I Want to be a Hero {KH Romance}

I Want to be a Hero (Chp. 28)

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"Rea.." Sora. "Rea, it's been a few hours. Do you want to get up, now?" I struggle to open my eyes.

"Where am I?" I sit up slowly, Sora's hand instinctively holds my lower back. I look around, I was in his bed. I look at him, his eyes were wide.

"You.. you passed out." I put my fingers on my temple, I had a splitting headache. "After Blair handed you that folder you just collapsed." folder.

"My parents." I look around. "Where's that folder?" I sigh and move to get up off the bed.

"I'll get it! You just. sit down. I'll get it." Sora rises up and walks over to his dresser, pulling out the small manilla folder and handing it to me. I rub my fingers across the names.

"Did you read it?" I whisper. Sora rubs the back of his head.

"I didn't... but Donald told me what was inside." He sits beside me and I take a deep breath. "Are you sure you want to read this?" I can do it. I've waited so long.

"Yeah.." I don't even believe my own voice as I open the folder, examining Ansem's files.

Chisaki and Rui Natsukage.

Married.

1 Child.

Field Researchers.

Objective: Examine sudden influx of heartless in the Radiant Garden area.

Researches involved: Rui, Chisaki, Reimei

"Blair's mother?" I whisper. Sora grabs my hand.

"That was the other file. Apparently, Blair's mother was in the same research team as your parents." I loose the feeling in my body as my eyes continue to dart across the page.

Completion: incomplete

DoD/ToD: April 17th, 2007, 10:46 pm.

"DoD..." For some reason, it doesn't click right away.

"Rea.. I'm so sorry." His grip on my hand and lack of eye contact is what makes it click.

"Date of death." I place the folder on the bed and rise, letting his hand slide from mine. I walk to the door connecting his room and mine, seeing Blair sitting on the bed with a box of tissues and a folder in her hands.

"Rea.." She whispers, her face twisting and tears still falling from her eyes.

"Yeah." I walk over to my dresser and remove the bottle of rum I had put in there only hours ago. I pull out the cork and knock back a drink, instantly regretting the choice to swallow this fiery liquid. My throat burns, and my eyes begin to water, but I simply wipe them and walk back into Sora's room, bottle in hand.

"Rea.. Do you really think you should do that?"

"Might as well, if I don't do it now, it'll just sit there for the rest of eternity." I take another swig and feel my face twist much like I imagine how Blair's looked. "Can you just get me a glass of water?" Sora hesitantly nods before retreating to the kitchen. I take a seat on the bed and look at the folder. "Researchers for Ansem, huh?" I sigh and stare at the glass bottle. How the hell did that pirate enjoy this stuff?

"Apparently, his best team." Sora hands me the glass of water and I place it on the shelf beside Sora's bed, after taking both another swig of rum and a sip of water. Sora picks up the papers in the folder and flip to the final page in the report. "I think you should read this." I place the rum bottle in between my knees and grab the papers from him.