Author's Note: So, this story isn't really going to be that exciting, you won't chew off all your fingernails reading it. But it is based on true events. As sappy as this is going to sound to most of you, this story is based on my relationship with my boyfriend, and I'm replacing myself and my boyfriend with two of my all-time favorite video game characters, Sora and Kairi. It's just kind of a way for me to blow off steam, and if you guys like it, that's cool. :D
Warning: This story will be lots of fluff, lots of drama, but there WILL be sexual content, occasionally graphic, and there will be strong language. If either of those makes you feel uncomfortable, you may want to exit now.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Kingdom Hearts, and I don't pretend to.
Chapter One: Social Networking
It was early May, the year 2010. The day was nice. It was sunny, beautiful, and the smell of blooming flowers permeated the air. It was the type of day that people skip school and work to appreciate. However, there was one seventeen-year-old girl, by the name of Kairi, who had no interest in being outside adoring this new spring weather. No, she was much too busy doing something else.
She was on her laptop, visiting the newest social networking site she had come across. It wasn't a spectacular website. It was poorly put together and most of the advertisements on it led to websites that were blocked by antivirus for malware. The website borrowed a lot of features of Facebook and MySpace, making it a copycat of both, yet people still flocked to it, desperate for any site that would help them meet new people.
Kairi was not on this website to meet new people. She had recently discovered that it was quite easy to say things over the internet to piss people off; things that she didn't even believe were true or really feel. For some reason, it was funny. It was hilarious to see people take something someone they didn't even know said online and make such a big deal out of it.
This website was a prime place for Kairi to accomplish these acts of "trolling". It had a question and answer system, where men on the website could ask her questions and she could respond to them publicly, for the entire website to see. She loved writing bitchy, sarcastic responses to the guys asking her perverted questions and seeing the response that came from the other website locals.
Nope, Kairi had no intention of ever meeting anyone on this website.
On this particular day, she was enjoying her new hobby, giggling at the frustrated responses of the men she embarrassed publicly.
Q: Can I see your tits?
A: Look at you, being all brave behind the safety of your computer screen. I dare you to walk up to some random girl in the street and ask that.
Kairi smirked as she clicked "Submit". That wasn't her best work, but she knew that at least several thousand other girls were about to see what a pig that guy was.
Shortly after, her laptop dinged, and she saw a new message had appeared in her inbox. She snickered, knowing that she had gotten the job done and that this was the guy, writing her in private to tell her she was a bitch and would never get a man. That was how most of them reacted.
She was disappointed to see, when she opened her inbox, that the message was not from the guy she had just humiliated. It was a different user, one she had never terrorized. She had no interest in messages sent from random users. They were all guys looking to date, and that wasn't her purpose on this site. She read the message anyway, because she always did.
Hey! You live super close to me!
Lame. She eyeballed the guys' username. Jefferson Steelflex. LAME. The guy was probably a gigantic douchebag. She was about to click out of the message when she noticed the guy's picture. It was a mirror pic, taken with a flip cellphone with a crappy camera, but damn.
Lord have mercy, he was an attractive guy. He had spiky chocolate brown hair, and eyes as blue as the deepest ocean. His skin was beautiful too, not too pale, not too tan. It was a perfect mix.
Kairi was a little taken aback. Hot guys messaged her all the time, but she had never been this drawn to their pictures. There was something about this one. Something different. She took a deep breath, and decided to jump out of her comfort zone a little. What could a little small talk with a hot guy do? Nothing bad, that's for sure. She began to type.
Where do you live?
It took him 45 seconds to respond. He was quick.
On the other side of the island. It's like a 10 minute drive. Anyway, I messaged you because I saw that question you answered. It was sweet. That guy totally deserved it.
Kairi's heart pounded. This was very weird. Why was she having this intense reaction to this guy wanting to talk to her and thinking she was awesome? She received messages all the time telling her how awesome her answers to her questions were and she didn't care.
