A/N: Okay, just so you all know, it took me FOREVER to get this story uploaded. xD I was so close to giving up. So I hope you like it.

It's more than one chapter but I dunno if I'm going to continue, actually. Should I? You tell me.

Reviews, please!

Chapter One: Sora Has a Secret

The wind was blowing lightly, making Kairi's auburn hair flow in the wind slightly. She sighed; she had a lot to think about lately. She thought when they got home to Destiny Islands things would be just like before. But obviously that wasn't the case. Otherwise she would be with Riku and Sora right now. But she wasn't. She was alone on the beach.

Over the past few days Sora had been acting strange. It scared her a little because he wasn't telling her the whole story and she was wondering what was wrong with him. But he wouldn't tell her. Whenever she asked it was always the same answer, 'I'm fine', well, that wasn't good enough for her. She knew Sora and she knew that wasn't the truth.

It frustrated her. If he was truly her best friend why couldn't she just tell him? Why did everything have to be so difficult? She had basically just been re-united with him after a year and they had just returned to Destiny Islands; shouldn't they be back to normal? Shouldn't they enjoy the peace while it still lasted? But no. It just couldn't be that way, could it?

She was beginning to think she was making this bigger than it was. Maybe it would just take time for things to go back to normal. Maybe she should just wait. Kairi sighed in frustration. Waiting.

She had done a lot of waiting. Waiting for Sora to return. Somehow that hadn't worked out for her. She had ended up spending a lot of her time crying. Waiting was probably not one of Kairi's strong points. She was more of a make-things-happen kind of person not a wait-for-it-to-happen kind of person.

She was at a loss. Should she confront Sora and demand the truth and not give up until she got it? Should she wait and suffer not knowing until he decided to tell her? She wasn't sure. Her thoughts didn't go on much longer, however.

"Hey, Kairi," a deep voice said from beside her. She smiled.

"Hey, Riku," she greeted, "what's up?" Riku shrugged, grinning.

"I was about to ask you that," he said, and then he sighed. "Kairi, is something wrong? Because you've been kind of…" he paused, looking for a word, "distant." Kairi sighed.

"I guess I have been. It's not me, though. It's someone else." Riku grinned. "Would this someone happen to have chestnut hair, blue eyes and carry around a Keyblade?" Kairi rolled her eyes but nodded anyway. "Well, then. What do you think's wrong with him? I didn't notice anything…" Kairi was a little surprised at that.

"Really?" she asked. "Because he's been kind of, well, distant, I guess. I mean he can't really talk to me without looking away! And whenever I ask him what's wrong he also says the same thing." She folded her arms over her chest and tried to impersonate Sora, "'Kairi, I'm fine'. Seriously, how can I help him if he won't tell me what's wrong?" Riku burst out laughing, which caused Kairi to hit him on the arm.

"Oh, nice…hah…Kairi impression there, Kairi." Riku smirked and regained himself. "Kairi, I think I know what's wrong with Sora." Kairi looked excited.

"Really? Well, tell me, Riku!"

"Nope."

"Huh? Why not?"

"Because."

"Because why, Riku!" she demanded angrily.

"Because you need to figure it out yourself. Or wait until he confesses. And anyways, it's more fun for me if I don't tell you." Kairi playfully punched him in the arm, glaring at him.

"Whatever, Riku. But I will figure it out!" Riku laughed, before getting up.

"I'm sure you will, Kai," he said, before walking away, smirking. Kairi rolled his eyes at her friend.

"You know he never changed." Kairi smiled at that. At least it was one thing in her life that hadn't changed.

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It was dark out by now and the sun had set. Kairi was on the beach again. When she needed to think it seemed to be the best spot to go. The sound of the ways splashing lightly on the beach calmed her and made it easier to think something through. Now she definitely needed it.

Sora. She still couldn't figure it out. Why would he act like that? It didn't make any sense to her at all. Maybe she was just clueless. She sighed. Yeah, that was probably it. She was clueless.

A sound of footsteps was heard behind but she didn't even look. She knew who it was. "Hey, Sora," she said, a little sadly, when he sat down. He turned his head to her. "Hey, Kairi," the same, detached voice he had been using. She sighed inwardly.

"What brings you here?" she asked. He shrugged.

"I came to think. What about you?" 'Well, at least we're talking,' Kairi thought to herself.

"The same," she said, smiling. "The beach is a good place to think, right? I mean…it's calming. And when you look up the sky and see all the stars while still listening to the waves…it's beautiful." Her smile grew and she was happy to look at his face and see that he was smiling too. At least she was getting somewhere.

"Sora, what's been going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"You've been distant. Avoiding me, even. I know something's up, Sora. Please answer me for real this time. No, 'I'm fine'. No, 'nothing is wrong'. The truth and only the truth. Please, Sora," she said, her eyes pleading. Sora felt his heart pound in his chest.

"Kairi, I…" Kairi waited, even though every second seemed like an hour and she was hanging on his words, "can't tell you," he finished. Kairi couldn't stop herself. She sighed in frustration and stood up, surprising Sora.

"Sora, how could you do this?" she fumed angrily. "How could you do this to me, to us?! We just got back home after all this time and you do this to me?" she glared at him. "Do you know how long I waited to see you? Do you know how much I care about you, Sora?! Do you?" she shook her head sadly. "I don't know what is wrong with you but I thought you trusted me enough to tell me."

"But, Kairi---"

"Goodnight, Sora." She walked away, leaving him dumbfounded on the beach, with his mouth wide open.

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Kairi sat alone on her bed, hugging a pillow to her chest. She felt hot, salty tears flow down her eyes.

'Why don't you trust me, Sora?'