"Stupid Kairi, stupid Riku, Stupid Island! All the beaches in the world and my dad had to pick this one!" The spiky haired brunette thought to himself, kicking a seashell as he walked. Hands in his pockets trudging down the beach Sora thought of all the things they had told him.

"No Sora, Kairi's aaaallllll yours." Sora said mocking his ex-best friend.

"No Sora, I can't go out with you, I have too much going on in my life to be in a relationship right now." This time mimicking his other ex-best friend and old crush, using the girliest voice he could think up. He laughed at how funny he sounded. "That's what they had said.....they were both liars." Sora thought shaking his head. Sora hated liars he couldn't stand them. That's the reason he and Leon, his dad, were so close, Sora never lied to his Leon, even if it was something small like saying he did his chores when he really didn't, and Leon never lied to him either, they talked about everything. Leon even told him the truth about his mother's death, he could have told him some lie about how he was adopted or the stork brought him, but he told Sora the truth. Sora's mom, Tifa, had died while giving birth to him. Leon had never dated after Sora was born. Sora guessed he just hadn't gotten over his mother's death.

"I guess I better go home before it gets too late. Leon will worry and I have to tell him about my day. Losing my two best friends and my crush all in one day is something I definitely needed to tell Leon." Sora thought as he found himself back on the street. In the distance he could see two figures standing in front of his house. It was getting dark so he couldn't make out who they were. As he got closer the figures got a bit clearer. He saw that one of them had silver hair and the other had red hair. He knew exactly who it was now.

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"Sora wait!" Riku pleaded as Sora pushed past him.

"Screw you!" Sora said angrily not even looking back. Kairi ran to walk beside Sora.

"Sora we didn't mean to hurt you." She said trying to keep up. Sora stopped right in front of his house and turned to look at her. "What!? You didn't mean to hurt me?" he spat through gritted teeth, "Really now? Well then you should have thought of that before you lied to me!" He yelled at her while walking to his door.

"But Sor-," Riku was cut off by a loud 'Fuck You' followed by the sound of Sora's heavy front door slamming.

"Do you think he'll ever forgive us?" Kairi asked Riku.

"Sora's been my best friend since we were two, and the one thing he can't stand is a liar. It would take a miracle for him to forgive us."

"But it was the only way to-"

"Shhhhhhh!" Kairi was cut off by Riku and they both walked away silently.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Language Sora." Leon called, probably from the kitchen.

"Dad I'll be eighteen in three weeks, I'm pretty sure I can say what I want."Sora said while walking to the dining room. There was a plate full of chicken nuggets in the shape of paopu fruits. "Yeah I'm seventeen and I still get food meant for eight year olds." He rolled his eyes and chuckled a little. At that moment Leon walked in.

"What's so funny?" He asked.

"Nothing just thinking about something," Sora said sitting down to eat his paopu shaped chicken.

"By the way, you're still seventeen mister. So in three weeks you can say anything you want, but right now you're still under my jurisdiction." Leon said while laughing and mussing Sora's hair. Another thing Sora loved about Leon was that he didn't pry. He wouldn't even ask about what the whole door slamming and cursing was about. It wasn't like Sora wasn't going to tell him anyway, but he still liked the fact that his dad wasn't nosy.

"Yeah, yeah, I know," Sora laughed, "Why aren't you eating?"

"I already ate. I didn't want my food to get cold like yours did." Leon laughed. Sora for the first time since he got home looked at the clock.

"TWELVE THIRTY?!" Sora almost screamed, "Sorry I'm so late dad, I had a lot of stuff on my mind today."

"It's ok; you're old enough to stay out as long as you want." Leon explained

"I can stay out as late as I want but I can't cuss?" Sora said jokingly.

"That's right little man."

"So, you wanna know what was on my mind all day?"Sora asked.

"Do you want to tell me?" Leon said raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah sorta." Sora said half smiling while scratching the back of his head.

"Then by all means go ahead."

"Well you see….." Sora began to tell the story of his day.

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Sora and Riku were sitting on Riku's couch playing video games. They were having another one of their sleepovers and had just finished breakfast. When Sora said,

"Riku do you like Kairi?"

"HAH! NO!" Riku said almost falling off the couch, "Why?"

"Because, I think I might like her, and wanted to make sure that you didn't like her too…So are you sure you don't like her?"

"No Sora, Kairi's aaaallllll yours." Riku said chuckling a bit.

"Okay," Sora said excitedly, "So, do you want to come with me when I ask her?"

"Sure." Riku said half smiling.

"Do you think she'll say yes?" Sora asked timidly.

"I have no idea, I guess we'll have to find out." Riku said chuckling.

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Sora and Riku had walked to Kairi's house and they were all in her room talking about homosexuality.

"NO! That's weird! I could never be gay." Sora almost screamed defending himself.

"Well I think you would make a cute gay guy." Kairi said laughing, "Come on Sora it's ok you can tell us. We'll still be your friends. Right Riku?"

"Yeah sure." Riku said with a frown.

"What's wrong Riku?" Sora said sounding concerned.

"Oh nothing, I just have to go to the bathroom." Riku said as he stood up and winked at Sora. "Good luck," he said as he walked out of the room and shut the door.

"Good luck?" Kairi asked looking at Sora.

"Oh, ha-ha, it's ummm, ummm, well I have a question to ask."Sora said cheeks turning a little pink.

"Okay. What is it?" Kairi asked sounding confused.

"Ummm Kairi would you maybe wanna be my…….girlfriend?" Sora asked now blushing a beet red.

"Oh…. I'm really sorry but, no Sora, I can't go out with you, I have too much going on in my life to be in a relationship right now." Kairi said using the softest voice she could think of, so as not to make Sora feel bad.

"Oh well it's ok, I understand." Sora said as he walked out of the room. Sora was making his way to the front door when he remembered that Riku had his cell phone. He walked up the spiraling stairs to Kairi's room. He opened the door and his jaw dropped.