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(A/N): Hello again readers. As some of you may know Keyblade of the Heart is going to have a sequel, Hardships of the Heart. That fic is going to be kickass to say the least. But we have some time before I get around to making that story. So while I was writing Bonds of the Heart I thought to myself I should do a short mini-fic to show you all what Sora and the gang was doing in between Keyblade and Hardships. Thus KotH: Eight Months of Boredom was born.
A Day in the Life of Sora
Sora awoke to the sun peeking through the shade on his window. His response, pull the blanket over his eyes to block out the excess light. It was only a few days since they had returned to Destiny Islands and he was going to make the most of his free time, which currently meant sleeping in. That had been his plan on the fly back home. When they had landed they found out that the school year was starting. They had completely missed summer vacation. Using the money they had gotten from King Mickey the three former mercenaries Solaris, Luna, and Mika, had bought a rundown mansion in the hills of the island. Naminé and Roxas not wanting to impose on Sora and Kairi's families had decided to move into the large house with the three Clestians. In no time at all the entire gang had helped fixed up the mansion for the five that were going to be living in it.
While Sora may have wanted to sleep in his mother had other plans. She kept knocking on his bedroom door calling out to him. It took her threatening to come in before Sora rolled out of bed and answered his mother. In all actuality he needed to be up early anyways. Yesterday in school he'd been talking with Riku about doing some sparring out on the beach. People had overheard the two heroes talking of course and the simple spar had turned into the match of the century. After the match against Riku he was going out with Kairi. It was going to be their first date since they had got back and they were going with Riku and Selphie.
Riku and Selphie... that one had caught him off guard. Apparently they had been talking about dating before they had to go and save the worlds from some crazed maniac. Selphie was with Tidus at that point in time still but she just didn't feel like he was the right guy for her. Kairi said that Selphie was experiencing "hero worship" and that she probably only like Riku because he had helped saved the universe. Sora didn't see any problem with using that to help get a girl. He felt that saving the universe, twice no less, had helped him get Kairi. Maybe it was more that it gave him courage than changing Kairi's feelings. Either way his hero status, yes Phil hero status, had helped him with the girl of his dreams.
After taking a quick shower to get rid of the stink that accumulated while sleeping Sora ate a quick breakfast and was out the door to start the day. It was half past ten in the morning and the fight was to start a little after eleven. With only a half hour left Sora decided to make his way to the beach and see who was there already. No doubt many people had come to witness the epic fight that was going to go down. Making his way down to the docks where all the children's boats were kept, Sora passed by Riku's house and saw that his friend was coming out of the door. It took a LOT of self control for Sora not to laugh as he watched Riku being hugged to death by his mother. Still Sora couldn't help but let out a few snickers at the expense of his best friend. He was as calm as he could possibly be when Riku was freed from his mother's death grip. Waving at Riku to gain his attention Sora called out to him. With a kiss on the cheek Riku's mother let him go finally and the silver haired Keybearer ran at a breakneck speed, hopping over the fence, to get to Sora.
"Dang Riku it looks like you couldn't get out of there fast enough," Sora chuckled as they started walking to the docks.
"I love my mom Sora, I really do. But ever since we came back she's been real protective of me acting like something's going to happen to me." Riku looked exhausted as he walked alongside his childhood friend.
"You going to be up for our fight today? I can always let you forfeit you know," Sora joked trying to get Riku focused on something other than his mother. "We both know I'm going to come out of this the victor anyways. You can just save yourself the humiliation of being bested by me." Sora was only half joking with his childhood friend now. After the beat down that he had given Eclipse, Sora felt like he was on top of the world and that he could take on anyone. He would never say it to Riku's face but the former user of Darkness hadn't grown as strong as he had.
"Nice try Sora. You may have gotten stronger but you're still no match for me." Riku wrapped his arm around Sora's head and brought him down into a noogie.
"Owowowow. Riku stop I surrender," Sora laughed as he tried to escape the arm that held him firmly in place.
"What's that? I can't hear you, keep going? Alright if you insist," Riku let out a chuckle as he continued for a few more seconds. It was all in good fun and neither boy actually minded. Okay Sora did a little; his pride was on the line if anyone saw them. With a pat on the head Riku let go of the spiky haired brunette and got shoved back in return.
