I never found Sarah?...will I ever find her...

I then hid under the covers and cried my eyes out. It had been only 2:30 a.m. when I woke up. Meaning I went to sleep about 3 hours ago at 11:00 to 11:30 p.m. Is 3 hours all it took to tear somebody apart?

I sat up from under my bed and grabbed a flash-light from the night-stand clicking it on. Getting out of bed I slipped on my slippers. Then I walked and opened my bedroom door to go out into the hallway.

The house was quiet. Well except for the noise my foot steps would make on the wood. I had walked to the sliding glasses door that led to the back yard.

It was a beautiful night and there was supposed to be meteors. I mean watching them would be better than crying right? So I opened the sliding glass door and walked outside.

I walked to the cherry tree and laid in the ground staring up at the sky. It was beautiful. The middle of it all was a pitch black that faded into a dark midnight blue. Almost as beautiful as Sarah.

I heard a noise and sat up. Looking around I saw nothing. Then I heard a noise again. It sounded like crying almost. As somebody crying? Who?

I then stood up and walked to the other side of the tree. Maybe it's coming from back here? And I was correct. I saw somebody crying alright. And it was Vivi. I don't think she saw me standing there.

Well she did have her head in her knees. So I mean that makes sense why she didn't see me. Why was she crying though?

"Vivi?" I had said a little concerned.

She looked up at me wiping away her tears quickly, "O-oh...hey Nova I didn't s-see you there..."

Oh shit she was crying. I to be honest didn't know how to deal with situations like these. So I just say down beside her and patted her head. Then looked at her in the eyes, very concerned.

"Tell me what's the matter?" I had asked with a tone of worry in my voice. Even my facial expression showed my worry.

She looked down with her knees brought up to her chest. In clothing that looked like Pajamas. Then she proceeded to say shakily, "I-I...it's just...."

"Just what?" I tilted my head to the side confused.

She took a deep breath as I watched tears stream down her face. "I realized...I'm going to have to see you go again...and I will be lonely...no one will be here..." She sniffled then continued, "I-I'm just...a weakling...and someday I'm going to die because of that...but the worst thing is...I won't be able to say goodbye to my best friend." She stopped and turned her head to me now engulfed in tears, "You."

I just didn't know what to say. She was sad because she knew I was going to leave soon? That didn't make sense...no body cared...only Sarah.

I then realized something. She cares. And she's been alone for years. No friends. No family. Nothing. 

I then proceeded to sigh and look up at the sky saying as meteors were seen, "Look. It's all ok...." I took a deep breath. "Here, I need help. I probably made a huge mistake leaving my friends like I did you so many years ago."

She was looking at me wiping away her tears.

"Can you help me find them? And make it up to them..." I asked her hoping maybe she would be happy to help.

She looked at me her eyes wide open I saw a few tears stream down her face. Her frown turned into a gleeful smile. And she said, "Help?...I...I guess. I mean if you have friends and you left them....won't they need you? Miss you even?"

I stood up and helped up the small cherry girl.
"Yeah...I think..." I myself was starting to tear up.

Vivi opened her mouth saying, "Here lets go inside and I can prepare some hot chocolate. And if you have they're numbers. We can call them!"

I nodded wiping away the forming tears. "That sounds awesome..."

So I waited outside for a few minuets looking away at the Meteors. She eventually came back out with Hot Chocolate. And there we sat. Like we were kids again. Hanging out.

After a while Vivi took a deep breath setting her mug down as she looked at the night sky.

"Nova can I ask you a question?" She said in a calming voice.

For a second wondered what she wanted to ask, but I replied saying. "Sure I guess. But technically you just did ask me a question."

We both laughed then she said, "Okay serious time." Vivi looked toward me then continued, "Why did you runaway from your friends?"

I was hoping it wouldn't be this question of all of them. I had planned on keeping the answer of the question to myself. But I suppose I might as well tell her. I'm going to end up eventually telling somebody right?

I sighed and took a sip of my Hot Chocolate, keeping it in my hands I said, "Well. I was being hunted. By this Demon Hunter. His name is Zelgadis Tachibana." I took a deep breath, "So I had to runaway."

I looked up at the sky as I started to tear up, "I don't want them getting hurt...I don't want Sarah getting hurt...."

||THATS RIGHT GUYS A NEW CHAPTER AFTER 3 WEEKS! SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG I JUST   DID THIS OVSR THE COURSE OF THE WEEKS PUTTING IN WHAT I COULD THINK OF DUE TO MY MASSIVE WRITES BLOCK.||