Ignorant Love

A fanfiction by Bobsies

Chapter One: Just Friends

Bobsies: Hiya! I'm so, so, SO sorry for not updating in my other story, What More Can I Say! I feel really bad...:'( School has been a whirlwind; thank GOODNESS for summer!

Well, I think my writing has improved since then. In this fanfiction, Kairi and Sora are best friends, not worst enemies.

What will happen? xD

Sorry. Gotta love the drama.

Oh, and by the way, Xion from 358/2 Days is involved as well.

Enjoy! :)

Bonk.

Kairi Hamasaki jolted out of her sleep to find a paper airplane by her desk. She blinked her bleary eyes (she barely got any sleep last night, since Xion had been studying for her science final and had forced Kairi to study with her) and looked back at the sender of the airplane. Her best friend, spiky-haired Sora Nomura, winked at her and grinned crookedly. She then glanced quickly at the teacher, who continued to speak in a dull monotone about "if the diameter of the circle is 5.827, and pie equals 3.14, we can then assume that the area of the circle is..."

Opening the airplane under her desk, she read, Have u noticed that there's a huge mole in Ichigawa's nostril? LOL HILARIOUS!

Kairi laughed to herself but then looked up worriedly at the math teacher, Ms. Ichigawa. She then noticed that there was an enormous black mole in her nose and that it wiggled when her nose twitched. She covered her mouth, but not before she let out a huge giggle, which came out as a squeak. Ms. Ichigawa's head snapped up and her beady eyes zeroed in on Kairi.

"What is so funny, Miss Hamasaki?" she asked in her nasal voice.

"Nothing," Kairi mumbled, blushing crimson. She then glanced up and nearly choked when she saw Ms. Ichigawa's mole trembling in indignation. When Ms. Ichigawa raised an eyebrow, Kairi's blush deepened to maroon. "Hiccups," she invented, managing to smile. To her relief, Ms. Ichigawa returned to the lesson.

She looked at Sora, who was nearly purple from trying to contain his laughter. Thanks a lot, she mouthed, glaring at him. He merely smirked in response. Rolling her eyes, she tried to concentrate on the teacher. It would be his fault if she didn't get an A out of math this semester. Even though she sometimes had attention problems, Kairi was a good student. Most of the time Sora distracted her. That was probably why he was barely passing.

After class, Sora headed her way, laughing hysterically. His friends, Roxas Gensai and Tidus Adachi, trailed behind him, also laughing. She stifled a smile.

"Thanks a lot, Sora," she said, rolling her eyes in mock frustration. Tidus cracked up.

"Kairi, I swear, you were turning purple!" he laughed. Sora and Roxas was laughing so hard that tears had formed in his eyes.

Unable to stop from smiling, she grinned and shouldered her bag. "I can't believe I have to put up with you guys," she complained jokingly, walking to the hall. She, Sora, Tidus and Roxas walked through the crowd to their fourth period classes. Sora and Tidus had Science class, while Kairi and Roxas had Advanced Japanese.

While Tidus and Roxas headed to their classes, Kairi and Sora went to her locker. They had made it a habit of traveling to each other's locker at every other five-minute interval. She handed him her textbooks as she twirled the combination on her lock.

"So, you coming to the dance next Friday?" Sora asked.

"Mm, I was thinking I might go to the mall with Xion and Olette," Kairi replied as she opened her locker. She took the books from Sora and switched them, placing new ones in his hands.

"The guys and I are going," he said. Kairi turned to look at him. What's he driving at? Sure, they had met up at dances, but...he sounded like he really wanted her to come. "It'd be more fun if you guys came too," he explained.

"I dunno..." she said softly. She remembered that Olette didn't like to dance after the time when Pence had danced with her and had sprained her toe by accidentally stepping on it three times.

She slammed her locker and Sora handed her the books.

"Well, just think about it, kay?" Sora asked. She nodded.

Suddenly, they locked eyes. Kairi noticed how blue his eyes were, how bright they-

Her cheeks warmed, and she looked quickly away. What am I doing?

"I gotta get going," she murmured, scuffing her foot against the floor. She glanced at her watch, which said it was one minute until class started.

"Uh, yeah, me too," Sora said, his voice just as quiet as hers. He grinned crookedly at her, waving. "See ya at lunch."

"Yeah..." She waved half-heartedly and watched him disappear around the corner.

What had just happened?

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What was I thinking? Sora thought, putting his hands on his head. Sure, he had always known that Kairi was cute- his friends didn't stop telling him that- but he had never really noticed how pretty she looked until now...with her dark, indigo eyes, soft red hair and black, feathery lashes...

Whoa.

We're just friends, he reminded himself as he looked up at the teacher, copying down the information she had written. He forced the thought into his mind. Just friends.

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"So Kairi, how are you and Sora doing these days?"

Kairi looked up to meet Selphie Tilmitt's bright green eyes.

"What do you mean, Selphie?" she asked, smiling and tilting her head slightly. Selphie was cheerful, bubbly and was generally a pretty nice girl, but way too nosy. Especially in relationships. Not to mention a huge flirt.

"Well," Selphie began, twirling a brown lock of hair innocently, "you two are always together. Are you guys going out or something?"

Kairi smiled patiently at her, ignoring her prodding. "Selph, we're best friends. Since we were in Preschool."

Selphie raised an eyebrow. "Fine, deny it all you want," she said, throwing her hands up in the air. Confused, Kairi watched Selphie leave.

Xion Aoki came over to Kairi's desk. Besides Sora, Xion was Kairi's best friend. With intense, electric blue eyes and a shock of black hair, Xion was rather quiet and reserved around most of her peers, though striking in looks. However, she was a thoughtful, sweet friend to have and had stayed by Kairi's side since junior high.

"What was that about?" Xion asked curiously. Kairi sighed.

"Just another question about Sora and I," she replied, rolling her eyes. "Honestly, I'm getting pretty tired of all of that pestering. Don't people get it that we're not together?"

Xion thought for a moment, then asked, "So if he had a girlfriend, you wouldn't be jealous?" She saw Kairi's questioning look. "Don't worry, I don't like him. I'm just wondering."

Kairi pondered over it. Would she be jealous if Sora had a girlfriend? Lots of girls liked him, since he was one of the best-looking guys in the tenth grade and had a personality to match.

Would she be jealous?

Her mind flashed back to a scene two years ago, in her eighth grade year. A determined-looking blonde had asked her if she and Sora were dating. When Kairi said no, the blonde smiled and handed her a slip of paper.

"That's my name, number and email. Can you deliver that to Sora?" she asked, smiling way too sweetly.

After the blonde left, Kairi had ripped the paper up and had thrown it in the garbage.

Would I be jealous?

"Kairi?"

Xion looked her with concern, and Kairi snapped back to reality. "You okay?"

Kairi managed a weak smile. "Yeah. Just...thinking."

Xion frowned, her eyebrows forming a V. "You didn't have to get so caught up about it. It's not that big of a deal."

Kairi nodded absently, but her mind was a million miles away.

Would I.....?

~End of Chapter~

Bobsies: Well, that was the end of Chapter ONE! Please R & R, I'll try to update as soon as possible! :D