"Boys," Sora heard a familiar voice behind him sigh. Flipping around Sora came face to face with the girl he would later be taking out for lunch. Kairi had cut her hair to the length it had been when she had first lost her heart way back when. Sora had pouted at her when she first showed up with her old hairstyle. It was fun to run his fingers through her hair when they were sitting around and relaxing. When Kairi had seen had sadden he was at the shortness of her hair she assured him that she would grow it back out and that he'd just have to be patient.
"Aw come on Kai, you seriously can't expect anything less than that can ya?" Sora put on a big smile.
"If you two didn't act like that I'd be worried," Kairi answered knowing that there was no changing, or understanding, the way Sora and Riku interacted.
"Kairi do you know where Selphie's at? She was supposed to be at my place an hour ago. I tried calling her but she didn't pick up." Riku wasn't hurt that Selphie wasn't there or that she wasn't answering her phone, sometimes she vanished for hours at a time with no one knowing where she went. Whenever she came back though she always had a gigantic explanation as to where she had been. Sora had given up listening to the stories because they went on forever. The girl did not spare you a single detail in her story. One time it had been all about her losing her cell phone at the mall and she had spent hours retracing her steps only to find that it was in her purse rather than her pocket. She then spent hours detailing the event.
"Honestly Riku, you call yourself her boyfriend? She's in charge of all the after school functions, ALL of them. Do you really think she's not at the beach setting up some ridiculous stage or something for you two to fight on?" Riku was left speechless by Kairi's logic. Selphie would be the one to go and have a stage constructed from scratch for them to fight on. Now that it had been pointed out to him Riku felt like an idiot.
"You're right Kairi," Riku said in agreement, "guess I'll see her when we get there then."
The three friends reached the docks and already they could see balloons, streamers, and pictures of both Riku and Sora scattered across the island they were headed to.
"We have to give them an entrance," Sora said gleefully more than happy to show off.
"He's right Riku. Looks like your girlfriend has really gone all out," Everyone turned around to see Mika and the others walking towards them. "You can't disappoint your audience."
"What, you guys are here to?" Kairi asked in slight shock. The Clestians didn't seem like they'd be the type to enjoy a mock fight.
"You'd have to pay me to miss this. Silver versus Spikes. It's the match of the century apparently." Mika had a wild grin on her face as she looked the two contestants over. It was like she was eyeballing two horses before a race. The two teenage Keybearers were nothing more than entertainment to the older woman.
"Mika they're just going to have some fun, it's a friendly spar that got some publicity." Luna rolled her eyes at how much joy Mika seemed to be exuding.
"Yeah but they're stars. Saviors of the universe, heroes. It's bound to be a fight worth watching," Mika countered her enthusiasm escalating.
"Hey Riku," Roxas stepped forward, "once you beat Sora I think we still have a score to settle."
"You got that Roxas. I'll beat you without using Darkness then." Riku smirked as he and Roxas shook on it sealing the deal. They still had a grudge to settle after all.
"We can't be watching the fight though," Sol announced to the group which was answered with an collective "aw". "Someone has to protect the audience. If they're going to be fighting then that means magic which they'll dodge and it ends up hitting some random person." As much sense as Sol made at the moment no one wanted to concede that he was right. Did he really have to bring up the possibility of injuries to noncombatants? "I'm good but I'm not going to be able to protect the all of the people. So who's going to help me keep a Barrier going?" All eyes turned to Naminé who'd been silent up to this point. She was the obvious choice when it came to protecting people. A simple change into her Cleric form and she could throw up a Barrier like nothing anyone had ever seen. Well not that powerful but you get the idea, protective magic was Naminé's thing.
"I have no problems doing it," Naminé sighed in defeat. There was no way that she getting out of helping Sol protect the citizens.
"C'mon Riku let's go give them a show." Sora patted his friend on the back.
"What about this entrance you had planned?" Riku reminded him.
"I was thinking we'd fly in but I forgot you can't fly."
"Wanna bet?" Mika waved her hand in Riku's direction and the Keybearer started to float up a few feet off the ground.
"How are you doing that?" Sora, Kairi, and Riku asked in unison.
"Float spell, duh." Mika shook her head in shame at the three's lack of magical knowledge. "Let's just get this going, Silver here isn't exactly the easiest person in to keep airborne and the spell isn't really meant for flight."
