A/N: Sorry I had to rewrite this chapter because of a confusion of names D; And this was really crappy first chapter so I fixed some other things.

"Kairi?"

Kairi looked up to see her best friend, a girl with blonde hair swept to the side. She was thin and with beautiful porcelain skin. She had the clearest light blue eyes full of mystery. Her soft pink lips were pressed together tightly as she looked at Kairi nervously.

"What's wrong, Namine?" Kairi asked, seeing her friend so fidgety.

"I should be asking you that," Namine replied looking away.

Kairi frowned and then smiled. She was so lucky to have Namine as a friend. Namine always put her friends and family first. That was one of the things she loved most about her, but she was also upset about it. Namine was also used by other people because she was too nice to refuse. Namine should care for herself more, Kairi thought.

"Kairi, you're doing it again," Namine said, her voice barely above a whisper.

"Sorry Namine, I just don't feel like talking about it," Kairi finally said.

"Oh," was the only answer Kairi got. She looked over and saw Namine's hurt expression.

"Namine, it's not that I want to hide things from you, you know you're my best friend. I just don't want you to hold my burdens," Kairi said holding Namine's hand. Namine slowly smiled and held her hand back. She then bit her bottom lip and opened her mouth to say something but closed it again.

Kairi saw this and asked, "What?" Namine shook her head and looked down at the grass.

Namine looked to see Kairi staring at her. Kairi wasn't going to stop asking her what she was thinking so Namine sighed.

"It's about Riku isn't it?" Namine finally said.

Kairi blushed a deep shade of red and now she looked away. She wished she hadn't made Namine ask her that.

"You know if you don't like him, you can just break up with him right?" Namine said, her tone sounding annoyed now. Her usually calm eyes turned piercing as she looked at her beautiful red-headed friend.

Kairi is so pretty, Namine thought. She had shoulder length red hair and the longest eyelashes she had ever seen, long, dark, and thick. She had a soft touch and was gentle with almost everybody. She was so sweet and was the best friend she never had, sticking with her throughout everything even though all her other friends left. She deserved better than Riku.

"I do love him, Namine, and Riku's not that bad," Kairi defended.

Namine sighed at how stubborn her friend was. "Kairi, seriously, how long can this last?"

The redhead frowned and sighed a breathe of relief as the bell rang.

"Well, time to go to class, see you Namine!" Kairi said quickly and ran inside the school. Namine shook her head and walked slowly to class with her light brown bag over her shoulder.

"Sora!"

A brown haired boy with spiky hair and baggy clothes was sleeping at his desk. His head immediately shot up.

"Sora, pay attention!" the stern woman said.

"Yes, Mrs. Lockhart," Sora said, yawning.

Mrs. Lockhart rolled her eyes and continued with the lesson. Sora just looked around the classroom, waiting for the bell to ring, signaling the class to end. Sora just wasn't in the mood for school today. Actually he never was in the mood. He was almost ready to bang his head on the table when the bell rang.

Sora quickly got up from his seat and was one of the first to rush out. Before he reached the door, Mrs. Lockhart called his name.

Sora sighed and let everyone pass him before going to his teacher's desk. Ms. Lockhart just kept grading papers with Sora waiting for her. She then looked up at him with a stern face.

"Yes? Could you please hurry, I wanna get to my next class," Sora said not looking at the teacher's dark brown eyes. Usually they were gentle but something tells him she's not as gentle as always.

"Sora, do you know your grades are slipping? You got 2 failing test grades this month and you never pay attention in class," she said flipping through his records.

Sora sighed and rolled his eyes at how dramatic teachers could be. "And this is a surprise to you? I'm sorry but school just isn't my thing."

"Fine then, you're staying after school tomorrow. Good day, Sora," she said writing it on a piece of paper.

Sora stood there, confused.

"I…tomorrow…after school…what?" Sora stammered.

"I will see you here, after school, so we can go over the lessons that you decided to not pay attention too. Now go, I'm not giving you a late pass," she said as the late bell rang.

Sora bit his bottom lip and quickly ran out of there. Damn, he said. Sora wasn't the type of guy to stay in school for more than the regular time. He was the type to skip class, not do homework, and was usually a guy that everyone loved. He was everyone's friend making him quite popular, just not the same as Riku's group.

Riku was the most popular guy in Destiny High School. Sixteen years old, muscular, and the guy who all the girls fell for, Riku was the ruler of the school. His group consisted of his girlfriend, Kairi, his best friend, Wakka, and the rest which included, Hayner, Seifer, and Yuffie.

Sora shoved his hands into his pockets and walked down the hallway. Just right after he thought about Riku there he was, of course followed by his friends.

"Hey Sora, what's up?"

Sora and him exchanged a high five. Sora saw Kairi talking to Yuffie and quickly looked away as she looked at him with her curious blue eyes.

"Nothing much but turns out I have to go to Lockhart's after school," Sora said.

Riku laughed and patted him on his back. "Don't worry, you'll make it through. She's pretty hot anyway."

