Stay with Me

Chapter 2: The Shadow

"Gimme a break,-----"

"Sora you lazy bum. I knew I'd find you snoozing around here,"

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"You okay? Can you hear me?"

She steadily fluttered her big blue eyes open and looked into mine. She looked kind of dazed which I couldn't blame her for it.

I decided to ask her again but it came out harsher than I intended. "I said are you okay?"

"Oh, um....what happened?" she mumbled, rubbing her head.

I kind of laughed and replied, "You tell me. From what I saw you ran into a wall and bumped your head,"

Her face was just as vacant as it always was and she just said,"Oh, I'm sorry,"

She briskly got off the floor and brushed herself off some. She had a tiny bruise on her arm but surprisingly her head was fine. What was she apologizing for anyway?

"I better be doing my chores now. Bye, Riku," she simply said walking away as if it hardly happened.

"Uh, okay bye," I replied with a little wave.

I noticed she went to the kitchen. Did she actually cook? I had honestly thought it was DiZ. It was hard to believe that he would actually do that. Wasn't she correcting Sora's memories or suppose to be? Well, I guess I could ask Naminé but I didn't exactly want to.

Instead I decided to go see DiZ and ask him what was happening exactly with Sora's memories. Even though I didn't like him, he seemed to be the lesser of the two. I really didn't want to talk to Naminé for mainly two reasons. The first was that she seemed like she didn't like to talk. She was always awkward and dodging and I don't think she likes me too much. The other was that I still couldn't trust her. I know she keeps saying it's not her fault or she didn't mean to do what she did to Sora but I can't help it. She is the only way that he can get his memories back though so I have to trust her with that.

I stepped into the dim room that was lit up with computer screens. I could hear his fingers clicking on the keyboard so I knew he was working. I approached him quietly but he apparently could hear my footsteps.

"Hello, Riku," his voice boomed.

"Hey," I replied bluntly as I took a seat beside him. I waited for a moment for him to invite me but when he didn't I sat down anyway. He should know I came for a reason.

"So, why have you come to talk to me?" DiZ inquired as he continued to type on the computer. I honestly didn't know what it was about but he was always clicking away.

"I just wanted to ask you how Sora's memories are coming along. Like, is he about ready to wake up?"

DiZ actually stopped his typing and turned to face me. The side of his face that was bandaged was in the darkness while the side that wasn't, was toward the faint light. His face was serious, very serious. Had I said something wrong?

"Why did you not ask Naminé?"

I was a bit confused. I thought he didn't like to talk to Naminé either.

"Well I just-" I began to say before DiZ intruded my sentence.

"Naminé is the one who has the answers. Tell me, do you even know who Naminé is?"

Nothing he was saying making any sense to me. Maybe it would have been better if I had talked to Naminé.

"I mean do you know whose Nobody she is?"

I had known she was a Nobody but no I didn't know whose Nobody she could be. I thought for a moment but nothing came to me. He said it like I was suppose to know her other self but I didn't know any blondes.

"How about you go talk to her about it yourself, ask her. I think you'll be surprised,"

And with that he faced his computer again.

"What-why-"

"Ask her," DiZ commanded without looking at me.

I sighed and left the room. DiZ had gotten out of answering my question alright. Now I was really confused. I couldn't help but wonder whose nobody she was. A couple came to mind but it didn't make sense, none of them fit. It was killing me to know who she was or who's he was meant to be.

But I would have to wait. I'd ask her at night, so I could talk to her alone.

Yep, just me and Naminé, this should be fun.