Hi! The SoKai Week 2018 is currently happening in Tumblr, so I decided to write a couple of fics, that will be posted here. They were way too short to be posted as solo fics, so I'll collect them here - might add more SoKai OS later if I write some more! For now, 3 fics coming this week, starting with this one!

Mysterious Tower. Late in the afternoon. Sora was sword practising with Goofy and Donald, the three of them trying to improve their teamwork skills, when Riku burst out of the tower, frantic. Sora stopped fighting right away to look at his best friend, concerned.

"Riku? Is anything wrong?"

"Kai-Kairi."

"Did something happen to Kairi?" Sora's blood froze in his veins at the thought. Riku was out of breath, and nodded. "Hurry, before she..." was the only words he managed to utter, before gasping for air.

Sora threw his blade to the ground. Nothing else mattered now, nothing but Kairi. What could have happened? Wasn't Yen Sid with her? Weren't the Good Fairies with her? Wasn't Lea with her? Who could have hurt her, when she was with so many people? Maleficent? Xehanort? All the eventualities danced in Sora's mind, parasitizing his brain and making his heart race.

Never before had the stairs looked so endless. Never before had the Tower looked so high. It was as if he'd never reach the top. As if he'd never reach her.

"KAIRI!" He slammed the door open, finally at the end of the stairs. His heart was racing so fast, all of his thoughts focused on Kairi, a Cure spell ready, a Blizzaga next to it. Who dared hurting her?

And then, all of his worries vanished in an instant. She was there, in the middle of the room, the Three Fairies next to her, Master Yen Sid at his desk, and while she looked a bit surprised by the loud intrusion, she was smiling at Sora. And that smile could melt away all of his fears.

"Sora, you're out of breath! You didn't have to run, you know. It wasn't that urgent."

"You-You're okay. You're fine. But Riku said…"

"Riku?" She frowned for a couple of seconds. "I did ask him to call you before I'd change clothes again, but…"

"Clothes?" Sora asked, now completely lost, still trying to breathe normally. Kairi chuckled.

"Yes, clothes! Look at that! The fairies gave me a new outfit as well! I also have plaid, so we're matched now. And it's got pockets! I wanted to know what you thought of it?"

Now that he could think a bit more clearly, he realised she wasn't wearing her usual pink dress. She had a different one, with a frilly skirt, plaid pattern on one side, plain dark on the other, and her hood had really cute cat ears. He took a step forward, then another, until being really close to her - and threw his arms around her, shaking.

"I was so worried… So worried. Thanks the Light, you are fine."

"So-Sora?" She put her arms around him as well, but she sounded worried now. He felt guilty. He had no right to worry her. He laughed.

"That dress is gorgeous. You look beautiful, Kairi. You'll always look beautiful, no matter what."

He squeezed her tighter, and so did she, and for a while, they forgot all about the world surrounding them. They simply hugged each other.

They simply loved each other.

Fin.

You might wonder why Riku was being so dramatic: 1/ He knew Sora really would want to see Kairi in her new dress, so he rushed, and there are so many stairs his lungs just couldn't take it. He wasn't trying to be really dramatic at first. 2/Then he realised Sora panicked and decided to tease him a bit (since he knew Kairi was okay and everything).

Anyway, can't tell exactly when the next one will be posted, maybe on Thursday depending on my schedule and everything, but remember to follow the fic if you want to get notified once it is out! And feel free to leave a review, I read them all even when I don't reply to all of them ;)