-1Chapter 1: Best Friends 'Til the End

Sora sat quietly on his bed in his small crowded bedroom. The lights were off. It was very dark, since it was already night outside. He blinked as he turned his head to look out his small glass window. The barely visible clouds floated softly along the silent sky.

He was thinking about the past. What had happened with his life. How it changed. How it was the same. Sora couldn't help but wonder these things. He let out a quiet sigh as he fell backwards onto his bed. He rolled over, now on his side and stared at the wall for a while.

Suddenly, something broke the silence.

"Sora! Time for dinner!" A ruffled voice said from far away.

Sora smiled a bit, remembering those were the last words his mother had said before he left his home. He sat up, jumped out of bed, and raced down the stairs. As he neared the bottom floor, he heard voices in the dining room. They sounded like his parents…but why were their voices raised?

He quietly peeked from behind the chipped white wall in his living room to see what was going on.

"You do this every night!" Sora's father yelled.

"I can't help myself! Most of the time I am drunk." His mother sighed.

"Oh! Just dandy. Even more of a reason to be mad! You go out, get drunk, and do naughty things with other men! Have you forgotten that your married!"

Sora, standing still, eyes widened, began to tear. His parents never fought like this before. He would never think that his mother would be going out to bars and getting drunk. Stunned, he sat down on the couch, listening to his parents argue.

"I said I was sorry. We shouldn't fight! Sora might hear us." Yuna, Sora's mother, complained. She tried calmly walking over to her husband.

"No!" Hitoru, Sora's father, yelled, pushing Yuna away. "This has gone to far!"

Yuna began to cry, "Well, fine! I'm leaving!" She started stomping up the stairs, trying to make the least sound as possible.

Hitoru sighed and sat down angrily. Soon Yuna was back downstairs, a suitcase in hand.

"Goodbye Hitoru. I'm glad I'm leaving since we can't work things out." Yuna scolded, quickly wiping a tear that had dripped down her eye. She began walking to the front door.

"Good riddance!" Hitoru called. "You can go stay with one of your four hundred boyfriends!"

Soon enough, the door slammed shut. Sora sat alone in his living room, crying into his hands. He couldn't believe his mom just waltz out of the house like that. He was shocked.

Sora quietly stood up and walked into the dining room. He saw his dad, sitting there, a mad look on his face. But of course, under all the madness, was tears. Sora quickly ran over to his father, hugging him tightly. For some reason, he pushed Sora away.

"Sora. Can you maybe stay at Riku or Kairi's for the night? I really need some time alone to think." Hitoru gently asked his son.

Sora just nodded and headed upstairs to his room. On his way up he noticed a few family portraits shattered on the floor. He sighed, patted them to the side, and pushed the door open to his room.

As he walked in, he noticed that he had a couple of messages on AIM. He quickly clicked his away message box to see who they were from.

5 Messages Received from 1 person while being Away:

Scattered x Dream: (For SorasCool29) 5 IMs

Sora quickly opened Kairi's IM box. He loved getting messages from her. For some reason, it made him feel loved back.

Scattered x Dream: I still don't understand your screen name…

Scattered x Dream: It doesn't apply to you at all…

Scattered x Dream: Ha! Just kidding. You know I am. (:

Scattered x Dream: Well anyways, me and Riku were wondering if you wanted to come with us to the island! You know, a little night swimming or something?

Scattered x Dream: It should be fun. Call me and let me know! Bye! 3.

Sora laughed at the rude joke Kairi made. He got out his cell phone and flipped it open. He quickly dialed Kairi's cell number and waited patiently before she picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Kairi."

"Hiya Sora."

"Uhh, well I know I can defiantly come with you guys night swimming…"

"Awesome!" Kairi cheered. She seemed awfully happy.

"Do you think I can sleepover afterwards?"

"Probably. Why?"

"Well…"

Sora explained everything to Kairi about the fight and how his father wanted him to stay over someone's house for the night. Kairi sighed.

"I'm sorry about that. I'm sure they'll will be fine. I'm pretty sure that Riku can stay over too, if you wanted more comfort."

Sora smiled, "Great! I'll be at your house in…10 minutes?"

Kairi nodded, "Alright. See you then! Bye!"

"Bye!" Sora said, finally hanging up the phone.

He stuffed the phone back in his pants pocket. Looking around the room, he found some semi-clean clothes and PJs laying on the floor and decided to stuff them in a plastic bag to bring over Kairi's for the night.

Sora quickly rushed down the stairs, trying to avoid the broken down picture frames, and yelled a last, "Bye Dad!" to his father.

Hitoru quietly said a goodbye back as the door slammed shut once again. This time he was fine with the person leaving the him.

Sora walked quietly on the dirt path leading to Kairi's house. He loved walking slowly; he could see the stars in the sky, the waves crashing on the shore, but most importantly, he could think about Kairi.

