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A Chance Meeting: Kori's P.O.V.

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           I remember the sun shining gently down on my face that day. Normally it would have been hot enough to keep me inside away from the heat, but a slight breeze made it bearable and a genuinely nice day. The only issue was that I had studying to do for my academy homework. My teacher wanted us to look up some technique about clones and the easiest way to do it.
           As I shuffled my way to the library, I decided to take a longer route, which led me around the river going through Friendship Garden. I noticed a white haired boy lazing in the open area. I recognized him as Sora Amatou. Sora was a boy in my class that never seemed to care much about paying attention to the teacher. I always caught him looking out the window in a daze.
           I couldn't help from curing my curiosity. "You know, Sora, all you do is laze around all day. Do you ever train?"
           He tipped the brim of his hat up and I was gifted with the sight of his bright, blue eyes. They reminded me of the sky that he was named after. They were beautiful and I had always tried to get a glimpse of them this close, but I never realized that eye contact with him would send an electric shock through my body and soul. The connection between our eyes seemed to last a while before he finally broke the silence with an answer.
            "I train sometimes, but today, I much rather sit in the sun and eat candy. You should try it some time!"
           I couldn't help but inwardly shudder from the thought of candy making my teeth ache again. How could a person like such things? My eyebrow seemed to be questioning this outwardly for me as I raised it in confusion and distaste.
            "I hate candy." It was childish of me to say especially in front of someone that loved candy.  He even seemed shocked that I would even say such a thing himself.  But it was true. Ever since I was seven years old and I got a toothache from a piece of candy, I decided that all candy was evil.
           He quickly shook it off and bounced back with, "You just haven't had the right kind of candy. Nobody hates candy." He locked eyes with me with such an intense expression and in turn I felt a strange need to turn my eyes away from his. But I couldn't. I squinted my eyes instead, trying to stand my ground.
            "I've had candy before. It makes my teeth hurt." Which was true, I didn't lie about that. I was hiding the fact, I felt insecure about my hatred for candy now though.
            "That just means you can't handle how awesome it was. I have a lot of kinds of candy. Mainly hard candy, the kind of stuff that is so sweet most people can't handle it or how awesome it is!" He chuckled a little after he was done exclaiming this and I was confused. "But, I don't like sharing my candy."
           I was having a change of heart about candy and immediately after he said he doesn't share, I became fairly irritated. Who tries to convince another person that candy is okay, but doesn't share with them?
            "That just means it's bad for your teeth. You're going to have cavities." Especially since you don't share…
            "Cavities are a sign of sweet-toothed weakness, but I'm a candy elite. I don't believe in cavities." My mouth nearly dropped by him saying such odd things and he continued to surprise me more by continuing, "It also makes for great fish bait. But I don't like wasting it like that if a fish will be happy with a dirty worm. There is really nothing like sitting around and eating candy while you fish and watch the clouds go by."
           I crossed my arms in frustration. How thickheaded could a guy be? Sora was so lazy and obsessed with candy to the point it actually bothered me. But why did it bother me anyways?
            "How can you not believe in cavities? That doesn't prevent you from getting them you know." The way I thought was better, right? "There's nothing like studying in a quiet library. Page to page, you're slowly bettering yourself at what you do. I think that's much better than lazing around." I sighed dreamily in remembrance of all the wonderful times I spent at the library and slightly began zoning out until Sora brought me back into the present time.
           He was grinning at me. "If that's my fate, then at least it's a tasty one and I humbly accept it. And I'm studying too. I'm studying life. Studying the way the wind feels when it touches my hair, how long the sun stays in the sky this time of year, how long it takes a cloud to dissipate and reform." Sora seemed to be full of surprises, I hadn't expected any of this from him or the slight disappointment I felt. I watched him lay on his back and suck in a deep breath. "I'm not bettering my ninjutsu or my techniques this way, I'm bettering myself as a human being."
           I was shocked, there was a type of studying I haven't done before? Impossible, I was the queen of studying!
            "You're just going to accept it? I thought you were bettering yourself as a human being. If you're bettering yourself, you should limit your candy intake and switch to healthier alternatives like fruit! They're naturally sweet!"
           I noticed I was beginning to sound like a nagging mother so I quickly switched over to something else, "But I don't understand how studying the sky can help you become a better person. Care to explain?"
           I decided to sit down in order to calm the tension that I was holding in my body. I didn't want to fight with someone I had barely spoken to before.
           We had talked for what seemed like ages about things as simple as how beautiful the sky was to complex as being strong to protect and teach the people you care about. We talked of our purposes in this world and I remember Sora giving me an emerald green piece of candy. Normally, I wouldn't have taken such an offer, but this boy had opened my eyes on a lot of things in the world. I couldn't refuse. All I knew was that I liked having him around and I hoped he felt the same about me.
           We agreed to be friends after that and I'm glad I had sat down to talk to this curious boy. I really liked him. I liked him a lot.
I can't believe I was able to stop myself from writing more. I was worried about boring everyone... >.> Anyways, this is Kori's P.O.V. of this encounter: [link] which if you haven't read, you definitely should.

:tears: I know I'm a copycat.

Characters:
Sora Amatou: ~TraceofHatred
Kori Byakko: Me
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You're no copy cat, this is so good! It's much more compact than mine too, which makes it way better. Just as much awesome in a way easier to read package.

Really nice job, it was awesome to see how Kori thought of Sora. xD