With Riku being lifted into the air by Mika, Sora stacked form abilities to leap high into the air and glide over the water to the island where the people were waiting for them. Both teens were greeted with loud cheers once they were spotted approaching from the air rather than the boats. Sora waved at the kids and teens that had gathered, there were even a few adults. Up on the wooden bridge connecting that odd circular rock to the island was what could only be described as a desk. Not a school desk but the kind an anchorman has. It had two poles coming up out of the sides and at the top between them were the words "Sora vs. Riku" written in yellow against black paper. At the base of each pole sat a large speaker and while they couldn't see it, a very tiny generator was running in the shack supplying the speaker with power. Sitting behind the desk in front of a microphone was none other than the self named "Brunette Bombshell" Selphie.
Spotting the stage that had been built for them in sand Sora and Riku landed as close to dead center as two people could manage. The stage was made of wood and Sora tapped his foot against to test the strength of the area he'd be fighting on. It felt pretty solid but then again he had cut through skyscrapers like they were butter. He'd have to hold a lot back if he didn't want to end up destroying the weak wood. Their hastily crafted stage was rectangular and covered half of the beach going right up to edge of the sand. As soon as they landed both Sora and Riku were swarmed by a gaggle of girls. A loud cough over the microphone from Selphie reminded the hoard of fangirls that the two boys were currently taken. While it made the majority of them leave a few still clung to Sora and Riku like leeches. Those girls kicked up dust as Kairi and the others made their way onto the stage. Sora grinned sheepishly at Kairi, who for some reason had the Oathkeeper in her hands.
"That's right he's mine!" Kairi shouted at the fleeing girls waving the Oathkeeper in their direction.
"Put it away Kairi," Naminé sighed at her former Somebody. "They aren't going to try anything with you here."
"You don't know that Naminé," Kairi snorted in disgust, "these girls are crazy."
"Come on Naminé. Let's get the barrier set up." Sol placed his hand on his apprentice who hung her head and transformed into her Cleric Form, complete with her Cleric's Grace Keystaff. Sol and Naminé suddenly disappeared from sight and reappeared next to Selphie. The two mages took position on either end of the desk and sat criss-cross applesauce, hey this is Sora's chapter things are going to be a little childish, closing their eyes and generating a series of protective spells over the arena. Together they created the same barrier that seemed to pop up when Sora faced a large amount of Heartless.
"Oh he yells at me for aging Roxas with 'dangerous' Time Magic but uses a Haste Burst?!" Luna shouted at no one in particular.
"Haste Burst?" Roxas and Kairi voiced.
"Normally Haste lasts for a minute or two before it stops working. A Haste Burst condenses all that speed you'd gain into four seconds, giving you the appearance of teleporting. The backlash can be painful but there's no real danger to it," Mika explained to the younger less experienced generation.
Selphie's voice broke out over the sounds of the crowd asking them to all turn their attention to the stage as the fight was about to begin. Sora hugged Kairi before she left to go stand with the other spectators. Sol and Naminé opened a hole in the barrier so that everyone could get to safety. Not that those left on the wrong side of the barrier needed protecting. With everyone gone from the stage Sora could feel the eyes of all the people on him and Riku. It was a little nerve racking to know that so many people had shown up. Sora soon got over it and started to drink the attention in, they were here to see him fight Riku and he was going to make sure that they got a show.
Both fighters stood facing each other sizing the other up before they called their Keyblades into their hands. The black handle of Oblivion flashed into Sora's hand as the Fenrir Keyblade appeared in Riku's. Sora felt good about his chances against Riku, he'd beaten him a few time since he had obtained the Keyblade. Now that he had gotten more experience while Riku had been incapacitated he thought that he was going to win easy peasy. A bell sounded, Sora didn't know from where, and Riku leapt into action at the sound. Seeing the attack coming Sora blocked the vertical slash and countered with his own. Riku twisted out of the way and launched another attack at Sora. The two traded blows with each other testing out how fast the other could respond, each attack was faster and stronger than the previous as they got into the groove of fighting. There were times when one of them would be faster and land a blow on the other only to find themselves soon cut. Both landing a few strikes before they broke apart.
Jumping back Sora unleashed a barrage of Blizzards only to have them hit a Shell that Riku threw up. The green shield was tinted black on the edges, traces of the Darkness still inside Riku. Having sized each other's physical capabilities the two moved on to testing out the others magical strength. Sora sent out various second tier spells at his opponent. Each was met with a shield or missed as Riku dodged out of the way retaliating with his own spells. Any spell that either of them dodged would wind up hitting the barrier or the ground. What Sora couldn't understand was how Riku was so strong even though he hadn't been training. Did he underestimate his friend's natural ability or was he himself not as strong as he thought? Either way Sora knew that it wasn't going to be as easy of a win as he had originally anticipated.
Coating Oblivion in flames Sora hurled the weapon in a Flame Raid. Taking a page out of Roxas' book Sora had sent the Keyblade on a curved path rather than a straight one. With his weapon flying through the air Sora cast a myriad of spells at Riku trying to land a blow. One of his Thundaga spells caught Riku right before the Flame Raid hit the silver haired teen. Riku cast a Cura on himself healing the wounds that had been inflicted on him. Recalling his Keyblade to his hand Sora healed his own wounds, not wanting Riku to have the advantage by being healed. As the green tendrils of Cura vanished Sora watched as Riku leapt into the air. He came straight down at Sora the Fenrir glowing yellow with Drain magic. Sora knew that even if he managed to block the Keyblade that the Drain magic would continue on and syphon off some of his strength. Instead of blocking the attack with the Oblivion, Sora created a Protect shield hoping that it would stop Riku far enough away that the magic wouldn't be able to reach him. His effort was in vain though. As Riku slammed into the blue barrier the yellow magic went straight through and pierced Sora's shoulder draining some of his strength and restoring Riku's. Again Sora found himself staring at his best friend from across the stage, which was surprisingly holding up under the strain.
Alight, it's time to kick this up a notch. Sora thought to himself as he found his inner power. "MASTER!" Mana gathered around Sora and fizzled out leaving him in his normal form.
"What the?" Sora was lost as to why his Drive had failed. He had been able to access them without absorbing a friend before, why was now different.
"Come on Sora, it'd be unfair if you could use Drives while Riku has none!" Kairi shouted at him. Sora looked over at his girlfriend and noticed that the Oathkeeper was in her hands still and somehow was piercing the barrier. Sora's sixth sense told him that Kairi had been the one to mess with his Drive change. There was a faint Dispel feel coming off the Oathkeeper and in the air around him. Normally the white magic spell wouldn't be able to work as Sora could use the mana while transforming to block the spell. As he had been focused on Riku he hadn't felt Kairi cast the spell on him.
"Fine, I'll just beat him the old fashioned way!" Sora shouted back.
Gearing up for another assault Sora ran head first at Riku and used a Haste to speed up his attacks beyond his normal capabilities. Riku had a hard time keeping up with his increased speed and received a number of cuts as proof. Sora's lack of knowledge in Time Magic meant that the Haste spell was short lived and Riku was able to gain his footing once more. Riku used an Aero spell to generate a small tornado around him pushing Sora away. Sora barely had enough time to roll out of the way as a Dark Firaga was hurled at him. Black flames burst against the barrier behind Sora causing a few audience members to gasp.
Again there was a large gap between Sora and Riku. As Sora jumped forward for another strike he was suddenly stopped as Roxas appeared before him with a Keyblade in his hand. Oblivion and Bond of Twilight clashed as Sora had too much momentum to stop in time. Over Roxas' should Sora could spot Luna using Flamberge to stop Riku in his tracks, the black metal of the Fenrir clashing with the red blade Luna used.
"Enough Sora," Roxas shouted.
"Why'd you stop us Roxas?" Sora asked bummed that he had jumped in and stopped the fight. Riku must have been asking Luna the same thing as he had the same confused look on his face that Sora did. Roxas and Luna both pointed up to the bridge where Sora spotted Sol and Naminé lying down.
"That's why, you two didn't hold back did you?! It was too much for them to handle but they kept the barrier up as long as they could!" Roxas was fuming and behind him Luna didn't seemed to be too pleased either. That last Dark Firaga had caused the barrier to waver, the dark energy adding more strain on Sol and Naminé then a normal spell.
"I'm sorry," Sora and Riku echoed.
"It's alright. While I'm not sure about Naminé, Sol wouldn't have said anything and won't complain a bit," Luna assured the two fighters. "Come on Roxas, let's get those two back home. I'm sure they could use the rest."
Sora watched in shame as two of his friends were carried off by their significant other. He really should have paid more attention to the state of Sol and Naminé. There was no excuse for him to have missed them collapsing like that. When he had started the fight he had been so sure that he could defeat Riku with ease that he'd been surprised at how strong his friend was. Riku presenting more of a challenge than he expected Sora had gotten caught up in the fight and tuned out everything else, not caring that his spells would miss because he knew they would clash with the barrier. Selphie announced that the fight was a draw and there would be no official second match in the foreseeable future. Kairi ran up to Sora and she had a pained look on her face. Sora could see the disappointment written on her face.
"Hey Kairi... we still on for lunch?" Sora asked hoping that at least he'd have that to pick his spirits up.