Sora laughed and punched Riku on the shoulder, lightly. Even if he did punch Riku hard on the shoulder, Riku wouldn't notice the difference. Nothing really changed between them, except Riku was more cockier and more popular.

They had used to be best friends, having grown up with each other on Destiny Islands. Since going to high school, they drifted apart. Sora didn't seem to mind though. He was meant to be a loner. Depend on no one. That's what he learned growing up when his father had left him.

Sora looked back at Kairi and saw her walking up to Riku. She held his hand and smiled at Sora. His stomach started feeling a bit funny.

"Hi, Sora," Kairi said.

"Hey…Kairi," Sora said looking away from her again.

"What? Embarrassed to talk to my girlfriend?" Riku laughed as Sora felt himself blush.

"What are you talking about?" Sora said, giving a nervous smile. "Well, I guess I should be going now. I'm already really late."

"Since when do you care about school?" Riku asked, jokingly.

It was true, Sora really didn't care about school. He cared about going home and sleeping, skateboarding, and making people laugh. His mom didn't really care about his grades and who knows about his dad?

"Dude, I'm failing and I feel like going to class today," Sora said turning away. "Talk to you later, Riku," he said. "And Kairi," he added with a smile. She giggled and together with Riku they walked the opposite direction. Sora turned back to see them walking hand-in-hand. Kairi also turned back and smiled at him warmly. He waved to her and continued walking down the hallway. Kairi, he thought.

Kairi was also one of his childhood best friends. They had went to the beach together and they had used to hold hands. He remembered how cute she was when she giggled, it made him feel bubbly inside. They also used to collect seashells and made sand castles.

What had the three become?

When they went to junior high, Riku started hanging out with the popular kids more. Soon after that, he had asked Kairi to become his girlfriend. Kairi accepted. They both hung out everyday and only talked to Sora when they passed by in the hallways.

Sora shook his head and went up the classroom. He opened the door and went in to see the class look up at him.

"Hey..." he said to the class. Some of the girls giggled to each other. Sora never knew why they thought that was funny.

"Nice of you to join us, Sora," Mr. Strife said. Sora closed his eyes as Mr. Strife took a point off his average. Mr. Strife was one of the strictest teachers. Nice, Sora thought, now you decide to come to class. He went over and sat down next to Olette, one of the quiet girls.

After the last class he walked to Ms. Lockhart's room and went to sit in one of the seats. Nobody was coming and he waited for almost 20 minutes. What's taking so long for Ms. Lockhart? He was aggravated that she was making him stay longer than and just when he was about to get up and leave a familiar figure came and sat down next to him.

"Kairi?" he said as she took out her books and pencils.

"Yeah, surprised?" she said smiling. "Sorry I'm late."

"Um, yeah, aren't you supposed to be with Riku?" he asked, surprised at how annoyed his tone was at the last part.

"Well, I told him I was sick and that he should go with his friends without me. No big," she said shrugging. "He kept questioning me though which is why I'm late."

"No worries," Sora said confused. What was Kairi doing here? She always pays attention in class…

Then he heard Kairi giggle. "You must be wondering what the heck am I doing here when I could be out of here by now, am I right?" she said looking at him with her gorgeous eyes again.

"Well, yeah aren't you a straight A person?" he asked. She nodded and flipped through her notes.

"I come here to help people," she answered simply.

Mrs. Lockhart came into the room and gestured Kairi to come outside. Kairi walked out of the room and closed the door behind. Sora sighed. When she left, he felt an empty presence next to him. He began playing with his pencil and then he thought he always felt empty when she started dating Riku.

He missed those days, when he and Kairi would go to the beach, hand-in-hand, to watch the sunset. They had grown up together. Kairi was beautiful, with the prettiest eyes. She had a smile that would make him feel all funny and had long and slender arms and legs. Sora blushed at how stupid he must sound, even if it is in his mind.

She had a comfortable warmth when she had sat by him just now. She always did when they were younger. Her laugh had calmed him and her voice soothed him. Sora realized how much he missed her.

"Sora?"

Sora looked up and saw Kairi looking at him with concern in her eyes. No, I can't miss her. She's happy and that's all that matters.

"Sorry if I interrupted you, you seemed to be thinking hard," she apologized.

"It was nothing," he said refusing to look at her, afraid he might not want to look away.

"Well, Mrs. Lockhart told me to help you with your studies. I'm all yours," she said smiling. Sora looked at her and nodded his head.

Get yourself together Sora, she said she's yours as in your tutor. Stupid…

"Oh God, having you for a tutor? That will be the most exciting thing ever," he said sarcastically.

"Ugh, Sora," she said laughing as she hit him lightly.

Sora laughed too, hiding the fact that he was really happy she was going to spend more time with him. Maybe school isn't so bad after all.

A/N: I didn't change too many things XD Just a name and some spelling/grammar errors. I'm going to keep track of my characters from now on lol Please R&R ^^