Helllo This is going to be my third story here, and it's going to be a Riku/Kairi (I can't help my obsession, I'm sorry.) Even if you don't like this pairing, I hope that you can keep an open mind while reading this, and just enjoy the actual story. Let's see... umm, facts for the story would be: Sora and Riku are brothers, Sora and Kairi are 15, Riku's 17, uhh... idk. That's kinda it for now, and you can ask something in a review if you need me to explain something, but it shouldn't be necessary. This is taking huge chunks out of my own life, actually, so it's not that hard to write, and more fun for me :P. Anyway, enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Kingdom Hearts or its characters. They belong to Square Enix and Disney.

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Chapter 1: Changed Over the Years

"Hey Kairi." Riku's face glowed as he said her name. He hoped she didn't notice.

"Hey Riku." Kairi's face turned a bright red as she said his name. She hoped he didn't notice.

The two walked by each other in the busy hallway; Riku trying to make a path while Kairi's petite frame was forced to be swept along wherever everyone else was headed. Riku, realizing this, immediately grabbed her small hand and pulled her into an empty classroom.

"We almost lost ya there, Kai," Riku chuckled slightly as the younger girl tried to catch her breath. "Easy for you to laugh. You're not the one getting run over just trying to get to class." Kairi stuck her tongue out to show she was kidding, and Riku took that chance to tickle her.

Tickling. Kairi's one weakness. Especially when he did it to her. As soon as she felt his fingers grab for her stomach Kairi began her pathetic attempt to escape by squirming and squealing fitfully, which is what she always had to resort to.

"Ri...Riku! You know I hate being tickled!" This wasn't exactly true, since she didn't mind it when he did it. "Oh come on Kairi, you know you love it." Riku's cheesy smile had taken over his face, which made Kairi's face turn even darker red. It could have exploded at any second due to the tickling, the laughing, and the blush that graced her cheeks.

Finally, after Kairi falling to the floor and Riku following her with his nudging digits, a teacher walked into the no longer empty classroom and gave them a strange and quizickle look. More blushing cheeks appeared as the two embarrassed teens exited the room, hearing the late bell ring irritatingly.

"Uh, yea, I'll see ya later Kairi." Riku scratched his head a bit as he took off one way down the hall and flashed her a mesmerizing grin.

"Yeah," Was all Kairi could manage to squeak out as she took to the other direction. 'Jell-O' would be one way to describe the feeling in her body at the moment.

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"Hey Dad." Kairi tossed her heavy school bag onto her living room couch with a little effort as she addressed her father, who had just gotten home from work. "Hey Baby Girl."

Kairi scooted into the kitchen towards her refridgerator after having recieved a kiss on her forehead from her father. Opening the door to look for something to eat, she looked back at his face when she heard him make his distinct "hmm" sound; the one that he saved for cases that made him a bit uncomfortable. Kairi could tell it from his regular "hmm" because he furrowed his eyebrows in a way that almost made her laugh.

"Hey Kairi, it's okay if Sora and Riku's family come over for Fourth of July, isn't it?" Kairi's cheeks suddenly turned a bit pinkish against her will, but then she got to wondering: why would that be wierd for them to come over? She hopped up on the counter as she lost herself in her own thoughts.

Sora and Riku's family and Kairi's family had always been friends. They'd have parties together when they were little, those two were even Kairi's first friends. Sora had also been Kairi's first crush, but she had never let that slip to anyone before. Of course, when they were little, Riku had always scared her a bit.

He and Sora would always fight and compete, and sometimes they might even get violent evey now and again. Sora being more friendly towards Kairi, would always try and keep her out of Riku's way if he did get mad, cause he did have quite the temper. The reason Kairi was scared of Riku, was because sometimes if she didn't get out of the way, or tried to break them up, she would get thrown aside rather (ahem) roughly.

Anyway, over the years, Riku had grown out of his "aggression stage" as his mother called it, and he and Kairi became as close as she and Sora were. And even though she'd never admit to it, she loved having over protective "brothers" always by her side.

"Kairi? Hello?" Kairi snapped out of her thoughts as she turned to face her father with a dazed look on her face. She hoped her face wasn't still red. "That's alright, right?"

Kairi jumped down from her perch on the kitchen counter and headed towards her room to collect herself. "Yeah Dad, no problem."

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Yay I finally finished. That took me forever for some reason o.O Anyway, I know it's kinda wierd, or atleast it seems like it to me, but please R&R! I luuuuuuuuv feedback! And let me know where I should go in the next chapter. Thanx u muchly.

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