To Keep A Promise

Chapter 7

"To look into that person's eyes and find yourself so lost in another world, a world full of absolute comfort and happiness."-Lily Collins

We had all been exercising for awhile, and it was obvious that everyone was getting a bit tired out. I offered to go get lunch for everyone. No objections  there. I got off the treadmill and walked towards the door. "Hold it right there." Came the stern voice of Gabe. He grabbed my bag and unzipped it before starting to look for something. "Hey! What are you..." I was cut off when he through my jacket at me. "Put it on." He says. Now i get it, he doesn't want me going outside in just my training gear. "Says the boy that walks around without a shirt everyday." I tell him, but slip the jacket on anyway. I see him roll his eyes before getting back to his weight lifting.

I walk out of the room and go to the right, then the left, then another left, then to the right again before I finally realize, I'm lost.

I huff before looking around, trying to figure out where I was. Every hallway in this place looks the same and there are no windows. I figured my best hope was to find some stairs. It will be easier to get out of this place once I'm on a floor I'm familiar with. I walk around some more, starting to notice how cold they keep this place. I pull the jacket around me tighter, silently thanking Gabe for making me wear it. I squeeze my eyes tightly together, frustrated. That's when I ran straight into someone. Just what I get for not paying attention.

I gasp when I feel a hand on my wrist and one on my side, pulling me back up again. I finally open my eyes only to see the bright red ones belonging to Shu Kurenai. "You ok?" He asks. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about running into you, I wasn't paying attention." I say. He nods, slowly moving his hands away. We stare at each other for a second. The moment was becoming a bit awkward so I  turned and started walking away. 

"Where are you going?" His voice called after me. "I'm leaving so I can get the others some lunch." I say, turning around again. "Your going the wrong way." He says. "Figures." I mumble. This is embarrassing. "Come on," He says, waving his hand for me to follow, "I'll show you out." 

I quicken my pace to catch up to him before matching my step with his own. "Thanks, I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to directions." I say. "Haven't you been here before?" He asks. "No, this is my first time. It's not bad." I say. The conversation goes quiet again, and it was uncomfortable. 

"So, got any secret tricks you plan on using durning the finals that you'd like to share?" I joke. "I don't know, you can go first." He answers back. I couldn't help but laugh a bit at his answer. I wasn't expecting a response at all. He glanced at me and smile. I can't see why Lui seems to hate him so much. He seems like a pretty nice guy.

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When I got outside we continued to walk together. I could here the shouting of his friends up ahead. I raise an eyebrow and look at him, wondering how he could be so calm and still get along well with them. He notices my expression before facing forward again and gives a closed eyed smile. "Trust me, thier not that bad." He says. "That Wakiya seems like a real pain." I say. "That's just because he's mad at you for beating him so easily. He doesn't like to loose." He says. "Oh really? I hadn't noticed." I say sarcastically as we reach the small deck the group was sitting on. 

"Hey Shu! Wait a second, where's Valt?" Rantaro asks. "He didn't come out here with you?" Shu asks. "No, we thought he went to the interview with you." The little girl says. "Do you think he got lost?" Diago asks. "He wouldn't be the first." I say. "What is she doing here?" Wakiya asks, altering me of his unwanted presence. "Now that I know your here? Leaving." I say and turn on my heel.