Soft Hands. Warm Smiles.

Don't Let Them Tame You

We were perfect. Truly. "Young love," they'd say, looking at us. But they were wrong: What we had was true love.

And why I cast that away, I have no idea.

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Soft Hands. Warm Smiles.

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"Sora! Rise and shine, lazy bum! You have five minutes!" I groaned loudly but showed no other signs of life.

"... Seriously dude, get up. We're going to miss the plane!" I grumbled and pulled the white sheets over my head. Kairi flipped on the light switch and blinded me in an attempt to rouse me. I heard her approach my bed, so I grasped the sheets tighter. As expected, she tried to rip them from my body.

"Back off, bitch!" I whined, holding onto the covers with all the strength I had.

It wasn't much since my arms were still wobbly from sleep, so Kairi won our game of tug o' war and sent me flying off the bed, along with the sheets. I hit the floor with a thud. Kairi nudged me with her foot, laughing slightly as she took in my disheveled appearance.

"Look what the cat dragged out." I glared at her with drowsy cerulean eyes, so I doubted it was very intimidating.

"More like hag..." I muttered under my breath, closing my eyes to resume my slumber on the floor.

"What was that?" I didn't answer her, I just turned around onto my side with a smug smile on my face. Kairi started lecturing me and it was the perfect lullaby to lull me to sleep. My eyelids grew heavier and heavier as she started talking about some trip to Florida and an expensive plane ticket. In the short few seconds I was allowed to lay on the ground, I nearly fell back asleep.

Then it hit me like a bucket of ice water.

"Oh, shit! What time is it?!" I exclaimed, shooting up from the ground and quickly rummaging through my suitcase at the end of the bed. Clothes, clothes, clothes... Where are the damn things?!

Kairi giggled, seating herself on the bed. She reached into her pink jacket pocket and pulled out her iPhone. Kairi pushed aside a few stray strands of her rosy-red hair with her left hand as she read the time.

"4:43. You now have two minutes. And I can tell you this right now, I'm leaving this hotel with or without you."

I was already finished getting dressed by the time she finished her sentence.

After a quick hygiene check, we bid hotel suite number 73 farewell.

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The best part about flying in an airplane is definitely the silence.

Well, that and the view.

I munched on the complementary pretzels the airline provided and looked out the window, feeling at ease. The desaturated colors somehow managed to still look beautiful, regardless of the lack of hue.

"We all share the same sky, you know. One sky." Kairi startled me when she spoke from beside me. She was looking out the window as well. She rested her elbow on the armrest between us and held her chin in her hand. Kairi's violet eyes contained a certain sparkle to them. I wondered if she saw its beauty, too, even though it wasn't at its prettiest.

"...So you don't have to feel sad about leaving. You'll always have a connection. Besides, we both know it was for the best." She continued.

I didn't say anything, just basked in the silence of the morning flight.