Kira
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"Kira! Kira, wake up!"
I turned over and buried myself deeper into the sheets to muffle Ares' wake-up call.
Wait? Sheets?!
I sat up abruptly, my heart racing and, my mind struggling to catch up to my surroundings. My groggy eyes flew open to assess every inch of where I was.
I was in my room.
In my bed.
Without a single scratch on my body.
How?!
I threw off the sheets and hopped onto the floor, I shook my left arm vigorously but to no one's surprise it stayed on, and on my wrist, there was a small bracelet of brown beads.
My eyes lingered on it for a split second before I shrieked. Pulling it off and tossing it across the room as if it had burned me.
I continued to stare at it, all too suddenly feeling sick.
No, that couldn't have happened, it couldn't-
'Please remember, me.'
A cold shiver ran down my spine as the memory rose from the depths of my mind.
Had she really...died?
I sunk to the ground, staring blankly at my arm and trying to make sense of what was going on.
"Kira! You're going to be late for school." Ares' voice came through the door along with some knocks, "Kira...is everything alright, you don't have to go today if you're too nervous."
I snapped out of it fast. If I didn't start the day with everyone else things would definitely be much harder for me.
With a sigh, I decided to push the dark thoughts aside and focus on what I needed to do that minute, going to school. I'd make sense of the madness later.
"It's okay!" I yelled, "I'll be ready in ten minutes."
"You sure?"
I really don't know why he worried so much, I was perfectly capable of taking care of myself. "I'm sure!" I drew out the 'sure' just so he would get the point.
After I heard his footsteps leave the door. I got out of my night clothes, grabbed my bathrobe, and ran off to the bathroom. I paused closing the door to give the bracelet across the room one last look. There was a heavy feeling in my stomach but I would put that aside.
For now.
My new uniform was nothing special. It had been delivered over two weeks ago. The only thing I hated about it was that I had to wear it.
Just a plain white button-down with a stuffy tie topped with a blazer which had a color I couldn't figure out, probably between navy blue and black.
The skirt was a deep blue with plaid stripes.
Why did I have to wear this again?
I pulled on the also white socks, grabbed my bag, and headed toward the door. Today was going to be my first day in a foreign school, I could not screw up.
"You look so cute," Ares said as I appeared at the kitchen doorway. I grabbed the bowl of cereal he held out and accepted the kiss on the forehead without much trouble. "Kat, doesn't she look adorable?"
To no one's surprise, she kept her nose buried in her phone, thoroughly refusing to acknowledge my presence.Ares' smile fell just a bit.
"It's fine... I'll just eat this before it gets... soggy." I sat down and began to shovel the rainbow-colored flakes into my mouth. I stopped. "Um, I have to ask something."
"Sure, what's up?" Ares asked.
"How...did I get home last night."
Kat shot me a weird look and her dad looked just as confused.
"What do you mean, Kira?" Ares asked.
"I was just asking how I got here last night, everything's kind of blurry."
"You did look really tired."
"You waltzed in like some zombie and said you were going to sleep while ignoring all our other questions." Kat huffed, sounding uninterested.
"Oh." I could feel Ares' eyes studying me intently.
"Kira are you-"
"Wow, look at the time, gotta go now," I exclaimed, jumping off my seat.
"I'll drive."
"I can walk, Ares."
"Come on, just for today." He pleaded.
"Aren't you going to work or something?"
He flashed a bright smile, "I'll head there after dropping you off."
It was a losing battle, once he set his mind to doing something as embarrassing as this there was technically no way out for me.
I waited at the door while he told Kat goodbye and made her promise not to try and make anything that might result in the penthouse burning down.
I took the back seat in the car, so I could distract myself with my phone without having to make conversation with Ares.
We got along pretty well but due to recent events, I just knew he was going to ask...
"You nervous, kiddo?"
There it was. "I'm fine." It was a half-honest reply. I didn't know if there was anything wrong but I did feel fine.
Fine.
Yeah, I was fine. I didn't need him butting into my affairs because I was fine.
I blinked rapidly, taking deep breaths to calm down. Ares was just being nice.
"Remember, just excuse yourself and call if you need anything." The car came to a stop in front of the school gates. "And if you're feeling sick just-"
I slammed the door with more force than necessary, a sudden sense of indignation and fury filling me to the core, "I told you I'm fine, stop babying me. I'm not some brat like Kat so you can stop trying to pacify and appease me. I. Don't. Need. It. Dad"
Just as quick as it came, the feeling left, leaving only the cold dread from the words that I had spoken to settle in the pits of my stomach.
The strained smile on Ares' face did nothing to help. I opened my mouth to say something but no words came out, mainly because I wasn't sure what I could that wouldn't make me sound like a desperate little girl in front of all the other students who were now whispering at our display.
"It's okay Kira, was just doing my best to look out for you." His eyes looked pained, "See you at home, okay?"
I nodded and turned to jog in, hearing the car drive off only a few seconds later. What had just happened?
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