On a very clear night they decided to sit in one of their favourite places to look up in the sky admiring the stars which seemed to shine brighter each night. Kairi, a 16 year old teenage girl with red hair, looked into her friends ocean blue/green eyes, he returned the gaze by looking into her kind and gentle eyes that were blue as forget-me-nots. Riku had recently turned 17. He had pale blue hair that went to his shoulders.
After a few minutes, Kairi smiled and looked at the stars again, she thought they seemed brighter than a few minutes before, but didn't mention it as it wasn't at all a problem. After a few more minutes of watching Kairi, Riku looked up at the stars as well. As he did, Kairi noticed something and pointed amongst the stars at something that was flying past as it glistened.
"Riku! Look! It's a shooting star! A real shooting star!" She said excitedly. After smiling at her excitement, Riku said;
"So make a wish, quick. Before it's gone." Kairi quickly looked at him with a smile.
"Okay!" she replied, closing her eyes to make her wish. After a few moments she opened them and turned to Riku, "Now it's your turn," she nudged him with a smile. "Go on, make your wish," Riku laughed slightly and obliged with a nod, then closed his eyes and wished upon the star whilst Kairi sat up and watched him happily.
"There," he said, looking up at her. "Done it." He smiled and sat up as well, "So, what was your wish?" He asked her nosily.
"Well, if I was to tell you, then it would never come true." she answered cheekily, noticing that her cheeks were getting slightly hot as she blushed. She decided to stand up and dive into the lake.
Riku scratched his head as he watched in confusion before getting up and following her. He swam down and held her wrist in his hand, causing her to look up at him before making her way to the surface. She gave a deep sigh and looked toward the sky once more and thought to herself; I am so happy when he is around. I feel.. safe, secure and like I can really be myself, and... I... I feel... warm, in here... She raised her hand to her chest and looked down with her eyes shut and a slight smile on her face. Then Riku reached the surface.
"Well, what was your wish?" He asked her, again.
"Well..." She repeated and looked at the water as she spoke on. "It was for the guy that I liked to realise I like them and like me back so that I could have my own fairy tale ending." She smiled up at him and asked; "And yours?"
"Mine? Oh, well... it was... um, it was to be able to get stronger... to defeat anything that is evil... or dark..." he explained softly as he looked at her. "So, um, who do you like, then?" He asked, curiously.
She began to turn redder than her hair and she looked at the water and mumbled something.
"Pardon? Oh, Please, Kairi. Tell me!" Riku pleaded, desperately.
"Um... well... Ok, I like... I... I... l... I like... um... well... I like... you" she said, then after a few moments silence, she got out of the lake and sat in a tree.
"Really?" Riku asked for confirmation, yet sounding confused at the same time, as he got out and stood beneath the tree within which she was sat. He looked up at her and she gave him a shy nod. "What's wrong with that?" he asked her with a slight chuckle in his voice.
"Well I shouldn't 'cause you probably have someone else, and I don't want to make you feel like you're in an awkward position." She explained.
"Well..." Riku hesitated. "I kind of like you, too." he said quietly, now looking at his feet. Kairi looked down at him with disbelief, when she realised he was being serious the disbelieving look deepened and she jumped down from the tree beside him.
"Really?" She asked.
"Yup... really." He repeated. They looked into one-another's eyes and Kairi bit hard on her lip to fight back and hide her tears that were forming within her eyes. As Riku looked at her he put his arms around her and hugged her tightly.
She slowly raised her arms and hugged him back, with her eyes now shut tightly and her face was buried in his shoulder, whilst up in the sky, the stars began twinkling more than ever.
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After a while, they let go and Kairi sat back down and looked over the lake and at the bright stars, Riku crouched behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her from behind, while she held his arms and leaned her head softly on his, with a gentle smile on her face.
"What do you want to do now?" Riku asked kindly.
"I don't know," she replied. Then she turned and swung her arms around him and jumped, knocking him to the floor and she lay on him, hugging him tight. When she did this Riku laughed a little then hugged her back, resting his chin on her head, and stroked her hair. Soon after, Kairi sat up and started to tickle him.
"Haha, St....St...STOP IT!....PLEASE! IT TICKLES!!!" he pleaded with deep laughter. She gave a giggle then stopped. She got off and sat beside him and looked at the stars once more.
"They seem to be brighter, again." She smiled to Riku.
"Yup, they are," Riku replied with a smile, just then he shot up and looked around. They heard a familiar sound; Kairi looked into the dark forest and stood up.
"Not again." She groaned.
"Quick, get up into the tree, it's safer!" Riku said as he took his fighting stance and drew his Keyblade. Kairi climbed up into the tree and perched onto a branch and sat watching as these creatures began emerging out from the dark and moved in on Riku. They appeared unaware oof Kairi hiding in the tree, so she sat and watched for a while.
After a while, she noticed that Riku was getting tired and starting to stumble back and ready to give in, Kairi was worried about him and so she dived down and landed in front of Riku and drew her Keyblade. Then she took over the fight, allowing Riku to fall to the ground safely without worrying about the fight. Soon the only creature left was the leader that gave Kairi a piercing glare and distracted her to the side and it swung in and put one of it's knife-like arms through Riku's gut before Kairi turned and screeched as she swung violently for it, but it turned on its heel and disappeared back into the dark shadows.
She turned and knelt down beside Riku and lifted him so that his head and shoulders were resting in her arms, she looked down at the stab wound and bit her lip and tears began to fall. She looked around and then tore a part off her dress and held it to the wound applying all the pressure she could onto it with one hand, the other arms still resting his head.
"I'm sorry," he whispered to her with a soft smile.
"Riku, please... don't leave me alone again" she begged, "Please! You Promised, you... you..." she wept. He laid his head back and his eyes closed and he lay, motionless in Kairi's arms. She sat doing nothing, taking it in, before she began to cry more and shook his body gently; "you promised, YOU PROMISED, THAT YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE ME AGAIN! YOU PROMISED! You.... promise..." she lifted him and hugged his body before laying him down gently and laying beside him. She leaned her head upon his shoulder and a hand on his chest then closed her eyes. With her other hand, she held a deep blue pendant tightly, it was the shape of a heart which had been cut in half, and tears streamed down her face caringly. Through her shut eyelids, she saw a faint glow and then felt it, his chest rising and lowering slowly. She opened her eyes and sat up to look, when she looked at him she gasped gleefully and hugged him tightly, while still holding the pendant.
"I told you I wouldn't leave you again, didn't I?" He said sarcastically, hugging her back as she wept into his shoulder. She nodded slightly and hugged him tighter.
"I was so worried, I thought I'd lost you!" she cried, "I don't know what I'd have done if I had." She looked him in the eyes and smiled.
"Well, I'm fine now. I'm not going anywhere." he hugged her tightly in an apologetic way. Kairi nodded with a sigh of relief and hugged him back carefully. Then she stopped and looked over at the tree she had hidden in, as she listened carefully she heard a soft rustling from behind it. She slowly rose to her feet and made for the tree slowly, carefully, silently. By now Riku had also noticed it and stood up cautiously, not taking his eyes off the tree as Kairi walked slowly up to the noise. When she reached the tree she disappeared behind it.