"Yeah," Kairi nodded putting on a smile for his benefit. "Just do me a favor and go change real quick." She pointed at his clothes that had a few pieces missing from Keyblade slashes and magical attacks. The red shirt he had been wearing was practically useless it was cut so much and the pants he had on were reduced to shorts.
-o-O-o-
After rushing home and changing like Kairi had so nicely suggested Sora ran all the way to her house, throwing in a Quick Run every now and then to make up for the extra time he had spent to take a quick shower. He didn't want to smell like burnt hair and sweat on his date. Sora had replaced his torn up clothes with a yellow shirt that had a black crown symbol on the chest, Sora's necklace had become an official trend since he gained hero status, and a pair of black shorts. Like most guys Sora only had one pair of shoes so he hadn't had anything to change into there, keeping to his large black and yellow shoes.
Coming up on Kairi's rather large house, Sora spotted her standing outside against the gate. Before she had been in a pair of white shorts and a pink tank top but she had taken the time to change to. She now wore a pink strapless dress with white flowers decorating it. The skirt portion of the dress flared out a bit and went down to just above her knees. She had on a pair of matching pink sandals and the charm bracelet he gotten her back in Twilight Town. The silver was a little tarnished but it was to be expected, after all she had worn it throughout the entire journey they had just come back from. Kairi was on the phone talking with Selphie from the sounds of the high pitched squeal that had just echoed throughout the world. Her back was currently towards Sora so he started to creep up on her. He managed to get all the way to her without her noticing him in the least. Reaching around Sora put his hands over her eyes.
"Guess who!" Sora shouted happily as Kairi let out a scream as she dropped her phone and jumped from suddenly having her vision cut off. Instincts that had been honed over the course of a journey kicked in. Kairi rammed her elbow into Sora's stomach. She spun around on the balls of her feet, Oathkeeper flashing into her hand with a Thunder spell ready to fire wrapped around the white blade.
"Oh my god! Sora I'm so sorry," Kairi quickly apologized once she seen that it was her boyfriend doubled over, Oathkeeper returning to the void waiting for Kairi to call it back.
"I should have seen that coming." Sora tried to wave it off like it was nothing. Normally it would have been something he could brush off after a moment but having just fought Riku, Sora was still a little weak.
"Well come on, Selphie and Riku are waiting for us at this new restaurant that's sprung up while we were gone. It's a buffet so they should have enough food for you," Kairi teased him. Sora's appetite was legendary among the restaurants of Destiny Islands. People could easily mistake him for an alien race that look like humans with monkey tails, for animal like humans that could change into lions, tigers, cats, and wolves. Hell he could be mistaken for a blue haired mercenary that had saved his world from a crazed Goddess of Order.
"That's what you said about the last place, right before they kicked me out," Sora deadpanned.
"You can't take the whole tray back to the table Sora. You're supposed to put it on a plate," Kairi tried to explain to him.
"I was saving them dishes!" Sora exclaimed feeling that his reasoning was sound. Kairi gave up, there was no reasoning with Sora when it came to food. It was like trying to kindly ask a Heartless to leave, not that some crazy people weren't prone to try that. "You said that Riku and Selphie were already there right?"
"My cell," Kairi said as she remembered that she had dropped her phone when Sora had snuck up behind her. The, surprisingly pink, phone lie on the ground Selphie's voice ringing loud and clear through the device. Picking up her phone Kairi apologized quickly, explaining that Sora had surprised her causing her to drop the phone. Selphie told her that they'd probably run into Riku on their way to the restaurant as he had heard Kairi shouting and had taken off thinking something was wrong.
Once Selphie had been assured that nothing was wrong Sora and Kairi started down the sidewalk. About a quarter of the way to the restaurant they met up with Riku who was more than slightly annoyed that he ran all that way only to have it be Sora that had spooked Kairi. The trio walked to their destination talking with Sora and Riku talking about their fight and what would have happened if they had been able to continue it. Kairi, who had her arm linked with Sora's, was stuck in between the two boys as they argued about who was better. They somehow wound up agreeing that they would settle the match over video games. As if killing each other in a virtual world like that would be able to demonstrate their actual battle capabilities.
