It had all happened so fast.

Like a big blur.

How did we even get here?

It was a clear sunny day as usual on Destiny Islands. School had finally ended and the most noticable trio of friends at Destiny Islands High were walking home on the soft gravel path.

"Ugh, seriously why can't school be like...I don't know 10 min instead of 8 hours?!" Sighed Sora.

"Because Sora, if it was only 10 min you wouldn't learn anyting and you'd still be as dumb as you are now." Replied Riku cooly.

"He-ey! What happeded to best friends?! Geez Riku why can't you just sigh and nod and agree with me for once" Sighed the plucky brunette.

"What? Would you prefer I lie to you?" Riku retorted.

Kairi observed her two best friends and let out a slight giggle as she brushed a peice of her vibrant red hair out of her face.

"Hey guys! Why don't we just row out to the island and relax a little before we head home?"

The two boys just started at eachother for a moment with a competive edge gleaming in both of their eyes.

"The usual?"

"Oh bring it on, Riku!"

The two boys pushed themselves to the limit as they raced down the long path. Sora put all the strength he had into his legs trying to make it to the finish line before his more muscular devolped best friend. But as always Riku beat Sora just by seconds to the boats.

Exhausted from the race the two boys slowly dragged their boats onto the calming waters surrounding the beach at the edge of town and slowly rowed out to the island followed not to distantly by Kairi.

After hours of playing around and Riku and Sora coming up with competition after competition the sun started to set and the three friends let out a long sigh.

"Guys we should definitely do this more often." Kairi observed

The two boys nodded in agreement and slowly let their bodies slink down into the sand. Sora brushed his hand through his chocolate colored spikey hair and glanced at the watch strapped to his wrist. And his clear blue eyes suddenly got wide with panic.

"Oh crap! Guys is that seriously the time?!"

His two friends glanced at their watches and phone to confirm and nodded in agreement. Sora then started stumbling about trying to gather his things as fast as possible and threw them into one of the boats without even bothering to put his shoes back on.

"See ya tomorrow guys! If my Mom doesn't kill me." Sora shouted to his friends while managing to keep the last part quiet enough so they wouldn't hear.

The two remaining friends sat and giggled softly to themselves at the utter goofyness Sora had just displayed. Then nothing but an akward silence remained which was unusual for the two friends. Riku finally built up the courage to break the akward silence at risk that he could make the situation more akward.

"So have you given Sora an answer yet?" Riku asked stone faced

Kairi let out a slight gasp caught majorly off guard by Riku's question. But thought that Riku deserved the right to know as he was one of her best friends.

"Yeah I have." She replied

"And?"

"I said yes." She said as she looked down at the ground

"So what does that mean for you, for him, for us?" Riku asked seriously.

Kairi looked shyly down towards the ground unsure of how to answer Riku's question. She hadn't even thought about it herself. So how could she answer him if she didn't know the answer herself?

"Well...I don't really want anything to change a whole lot. I still want us to have fun together like we did today. Just because Sora and I are dating exclusively now doesn't mean we can't all hang out together!" Kairi insisted.

Riku and Kairi looked into eachothers eyes for a moment and Riku could tell that she was being sincere. He gave her one of his signature smiles and looked away. They both stared into the horizon without saying a word.

"Kairi?" Riku asked seriously

"Yes?"

Riku stumbled trying to find the right words and a way to put his statement. Kairi stared in disbelief as she had never seen Riku so flustered before. He was usually so smooth and comfortable around girls.

"I want you to take what I'm about to say seriously and tell me the absolute truth." Riku let out a deep sigh as he prepared for the plunge.

"What would you have said if I was the one who had confessed and asked you out?"

Kairi felt frozen. Unable to move. What was he doing? Why was he saying this?

Riku then let out a soft laugh and began to shake his head.

"Ya know what. Nevermind. That was stupid just forget I said anything." He said embarrased as he pushed himself up off the soft, sandy ground. Riku then leaned down to Kairi's level looking her directly in the eyes.

"Just because I've always wanted to do this" Riku said as he pulled Kairi's face close to his.

Kairi just sat there frozen, internally panicking at what was happening, at what Riku was about to do. She wanted to move, to run, to talk, to do anything! But she couldn't. She just sat there as she silently watched the events unfold before her very eyes.

Riku's lips were coming closer and closer to Kairi's and she felt them brush against hers almost in a gentle stroke.

Riku pushed himself off the unstable ground and cooly walked away into the red setting sun.