A.N. If anyone wants me to continue this, tell me and I can do it.

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Chapter 1: Fate

Sora and Riku are at their usual table in the canteen, eating their lunch. While Riku told him how pissed off he was about a test they just wrote, Sora only half listened and kept glancing at a certain girl secretly. Her name's Kairi and he had a crush on her since she came to his school a few months ago.

"You know, this is really annoying by now." Said the silver haired boy eventually and snapped Sora out of his trance. "Huh? What?" Riku rolled his eyes at his best friend. "Why don't you just go to her?" The spikey haired boy blushed a dark crimson at his best friend's words. "I-I don't know what you mean..." He mumbled, while Riku raised an unimpressed eyebrow. "I know you've been staring at Kairi for weeks, don't think I never noticed."

"Kairi? Who's that?" He played dumb, scratching the back of his head nervously but Riku wasn't having any of it. "You should tell her you like her before anyone else does." Sora just nibbled at his sandwich, thinking about Rikus words. Even if he's right, he couldn't just go up to her and say he liked her. They haven't had a big conversation before, he'd look like a total creep. Or just one of many admirers.

As far as he knew a lot of guys had a crush on her. There were even people trying to flirt with her, but she always kindly refused. It's okay with how things are. No one would be good enough for her anyway. Not even Sora himself. Every heart had a bit darkness in them but it seemed like Kairi was devoid of it. Like there's only light. It wouldn't surprise him though, she was radiant.

Sora sighed deeply, leaning on the table with his head in his hands, still staring at the gorgeous redhead. Riku rolled his eyes again and stood from the table. "I can't take this anymore." He mumbled, before going to Kairis direction. Sora panicked when he realized what he's about to do. "Are you insane?!" He whispered so that no one else could hear him, but Riku obviously ignored him.

Soras panic intensified when Riku eventually approached her. "Kairi?" The redhead and her friends Hayner, Pence and Olette stopped talking and looked at him questioningly. "Yes?"

"You know my friend Sora over there—" Riku pointed in his direction, followed by Kairis eyes. Before he could say more, Sora jumped up from his seat and ran over to him to cover his mouth. "It's nothing! It's nothing, he's just...crazy." The brunette chuckled nervously before leaving again, pulling Riku along. Once their out of earshot, he let his so called best friend go. "What was that for?" Grumbled Riku, while Sora glared at him. "Are you insane?! You can't just go to her like that!"

"Why not?"

"Because—!" Sora stopped, he didn't have an answer for this. The silence was broken by the school bell. Sighing, Riku patted his shoulder before leaving. "Anyway, I'm going back now. Good luck." Sora just nodded, not moving from his spot for a while.

Nothing else happened for the rest of the school day. Sora kept stealing secret glances at Kairi whenever they were in class together and when he thought he could live through the embarrassment during lunch break, fate had another idea.

Because when he went through the halls, ready to go home, he collided with someone. They both fell to the ground and books were scattered everywhere. "Sorry!" Said Sora, quickly picking up all the books that fell to the ground. "I'm sorry!" He repeated, before he finally looked up to the person he knocked over. And of course it had to be Kairi.

"I-I'm really sorry." With all the books in his arms, he still helped her up. "It's okay." She said, smiling at him in that sweet way he came to love. "I wasn't paying attention to where I'm going. It's my fault. Sorry." Sora knew he's making a complete fool out of himself, but he couldn't help but apologize to her over and over again. She seemed okay, but he was still worried that he hurt her. The girl giggled and his heart jumped at this beautiful sound.

"It's fine." She repeated. "Sora, right?" Now his heart beat uncomfortably fast. She really remembered his name. For a second he wasn't sure if that's a good or bad thing, but eventually decided that it's good. Swallowing the thick lump in his throat, he replied. "Yep. That's me." He had to stay cool. Like Riku. "Thanks for helping me."

"Yeah. Yeah, sure. No big deal." Sora gave her his trademark grin and when she smiled back he felt like his heart's gonna burst out of his chest any second. He was about to give her back the books, when he noticed how heavy they must've been for her. "Uh, do you need help with these?"

"Nah, I can do it." She replied and held her arms out to take the books, but he quickly turned away so that they were out of her reach. "I insist. A girl like you shouldn't lift heavy things." He said, hoping it would make him look like a gentleman. But when she raised an eyebrow, he became nervous all over again. If he even stopped being nervous that is. "A girl like me?"

Sora realized his mistake and tried to come up with something, but everything that came to his mind could be misunderstood that he thought she's weak or worse. So while he thought for the right words his mouth stayed open and only a few noises came out. "I, uh...uh that's...that's not what I—" He was again silenced by her giggling and now nothing could stop him from blushing uncontrollably in front of her. He was such an idiot! "It's okay. Thanks for the help. That's really sweet of you." Sora nodded, wishing the pile of books in his arms were big enough to hide his red face behind. "No problem."

Then he followed Kairi all the way to her house, completely forgotten that he wanted to hang out with Riku after school. It was really nice, though, they talked about everything and got to know each other slowly. They even had a few things in common that Sora never thought would be possible. "Where do you even live?" She asked, once they arrived at her home. "Oh, uh, the other way." The brunette replied, looking back the way they've come from. "What? You didn't have to come the whole way here! Now your way home is longer!"

"It's okay, I don't mind." He said honestly, grinning at the redhead. "If you need any help you can ask me again. If you want." Sora gave her back the books and went down the steps to get off her patio. "I guess I see you tomorrow?"

"Sure. Thanks again." Sora's grin widened, it almost hurt. "No big deal. Bye!" He waved at her, before going home as well.

Once Sora was home, he was unable to do anything. He just lay in his bed, grinning like an idiot and going through his conversation with Kairi for the tenth time. Then the door to his room opened, revealing Riku but he didn't pay him any mind. "Hey, you lovesick puppy." He called him, trying to get him out of his 'lovesick' trance.

"Huh..." Sora was still in his dream world fantasizing all kinds of things about him and Kairi and simultaneously hoping they could be friends. Or more. "Did you forget that we wanted to hang out?"

"Yeah..." The room was silent for a minute, before Riku came closer. "Hey." He waved a hand right before his eyes, but Sora didn't care. "What happened?"

"We talked." Said Sora happily, going through the memories yet again. "We talked and it was great." Riku watched as Sora slowly slipped down his bed headfirst. In the end he was half hanging off his bed, still grinning. "Man you got it bad." The silver haired boy chuckled and held his forehead.