Reaching the restaurant, The Jade Dragon, they walked inside and were greeted with the aroma of many different foods. There was chicken, garlic, noodles of some sort, and beef just to name a few of the smells that caused Sora's stomach to rumble. Sitting in a booth against the wall was Selphie who was on her phone probably texting someone. It seemed that every rumor that circled the islanders found its way to Selphie through her phone. When she spotted the three friends approaching the table she put her phone in her purse, which was placed between her and the wall. Riku sat down next to Selphie while Kairi took the inside of the booth leaving Sora the outside. It only made sense that Sora was the one on the outside, he would be getting up to get food far more often than Kairi would. A waiter passed by the table and stopped when he noticed that it was Sora sitting in the booth. After a warning that he had to leave food for the other customers, it seems they already knew about Sora. Once the warning was delivered the waiter asked what they wanted to drink, both girls ordered tea while Sora and Riku had a cola.
Sora and Kairi were the first two to go and collect their food. Kairi came back with a single plate neatly filled with a pasta dish and some garlic bread to start off. Sora however... he came back with a plate in each hand and one balanced on each arm, they weren't small either. Each plate was stacked with enough food to feed three small children. Kairi sighed as she watched Riku help Sora place his plates on the table making sure that nothing dropped. If Kairi hadn't seen him eat more before she would wonder if it was even possible for one person to eat that much food at once. Riku and Selphie then left to go and gather their own food, what Sora had left of it, and came back with normal sized plates.
"So Kairi, what was it like traveling worlds with your boyfriend? Did you guys run into anything weird while you were out there?" Selphie questioned once she had some food in her. There was no point in asking Sora the questions, he had started devouring the first mountain and would be occupied for a few minutes.
"Traveling with Sora was fun. He actually knew a lot about the worlds and how to go about things. There were a lot of weird things out there. We landed on a world where we were changed into lions." Kairi reminisced about the adorableness of lion Sora.
"You were turned into animals? How, why?!" Selphie seemed over excited for something that Sora and Kairi now considered simple.
"Because some worlds don't have humans so the magic of the world changes your shape so that you can blend in better and keep the world order intact," Riku explained. Sora had been paying attention and nodded his head in agreement. He had enough manners to not talk with food in his mouth.
Most of the conversation between the group was Selphie asking questions about visiting other worlds. She seemed to be really interested in what they had experienced. Sora figured that anyone would be curious to know about the other worlds, it was a whole other world after all. Selphie even asked about the Celestial Warriors and what they were after that had caused her best friend to leave home once again. All three Keybearers did their best to explain what Eclipse had been after while excluding all the horrible things that had happened, like Riku being taken by Darkness and the loss of Agrabah.
When they were done and the boys paid for the meal, like they should, they two couples said their goodbyes and headed in different directions. Sora wrapped his arm around Kairi's shoulder while she placed her arm around his waist. He was a little disappointed in how the date had went, Selphie had talked the entire time that he hadn't been able to really converse with Kairi at all. While he didn't have anything particular to say to her, he did want to talk with her, maybe tell her a joke or two so that he'd be able to hear her giggle or if the joke was really funny a full blown laugh. Now he was all talked out. How Riku managed to actually date Selphie was a mystery. Maybe it was because Riku was more the calm silent type and was happy to let Selphie carry the conversation responding only when he needed to.
They reached Kairi's house sooner than Sora had wanted. They had homework to do and both his and Kairi's parents had allowed them to put it off for a date. Sora felt lucky that his mom was understanding enough that she didn't force him to cram all the schoolwork he could into the short time he was going to be at home. All the parents knew that the teens were only home waiting for King Mickey to send them word on Maleficent and what she was up to.
"Hey Sora," Kairi said as they walked up to her door, "do you think we can try this again next weekend? I felt like we were more entertaining Selphie than on a real date."
"That sounds great, so shall we do the ever classic movies?" Sora joked.
"You know there is a new movie playing that sounds like it'd be fun to see but I was thinking more like a picnic in the hills."
"Sounds good to me Kai."
Sora pulled Kairi into a hug, holding her close for as long as he could before he would have to go back home. He felt Kairi move to stand on her tiptoes and push away from him just enough that she wouldn't hit his chin. Sora leaned down and placed a soft kiss on Kairi's lips. Their kiss was brief though as they both knew that Kairi's foster parents would be watching them. It ruined the moment partly knowing they were being watched but it didn't stop them from sharing a chaste kiss with each other.
"See you later Sora," Kairi whispered
"Hopefully we can get our homework done in time to hit the beach," Sora suggested.
"Sounds like a plan."
(A/N): Who got the references to Sora's appetite? For those who didn't, too bad. Restaurant is named as such because you humble author here plans to become a pastry chef one day.