Sora would do this often. He'd think about how much she changed. How mature she had gotten. How "hot" she had gotten. He'd laugh at the thought of that one though.

Sora finally reached the last path leading to Kairi's house. He began running at this point, his bag of clothes flying in the air behind him. When he got to her house, he quickly jumped over the small fence. He quietly knocked on her door, trying not to disturb anybody who might be sleeping in early, and waited for his friend's answer.

Finally, Riku opened the door.

"Hey buddy. Heard about your parents. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay." Sora assured, entering the tiny home. He quietly walked down the small hallway to Kairi's room, and knocked on the door. Kairi soon opened it, letting her pals in.

"Hey Sora!" She said, smiling. She gave him a little hug.

Sora smiled back, "Hi Kairi." He thought her hugs were the warmest hugs of all. Kind of cheesy or corny, but it made sense to him.

Kairi let go with a sigh and plopped down on her bed. She took a quick glance out her bed side window and sighed, "It's getting a little too dark to go swimming now, don't cha think?"

Riku shrugged with a dirty little smirk on his face, "All the better to go skinny dipping!"

Kairi let out a little laugh. Sora just rolled his eyes, "You always want to go skinny dipping Riku. Anything to see me naked."

Riku winked and started cracking up. Sora joined in. This time Kairi wasn't laughing. She seemed deep in thought. The guys quickly picked up on it. If Kairi didn't laugh at their dirty jokes, something must have been wrong.

"What's wrong?" Sora asked, a puzzled look on his face. Kairi just shrugged, "Uh, nothing. I was just thinking about something, that's all."

Riku smirked once again, "What kind of something?" Sora smacked Riku right away. Of course Riku started laughing. That's just the way his is.

Sora sat down next to Kairi and patted her on the back. "Typical Kairi. Always thinking about naughty little things here and there…or down there."

He grinned.

"Just kidding." Sora sighed.

Kairi giggled a little bit then stood up. "Maybe we can just get into our pajamas and watch some soap operas!"

Riku's eyes widened, "Soap…operas?"

Kairi smirked, "Yup! Soap operas. You in?"

Sora raised his hand, "I'm in! Let's do this thing."

Riku sighed, "Fine. But only if I get to change in here right now." Sora and Kairi glanced at Riku for a minute before they all broke out in a great big laughter. That happened to them often. Mostly because they were best friends. Well, no duh.

Kairi went over to her dresser and pulled out a cami and short shorts. She smiled and waltzed out the room to go to her bathroom to change.

Riku looked around, cautiously, "So…it looks like we're alone again." He lifted an eyebrow. Sora quickly picked up his bag of clothes and started to head toward Kairi's walk-in closet.

"Sorry Riku. I'm off duty today. No lap dance for you." He gave a quick little smile and laugh before he closed the door to the closet.

Riku put on a fake frown and screamed back, "What about if I paid you 10 bucks!"

Sora coughed loudly from inside the closet, pulling his huge PJ shirt over his head. Him and Riku would make sexual jokes like that all the time. They were so close that they knew that neither of them were actually being serious about doing what they said.

Sora quickly pulled up his pants and stuffed his old clothes into the plastic bag. He pushed opened the door. Riku was still changing; his shirt was off and he was in the process of pulling up his pants.

Sora quickly screamed and ran back into the closet. Riku pretended to cry, "What? You don't like me? Poo on you mister." He sadly pulled up his pants, put on his shirt, and plopped down on Kairi's bed.

Sora came back out of the closet quietly and carefully.

"You done yet, buddy?" He chuckled, peeking slightly.

Riku shrugged, "Come see for yourself." Sora smiled and jumped out of the closet, but once again, Riku was fully changed.

Sora sighed, "Drat!" Riku laughed and Kairi entered the room.

"Heard a lot of screaming coming from in here. Were you two being good little boys?" Kairi scolded.

Riku and Sora nodded slowly, "Yes, mommy. We behaved. We promise!"

Kairi started laughing and sat down in front of her TV. She quickly turned it on and flipped through the channels until she found the perfect soap opera to watch. She giggled and moved back a little, giving Sora and Riku room to come up and watch too.

Sora laid on the floor next to Kairi on his stomach and sighed, "I'm hungry."

Riku sat down as well, "Me too."

Kairi sighed, "Fine. I'll go make you guys some popcorn." Riku and Sora cheered happily, "Yay! Popcorn!"

Riku and Sora sat their quietly until finally Kairi came back with the popcorn that they were waiting for. They smiled and Kairi laid back down in between Sora and Riku. They shared popcorn, watched soap operas, laughed, cried, did everything best friends do. But tomorrow was a new day. And they didn't know that their lives were about to change forever.

Okay so, yeah. That's the end of Chapter 1. Chapter 2 should be uploaded soon! Hope you enjoyed this one. o.e