I have been thinking about writing this story for months now, and I finally sat my butt down to write it.

And I know Valentines Day has passed, but I still want to write this!

It's going to be very short (three chapters), but I really wanted to write this.

Enjoy the story!

Kingdom Hearts © to Disney and Square Enix!

Levi, Marion, Isaac, Talitha, Asher, Artemis, and other OCs © to me!

Love Stories

Chapter 1: Kumo

The warm sun shone down upon the Destiny Islands. On the beach sat a group of friends and family.

Young Sora Kumo, Riku Tsuchi, and Kairi Mizu sat on a towel, little notebooks in their hands as they tried to finish their homework.

"Ugh!" Nine-year-old Riku groaned. "This is so hard!"

Kairi sat up. "Well, why don't you do something else? We all have the one project that everyone has to do. We could work on that together."

"But that assignment is gross!" Sora snapped at his fellow eight-year-old.

"It's not gross!"

"I'm with Sora, Kairi."

"Boys…!"

Levi Kumo pushed up his sunglasses, peering over at the kids. "Hey! No fighting."

His wife walked over, leaning down over the three. "What assignment is so 'gross'?"

"Mom!" Sora held up a piece of paper. "We're supposed to ask our parents how they met for a stupid Valentines Day thing."

"Oh, Sora…" Marion looked at her son's assignment, smiling. "You hear that, Levi?"

"I heard."

Riku's parents looked over, as did Kairi's adoptive parents. Artemis Tsuchi giggled. "I for one don't mind telling the stories."

"Same," Isaac Mizu, Kairi's father and the mayor of the islands grinned.

"Who should go first?"

The two young boys nearby looked horrified that their parents were about to tell these stories, but Kairi looked excited. Levi and Marion smiled at one another. "I guess we can go first. Sora, get ready to take some notes…"

Levi came up, taking a deep breath before he dove down below the water once more, his arms coming in before he pushed them out. Over-and-over. Only when he reached the wall in front of him did he stop.

"Whew!" He pushed up his goggled, and sat up on the edge of the pool, shaking the water from his spiky-brown hair.

"Didn't even give me a chance, did you, Levi?"

"Not one, Shota!" The young captain of the swim team reached down and helped his friend out of the water. The two friends laughed as another boy, slightly older than them, walked over. "Ash, how'd we do?"

The boy looked at them under his silver hair. "You beat your last time, Levi. Nice job."

Shota stood up. "Asher, we still on for that fishing trip with your dad next weekend?"

"Yep. Levi, you coming?"

The swim captain nodded, pulling on his captain's jacket(1). "Sure."

"Did you two hear about the new girl?"

Asher cocked his head. "New girl? We haven't had a new student in five years."

"Remember that typhoon a week ago?" Shota sat down, rubbing his hair down with the towel. "It wiped out one of the smaller islands. She was a resident there, being privately tutored, but her family moved here now. Look, there she is now!" He pointed up to the large library windows.

The three boys looked up and all of them noticed the unfamiliar girl who stood by one of the shelves, putting away books. Levi's eyes widened as he saw the pretty heart-shaped face, blue eyes, and braided light-brown hair braided down her back, clasped with a crown-shaped pin(2). "Whoa… she's cute."

"Yeah. Her name's Marion Hon(3)."

Marion stood on her toes, putting away the books on the cart beside her. "There we are."

"Marion," The head librarian came over with another stack of books. "Thanks for helping."

"It's no trouble, Mrs. Nelson." The girl took the books into her arms, setting them on the cart. Her eyes drifted out the window and down to the pool. She saw a boy looking up at her. "Who is that?"

The librarian looked at the boy. "That's the swim captain, Levi Kumo. Quite a handsome young man, but somewhat air-headed."

Marion giggled, looking into his deep blue eyes. "He is handsome…" She waved down, laughing as he covered his face and jumped into the pool, jacket and all.

Two years passed and the two never really spoke to one another. Marion would try to start a conversation in passing, but the boy would begin to blush and hurry away. This only made her more interested in him, but he was always too scared to speak to her.

Marion sat outside her home, leaning against a tree with a book in her hands. She looked over at her next-door neighbor, Asher Tsuchi, as he waved to Levi. The two boys always hung out together, doing homework, playing, working… they were as close as brothers.

Asher noticed the girl watching them. "Hey, Marion."

"Hello, Asher."

"How are you?" He walked over, hands in his pocket.

"Pretty good." Closing the book, she stood up. "Hey, what is it with Levi? I've been trying to talk to him for two years."

Asher laughed. "He's a shy dork. He totally has a crush on you."

To his surprise, the normally quiet girl squealed and spun around. "I knew it! Talitha said I was crazy, but I knew he liked me! I'd love to really get to know him! Think you can help me?" Her voice began to work faster as she spoke.

Asher blinked. "Well… sure. I mean, he owes me a favor since he lost a bet with me. How about you meet him for dinner somewhere, on a blind date, well, blind for him."

Again, Marion became excited, jumping up and down, a wide grin splitting her features. "Oh, this is so exciting! It's like a romantic comedy!"

"I… have never seen this side of you…"

"Never mind that! Go get Levi! We can meet tomorrow night at the sushi shop at 7!" She grabbed her friend in a hug. "Thank you, Asher!" The girl let him go and ran back inside.

Asher let out a laugh at her behavior. "I feel like you two were made for each other…"

"Ash! Please, don't make me do this!"

"You lost the bet! I told you that Shota would beat Hibiki in that race. We agreed that whoever lost would owe the other a favor. I won, so you have to go on this blind date!"

Levi groaned and put on the nice jacket. "I hate you…"

"I know!" Asher pushed him toward the sushi restaurant. "Table 6, now get in there."

Levi opened the door, his annoyance increasing every few minutes. Table 6 sat in the back, and he could see the back of a girl, her light-brown hair pulled up in a bun. From where he stood, he could see the sleeveless green dress she wore hanging over the edge of the booth. "Let's get this over with…" He walked over to the table. "Look, sorry my friend put me up to thi…" His eyes widened as he saw the girl's face. "M-Marion!?"

"Hey, Levi!" She grabbed his arm. "It's about time we really got to talk with one another!" She pulled him into the chair across from her and smiled. "So, why don't you tell me about yourself?"

The boy stared at her, mouth open slightly as he tried to form some sort of words in response. Finally, one word came out that opened up the floodgates of words. "W-well…"

"After that, we started dating." Levi grinned. "Did you get enough for your project, Sora?"

"I guess…" the boy groaned as he finished writing.

Marion kissed her husband's cheek. "And I am so glad we set that date up. I couldn't imagine marrying anyone else." The two smiled and kissed.

Riku and Sora both pulled sour faces. "Gross!"

Kairi clasped her hands. "Aww!"

These are going to be short chapters, but I've been wanting to do this for a while, so I'm gonna do them!

I will only post the VAs of the main two below.

Please Review!

Footnotes:

(1) Anime stereotype here!

(2) I shouldn't have to tell you what this looks exactly like.

(3) Hon means "book" in Japanese.

VA:

Marion Kumo- Markie Post (June Darby, Lily Reid, Barbara 'Bunny' Fletcher, Betsy)

Levi Kumo- Will Friedle (Bumblebee, Star-Lord, Deadpool, Ron Stoppable)

Psalm 120:1

"I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer."