Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything like that, but this is my idea, so don't use it, okay?

A/N: Well, this if for Kaiora's Contest, "kairi's love", hope you all enjoy because I had to do some major brainstorming on this one, lol. Anyway, please feel free to read, enjoy, and don't forget to review :-P:

Chapter 1: A Change of Pace

A year has almost passed since Sora and his friends had defeated Xemnas and Organization XIII. Things hadn't changed too much, Sora was still as energetic as ever, Riku was the cool guy, and Kairi was the voice of reason for them. It was finally spring break, the first after Sora, Kairi, and Riku had come back from their adventure.

"Man…I forgot how hard school was. I'd much rather face a hundred Heartless than do school sometimes. Thank goodness for breaks." Sora sighed as he stretched and plopped on the sandy beach of the island that he and his friends hung out on. They all agreed that it would be nice to just relax there after they finished school.

"Think of it this way, Sora, at least you don't have to save the world from a teacher or anything." Kairi laughed as she sat down next to him.

"I don't know about that, Kairi, some of those teachers seem crazy enough to try and plunge the worlds into darkness like Xemnas." Riku jokingly spoke as he leaned against a nearby tree.

"You're silly, you know that, Riku?" The auburn haired girl gave the older boy a puzzled look.

"No, not silly, just realistic, Kairi, realistic." Riku grinned, to which Kairi just sighed, sometimes it was a hopeless effort with him. Sora and Riku laughed at her reaction.

"You know what? I have an idea…let's have a dance party, right here, on the beach!" Sora energetically spoke as his mind was struck with inspiration.

"What do you mean, Sora?" Kairi inquired, curious as to what gave the brunette the idea.

"Well, we'll all be off for Spring Break, right? I figured that we should do something fun, and well, dancing seemed to fit the bill. We could invite some of our friends from school, like Tidus, Wakka, Selphie, and some others too. It'll just be a good time for us to hang out after we had been gone for so long." Sora grinned as he sat up and dusted himself off.

"Now there's a thought, anything's better than sitting home for a whole week doing nothing." Riku laughed as he nodded his head in agreement.

"I think it will be fun, but how do we get a hold of everyone? How will we get the party organized?" Kairi questioned as she curled her finger under her chin in thought.

"Hm…you know what, don't worry about it. We'll get everything under control, Kairi. Won't we, Riku?" Sora confirmed as he gave his best friend a pat on the back.

"W-what? How in the world did I get dragged into the planning?" The silver-haired teen was shocked and almost fell back. Sora just pulled him away from out of Kairi's earshot.

"I need you to help me with the planning because I'm trying to plan something special for Kairi…and I can't have her around me while I'm getting everything set up, you know? Please, just this once…I promise I'll pay you back."

"Alright, alright…what do you need me to do?" Riku sighed, he just couldn't say no to Sora and his favors, must be the fact that he was Sora's best friend.

"I need you to get a hold of some people who would make this party great. You know, like a DJ and someone who can work with lighting. I'm sure you can pull that off, right?" Sora explained as he looked at Riku with a pleading look.

"Okay, I'll see what I can do, count on it." Riku gave a confirming grin.

"Thanks, I appreciate it, Riku." Sora sighed, glad that the biggest part of the party would be taken care of.

"Hey, I can help, you know?" Kairi interrupted as she leaned next to Sora, startling him a little bit.

"Um…why would you want to do something? Just relax, Riku and I've gotten things taken care of." Sora stammered as he recovered from being shocked.

"Please? I would like to help." Kairi gave a longing look with a pouted lip. Sora about fell over with dismay, he couldn't resist the pout.

"Alright, how about you make the invitations for the party? Invite all our friends from school and things like that, you know?" The brunette quickly thought of something that would allow Kairi to help, but also gave him the ability to do what he wanted to.

"Okay, you have my word." Kairi laughed with a small smile on her face.

"Well, with that settled, let's get things going. We have until Friday afternoon to get things taken care of if we're going to have the party before Spring Break ends." Sora stated with a confident smile on his face, and with that, the teens went home via their boats that they used to get to and from the island from the mainland.

Sora escorted Kairi home, being as they didn't live that far away and it was kind of a habit, being as he couldn't bear the thought of her getting kidnapped again while he wasn't there to do anything to save her. As they walked up to the house, Kairi turned to face him.

"Sora…" She softly spoke as she turned to face him.

"Yeah, Kairi?" The Keyblade Master answered, curious as to what was on Kairi's mind.

"Um…well…good night, Sora. Thanks for walking me home." The auburn spoke as if she had something on her mind, but shrugged it off and gave Sora a hug.

"Y-you're welcome…Kairi, good night.." He quietly replied with a slight blush on his face as they broke the hug and Kairi went into her house. Afterwards he made his way towards his house, his mind still replaying the feel of their hug over and over again. He snapped back to reality when he arrived at his house and went in.

"Oh, welcome back Sora, how was your day?" His mom asked with a smile on her face as she washed some dishes from dinner.

"Hm…oh, it was great, mom. My friends and I are planning a party for Friday." Sora replied with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"I see, sounds good. Did Kairi make it home safely?" She continued.

"Yeah, I walked her home." The brunette answered as he nodded his head.

"That's good…you know, she's a nice young lady. I wouldn't have any problems with you dating." Sora's mom laughed.

"Mom, that's not funny. Well, good night, mom, see you in the morning." Sora chuckled a little as he made his way up the steps to his bedroom.

"Sweet dreams, Sora." She answered back. When Sora made it to his bed, he just flopped on it and began to think about how he would let Kairi know about his feelings for her. He knew Friday was the perfect day, he just didn't know how.

"Man…why should something so simple as saying 'I love you' be so hard?" He sighed as she slowly drifted to sleep.

A/N: Well, hope you all liked it. There's gonna be at least one other chapter, so stay tuned and be sure to review, okay?

Later,

-KBMP