BTW, I'm Kairi. What should I call you? Jefferson? Jeff? Flex?
Crazily enough, she was actually worried that he would decide she was boring and stop talking to her. But sure enough, less than two minutes later got her a response.
Lol. My name is Sora. Stupid username, I know, but I only made this account because my friend uses this site and I wanted to check it out and I couldn't think of anything else. This site is stupid, though, do you have an email you wouldn't mind sharing with me so I can chat with you later?
Kairi choked back a scream of delight, and was once again horrified by her reaction. What the hell? She wasn't supposed to like a guy in the internet. Her ideal boyfriend was going to sweep her off her feet in person someday.
Yeah, sure. kairimarie .
Not a moment too soon, her Yahoo messenger window dinged, and an IM window popped up, clearly from none other than Sora.
Chickenwingz: Hi, it's Sora. Just wanted to get you added and let ya know who I am. I got some stuff to take care of but I'll hit ya up later. :P
Kairi was a little disappointed. She had only exchanged a few words with this guy so far, but she knew, somehow, that she could have talked with him all day long.
She did wait, all day long. She left her laptop on while she began her daily chores, while she gabbed on the phone with her best friend, Naminé, about how excited they were to graduate high school next week, while she caught up on her favorite TV shows. Then finally, at around 9 p.m, almost 8 hours after the original conversation took place, her Yahoo messenger dinged. Kairi scrambled to her computer to see what Sora had to say.
Chickenwingz: Heeyyy.
KairiMarie: Hi!
Chickenwingz: Sup?
KairiMarie: Trying to decide what to do to entertain myself for the rest of the night.
Chickenwingz: Well you could talk to me :P
KairiMarie: Of course! I meant on the side.
Chickenwingz: Well, how about you tell me a little about yourself, and I'll tell you a little about myself?
KairiMarie: Okay. I'm 17, senior in high school. My last day of school was yesterday, and I graduate next week. I'm going to attend community college in the fall. I want to go into the Human Service program, look into psychology or social work for a career. I'm single, don't have much of a life outside the computer, love animals and video games and books. Now you.
Chickenwingz: Interesting. I'm 18, and I'm also graduating next week :P You go to the high school on your side right? I'd know if I saw you at my school. Our graduation is like two days after yours. Anyway, I'm going to community college too, I'll be going into nursing. I enjoy videogames and I play guitar. I have a band.
KairiMarie: Cool! What's it called?
Chickenwingz: Ynitsed.
KairiMarie: :S
Chickenwingz: Lol. "Destiny" backwards.
KairiMarie: Oh! I guess that makes sense, lol. So, what are you doing?
Chickenwingz: I'm chilling in bed with some music playing, keep getting distracted by this water stain on my ceiling. It's seriously shaped like a mermaid.
KairiMarie: Really? Weird!
Chickenwingz: Yeah, I'll show you someday.
Kairi's heart leapt into her throat. This guy intended on meeting her? And hanging out with her in person? And showing her his bedroom?
It was too much to handle. She didn't understand how she could crush this hard on someone she just met 8 hours ago and didn't even know that well.
KairiMarie: How very forward of you.
Chickenwingz: Ugh, sorry. Did I offend you?
KairiMarie: No
Chickenwingz: In that case, could I be a little more forward?
KairiMarie: Sure
Chickenwingz: Can I have your phone number?
That was it. Kairi jumped out of her chair and did a happy dance around her room. He was really interested in her, and for once, she was interested too. And it felt wonderful. She sat back down and typed out her phone number, taking a deep breath before she hit "Send".
She had no idea what she was doing, or how this was going to work, but she decided that just once, she would just go with the flow, and let life take her where it was going to take her.
Author's Note: Sorry if that was boring for a first chapter, but it's hard to make talking over a computer sound interesting. :D I'm already working on chapter 2, so bear with me, I promise it will improve.
